Hello there,
I think from the last chapter I kinda made it obvious who the pairing with Travis is going to be...
Anyways, welcome my friends to the next chapter of Miraculous: My Iron Skin.
Hope your going to enjoy it as much as I had writing it and now on to the review.
kyrogue23: Happy you enjoyed the chapter so much.
And now on to the story.
Inside the Agreste Mansion, specifically Gabriel's office. He is talking on the phone while looking at a book on his desk.
"Yes, I'm busy. I was right in the middle of something very important. What do you want?... What!? This is unacceptable! The sample garment doesn't match at all! All you had to do was follow a pattern." Gabriel said, picking the book up from his desk and he goes to the large painting of a blonde woman, "Imbeciles! What am I supposed to do? The show is in three days! No, don't use him, he's completely useless."
He pressed a certain spot on it and it slid open to reveal a safe behind it, in which he places the book.
"Call my assistant, Nathalie." Gabriel continued, closing the portret behind him as he walked out of his office, "She'll give you some other names."
From behind a pillar in the foyer, Adrien from behind a pillar had seen what had happened through the open door into his father's office.
"He hides stuff behind the painting of Mom?" Adrien whispered.
"Ooh! I love dirty secrets" a small black creature said, floating above Adrien's shoulder,
It's appearance is very cat-like, having cat ears, a tail, two cat incisors, and green cat-like eyes, along with one whisker on his forehead and one dark blue whisker on each cheek.
Adrien walks over with the creature to the painting and pressed the same place his father had to open it.
"I-I can't do it Plagg." Adrien said to the black creature, "My dad wouldn't like me going through his stuff. Besides, I don't even know the code, and my fencing class is about to start."
"You're such a party pooper." Plagg said, phasing through the safe door.
"Plagg, no!" Adrien exclaimed.
"Plagg, yes!" a muffled Plagg shouted from inside the vault, which he opens from the inside, "My, my, my, what have we got here? A book on Tibet, an old flyer from a hotel, a load of junk, come on, where's the good stuff?"
He knocks the book Gabriel was looking at into Adrien's arms. "Why is my dad keeping this locked in a safe?" he said, flipping through the pages which seemed to be about ancient superheroes.
Continuing to scan through the pages of the book until he came across something that shocked him, an ancient Chinese looking version of Hawk Moth.
"What's this monster doing in a book about superheroes?" Adrien said, he gasped after hearing approaching footsteps, and hides the book in his school bag and closes the picture just as Nathalie and his bodyguard enter the room.
"Adrien?" Nathalie said surprised, "You're going to be late."
"I was... looking for my homework." Adrien chuckled nervously, "Silly me."
At College Françoise Dupont Library, Travis was was walking through the bookcases until he spotted Adrien, looking through a very old looking book.
"Morning A." Travis said, starling his blonde friend.
"Oh, hey T." Adrien said, "What are you doing here so early?"
"Miss Bustier needed to talk to me." Travis explained, "What are you reading?"
"Oh, just stories about superheroes." Adrien said.
Travis eyes widen when he spotted a ancient Chinese superhero in the pages looking very much like his female teammate, "Ladybug?" he exclaimed surprised.
"She's amazing." Adrien sighted deeply but with a happy smile.
"Sounds like someone has a crush." Travis teased upon noticing the look on his friend's face.
"Me? Oh, no! Not at all!" Adrien said quickly, he gets an alert from his phone, "I gotta go! I've got a fencing lesson."
In his haste to get up, Adrien drops his bag on the floor, spilling his books all over the floor. Travis bend down to help his friend pick his books up, but discreetly pushing the book with superheroes away and under a nearby bookcase.
"See you later." Travis said, handing the books to his friend who stuffed them in his bag.
He waited until he left the library before bending down again and picking up the book. "...This better not become a habit." he mumbled, placing the book in his bag.
Travis walked towards the guidance office, where he was suppose to meet Miss Bustier. Along the way he could overhear some of his classmate talk about some weird rumors or something he wasn't caught up on.
"Can you believe Lila knows Prince Ali?" Rose said, "She even flew in his private jet with him!"
"Why did Jagged Stone write a song about Lila when he could've written it about me?" Chloe complained to Sabrina.
"Lila knows all of the Hollywood directors." Nino said, "She promised she'd mention me to Steven Spielberg himself!"
