A change of heart

Life

Gabriel and Adrien could feel the sentimonster, Gabriel ran into the lair and Adrien followed him.

G- Dark wings rise!

He ran at the sentimonster and saw Nathalie clutching the hair pin, but she was shaking on the ground, Hawkmoth took the miraculous off of her and grabbed the pin. He broke it and the amuck went back to the white feather that was on Mayura's fan.

A- Nathalie!

N- I'm fine-

H- Your not, Nathalie. 

She was cold, and shaking, Hawkmoth carried her out of the lair and brought her up to her bedroom, she snuggled underneath the blankets and Hawkmoth de transformed. He left the room and let her sleep, Adrien was standing outside the door, Gabriel put the peacock broach on his shirt and gave Duusu the death stare.

G- Why didn't you get me?

D- I didn't think she was going to do that now!

G- You shouldn't have told her anything.

A- Come on, we'll let her sleep. Can you show me a few songs on the piano?

G- Yes, let's go.

He followed Adrien into his room and sat down at the piano, they played together for about an hour before the had supper. After this, Gabriel went to check on Nathalie. She was sleeping soundly and was already less pale, he kissed her forehead and left the room, going to get ready for bed himself when Adrien stopped him.

A- Father, can I ask you something?

G- Sure son, anything.

A- What do you think of Marinette?

G- She's a very nice person, I think she's a good fit for you.

A- No, I mean, I am a model, and I don't want her to love me because of that.

G- Well, I've known people who wonder the same thing. They act terrible towards the person and if they aren't friendly towards them, that would mean that they care about the person, if not, then you know it's only because of your status.

A- I don't want to be rude to Marinette.

G- Then don't be, ask her if she likes you because your a model, or because of you. I know she will tell you the truth.

A- Thank you father, I'll talk to her tomorrow a school.

G- Alright, goodnight.

A- Night.

He went to his room and Gabriel went in his and got ready for bed, he climbed in felt something on the side of his leg, he reached under the blanket and realized Nathalie had forgotten her phone on the bed. He set it on the bedside table and decided he would give it to her in the morning if she was awake. Gabriel was asleep when Duusu and Nooroo started whispering to each other.

D- do you think the sentimonster was able to take away her immortality?

Noo- I don't know, master seemed mad when she went ahead and did it, but I know he wasn't mad at her.

D- It's so romantic!

Noo- Duusu, ssht! He won't be happy if we wake him up.

D- Right, sorry.

They were quiet and got some sleep, in the morning, Nathalie was the first one to wake up, she felt energized, like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. She went straight to the bathroom and got dressed, she wore a slim black dress that went down to her knees and tied her hair up in a bun, she chose the shoes she usually wore and went straight to Gabriel's room. She noticed her phone was going off and she rushed over to turn off her ringer, thankfully, it hadn't woken Gabriel.

D- Hello miss Nathalie! I see your feeling better.

N- Duusu, keep it down. He needs to rest.

She took the peacock broach off of the bedside table and went downstairs to the office, she made herself a coffee and got to work. At 7: 30, Adrien knocked on the door to the office, Nathalie let him in.

A- Where's father?

N- He's still asleep, it's almost time for school, I'll leave him a note in case he wakes up while I'm  gone.

She grabbed a notepad and wrote him a note, then stuck it to his drawing board, they both got in the limo and the gorilla drove Adrien to his school, the news van was parked out front, Nadja was there with the news team, and she went over to Nathalie, who got out of the limo.

NA- Mrs. Sanceour, can you confirm that Mr. Agreste was shot?

N-  will not speak for him, have a good day Adrien.

He waved to her and tried to get into the school, but the reporters and journalists were blocking him. Nathalie sighed and pushed past them with Adrien, once he was in the school she climbed back into the limo and the gorilla drove away. They arrived back at the Agreste mansion and Gabriel was still asleep, the gorilla drove back to his place and Nathalie got to work.

G- What time is it?

Nathalie jumped, Gabriel was dressed and standing at the door to the office.

G- Sorry Nat, are you alright?

N- Yes, yes, I'm fine. It's 9:20.

G- Why didn't you wake me up?!

N- You needed your rest.

G- So did you.

N- I feel better, but I wanted to make sure you finally got a good sleep.

G- Thank you, so what is in store for us today?

N- The company decided to do a virtual meeting, it starts at 1:00pm.                      

G- Alright, I have a few sketches I'd like you to help me with. Mostly the colour schemes and the lengths, wether the prints should be floral. 

N- As you wish, let's get started.

Gabriel brought a few designs over to the desk and re drew a few things, made a few changes to the designs and got ready for the meeting. During the meeting, Gabriel told them that Nathalie had helped with a few of the designs, once the meeting was over, they went out to the garden.

G- I wonder why Emilie did that to you.

N- I think she was intimidated by me.

G- What do you mean?

N- Because of how I felt about you, she didn't want me to tell you, so she threatened that she'd kill you and Adrien if I said anything to you.

G- Well, she only manipulated me from the start anyway. I regret believing her over you, I'm sorry.

N- Don't worry, we know now and won't make the mistake again.

G- I love you, my Nathalie.

N- Me too, my Gabriel.