The office door opens and Grace practically spills in, with clumsy movements, trying to manipulate both the door handle and her papers at the same time, resulting in said paper and files being dropped and the her tumbling against the door. "OooOf!" She whimpers, scrambling to correct her posture. Her heels clack hard on the carpet, as her stumbles stop.

"S-Sorry..." she mutters, unsure of what to fix first. The door left ajar? her glasses? the mess on the floor?

Why does it always have to be like this! I can't open a fucking door?! She thinks.

No, you tried doing, like, three different things at once without focusing and that's how that ends. She is actually having an internal conversation with herself, while picking up her papers.

How am I ever gonna get inside the new team like this?

She straightens up, and tries to sound firm:

"Chief, I-I heard about the new investigation team, on the umbrella case? A-and I want in."

"Please? you know how important to me that is..."