"Chloe, I need to tell you something." Marie nervously entered, home from work, into the lounge. Her daughter was sat on the couch, writing in a workbook, with big headphones over her head.
Hearing her mother enter, Chloe pulled the headphones down to sit around her neck. "What did you say, mom?"
The blonde put her bag down, and circled the couch to face her daughter. "I have something to tell you."
"Oh, why do you seem so nervous? Are you okay?" Chloe worriedly questioned, closing her book with the pencil as the bookmark as her mom sat down and awkwardly smiled.
"I...have a boyfriend. How do you feel about that?" There was a long pause.
Chloe didn't know what to think. She had to break the silence, but she didn't have anything to say. "Well... I don't know how I feel about that." Was all she could muster.
"He's really sweet when you get to know him, promise, he'll grow on you-"
Marie was cut off by her daughter. "I don't want to know right now. I need to think. I don't really want to know who he is."
The woman sighed. "Okay. Just... I've set up a dinner tomorrow night with him and his son." She called as Chloe ran up to her room.
Boyfriend? With a son? Now? This could not be good. It had been two months living with her mom, and she had just got used to just being those two.
When she thought about it, she was much better off now that she had lived with her mother. She was less spoilt, and had caught up on years of bonding. She couldn't lose that! Chloe had just got comfortable. It wasn't fair. She had a dad. Not a good one, but he didn't need replacing.
Tonight, she was going to meet him. She had slept on it, but her mind hadn't changed. She still didn't want to know who he was. Most likely she had never met him. She just wanted to ignore her mom for now.
Being a weekend, she didn't have much to do, so she decided to meet up with Sabrina. "Bye Mom, going out with Sab." She yelled briefly, before meeting her friend at the door. Her accent had calmed too, it was mostly fake for show, and drama. She was more casual now.
"Hi, Chlo! How are you?" The shorter girl greeted her.
"To be honest, not so good." They walked along to the park, and Chloe explained her situation to her best friend.
"Wow, that's crazy. So you don't even know who he is?" She gasped.
"Nope." Came the short reply, then she spotted a certain blond haired boy on a date with his girlfriend. "Oh, hi Adrien! Marinette!" She waved enthusiastically towards their bench, and both smiled and waved back.
"How's it going?" She walked over to them and smiled. Marinette was always still cautious of Chloe, but that was just instinct. Chloe couldn't do anything about it.
"It's great, we were just enjoying the great weather. How is it with you, Chlo?" Adrien responded kindly.
"Oh, great." She was smiling like a lunatic, and shoved Sabrina lightly at her confused protests.
"What are you doing tonight, Adrikins?" Marinette joked, stressing on the pet name. Usually she would call him Chaton or a pun to tease him, but it still wasn't public.
"Oh, sorry Mari, family obligations call tonight." He sighed "Yeah, sorry" he added when her face dropped. "You know my dad. He wants me somewhere, I gotta be there, even if I don't know what for." He laughed a little embarrassedly.
"Too bad, lets hang tomorrow, okay?" She replied, like an excited child. It was a whirlwind for her to find out about him being Chat, and that he actually liked her back. She was still insecure that it was all fake, and had to remind herself that it wasn't.
The two friends walked away as the couple continued their conversation. Silence remained, as Chloe didn't have anything to say, and Sabrina was too scared to ask further questions.
It was broken by the smaller girl. "Chloe..." she almost whispered. "Do you still like Adrien?" She instantly turned her head away in fear.
"I don't really know." Chloe sighed, and decided to explain everything to her friend. The things nobody knew. "When I was younger, Adrien was my only friend. That was mostly because both our fathers were rich, but he was always there for me." Sabrina nodded as Chloe continued.
"When my mom left, he was there for me. But I quickly forgot where I was, and changed. To the person I was before. And then I liked Adrien because... of his money, and fame, and looks." She admitted embarassedly. "And maybe deep down because he was the only one who was still there for me." She sighed.
"But I can see he's changed. He's distant from me. And now that I've changed, I like him because of who he is. Not his money. Not his fame, it's not important anymore. But he will never love me back, because he has her." She glanced backwards, to see the boy she loved and the girl he loved, laughing together in the distance.
"And he deserves her." She finished.
