Chloé Bourgeois

Miss Ecofinisher sat in the office analyzing the file of a blonde-haired student, she would attend next.

The door got opened back, making Alfida wide her eyes surprised to see the girl, she had to interview just bursted into the office without knocking.

"I have no idea, who you are miss, but you need to know, that I'm the daughter of the mayor of Paris," Said Chloé making the woman chuckle at the girl's behavior, then moved her hand to the chair, signaling Chloé to take place.

"I believe everyone by now knows it, don't worry," Commented the woman watching Chloé sit down and take out her smartphone from her jacket as the psychologist got up to head towards the door to close it. "I have to warn you, I'm not a psychopath or anything to land here,"
"Oh, whoa, whoa! That's not nice to say, even to yourself," Miss Ecofinisher warned walking behind the chair of the girl to look down at her. "Can you tell me your age, Chloé?" Questioned the school psychologist making Chloé roll her eyes, still using her smartphone.

"15," Responded Chloé.

"Fifteen what?"

"Fifteen what? You're starting to do the same story as Mrs. Mendeleiev with the bananas and melons?" Questioned Chloé making the woman snort.

"I got it, don't worry. By the way, you know, that just because you're very different from the others, it doesn't mean you're one. No one can call you such a word. I have seen in your file, that you're…...not a very pleasant person to talk with," Stated Alfida watching Chloé shove her phone against her forehead at the conversation.

"Perhaps they're the ones, that are not pleasant with me," Contered Chloé making the psychologist shrug her shoulders and get around the table to sit down.

"Look Chloé, you're still young. I believe in you, that deep down in you're heart, you're much more than what you show to be. You should look into yourself, deep down. I know, that you can do it, you can as well ask a friend or two, that you're very close to it. If that isn't possible, you can come to your class teacher or to me. I'm able to guide you and other students along the way to help you grow into someone amazing. This only works if you want to do it and the much better effect it has when you have the help of the good people you love. Your best friends for example," Alfida recounted to the young girl observing Chloé look down pondering about the words of the woman.

"I had once followed my friend Adrien his advice and it had worked out at some point, but then it didn't hold on,"

"You know, changing is very difficult. To be right, changing is actually the wrong word. developing or evolving is the one we use,"

"What's the difference?" Questioned Chloé watching Alfida slide her finger on Chloé's smartphone to open the camera option and switch it to selfie mode.

"What do you see?" Questioned Alfida looking at Chloé's deadpan expression on the camera.

"Me?" Answered Chloé not understanding where the psychologist was going with the talk.

"You still got a few years in front of you to become a better person. It's a long way up there, you can go that way. You won't need to do the way alone, you can have people who cherish you help you follow the path. Don't be afraid of it," Alfida said observing Chloé on the camera feel called by the women's words.

"Adrien and Sabrina are my best friends and that's practically everything,"

"Well, you don't need to have a lot of friends as long as the ones you have are true friends," Commented the psychologist making Chloé nod, then Alfida returned to her seat and took her block and pen to prepare herself for taking down notes. "Okay Chloé, I'm going to ask you simple questions. You just need to answer them. Anything sensitive you answered, that it's considered private or intimate won't leave this room ever," Alfida commented filling in the names of Chloé's friends on the list. "Not even Bustier will know it, your father, the principal, your friends, just you and me. My head for secrets is like an extremely well-guard security prison. Nothing can break in or out,"

Chloé nodded, then watched Miss Ecofinisher move up to the first question.

"How is school going for you?" Questioned the woman watching Chloé put her leg above the other.

"It's the same as usual. Boring and a waste of time," Answered Chloé making the woman grin.

"Okay, I kind of should have expected this answer, but that's your opinion and understandable. But for somebody, that doesn't like to come here or well, would prefer to be somewhere else, the grades are fine. A five in French and a mix of 4 and 4-5 all over the rest,"

"Sabrina and I do often our homework together," Stated Chloé remembering the times of the two sitting side by side in front of the table and Sabrina making the homework, where Chloé's name was written on it, while the blonde was using her smartphone for something.

"That's good. Between 1 and 10, how good would you be at the school, if you didn't have her help?" Questioned the woman curious writing beside the answer an open brack to prepare the start of the answer she was going to receive.

"Maybe a five?" Guessed Chloé. "Her help means a lot to me, so I still prefer to have her with me and she doesn't mind it,"

"That's nice," Commented Alfida. "Tell me a little about your hobbies? What do you do in your free time, when you're not at in school?"

"My all-time favorite hobby is shopping of course! My papa lets me use a credit card of my own so I can buy anything I want,"

"I think that's something typical of rich dads," Added the school psychologist. "Are there more hobbies you can talk about?"

"I surf on social media and go do manicure, pedicure, wellness, the whole thing once in a while," Responded Chloé. "That's all I got,"

"Something more relaxing, that's not so bad. Just quite unusual, at least the last three,"

"I'm quite unique, ain't I?" Asked the blue-eyed girl earning a nod from the adult.

"Well, I'm coming back to school, which is your top and which is your flop subject. Where is your highest grade and where is your weakest?"

