Artistic Agreste

~Chapter 4~ Schooling Sensation

Marinette and Eliza walked into the classroom and Marinette released her hand, and Eliza felt a little upset, but she had bigger problems to worry about. In the first row to the left sat one of her ex-bestfriend Chloe Bourgeois. Adrien then walked into class and walked towards Eliza

"Hey, how did the tour go?" Adrien asked

"Yeah, shut up it went good I guess, Chloe is in this class?" Eliza asked impatiently

"Well yeah, why?" Adrien questioned her reply. Chloe perked up when she heard her name being called and from her point of view she saw a stupid pretty girl talking to her "adrikins". She immediately stood up and started walking towards them with Sabrina following closely behind.

"Good morning Adrikins! Oh, who is this? She must get her clothes from a dumpster like that cute one that Marinette always hangs out with." Chloe said wittily

"Aw, what's the matter, Miss Perfect? Don't remember your best friend?" Eliza fired back at her

"Best friend? Sabrina and Adrikins are my only friends because I know they are true. Besides, why would I ever be friends with you? Who the hell are you anyway?" Chloe responded

"Please don't-" Adrien started

"Too frickin late Adrien. Hi Chloe, I'm your ex-bestie Eliza. Eliza Agreste. You know, Adrien's twin sister? The one you used to hang out with until you found out who my brother was then you cast me aside like I was nothing?" Eliza said with anger boiling up. Chloe stood there speechless along with the rest of the class.

"El- Eliza? Is it really you?" Chloe questioned with fear

"Like I was going to say. Chloe, meet my twin sister Eliza. Eliza, you remember Chloe." Adrien remarked as he stood between the girls who still have not yet broken eye contact.

"Oh please. I know Chloe. Everybody knows Chloe right? Hey, I have an idea!" Eliza went on as she turned to the rest of the class "Let's take a vote."

"Eliza you're taking it too far, calm do-" Adrien started to say

"Too late." She whispered aggressively to her brother. "Who here has been hurt by Chloe? Go ahead, don't be shy or scared, raise your hands." Before anyone could raise their hands The door opened to reveal Mrs. Bustier walked in,

"Well, what is going on here?" Mrs. Bustier asked innocently, "It looks like everyone had just seen a ghost!"

The class stood there silent as a graveyard when they all turned to look at Eliza, but Eliza stood there looking at her teacher. She felt all eyes on her, and she turned to look at everyone and she was so embarrassed. She made eye contact with Marinette who looked horrified, Ayla who had looked shocked, and Nino who had looked like a mix of the two. She then turned to Chloe who stood there with guilt, shock, and embarrassment in her eyes. Eliza looked around and ran out of the classroom. Adrien saw her run out and darted after her.

Eliza was looking for the bathrooms or even just a closet where she could disappear and call someone to come pick her up. When she had finally made it to the locker room, she sat on the bench and started sobbing. Adrien then entered where he then saw his sister crying.

Eliza looked up from her ball that she had curled up into and saw Adrien standing there."Oh, what do you want?" She said between the sobs. Adrien could tell she was really upset, her mascara was running down her face, and she was holding the thing that mother left her right before she passed.

"You wanna tell me why you did that?" Adrien remarked

Eliza gave out a big laugh and a sigh. "When we were kids, Chloe and I were best friends, and when she told me to my face she liked you more than me and was just using me to get to you. I've never felt that kind of anger in my life before, I mean I couldn't hit her, I couldn't tell anyone about it, so I did what I always did. Just paint my feelings away." Adrien stood there confused,

"What do you mean she used you to get to me?"

"God you really are dense and oblivious. Just leave me alone Adrien" Eliza said with anger in her voice as she got up and started walking away.

"You can't get rid of me, I'm around you all day, Where are you even going?" Adrien yelled

"The one place you can't" Eliza yelled as she flipped him off and shut the door to the girls' bathroom.

Adrien, feeling defeated, headed back to the classroom. When he entered the room all eyes were on him, hoping that his sister was walking with him. Adrien looked at Mrs. Bustier, apologized, then headed to his seat. Just then a voice asked if she can use the restroom, Adrien listened to the voice but didn't care to know who it was. Adrien sat there sulking as Mrs. Bustier returned to the lesson.

The door opened in the Girls bathroom as Marinette heard soft sobs coming from a stall and saw a pair of feet just hanging there

"Liza?" Marinette asked

"Adrien Gabriel Agreste you did not just follow me into the girls' bathroom" Eliza snottily commented from the stall

"Wait, his middle name is Gabriel?" Marinette asked out loud "Anyways no, it's Mari."

Eliza opened the stall door and peaked out.

"Why did I do that?" Eliza asked softly "Why did I do that? My dad told me that first impressions are everything in this world and I just ruined everything with the entire class. Oh, and I just ruined a perfect friendship that I could've had again with Chloe. Why did I do that? I'm so stupid." Eliza repeated.

"Eliza you're not stupid. Chloe had it coming when she said that first remark to you, but maybe you didn't have to take it that far?" Marinette stated

"When she said that thing about you I just got ticked off. Adrien told me to stop but I didn't. He probably thinks I'm the worst sister ever because now everybody hates him through hating me." Eliza claimed as tears started to run again. She shut the stall door, locked it, then put her back against the door and started crying again. Marinette felt so bad, she didn't know what to do. On one hand, she could go get Mrs. Bustier, but on another note, she can stay and help her new friend. On one note she can miss a lot of classes, but on the other hand, she's sure her teachers would understand why she skipped, it was for good reasons after all.

"Okay." Marinette said as she slid herself so she too would be propped up against the door back to back with Eliza, "Talk to me. I'm a great listener and I won't leave." Marinette calmly replied.

Eliza worked up enough courage to get her story out and she began explaining to Marinette how Chloe had used her all those years ago. "It was the way she admitted to my face that she only wanted me for Adrien, that's what hurt the most," Eliza explained. The stall door began to open and Marinette quickly got to her feet. Eliza was standing there with a messy face and an unreliable body. She fell into Marinette's arms and was embraced instantly.

The feeling from before came back to Eliza. From when the two girls were holding hands in the halls. The butterflies in her stomach were swarming and her heart began a marathon.

"C'mon, let's get you cleaned up. Your cheeks are all red." Marinette explained. Eliza saw herself in a mirror now and realized she was blushing. On top of that, she did need to be cleaned up. She was still upset but she controlled herself. Marinette set up the water and Eliza washed her face in the sink. As the bell rang, Marinette reassured her that their teacher would understand why they were late.

When Eliza was drying her face, she noticed that she was still blushing. "What's wrong with you today?" she asked her reflection.

"What was that?" Marinette asked with concern

"N-nothing," Eliza stuttered. The embarrassment made her blush even more and she then carefully went up to Marinette. Using her strength to try not to stutter, "I think I'm ready as long as that little brat Chloe isn't in our next class."

"She won't be in our next few classes because 'I don't want to be in every class with that dumpster rag Daddy'" Marinette teased with her impression of Chloe.

Eliza giggled at her joke and the both of them began walking to their next class. The halls were empty, but Eliza's heart was full of noise.