random scene that I wanted to write up immediately that didn't fit anywhere plot-wise... messy since i wrote parts of it at 1am... also lets pretend videos and messages are permanently deleted immediately instead of going to a recycling bin lol
Zoé glares at Ray, who’s holding his phone up to show her the video he has of her back in New York. She isn’t proud of who she was before but she was taking steps to move forward as a person. The video wasn't really a threat, she had already told her friends that she was a bully, but it made her feel both guilty and nervous regardless.
“Zoé!” a voice calls from behind Ray. “How long did you plan on keeping me waiting?”
Zoé and Ray turn to see Chloé, eyes focused solely on her sister. “You tell me to come see you and you make me wait?" Chloé walks into the room, "I have things to do, you know. I had to clear my schedule for today and you know how much I hate taking the train.”
“Who are you-?!” Ray demands. Chloé looks at him in disbelief.
“I’m sorry,” Chloé says with apparent disgust as she gave him a once over, “Are you speaking? To me? Ew.”
Chloé turns to Zoé, “You need to pick better people to surround yourself. I refuse to let people say my sister associates with,” She threw another disgusted glance at Ray, “people like him. Whatever it is you're doing with this loser, hurry up. Brother dearest,” Chloé rolls her eyes at the nickname, “is waiting for me to get back. You and I have better things to do.”
“Do you have amnesia or something? I'm not a phone book. Go to a doctor.” Chloé cringes as she looks him up and down again, “You might have more going on than just memory problems.”
The phone in Ray’s hand catches Chloé’s attention, causing her to scowl at it. With no hesitation, she closes the distance between herself and Ray, grabbing the phone and holding it up to show Zoé.
“You look hideous. How could you let someone take a video of you looking like that?”
Chloé gracefully dodges and deflects Ray's pathetic attempts at getting his phone back. She quickly sends the video to her phone, deletes the sent message on Ray’s phone, then deletes the video.
“I knew it was a bad idea to let a woman with no mayoral experience be in charge of the city. They're letting gross nobodies in now.” Chloé tosses the phone back to Ray, who stumbles trying to catch it, and taps at her phone as she walks away, muttering. “I can't believe I left London to visit this dumpster of a school.”
Ray stood there, mouth slightly open, for a moment before coming to his senses. “Come back here!”
“I'll tell everyone what you did!” Ray yells.
“No one is going to believe you!” Chloé yells back.
Zoé stifles a laugh as she shoves him aside to follow her sister.
Ray angrily walked up to Zoé the following morning, catching the attention of her friends as well as those standing around the courtyard.
“Do you think I would let you and your sister get away with what happened yesterday??” He says, loudly, using his phone to point at Zoé. “Messing someone's phone is a crime!”
“Ray….” Zoé says, feigning confusion. “I have no idea what you're talking about… You're holding your phone right now…”
“You-!” Ray takes a step forward.
“Hey! Leave her alone!” Alya butts in, getting between Ray and Zoé.
The others chime in in Zoé’s defense, bystanders whispering among themselves.
Ray looks around and notices the attention they were getting. He decides to withdraw for now, heading to class and muttering something about “getting back at her” as he walks away with his cronies.
“Did he just say ‘brother’…?” Kim asks no one in particular.
“What was that about..?” Alya asks Zoé.
“Dunno.” Zoé shrugs, “We never got along back in New York, so maybe he's trying to pick a fight? He's always been kinda weird.”
“Does he even know who Chloé is?” Juleka asks.
“Probably. She's pretty infamous. Not sure why he would bring her up…”
“Maybe to cause negative association?” Max suggests, “If people associate you with someone as negative as Chloé they might have a bad impression of you, too.”
The group starts offering other theories, most of them similar to what Max suggested. Zoé was content to listen to them further the misunderstanding and make Ray look worse.
Adrien and Sabrina both look at each other then at Zoé. She gives both of them a quick smile before going back to looking confused like everyone else. She had better tell them the whole story in the group chat later.
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