<p>she has someone of an interest or has a social thing to goto. Probably has somebody though. Why don’t you just ask “oh you can’t work on that assignment? Why? are you doing something on Vday?”</p>
<p>I’m with peter_parker on this one. In my case, I still don’t have my telepathy/mind reading machine up and running, but I’ll tell you when it is.</p>
<p>no offense, I’m not saying you’re dumb, but considering that none of us know your friend, what was the hell was the point of this question? Did you think we would say, “Sure, Darcy is dating Jeremy, didn’t you know?”</p>
<p>This might sound crazy, but why don’t you, I don’t know, ask your friend if she has a boyfriend?</p>
<p>she’s playing hard to get. Get her! Or if you’re a girl, Get her! Express your romantic interest in her by showing up at her dorm naked with a bow tied to you.</p>
<p>I don’t want to work on that assignment because I’d rather the beta version of Starcraft II. Except, that wouldn’t be a “decent” excuse, luckily there’s this holiday called “Valentine’s Day”… what a nice coincidence!</p>
<p>Ask her about working on the assignment again, then ask what she’s doing on Valentine’s Day. Like, ask if she’s really sure that she can’t make it.</p>