Tuesday (3)

TW: Suicide, Bullying, etc

'Lizzie, do you remember what day it is today?' Marinette asked Lizzie. 

'Tuesday and school day, so get in the car before we're late for school,' Lizzie answered as she urged Marinette to enter the car. 

'How can you forget your birthday?' Marinette in disbelief. 

'Seriously? What a coincidence because today is Marcus's birthday,' Damian told the three girls. 

'No way...' Chloe trailed off as the car started and they were off. 

'Seriously?' Lizzie asked. 

'Well the original plan was to celebrate Marcus's birthday after school, but he has a photoshoot today, so we'll only be able to celebrate at night, but now we'll have to include you,' Damian explained to the others. 

'That's fine. What do you guys usually do?' Lizzie asked Damian. 

'Usually, me and Jon just let him pick what he wants to do,' Damian answered. 

'What if, me and Marcus work together to create a birthday party,' Lizzie suggested to the group. 

'Yeah, the two of you can talk about your plans,' Damian agreed as they approached the place where Marinette, Chloe and Lizzie would go off.

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'Hey, I heard it's your birthday today,' Lizzie greeted Marcus. 

'Yeah, got me a gift?' Marcus asked. 

'Yes, a plan for our shared birthday,' Lizzie answered with a smile. 

'Today is your birthday?' Marcus asked Lizzie, slightly surprised.  

'Yep, and the both of us are going to plan some birthday worthy activities for tonight after whatever photoshoot you have,' Lizzie explained to Marcus. 

'Well, let's start planning, we're going to have dinner, what cuisine?' Marcus asked, taking the initiative to start. 

'I'm guessing American, we are in America,' Lizzie answered. 

'K, what will we do after eating?' Marcus asked. 

'H-hey Marcus, happy b-birthday, I hope you like t-this present,' one of Marcus's many fangirls gave a gift to Marcus, blushing profusely. 

'I have a gift too.' 'Me too!' 'Open my present first.' Girls and boys started surrounding Marcus's table, which was connected to Lizzie. 

'Thank you,' Marcus said as his table piled up with presents. 

'Seriously?' Chloe asked as the crowd dispersed from Marcus's table. 

'What can I say? Even my fan club remembers my birthday,' Marcus shrugged at the others. 

'Fan club?' Lizzie asked, hiding in her laughter. 

'You might not believe it, but the three of us all have our own fan clubs,' Marcus gestured to himself, Damian and Jon. 

'Yeah, it's true and very annoying,' Damian said, confirming what Marcus said. 

'I think I might join and see what they think of Gotham Academy's three princes,' Lizzie said. 

'It's a student made club, so there isn't much to do apart from weekly meetings,' Jon explained. 

'Though, there are the rules created by the club that all club members need to abide by,' Marcus said. 

'What are the rules?' Marinette asked, curious. 

'Well, depends on the club, there are the presidents that get elected by other members of the club. Those presidents set rules, depending on the type of club, most of the rules are "don't embarrass the club" related,' Damian explained. 

'But for fan clubs, it's a different case. If the president is selfish, the rule could be "only the president can be in a five-meter radius from the person they are fans of", but most of the clubs just have rules like, "no one can be in a five-meter radius from the person they are fans of",' Marcus explained. 

'How can a bunch of high schoolers be so obsessed with one person?' Chloe asked in disbelief. 

'You have no idea what love could do to a person, wait, you're in love, take back what I said,' Marcus said. 

'It's so funny that I forgot to laugh,' Lizzie said, sarcastically.

'Thanks. Anyway, about our birthday, we only have night time to celebrate since I'll be spending my afternoon time celebrating with my parents and finishing a photoshoot,' Marcus said. 

'Yeah, we should buy a cake since we're not eating dinner, and then we can play a game or something,' Lizzie suggested. 

The two of them continued talking until their teacher came in and they started studying. 

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'Are they still planning?' Marinette asked as Marcus and Lizzie talked in hushed whispers. 

'Apparently so, how many things are we going to do?' Damian answered. 

'Probably a lot, have you met these two?' Chloe replied. 

'Oh definitely,' Jon agreed with Chloe. 

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Lizzie and Marcus finally finished planning, but lunch was also over and they had to go to their extra courses. 

