Artistic Agreste

~Chapter 5~ Reset and Restart

As Marinette and Eliza were roaming the empty halls to their next classroom, Eliza couldn't calm her heart rate down. Eliza thought to herself "Is it because of my anxiety? Or is it because of-" Eliza stared at Marinette vaguely, but she couldn't keep her eyes off of her.

"Is something wrong?" Marinette asked. "You keep looking at me as if I have something on my face.."

"Oh no, everything fine. You look fine- I MEAN you look beautiful- I MEAN. Ugh. There's nothing on your face I was just wondering- uhh" Eliza had to think of something quickly, she gazed up at the windows "I was just wondering how they got the windows so shiny." Eliza's face was turning red yet again.

"Oh- Okay?" Marinette responded. Of course, she didn't know quite how to respond to that.

They got to the classroom and Eliza stopped a few feet behind the door. Marinette stopped and looked at Eliza but didn't say anything, Marinette could tell she was nervous. Eliza looked down at her combat boots in a pigeon-toed stance, she did not want to go back in there, but she did at the same time. She finally got enough courage to ask Marinette a question

"Mari, do you think I should go back in there?" Eliza asked, "I don't want to cause any more trouble or mess anything up again." She said softly

"Eliza you won't mess anything up or cause any more trouble. I'll be right there beside you the whole time and so will Adrien-" Marinette was stopped by Eliza's face dropping at his name.

"Adrien. I forgot about Adrien. I was so mean to him when he tried to help me. I pushed him away when I needed him. He was just trying to help, oh my god I'm a horrible sister." Eliza claimed as she threw her head into her hands.

Marinette put her hand on Eliza's shoulder, "Hey, hey, hey. It's okay. You're not a horrible sister. You were having a moment and you needed your space. I'm sure Adrien will understand that." She comforted the girl

Eliza took a deep breath, "*inhale* *exhale* Okay. I'm ready."

Marinette opened the door and let Eliza go in first, Mrs. Bustier looked astonished at the girls. She was about to say something then Marinette went over to her and told her that she'll explain everything. Eliza was looking around the room at everyone's faces and did not know what to say. She looked at Adrien's face, who was smiling like an idiot that his sister has returned.

"Everybody," Marinette started "This is Eliza."

Mummers and whispers went around the room. Eliza stood there like an object waiting for somebody to call her out for this morning.

"This is my twin sister," Adrien said as he stood up and walked to stand next to her.

Even more mummers and whispers went around the room. "Sister? Adrien has a sister?" "Hey isn't that the girl who called out Chloe this morning?" "Wow she actually came back." were some of the many sayings going around the room

Eliza took a deep breath, "Listen. I got off on the wrong foot this morning and I apologize for my behavior. But I do want you to know that I was only defending myself because of years of hurt deep down inside of me. I am truly sorry for my actions and I hope you can forgive me and we can have a do-over on first impressions."

The class sat there, stunned at what Eliza had just said. Nobody knew what to say. Eliza stood there with the hope that someone will forgive her and start to have a new friend, but nobody had answered. She felt Adrien put his arm around her neck and she felt Marinette grab her hand. Then, a voice from the crowd spoke,

"It's okay, I forgive you"

This girl's name was Alix. Eliza looked into her eyes and started getting blushy again and didn't know how to react other than to smile. Eliza then turned to Mrs. Bustier and said,

"We haven't properly met, I'm Eliza Agreste. Adrien's younger sister. I'm looking forward to this new experience of learning and to be adding a new element of social interaction."

"Well," Mrs. Bustier started, "I appreciate that Eliza, and welcome to the class," she said with a smile. "You can sit over there, next to Alix." Mrs. Bustier pointed

Alix smiled and moved over a seat so that Eliza could have the aisle seat. As Eliza was walking over to her new seat she looked at Alya and Nino as they smiled and gave her a thumbs up. Eliza took a seat and arranged her stuff so she can be organized and comfortable. She looked up at Alix who was smiling, Eliza felt the smile's warmth and felt butterflies when it reached her. "What is this feeling?" Eliza thought "And why won't it go away?" Her thoughts were interrupted by Mrs. Bustier continuing the lesson. "I think I'm gonna like it here," She thought as she looked around the room. Her eyes drifted to Adrien who couldn't help but smile. Eliza gave her brother a warm smile in return.