Confused

"You can come back in now, and thank you for that," I said as I poked my head out the door, but she wasn't anywhere near the door.

I looked out where everyone was moving in their proper places, just as I had orchestrated. That took a lot of planning, but the end result had been more than worth it.

In the center of the room, I had a three-tier hexagonal pedestal that acted as a place for people to rest when they were on break. There was also a large clock that I had built on it that rotated so everyone could see the time. 

Jess was sitting there alone; break wasn't for another fifteen minutes, and the buzzer would go off, so everyone stopped and did their shutdowns at the same time. I walked over to Jess, having to make a couple of timed pauses as people flew by with parts. 

"What are you doing?" I asked as I sat about two feet away from Jess on the lowest platform that was about two feet tall.