"I heard she has visited the King and Queen from the Netherlands." Max said.
"That's not possible." Kim said, "The Netherlands isn't real. It's were Tinkerbell is from."
"That's..." Max said surprised, and yet confused by what his friend had claimed.
"Okay, who the bloody hell is this Lila?" Travis thought as he reached the guidance office.
He knocked on the door and soon her heard the voice of Miss Bustier telling him to come on.
"Good morning Miss Bustier." Travis said, stepping into the office, "You wished to see me."
"Please have a seat, Travis." Miss Bustier said, gesturing to the chair across from her at the desk. He did just that, sitting down and placing his bag next to him. "Do you know why I called you here?"
"A-Alright I admit." Travis said immediately, "It was all Nino's idea, Adrien was look out, I drove the get away car but Nath is the real ring leader of the Do-crimers..."
"W-What?" Miss Bustier said confused.
"...Oh this is not about that..." Travis said relieved, "Just kidding Miss Bustier. Honestly, I have no idea why I'm here."
"It's because a few teachers and me have noticed that you have begone to sleep more and more in class." Miss Bustier continued, sounding concerned, "Is everything alright, Travis?"
"Oh that... I just haven't been sleeping well lately." Travis said, rubbing the back of his head, "But my grades haven't sufferd right?"
"Your grades are still excellent... You look mature, but you're still in high school, you know." Miss Bustier said, "I'm not saying it should be me, but if something happens, you shouldn't hesitate to bring it to a grown-up."
"I will." he said, "Was that all?"
"No, there is one more thing." Miss Bustier said.
Meanwhile at the courtyard, Alya was typing away on her phone as she sat on a bench when Marinette sat down next to her.
"Okay, who is this Lila?" Marinette said, having overheard the conversations her classmates had.
"A new student, she just started at our school!... Oh there she is." Alya said, looking up from her phone and pointing towards the second floor of the school where the new student was.
Lila is a slender teenage girl of average height with olive green eyes and long, hip-length chestnut brown hair with bangs. Her hair is loosely tied at the tips with orange bands where she has two shorter strands of hair.
She wears a red-orange jacket over a dark gray romper that has tiny white spots. Additionally, she wears light gray tights and brown high heel boots.
The new girl Alya was talking and being shown around the school by none other than Travis.
"She even gave me an exclusive interview for the Ladyblog, 'cause Ladybug saved her life once!" Alya said, showing the video to Marinette of Lila on the ladyblog.
"Who is this girl?" Marinette said, looking to the second floor, "And what is she doing next to the love of my life!?"
At the end of the school day, Travis was sitting with Lila in a small cafe, where the new girl was doing her homework. Travis had been requested by Miss Bustier to help the new girl get used to her new school environment.
"Have I told you, I know Mrs. Shine?" Lila told him, "I will soon be even be working for her."
"Oh, are you now?" Travis said, hiding his smirk in his cup of tea.
Lila was slightly taking aback when this little fact didn't had the desired effect on him. She slides down the booth closer to Travis as he studied the book he had stolen from Adrien, "What are you reading?"
"Nothing." Travis mumbled, placing his cup down as he felt a softer, smaller hand on his own.
"A vixen superheroine? Interesting... I love superheroes!" Lila said, scooting closer to him, "A girl doesn't need to wear a costume to be amazing, you know."
"I know." Travis said with a smile, "Like my friend Mari."
"I was talking about someone else..." Lila said with a flirtatious smirk.
"Alya?" Travis said, playing stupid.
"No..." Lila said disappointed.
"Juleka? Alix? Rose? Miss Bustier?..." he continued to list names off, "Mari again?"
"Your so... adorably naive Travis." Lila said, continuing with her flirting, "You know I actually happen to be very close friends with Ladybug."
"Right." Travis said, rolling his eyes, "And I'm actually Cat Noir."
"No really, I know her." Lila said, "We can chat about it if you want. Not here though. Why don't we meet at the park tomorrow after school and I'll tell you everything."
"Sure why not?" Travis said, looking at his phone, "I have nothing planned anyway."
Inside the secret base, Travis is standing with his arms crossed, standing in front of his screen as the superhero book was having it's pages scanned and loaded into the computer.
"It seems this book contain information about Ladybug's, Cat Noir's and Hawke Moth's through the ages. But it's all written in some sort of code." Travis thought with a smirk, "But what the first Iron Spider has over them is my bleeding edge technology."
