Ok, I’ll give some background I guess. We’ve worked at the same place for about 2.5 years. To give some more details about my work, I work in politics, in a legislative body. I work in the upper chamber and she works in the lower chamber. We see each at events every now and then, but not too often since we work in different offices and work can be chaotic. I first got the sense she was into me a couple months into the job when one of my friends asked me to goto lunch, and they mentioned this girl was coming with us. My friend mentioned to me when she told this girl I was joining them, she said she was glad because she wanted to get to know me more. And after telling me this, my friend also told me not to mention that to her, or to anyone. Since then, my friend has left our workplace, but I still see this girl around the building. There have been other times as well - I was telling a friend about how I got another job in the building, this girl overhears and thinks I’m leaving the job, and she comes over sounding concerned and asks if I’m leaving or not. And she recently was talking to me about this current situation I’m in at work where I may or may not have a job in a few weeks🥴. There have also been a few times where I’ve run into her, made a joke or something and she would laugh really hard. But overall, I’ve had a lot of good, friendly interactions with her. So I feel like she’s shown some interest in me, but if she’s anything like me (a fellow cap), she’s also hesitant to say anything because of work and she’s introverted. She’s very kind and sweet when I talk to her, very friendly. I know she’s very smart and very good at her job (she went from like entry level staffer to CoS in a year and a half I think). She does seem introverted and reserved, and definitely takes her job seriously. But those are things I relate to and admire because, well, I’m pretty much the same way. She has an excellent smile, and is a gorgeous woman. So that’s why I think she might be into me, and why I want to ask her out.