Hey everyone!

It's Claire!

This is my latest story, The Promise.

I am super excited about this one. I'm not too sure where we'll end up with thsi one but I've got some plans.

This is a non-miraculous FanFic and it is an Adrienette story.

I'm straying away from the main concept of Adrienette and kinda doing my own thing but still keeping almost everything the same.

This takes place near college graduation, around Christmas time.

Rated T just in case.

I really hope you enjoy. I'm looking forward to hearing what you think!

Ever since Marinette Dupain-Cheng came hurtling into Adrien's life they've been best friends. Anyone in paris would tell you the two were inseparable. Tied together by the strings of fate since middle school.

When they entered high school they both decided, with a not so gentle nudge in the opposite direction, by other students' rumors, that they would stay just friends.

Marinette had just been asked out by Nathanael and as the love birds relationship grew Adrien began to feel as if he was second place. It drove Adrien nuts that his princess had abandoned him.

So one day Adrien confronted her before a date with her boyfriend and explained everything.

Marinette broke up with Nathanael almost immediately after.

Rumors spread like wildfire after that. Everyone was convinced that the two best friends had finally gotten together.

So, one night, staring at the stars on marinette's balcony, the two promised two things. The first was that they wouldn't ever get into a relationship that interfered with their friendship.

Two years later Marinette and Adrien graduated both at the top of their high school class.

That summer was… interesting. Adrien continued his studies in fencing, classical music, and Chinese, while also continuing his dual enrollment classes that he'd been taking for business, his father's demand of course.

Marinette Started classes in fashion design and slowly began to take hold of the industry with her charm and talent.

It wasn't exactly easy though. Gabriel Agreste and Audrey Bourgeois both decided she needed more experience before working higher up in the field of design. She interned for several fashion designers working with prep, transport, and care of the designs other people had made. She also had to put up with a LOT of cranky models over the years.

She made it through two years working 40 hours a week in Paris' hardest industry, on top of her college classes, before Audrey finally accepted to show Marinette the ropes of fashion design.

The arrangement was that Marinette would work for her for two years while finishing her studies, after that Gabriel Agreste had agreed to accept her into his company.

However before any agreement was completely settled three little words stopped time.

"On one condition Marian." The blonde designer had demanded.

"You come to New York with me and my daughter Casserole–Uh I mean, Chloe."

Marinette kindly told her she would need some time to think about it.

After the phone call with Audrey had ended Marinette decided then and there that she wouldn't take her offer. She decided not to even tell anyone about it at all.

How could she leave her family and friends? How could she leave Adrien?

However about 30 minutes later M. Gabriel Agreste had heard about the conversation and Adrien was immediately informed. From there Adrien left class immediately to find her.

He called around and found she wasn't at her apartment, the bakery, work, she didn't have classes at that time either. Night had soon fallen on the search for his princess.

Turns out, hours later when he looked for himself that her parents never checked her balcony.

As he made his way up to the small terrace he found his best friend lying curled up in a comforter she had made when she was 10. She sat there staring up at the stars, too lost in thought to notice that someone had finally found her.

After laying down next to her and taking her hand in his he decided he could never hold her back from her dream. All he could think about was how it wouldn't be fair to her if he did.

"It's only two years you know." He mumbled soliciting a glance from her.

"Two years without my family and my best friend would be a living nightmare."

"You wouldn't be without us Mari."

"What are you gonna say? We'll always be in each others hearts so therefore we'll never be apart?"

"No, too cheesy. More like something along the lines of 'There's always Skype and phone calls."

"It's a five hour time zone difference and I'm pretty much guaranteed not to get enough vacation time to fly home because holidays are busy seasons for designers, you know that." She argued.

Adrien sighed and turned onto his side to face her.

"I made a promise not to let anything get in the way of our friendship four years ago. If you think that a little bit of time zone difference and busy schedules are going to keep me from you then you're wrong. I refuse to be the reason why you won't take this job. You will always be my best friend and we will make time for each other ok? I don't care if I start having to pull late nights for you.

"I will do anything to make sure you are happy. Even if you're all the way in New York."

Adrien pulled Mari into a hug and a few days later she was gone with the promise of meeting up at the first possible chance.

I'm not sure how often I'll be able to post. My collab story with CanaryBug, The Lady Who Texted a Chat, will take priority. I am in school and I'm currently looking for a job so things might get a little crazy. Just bear with me okay? I'll try to post as often as possible.