Chat Spots, Chapter 2- Driving Chloé Mad
A/N: Hola my musical readers! I didn't think this story would be so…liked! But I'm back with the 2nd chappie of "Chat Spots", and for this 1st chapter, we get to drive everyone's favorite character crazy, and I say that with the utmost sarcasm, and a dash of salt. Enjoy this chap of Chat Spots!
The summary: Adrien is partnered with Chloé as a partner for a project for one of his classes, much to Chloé's pleasure and Adrien's horror. However, due to Nathaniel being the assistant to the teacher, there is an odd number of kids in the class, so Marinette gets stuck in their group, to Adrien's happiness and Chloé's despair. What will the two kids do to drive this brat crazy?
(Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir, only the plot of the story. All rights go to their respective owners! Roll it!)
Note: If there is no specific POV mentioned, that means there is no POV, it's 3rd person. Enjoy! ~Aqua
Monday
"…Juleka and Kim, Alya and Nino, and due to Nathaniel being an assistant for this one, and Sabrina being absent, our group of three is Chloé, Adrien and Marinette. You will be required to spend a week with your partners and write down things you never knew about them, and the results. Class dismissed." Everyone gathered their belongings and started to go to their partners to plan for what they were going to do, and Adrien walked over to Marinette, who was sketching something for Adrien in her book. He put his hands over her eyes.
"Hmm, I really like that sketch, but add you in there and I can put it on my wall. Purr-fect, no?" Marinette rolled her covered eyes and smiled.
"You and your puns will be the death of me one day, Kitty. Sit and I'll show you the sketch." He uncovered her eyes, and sat down next to her, and she took out a piece of paper.
"So, how do y-you w-want to go about doing this-"
"Oh, Adrien~! Darling, we need to go start our project~!" Adrien sighed in annoyance. Chloé skipped over to him, a smile on her face, which disappeared as soon as she saw Marinette.
"Oh, it's you. Look, why don't you just write down the facts I need to know and I'll send you my fact list later. Adrien and I have A LOT of time to spend together that doesn't include someone like you." Marinette and Adrien rolled their eyes, but it was Adrien that spoke to avoid Marinette from getting in trouble with Chloé's father.
"Listen up Chloé, you will not start treating Marinette in that manner. We will all work together to get this done, or you can get a zero. Am I clear?" He said in an authorative tone. Chloé actually listened with a pout. Marinette sighed.
"So, as I was saying, how do you want to go about doing this?"
"Well, I was thinking maybe we could head over to your house for three days, Chloé's house for two days, and then mine for two days. We can see what one of us does when we're not at school, and also just learn things about each other." Adrien said shyly. Marinette smiled.
"I-I think that's-"
"Why can't we go to my house for three days?! There's nothing special about a bakery!" Chloé whined. Marinette almost pulled the blonde's hair out.
"Look, you can insult me, but DO NOT insult my family's hard work, and livelihood. For your information, it's better this way so that way we don't bother your father or Adrien's for longer than needed. Got a problem with that?" She said sharply. Adrien secretly smirked. 'Way to put Chloé in her place, LB.' Chloé glared at her, but said nothing. As Adrien wrote it down, Marinette continued her sketch of Adrien, which Chloé happened to see, and snatch away.
"Oh my god, what is this supposed to be? I could hire someone to do a better job!" She crumpled the paper and threw it away. Marinette stared at her in disbelief, and by the time Adrien finished writing, he saw Marinette nowhere to be seen, and Chloé laughing. He growled, grabbed all his stuff and the schedule and looked at Chloé sharply.
"You will meet us at Marinette's bakery at 3 sharp. Understood?" The blond was shocked at his tone.
"Darling, why would you speak to me that way?" He walked to the door, and looked back at her, making her shudder at how cold his eyes looked.
"Because you made my love upset." He left to find said girl.
3:00
Marinette laid in her bed, upset that Chloé crumpled her sketch, but more upset that she had to work with her for an entire week. She wished there was a way to make her want to leave the group, but Sabrina was absent. She went to her desk, and found a rose, along with a letter.
"'My red spotted lady, don't let people like her upset you. You're better than her, perfect in ways that she isn't. Come outside. ~Adrien'" She read aloud, blushing profusely. She went outside and found Adrien at the front door, Chloé nowhere in sight. She went for the front door, and opened it to see her grinning partner in crime.
"Hey. You okay?" Adrien asked politely.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Though I'm royally upset that she destroyed my sketch, I'm more upset that we have to work with her for a week. Isn't there a way we can make her want to leave?" She led Adrien to her room, where they talked more.
