Chapter 13

Chloe and Sabrina stood in line for a drink. The two friends were busy catching up on Chloe's evil plans for Marinette and Adrien, and wondering what to do next to make their lives a living hell. While Sabrina isn't usually the brains on Chloe's plans, she always had some part to play in it. What she wondered was why she hasn't been able to do anything now.

Sure, Chloe was mean to everyone who stood in her way, and she was occasionally a bitch to Sabrina, but the short ginger knew that she meant well and didn't intentionally mean to hurt her. Chloe has been a good friend to Sabrina for a long time, ever since they were little girls. Chloe would never do something that would cause Sabrina harm.

However, Chloe would never know how highly Sabrina thought of her; except for the times she fished for compliments to make boost her unreasonably high ego. Chloe was always so obsessed with the idea of her and Adrien together, she never asked Sabrina for her opinions on anything. And Sabrina knows she shouldn't be trying to chase after Adrien, but Chloe is so set on the two of them becoming soulmates she wouldn't be able to change her mind.

Sabrina would never know how Chloe thought of her. Chloe just doesn't seem like to be the type of person who would give others compliments and make them feel good about themselves. The only three people she would praise are her father, Adrien, and Ladybug. Although Chloe is oblivious to it, Sabrina could definitely tell that Ladybug found her annoying. She probably thought Chloe was another annoying fan, except she was rich and flaunted it every chance she got.

Sabrina hadn't even realized she tuned out their conversation to focus on her thoughts until she heard Chloe snap her fingers. "Sabrina, were you even listening to a word I said?"

"Huh?"

Chloe rolled her eyes as the barista came with their drinks. The two sat at their table and started drinking their coffees. "Honestly, Sabrina, it feels like you don't even care about my feelings anymore."

You never care about my feelings. "Oh, I'm sorry, Clo. I just have a lot of things to think about right now. I didn't mean for you to feel unimportant." Sabrina apologized.

Chloe shook her head, "Whatever. Can we go back to talking about my brilliant plan?" Sabrina nodded, "Good. I think I got that Nathanael kid invested in my plan. I think he's a hundred percent onboard with destroying Marinette and Adrien's relationship. That way, we both get what we want."

What about what I want? "Why can't we just wait to see if they'll break up with each other first instead of doing it ourselves?"

Chloe, busy sucking on her straw, stared at Sabrina disgusted. She set down her drink with wide eyes. "OMG, it's like you don't even know me. That shit would take way too long to happen, and besides they are always so happy with each other, the chances of them breaking up are pretty small."

Like the chances of you breaking them up. "What exactly is your goal here?"

"My goal is to show Adrien just how nice I can be. People usually think beauty is only skin-deep, but I'm about to show them that it's what's on the inside that counts." Chloe beamed, "OMG, I just made that up right on the spot!"

"Um, Chloe, that's been around forever."

"Yeah, and I'm the queen of England."

Sabrina inhaled deeply, "Okay, but how is being nice going to show Adrien that he wants to be with you instead?"

Chloe stopped celebrating. "Crap, haven't thought that far." She sipped more of her drink as she pondered for a bit, "Well…Adrien obviously likes nice girls, and Marinette's a nice girl, so that's his type, right?"

"Chloe, a lot of guys like nice girls. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's their choice in girls. It's just one of their qualities. Besides, Alya is a nice girl and Adrien has no interest in her whatsoever."

Chloe rolled her eyes as she bit on her straw. "Please. Alya is anything but nice if you ask me. She's been a bitch to me since day one."

"To you, maybe. But she's Marinette's best friend, and Marinette is nice."

"Now that I think about it," Chloe set down her drink, "Marinette hasn't been necessarily nice to me either. All those times she stood up to me? You call those that nice? Plus, she humiliated me in front of my Adrikins. That's so embarrassing."

Sabrina sipped her drink in silence. Chloe obviously doesn't know that both girls were defending themselves in the situations Chloe has put them through. She's pretty sure that Chloe hasn't been aware of how she's acted towards them either. Hell, towards everyone for that matter.

"How am I going to get Adrien to fall for me?" Chloe thought aloud. "I mean, I have everything: money, fame, looks. Why did he choose a commoner over me?"

"Maybe it's because a commoner has a lot better qualities than looks and fortune."

The two girls snapped their heads towards Alya and Nino, who were standing by their table glaring at them. Nino stood behind Alya, not wanting to get in the way of Alya's fury. The tan girl had only heard half of their conversation, starting with Chloe calling her a bitch and each second was worse than the last.

Sabrina gulped. She knew better than to stand in the way of an angry Alya, especially when it came to protecting Marinette. She didn't want to have anything to do with her and her anger, but it couldn't be helped if Chloe was the one leading them towards her.

Chloe, on the other hand, thought she could take Alya. She didn't find her as much of a threat. She only found her as a technology-obsessed bitch who thought she was hot shit since she runs the popular Ladyblog, all things about Ladybug.