He watched as the screen now displayed a page of the ancient Chinese Ladybug. Multiple red circle cursor moved over the letters in quick succession as his computer began to translate the pages.
"I love technology." Travis said with a smirk as his computer found the language to translate from, but it was going to take some time to translate the entire thing in modern English.
The following day at school, Travis was sitting with Adrien, Nino and Nathaniel at their usual table.
"Lila's got the most incredible life, and now she's going here. She's totally awesome!" Nino said, "Alya said her Ladyblog has the highest number of hits ever after that Lila interview!"
"Has this Lila girl hypnotized everyone or something?" Nathaniel said confused, "Why does everyone think she is so great?"
"Because she is lying, Nath." Travis said while he looked at his phone, "And people are idiots."
"Lying?" Adrien said, "What makes you say that."
"Because she claimed something that is not possible." Travis said simply, before he was distracted when he overheard his classmate Kim was doing another of his bet with one schoolmate
"Did he win another bet?" Adrien said.
"Yes." Nathaniel said, "I guess it will never stop."
Travis stood up, ignoring what his friends said as he walked towards Kim. Challenging the school atlete to a push up contest.
"A push up contest?" Kim said, "You're no match for me. You look like you weight 30 pounds soaking wet under your fancy designer shirt."
"Then you should have no trouble destroying me." Travis said with a smirk.
He threw his jacket off, lifting his shirt up over his head to show his well defined chest and stomach muscles.
"Your shredded Travis!" Kim said surprised but appreciative, "But why did you take our shirt off?"
"Whenever a male shonen protagonist takes off his shirt, all of his attributes increase exponentially." Travis said, clenching his fist.
"You get it." Kim said, taking his hoodie off to show his own muscular top.
The two dropped to the floor and began to push their bodies off the ground with both hands. Reaching the floor before pushing themselves up in a impressive tempo.
"Time to step it up a notch." Kim said, pushing himself off the ground and clapping his hands together before placing his hands back on the ground and pushing himself off the ground and repeated.
"Then I'll step up my game too." Travis said, pushing himself up, placing a hand behind his back and doing a one handed push up before switching to his other arm.
The entire cafeteria was now looking at the two muscular teens going at it, their muscles glistening with sweat.
"You know, I usually don't like Kim's bets..." Chloe said, "But something about this... Is very hypnotic."
"I agree..." Marinette said.
"Just because we agree on something doesn't change anything Marinette Dupain-Cheng." Chloe said quickly as Kim took it up another step and began to do push ups with two fingers and one hand behind his back.
"Beat this Travis!" he said smugly.
"Okay, this is my trump card." Travis said, pushing himself off the ground and folding his arms behind his back. He continued to do push ups, his nose pressing against the ground, before pushing himself back with only his legs.
The cafeteria was shocked about the display of leg strength from Travis, which awed even Kim who fell to the ground. Which was a good think, because soon after an exhausted Travis fell on the ground, rolling onto his bag.
It was at that moment that Miss Bustier came walking into the cafeteria where she found a crowd of students standing around a shirtless, exhausted Travis and Kim laying on the ground.
"What is going on in here?" the teacher said concerned.
"Winning!" Travis said with a smile, raising a fist. His smile dropped quickly when he realized this might cause Kim to become an akumatized victim.
Pushing himself off the ground, "Hey Kim, listen." he said, immediately trying to do some damage control.
"Dude! That was amazing!" Kim said excited, sitting up himself, "I thought you were British, Travis. Not Russian!"
"You think that is impressive? You should see my father." Travis chuckled, seemingly having made a friend, "He's wider than he is tall."
After school at Place des Vosges, where Travis spotted Lila waiting for him on a bench.
"Oh hi!" she said.
"Yo." Travis said giving her a peace sign before sitting down next to her on the bench.
"Why did you have that book?" Lila said.
"Let's just say..." Travis said, "Superheroes ar a curiosity of mine."
"Your like that British detective..." Lila said, trying to remember his name, "What was it again? Milo Graham de Vanily?"
"Someone you also know?" he said dryly as they continued to converse.
"So I mentioned I know Ladybug." Lila began, as Travis let's out an unconvinced mumble, "Not only did Ladybug save my life, we've become very close friends because we have something very special in common... it's what I wanted to tell you about. I'm the descendant of a vixen super heroine myself, Volpina."
