A/N 1: I changed the name and picture for the Blue Jay Kwami because it looked too much like a Blue Macaw. You can reread the Kwami List if you want.
A/N 2: Outfit for the chapter. Ignore the jewelry.
Hairstyle:
Le Grand Paris Hotel. Jagged's Room
Jagged Stone is performing a song on his guitar for Bob Roth and his assistant Penny. He is wearing the shades that Lily designed for him.
After he was done performing, Penny applauds while Bob watches with crossed arms, unamused.
"So, what do you think of the first single of my next album?" Jagged asks Bob, letting Penny take away his guitar. "Can you feel it, Bob? Isn't it killer?"
"Not bad, Jagged, not bad. But if you really want to be making something killer, let's talk about this duet with Mr. XY." Bob holds up his son's album.
"No way," Jagged refused. "He's not a rocker, he's a baby! I bet he doesn't even shave yet."
"Well, this "baby"," Bob quoted the word. "Just pushed you out of the number one sales spot."
"And? Doesn't make him a true musician like me. Penny thinks everything I'm doing's rock star material. She thinks I'm killer." Jagged praises his assistant.
Penny blushes at his words.
"Penny might be your agent, but I'm your real boss," Bob snaps. "Listen. Bottom line is that Bob Roth Records cannot afford to be number two in sales! Or rep a number two rock star! Get real, Jagged! You're going to have to modernize your music. Change the way you look. Get a whole new style!"
"You want to talk about real? I'm a genuine rock 'n' roller, Bob, not some pop star in diapers. I'm a real artist. Real talent! Even my hair is real. And that's what people love about me," Jagged turned to Fang. "Isn't that right, Fang? Yeah," He turns back to Bob. "And the artwork you came up with for my album is a waste of my time!"
The rockstar glares at the posters of himself.
"Seriously, Bob, what is this trash? It looks like a perfume ad!"
Bob points a finger at Jagged's chest. "And that's what people want these days!"
"Well, I don't. My album covers are raw to the bone, exuding the smell of sweat and leather!"
"You do know, don't you, that if your next album doesn't rate #1 on the charts, it'll be the last one you ever do with Bob Roth records."
"I'd rather put out nothing at all than sing some pathetic duet with a baby-faced nobody."
Jagged was unaware that his words made Bob furious as he was talking about his son.
"Bob, Jagged and I had an idea," Penny spoke up. "Its concept is modern, but it also respects Jagged's own... rugged style."
Jagged takes off glasses and shows them to Bob. "The schoolgirl who made these glasses has some real talent. She totally gets my style. She's gonna design the cover of my new album."
"A schoolgirl?" Bob grew irritated than he already was before.
"See? That's just it. She's the same age as the target audience. Her name is Lily Rossi who's the daughter of May Rossi, a famous designer," Penny gets out a sheet of paper from her pocket. "Here's her address."
Bob folds arms and growls, and Fang growls in return.
Bob jumps away from the crocodile in alarm, then snatches the piece of paper from Penny. "Okay! But just think about that duet with Mr. XY." He leaves.
"Find that girl, Bob!" Jagged shouts after him.
Rossi Residence. Living Room
Bob is speaking with Lily in front of her parents. "So, are you interested?"
"Uh, wait, wait, wait. Lemme get this straight. You want me... to design the album cover for Jagged Stone?!" The designer asked excitedly.
"That's right! Requested by Jagged Stone himself," Bob pulls out an XY album. "I brought a few visuals so you can get a sense of what we're going for."
Lily takes the album and inspects it, then frowns. "This doesn't seem like Jagged Stone material. He's more rugged, this just seems like a perfume ad."
"This is the direction of his new image. More modern, current!" Bob tries to convince her.
"Yes but being modern doesn't mean you have to change your own style," Lily protests. "I was thinking more along the lines of-"
"Don't think! This is what is selling these days." Bob retorts.
