"Tuesday, day 23. I've been fighting with Queen Bee, or I mean, I've been fighting the Akuma with Queen Bee, not- anyway. I don't really trust the others right now for personal reasons but I figured we could talk about it later. Um… yeah that's all I got. Bye."

Marinette takes the phone from her ear and stuffs it into her purse before walking down stairs. She says goodbye to her parents before leaving for school, their busy day at the bakery having already started.

She's only mildly surprised when she's stopped by the blonde heroine before she even makes it past the staircase.

"Oh good. You're actually awake and looking human. We need to talk."

Marinette heaves a sigh, "Chloe, I don't really have time for this."

Said teen blocks her way when she tries to sidestep, "No, I will not have a repeat of the disaster that happened on Friday. You're coming with me and we are going to talk."

Chloe grabs her wrist and drags her away from the school population. Once she seems to be satisfied, she lets the blunette go and turns to her sharply, "Ok, you better be listening now because this is really important!"

Marinette nods uncertaintly, "I'm listening Chloe, I have been since you walked in front of me."

The blonde tears her head and holds up a hand, her signature attitude ready for her to use, but as soon as she opens her mouth everything stops. Her hand freezes and her eyes widen, her posture going rigid before slowly falling. Her hands ball into fists at her sides, light blue eyes darting this way and that as a look of confusion passes over her face.

"I…"

Surprised and worried by the development, Marinette starts to ask her if she's ok before being interrupted.

"I'm sorry."

They stare at each other as Chloe seems to be thinking over what to say next, "I… haven't been… the best… but I'm sorry."

Before the blunette can get a word in, Chloe is darting away from her, walking as fast as her legs can carry her up the stairs and past Sabrina into the school building.

Realization dawns on Marinette as she stands there, that must have been Chloe's attempt at taking her advice, well Ladybugs advice, but still. Kick starting her own feet she runs clumsily up the stairs, sliding past everyone in her way as she chases after the yellow figure heading towards their class.

"C-Chloe! Wait!"

Sabrina turns to look in her direction before tapping the girl next to her's shoulder. In response the girl keeps moving, not bothering to look back.

Marinette lets put a frustrated huff and keeps running. By the time she finally reaches them, the blondes already opened the door.

"Chloe, Wait!"

"What Marinette? What could be so important that you keep yelling at me?" Her hair whips behind her as her head snaps in her direction, her eyes glassy like ice.

Panic makes her stumble over her words, "I… why were you apologizing?"

Chloe's eyes look past her and around as if avoiding answering, finally she places a hand on her hip, the other keeping the door open, "You're really going to make me say it a second time?"

Marinette cups her hands in front of her while looking down, "N-no. Yes? I just… don't understand?"

The blonde looks into the room before leveling her with a hard stare, "Fine. I'm sorry. I've been a jerk. I was rude. I've hurt you and it's utterly ridiculous that I keep doing it when I have no good reason to be treating you that way. Happy?"

Sabrina's mouth drops open in shock as she stares at Chloe, and Marinette can't say that her face doesn't match. With her words she walks into the room like the model she thinks she is, stopping at the last second to hold it open.

"Are you going to stand there and let flies into your mouth or are you going to come in?"

The two girls snap their mouths shut and walk into the room behind the blonde, quick to move out of her way when she keeps moving. Seeming to have taken a dive off the deep end, the blonde then walks confidently up where Alya usually sits and plants her butt firmly in the seat.

In the back, Alix makes some kind of remark about the end of the world when the blonde then says, "Well, are you going to sit or not?"

Sabrina is quick to move, sliding in next to Chloe. The blonde rolls her eyes and moves closer to her before looking at Marinette, "Well?"

Taking the hint, the blunette walks up the stairs and sits on her other side. It's a little awkward since they don't talk and Marinette can't understand what she's thinking until Alya walks into the room laughing at something Lyla had said. When their eyes meet it clicks in the heroines head exactly what Chloe was trying to do.

It was a power move.

And she was now stuck in the middle of it.