"What, speak." Julie told Grace after they got into her room, and Grace was just looking at her with some mischief plastered across her face. It's as if there was something fishy she had done and she was trying to find a way to tell Julie about it.
"Uh, it's about what I told you this morning, uh, about the pregnancy thing." Grace said while clearing her tone while scratching her head nervously.
" Mmh, yeah remember Randy walked in before we finished the conversation. Tell me." Julie urged her as she comfortably sat herself on the coach across the room so she could listen to her. It was a serious matter, but though she wondered why Grace was scratching her head nervously while behaving as if she was gonna bolt out of the door any minute.
"Yeah, uh... I actually didn't mean any of the things I said." Grace answered as she wiped her hands nervously on her hips as if her hands were sweating.
" What do you mean you didn't mean any of the things you said?" Julie asked her sounding confused. She wasn't understanding what Grace meant and why she was behaving the way she was.
"I mean, it was a prank Julie. Am not pregnant." Grace said nervously, going back to scratching her head as she moved towards the door. She knew Julie wasn't going to like the news of her pranking her that morning and so she better head for the door.
"Wait, what? You pranked me? You gotta be kidding me right?" Julie asked not beliving her. Grace wouldn't have joked about something like that. Come on, she wasn't even one to cry but she had teared up while telling her about it. She couldn't be really serious.
"Am not kidding. I honestly pranked you. I wanted to see your reaction." Grace said sincerely as she held the door knob ready to sprint out incase Julie got up from her seat.
"Do not dare make a step out of that door, Grace." Julie threatened as she jolted up from her seat running after Grace who immediately sprinted out of the door no matter Julie's threats.
"Come on, Juls, am sorry." Grace yelled as she ran in the hallway, while Julie chased after her. She knew if Julie had her, she would definitely regret pranking her. Julie never liked when someone messed with her feelings, which she had definitely messed with them when she had woken up and decided to pull a prank on her. She really wasn't going to like it, especially now that Julie had reached her.
"You forget am a Kalenjin, Grace. You didn't really expect that I was not gonna get hold of you. Am born a runner." Julie told Grace as she held her around her waist while pulling to her room that was closer than Grace's room. She had definitely made a mistake of running towards her room. Now she was going to deal with her squarely for pulling that prank on her.
" Am sorry Julie. I didn't mean to mess with your feelings honestly. Please forgive me?" Grace pleaded while trying to break free from her hold but she had held her so tight.
"Naah, not until am done with your hair, baby girl." Julie threatened while smirking as she pushed the door to her room open, with her back, as she pulled Grace inside.
"Wait what? You are not going to cut my hair, are you?" Grace asked in surprise knowing that Julie was capable of anything when she makes her mind to do it. And by the look of things, she wasn't kidding.
"No sweerie. Am not going to cut your hair. Am going to shave them, until there won't be any single strand of it on your head." Julie sternly said as she pulled Grace to the bathroom.
"No way. You know how much my hair means to me. You can't do that Juls." Grace complained already feeling horrified knowing her precious hair was just seconds away from dissapearing on her head.
"Watch me, Gee. After this, you won't ever think of pulling such a prank on me again." Julie threatened while making Grace sit in front of the bathroom mirror. "Now you gotta sit still or am gonna have to tie you down and you won't like that. Got it sweerie?" She added as she painfully squeezed her shoulders making Grace hiss in pain, while staring at a different Julie on the mirror. She had this threathening smirk on her face that made her words horrifying and for a second, it's like she wasn't seeing Julie but someone else wearing Julie's skin. She had initially planned to sprint out of the seat and ran out but seeing the dangerous look on Julie's face made her shiver in fear. And Julie knowing that Grace wouldn't dare sprint out, stretched to pick a pair scissors and held it threatheningly above Grace's head while still wearing the dangerous smirk on her face.
That was it. Grace knew, her hair was going to fall off soon, so as Julie held the pair of scissors she closed her eyes waiting for her fate, regretting each and every moment she had thought and decided to pull a prank on Julie.
"Hahaha. My goodness, Grace. You are trembling!" Julie suddenly said while laughing so hard, making Grace's eyes snap open, only to meet with a Julie who was heartily laughing while holding her tummy.
"What? You are not going to cut my hair anymore?" Grace asked not understand how a woman who looked so dangerous a few seconds ago was laughing crazily now.
"No. Why would I cut off your precious hair?" Julie asked, while putting back the pair of scissors to where it was, while still laughing at Grace.
"Really, Juls? You were technically threathening me seconds ago and looking so dangerous that I almost didn't know it was you." Grace whisper yelled then sighed in relief.
