" I t ' s   A t h a n a s i a   m a y   I   c o m e   i n ? "

  "You may." I heard a response and opened the door.

  "Athanasia!" He said somewhat happy.

  "What are you doing here." If I could describe his voice it would be a slide.

  Literally went from up to down.

  "Bento. You forgot it at home so I came here to pass it to you."

  His office was mainly black.

  Which made it look very professional.

  Black desk along with one of those rolling chairs.

  Two shelf's beside it that went from the floor to the celling.

  Beside me was a black coffee table with two couches around it.

  One was enough for one person the other could fit maybe 3?

  In the middle of the room was a rectangular white rug.

  I placed his bento on the coffee table.

  My eyes looked around.

  There wasn't a single security camera.

  " Do you want a drink?" He asked gesturing me to sit down.

  "Uh no need." I said waving.

  'i should stay...'

  "No I insist." He said.

  " O k a y . "

  "Um sir? Miss River is waiting for you in meeting room 2." A men came in.

  'River...? That's so familiar...'

  "What? Ugh! I need to go now athanasia. Please do not mess up my office." He said taking a few papers and scrambling out of the room.

  I fidgeted with the thumb drive in my hand.

  The moment I heard the door shut I bolted towards his computer.

  There was no one else now.

  Just me in his office.

  I opened it.

  ' Y e s ! N o   p a s s w a r d ! '

  I stuck my thumb drive into the computer.

  ' I t   w o u l d   t a k e   t o   l o n g   t o   l o o k   t h r o u g h   a l l   o f   t h e s e . '

  I copied all the flies and tried to put it in my thumb drive which had enough storage space.

  10%...

  ' C o m e   o n ! H u r r y . '

  27%...

  ' h o w   m a n y   f i l e s   d o e s   t h i s   m a n   h a v e ! ? '

  37%...

  45%...

  I started tapping my finger against the desk.

  51%...

  69%...

  73%...

  My eyes kept darting from the door to the huge window which was covered by blinds and the computer.

  82%...

  99%...

  100%...!

  I made sure everything was in my thumb drive then took it out.

  ' B i n g o ! '

  ' I   s h o u l d   l e a v e   n o w . '

  I took a piece of empty paper on his table.

  Sir Ace,

Something came up. Sorry for leaving without goodbye.... Sorry.

Athanasia

  That sorry had a double meaning.

  I opened the door of his office and walked out.

  "Athanasia."

  I froze.

  '"Lucas? What are you doing here?"'

  "Lucas? What are you doing here?"

  He didn't reply.

  He looked at me and sighed.

  "Let's go somewhere more private." He said.

  He was acting cold...

  Why...?

  He grabbed my wrist and pulled me with zero hesitation.

  Last time he would at least be gentle.

  "Lucas...?" I called but there was no reply.

  '"Let go of me."'

  "Let go of me."

  No response.

  He dragged me to a hallway.

  Before I could say anything he slammed me against the wall putting one hand on the wall beside my face and the other was clentched tight.

  "Athanasia..." He called getting my full attention.

  "I want to know." He leaned in.

  "Who did this?" He asked taking my left hand.

  The hand with the thumb drive.

  '"What do you mean?"'

  "What do you mean?"

  "Stop playing dumb. Tell me. Is it the athanasia who the media knows? The athanasia who tries so hard to please someone who doesn't give a shit about her?" He said.

  Ah...

  Well..

  That hurts...

  "Or is it the athanasia that I've been getting to know? The athanasia who would try and make me flustered? The athanasia who likes me? The athanasia who cares for her sister more then any being on earth? The athanasia who's finally feeling free?" He asked.

  '"Does it matter?"'

  "Does it matter?"

  "Yes... The athanasia I know wouldn't do this..." He said.

  He looked like a combination of sadness, hatered, confusion and pain.

  '"Who said you knew me?"'

  "Who said you knew me?"

  He leaned in.

  My mind literally blanked out....

  What...

  He connected his lips with mine for a few seconds before leaning out.

  That was enough for my brain to completely blank out.

  "You sure I don't know you?" He asked grinning as he let go of my left hand.

  "Athanasia.... I want you to ask yourself... Who are you...? Are you doing what you want? Or doing what it wants?" He asked looking at me his red eyes glowing.

  He leaned in so our foreheads were touching.

  "I... Don't know..." I replied.

  "You do... You do athanasia..." He said.

  I was at a lost...

  "That's so not fair..." I said as I closed my eyes.

  My knees felt weak.

  "It's so not fair that you know..." I said.

  It's as if Lucas knew my knees were weak so he unconnected out foreheads and stood back.

  My back still connecting to the wall as I slowly went down so I was hugging my legs.

  "Athanasia... Pass it to me..." He said squatting down and putting out his hand.

  " You don't want it. You don't need it."

  'Dont give it to him...'

  "Athanasia... Listen to yourself for once..." He said softly.

  I smiled.

  Both happy and sad.

  Ah...

  I found it...

  I found someone who knows me...