'So, we're continuing our dancing today, right?' Lizzie asked Marcus. 

'Yep, pretty sure we're going to split into groups or solo, practice a choreography and perform it,' Marcus answered. 

'Did you hear?' 'Yeah, turns out that those rumors were fake.' 'I wonder what made Rebecca and Vanessa lie about the Paris exchange students.' 'Don't know.' 

'Marcus, did you hear that?' Lizzie asked Marcus as they stopped in their tracks. 

'People are saying that the rumor that Rebecca and Vanessa spread are lies, yes I hear, you're not the only one that has a keen ear,' Marcus answered. 

'If I'm late, can you cover for me? I'm going to go find them, say I'm in the toilet or something?' Lizzie said as Marcus nodded.  

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'Rebecca, Vanessa, we need to talk,' Lizzie said as she gestured to outside the classroom. 

'Sure, what's up?' Rebecca asked as she and Vanessa walked out of the classroom. 

'Why are people believing the truth about Lila to be fake? Just a rumor?' Lizzie asked the two girls. 

'We don't know, maybe Lila or someone from her class found out and decided to change the rumors,' Vanessa answered.

'I don't think they would believe anyone from my class, but I want the both of you to try and change the rumor again,' Lizzie said. 

'We'll try,' Rebecca replied as her fingers scrunched up tighter. 

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'So?' Marcus asked Lizzie as she entered the classroom and sat next to Marcus. 

'Something's odd, but both of them are not admitting to it, Rebecca's fingers were in a ball, her knuckles were all white, her voice was higher by a few notes, it was abnormal,' Lizzie explained. 

'What do you think is up?' Marcus asked, checking the classroom's door every once in a while. 

'If I were to take a guess, Rebecca and Vanessa caused the rumors to change, probably threatened or blackmailed,' Lizzie guessed as their teacher came in. 

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'Guys, later I'm going to someone's house,' Marinette announced when they were at the entrance of the school. 

'Who, what, when, why, where, how?' Lizzie asked, very surprised. 

'Lorenzo, he's in the fashion designing extra course with me, after school, we need to design some clothes,' Marinette explained. 

'Is he going to pick you up?' Damian asked. 

'Yeah, that's him there,' Marinette pointed to a boy walking towards the group. Lorenzo was quite tall, he had blonde hair and emerald-green eyes that shined because of the sun. He also had some light freckles. 

'Hello, Lorenzo, right?' Chloe said as she held her hand out to shake. 

'Yeah, you're Chloe Bourgeois, right?' Lorenzo asked as he shook her hand.  

'Yes indeed, we are Marinette's friends and we hope that you will not hurt her in any way during this trip of yours,' Chloe said. 

'Or else, we have some leftover torture plans,' Lizzie added, staring at Lorenzo. 

'Yes, ma'am, I promise to not hurt her,' Lorenzo said, putting his hands up. 

'Lizzie, Chloe, stop it, he's a nice guy,' Marinette said, waving her hands in front of Lizzie. 

'Fine, but if he does hurt you in any way, we'll have a body to hide,' Lizzie replied with a smile. 

'Yeah, yeah. Anyway, I'm going, bye!' Marinette waved to the group as she walked away with Lorenzo. 

'Bye!' Lizzie and Chloe said as they waved back to Marinette. 

'Well, I'm going to go with Marcus for the album,' Lizzie said as she and Marcus went off in the other direction. 

'The both of us are going to hang out,' Chloe said as she looped her arm around Jon's. 

'Tch, might as well say date,' Damian said as Chloe and Jon walked away, leaving Damian alone. 

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'So, any ideas for the outfit? It needs to be casual,' Marinette asked Lorenzo as she sat down at his Designing Room: Max Concentration. 

'Well, I have a few sketches, I'm guessing you have some too, so why don't we exchange it?' Lorenzo answered as he went to one of his shelfs and took one notebook out, handing it to Marinette. Marinette on the other hand reached into her bag and took out her notebook and exchanged it with Lorenzo. 

'These outfit designs are amazing,' Lorenzo commented as he looked through Marinette's sketches, 'But don't you think they're a bit too formal?' 

'Yeah, I was designing more formal outfits, your designs are fantastic, my favorite is this one,' Marinette pointed to a casual, but fashionable sketch. 

