Hey, Lila! How was your holidays?”
“Oh, it was just lovely. I got to visit Prince Ali, and Jagged Stone even got me a copy of his newest album.”
“That’s great!” Alya winced a little, Lila always had such amazing stories; her gift of a new phone seemed tiny now.
“Anyway, where’s Marinette? I got her a gift to try and bridge the gap between us.”
“Sorry girl, but Mari hasn’t been in school for the past few days.”
“What?”
“Yeah, we think she got expelled.”
“It’s not because of those texts she sent me, right? I just couldn’t bear it if she got expelled because of that.”
Alya stared at Lila for a long time. “What texts?”
“Didn’t I tell you? Marinette sent some pretty mean texts to me when we first started the ignore her thing. I’m sure she didn’t mean it though.”
“Girl, she was cyber bullying you? For how long?”
“I’m not sure...”
“No wonder she left,” Alya scoffed, “I’m glad the school caught her.”
“I’m just glad you don’t have to ignore her anymore; I can’t tell it was taking a toll on you.”
“Honestly? Not really. She’s always so good, so happy, I was kinda glad to take her down a few pegs.” She glanced down. “That sounds really bad now that I say it.”
“Not at all,” Lila crooned, “it’s healthy to let these emotions out. She was a bully anyway, so it’s completely okay now.”
“I’m just glad she’s gone. Now everything can go back to normal.”
“Guys!” Alix skidded in, waving her phone haphazardly. “Guess what? You know Aster Academy?”
“Yeah,” Adrien looked up, “my father thought about sending me there, but I chose to go here instead.”
“What a coincidence, me too! Jagged was practically begging me to go; it’s such a good place for people with so many connections like me, but I turned it down. I wanted to live a normal life.”
Alix didn’t engage Lila, lately she had been pretty upset with her need to be in the spotlight all the time. “They just accepted a new student!”
“What?” Alya rushed forwards, taking the phone from Alix’s hands. “They’ve never done that before.”
“Well, they’re doing it now, a live interview is taking place in five minutes.”
