Ben arrived at the meeting room, the fog around the school was ominous as it made his brain focus on the sounds around him. Ben opened the door where he saw his parents had already arrived, the table they were seated at was oval shaped and the room had a eerie blue tinge to it, Ben looked at his parents, his father was as stern faced as ever and his mother had genuine concern on his face. Ben sat between the two and his father sighed "Ben...what were you thinking?" His mother stopped him "calm down Richard, I'm sure Ben has an explaination for his actions" his father backed off just as Principal Delmore walked in "ah, Mr and Mrs Williams, it's a pleasure to see both of you again, the fog outside is quite thick don't you think?" Delmore shook hands with Ben's parents "Mr. Grayson and Timothy have just arrived and will be here shortly. Ben sighed as he tuned out what his parents and Mr. Delmore were talking about, he couldn't help but think about how he was going to take out Tremaine and if he could get past all of his Miraculous Wielders. The door to the meeting room suddenly opened and Grayson walked in, followed by his father, Tremaine, Ben nearly fell out of his chair but caught himself "you okay Benji?" His mom asked with Ben nodding, although that was far from true.

Ben could feel the blood race through his veins, his heart thumped in his chest and he began to sweat as the Graysons took their seats "well, now that everyone is here, let's get this meeting started". Principal Delmore explained to Tremaine "as you may know, we are here to settle the differences between Mr. Williams and Mr. Grayson, the altercation from yesterday was...unsightly and I wish to bring these two together and bury the hatchet" Tremaine started talking "lemme just preface this by saying I take full responsibility for my son's actions, I do think my son deserves the punishment he was given, with that being said, I do request your son take up boxing, that kinda talent is rare to come by" Ben could tell that Timothy was getting antsy but his attention was mostly on not making it obvious that he was genuinely afraid and hated the situation he was in. Ben's father responded "this is just as much Ben's fault as it is your son's, if he hadn't stepped in and let a teacher handle it- " Ben cut his father off "then Arnold would've gotten more hurt that he did" Tremaine looked at Ben with intrigue and his father snapped his head towards him shooting a glare into him. Principal Delmore leaned towards Ben and raised his voice "Mr. Williams!" Tremaine put his hand up "wait, I wanna know what this young man has ta say" Ben looked Tremaine right in the eyes and planted his hands on the table "I was protecting my friend, I wasn't gonna sit there and let my friend get hurt, someone needed to protect Arnold right then and there" Tremain put his elbows on the table and interlocked his fingers over his mouth "so...you were protecting the little guy, for what reason?" Ben froze, he didn't want to spill why Arnold was beaten up, if he did, Tremaine might target Arnold because of his connection to him. Timothy interjected "Arnold was blabbing on how he helped Beowulf, he was lying so I put him in his place" Ben glared at Timothy that made him back off a bit "it doesn't matter if he was lying or not, you had no right to do that to him!" Timothy stood up from his chair as did Ben. Tremaine grabbed his son's jacket sleeve and yanked him back into his chair, Ben slowly got back into his chair aswell.

Ben's mother spoke up "my son is no delinquent, he never showed this kind of behavior before, I don't know where it came from" Mr. Delmore responded "well, as you know, moving from a completely different state can have an effect on someone, Ben is probably frustrated about the change of the environment and lashed out, not to mention the standerdized tests are in two weeks which puts more stress on our students" Tremaine sighed "look Delmore, I personally don't think this kid did anything wrong, he was looking out for his own. I admire that" Ben felt his skin crawl, getting praise from Tremaine made him feel like he was one of his goons. Delmore pinched the bridge of his nose "now that we've aired our grievances about Benjamin, how about we discuss Timothy" Ben felt as if he wasn't even a part of the conversation despite the fact he and Timothy were the center if the conversation.

Delmore began "Timothy...has had a hard time getting along with other students" Tremaine interrupted Delmore "don't sugarcoat it Delmore, by boy's got a knack for pickin' fights and gets along well with nobody. No two ways about it, my son is the problem here" Delmore was taken aback by his words and Timothy seemed to shrink in his seat, he felt betrayed by his father, he felt like his father wasn't trying to protect him like he should, he just wanted to disappear. Ben started to feel sympathy for Timothy, having a sadistic crimelord as a dad must be rough, does he even know who his dad is? Delmore felt cornered "o-okay, well I can give Timothy the same punishment as Benjamin" Tremaine sighed again "no, my son is the one who started it and assaulted this 'Arnold' kid" Delmore tried to reason "Mr. Grayson, I'm sure-" Tremaine interrupted him again "don't give my boy any special treatment, I know you feel like you have to make me happy because I help fund the school, but it's not necessary, I want my son to be given the same treatment as any other student" Delmore adjusted his collar "w-well, if I was dealing with another student I would suspend them for two weeks" Ben and Timothy looked at Delmore in shock, if he had been dealing with any other person he would have been harsher.

Delmore fixed his tie and got up "well then, I believe we're done here, it's been a pleasure meeting with all of you" Ben's parents shook hands with Delmore and Tremaine "now boys, shake hands and prove that this debacle is truly behind you" Ben outstretched his hand, Timothy looked Ben in the eyes and read "this is just as awful for me as it is for you" Timothy sighed and shook Ben's hand. Delmore clapped his hands "well then, this has been very progressive towards our goal of a conflict-free school" Ben nearly laughed at the statement but he managed to hold it in. Delmore adjustes his glasses and looked at Ben and Timothy "Mr. Williams, Mr. Grayson, please wait outside so that I can talk to your parents in private" Ben and Grayson stepped outside, Grayson sat on the floor leaning back against a wall, Ben stood there with his ear leaning against the door trying to listen in on the conversation. Grayson finally spoke up "you hear anything?" Ben sighed "nothing, they're talking too soft" Grayson grunted in frustration and shot up from his seated position.

Grayson paced around and kicked anything he could find "Dammit!" He said sharply under his breath, Ben sighed and kicked up some dirt "this is so unfair, how come we're left in the dark about things happening to us?" Grayson looked at Ben "yeah, how 'bout we get a say in our lives for once?" Ben nodded with Grayson ranting further "my dad never listens to me, he only wants me to follow whatever he does and stay silent" Ben felt sympathy for Timothy "having a business man like Tremaine must be hard, huh?" Grayson looked at Ben "you don't know the half of it". The boys parents exited the room with Delmore clearing his throat "Benjamin, I'll see you in detention on Monday, Timothy, I am sending you home with the assessment test, you will turn it in when you come back from school in two weeks" Timothy gritted his teeth and was about to say something before Tremaine shot him a glare and he stopped. Ben and Timothy parted ways "I'll...see you in two weeks" Ben said with Timothy looking down "yeah...sure" both families walked away with Ben looking back to see Tremaine and Timothy disappear into the fog.

I know this chapter is pretty short and is kinda chill, I really wanted to flesh out Timothy's character because I felt like he was just a generic bully character and for sure he is a bully character, that isn't gonna change. With that being said I do want you guys to understand where Timothy's aggression stems from AND add to Ben's growing list of complications in his goal to defeat Pangolin and his legion of Miraculous.