First K+

A look at Chloe because I don't like the one dimensional "mean girl" character. If you look sorta hard you can see some Adrien/Chloe but I don't ship it so you'll only see it here really.

She was first.

"Adrien, meet Chloe. Her father is running for Mayor in the next election and your mother and I have decided to contribute to his campaign. I hope you two can be friends." His father was looking from one child to the next; Adrien at his hip, hands clasped politely behind his back as he'd been taught, the girl standing beside her large father, blue eyes boring holes into Adrien. It felt like she was looking right through me.

Adrien was lucky to have Chloe, after all he'd never had a friend before.

The two were inseparable, like peas in a pod. Chloe was the born leader, she made the rules for their games and decided where they would go next. She was loud and bold and Adrien had never known anyone so sure of themselves. Adriana and Gabriel were thrilled their son finally had a friend and Gabriel was starting to rethink his wife's idea to send Adrien to a private school where he could be surrounded by children his own age. Perhaps it would be good for him.

Chloe, of course, had tons of friends. Everyone adores me. But she was lucky to have a friend like Adrien.

He found her in a closet. All the way on the third floor, in the farthest room, at the very back. She was huddled up with arms encircling herself. "Go away." She'd said with a small hiccup but Adrien didn't move.

"Father says he'll help…" Adrien offered softly. He didn't approach but he would not back down either. His friend was hurting and he wasn't going to just let her hurt. "He says your dad won't have to pay him back...and he can try again in the next election…" She didn't move but her little hiccups quieted and Adrien took a hesitant step forward. "Come on Chlo...lets go have lunch, my mom made something I think you'll really like." He reached out for her and the floodgates opened.

"I said go away!" Adrien recoiled, hand going to his chest. "You don't understand!" She continued, head turning puffy, tear-streaked cheeks toward him. "We're ruined! We have to sell our house, I have to go to public school! Everything is ruined!" She screeched, eyes wild and full of unshed tears. Adrien glued his eyes to the floor and let her scream, he would take all her pain if it made her feel better.

Chloe was lucky to have a loyal friend like Adrien.

"She left." Chloe stood in his doorway, school bag hanging limply from her fingers, her eyes studying the ceiling with great interest. He knew she was holding back tears by looking up like that but didn't say anything. His heart felt tight seeing her go through so much all because her father had lost some stupid election. He thought of his mother and what would happen if the Agreste fortune dried up. Would she leave them? Would his family crumble the way Chloe's was? No, that wouldn't happen. Mother loves us too much…

He stood and walked over to where she stood. Adrien tried to find the words but they wouldn't come to him and so he wrapped his arms around Chloe and held her tightly. Her tears soaked his shoulder as they stood in silence before he finally knew what to say.

"I'll never leave you alone. I promise."

Adrien was lucky to have a friend like Chloe. Even if she'd changed.

Chloe always knew the best restaurant to go to, the best places to shop, the best hair stylists in Paris and exactly who to shmooze and when. Her father was Mayor and that made her powerful; Adrien's father was the most renowned designer in Europe and so together they were a power couple capable of bringing Paris to her knees.

Sometimes...all the time, Adrien missed the old days before Chloe's father tried for the Mayor's seat again. He missed the way she was before Mr. Bourgeois began trying to fill the hole left by Mrs. Bourgeois with material items, before she came over with tales of how boring and horrible public school was (so many uncultured, middle class fashion disasters) before Chloe's fierce spirit became spoiled and rotten.

Adrien was lucky to have Chloe when he needed her most.

Shhh "It's okay Adrikins…" shhh. Her voice was soft, her hands gently running through his wheat colored hair. He shook with bottled up sobs, lip held between his teeth almost hard enough to draw blood. She's gone and I can't do anything about it. She's never coming back...she left us...why? Why would she leave...what did I do...why am I so powerless…

"Adrien...you're strong. It will be alright." Her voice pulled at him, fought the darkness creeping at the edge of his mind.

That's right, she knew him. She knew his pain, right now, in this moment more than anyone else. He clung to her, his only precious friend, his lifeline in the face of a world without his mother.

Adrien was lucky to have such amazing friends.

Public school was the greatest thing to ever happen to Adrien. He decided that after the first day when he'd gotten in the car with Nathalie and the Gorilla and looked back to wave at the girl holding his umbrella and smiling, her cheeks tinted pink.

Nino and Alya; Kim, Alix, Rose, Juleka and of course Marinette. They were all such amazing people and he was happy to call them his friends. He was glad he'd put his foot down and insisted on going to school...he was glad Nathalie had helped him realize this dream. His life had changed in so many ways that day and friends were the most important change. Well, maybe it was a tie, after all he hadn't just made friends at school.

Ladybug. And Plagg I guess….They're my friends too.

His friends were a haven, a warm place away from the empty halls and cold looks from a laptop screen. School was a welcome distraction from the pressure and ever looming schedule, from the runway and his too big room. Ladybug and Plagg were freedom and support and loyalty and friendship all rolled up into one. Adrien was lucky.

Chloe didn't have friends.

It was well known. Everyone said it, even the doorman. Chloe didn't have friends. Sure everyone loved her and wanted to be her but that was exactly why she didn't have friends. They were all just jealous and so she kept it to useful acquaintances. Chloe didn't need friends, she had her father's influence and that could get her anything she wanted. It didn't even matter that he'd lied to her. It didn't matter that he'd left too, because they all leave eventually. It was fine that Adrien had gotten new friends. It was fine that she was alone.

It's not like she was first or anything.