'Oh, I designed that a while back, I think that that sketch can match with your sketch,' Lorenzo said as he gestured to the two sketches. 

'Yeah, if we changed this slightly...' Marinette said as she started sketching on a piece of paper. 

'And if we add this,' Lorenzo added to the sketch. 

'Yeah, and a bit more here,' Marinette said as she continued to sketch. 

'I think we have the perfect outfit, what do you say to finding the materials, making sure it's in the budget, and creating it?' Lorenzo asked as Marinette raised her head up away from the notebook. 

'It does fit the budget, do you have the materials?' Marinette asked Lorenzo after counting the cost of the outfit. 

'Probably,' Lorenzo said as he stood up and searched around the shelves, 'Umm, there's a few stuff we need to get first.' 

'Shopping time,' Marinette said as she stood up. 

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'So, how's the song coming out?' Marcus asked Lizzie as they rested in the break room. 

'It's going great, you?' Lizzie asked as she sat down on a sofa across from Marcus. 

'Just trying to clear up my schedule for some fan events,' Marcus answered with a smile. 

'You are so popular,' Lizzie said. 

'Of course, especially since I'm doing another show,' Marcus answered. 

'Oooh, what's it about?' Lizzie asked. 

'Confidential, until further notice,' Marcus answered as he drank some milk, 'You'll know when the first few episodes come out.'

'Oh, interesting, can you at least tell me the genre? Name?' Lizzie asked, desperate to know. 

'My lips are sealed,' Marcus put his two fingers together and dragged them across his mouth before asking, 'Aren't you suppose to be going now?' 

'Oh right,' Lizzie said as she hastily stood up and walked away. 

'Bye, I'm going to my photoshoot now,' Marcus said as he waved to Lizzie who waved back. 

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'What do you think the others are doing?' Chloe asked Jon. 

'If I were to guess, Lizzie and Marcus are probably arguing about something, Marinette's having fun designing, Damian's just being Damian,' Jon answered to which Chloe laughed. 

'That is so true, especially Lizzie and Marcus fighting every second of every day,' Chloe said. 

'Exactly, frenemies are weird,' Jon replied. 

'Frenemies are weird,' Chloe said. 

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"Love at first sight shouldn't exist, only idiots have it, does that mean I'm an idiot?" Damian thought to himself. Damian was frustrated about his feelings towards Marinette, he fell in love Marinette, but he could never admit that. 

"Why is Marinette always making my stomach do summersaults?" Damian thought to himself while punching a punching bag, best stress reliever ever. 

"I definitely can't tell any of the others, they're going to tease me for the rest of my life, I should just keep it a secret," Damian continued, each punch with more force. 

"Wait, is this even l-love? Maybe it's not, it's probably something else, right? Why am I asking myself if I'm right? Of course I'm right, it's not love, it's just... whatever it is," Damian convinced himself, not taking no for an answer. 

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'Bro, I'm home,' a voice came from the hallway outside Lorenzo's Designing Room: Max Concentration. 

'Lucy, where were you?' Lorenzo asked as he rushed out of the room. 

'Didn't I say I was going to hang out with some friends?' Lucy answered as she entered the room and came face-to-face with Marinette. 

'Hello,' Marinette greeted with a smile. 

'Lucy, this is Marinette, Marinette, this is Lucy, my twin sister,' Lorenzo introduced as he came to stand between the two girls. 

'Oh, Marinette, what are you doing here?' Lucy asked, she remembered Marinette from their fighting extra course. 

'Lucy, I remember you, you fought with Damian, right?' Marinette asked. 

'Yep, he was tough, I was surprised you could keep up,' Lucy commented before turning to her brother and asking, 'So what is she doing here?' 

'We're working on a group project for the fashion designing extra course,' Lorenzo answered. 

'Well, I shall leave you to it, but can you please make dinner for me?' Lucy asked as she turned to the door. 

'Yeah, yeah, there's food on the table. You know, you should start learning how to cook,' Lorenzo replied as he sent Lucy to the door. 

'Whatever,' Lucy said as she shut the door behind her. 

'Okay, let's continue,' Lorenzo said as he gestured to the fabrics laid across the table. 

'Oh, I forgot the time, I'm sorry, I really need to go now, can we continue tomorrow?' Marinette asked after she checked the time. 

