You're The Music That's Been Playing In My Head: Book 3

Sole Crusher: Part 4

"ICE STORM!" I summon my power and shoot ice to hold back Sole Crusher's punch while Ladybug opens the hatch and tears the sneakers, releasing the akuma. I use my ice to catch Zoé and Ladybug de-evilizes the akuma before handing Zoé a gold magical charm with diamonds for spots and a star-like design underneath the middle spot. "This is a magical charm Zoé. With it, Shadowmoth can't reach you. Keep it with you to remember what you overcame today."

Zoé thanked us and three of us pounded it before taking off, there was a concert to get to after all. At the barge, the Bourgeois sisters arrive and Zoé apologizes for the whole mess earlier today. "I'm so sorry about earlier today. I'm sure you're all wondering why I was akumatized...Part of the reason I left New York was because once Aeon and Jess got too busy with their hero work I realized how even though I was big on letting people be free and not let anyone hold you back I myself was letting people make decisions for me from being class President, help out around The Petite Paris, and so on. I had become a people pleaser to those I cared about even if what I was asked didn't make me happy so I was hoping to leave that behind here but after seeing Chloé's situation with mom I couldn't bring myself to be upset with her knowing how hard she's trying not to let mom's standards control her."

"I...Wanna apologize to you too..." Chloé speaks up, slightly pouting as she tries to make eye contact with Zoé. "I've been lying to you Zoé. I told you I could stand up to Mother now and not care about her opinion but the truth is...I still do care about her opinion, I want to be noticed by Mother because then maybe just maybe it means she actually cares about me but I also care about yours and I didn't want to disappoint you so I lied and when you moved I realized I couldn't lie anymore so I made excuses and then made you a part of them which wasn't fair and for that I'm sorry."

Her head hangs low as if expecting to be yelled at but Zoé just pulls her in for a hug. "Thank you and don't worry I was never disappointed in you, it's hard to stand up to someone you want to be admired by and it's ok if you can't do it yet. Take as much time as you need and remember that I'm here now to help you with that." "We're all here to help you whenever you need it Chloé, you're our friend now and we care about you," I tell her and she starts to tear up as we pull the two sisters in for a group hug.

Once she's had her fill she pushes away with a slightly snarky remark. "Alright that's enough, you're going to dirty up my new sweater and besides isn't there a show supposed to be going on right now?" We all laughed and started up the show, letting the night be filled with fun and later that night I received an excited text from Zoé who told me that Chloé stood up to their mom and defended their right to be part of our friend group. Good job Chloé, Zoé, we're all proud of you.