"Well, there IS a way we can make her want to leave…but you'll need to agree." She grinned.
"What did you have in mind?"
"Pretend to date." He stated simply. She blushed.
"WHAT?!" He looked at her seriously.
"Listen to me! If we pretend to date, and you act nice, she's not going to like the fact that I'm not giving her the attention she wants, complain to the teacher that it's not working out and by then, Sabrina will be able to be her partner, and we don't have to deal with her." She looked at him like he was insane.
"You are quite the devious one aren't you? But what if she complains to her dad?"
"He can't do anything, and she knows it. It's for a grade, so he'll make her do it like she's supposed to, to make it fair for everyone involved. So, are you in, Bugaboo?" She smirked deviously.
"Of course, my kitty cat. Just remember not to call me Bugaboo around her, or My Lady, 'kay?" He nodded, and heard a limo pull up.
"Let's make this plan work, okay?" Chloé strutted up to the front door, clipboard in hand, assistant next to her. Marinette opened the door for her. She just ran up to Adrien and attempted to hug him, but he pushed her off gently, and went over to Marinette and pecked her on the cheek, then looked at Chloé, who was glowering at the girl. She smiled innocently.
"Alright, Chloé, welcome to my family's bakery. I actually have helped my parents bake stuff, so I can make my own stuff too." She wrote it down, then rolled her eyes.
"Ha, I doubt it could be any good. Right, Adrien?" She looked over at the boy who was done writing, and went over to Marinette who was taking out a tray of cupcakes she made the previous day. She took one out, gave it to Adrien, then took another one and gave it to Chloé. She glared and took a bite. It was good. She looked at Adrien, who poked her cheeks and got frosting on them. Marinette giggled, and before she could get back at him, Chloé immediately shoved her aside, and grabbed his arm, but he didn't move.
"Ugh, would you stop paying so much attention to her, and pay attention to me instead?! What's so special about her? She can bake, big whoop. I'd like to get to know you better." She tried to kiss him but he pushed her off.
"Why would I pay less attention to my girlfriend over you?" Chloé's eyes widened.
"WHAT?! WHY ARE YOU DATING HER?! I AM CLEARLY THE BETTER GIRL! SHE'S CLUMSY AND BASIC, AND LOOK AT HER OUTFIT!" She rambled on, while Marinette got up after cleaning up and headed for her room, Adrien trailing behind her. Chloé noticed and followed them up, shouting on why she was being ignored, and they just ignored her and asked each other questions and wrote things down. Marinette finally had enough of Chloé shouting and screaming for hours, and even Adrien is getting annoyed. She noticed the time was ten to five, and they got a little bit done, but Marinette didn't want her parents to come home to screaming.
"AND FURTHERMORE-"
"Chloé, I don't appreciate you shouting in me and my boyfriend's ears, and you have nothing done. It's getting late, so I think it's a good idea to go home and get some rest and continue this tomorrow." Marinette said politely. Chloé huffed.
"Fine! I have had enough of being in this retched place anyway! See you tomorrow at my house at 3:00, Adrien~!" She went over to peck him on the cheek, but he awkwardly embraced her quickly, then led her to the door. She shouted for a limo to come for her, and sure enough, one did. She blew a kiss to Adrien, and glared at Marinette as the limo drove off. They immediately headed upstairs to relax and enjoy the peace they had.
"You don't know HOW BADLY I wanted to pull this brat's hair out! She is so spoiled!" Adrien embraced his partner, and let out a relieving sigh.
"I know, I was upset too. Her dad needs to get a better control over her, and teach her that the world excluding me, isn't her slave. And between you and me, she needs to get the hint that I don't like her!" Adrien said annoyed, as Marinette giggled.
"I'll be back, I'm gonna go get some cheese and crackers for Tikki and Plagg. Don't move." She said playfully, getting up. He smirked.
"Wouldn't want to." She smiled her heart-stopping smile that made Adrien's heart speed up. How lucky was he to have her? Very damn lucky. She came back moments later, and she set the small platter on her desk.
"Tikki, I have food!" The spotted kwami smiled gratefully as she flew out of Marinette's purse and flew over to the desk where the platter was. Plagg also came out of Adrien's satchel.
"Do you have cheese?" Marinette motioned to where Tikki was, and he floated over with a smile on his face, and she smiled at him, and they proceeded to talk, occasionally having Plagg make Tikki blush. Marinette also passed a cup of tea to Adrien, which he accepted gratefully, and they sat on Marinette's bed.
