Author's Note

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Episode 12: New Guardian

"You're kidding me? You don't think Cat Noir is hot?"

"No. Also it's Cat Noir. The word is a little different in french."

"Cat Cat so close but so far."

"Jake, please ."

"French aside I can't believe our local um, whats the word... lesbian doesn't think Cat Noir is hot."

Emma sighed into her head set as she refocused on her laptop moving her character on the screen to attack the enemy, "Rachel, I need help. And Jake, maybe Cat Noir is not my type." She heard Jake take a breath, "Jacob Morrison, don't even start on Ladybug either."

" How do you say 'But that sweet ass in French?' Jake asked laughing as he moved his trooper character to support his friend's Jedi character.

Emma heard Rachel groan over the headset, " Jake, please! Also, don't answer that, Emma."

The French-American girl busied herself with the fight on the screen, "Trust me. I'm not. Also Rachel, your French is getting much better."

" You think so? Guess, French was a good elective then," Rachel replied, " Crap, crap. Crap. I'm dead."

Emma slapped her fingers onto her key board, " Damn , me too."

"So, it's all up to-" Jake bragged but stopped as his trooper died as well.

"What was that Jake?" Rachel teased.

" Shut it, Rach," the boy muttered to his cousin annoyed.

The French girl smiled despite dying at her friend's argument, "Alright, well Jedi Kol Tano is done for the day I'm tired of dying."

She exited the game only giving her Mirilian character one more glance before closing the program and pulling up the video chat program she had going in the background.

Two windows appeared each holding a teenager. One a boy with tan skin, spiky black hair and hazel eyes, the other window held a slender brown haired girl with the same hazel eyes.

" God, why is the Jedi run so much harder than our Sith?" Jake asked as he twirled around in his chair annoyed.

Emma shrugged, having no idea.

Rachel squirted at the screen and squeed a little, "Alice!"

The black haired girl raised her eyebrow till she feels her cat climb into her lap. The cat meowed at the teens on the screen and moved closer as if she could get pets from the people in the screen.

" Oh I miss you so much!" Rachel squeed at the cat.

Emma smirked playfully, "Oh, you miss her but not me?"

Rachel rolled her eyes at Emma, "Well, someone is in a good mood. What's going on with you?"

While petting Alice, Emma replied, "I have a date today."

" Nice!" Jake cheered giving her a thumbs up as Rachel clapped for her.

The Agreste girl smiled. She knew her friends would be excited for her. Jake and Rachel Morrison were Emma's best friends from her time in New York. They had know each other since middle school and had been a crying mess when Emma had to move back to Paris.

" So," Rachel began, " Is this date with the famous Sophie we heard so much about?"

Pain went through her chest as they said her name. It was getting stronger. The trick Plagg and Tikki had down was wearing off more by the day.

"Emma?"

Said girl jumped causing Alice to get off Emma's lap. Turning quickly green and blue eyes met.

"Sophie."

They stared for a minute till voices broke the silence.

"Hello!" Jake greeted.

" Is that Sophie?!" Rachel asked.

Emma turned and slammed the laptop shut. Then turned back to her friend, "Ignore them."

Sophie got a look on her face, "Like you've been ignoring me?"

"Not ignoring…." Emma tried to explain as she started fiddling with the miraculous ring on her finger, "Just getting some space."

Which was true. Emma had taken a space back from Sophie and started doing activities she usually did with Sophie with Iris and Zacharie instead this past week.

"Space?" The blonde muttered, "cause of your crush on me?"

Emma tensed then looked at her and muttered angrily, "Everyone knows."

"Emma...I…" Sophie took a breath, "Emma, I'm with Louis."

Her heart couldn't take this, so Emma cut in, "and I'm going on a date with Iris this afternoon. So we're good. I'm getting over you. It was just a crush."

"Date?" Sophie seemed to muttered.

Emma walked past her as the anxiety she was use to started to fill her chest, great that was almost back in full force, "Yeah, date. Its a silly crush and I'm working on getting over it okay?"

At least that was what she would tell herself.

Silence stretched between them before finally Sophie broke it, "I got to the final two episodes of Once Upon a Time. Want to watch it with me Monday if you feel up to it?"

The request was so weak, sad, and pleading.

Emma looked at her, remembering back to the moment she said they were friends, "Sounds like a plan."

….

Sophie narrowed her eyes across the way at Emma as she walked across the street to meet Iris.

She didn't know why seeming them together was making her annoyed.

Hugo walked out the bakery giving the tiny wave and he started his trek to visit Nathalie.

Sophie let her eyes fall back on Emma and Iris. Maybe she should follow. Emma was still a little delicate right now after all

Author's Note 2

Reviews and thanks for reading.

Jake and Rachel are named after some of my favorite characters cousins Jake and Rachel from Animorphs. Originally they were goinng to be twins named Haru and Yuki but I cut that out along with a plot around Emma being an actor.
Anyway, next chapter. We learn if Emma can swim or not.