Adrien looked at his cousin in surprise as the boy laughed and sat down at his new computer happily.
"Staring at me won't dampen my amusement at your friend's cousin." Felix said coolly as he began working on something on his computer.
"What are you doing? Also, how was it amusing for Marinette's cousin to publicly attack Lila like that? I mean, I found it well done and well deserved but that's only going to lead to another akuma possibly or more trouble than it's worth." Adrien answered.
Felix just scoffed as he gazed at something on his screen in amusement before beckoning his cousin to take a look.
When Adrien took a look, he saw a pricture of what was undoubtedly Bridgette in a stunning outfit and a wig and sunglasses on a big stage using a microphone in her hand and pointing towards the sky. Around Bridgette were three girls, all holding microphones. Behind the four girls were some strong looking back up dancers.
"Is that... Bridgette?" Adrien muttered in confusion.
Felix smirked knowingly.
"That, dear cousin is Bridgette aka Starlight. Starlight is the lead vocalist in a very popular musical group called The Fallen Angels. TFA for short. They have won some awards for their work and have consistently reached the number one spot in the charts in America for the last year. Starlight however recently declared that she was going on Hiatus, but the group would continue on without her with Moon taking over as lead vocalist. I had felt the name and Bridgette's face were familiar but couldn't place it." Felix answered calmly.
Adrien raised an eyebrow, "How do you know all of that?"
Felix sighed with a tiny bit of annoyance.
"My Mother was an avid fan of TFA. Had a lot of memorabilia and even took me with her to a concert last year when she grounded me and wanted to keep a watchful eye on me without missing the concert. She filled my head with tons of information about them and would often gush about Starlight's posters."
Adrien while surprised gazed at him as if to say to carry on.
"This Lila girl was about to lie to Starlight herself about Starlight something likely slanderous. If anyone else were to connect the dots about Starlight and Bridgette being one and the same at that school, this Lila girl's likely innumerable lies would all be unraveled in seconds. I'm only surprised that Bridgette didn't reveal herself just to expose the liar." Felix said amusedly.
The two were quickly distracted by homework and didn't discuss the matter further.
Bridgette simply ignored her cousin's pouting as they headed to go hang out with Kagami and Luka.
"Bridgette! Why did you call her out like that?! Now she's going to make your life miserable!" Marinette whined exasperatedly at Bridgette.
Bridgette rolled her eyes.
"She was about to slander my best friend right in front of me. I would never let that slide. Besides, she's clearly been slandering Jagged Stone, Clara, and all of TFA. Having met and befriended all of them I have no intention of letting their names be slandered." Bridgette said calmly just as they reached the house boat.
Marinette pouted for a second longer before relenting.
The girl was quickly introduced properly to Luka, Juleka, and Kagami. Bridgette could see why her cousin both loved and hated Kagami. Kagami and Bridgette were pretty similar and quickly hit it off. Luka was also very likeable, he was cute and kind and they had a lot of the same time. Juleka was someone that Bridgette was a bit iffy about as she had seen the girl being swayed by lies during science. As they hung out eventually the three teens learned that Bridgette lived with Marinette.
"You live with Marinette? But what about your own parents?" Kagami asked in confusion delicately.
Marinette tensed and didn't look anyone in the eyes.
Bridgette?
Bridgette's eyes flashed through many emotions before closing as she seemed bored but was only secretly preparing herself. Bridgette stood up and raised her shirt up just enough to show them a scar on her waist. When they and unintentionally Juleka and Luka's mother had gotten a good look at it, Bridgette righted her shirt and sat back down. She was calm, more calm than any of them had expected.
"When Marinette and I were only five or six, my parents and I were at home sleeping when some idiots my parents had been having problems with for years robbed our house while we were supposed to be sleeping. We were awake so they killed my parents soon after my parents hid me away somewhere safe. Then when they got out of the house they set it on fire. I got that scar getting out of the house. When I finally got out I was thankfully discovered by a nice elderly neighbor woman who helped me keep calm and deal with the chaos my life became until I was taken in by my aunt and uncle and their wonderful daughter Marinette." Bridgette explained calmly.
Juleka and Luka's mother quickly hugged her close surprising the teen a bit.
But Bridgette wasn't too surprised by the reaction so she simply awkwardly returned the hug as Luka, Kagami and Juleka joined the hug with Marinette. When the hug was broken Bridgette's phone rang with a video call. The contact read Moon and the picture was of a blonde haired girl with blue eyes.
Bridgette answered happily even as everyone reeled when they saw the famous teenage musician come onto the screen looking serious.
"Did someone really try to claim that about you Star?" Jessica asked seriously in disbelief.
Behind her the other two girls of TFA.
Bridgette nodded seriously.
"Yeah, some weird italian girl in my new school by the name of Lila. She approached me and started saying she was my friend, but I have never met anyone named Lila until today so I wanted to make sure you guys are careful. This Lila girl talked about my photographic memory when I have never told anyone that as Starlight. How she could've gotten that information worries me, Jess." Bridgette explained seriously.
Bridgette was clearly ignoring the floored expressions of everyone around her as she focused on her call.
Jessica frowned seriously before nodding.
"I'll let the school administration know and have our security team look into that. If there's an information leak we'll find it and end the leak before anything more sensitive is released. What did you do to control the situation with the liar so she wouldn't slander you?" Jessica responded.
Bridgette's gaze intensified as the barest hint of determination poured through.
"I claimed I was best friends with my alter-ego and you girls. While that's not exactly a lie, it's going to call attention to me that I don't need or want right now. I'm going to have to figure out a way to do damage control for my damage control. Possibly by doing something unexpected enough to distract from what I said. Most people in class will buy anything after all, too trusting." Bridgette responded.
The brunette with the hazel eyes spoke next.
"Did you inform Jagged and Clara about what you overheard today yet?"
Bridgette shook her head no, "I tried calling Penny during Lunch but it went straight to voicemail. So I passed her an email and asked for her to call me back to discuss the issue in person. As for Clara, I was able to talk on the phone with her assistant Marc and they both thanked me and declared they would get on sorting out everything. Hopefully Penny and Jagged will reach out to me soon, Wendy."
Wendy nodded in happy acceptance and Cassidy spoke next excitedly her hair bouncing adorably as she bounced a bit.
"Ooh! Meet any cute boys yet, Bridge?!" Cassidy asked.
Bridgette growled playfully at her friend before laughing and answering happily.
"There are plenty of those here, but none that are my type yet, Cassidy." Bridgette said amusedly with a roll of her eyes.
Suddenly a message request came into her phone from one Felix Graham De Vanily.
"Felix? Why would Felix be messaging me?" Bridgette thought aloud on accident.
The moment she noticed she hung up the call in a fumble and almost dropped her phone.
"Crud! I'm going to be facing an inquisition later!" Bridgette grumbled as she finally got her phone securely back in her hand.
Marinette, Luka, Kagami and Juleka laughed lightly as Bridgette opened and accepted the request.
What she read on her screen, she had not expected.
TBC