"I've got a 15 in French. I have always had a 15 in French. Never above, never under it. I don't know, if it's physics or chemistry, I'm not good at. It's most of the time, both. In those lessons, I'm happy, that Sabrina is present to do the work for me…..eh I mean help me out of it,"

"You might need a new strategy to get through these two disciplines. Perhaps try it for yourself only or sit together with the teacher,"

"I'm not sure about that. I already had before trouble with it, I don't think trying it on my own is going to help me and Mrs. Mendeleiev doesn't have quite the best way to explain someone something, mostly when it comes to ten times or more!"

"Yes, there are times some teachers don't have the same patience they had before. Mostly on those subjects. Chemistry and Physics aren't for everyone," Spoke the woman making Chloé nod. "I see you were already before in Miss Bustier's class, but you had a few other classmates as well. How well was the class there? How was the relationship there with you?"

"I have no idea, we barely talked with each other now. I think we were all aquainted. With the current class now, we're in ups and downs. Mostly downs, because…...we have different opinions of each other. I don't need to tell more,"

"Before we continue with the questions, I'd like you to notice, that this that you did right now, this face right now, this little sad face there. This is you showing regret for what you caused before, isn't it?"

"I guess it is," Answered Chloé. "Is this bad?"

"No, it's not. This means you know, what you have done these other times before, the moments you hurt or insulted people and whatnot….you realized, that this all you have done is wrong. You can build yourself up starting right from there," Alfida explained while the blonde listened to her. "Right?"

Chloé nodded, then watched Alfida notice down more information about the girl with a smile, then glimpsed up at the teen.

"How's your health? Tell me a bit about your family? Got any siblings?"

"I'm good, as you see. My papa has a list of all the best medics from Paris to take care of anything I could get. All the possible insurances, I don't know what else, but I'm insured enough according to papa. As you already know my papa is the mayor here. My mother is the famous Audrey Bourgeois from the style queen magazine. According to her, I have in New York a younger step-sister, which lives with her dad. My mom never told me how she got her, but she resembles me a little. My mother hasn't talked to me or papa a lot, while she was in New York. We received pictures once in a while. Otherwise, she was busy. So busy, she never remembered my name or even my birthday,"

"That's sad. Do you share this info with anyone, or is this just you?"
"Just Sabrina and Adrien. Sabrina about a month ago defended me from Alya because I had forgotten to bring a gift to school for Principal Damocles. She's the only one, who knows this, and I'm pretty sure if I would tell this to the others, everyone would laugh at me or not even care,"

"Hmm I don't think this would be the case, perhaps they just wouldn't understand, why you would react to them differently just because your mother isn't around you,"

"Do you trust at this moment your friend Sabrina?" Questioned the woman earning a nod from the blonde. "You have anyone else in mind?"

"Well Miss Bustier said to me, I could talk to her as well when I needed it,"

"Well, she's an adult and has more knowledge than most of your classmates. I would suggest you give it a try and talk to her about something, that bothers you, like the absence of your mother. Or another time with me, if you'd like,"

"I could try," Chloé commented making the adult nod.

"Alright, a lovely question comes now. Eventually, the answer is either simple or not. What countries would you love to visit someday?"

"Greece and Thailand do look very beautiful. Switzerland and Norway or Denmark would be great to go shopping for good things. Expensive and good things of course,"

"Well, a ten-hour car ride to Switzerland is possible for you here in Paris. I'm pretty sure for your next vacation it would work,"

"My papa has at the airport a private jet he can rent. I won't need a bus to get out of here. Adrikins' dad also has one there. It's even better than the one we have, but it doesn't matter. It's comfortable and I can move around there without any problems. Have free drinks, foods, and so on,"

"Okay, perhaps this won't be a problem if you would love to travel to the other countries," Commented Alfida making Chloé nod.

"Yes….but I think I need a visa for Thailand so far I know,"

"Yes, it's out of the European Union. Two more questions...what are your talents'"

"I don't know, what talents you exactly want me to know,"

"Anyone. Anything you think you're really good at,"

"I'm good at painting nails, taking pictures with my smartphone….I'm good in French….uh….."

"Don't worry, it's not realistic to have a lot of talents. By this question, I'm referring to things you're really, really good at. Things that everyone knows how to do like uh calculating isn't considered as one unless you're able to give out the right answer to a calculation with ten numbers for example,"

"Oh well, I think this is hard for me to be honest," Stated Chloé earning a nod from the psychologist.

"You're not the only one thinking about that. Now my last question for you. Perhaps you know it from school or anywhere else. If you would go to a lonely island with nobody else, which three objects would you take with you?"

"Why should I go there to a lonely island? You mean a private island only for me?"

"Uh yes, just the island there doesn't have any houses, toilets or anything,"

"Yuck, I would never go there,"

"I know, but this is just a theoretical question. I just need you to answer three objects you could take there if you would overnight there,"
"I don't know. I don't want even to go there. There are many mosquitos, flies, snakes….. lions…..I don't know, many animals, that could…..I don't know….it's creepy to be there all alone,"

"Well I understand you, but this is just a question Chloé. You can answer anything, that is on your mind. Something logical, that would work out for you there,"

"Alright….." Responded Chloé thinking about an answer. "A large tent…...uhm…..a bed and….something to make a fire,"

"Stones, sticks, a lighter, matches?"

"Matches sound good!"

"Well, that list is not so bad for the first time," Confessed the school psychologist watching Chloé clap for herself excited, making the woman smile at the blonde's happiness. "After this answer, if you want you can leave, unless you have something I'd need to know…..."