No idea where this came from but let's roll with it. Enjoy!

~ Pickles

"This is preposterous!"

Chloe raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. "Not that I agree with you but since when do you say preposterous?"

Nathaniel only glanced at the woman sitting next to him. "I'm expanding my vocabulary."

Alix, sitting across from Chloe, scoffed. "You two just know you'd lose!"

It was the last night before the last winter break that the class would have before graduating and moving on with their lives. But before they seperated to spend their vacation with their families, Marinette had the brilliant idea for them all to meet for supper. At first Chloe was thrilled but then, two hours into the meal, her thrilled-o-meter took a rapid decrease. It started when Nino stated something about spending Christmas with Alya's family in London and pretty soon Chloe found herself trapped in a bet with Nathaniel against Kim and Alix.

The blonde placed full responcibility for her current predicament on the head of Adrien Agreste himself. He's the one who turned Chloe's dare for daredevils against her. His idea consisted of Chloe and Nathaniel going head to head against arguably the two most stubborn people in all of Paris. "Oh please. Nath's family would never believe he could land me," Chloe scoffed, glaring daggers at Alix.

Alix only smirked back. "Well I guess that will make it easier for us to win." She and Kim shared a fist bump, eyes never leaving their competitor's.

"Isn't fake dating kind of a cliche?" Mylene asked. She subconsiously played with her engagement ring, only slightly paying attention to the conversation.

Rose piped up from in between Jeluka and Sabrina. "Only if they fall in love!" she chirped.

Marinette let out an aw. "That'd be such a cute love story tho."

"You better be talking about those two, Mari," Chloe huffed with an eyebrow raised. "Cause if not..."

Nino interrupted Chloe with the most shocking thing said up to that point. "Calm down, Chlo. Sure Heartrate here would be an amazing story if they fell in love but HoneyTomato would be even more lovable."

The whole class, excluding Nino and Alya, simply stared back at him. It was a few seconds before Kim spoke up. "What the heck is a HoneyTomato and a Heartrate."

"Those, my bro, are ship names," Nino clarified.

"Nino and I compiled a list a while ago of every possible romantic relationship within our group and gave each possibility a name," Alya explained, pulling out a crumpled paper from her purse.

"You carry it with you?" Max asked in confusion.

Alya continued as she hadn't heard. "Not to mention, we also bet on which couples would end up together."

"Just out of curiosity, what's our name?" Adrien motioned between him and Marinette, who had been dating for only about ten months.

Alya quickly unfolded the paper and scanned it. "Y'all have four actually. But the one we use most often is Adrienette," she exclaimed while pointing to the named scribbled over the paper. She moved her finger down a little. "And here is HoneyTomato, honey and tomato for Chloe and Nathaniel's hair, and Heartrate. That ones a little harder to explain. It just kind of fits."

Jeluka peered over the aspiring journalist's shoulder at the paper. "Did you create a name for yourselves? Nalya? And who's Djwifi? And Ladrien? And..."

Alya quickly folded up the paper and stuffed it back into the messy clutter of her purse. "That's not relevant. The point is, everyone has names and we shall be using them from now on."

"With stupid names or not," Alix turned her attention back to Chloe. "We'd still win cause we're just that awesome."

"Okay, that's it!" The table went silent as all eyes turn to Nathaniel. He had gained his voice, per say, over the past couple of years but this was an unusual outburst. He was serious, standing with his hands on the table and everything. Chloe found it strangely attractive but quickly tried to kill that thought, only pushing her rapid imagination farther away from reality. "You two have been at this for years! Somehow roping the rest of us into lame dares that you always seem to win!" Nath declared, voice raised enough to hush the table but not draw attention to himself. "Well not today! Chloe and I will win this bet and finally you will have to experience defeat!"

More silence. Chloe found her mind wondering to what she called 'the darkest part' of her imagination. She felt her stomach do a little jump when he said their names together. It caused a new what-if to appear in her already crowded mind. She couldnt help but be attacted to him right now. Even Mylene must be feeling something. After looking at the aforementioned woman to confirm her suspicions, Chloe was pulled back to reality.

Immediatly she stood, placing her hands on the table as well. "Yeah!" she agreed with her now fake boyfriend. "You guys have gotten away with this long enough!"

Kim and Alix copied the other couple by standing. "We never turn down a good challenge," Kim declared with a serious voice, as if it were actually an international issue.

The four stared at each other for a few seconds before all declaring something about preparation and running out of the restaurant, stumbling over one another in the process. The remaining classmates watched them go before Nino chuckled and pulled his eyes from the empty door.

"It worked!" the DJ declared, fistbumping Ivan and Adrien at the same time.

Adrien pulled out a pen and notepad. "The only thing left is the bets."

"We are betting on whose gonna lose?" Sabrina asked. She had been on a date when the rest had planned the shenanigan and was clearly confused.

"Nope," Marinette answered with a smile. She looked out the window at where Kim, Nath, Alix, and Chloe were hustling into cars. "We are betting on who is going to fall in love first."

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~Pickles