Alix walked into the kitchen where Jalil was. She sat on a stool that was at the counter and put both arms on it. "What's up Alix?" he asked looking at her. "Alya gave me a dare." She said as he passed her some water. "What's wrong with that?" Alix shook her head. "Nothing. I did the dare even though it was stupid. It's just…I don't know. I can't stop thinking about it." She said and he nodded. "What was it then?" he asked. "I had to kiss Kim." She said softly and Jalil smiled. "Oh right. So that's what you can't stop thinking about then?" he said and she nodded. "So you're crushing on him?" Alix looked up at him and just stared at him.

"What?! I am not!"

"Then stop thinking about it."

"I can't! I tried!"

"Then you're crushing on him."

"Ugh your as bad as Alya!"

Silence.

Alix glanced down at the counter and hit her head on it. "Why can't I stop thinking about it?" she asked softly. "I told you why." Jalil said and she sighed. "I don't need a boyfriend." She said looking at him. "Dad's successful on his own. You are too. And so can I! I don't need a boyfriend!" Jalil just shook his head as he sat down beside her. "You're trying to convince yourself of that. Not me. You can have a boyfriend and still be successful." He said as she leant on her hand. "But I shouldn't be falling like this." She said getting up. "I'm gonna watch some tv."

She walked into the living room switching the tv on. She flicked it over to some random show before lying across the couch. She pulled out her phone to see a message from Kim on it so she opened it.

Kim: Hey short stuff. Dare I ask what that kiss was about?

Alix: Don't call me that and no probably not

Kim: Aw c'mon chibi tell me

Alix: Alya dared me to

Kim: And you followed through with it? Cool.

Alix: Uh…sure…

Kim: Well it was unexpected but I won't complain

Alix: You do know this was literally just a dare and nothing else

Kim: I know

Alix: So….you won't kill me on Monday?

Kim: Nup. I'll actually probably be at the pool Monday with Ondine. We have training

Alix: Oh

Kim: Don't miss me too much shorty. We can always meet up after ;)

Alix pulled up Alya's number and called her. "Heya Alix!" Alya said happily. "Oh don't act like that! Kim is trying to hit on me!" she snapped. "Plus he's not going to be at school on Monday and I was….kinda looking forward to seeing him." Alya squealed as Alix moved the phone away from her ear. "Oh my gosh you are so crushing on him!" Alya said excitedly. "But don't worry. Meet us tomorrow at the park and we'll work something out." Alya said. "Who is 'we' Alya?" Alix asked. "Don't worry about that. You just keep calm and don't think about Kim. I'll sort everything out." Alya said before hanging up.

Alix groaned as she threw her phone across the room.

Stupid. Everything was stupid.

The following morning she went to the park to see Marinette, Alya, Rose, Juleka, Mylene, Chole, and Sabrina all at the fountain waiting. "Oh god no. You brought Chloe along to give me advice?!" Alix said and Chloe looked at her. "I have some ideas that might work. Your choice if you want to hear them or not. I mean, I'm not taking classes to improve my attitude for nothing." She said and Alix sighed. "Alright. Go on."

Chloe sat up and looked at her. "Well I personally don't understand what you see in him but if you really want to get him, you really should go with him to his training. I mean doesn't Ondine go to his training and like, she does crush on him too." She said and Alix scoffed. "If you think I'm going to be intimidated by Ondine, you are sorely mistake. I don't want to be crushing on him. I just want to be myself. I don't need a guy in my life. Especially him!" Alix said firmly as she crossed her arms. "Really? That's not the impression I got when you kissed him." Marinette said and Alix shot her a glare.

"Oh look there's Kim now!" Alya said smiling. Alix spun around spotting him running through the park. "Ha! You looked! You do have a crush on him!" Alya said and Alix just growled. "Ugh and this is your fault!" Alix snapped pointing to Alya.

"Is not."

"Is so! I was perfectly happy being independent and now you've done this to me!"

"You didn't have to kiss him."

"It was a fucking dare of course I had to!"

Marinette just covered Alix's mouth. "Hush. Calm down." She whispered stroking her head gently. "Just think calming thoughts." Alix just stared at Alya who was finding this whole situation a whole lot funnier than Alix did. "Look just ask the Doofus out." Chloe said exasperatedly. "N to the fucking o, no!"Alix snapped.

"Yoo hoo! Kim!" Sabrina called out waving madly. "What are you doing?!" Alix hissed trying to get to Sabrina to shut her up but Marinette and Juleka were now both holding her back. Kim came running over and then stopped in front of the girls. "Hey what's up?" he asked glancing over at Alix as Marinette covered her mouth whispering something very firmly to her. "Alix wants to join you tomorrow for your training." Sabrina said. "She's going to take up the sport." Rose added. "More competitive if you two did the same sport."

Kim just smirked and shook his head. "She knows she's gonna loose right?" Alix moved Marinette's hand. "I would not!" she snapped and Kim shrugged. "Alright. Then I guess I'll see you Monday, Shorty." He said patting her head. "9am sharp. Don't be late."

And with that he was gone. Mylene looked over at Alix who was now hitting her head on a pole. "Why. Why. Why." She muttered. "Why did you do that?!" Mylene laughed walking over to her. "Oh calm down. Having a crush isn't as bad as you would think. And if you two even started dating, it doesn't mean you aren't independent. You still will be but you just have some support when you need it." She said and Alix looked at her. "Yeah but your crush wasn't your sworn rival. I shouldn't be falling for my rival!"

Alix sat back down and crossed her legs. "I don't know how to deal with this. He annoys me so much with his stupid dares and such. But after that last dare, everything changed. I mean, before all that I would see him with other girls and…I don't know….felt weird. Like I wanted to punch them in the face or something. Now I just want to be around him. It doesn't make any sense to me." she said softly. Marinette smiled as she hugged her tightly. "You're crushing on him and you get jealous. It's normal for that to happen when you have a crush. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get there and soon enough you'll probably be dating him." Marinette said and Alix just sighed.

"I doubt that very much."