"Who the bloody hell is Volpina?" Travis said confused, "Is that someone I should know?
"She's in that book of yours. She's one of the most important superheroes. More powerful and more celebrated than Ladybug." Lila said, "Between you and me Ladybug doesn't even make the top ten. My grandma gave me this necklace." showing off the fox charm around her neck.
"She can't be that celebrated if I never heard of her." Travis said, "And from what I have seen, Ladybug is one of the strongest heroes. I would rate her just higher than Iron Spider but below Batman."
"Why thank you for the compliment, Travis." a voice said behind them.
The two teens turn around to find one other than the real Ladybug standing behind them.
"Ladybug?" Travis said surprised.
"The one and only." Ladybug said, before turning to Lila, her face forming a fake smile, "Well hey Lila! How's it gong? Long time no see. I saw your interview on the Ladyblog, awesome job."
She walks around the bench, before putting her foot on the bench between Lila and Adrien, and leans closer to Lila. "Oh sure! I remember our instant connection when I saved your life and we've been really good friends ever since! Practically BFF's!" Ladybug continued.
"Where is Ladybug going with this?..." Travis thought as he observed, "God, girls are weird."
"Actually, when did I save your life again, Lila? I don't recall." Ladybug said, trying to fake remember it with her, "Oh yes! Of course, now I remember. Never! And we're not friends either!"
Lila had began to cry as Ladybug turned to Travis addressing him now, "Miss Show-Off here was trying to impress you and everyone around her. She's more like a super liar."
"How dare you!?" Lila shouted, crying all the way as she run off.
"Well that was a bit harsh, wasn't it." Travis said, turning to Ladybug.
"I... I don't put up with lies." Ladybug said, "Especially when they're about me."
"Oh come on, Miss Ladybug." Travis said, placing a hand on his face, "It was so obvious she was lying."
"Y-you noticed?" Ladybug said surprised.
"Do you take me for an fool? Of course I did!" Travis said, "Though I guess she's pretty lucky that you outed her as a liar. My friend Alya could have done worse with her determination to be an reporter."
"I... oh." Ladybug said, throwing her yo-yo before swinging away, leaving a baffled Travis alone in the park.
"I need to find better co-workers." Travis thought as he walked out of the park and headed towards the street, "I wonder if the Teen Titans are hiring..."
As he approached, he spotted an elderly man about to cross the street, not noticing the approaching car. Acting immediately, Travis rushed forward grabbing the old man's upper arm and pulling him back to the walk way as the car drives by.
"Oh goodness." the short Chinese man said, "Thank you, very much."
"No problem, sir." Travis said waving at the old Chinese man as he continued to walk, "Remember to watch in both directions before crossing the rode."
A little while, Travis walked out of a store eating some french fries with mayonaise when he suddenly hear loud screaming coming from around it.
People were pointing towards the sky, he followed to what they were pointing to and he saw a giant meteor hurtling down towards the city.
"Bloody hell! Why didn't my satellite picked up on a incoming meteor?..." Travis thought, looking for a place to change into his hero suit, "Alright, I'll pick up Cat Noir, fly him up to the meteor and have him use his power of destruction to turn the giant space rock to dust."
But to his surprise, a new hero flies under the meteor and catches it before it hits the Louvre pyramid. She hurls it back into the sky, where it vanishes from view.
She touches down on the ground, giving a better view of her. She wears an orange mask with black edges, and her hair bands are black. On top of her head, two orange ears with white and black insides. Her outfit is orange with a white section going down the front. Wrapped around her waist is an orange sash that looks like a fox tail. The tops of her upper arms have black lines, and her forearms and lower legs are solid black, with the soles of her feet being white with an orange fox foot printed on each.
The fox hero began to address the gathered crowd, "I am Volpina, the only superhero Paris needs!"
"Volpina? That's a bit weird... a superhero just appearing out of nowhere." Travis thought as the crowd began to chant her name, "Either she really is a hero... Or it's Lila akumatized."
Travis had arrived back into his secret base, observing the Volpina who was flies with Ladybug and Cat Noir following behind her, through a Iron Drone he had build a few days ago.
They all land on a nearby roof and a few roofs away, a man wearing a dark purple dress shirt with a black butterfly-shaped lapel and black dress pants. He also has a dark indigo cane. Over the majority of his face and neck, he wears a silver mask. A mask Travis immediately recognized.