'Of course,' Lorenzo said as the both of them exited the room to the entrance of the house. 

'Marinette's going already?' Lucy said as she appeared behind them. 

'Yeah, I have something to do, bye,' Marinette said. 

'Do you need a ride?' Lorenzo asked. 

'No, thank you,' Marinette answered as she scurried off. 

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'I'm so sorry I'm late, I was designing and lost track of time,' Marinette apologized to Lizzie, Marcus, Damian, Jon and Chloe as she entered the car. 

'It's fine. Anyway, we have a few activities prepared, all of you ate dinner right?' Lizzie asked. 

'Yes, we ate,' Marinette answered for the others. 

'Great, the first thing we're going to do is indoor ice skating since Lizzie has never done it before,' Marcus announced as they reached. 

'Also because you would want to do it,' Lizzie said to Marcus who was driving. 

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The group arrived and all of them rented some ice skates, wore them and got on the rink. 

'Umm... it's good that we rented this place so no one can see me being a failure at ice skating,' Lizzie said as she got on the rink, her legs shaking, her hands grabbing on to the wall like she was going to die. 

'It's actually to avoid paparazzi, but we'll play along. Here let me teach you,' Marcus said as he held out his hand to Lizzie. 

'Yeah,' Lizzie grabbed Marcus's hand, shaking a lot. 

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'Omg, Lizzie and Marcus are not arguing? Surprising,' Chloe remarked as she skated with Jon. 

'Very surprising,' Jon replied. 

'It's weird, they hated each other so much and now they can have a conversation without arguing,' Marinette said as she skated by. 

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'Yeah, that's how you do it,' Marcus said as Lizzie started to balance better, not needing to hold the wall or Marcus for dear life. 

'Thanks for helping me,' Lizzie thanked as she slowly slid across the rink. 

'How's practice going?' Marinette said as she slid next to Marcus. 

'She's a fast learner, ma'am, her skills are gradually improving, almost average,' Marcus reported in his overly dramatic manner. 

'Hilarious,' Lizzie said, sarcastically, as she skated to them, still shaking, but better. 

'Thanks,' Marcus replied. 

'Well Marcus, I am going to steal Lizzie from you,' Marinette said as she took Lizzie away. 

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'So, what happened with Lorenzo today?' Lizzie asked Marinette as Chloe skated over to them, Lizzie looping her arms around the other two to avoid falling. 

'Turns out Lorenzo is Lucy's twin brother,' Marinette answered as they skated around the rink. 

'I mean, they do look similar, the freckles, the green eyes, though Lucy's hair is slightly darker,' Chloe remarked as she thought about the twins. 

'Mari, did you tell Lorenzo about Lucy and Lloyd, possibly?' Lizzie asked as she raised both her eyebrows, a suspicious look on her face. 

'They're together?' Marinette asked, surprised at the news. 

'Duh, it was so obvious, they aren't confirmed to be dating, but they definitely have a crush on each other,' Chloe answered, like it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it is. 

'Speaking of love, I just thought how I haven't been attacked by any of Marcus's crazy fans because I am his colleague,' Lizzie said as she placed her arm around both Marinette and Chloe's shoulders. 

'That's because my fans have plans for revenge, they're probably in the process of picking which plan is the best,' Marcus shouted so the others could hear. 

'Let's get the gravestone ready, "Here lies Lizzie Hearts, killed by crazy fans, a friend to all and a friend to none", wouldn't that be nice?' Chloe asked as she stretched her arms out and pretended to draw out the gravestone. 

'That would,' Marinette chuckled. 

'Anyway, what are we going to do tomorrow?' Lizzie inquired as she her hands lowered to beside her. 

'Let's eat street food, I found a few interesting places,' Marinette suggested. 

Lizzie put a finger on her chin. 'Hmm, street food, sounds fun,' Lizzie said as she thought about the delicious food. 

'Question, what would happen after this?' Chloe asked as they all came to a stop. 

'After what?' Marinette asked, slightly confused. 

'After the whole entire exchange programme, what would we do? Lizzie will be here in Gotham, us?' Chloe asked as she gestured to Marinette and herself. 

'I was thinking that the both of you could live here in Gotham, you can get away from those pesky Lila supporters and Gotham Academy has a lot of opportunities for the both of you,' Lizzie suggested as they leaned against the wall of the rink. 

