Mari's POV

After classes, we decided to go and beg Adrien's dad to let him go with us to China.

"So here's the plan," Alya said "Marinette will go through the front door. While she distracts Nathalie and Mr. Agreste, Nino and I will sneak in and abduct..."

"Whoa whoa whoa hold up there Cesaire!" I said, raising my hands in the air. "First, NO ONE is getting kidnapped"

"Awn," Alya said disappointed

"Also, there is this thing called ASKING! I could just go and knock on the door, get his permission and leave. No stress," I said.

"Are you sure?" Alix asked. "You know how Mr. Agreste is, and after the New York issue you still think he's going to let you go?"

"I'll make sure about that," I said.

Unfortunately, our happy day became spoiled because a certain liar came towards us with a cup of coffee.

"Hello friends!" Lila smiled at us.

"Lila dear, you know better than that! You already have enough puppets to perform your little act," Chloe said, making us laugh at her pun. (A/N: You get it? Act? Puppet? Drama? No? Well, humor was never my strong point.)

"Oh laugh all you want! I've told you Marinette, if you steal my spotlight, I will do justice to you. I almost got rid of your pathetic life and I'll do it again." She then turned to Alya. "You, little Miss Blogger. Have you forgotten our agreement? I can make your family suffer, so just wait."

Looking at Adrien, she then said, "You better choose the right side in this fight, Adrikins. Your father adores me. I could get him to ground you for life for choosing to be with this rat over here. She doesn't deserve you. I on the other hand, am willing and readily available." She then started digging her oversized nails into his shoulders.

"And I, Alya Cesaire, am willing and readily available to give this recording to the police," Alya said, holding up her phone. "Abuse and violence, arson and molestation won't look good on your resume, if you can even be allowed to walk into a business organization."

Lila's face then paled, one of the most priceless things I've seen all day.

"Give me that!" she yelled trying to grab her phone, but ended up having her coffee spilled all over her, making her shriek so loud that a dying man could hear her a thousand miles away.

"Karma really is a bitch," Alya smirked. "So you have two choices: you either leave Adrien and Marinette alone or leave my family and everyone else's alone while you're at it, or this recording is sent straight to the police. Oh don't worry, you don't have to decide now, I'll give you till the end of the day. After all, you gave Marinette and I a chance, didn't you?"

Lila glared at us for a while before grunting out in frustration and walking away.

"Well that escalated quickly," Rose said

"Tell me about it. Anyways, Alya, send the recording to the group chat so that we can all have a copy in case Lila steals your phone," I said

"Umm... I didn't actually have proof?"

"Are you kidding me Alya?" I face palmed

"I'm sorry! I was just so tired of her thinking that she runs the show. If you didn't notice, it's really annoying!"

"I know, I know. But we have to do it honestly!" I insisted. "Anyways, shopping before Adrien's dad or Adrien's dad before shopping?" I asked

"Shopping!" squealed the girls

"Oh no," said Adrien

"Oh yes," said Alya before dragging him along the street. We took a cab and looked around and around before we finally found....

"THE GUCCI STORE!"

Adrien's cash is going to be halfed by the time we're over.

Because Alya and the girls went gaga at Gucci's (A/N: See what I did there? :) Anyone? No? Oh come on! :()

They bought bags after bags after bags of clothing. Alya was the worst. She went to different sections and chose every single clothe that looked her size. I decided to buy some clothes and a few bags. Chloe decided to pay for part of the money since we knew that Adrien's dad still very much exists and wouldn't be too happy to see that Adrien had lost money. Meaning more photo shoots and less time to see Adrien.

After twenty minutes of serious begging, Alya finally decided to be reasonable and drop a few items. So after we were done, Chloe called her butler to come and pick up our clothes and drop them at Chloe's, since the sleepover will be there. We decided to go out for some ice-cream and when we got there we saw Zoe.

"ZOE!" I called out

She looked around until she saw me and smiled, "Marinette!"

I ran up to her and hugged her.

"What's up?"

"Nothing much. Just having my ears bleed," Zoe rolled her eyes.

"Huh? Why?" I asked

She pointed over to a table across us...

...And there we saw Lila Rossi!

"....Yeah, I'll probably be getting interview from Style Magazine. Audrey and I are good friends! I even came up with the name, Style Magazine and sold it to her. I think I will pay her a visit when I come back from China! Gotta support my friend and all"

"Doesn't she know that she Style Magazine was the #1 Fashion Magazine even before she was born?" Chloe asked to no one in particular.

"Not to talk of the fact that she just lied about our mother!" Zoe said angrily. "Does she always lie like this?"

"24/7, 365," I replied

"But who on earth is she trying to impress? Key word being trying?" Zoe further asked

"That's a mystery that no one can solve," Alix said.

"So you guys are seriously gonna watch her lie her way to all of Paris?" Zoe asked

"Well, we plan on exposing her..." Rose said

"Good. Because I am tired of this," Zoe said

"Hey Zoe?" Chloe spoke up. "I haven't said this before, but I'm sorry for the way I treated since the day you came to Paris."

"It's okay, Chloe," Zoe assured her. "I had forgotten about that a long time ago."

"Thanks," Chloe said before they hugged.

"Okay guys, let's get ice cream!" Adrien said

We all bought ice cream and enjoyed ourselves for a while. Soon, we were done and after saying goodbye to Zoe, we were on our way to Adrien's.

"Are you sure about this, Marinette?" Alya asked me

I look at Adrien. "I'm sure. Let's go."