Over the next few days. Gabriel tried everything he could think of to get on Adrien's good side. He bought him the newest video games. He bought him a brand new phone. He allowed him to go out and meet up with his friends.

But, nothing seemed to work. Adrien was still giving his father the cold shoulder. And Gabriel was running out of idea's.

One day, Gabriel was in his office walking pacing once again. Natalie stood near by and watched her boss.

"Sir, you will create a rut soon if you keep walking pacing like that." Natalie said.

"I'm not in the mood for humor, Natalie! I can't seem to figure out how to get Adrien to see that I am truly sorry for how I have treated him. I've done all I could think of, video games, a new phone, his friends, nothing seems to work." Gabriel replied.

"Sir, have you actually apologized? Money does not fix everything. Adrien needs to know how you truly feel. Just buying him things won't cut it this time." Natalie replied.

"No, I never thought of that. But, whenever I try to talk to Adrien. He just gets angry. And tells me that I don't care about him. Or he just gives me the cold shoulder. How am I suppose to get through to him?" Gabriel asked.

Natalie sighed, "Sir, this is not going to be easy. You have dug a pretty deep hole this past year. And your gonna have to figure out how to crawl out of it. So, you can fix things with Adrien. But, that is going to be hard."

"So, what do you think I should do?" Gabriel asked.

"Why don't you get in contact with some of Adrien's school friends? Maybe Nino will know what Adrien wants from you. He is his best friend after all. I'm sure he talks to him about that kind of stuff" Natalie replied.

"What does that boy know?! He was the one who tried to tell me how to parent my son. When it came to Adrien's birthday." Gabriel replied.

"Yes, because he is Adrien's best friend. That is what friends do. I understand you may not know that since you don't have any friends. But, you have to trust that I know what I'm talking about." Natalie replied.

"Hmm... fine, get him on the phone." Adrien replied.

Natalie went and got the phone off her desk. Before punching in some numbers. And handing the phone to Gabriel.

Gabriel sighed, and silently hoped that Nino wouldn't pick up. He didn't feel like trying to get advice from a 13 year old.

"Ring...Ring...Ring..."

"Hello?"

Sigh, "Nino, it's Mr. Agreste, Adrien's dad. I need to talk to you about Adrien."

Oh, cliff hanger, I know! But, gotta keep things interesting! If you enjoyed chapter 8. Then please remember to RR, and I will be back with chapter 9 soon! Until next time my friends, Blessing's, Butterfly582!