  Better then I know myself...

  I reached out my hand and passed the thumb drive to Lucas.

  "I'm not going to lie athanasia. I am quite pissed." He said sitting next to me placing his head on my shoulder.

  "I'm sorry... But.. thank you..." I whispered as I leaned my head on his.

  "Your lucky I love you. Or else I would've probably sent you straight to jail." He said snuggling his head into my hair.

  'Huh...? He loves me...?'

~Lucas(POV)~

  I had an uneasy feeling...

  When she volunteered it wasn't the her that has been with me this whole week.

  It was the other her.

  "Mum, athanasia forgot her phone... I'm going to go pass it to her." I told mum who nodded.

  I drove the car towards dad's office.

  I had a bad feeling she was going to do something she regrets...

  'Come on... Move faster...'

  The moment I reached I parked the car and speed walked towards dad's office.

  As I was reaching I saw her...

  The girl I came for.

  Immediately I scanned her.

  Her left hand was holding something.

  And i don't even need to guess to know what it was!

  "Athanasia."

  She froze.

  "Lucas? What are you doing here?"

  That awkward smile of hers...

  I didn't reply.

  'She was seriously doing this...' I was pissed...

  I felt betrayed...

  Yet...

  I wasn't going to tell on her...

  I sighed...

  "Let's go somewhere more private." I said.

  My emotions were everywhere...

  One wrong move and I would probably cry...

  Or scream at her...

  Or maybe kiss her...

  I don't know...

  My mind was running wild...

  I grabbed her wrist a little bit too hard...

  I didn't mean it...

  Just needed to get myself under control...

  "Lucas...?" She called.

  Somehow that felt like a knife through my heart...

  "Let go of me."

  No response.

  I dragged her to a hallway.

  I know no one comes here and there is zero CCTV camera.

  Before she could say anything I slammed her against the wall putting one hand on the wall beside her face and the other was clentched tight.

  "Athanasia..." I called.

  It felt as if I was telling myself to calm down..

  I was convincing myself that it was athanasia here...

  "I want to know." I leaned in.

  "Who did this?" I asked taking her left hand.

  She looked shocked.

  "What do you mean?"

  'God damn it! Can it just shut up once!'

  "Stop playing dumb. Tell me. Is it the athanasia who the media knows? The athanasia who tries so hard to please someone who doesn't give a shit about her?" I said.

  Okay maybe that was slightly too harsh.

  "Or is it the athanasia that I've been getting to know? The athanasia who would try and make me flustered? The athanasia who likes me? The athanasia who cares for her sister more then any being on earth? The athanasia who's finally feeling free?" I asked.

  "Does it matter?"

  'Does it matter?! Does it matter!?'

  "Yes... The athanasia I know wouldn't do this..." I said.

  "Who said you knew me?"

  That line...

  Was what got me more mad...

  I leaned in and claimed her lips.

  It was to both calm myself down and also to prove my point.

  'Sweet...'

  I leaned away.

  "You sure I don't know you?" I asked grinning as i let go of her left hand.

  She looked confused.

  Slightly blushing too.

  I would be lying if I said I won't blush.

  But considering the mood I was more serious then thinking of it.

  "Athanasia.... I want you to ask yourself... Who are you...? Are you doing what you want? Or doing what it wants?" I asked looking at her my red eyes glowing.

  I wanted her to see...

  I wanted her to know...

  She wasn't acting on her own want.

  She was acting on its want.

  I leaned in so our foreheads were touching.

  "I... Don't know..." She replied.

  Obvious lie...

  "You do... You do athanasia..." I said.

  She was ignoring her own self.

  It was as if realization struck her.

  She has that expression of ' What am I doing?'

  "That's so not fair..." She said as she closed her eyes.

  "It's so not fair that you know..." She said.

  I noticed that her knees were weak.

  Probably from all the weight she was carrying...

  I unconnected our foreheads and stood back.

  But not too far Incase she dropped to the floor.

  She slowly went down so she was hugging her legs.

  "Athanasia... Pass it to me..." I said squatting down and putting out my hand.

  " You don't want it. You don't need it." I said.

  I wanted her to give it to me...

  Not because I didn't want her to have it..

  Not because this could bring down dad's compony...

  But because she should let it go...

  Let him go...

  Stop trying to hard to do everything he tells you too...

  I saw her internal battle

  "Athanasia... Listen to yourself for once..." I said softly as I could.

  She smiled.

  Both happy and sad.

  I felt my heart warm...

  But that doesn't mean I wasn't pissed anymore.

  I still was considering that she might have moved into the house with this one thing as her reason...

  She reached out her hand and passed the thumb drive to me.

  'Im going to burn this thing...'

  "I'm not going to lie athanasia. I am quite pissed." I said sitting next to her and placing my head on on shoulder.

  "I'm sorry... But.. thank you..." she whispered as I felt her leaned her head on mine.

  "Your lucky I love you. Or else I would've probably sent you straight to jail." I said snuggling my head into her hair.