"So, tomorrow we have to go to the Bourgeois' house. And Chloé has more power there than she does here or at your house. What'll we do then?" She asked curiously.
"Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. She knows she can't do anything horrible while I'm there. On another note, I didn't know you could bake so well. Perfect." She blushed.
"T-t-thanks. But I'm not perfect. I'm clumsy, forgetful, and far from perfect as can be." Adrien lifted her chin so that she was staring straight into his eyes.
"Don't say that. I'm not perfect either, but I don't care. With all the flaws in the world, nothing keeps me from protecting you. So shut up." He smiled that smile that made her heart stop, and they leaned in and kissed for a moment. They broke apart, and no longer heard their kwami talking, and found them silently snickering at them. They rolled their eyes.
"What's so funny, you two?" Tikki smiled deviously.
"Oh, nothing, just wondering how you two dorks aren't dating yet. Oh, and after you wouldn't stop talking about how cute and amazing Adrien is." Marinette's face became a bright shade of red while Adrien smirked like the Cheshire Cat.
"T-T-TIKKI! WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?!" Tikki blinked innocently.
"Oh, was I not supposed to mention that you always kept stressing-"
"TIKKIIII!" Adrien's smirk got wider as he leaned closer to Marinette, whose face was dark red from how much Tikki was embarrassing her.
"So, I'm super cute, eh My Lady?" She slapped him on the arm.
"O-Oh s-shut up!" He kissed her chastely, and she grew flustered. Plagg smirked deviously.
"Oh, but she's not the only one. Adrien, do you remember how you felt when you got that love letter and you thought it was from Ladybug? Oh how he just obsessed over wondering if it came from Ladybug." Adrien's smirk dropped and his face heated up as Marinette smiled teasingly.
"P-PLAGG!"
"Oh, and remember that other time that you swore you'd say those words to Ladybug that you promised to say as soon as you saw her? What were the words again? Oh yeah, je t'a-"
"PLAGG, SHUT UP!" Marinette smiled teasingly. Oh, this was sweet payback.
"Mind saying the words you were going to say?" He blushed.
"When the time is right." He said cryptically. She tilted her head in confusion, but said nothing. She then smirked in Tikki's direction.
"Hey, Plagg, wanna know something interesting?" He looked at her as if to say, I'm listening, while Tikki looked at her as if to say, I will kill you.
"I mentioned to Tikki a while back on the day after we revealed our identities, 'Are you excited to see your crush', and she blushed and said 'P-Plagg is not my c-crush!' and I never mentioned your name, so do with that what you will." Tikki blushed profusely and glared daggers at Marinette, who just smiled. Plagg flew closers to Tikki and whispered to her.
"Love you too." She blushed x5.
"I-I hate you." He smiled charmingly and pecked her on the cheek. She turned away so he wouldn't see her blush more. Adrien smirked in Plagg's direction, and his eyes widened and he glared at him as if to say 'Don't do it.'
"Say, Tikki, do you remember that day that you were with Marinette and I was in detention?" She nodded. "Well, when Plagg got out of my satchel and heard and saw you and your voice, he almost fell from my shoulder, and wouldn't shut up about you when we got home." Plagg blushed, and glared at Adrien who just smiled as if to say, 'Kar-ma!', and Tikki smirked.
"Is that so?" He blushed harder.
"Shut up." Adrien laughed.
"Trust me, it doesn't stop there. When I left him in my room to get him some cheese, I came back and saw him practicing how he was going to talk to you. Not only that, but he didn't eat his regular Camembert, he ate crackers and actually WANTED to transform for once, not that he doesn't, but he's lazy. I thought I was going to have to take him to a doctor. Oh, and he couldn't stop mentioning 'Her adorable eyes, the way her eyes sparkled earlier…' I swear, he's never acted like that before you." By the end of the speech, Tikki floated to the embarrassed kwami and hugged him.
"Thanks, Plagg." He smiled. After that, it was 7:00, and Adrien called for a limo since he had to go home. The limo arrived and before he opened the door, he gave Marinette a quick hug, and ran out. Marinette's parents came home shortly after, and saw Marinette sleeping, exhausted.
Tuesday
"I really hope Chloé can be nicer today, but knowing her, she'll be all over Adrien again." Marinette said to Alya as they walked to school. Alya rubbed her temples.
"Well, she's not going to treat you any worse, especially not if you have Adrien. So don't worry about it." Marinette smiled gratefully at her best friend.
"Thanks Alya. On a more positive note, how's your project going with Nino~?" Marinette said teasingly, emphasizing Nino's name. Alya blushed.