"Hey! Don't speak to my daughter that way." John frowns as he and his wife step up beside their daughter.
Bob immediately backed away, seeing as the tailor was bigger than him.
"If our daughter wants her own vision for Jagged, then it's her decision. She's the designer." May puts her hand on Lily's shoulder.
"It's okay, mom, dad, I'll do it." Lily decided.
"Fantastic! And one last thing, Lily. We're in a hurry! We need your proposal by the end of the day. You up to it?" Bob asked the brunette.
Lily looks at her parents, who nod reassuringly. "Um, yes! Okay."
"See you later, then." Bob began to leave.
"Where are you going? We're not finished." John narrows his eyes.
Bob raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"
"Mr. Roth, with all due respect, I hope you didn't think I was doing this for free. If I'm designing an album cover for a famous rockstar, I'll need some compensation." Lily explained.
Bob stared for a moment, then let out a wheezing laugh. "C-Compensation?! Is making an album cover for THE Jagged Stone not enough for you?" He continues laughing. "You've gotta be jok-"
The producer froze when he saw the Rossi family giving him an aggravated look. He sighs, rolling his eyes.
{A/N: This is the look that the Rossi family is giving to Bob.}
"Fine, we'll discuss your payment after you come down to the Grand Paris Hotel." Bob agreed.
"Sounds perfect." Lily smiled.
Bob just scoffs and left the home.
"What a jerk." John and May commented.
Lily's Room
Lily is drawing an album cover on her tablet while listening to XY's music. The more she designed, she more she became irritated.
Tikki and Trixx, who are on her desk, is covering their ears from the noise before Beatt shrieks in anger and pauses the music on Lily's phone.
"That's ENOUGH of that! You're going to make my ears bleed, Lily, literally!" Beatt exclaims.
"It sounds like something you should play at a funeral." Trixx commented.
"Agreed." Arccus agreed.
"So what kind of album are you designing?" Tikki asked.
"This." Lily showed the Kwamis the album.
{A/N: I tried my best to make this album with Canvas. I hope that everyone will like it.}
"Wow!" The Kwamis beamed excitedly.
"I like it!" Nalea commented.
"Jagged is definitely going to love it!" Chariia added.
"I hope so." Lily prayed.
"Can we listen to Jagged's music?" Chass requested.
"Sure." Lily switches her Spotify Playlist to a Jagged Stone song, and she began to jam out at Jagged's rough voice and his heavy music, wildly bobbing her head up and down, her hair becoming untamed. The Kwamis were jamming along as well.
Le Grand Paris Hotel. Jagged's Room
Lily presents her design to Jagged in front of Bob and Penny.
"Here's my design for you, Jagged. I made it to fit your style." Lily said.
Jagged beams, impressed. "Oh, yeah. This is it! You did it, girl! I can almost smell the leather and sweat just radiating off this design!"
Lily chuckles. "You actually are smelling it. I concocted a special scented sticker for your album with the help from my mom."
Jagged is completely satisfied with Lily's design. "I want it. I got to have it. It's authentic. It's original. It's... so Jagged." He hugs the design.
"No you can't!" Bob frowns. "It's not what the public-"
"Fine, then I'm outta here!" Jagged interrupts him. "I'm sure another record company will be perfectly happy with the #2 chart topper."
Bob grunts in defeat.
Lily clears her throat, taking her design from Jagged. "So, Mr. Roth, about my compensation."
Bob groans. "You're still on about that?"
"Of course I am. Like I told you before, if I'm designing for a rockstar, I'll need payment." Lily confirmed.
"You can't be serious! Teens these days are so ungrateful. You should be happy that Jagged even chose you, a high school girl, to design for him!" Bob points at the Rossi girl.
"And I am, but I don't work for free," She counters. "You told me that we'd talk about pay after I came to the hotel, so keep your word."
"Well, I see no problem with it," Jagged spoke up. "I appreciate your hustle, Lily."
