Chapter Two
“Alright class, The homework is due tomorrow. Please remember we have a presentation Next week!” The Dupont teacher exclaims as the bell rings and all her students rush out of the classroom in order to get home quicker. Marinette rushes out of the classroom while saying goodbye to her teacher and goes to the stairs of the school to wait for the three girls. “ Hey girl, want to come over? I Have new videos for the ladyblog and we could work on the study guide after I upload?” Alya called out, marinette turned to her with an apologetic smile , “ sorry alya I already have plans, I have to work on a project for art with Alix, Juleka and Chloe. Maybe some other time?” she lied, knowing that alya didn't take art and instead took creative writing as an elective this semester. “Oh, no worries girl, I'll text you later!” Alya waves as she runs down the stairs so she could get to her train on time.
As she watches her go, Marinette gives an awkward smile while holding up a thumbs up to Alya even after the girl disappears into the metro station. After a few seconds Marinette let out a sigh of relief while her hands dropped back to her sides. She heard a rustling of bags behind her and turned to see the trio she had been waiting for. “You guys ready to go?” the ravenette questioned, starting to walk down the stairs. “Absolutely “ “yup” “let's get this show on the road” the three exclaimed.
When they get up to Marinette's room, with a tray of assorted pastries obviously, they all pile their backpacks into one corner and sit down on the floor in a circle. “I wanted to really thank you guys for your help, you didn't have to do this but you are. so, Thank you guys, you're good friends'” Marinette explained, all four of them ignoring the subtle jab at alya for not listening to her ‘best friend’. “Alright, no use sitting around and dilly dallying, Let's get started!” Marinette stood up quickly, not giving the other girls a chance to reply. As they started the room was silent, as they walked over the schedule marinette had hanging up. The three girls unroll it to reveal Adriens entire schedule, marinette looked down at the floor ashamed, she felt bad for behaving like this. Alix picked up something from the desk located underneath Marinette's loft and walked over to the girl. handing it to her, Marinette realized it was a dry erase marker eraser. She grabbed the eraser and set her shoulders back, looking up the Three girls could see a new look on their friends face, one of determination and tenacity. They smile softly at the half asian girl and nod their approval to her.
Marinette stopped right in front of the schedule and proceeded to wipe away the things she had written down that pertained to Adrien. Her body becoming more confident the more she erased. A few moments later she steps back from the schedule to find it blank. She felt lighter than she had in a long time looking at it. She smiled a bright, blinding smile and looked to the other girls to find them smiling back at her.
They continue like that for a while, at some point someone began playing music from their phone, when finally they come upon the last thing they need to clear out so that she no longer has any traces of the obsessive, stalkerish crush ridden girl that she had been before. They all gather around a pink trunk that she had against her wall. Marinette proceeds to take a key from around her neck and unlock the trunk for everyone in the room to see. Inside were gifts for Adrien, for all different occasions; his birthday, Christmas, Valentines day ( though she never did work up the courage to give him anything on that day), Anniversaries, ect. Really any special occasion that one would give gifts. The three girls behind her put a hand on her shoulders or back and step forward and dump everything from the trunk onto the floor.
They sit in a circle and start to sort through what was in the trunk, making different piles on where the gifts will go. Some of the things that she had made will be donated to Emmaüs ( a parisian second hand store) for the less fortunate, some will be regifted to their other classmates, and some she will keep for herself. Once everything was sorted and put in the appropriate places (ie. The donation stuff is placed into boxes, the things to regift put back in the trunk, and the stuff she was keeping being put in her closet) they all sit down around varying parts of Marinette's room, Satisfied with the work they had done.