Mari's POV

"So what are you doing here? I thought you did all of us a favor and got rid of yourself," Kim smirked

"You know she could never do something right for once, Kim. She's a failure and a klutz. What did you expect," Ivan chipped in.

"And to think you wanted to take all your so-called problems out on Lila? Shame on you, Marinette!" Sabrina said hugging Lila.

"It's okay guys! I actually had a conversation with Marinette when she got released a few days ago. We talked things out and we're cool now," she smiled then turned to me. "It's wonderful having you back, Marinette!"

"Oh Lila! You have a heart of gold!" Mylene squealed.

Le face palm

"Umm... Lila, could Mari now sit with me?" Alya spoke up.

"Why? We could all sit beside each other! We could be besties!" Lila squealed

"Yeah......no. That's Marinette's seat. Besides, we wouldn't want to breathe the lying fumes coming out of your mouth!" Alya snipped

"ALYA! That's not nice!" Nathaniel scolded

"Mind your business, tomato-head!" Nino yelled

"Nino, you too?" Lila gasped "I thought we were friends!"

"Yeah, right," Chloe muttered

"Marinette, you wouldn't allow them say such mean things to me! We're friends after all, right?" Lila said, batting her fake eyelashes.

"Oh spare me the act, Lila! I have said it before that we will be friends only on the day you stop lying! And lying about our 'friendship' shows you that you didn't learn anything from when I warned you to stop two months ago!" I replied

"Marinette!" Sabrina yelled

"Oh please. And unlike you, Sabrina, I had enough brain cells to bring proof with me about our 'friendship'," I said, bringing out my phone. I give her the phone to read Lila's message.

"'Marinette, darling, I told you that no one could stop me, and I was right. You are such an incompetent mess. Go do the world a favor and die anyways. No one wants you, not even Adrien!'" Sabrina read "Oh please! It's obvious that you made this message! Lila is an angel, she couldn't do that!"

Le face palm

"Oh come on! I wouldn't be so petty to make up a message to myself telling me to die! I'm not a lying snake like her!" I pointed at Lila

Lila then runs to Adrien. "Adrikins!" she cries, latching her body to her like the leech that she is. "Marinette's insulting me!"

"Drop the act, Lila! And don't get all Adrikins on me! I've told you we're done! The arrangement is over! Even Father permitted me to break up with you once he found out about what you've been doing to Marinette! And let's not forget about how you lied to Marinette's parents that she was pregnant!"

Everyone was speechless

"Lila?" Max spoke up. "Is this true?"

"I-I...." Lila stammered. Finally, she's getting exposed.

Unfortunately...

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Lila sobbed.

"WHAT?!"

"I'm so sorry about that Marinette! I'm so sorry, Adrien! I never should have done all those things!" she bawled "I have this condition that makes me lie and do things that I shouldn't do and..."

"THERE IS NO SUCH THING!" Adrien, Alya, Chloe, Nino and I yelled

Unfortunately...

"We understand, Lila! You made mistakes, but it wasn't your fault!" Mylene hugged her

"We all know that you were controlled by something. No biggie," Ivan comforted

And the third face palm of the day

"I don't think she was being controlled when she framed me," a voice said

We looked up and saw.....

"ROSE?!!!"

Rose is back!!!!!🎉🎉🎉

If anyone is confused about Rose's return please go back to Faded because the next chapter is going to have a lot of flashbacks.

Hey, guys! Antho here!! I can't believe 2021 is coming to an end!!!! So many good and bad memories. I'm actually glad that I met people this year who showed me that there are still good people in this world. Even though I still have trust issues, I'm working on it.

Btw, what are your new year resolutions for 2022? Comment here 👉

Don't forget to comment and vote! 😁😁😁

And of course: Keep shining, keep smiling!

~Antho 🙂