"Hawk Moth!" Cat Noir said, "I can't believe it! It's Hawk Moth in the flesh!"
"He never shows up! Something big is going on. Really big!" Ladybug said, turning to the others, "We need to contact and wait for Iron Spider."
"We don't need him, we can take him down with just the three of us." Volpina argued, "We better make the most of our individual talents."
"You can count on us." Cat Noir said flirty.
"Very nice to meet you by the way Cat Noir!" Volpina flirted back, "Cool outfit."
"First the meteorite, now Hawk Moth appearing both on the same day." Travis thought, putting the thermal vision on his drone. He found heat signatures for Ladybug, Cat Noir and Volpina but not for Hawk Moth.
"Say Volpina, what's your Miraculous?" Ladybug asked, "And what power does it give you?"
"My necklace." Volpina said, "And it grants me the power of flight and super strength."
"Okay, that is complete rubbish." Travis thought, turning around to suit up, "Foxes don't give you the power of flight. If the Mario games have thought me anything, it's racoon tails you get from a Super Leaf that gives you the power of flight."
On the rooftops of Paris, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Volpina had split up to catch Hawk Moth. But out of sight of the two heroes, an illusionary Volpina lands on a roof where the real Volpina waits.
"He's running right into my trap." Volpina said as she observed Cat Noir chasing the illusion of Hawk Moth but he vanished again before the cat hero could catch him, "Good! Now for the other one."
She turns around only to come face-to-face with the charged glove of the third superhero, Iron Spider.
"I wouldn't move an inch if I were you." Iron Spider told her, keeping his aim at her, "Lila."
"You will call me Volpina!" the fake hero growled angrily.
"Lila." Iron Spider taunted her, "You're not a superhero. You're just another akumatized victims!"
"Everyone thinks I'm a superhero, including Cat Noir." Volpina said, "So Ladybug won't be able to call me a liar anymore!"
"Don't care." Iron Spider said, eyeing the fox necklace, "Just give me your akumatized item."
"You want it?" Volpina said readying her flute, "Come get it."
He blasted her, though she managed to evade under it by a single hair. Using this opportunity to play her flute, Volpina used her powers to make it appear that Iron Spider was surrounded a loud of missiles were aimed at him.
"You can't trick me anymore." Iron Spider said calmly, walking through the missiles which vanishes upon contact, "That's your power Volpina, isn't it? Illusion, lies, deceit."
He jumps forward, intending to strike Volpina but upon contact with her, she too vanished into thin air.
"Another illusion..." Iron Spider said, before making a group call to Ladybug and Cat Noir, "It's your friendly neighborhood Iron Spider. Is Volpina with you?"
"She isn't with me." Ladybug said.
"Neither is she with me!" Cat Noir said, "And I can't find Hawk Moth either."
"Forget about Hawk Moth." Iron Spider said, walking to the edge of the roof, "He was never there in the first place."
"What do you mean?" Ladybug said, "But we saw him."
"That's Volpina's power, she creates illusions." Iron Spider said, "The Hawk Moth you saw wasn't real."
"What are you trying to say?" Cat Noir said confused.
"Do I need to draw you a diagram? Or perhaps something with pictures Cat?" Iron Spider said, a bit annoyed as he kneel at the edge of the roof, "Volpina is not a real superhero. She is a girl named Lila Rossi who was akumatized by Hawk Moth."
"Why did he do it?" Cat Noir said.
"I think it's partly my fault. I ruined her chances with a guy she likes." Ladybug admitted, "I'm sure she's going to his house. I'll send you the address."
"Alright. But before I go..." Iron Spider said smugly as he took off towards his house, "I want to point out that this make me the only member of our team who hasn't fucked up and caused someone to be akumatized."
Meanwhile Cat Noir looks at his staff getting the location from Ladybug. "There it is, the smugness from Iron Spider. I almost began to miss it." Cat Noir said sarcastically before hanging up.
"The Plaza..." Cat Noir said, turning seriously, "Don't worry T. I will protect you."
Some time later, Travis is sitting in the living room, flipping through some channels while having his Talos glasses on.
"This might actually be a good opportunity to test that thing I have been working on." Travis thought as his glasses detected movement near the balcony door.
Turning around he saw Volpina standing in the door opening, in all her skin tight glory.
"Who are you?" Travis said surprised, "How did you get up here?"
