Lucky Coincidence // Stuart Twombly

XII

"Guys, let's get ready for this next task." Billy clapped his hands, gaining the attention of his team members that were gathered around him. "We got this." 

It was late in the evening and the team was working on their newest task, inventing with a new app. They had to come up with the idea, they had to create and bring out the app and in the end, the team with the most downloads on their app would win the task. 

Lara was situated on the couch. She had taken off her high heels and was horizontally sitting on the sofa, her laptop in her lap and one headphone in her ear as she listened to music. Her large husky was sleeping on her calves. 

She had to be at Google tonight for extra work and she just couldn't let Tobi at home any longer because he had been alone all day, so she had decided about an hour ago to pick him up and bring him along to work with her. 

"Yeah, it'd help if we had an idea for an app," Stuart muttered as he was scrolling through his phone in hopes of getting an idea.

"You bet your sweet ass, it would, Stewie," Nick called. 

"No, never Stewie," Stuart corrected him plainly. 

"Not even for the girlfriend?" Nick turned to Lara. 

Stuart shook his head. "Not even for the girlfriend," He confirmed. Lara giggled lightly. 

"He hates it when someone calls him Stewie, the only person who is allowed to call him that is Maddy," She chimed. 

"Maddy?" Neha frowned. 

"She's Lara's niece," Stuart explained and the team nodded. 

"You know, it's nice when this one warms up to me," Nick grinned, motioning at Stuart. "Don't worry, I'll get through to you. I'll break you down like a two-by-four Bronco. Watch me!" 

"Okay, let's brainstorm this puppy," Billy stated. 

"Yes, we're gonna put some coffee in the pot and we're gonna let it bubble." Nick started snapping his fingers in the air. "Let's go." 

"I think it's smart to explore what kind of apps are popular," Yo-Yo said as he was already on his way to a computer. 

"We can look in different categories," Neha suggested. Lyle encouraged her by using references Lara had never heard of before. 

"Okay, guys, I don't want to kill the momentum or the energy that you have cooking, but needles and categories, they don't use apps. People use apps. So I have an idea," Billy said. Everyone turned to him. "Nowadays people take a lot of pictures, right? They have their phones out, something catches their eye and they wanna take that picture. But then that picture is just sitting there." He paused. "What if they take that photo and instantaneously put it out there, on the line, and share it with their friends?" 

"Yeah, that's Instagram. It already exists, it's one of the most popular apps in the world. Facebook bought it for like a billion dollars, and that's billion with a B," Stuart stated. 

"Oh, no, no. Mine's very different from that," Billy protested. 

"How is yours very different from that?" Stuart asked, raising a brow at the tall man.

"Because when you take the picture you're instantaneously putting it on the line." Billy threw something in the air and caught it again. 

"It's online," Lyle corrected and Lara mentally thanked him for correcting Billy. She didn't want to come over as a know-it-all so she figured she would just stay quiet and continue working. 

"When I'm taking my pictures and putting them on the line I'm creating an exchange," Billy continued. 

"Yeah, that's Instagram," Neha agreed with Stuart.