"I know, right? Haha. The scared look in your face was definitely worth it. My goodness, those movies are doing me good. My acting skills are becoming top notch." Julie laughed as she left the bathroom making Grace follow her as she shook her head in unbelief.
" Jeez, I almost thought you suddenly turned into a psycho. You scared the shit out of me, seriously. And it isn't funny by the way. " Grace said while threatheningly looking at Julie who had thrown herself on the bed while still laughing.
"Come on, you don't get to complain while you pulled a serious prank on me. You technically messed with my feelings." Julie complained too.
"Yeah I know. Haha. I mean you technically called me Wanjiku three times and I knew I really hit it. It was worth it. And the embrace after I cried almost made me choke. Seems my acting skills are becoming top notch too. Haha" Grace answered taking her turn to laugh too. "But seriously Juls, how could you buy such a lie. I mean didn't you see the impossibilities of that one night stand theory? You know I don't go to clubs whatsoever and besides it's impossible for one to show signs of pregnancy just after a few days. Jeez you are so cheap. " Grace added while still laughing at her.
I am cheap? Well, since I didn't cut any of your hair, am definitely paying back and then we'll see who's cheaper than the other one." Julie said while smirking at her.
"Ooh? Ha, trust me sweetheart, apart from this phsycic thing you just pulled right now, there's nothing else that you can do to prank me. I'd always know your are messing with me." Grace told her sounding so sure.
"What if I actually pull a serious prank on you and succeed?" Julie asked challengingly.
"Then I'd take you for a trip. Anywhere you'd want to go for any period of time you'd want to stay." Grace said chuckling as she took up the challenge, knowing that Julie was never going to pull any prank in her.
"Mmh, challenge accepted. How I long to see your face when I win this. Haha." Julie laughed lightly knowing that one way or the other, she was going to succeed.
"You wish babygirl." Grace answered as she rolled her eyes at her.
"We'll see. And I just remembered that am so hungry. Think you can help me make dinner? " Julie asked as she got up from her bed wanting to head out.
"Sure yeah. Ooh and by the way, I forgot to tell you that Jason hasn't left yet." Grace said making her stop on her tracks.
"What? He didn't? What the hell did he still want?" Julie asked getting annoyed immediately. She hadn't even thought of the fact that Jason might have decided to stick around instead of leaving immediately they had, had a fight.
"I don't know. I wanted to have Raymond throw him out but then I remembered he's still your boyfriend. So I had him nurse his injuries instead." Grace said while shrugging.
"Boyfriend, indeed. You know I still don't get it why you guys really wanted me to date Jason." Julie said pitifully as she shook her head.
"He's been your friend for a long time Julie. Just like me, and we thought that at least he seemed sincere with his feelings and he would treat you right, since he knows you well. It's only that, personally I didn't know he had this aggressive side of him. If I did I wouldn't have advised you to date him, obviously. " Grace answered apologetically, and regretfully. She really hadn't known that Jason had a jealous aggressive side of him. She doubted if Geff even knew about it too. If they did, they wouldn't have let him date Julie.
" You don't have to feel bad, I know you didn't know. And maybe him being my boyfriend makes him feel like he now has the right over my son, you know. Which might explain his behavior today." Julie shrugged not knowing what to feel and think.
"I suppose so too. Maybe try talk to him and make him explain his behavior. I'm sure he had a reason to." Grace suggested thoughtfully.
"Ha, what other reason could it be, apart from jealousy?" Julie smirked as she rolled her eyes.
"Come on Julie, who wouldn't be jealous of Hotstuff? I mean look at him? He's technically a hot drip and am sure Jason must have felt intimidated and even more jealous with the fact that Brandon connected instantly with him, yet for him, he had to take years of being around him to get him call him Uncle Jason. He definitely was going to get jealous. " Grace said while chuckling.
"Ha, whatever Gee. Anyway, I guess since he didn't leave, I've got no choice but talk to him. " Julie said dismissively not wanting to go back to the Hotstuff topic again. Otherwise they were never going to finish it.
"It's alright. I'll go start cooking while you talk to him. Just try not to get angry again. I don't want to witness a furious Julie again." Grace chuckled as she walked towards the door and Julie followed her out too.
"Okay Ma'am." Julie smirked as she rolled her eyes then they both exited the room while Grace went to the kitchen and Julie to the living room where she expected to find Jason. She could feel her blood already boiling before she even looked at him. Seems she really had to use a lot of strength to control herself from blowing up again.