"Do you remember this necklace?" Volpina said, holding it up as she stepped into the house, "I didn't know how to tell you the truth, but at least this way you can see for yourself that I'm not lying. I am a superhero."
"Lila?" he said, tilting his head, "Is that you?"
"You can call me Volpina. I'm sorry about the scene in the park earlier today." Volpina said, stepping closer to him until she pressed up against him, "Ladybug's jealous because she's not as powerful as me."
"You'll see Ladybug isn't just a figment of your imagination, Volpina." Ladybug said as she jumped through the door with Cat Noir.
"See what I mean!" Volpina said turning to the two heroes, "She's jealous of me, of you, of us, but this time you aren't going to ruin our date Ladybug."
"I wouldn't really call it a date exactly." Travis said, making Volpina turn to him angrily.
"Excuse us, but I need to have a chat with super liar." Ladybug said, before turning to Volpina, "You! Stop thinking your illusions are reality!"
"Women, am I right?" Cat Noir said to Travis, moving himself between him and the two girls, "Let's get you to safety, okay?"
But before he could do anything of the sort, Ladybug and Volpina had began to battle. Cat Noir quickly pulled him behind the sofa.
"Okay new plan." Cat Noir said, "Stay here while we take care of Volpina."
"Alright..." Travis said, faking his fright, "Be careful."
"Don't worry about it. I'm a pro." Cat Noir said with a wink before jumping into the battle.
Just as Volpina uses her flute to make a bunch of other Volpinas to hide in. Ladybug and Cat Noir swats them away. As they fight through the illusions, Iron Spider came blasting through the window, hitting Volpina in the chest making her smash against the wall.
"Glad you finally showed up!" Cat Noir said, "What happened? Got stuck in traffic?"
But Iron Spider didn't respond as he simply flied towards Volpina who plays her flute to create more illusions of herself. But Iron Spider smashed through, grabbing her arm and pinning her down under him.
"Trapped like a fox." Travis thought with a smirk as he watched his suit of armor grab Volpina's necklace and crushing it in his glove.
Ladybug quickly captures the freed akuma in her yo-yo, purifying it into the white butterfly she releases. Before using the Miraculous wave to put everything back to normal, including Lila.
"Lila?" Ladybug said, getting her attention, "I... totally overreacted and... never should've spoken to you like that. I'm sorry."
"Forget it, Ladybug. You were right." Lila said angrily as she stood up, "We'll never be friends." she snatches her repaired necklace from Iron Spider's glove before running towards the elevator.
"Everything okay?" Cat Noir said to Travis, who was standing up from behind the sofa.
"Yeah, I'm alright." Travis said with a relieved smile, "Thanks to you three."
"Hey, your welcome." Cat Noir said, before noticing that Iron Spider had already walked to the balcony and flew off.
"He's been unusually quiet." Ladybug said concerned, before the two hero left Travis alone in his home.
Travis stepped out of the elevator leading to his secret base, where his suit of Iron Spider was waiting for him.
"Well, I guess the remote control function was a great success." Travis said with a smug smile as he checked up on his suit for any potential damage.
Once he was finished with that, Travis walked towards his multi-monitor where his computer was still busy translating the superhero book.
The Ladybug Miraculous is a pair of earrings that, whenever the Kwami Tikki inhabits them, transform the wearer into a ladybug-themed superhero with the power of Creation.
To activate the earrings, the user must speak the transformation phrase: 'Spots On'. To deactivate the earrings, the user must speak the detransformation phrase: 'Spots Off'.
"It seems this book contains all the secrets of the Miraculous powers. The danger it would bring in the wrong hands is extreme." Travis said to himself as he read the translated text, "But one question remains... Why was this book in Adrien's possession?... No, it can't be..."
And there you go, the next chapter hope you enjoyed.
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I'm not going to do this for every chapter but here's something a Extra:
"That's my seat." Chloe said.
"But Chloe." Marinette said timidly, "This has always been my seat."
"Not anymore!" Sabrina cut her off, "New school, new year, new seats!"
"And who made you the chooser of seats?" a scowling Travis said, standing there with his arms crossed.
"Don't be intimidated Chloe." she thought, "Try to imagine him in his underwear."
She does so, depicting Travis in a pair of black boxers, showing his muscular body. "Oh no, he's hot!" a flustered Chloe thought.