"We got a bit done, but after about 4:30, we just goofed off and talked about things. Nothing special."
"How long was he there?" She avoided her best friend's eyes.
"Alya…"
"Fine, he was there for 4 hours. Happy?" Marinette smirked.
"So you were alone with Nino for 4 hours and you're going to tell me nothing happened?" Alya smiled as they arrived at school.
"Not saying anything! Anyway, here they come." They spotted them coming over to them. The boys smiled.
"Hey girls. What goes on?" Nino asked as they neared the classroom. Alya smirked.
"Nothing much. Say Adrien, how long were you at Mari's house?" He looked at her curiously.
"Why do you ask?"
"Just curious." Nino looked at Adrien.
"Yeah, how long were you at her house?"
"Umm, 5 and a half hours."
"And how long was Chloé there?"
"…1 hour and 50 minutes." They gaped.
"So you were alone for 4 hours and 20 minutes and you're going to say nothing happened?" Nino asked with a smirk. They smiled at each other.
"Yup." They responded. Alya and Nino rolled their eyes as they all sat in their seats Chloé came in late, but she went over to Adrien, but upon noticing Marinette, she glared as she smiled innocently. Alya whispered to her.
"What's her problem?" Marinette grinned.
"I'll tell you later." She smiled, and class began.
3:00
Chloé showed Adrien around while waiting for Marinette, occasionally attempting to gain his attention, but Adrien just looked around bored. A moment later, Chloé's assistant buzzed that Marinette was here, to Adrien's happiness and Chloé's despair, for she was hoping she wouldn't come, but she reluctantly told the assistant to let her in and trudged down the stairs, while Adrien was already down the stairs. Marinette entered politely, and went up to Adrien, but before they could kiss, Chloé latched onto Adrien's arm, stopping him.
"Look, you're in MY house, so I will be with Adrien the whole time, and you can just take notes, got it?" She smiled innocently, and pecked Adrien, who didn't mind, and walked to a couch to sit, Adrien sitting right next to her, Chloé sitting across from the two. As the hours went on, Chloé was growing more annoyed with the two lovebirds, and when they finished writing what they needed, she quickly grabbed Adrien's arm.
"Adrikins, you can stay with me, and she can leave." He pushed her off gently.
"Sorry, but I have to get her home, and myself. See ya." The two walked out as they noticed the time was 5:30, and they laughed about how pissed Chloé looked.
Two days later
Today, the group was going back to Marinette's house, and Chloé was at her limit with the dark-haired girl.
"TEACHER!" Chloé shouted. The teacher turned.
"Yes, Ms. Bourgeois?"
"I cannot work with Marinette any longer, she has made me unable to work with her. Since Sabrina is back, I'll be working with her." The teacher sighed.
"If you feel better working with her, so be it." Adrien secretly fist-bumped Marinette, happy that his plan worked. They continued to sit through class, and then everyone was dismissed, and Alya high fived her best friend.
"Well, no more Chloé! And more time with Ad-rien." Alya sing-songed. Marinette rolled her eyes but smiled.
"Yeah yeah. Serves her right though." Adrien and Nino snuck up behind the girls, causing them to jump.
"So, you were saying?" Adrien asked teasingly.
"Okay, I'll admit, you were right" He smiled.
"For once." He looked at the grinning girl offended.
"Hey! That wounds my heart, my lady." He said whispering the last part. She rolled her eyes playfully.
"So, my house?" He grinned and put an arm around her.
"Let's go." She smiled but reminded him that they were no longer pretending to date, to which he nodded.
A few days later, The project due date, Monday
"…The results were, that we grew closer to each other and learned new things we didn't already know. Thank you." Adrien finished. The class applauded at the entertaining, yet well done project done by Adrien and Marinette. The duo bowed, and Marinette asked if anyone had questions.
"I have a question: Isn't Chloé in your group?" Max asked curiously. Marinette smiled innocently.
"You'll see." She stated simply, leaving them confused. Everyone, including Alya and Nino, had already gone, but Chloé and Sabrina were the only ones who hadn't gotten up. The teacher then called on the two, and it clicked for the class. Alya and Nino looked at their best friends knowingly. Chloé and Sabrina stepped up to the front, and Chloé elbowed Sabrina to speak. The red-head nodded nervously.
"U-um, Chloé didn't need to take notes since she already knows everything about me. S-so, I'm going to present my notes and the results-" The teacher held up a hand as if signaling her to stop.
"Ms. Bourgeois, did you leave Sabrina to do all the work?" Chloé huffed.
