Monday (Week 2) Part 2

Plagg said after looking Damian up and down, 'He is...' Plagg paused for dramatic effect. 

'Just answer already,' Lizzie said. 

'Continue saying that and I might never answer,' Plagg crossed his arms, or paws, whatever those are. 

'Please answer,' Marinette begged, the suspense killing her. 

'Fine, he is NOT my true holder,' Plagg said. 

'Well, guess we need to talk to the other two,' Chloe said.  

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The girls went to their room to rest after dinner. 'First day of school is always the most interesting, and tiring,' Lizzie said before adding, 'Well, the schools from where I came from are always tiring and boring,' Lizzie sighed, the air pushing a lock of hair from her eyes. 

'Poor you, ours are filled with interesting things, like being beat up for something we didn't do because of a liar,' Marinette said sarcastically. 

'You get beat up, everyone ignores me because they think I'm the mean bully I used to be,' Chloe shrugged. 

'I suddenly feel like the one with the best school life, except for the fact that I was bullied in kindergarten,' Lizzie said, looking less tired than before. 

'Why?' Chloe asked, arching her eyebrow. 

'Well, when I was young, I didn't know how to control all of the powers that I have. I didn't have all the powers in the world, but I had quite a lot, I collected my powers in the future. When I was tiny, I had this little extra finger that would help me control my powers, and people bullied me for it. After a few years, it disappeared,' Lizzie explained. 

'Wait, so you had a little extra finger that disappeared, in a universe where there is no magic powers,' Chloe said. 

'Yeah, no one questioned it because of a new power I had, kind of like mind control, I made everyone forget about the extra finger made them think that they bullied me because I was small and "fragile" in a sense,' Lizzie explained. 

'How are the gala outfits?' Lizzie asked, breaking the silence. 

'I've completed your outfit and around 83.75% of Chloe's dress, but that's not including the gloves and we still need to pick accessories,' Marinette reported as her legs brought her to the sewing machine in the room. 

'Well, let's go shopping once you finish Chloe's dress, we can buy accessories, and fabrics for the glove,' Chloe said. 

'I'm so glad, it's totally not like we went shopping two days ago,' Lizzie said, sarcastically. 

'Well what would you rather do?' Chloe asked. 

'Eat and sleep,' Lizzie said as a 'ding' sounded from the pocket of her short jeans. She took her phone out and read the message, it was from Marcus. 

'What is it?' Chloe asked, probably noticing that Lizzie was focused, and she is never focused unless it concerns food or sleep or singing. 

'Message from Marcus about our collab, this could help me rise to fame,' Lizzie said. 

'Oh, what does it say?' Chloe asked, trying to look at her phone. 

'Well, here's what he typed, 'Hey Lizzie, remember how my mom was thinking of you doing a collab with me? Well, I just got details about it, since I had a song in my new single that needed a female singer, originally my mom wanted me to find someone my age. Anyway, the document that I sent with this message has the lyrics and the music file should be there too, if it's corrupt, please let me know. My mom wants you to collab on that song with me, will you?' and that's all' Lizzie read the message to Chloe and Marinette. 

'Of course, take it,' Marinette said. Lizzie's fingers hovered over the keyboard, thinking of the right way to reply. 'Yes, I would, can you text me more details, like where and when to meet you for practice? I'll practice in the mean time, also tell your mom, thanks for the opportunity' Lizzie's fingers moved fast across the keyboard typing out her answer. 

The message was sent, it was read and typing, typing, typing. Lizzie became restless, what if they found a better candidate?

Typing...

Typing...

That word was burned into Lizzie's memories. Then finally, his message was sent. 

'Thanks for getting back to me so soon, I'm glad you accepted this offer. Can I schedule you for tomorrow? After school, of course. My driver will pick both of us up to go to the recording studio where I'll help you get in the vibe of it. I already told my mom, she is very happy that you accepted, unfortunately, she can't be there tomorrow as both my mom and dad have something to do. Anyway, I hope you have a great day!' 

