Chloe groaned when she heard her alarm clock go off. I have to deal with the awkwardness of seeing Nathaniel today. She thought. It had felt amazing to kiss him. She had wanted it to happen for so long. But now, she had to face him at school. After he had kissed her. She was not looking forward to the rest of the day.

She got up and changed into the outfit she had picked out the night before. It had taken her a while to pick it out. A majority of her wardrobe was yellow clothing. Pollen had warned her that wearing yellow from now on would be risky. She couldn't let anyone know that she was a superhero, not even Sabrina. She told Sabrina everything. It would be next to impossible to keep something this big from her. But it would have to be done.

After putting on her favorite dress, a pink one overlapped with black lace, she headed over to her vanity. She sat down and picked up a brush and started to brush her long blonde hair. She was so nervous about today that she forgot to swear every time she hurt herself. She then took a hair tie and styled her hair into her signature ponytail. Chloe took out her makeup bag filled with $10,000 worth of makeup and began to put on a thick layer of foundation. She hoped that if she put on more makeup than needed, she would be able to look like a completely different person when wearing makeup. This came in handy during Paris's mayor elections when paparazzi followed her everywhere, trying to get information about her father out of her.

"WHAT'S UP CHLOE?!" Pollen hollered as she popped out from behind the vanity mirror.

"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Chloe screamed. The shock that Pollen had caused her made Chloe drop her glass foundation bottle. It broke and splattered all over her favorite dress. "Pollen! Look what you've done! I'm going to be late!"

Chloe quickly changed into a pink sweatshirt and grey sweatpants and threw out her dress. She took off the foundation that had only been applied to half of her face and stormed out of the room while Pollen followed.

She didn't have any time to hop into her butler's slow moving limo so she began to run.

By the time she got to school, first period was already over. everyone was gathered in the courtyard, waiting for the bell to ring to tell them that it was time for second period.

All heads turned to look at her, as usual, but today, Chloe didn't want the attention. She scanned the crowd, looking for her BFF, only to realize that she was not there. Great. She thought. I have to spend the entire day looking like this and friendless. She grabbed her science things out of her bag and began approaching her classmates. It was time for her to apologize. One by one, she gave them personalized, sincere apologies. They all forgave her. Even Adrien forgave her. She didn't need to apologize to Nathaniel. He heard her apologize to their classmates and he winked at her. Chloe knew that her entire face had become bright red, and she didn't care. She only had two more people left: Alya and Marinette.

She made her way over to them, trying to avoid strange looks from her peers. In their defense, they've never seen her like this before. "Marinette, Alya, can I talk to you guys?" Chloe asked. She could feel beads of sweat forming on her forehead.

"Sure," said Marinette.

"I, uh, just wanted to say that I...I'm sorry," Chloe said. "I'm sorry for everything. For akumatizing Alya, for bullying you and everyone, for ignoring you since we were kids. For everything. Will you forgive me?" She knew that tears were rolling down her face and to be honest, she didn't give a damn.

"Yeah, I guess so." Alya said. "But this doesn't mean that you continue to do everything you just apologized for." Chloe grinned. She just needed Marinette's forgiveness and then she'd be set. But she did not expect this.

"How could I forgive you, Chloe?" Marinette cried. "After years of bullying and teasing, what made you think that pretending to be sorry would make me forgive you? I'll never forgive you Chloe. Even if you are a changed person, I wouldn't forgive you. You've gone out of your way to make my life miserable. Why would I believe that you'd change out of nowhere?"

Chloe was shocked. She had expected for her to understand. She did have a point though. She should have changed her ways before apologizing to Marinette. She walked away glumly. But smiled when she reminded herself that she had gotten everyone else's forgiveness.

She spotted Nathaniel and headed over in his direction.

"Last apology didn't go too well?" He asked.

"Not at all," Chloe replied. "But at least I did it. I changed."

Nathaniel grabbed her hand, which caused Chloe's entire body to stiffen. She rested her head on his shoulder and at that moment, the second period bell rang. They began to walk to science class together.

"Hey Chlo," Nathaniel said. "Did you do something different with your makeup? New eye shadow?"

"I'm not wearing any makeup, actually," Chloe said, scared of his reaction.

"You should wear less makeup. It suits you." he said. "You look really pretty today."

Before Chloe could thank him, he had walked away to go to his seat. She too went to her seat. She sat down and smiled to herself. Nathaniel thought she was pretty without makeup! Chloe has been wearing makeup since she was six years old. She was taught that when out in public, she was to have a full face of makeup or she would be made fun of by the paparazzi. She was taught that she was prettier with makeup and she would cake her face with it to feel pretty. But Nathaniel thought that she was prettiest WITHOUT makeup! Maybe her father was wrong. About everything. Chloe decided that from this moment on, she would do what makes her happy, not her father. And what makes her happy is being herself, being with Nathaniel, and fighting alongside Ladybug and Chat Noir as Queen Bee.