"Of course I didn't! I know a lot about her, so why would I need to take notes?!" The teacher rubbed her temples.
"That was the entire point of the project. Sabrina, be honest with me, did Chloé do anything? Your grade is riding on this." Sabrina twiddled her fingers nervously.
"U-umm… Okay, it's true! Chloé was busy trying to figure out how to break up Adrien and Marinette, that she made me do all the work and make up an excuse about how she knew everything about me, so she didn't have to do anything! I have my part of the project, but Chloé did no work whatsoever! I'm so so sorry!" She looked down in shame, but the teacher patted the girl on the back.
"It's alright, Sabrina. You worked very hard to do your part and defend your lazy partner. You get an A, Sabrina. However, Ms. Bourgeois, you will be punished for doing that to Sabrina, and get a failing grade of a F for this project. Take your seats." Sabrina smiled gratefully, but Chloé fumed.
"How dare you fail me! If Marinette would've complied with my orders, none of this would happen! She is to blame!" Marinette calmly stood up, looking at Chloé with a sharp look.
"You mean the orders to, I quote, 'just write down the facts she needed to know and that she'll send me her fact list later.' Also saying that, 'Adrien and her had A LOT of time to spend together that doesn't include someone like me', and even had the gall to insult me and my family's bakery, calling it retched and asking what was so special about it. Also, you blatantly insulted me, even before we began the project, crumpling a sketch I worked on, claiming that you could hire someone to do a better job, then insulted me in my household, calling me basic, clumsy, which I know I am, thank you, also screaming at Adrien on why he chose to pay attention to me, when she is 'clearly the better girl' and even shoving me just to get closer to Adrien, and being overall rude to me as well as Adrien? Well guess what, I'm not, never was, never have been, and never will be, a doormat, or a pushover. You will not walk over me or my friends, just to be spoiled and take advantage of others that have a heart in order to get your way. Also, stop trying to win over Adrien, because I guarantee you that he never has, never was, and never will be interested in you. So stop trying to act like you know everything about me, when you don't know a damn thing." They all, even Sabrina and Adrien, applauded for Marinette for standing up to Chloé, who was flushed in embarrassment. The teacher was shocked.
"Is all of this true, Adrien?" The teacher asked, looking over at him.
"Yes, it's all true. Also, she even had the nerve to attempt to kick Marinette out but insist upon me staying in her house on the second day of the project. So yes, not only was she continually making advances on me, but she just wouldn't give Marinette a break, constantly glaring or degrading her. However, I explained to Chloé that she wouldn't treat Marinette in such a manner, because I would most definitely not stand for it. Chloé, not only has she been kind to you, but she is perfect in ways that you will never be." Adrien said, and the class applauded again, Marinette blushing as she looked up at him and he winked at her, causing her to smile.
"Well said, Ms. Cheng and Mr. Agreste. You may sit." The duo sat down as the teacher wrote out a suspension slip. Chloé exploded.
"What do you think you are doing?!" The teacher turned to her, and frowned.
"I have all the evidence I need. Chloé Bourgeois, you will take a visit to the principal. You are suspended for two days, and detention for two weeks. And I'm calling your father. I got everything on record, so don't pull any excuses." She screeched and stormed out of the room. The teacher let the class talk for the rest of the period. Everyone immediately congratulated Marinette for putting Chloé in her place, and Adrien for defending Marinette.
"That was awesome! I mean, you shut her up! Go Mari!" Alix said excitedly. Ivan looked at them.
"That was awesome, but what did you do to get her out of the group?" Everyone nodded.
"We pretended to date, and annoyed her." Adrien stated. Juleka looked at them teasingly.
"So, you're not actually dating?" Marinette blushed.
"O-of course not! We're not a thing!" Adrien smirked, wrapping an arm on the girl's waist.
"Not yet anyway." She hit him on the arm.
"Adrien!" They laughed at their adorable classmates.
"I swear, you two could be a TV show." Alya snickered.
"Yeah, Adrien would probably be making her run into walls half the time just by winking at her." Nino quipped with a smirk towards his best friend. Said blond smirked as he rested his chin on Marinette's shoulder.
"Well…"
"Don't." Warned the dark haired girl. They laughed at the two as they went on with their day, glad that the blonde brat was put to justice.
A/N: So I'm finished! You don't know how much fun it was writing this. Go Marinette! So, Read and Review, and Follow and Favorite, and don't be afraid to give me ideas! I love getting inspiration from all you lovely readers! See you in the next chapter of Chat Spots! Bye Bye!~Aqua Bailarina 15