'Ooooh, that's a cool idea,' Marinette commented. 

'Not bad, the three of us could rent an apartment and live together or something,' Chloe remarked. 

'That's nice, then it's settled, we're going to have to go on a hunt for an apartment soon,' Lizzie said as they continued skating around the rink. 

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Lizzie took a break from ice skating and sat down on a bench a bit further from the ice rink. "How's everything there?" Lizzie texted on her burner phone to Nathaniel and Max.

"Her lie count decreased, it was 44 yesterday, today, it's 23." Nathaniel texted back. 

"Odd, keep an eye, anything else of importance?" Lizzie asked. 

"Nope, except for having Kim on our team." Max texted back. 

'Who is the "Barbie Spy Squad"?' Marcus asked from behind Lizzie. 

'God, you scared me, you're like a ghost,' Lizzie said as she hid the phone from Marcus's view. 

'You're avoiding the question, what was that?' Marcus asked, not letting the question go. 

'Promise not to tell a soul?' Lizzie asked, holding her pinky out for Marcus to pinky promise. 

'Promise,' Marcus answered as he pinky promised Lizzie. 

'So, I have two spies on Lila's side that can give us a lot of information, like every lie she said and any secret plans she has,' Lizzie explained as she took the burner phone from her pocket. 

'Nathaniel and Max,' Marcus read from the phone. 

'Yep, two of our classmates that immediately found out about Lila's lies, but I told them to keep a secret and we can be allies, we'll report about anything suspicious and since we came here, we've had nightly reports of whatever is important,' Lizzie explained as she placed the phone next to her. 

'Tell me more and why the others don't seem to know this,' Marcus said as he sat down next to Lizzie on the bench. 

'Basically, I report anything we do, and they report anything they do, they have been getting a lot of incriminating evidence against Lila and her posse,' Lizzie replied as she sat closer to the edge of the bench, 'I don't tell the others because they don't need to worry about this, they shouldn't care about these plans.' 

'Sure about that? I think they have the right to know, if I was you, I would've told them, if you're nervous, I can help you break the news,' Marcus suggested. 

Lizzie quickly took out the phone and sent the message. 'Ah, they replied, they said it's fine, they would actually like all of you including Damian and Jon to be included in this secret operation which is not so secret anymore,' Lizzie replied a few seconds after sending the message. 

'Nice, go on, if you need moral or spiritual or mental support, I'm here, but you would have to break the news yourself, it is your operation after all,' Marcus said as he gave her a thumbs up. 

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'Mari, Chlo and extras, I have things to tell you all,' Lizzie announced as she slowly got on the rink almost toppling over, but managed to save herself just in time. 

'Should I feel offended?' Damian asked with his usual scowl. 

'I want to talk about a secret operation set up by me, Nathaniel and Max,' Lizzie said as she skated in front of everyone. 

'Nathaniel and Max?' Marinette asked, surprised because she thought they were on Lila's side. 

'They believed you from the start,' Lizzie pointed at Marinette before continuing, 'They help me gather evidence against Lila while on the inside, while I provide information here, they just want to protect Marinette, and are members of "The Barbie Spy Squad" or "Marinette Protection Squad a.k.a MPS", got it?' 

'Why Barbie?' Chloe asked, this time she was surprised. 

'Because she exists as a show and it's made up of three people,' Lizzie answered. 

'That's beside the point, the point is your secret operation, we need more information, like what, when, how, why, where?' Marinette said as she demanded an answer. 

'Can we sit down? I feel like I'm about to fall any moment,' Lizzie asked as she gestured to a table for people to rest and sit. 

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TW Starts

'So, before Lila started lying about Marinette, after Lila came to school, Nathaniel, Max and I grouped together to create this group, the MPS. Basically, Nathaniel and Max capture evidence of Lila's lies, without breaking the law, while I directly protect you,' Lizzie once again pointed to Marinette, to avoid confusion. 

'So, how much evidence have they gotten?' Jon asked. 

'Enough to get other people to not believe Lila, but the thing is, there is nothing the law can do about this, it could just be overlooked as some minor bullying, and since Lila never directly assaulted Marinette, she might not be held accountable, but these evidence could possibly get the law to look into Alison's death, and maybe, just maybe, find a way to connect it back to Lila,' Lizzie explained to the others who were silent as they processed the information. 