All of them read the message over Lizzie's shoulder as she typed a reply. 

'Yeah, I'm fine tomorrow, see you soon!' 

'Great, thank you again for accepting this.' 

'No problem.' 

The message was read, but 'Typing...' never appeared again. 

'Oh,' Lizzie let loose a breath she didn't know she was holding, that whole thing was stressful as hell. 

'You looked stressed,' Marinette said. 

'Yeah, this is stressful,' Lizzie said, hands covering her forehead. 

'Is it 'cause you like him?' Chloe looked at Lizzie with the "I caught you" look. 

'Me? Like him? Puh-lease, like I would like a first-rate singer like him. He's too arrogant and always on that high horse, how could I possibly like someone like him?' Lizzie answered, how could she possibly like him?  

'What about you, Chloe? What about your "admiration" for Superboy or Jon,' Lizzie made sure to do the air quotes. 

'Me?' Chloe asked, her face turning as red as a tomato. 

'You look like a tomato and yes you, what other Chloe is in this room that really "admires" Superboy and Jon? Is it Chloe Lurantiv?' Lizzie answered sarcastically. 

'Well, maybe... This is so embarrassing, but yes, I may like him, but I don't know if he likes me or not,' Chloe admitted, covering her face.  

'Ok,' Lizzie said as she dragged her phone out, I need to get this, she exited the room and looked around, making sure no one could see her text to Marcus. 

'Marcus, update on playing matchmaker. Chloe is confirmed to like Jon, any updates on your side?' 

The message was read and that word that haunted Lizzie's mind appeared again. 

Typing...

Typing...

'Well, I couldn't get in contact with Jon today because of my job, thankfully today is the last day for this show, I'll start the new one soon. Anyway, I'll keep in mind to ask Jon, I love playing matchmaker.'

'Great, I love when I do things behind my friends back while working with the enemy.'

'Am I the hot enemy?' 

'No, you're the stupid and arrogant one.' 

'How rude, got to go, have something to do. 😉'

Lizzie smiled down at her phone before going in to the room again. 

'What was that?' Chloe asked. 

'Nothing, just needed to ask something about the collab, speaking of which, I need to practice, so I'm just go to the recording room, the second best place to practice singing, the shower being the first,' Lizzie said to change the conversation without Chloe or Marinette noticing. 

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Lizzie ran off to the recording room, they have literally every room in this gigantic manor. She walked down the hall, a left, right, left and left. She found herself in front of the recording room. She connected her phone to the speakers with the music, she heard it a few times, got used to it and started singing it. Getting used to it. 

She memorized her lines in ten minutes, she is very good at memorizing things. She started getting used to the music, singing with the beat. 

Time passed quick and before she knew it, it was 11 p.m. and she had school tomorrow, she had to go back fast, she arrived a little past 11 and quickly brushed her teeth and went to bed. 

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Lizzie abruptly left leaving Marinette and Chloe alone in the big room. 'Well, that was eventful,' Chloe said. 

'It was, you admitted to your crush on Jon,' Marinette said. 

'We're not going to talk about that,' Chloe replied. 

'But, I can already imagine the wedding and kids. Ooooh! Can I be your wedding planner?' Marinette asked excitedly. 

'I hate you so much,' Chloe said, steam coming out of her. 

'I'm going to bed,' Marinette said as she went to the bathroom to brush her teeth first. Chloe waited for Marinette to finish, then used the bathroom while Marinette slept. There were two bunkbeds in the room, one had a table underneath. Chloe slept not long after, it was around ten at this point and they were sound asleep when Lizzie returned. 

Hi everyone, did you guess correctly about the true cat miraculous holder? Do you know who is the true cat miraculous holder? Jon or Marcus, and if you figure something out, then you will know why I picked who I picked to be the true cat miraculous holder. I hope you enjoyed and I will see you in the next chapter. Thank you for all the support, at some point, I wanted to give up, but your encouraging words gave me motivation.