Chloe rolled her eyes, "You were eavesdropping on our conversation? Geez, that's so fucking low. Then again, you'll do anything to get a stupid little story so that you can follow your dreams of being a crap journalist."

Alya ignored that comment, "Don't you think for one second that I won't tell Marinette about the shit you just spoke about her. And news flash for you honey, Adrien would never jeopardize his relationship with Marinette for the likes of you."

Chloe waved her hand, not really caring. "Yeah, yeah. Don't you have a big Ladybug story to fish for or something?"

Alya shook her head, and Sabrina can see the anger radiating from her. "I can't believe you want to be nice. I KNEW it was too good to be true and Marinette fell for it. She's too good for you."

Chloe leaned into the table, "Does it look like I give a shit? Once I get Adrien to realize he's too good for his precious girlfriend, he'll drop her like a hot potato. Marinette won't know what hit her."

Alya was about to take a swing at her, but Nino grabbed her arm midair and spun her around. When Alya met his gaze, a scowl appeared while Nino gave her a knowing look. He dropped her arm, and Alya regained her composure. She faced Chloe who only gave her raised eyebrow, and Alya shook her head and took off, grabbing Nino's arm.

Chloe waved, with that evil smile on her face. Sabrina released a breath she didn't realize she was holding. Chloe sipped the last of her drink and set the cup on the table. "She thinks she's hot shit? Please."

"Chloe, that was intense, I don't think you should have gotten her mad like that."

Chloe shrugged, "Whatever. I don't care about what she thinks about me. All I care about is getting Adrien."

"And we're back to that." Sabrina muttered under her breath, drinking her coffee.

"What was that?"

"Nothing." Sometimes, Sabrina wondered if she really did think highly of Chloe, or if she was just brainwashed to think that way.

Alya dragged Nino into a dark alley, a few blocks away from the coffee shop. Funnily, it was the same alleyway that Marinette ran into when Chloe had found out her dark secret. But no one paid attention to that; because Alya was fuming.

She hated how nice Marinette could be, Ladybug or not. She hated how she fell right into Chloe's trap. She hated how a lot of her time was spent trying to create a perfect Chloe, when Chloe was the biggest bitch in all of Paris, and everyone knew that. Did Mari really think she could handle such an impossible task?

Nino watched Alya pace back and forth. He's known Alya long enough to know that she'll do anything to protect Marinette. He also knows that Marinette would do the same thing for Alya. And he's seen her lose her anger so many times when it came to Chloe. Everyone knows that if those two were put in the same room together, there would be a blood bath. And it wouldn't be pretty.

Nino was the only one who could calm Alya when she got like this. It's been like this since they were younger. Alya got angry, Nino would tell her to stop, and her anger would flee her in a few minutes. No one knows how or why, but that's just how it is. But this time, no matter how many looks Nino would give her, or how many times he's told her calm down, she would just get angrier.

"Nino! I can't calm down! Chloe has been using Marinette for too long now. I won't just stand by and let it happen. After everything we've been through since junior year started, she's made our lives a living hell. And just when we think things are looking up, she comes and destroys everything!" Alya yells, kicking a can into the wall. It bounced off and landed next to a cat in the garbage can, which scared the animal off.

Nino, trying his best to ignore that kick shot, grabbed Alya's wrists, stopping her pacing. "Alya. You have nothing to worry about. Once you tell Marinette what you found out about Chloe, how she's been a manipulative bitch and everything, there's no way she wouldn't believe you. I know that."

Alya turned her gaze to the ground, a tear falling down her cheek, "It's not just that. I've been trying to protect Marinette for so long, and she's been returning the favor. But…I don't know how much longer I can protect her from Chloe or anyone else."

Nino lifted her chin, a reassuring smile resting on his face. "You can protect her, I know you can. She's your best friend, and you her. Just because Chloe seems to be taking her down each time doesn't mean that you're doing a shit job of protecting her. You're not." He pulled Alya in for a hug, "Don't say you can't protect Mari anymore. Because we both know that it won't happen."

Alya smiled, her head resting on his chest. "You're such a dork, Nino Lahiffe. Adrien must be rubbing off of you."

Nino laughed, "Yeah, well, he's my best friend too."

"Nino?"

"Hmm?"

Alya removed her head off his chest, and stood on her tiptoes and gave Nino a quick peck, taking the DJ completely by surprise. She released herself from his embrace, "Thank you. I needed that."

Nino smiled, blushing and rubbing his neck. "N-no problem. Although, I don't think one kiss is good enough for the advice I just gave you." He waggled his eyebrows.

Alya smirked, "You're right. It's not." And before Nino could even register what she said, she pulled him down for another, much longer and passionate kiss.

AN: This was pretty much a filler chapter I really felt like writing. So how about that DJWifi? :D

Anyway, I wrote this chapter as quickly as I could because I'm going on vacation next week, so I wouldn't be able to post…even though I haven't been posting as much as I used to, heh. ;-;

Update: Title change.