'So, you're saying that we're going to be using a suicide case from years ago to try and get Lila behind bars?' Marinette asked, she wasn't sure what to think about this situation. 

'Well, what if I said that it might not be suicide?' Lizzie proposed to them. 

'What?' Chloe, Marinette and Jon exclaimed while Damian just sat there with a shock expression and Marcus just sat there, knowing about Lizzie's assumption. 

'Everything makes it seem like a suicide, hanging and all the amount of pressure she's in, but after looking at some police reports that Max helped find, I realized something,' Lizzie paused for dramatic effect. 

'Say it already,' Marinette blurted out, she couldn't hold it in. 

'At the time, Alison's parents were out, there were signs of a break in, and there was a note, it said some thing like "Death, death, death, you're suiciding, ending everyone's pain and suffering, go die", sounds like Alison convincing herself to die, but it could also be that the person who broke in, which is probably one of the bullies, I have a feeling they gave Alison that note, and then killed her, but hid it as suicide, at least, that's what I think,' Lizzie explained which let the room be silent. It's good there was no one around. 

'Let's just go back, it's getting late,' Marcus suggested, 'I can drive since all of you are too stunned to speak.' 

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'Was that such major news?' Lizzie whisper-asked Marcus. 

'Of course it was, you're talking about a big secret, then about how a suicide could possibly be murder, and the suicide is of a friend's friend and an enemy's enemy,' Marcus whispered back to Lizzie. 

At the back, the others were still stunned, still processing everything. 'Liz, does Rebecca and Vanessa know about this?' Marinette asked, gently and her voice cracking slightly. 

'Yeah, I gave them some of my evidence and my theories and we've talked about it and we plan to let the law decide soon, for now I only have assumptions, but there might be evidence that could nail the coffin shut,' Lizzie answered, 'I feel like a detective.' 

'And we can be Watson to your Sherlock,' Marcus said as he flashed a smile at Lizzie. 

'Nice to know you're cultured,' Lizzie remarked as she ruffled Marcus's hair a bit. 

'Hey, I'm driving,' Marcus exclaimed as Lizzie stopped and just continued facing the front. 

TW Ends

Basically, remember Alison getting rid of herself? Lizzie thinks that someone got rid of Alison and framed it as self-termination. 

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'Now that I think about it, Rebecca and Vanessa have been acting suspicious, as you,' Marcus gestured to Lizzie, 'suspected they were blackmailed to stop the rumors against Lila, which could possibly be true, and if she has something to blackmail with, that means Lila probably knows who Rebecca and Vanessa are,' Marcus said as they arrived at Wayne Manor. 

'That could be the case,' Lizzie replied as she got off the car, 'But enough of that, since we have some activities, "Birthday Celebration Part 2" as I would call it.'

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'K, so we're going to split into groups of two, Chloe's also going to be with Jon, I'm with Lizzie and Marinette is with Damian,' Marcus explained. 

'Nice, what are we going to do?' Marinette asked eager to start playing. 

'Charades, two people version, each group will have one person doing the charades, the other person will guess, the words are random from a charade app,' Marcus explained, 'Oooh, one more thing, to determine which group's first, rock, paper, scissors.' 

After playing, Marinette and Damian came first, Lizzie and Marcus came second while Chloe and Jon are third. 

'Umm...' Marinette said as she started doing some weird moves, leaving Damian in utter confusion. Marinette started moving her arm around. 

'One minute left,' Lizzie said. 

'Umm, psychopath,' Damian guessed which got a scowl from Marinette who then put out her hand looked at it and started moving her hand around while opening and closing her mouth without saying anything. 

'Is that a book? Like, reading?' Marinette shook her head. 'Maybe...' Damian started, but Lizzie interrupted, 'Time's up, the answer was magic.'  

'I was making wand gestures then reading from a spell book and casting a spell,' Marinette explained as she sat down next to Damian while Lizzie went up to act for Marcus. 

Lizzie started banging on the air, her mouth moving, but no sound came up. 'Demanding something, like...' Marcus thought as Lizzie nodded her head vigorously while continuing to her next action, she started pretending that she was wearing a suit, pulling an imaginary tie. 'Promotion?' Marcus guessed. 

