chapter69 Unnamed chapter

Lucas has been acting weird all week not the bad kind of weird, it isn't the good kind either just enough for her to know that something is up. sometimes he wants to hang out and sometimes, he -can't?

"so. you want to tell us why you are squeezing your face so much"

Grace, Anna, Maya and even Trevor were hanging out in her office. Trevor is slowly but surely becoming part of the gang thanks to his bounding with Maya over dysfunctional families even Anna bounded over having a jerk as a birth father. they would have gone somewhere else for lunch -eating anywhere else would be better than having Maya sloppy eating on her sofa but turns out, Anna was right, she is doing too much work for a CEO. her job is to supervise, lead and administrate but she found herself doing more work than her job description. normally, she wouldn't mind the extra work but didn't have much of a life outside work before few months ago.

"yeah you might get wrinkles. more than you already have." Maya joked. not funny.

"Lucas is acting weird" she sighed.

"is it the good kind of weird?" Maya started

"or is it the bad kind" Anna continued

"just enough.." her and Trevor finished together.

"what the butt is going on?" she asked incredulously.

"you tend to mutter words when you are thinking too hard" Anna said simply.

"oh."

"yeah.. oh" Maya teased.

"what do you think is going on?"

"I don't know" Grace whined. "all I know is that he is planning something that involves me and that's it"

"what. if.. and I'm just saying. Maybe.."

"just spit it out already" Anna groaned.

"what if Lucas is planning to... propose"

"Maya!!" Grace whined loudly and dramatically. "why would you say that?! my brain will work hard to connect everything Lucas does to this 'proposal' you speak of. I'll be stressed out, in my head and jumpy. I'll get my hopes up and then I'll get really disappointed if he's just planning something else like our five months anniversary or something like that and I'll be too bummed out to enjoy what he has actually been planning"

"oh" Maya mouthed.

"yeah. oh"

"I'm sorry. you guys said I should spit it out and in my defense, everybody else was thinking it too"

"but we didn't say anything" Anna interjected.

"I wasn't thinking that. I thought he was cheating, I was thinking of how to expose him and then killing him" Trevor said bluntly and sadistically. earning a smack to the back of the head from Maya and Anna. "what!? it could be true"

she isn't worried about what Trevor said. she knows Lucas and he isn't that kind of guy and she can say that with hundred percent certainty. what she's worried about is her sanity. not knowing is killing her.

"calm down. if you really want to know, just ask him" Anna advised.

"and if he doesn't talk, kidnapping and tort.. I mean interrogating him is also an option."

"no it's not" Grace scowled at Trevor.

"since Grace doesn't want your help, I'll take it. can you kidnap my soulmate and make him confess that he is in love with me? no more games."

"done." Trevor agreed with absolute seriousness. "do you know his home address or his everyday hangout spot? just somewhere that isn't crowded. he doesn't have to be alone just not in midst of a crowd. easier to cover up"

Maya and Trevor were in their own world. seriously planning to kidnap her boss's brother slash soulmate whose name nobody seems to know yet.

"nobody is kidnapping anybody"

thank goodness for the ever responsible Anna. Grace for one, wanted to know how the whole kidnapping escapade goes. will they really do it and if do, will Maya's 'soulmate' confess his love? -find out in the next episode of whatever this is.

"but.." Maya tried to argue.

"nope. no way. Ethan is taking care of Lillian for the day and it's my day to chill and have fun. committing a felony is not my definition of chill and fun"

"it could be. besides.." Trevor started.

"nope. I don't want to hear it."

"since it's fun you want, let's go out. Grace's office isn't fun either"

"come on Grace let's have fun" everyone except Grace cheered.

"give me forty minutes, I have some things to finish up" they are groaned "just forty minutes"

-forty minutes later.. Grace couldn't do everything in that forty minutes. she tried but the trio in background were making the environment unsuitable for working. so noisy and distracting. so instead she decided to leave it for later.

she took a deep breath -she really hated leaving her work undone but she needs keep her mind occupied. working would normally do that but it doesn't seem to be working anymore -she has changed so much and Maya, Anna even Trevor noticed.

"oh my heavens. you -Grace Margaret Tang is leaving her work undone and unfinished to go have fun?! who are you and why have you possessed this body?!" Maya just had to say something.

"are we going or not?!" her body is already itching to finish up her work and if they don't leave in the next second, she will go back to her desk.

"come on let go before she cracks"

once upon a time, there was only Grace the friendless loner and then Maya came along on the first day of highschool and they somehow got attached by the hip and Anna came along too. her sister from another Mister -literally. their relationship started out rocky like a pirate ship in middle of a storm at sea or whatever comparatives that best describes and then there was Trevor. it still amazes her how they became friends but she is glad they did. in a short amount of time, Trevor went from crazed boyfriend to a brother like friend who advertises the 'guns and kidnap' method as the best way to solve one's problems.

if she's lucky she won't be making anymore friends. three friends are more than enough, four would be a crowd. besides, she already have the best people as friends there is no need for more.