When the Cat Met the Wolf

43. Of Hotels & Fans

The students from Francoise Dupont High School had been invited to the Grand Paris Luxury Hotel to have a 'work experience'.

Basically, they would be doing what the employees of the hotel did all day. Arianne woke up ready to face the world, 'til she discovered that Adrien would be her partner.

Don't misinterpret it, it wasn't that Arianne hated to be alongside Adrien, but she had been planning to talk to him with all the confidence in the world about why she reacted the way she did when he kissed her, but now she didn't know if she could.

Luckily, it was just them two. Chloe was originally in the job, too, but the job only had a maximum of two people, so her father had assigned her to the cooking part, which, needless to say, she wasn't very happy about.

So, the job assignments were the following:

Adrien and Arianne were receptionists. Kim was the doorman. Alex, Ivan and Sabrina were the cleaning people. Nino, Juleka, Max, Rose and Chloe were chefs, and Thiago was the butler. The only people who hadn't been assigned a job yet were Marinette and Alya.

While the mayor searched for their names on the list, Arianne and Adrien stood behind the counter, not saying a word to one another. It had been like that for quite some minutes, since Adrien didn't know if Arianne was upset with him, and Arianne had no idea how to tell him what was going on.

"Alya" the mayor spoke up, finally finding their names on the list "You're going to be sorting trash at the main dumpster" Alya gasped, and Marinette and Arianne opened their eyes wide upon hearing that.

"I bet I know who helped make the job arrangements" Arianne spoke up, folding her arms angrily.

"Chloe?" Adrien guessed, speaking up for the first time since they were assigned their positions.

"Obviously" replied Arianne, and then quickly realised that her tone sounded rude "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say it like that"

"It's fine" replied Adrien, shrugging it off with a smile. Arianne had really missed his bright smile, and it made her heart flutter, as always.

"And Marinette..." the mayor spoke once again, just as the sliding doors were opened, and Jagged Stone walked in, with his crocodile, his manager, and poor Kim pushing the trolley with his luggage behind.

"Hey! That's...." Marinette spoke up.

"Hey, Jagged!" Arianne greeted the rockstar. Jagged Stone turned to look at her, and smiled. He knew her, since she had been the warm-up artist in several of his concerts. That's part of the reason why she was so famous.

"Arianne!" greeted the rockstar, as Adrien, Alya and Marinette opened their eyes wide upon hearing that a famous rockstar knew their friend "How have you been?"

"Pretty well!" replied the violinist "Can't complain! Are you here to check in to the hotel?"

"Well, of course! I hope it will be better than the previous one..."

"Excuse me!" the mayor spoke up firmly, and approached the man "This is a luxury hotel, not a zoo!" he gestured to the crocodile to illustrate his point.

"Uh... Mayor Burgoise?" Adrien spoke up, raising his hand and calling the mayor's attention "This is Jagged Stone. He's a very famous rockstar"

"And he's rich" added Arianne, and the mayor's face lit up like a Christmas tree.

"Mr. Stone!" exclaimed the mayor, with his arms opened wide as he approached him "Welcome to the Grand Paris Hotel!" he bowed exaggeratedly at him "I am mayor Burgoise, and owner of this hotel, the most luxurious of Paris! How are you, sir?"