'That's correct, promotion was the word, how's you guess so well?' Chloe asked as Lizzie sat down on the mini-sofa next to Marcus. 

'Simple, her banging on the desk reminded me of those scenes in movies where the person demands for usually a raise or promotion from their boss, and her pretending to where a tie shows that it's not related to money and more about appearance and as a higher level person, they are required to have a good attire,' Marcus explained and Marinette just looked like she'd seen enough. 

'Next up, Chloe!' Lizzie said as she quickly stood up and added a point to her and Marcus's group. 

'Mmhmm,' Chloe said as she started acting. She put her hands in a shape that looked like she was holding a steering-wheel, then pointed to the floor. 'Is it floor?' Jon guessed while Chloe shook her head and continued. 'Road, is it road?' Jon guessed again to which Chloe nodded and added a point to their team. 

They continued this for a few more round, until they decided to move on. 'Next minigame and last is "Who knows who the best?" and this game is also the reason why the groups are split like this, we just thought it will fit better,' Lizzie announced after playing charades. 

'Why, so it fits you and Marcus together?' Marinette teased with a smile. 

'What if I say yes?' Lizzie asked back with a sinister smile. 

'What has gotten into you? Who are you? Where's the Lizzie we know that hates Marcus?' Marinette asked, feigning shock. 

'That Lizzie is gone after reading too many... stuff, but anyway it's to fit the two lovebirds and you and Damian together,' Lizzie answered with a smile, less sinister. 

'We'll welcome Damian and Marinette first, each of you will draw a paper from the Box of Fate with a question, ask the question and if the other person answers correctly, your group gets a point, one point for every two questions answered correctly from both parties,' Marcus explained as he took out the Box of Fate and put it on the table where Damian and Marinette sat at. 

'First question is my question, what is the easiest way to bring a smile to my face?' Damian asked as he took a piece of paper out of the Box of Fate. 

'You smile?' Marinette asked, surprised. 

'We might need you to pick another paper,' Lizzie said. 

'Actually there are some times when I do smile,' Damian answered, slightly annoyed. 

'I can vouch for him, he did indeed smile once and it happened recently,' Marcus said as he held up a hand, swearing to vouch for Damian. 

'I have no clue, can we just not get a point?' Marinette asked, genuinely stumped that Damian actually smiled. 

'No points for you two this round, also the answer is when he's approving of a friend's relationship, he did it with Jon,' Marcus answered as he and Lizzie sat at the table while Damian and Marinette sat on the mini-sofa. 

'What's my golden rule in life?' Lizzie asked as she unfolded her paper to reveal the question. 

'Life is a string of competitions, you're in it to win it,' Marcus answered as Lizzie nodded, letting Marcus to move on with asking a question, 'What's my most recent passion?' Marcus asked. 

'Reading webcomics, and that's the reason we don't fight as much anymore,' Lizzie answered to which Marcus nodded. 

'Wait, you read those stuff?' Damian asked, surprised. 

'Surprise,' Marcus answered with jazz hands as Lizzie added a point to their group. 

'Next is Chloe and Jon,' Lizzie said as the both of them sat down. 

Chloe asked first, 'How much damage could my best friend do to me if I ever had a falling out?' 

'A lot, whether it's Marinette or Lizzie, they are practically your sisters, I would describe it was watching your world fall apart before your eyes,' Jon answered. 

'That is so true,' Chloe replied as Jon took a piece of paper. 

'This question is too easy, what's my plan for surviving a zombie invasion?' Jon asked as he put the piece of paper aside. 

'I would say, use your powers and beat the zombies up,' Chloe answered with a smile, it wasn't a hard question at all. 

'Yep, correct, do we get a point?' Jon turned to Lizzie. 

'Already got one,' Lizzie answered as she pointed to the whiteboard. 

At the end of some other games, the results were in for the winner, but it will be kept a secret since it's past 12 a.m. which means it's Wednesday not Tuesday. 

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I'm so sorry for not posting in so long. I've just been overwhelmed a bit, my exams are coming up, I joined a lot of competitions and I've been forced to touch some grass, so yeah. I hope you enjoy this chapter, have fun reading, thanks for all the support. 15k views? Thanks so much for all this support.