"Jagged, stop picking up for her. I'm not paying her a dime!" Bob refuses.
"Then unfortunately, Jagged isn't getting my design." Lily shrugs.
"What?! This is ridiculous. You want me to pay you for just a simple ALBUM cover?!" Bob was heated.
"An album cover that was a rush job since you wanted it by the end of the day. I wasn't going to make a perfume ad for Jagged. I made him a design that fits his style." Lily narrows her eyes.
Bob stammered at her sharp words while Jagged laughed.
"Bob, stop being cheap and just pay the girl. Or I'll do it myself." The rockstar says.
"But she's a schoolgirl!" Bob protested.
"A schoolgirl who made a great album cover for me." Jagged retorted.
Bob clenches his fists, a vein appearing in his forehead, then he sighed. "Fine! How much do you want?" He asks Lily.
"Well, since I put hard work into my design, a thousand and four hundred euros." The brunette says.
"A thousand and four hundred?! You-!" Bob froze when he heard Fang growling at him and gulped. Reluctantly, he got out some euro bills from his Louis Vuitton wallet and offered it to Lily. "Here."
She smiles and takes the money. "Pleasure doing business with you." She hands Bob her design.
He snatches it and grunts as he walks away.
Lily reaches into the elevator while remaining calm. But when the elevator door closes, she cheers.
"Tikki, Trixx, I can't believe I designed a cover for Jagged Stone's new album!" She covers her mouth.
"We're so proud of you, Lily!" Tikki and Trixx beamed happily.
Lily grins brightly.
Françoise Dupont Highschool. Courtyard
Lily, Chloé, and Sabrina sit at the bottom of the stairs watching the news on the former's phone.
An image of Jagged's album cover appears on the screen next to Nadja.
{A/N: I did a little bit of editing with Canvas.}
"In today's headlines, Jagged Stone's new album hit the charts at #1, hitting XY off his throne," Nadja informed.
The image changes to a "Metal Lourd" magazine cover with a depiction of a smiling Lily and Jagged together.
The iconic queens gasped at this.
"Welcome back, King of Rock 'N' Roll!" Nadja announced.
"You're so lucky!" Chloé smiles at Lily as she puts her phone away.
"And I got paid for it too." The hazel-green-eyed girl says proudly.
"I would've hoped you did. You made an album cover for THE Jagged Stone!" Sabrina smiles.
Chloé then saw Adrien coming up to Lily with Jagged's album. She nudged her childhood and pointed to the blonde.
"Uh, hey there, Lily." Adrien greeted the designer.
"Hey, Adrien, what's up?" Lily asked.
"So, you know I'm a huge fan of Jagged Stone," Adrien's cheeks turned pink. "And I saw his new album cover you designed..."
"Uh-huh." Lily nods.
"I wanted to ask if... I could get it autographed?" Adrien asked, holding up a pen.
"Okay, sure, I'll ask Jagged since he gave me his contact number." Lily grabbed Adrien's pen and album.
"Ah, no. Um, actually I meant you." Adrien said, pointing at her bashfully.
Her eyes widened. "Me?" She lightly gasped. "You want ME to autograph it?"
"If you wouldn't mind." Adrien says.
"Not at all, anything for you." Lily smiles and signs his album.
Adrien blushed once more as his crush gives the album and his pen back to him.
"Awesome! Thanks, Lily!" He then left while looking at her fancy signature in admiration.
"Did I just imagine it, or did you just sign an autograph for Adrien?" Sabrina asked Lily.
The designer blushes. "This is the happiest day of my life! I can't wait to take more connections!" She cheers.
For Lily, she was very happy that she didn't have to deal with an Akuma today. She was never going to make a design that Bob wanted. She wanted to make her own that would suit Jagged perfectly. Not to mention that she signed an autograph for Adrien. A very happy day for her.
Meanwhile, Marinette growls and bites on the "Metal Lourd" magazine in jealousy while Alya shakes her head.
and then Add to home screen.