Lila felt herself burning up with rage as she stared at the screen in front of her. On the screen is a picture of Aurore and Juleka. They are walking on a runway at a major fashion show. Marinette had become a more popular designer. She had been invited to showcase her designs at several runway shows lately. And when Marinette had to choose her models, she chose Aurore and Juleka. The two girls had now become very popular models and were in almost every major magazine. They had even been invited to participate in Paris Fashion Week. To say Lila was jealous would be an understatement. But she had a plan. She was going to ruin those girls’ careers and make them regret ever upstaging her.
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Lila used her connection she had from modeling for Gabriel to get backstage at Fashion Week, modeling for a more minor designer. Lila started enacting her plan. She pulled at threads on the two girls’ outfits to cause holes. She spilled food on the back up dresses. She even switched up the schedules so they would be late to the stage.
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Or at least that is what she tried doing, but none of her plans worked. Marinette was always right there to fix the damage. She had thread to fix any holes in the outfits. She had back up dresses for the back up dresses that Lila had ruined. And Marinette had an electronic copy of the true schedule on her phone to make sure everything ran smoothly and on time.
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Even though Marinette was able to fix everything, it didn’t escape the three girls’ notice that these things seemed to be happening on purpose. And that Lila was always near by when things went by. Aurore and Juleka decided to confront Lila about it, stalking up to the liar. “Lila! What are you doing? Why do you keep messing with our stuff?”
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Lila, who was already furious that her plans hadn’t worked, blew up. “Why? Why wouldn’t I? You all stole my spotlight. I am the only one in school who can be famous! How could you steal my spotlight? You two aren’t worth it! I have spent ages tricking the class! Making them think that I am an amazing person and that I am connected to all these famous people! I even managed to trick Mr. Agreste into making me one of his star models! YOU DON’T DESERVE TO BE FAMOUS. I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT DESERVES IT!” Lila continued screaming and berating them for several minutes. What she didn’t know is that someone was recording her.
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Marinette had been livestreaming the backstage prep for her show for her fans. When Lila started to throw her little tantrum, Marinette turned the camera on her. She caught Lila’s confession about her lies on camera. The class was watching the live stream and saw everything. Mr. Agreste also was watching to see what Miss Dupain-Cheng was doing backstage, curious about the new designer. As he watched he saw Lila modeling for another new designer. It made his blood boil to watch one of his models work for another designer. Then he heard what Lila said about lying to him. She had just forced his hand, and Mr. Agreste started the process to fire Lila as his model. He couldn’t have a self admitted liar as a model.
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Lila didn’t realize how bad her night had been. She still didn’t know that Mr. Agreste was firing her as she continued to yell and scream. But her night was about to become a little worse. Marinette decided it was time to end this madness. She signaled to the event security, who had been lingering nearby once the yelling started. Once she signaled, the security immediately grabbed Lila and started to drag her away. But Lila fought back, trying to pull herself free. She did manage to get free, but she was off balance. She tripped over her feet and fell into the food service table. Food went flying and covered Lila head to toe. She sat there, covered in food, and feeling humiliated.
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Lila was then escorted out of the building, and left on the street in her food stained dress. As she left the fashion show, she was greeted by a flurry of messages from her classmates, furious about her lying to them. She also had an email from Mr. Agreste saying that she was no longer going to have any modeling work from him after the show she just put on. Lila was horrified as she realized that she had been recorded backstage. Her whole life was falling apart in front of her eyes, just from one fit of jealousy.
