"Sabrina, I'm not kidding, it was worse than I thought." She began before her friend could say hello.

"How bad could it have gone? What happened?" Sabrina curiously questioned.

"Terribly." They sat down in their seat, when Adrien walked in with Nino, and sat on their desk. The blond boy waved to Chloe and smiled, but her reply was looking away shyly.

"Sabrina, can we swap seats today?" She asked desperately.

"Sure, but why..." the smaller girl began, but before she could finish, Chloe had jumped over her and sat on her side of the bench.

"I just wanna sit on this side today. I'll explain later." Then Miss Bustier walked in and began talking.

"Okay class, settle down."

Adrien turned to face behind him. "Hey, Mari, can I talk to you later?"

"Yeah sure" she responded, then turned to Alya. "Chloe's acting weird today, isn't she?"

"When isn't she?" Laughed the orange haired girl.


"Marinette!" Chat was sat in the window, smiling adorably.

"God Adrien, I didn't think this is what you meant when you said you wanted to talk to me!" She laughed. "You haven't come to my window in ages." She smiled at the memory.

"Shh! Don't blow my cover!" He laughed and put a finger on her lips. "Anyway, my dad is being super close to me today, so the window was my only way out. That being said, I don't have much time." He let off his transformation to talk to her, plagg shooting off to find tikki.

"You know that dinner my dad and I had last night?" He began.

She nodded. "Yeah, you said it was a business dinner you knew nothing about."

"It was a date."

"That's good, isn't it? He's opening up to people?"

"I thought so, but I'm not ready to let go of my mom. And when he's opening up, he's also trying to be all close to me, and acting strange. But it gets worse."

"It's understandable hat you don't want to let your mom go. I'm here for you." She took his hand. "How does it get worse?"

"He's dating Marie Bourgeois."

"Chloe's mom? Didn't her parents split up?"

"And Chloe moved in with her mom a month ago."

Marinette lost grip on Adrien's hand, and stared into his grassy eyes.


"Gabriel. Freaking. Agreste. Why did it have to be him of all the people in Paris?" Chloe cried to her friend.

"Wait, Chloe, doesn't this mean you get to be closer to Adrien? Isn't that what you wanted?" Sabrina asked confusedly.

"Not as his sister! Plus, he has Marinette, and it's so hard to just sit and watch it all happen." She sighed, flopping onto her bed dramatically. She stared at the ceiling, and put her hand on her leg, feeling how cold it was.

From the moment he had pulled his hand away, she had been cold there.


Marie's phone rang. "Hey, Gabe." She perked up into the mic.

"Hello-hi." He replied. She knew he was not the most open person, and had recently lost his wife, only a couple years ago. He was cold at first impression, and didn't easily open up. "I just wanted to know how Chloe is doing, is she okay with us?" He asked. She could hear the nervousness in his voice. He did care.

"She's okay as far as I know. How's Adrien?"

"He doesn't talk to me most of the time, but I think he's okay. I think you will be good for him, love, he needs a mother figure again."

"I hope he knows I am not going to be an evil stepmother, replacing his mother. Right?" She worriedly added.

"We can make sure he doesn't. Let's talk to them. Tomorrow.

"I'll see you then, honey." She warmly ended, and he ended the call. She made her way to Chloe's room, where the yellow door was closed.

"Knock-Knock" Marie announced while opening the door. "Dinner is in ten minutes. Sabrina, you're welcome to stay!"

"No objections, lets go!" Chloe jumped up and grabbed Sabrina's hand, pulling her downstairs.


"I should go, my dad thinks I'm in the bathroom, and we don't want a repeat of last Christmas" Adrien kissed Marinette on the head, and transformed, jumping out of the window.

"Bye, Adrien." The blue haired girl whispered as he left.


"Why are we going back again?" Chloe whined like a child. Her stomach seemed to be tossing and turning more than she had the night before.

"Gabriel and I want to talk to you and Adrien together." Marie responded simply.

When they arrived, Chloe took her time getting out of the car. Marie suddenly looked nervous, hurrying her daughter up.

This time, Gabriel was stood at the front door to greet them, his son by his side. They all walked inside in silence, except for the quiet muttering between the adults, too quiet to be heard by the children.

Sat in the large living room, Chloe and Adrien failed to look at each other, let alone speak to each other. Marie and Gabriel were stood on the other side of the room, speaking hushedly.

Chloe decided she was tired of the secrecy, and to speak up. "Can you guys please tell me why we're here. If there's some big speech, please give it already." She saw Gabriel's surprised face turn to a slight smirk.

"Okay..." he began, looking at his girlfriend, and taking her hand to lead her to the other couch. "We need to talk to you... about..." he tried to start.

"We wanted to know if... um..." Marie seemed to fail as much as Gabriel had, until he continued her sentence.

"We want to know how you feel." He paused, examining the children's faces. "About us being together."

Chloe and Adrien shared their first glance since entering, on instinct. "Okay." They said in unison.

"Adrien." Marie spoke. "I don't want you to think I'm replacing your mother." Chloe watched his expression turn cold, then sigh, knowing he couldn't say anything to offend her.

She's not dead he wanted to say. You can't replace her, ever. He longed to argue. But he knew he couldn't.

"And I will never be a replacement for your father, Chloe, no matter what happens." This was the most genuine thing Chloe had ever heard Gabríel say, and the first caring thing Adrien had heard his father say in a long time.

"I know..." Chloe quietly mumbled.

"Good. Then... we have an announcement that I hope you guys will be okay with." Chloe's heart started racing, wondering through the suspense.

Marie spoke after a long pause. "We're moving in!"