Episode 7: Regret

Sophie Léon was confined to her room by her overly worried mother as she didn't really want her out after all the stuff last night. Which sucked immensely as she wanted herself and Cat Noir to talk to Nathalie. But at least Nina and Zacharie had stopped by to listen to what had happened, Louis was stuck helping with his grandparents. But for some reason Nina and Zach had not focused on what she figured would be one of the more important parts of the story.

"You kissed Emma?!"

Sophie looked down at her pillow and play with the covers edge, "Technically she kissed me and it was just a mistletoe kiss."

Zacharie looked annoyed and he pulled out some euros and handed them to Nina, "Damn you and your skills. But, no Sophie, it's not just a mistletoe kiss. This girl had just had probably one of the worst days of her life and she comes out of a depressive haze, which I've seen her go into by the way, just to be able to kiss you under the mistletoe."

Sophie looked confused at this statement but focused on the money thing first, "Did you guys make another bet?"

Nina and Zacharie shared a look before Nina finally explained, "Yeah, to see if Em would kiss you before or after you broke up with Louis."

Sophie stared for a moment, "Why would I break up with Louis?"

The two friends shared a look that said 'thats what shes focusing on?' before Zaharie explained, "okay, look Louis is great and everything but I don't think I see you dating him forever. Especially with him putting so much time into his future career in photography over you and stuff. Yeah, it might work out but at the same time your 15, realistically not everyone meets their soulmate in high school."

Sophie could understand that statement but she still didn't like it. She liked Louis a lot, "I'm not breaking up with Louis and what does that have to do with kissing Emma?"

Nina looked at her frustrated, "your so oblivious. I wasn't going to say anything but if this goes on you may lose Emma's friendship anyway. Emma likes you, more than a friend likes."

The blondes mind seems to flashback to all those times Tikki looked at her and commented on how close Sophie and Emma were, "No way, were both girls!"

Zacharie looked at her offended as he pulled out his phone of showed her a picture of his mothers, Juleka and Rose smiling happily, "People are gay, Sophie. "

Sophie rightly looked embarrassed. She'd forgotten about that. She wasn't homophobic it was just she'd never thought of herself or Emma like….that, "Emma's a lesbian?"

"Yeah," The two friends said together.

"Oh, how do you know? Did she tell you?" Sophie asked an ache in her heart that Emma would tell them before her.

"No, we figured it out," Zach explained as he rolled his eyes, "there's her obvious pinning look at you (how she acts around you really), she reads and watches a lot of "lesbian" stuff, under her jackets she'll occasionally wear a rainbow braclet or a lesbian pin, and Iris from my class let slip that Emma and her grandmother were talking about her crush at her job at the cafe about a week ago. Her female crush."

The information slowly started sinking in as Sophie remembered seeing a rainbow bracelet or two that Emma had worn and the comics or books she would quickly shut when she would walk over to her, "But, I don't like girls. I like Louis…"

As Sophie lamented this Zacharie and Nina quicky shared a non-verbal conversation, that's what being friends for years lets you do, Zacharie motioned with his eyes to the actual shelf in the room that had Emma related stuff on it that not even Louis had. She clearly liked Emma. Nina shook her head, even so its not their place to push Sophie into anything.

"Then tell her that," Nina finally replied, "the reason why Emma had done nothing about her feelings is she doesn't want to lose your friendship probably. Emma appreciates your friendship that much. But you should probably tell her you'll never return her feelings. Especially since if you and Louis are long term she's won't be hurting."

Sophie nodded as she touch the yang necklace around her neck.

A loud song went off and Zacharie pulled his phone as Nina gave her a judging look, "Kitty section?"

"I will stan my family always," The boy defend his ringtone as he answered it, "Hello? Louis?"

Sophie grabbed her phone and realized she had missed 5 calls from him. Oh no! What Emma said?!

"Slow down Louis," Zacharie said concerned, "What do you mean Emma's missing?"

….

Cat Noir would have rather stayed at home like her grandparents wanted, she could have mentally toturted herself over kissing her crush like all teenagers should do but alas logic won out and she had snuck out to visit her grandmother to get answers.

So, she landed at the hotel after a parkour run across town. She took a deep breath and opened the balcony door to find Nathalie Agreste sitting at a tiny table cookies, tea, and camembert waiting. She had been waiting on them.

"Just you? No Ladybug?" Nathalie asked sipping her tea.

"Ladybug is busy," Cat Noir lied, she really hadn't been able to get in contact with her at all.

"In that case, detransform so Plagg can eat," Nathalie commented, "I'd rather talk to my granddaughter anyway."

The bad luck hero stuttered confused, "Ma'am, I think you're a mist-"

"Emma Alexandra Nathalie Agreste, don't you dare try to lie to me," the woman's eyes narrowed.

After a beat Cat Noir sighed and gave in, "Claws in."

In green light Emma turned back and Plagg appeared.

"Hello, Plagg," Nathalie greeted seeing the kwami for the first time in 10 years, "Camebert?"

Plagg feel over grabbing a piece, "Thanks Nat."

"You know Grandmere?" Emma asked shocked.

Plagg looked bashful, "Yeah, kid. I did."

Emma looked betrayed at this and narrowed her eyes at her kwami and grandmother, "You guys need to explain. Now."

Nathalie sighed and Plagg nibbled on more cheese, "Sit down. We'll explain. Let me tell you what happened all those years ago, with Hawk Moth, Ladybug, Cat Noir, the miraculous, everything I know and how we have Luna Moth now."

….

Meanwhile across town as a bride's maid cried into as mirror a black butterfly flew towards her.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading and please review. I live on kind words.

Sophie is the kind of person to not notice people's feelings till their in her face. Louis had to ask her out 3 times before she got he was asking her out. Hence, Zach and Nina telling her all the stuff. You might not think it's their place but their thinking about all 3 of their friends here:Sophie maybe intentionally leading Emma on or hurt Louis in the long term, Emma getting her hopes up and hurting her brother worst, and Louis being made a fool of destroying any relationship he's rebuilding with his sister. In their minds deal with it now before he blooms into something worse.

As for Emma, she just wants answers concerning the fact her grandmother she admired is a villain, or retired villain rather. She's probably not thinking clearly with all the drama she's going through.

Next Chapter: Emma learns of the history of Hawk Moth and then comes face to face with her biggest regret, the thing that haunts her to this day.