What I say goes

Part 1

I see how close you and Nathalie have become"said Adrien just before his father had raged and said no one can replace his mother and that him and Nathalie would never be close in that way.

Unfortunately just as Gabriel had said that, Nathalie had come out to tell him about some new fabric supplies that had just arrived from Germany.

She overheard Gabriel say he didn't like her and before he saw her come around the corner she had run home.

It had suddenly hit her that Gabriel Agreste, the man she had been pining over since day one, didn't even like her.
Once Nathalie had reached her safe tranquil apartment she didn't even bother to take off her blazer or undo her hair, she had just climbed into her bed and let loose of all of the emotions that had been cooped up inside of her for years.

Before Nathalie knew it she checked the time and realized it was already 11:45pm.
She decided to finally get up and take a shower and try to freshen up.

Once she had reached her bathroom she stared into her mirror and saw her disheveled face looking back at her cold looking eyes. "Start acting your own age Sancoeur, you're 32" she had said with a hoarse voice into her mirror.

After Nathalie had had her shower it was 12:15 , "well there goes a few extra bucks onto the water bill" she had said glumly.
Nathalie had gotten dressed and headed to her kitchen to make some coffee for her and Duusu to share.
"Don't worry miss Nathalie, if mr Gabriel was really worth it he would love you too and I'm su-
Before Duusu could even finish her sentence Nathalie had broken down again into troublesome little wimpers with hot tears rolling down her cheeks.

That night Nathalie hardly slept a wink and lay in her bed staring at the ceiling until 4 am and realized that she may as well get an early start for work.

TIME SKIP

When Nathalie walked into the big iron gates of the mansion she could feel all the emotions flooding back from yesterday. " You'll be ok, just breath and forget about it until you get home" she had whispered to herself before entering the main house.

It was 6 am, so Nathalie knew Gabriel would still be asleep. She put down her bag and opened up her emails and began typing back to the German supplier.

Promptly at 8am Gabriel had come into his atelier and had a quick glance up at Nathalie. He realized she had a slight slump to her posture, but just brushed it off without a second thought.

TIME SKIP

When Nathalies lunch break had arrived she hadn't even felt hungry, so she just kept up her steady pace on her computer.

Gabriel had noticed this," Nathalie, you can go and have your lunch break if you'd like" he said with a bit of concern echoing through his voice.

Nathalie stoped typing and kept her eyes on the screen in fear of breaking down once more, " I'm alright sir, I'm not hungry." She said with as much of a stable voice as she could muster.

"Well then if you don't mind could I please get the review on the fabric sent from Germany?"

Nathalie had frozen in her spot. She knew this was going to happen. She slowly got up out of her chair, with her tablet in hand and began walking off to his podium, trying to avoid looking at him.

She handed the tablet to him and watched him gaze over the review. He handed her back the tablet and just before she turned to walk back, Gabriel had lightly gripped her wrist and pulled her to him.
Nathalie tried to keep her head down, but it was no use, Gabriel had brought his hand up under her chin and tilted her head up to look at him.

"Nathalie, are you alri-

Before Gabriel had finished his sentence, Nathalie answered him with a quick "I didn't sleep well last night" excuse and slipped out of his grip and said "I might just take my lunch break after all"

TIME SKIP

After lunch Nathalie had finished sending the emails and was pretty much done for the day. She just didn't want to ask Gabriel if she could leave early Incase he saw her swollen red eyes.

~During lunch Nathalie had gone to the bathroom and instead of eating she had just felt potty on herself and sobbed while Duusu tried to comfort her~

Nathalie was just trying to calm down now Incase Gabriel needed her, she couldn't let him see her like this. She was just about to go to the bathroom to clean herself up when she bumped into Gabriel in the hall.

She had muttered an apology and walked off, but Gabriel had been faster and grabbed her wrist and asked her for the second time that day if she was alright.
She answered while looking down at her feet and gave him the same response as last time.

Gabriel knew Nathalie well and he knew something wasn't right.
" Nathalie, look me in the eyes and tell me that everything is alright" he said with greater concern.
He held the side of her cheek and gently brushed a piece of her hair out of her face before tilting her head up to meet his eyes.

Gabriel was shocked at the sight he saw next. He gazed into Nathalies swollen eyes and saw the usual bright blue, glassed over into a blue-grey color instead.

"Oh no Nathalie, please tell me what is the matter. Have I done some-" before Gabriel could finish, the memory of watching Nathalies dark hair spin round the corner just after he had shouted that nobody could replace Emilie and that he and Nathalie would never be that close had floated back into his head and hit him full force.

" oh no, Nathalie