"Girl did you see the new update I got on my phone? Now the camera quality is like 10 times better." Alya told Marinette as Ms. Bustier walked into the class.
"Quiet down Class." She said grabbing some papers before walking to the front of her desk, "Now we will be beginning a new project. You will be working in two groups of four and two groups of three, and before you start talking, I'm picking them."
"I feel bad for whoever gets stuck with Chloe." Marinette whispered to Alya.
"Yea but this also means that you could be with Adrien." Alya said winking.
"Miss Dupain-Cheng, Miss Cesaire. If you're done with your conversation, I'd like to state the groups now please." Ms. Bustier said staring at them.
"Yes Madame. Sorry Madame." Marinette and Alya said at the same time.
"Good now the first group will be Mylene, Ivan, Rose and Juleka."
The four of them walked up to grab the assignment.
"Up next is Nino, Alya and Nathaniel." She said after the first group sat back down.
They got up, got their assignment and sat back down.
"Yes. No Chloe, no drama, perfect A." Alya said giddily as she sat back down.
"Lucky you but I still have a chance of being in her group." Marinette said sighing.
"Yea, but you still also have a chance to be with Adrien." Alya said waggling her eyebrows. Marinette giggled.
"The third group will be Alix, Kim, and Max." Ms. Bustier said.
"This should be interesting." Max said grabbing his paper with his teammates before returning to his seat. Marinette Visibly paled.
"No. God no. Please don't say it." Marinette whispered.
"And the Final group is Chloe, Sabrina, Marinette, and Adrien." Ms. Bustier said.
The whole class went dead silent as Marinette slammed her head on the table.
"Is there a problem Marinette?" Ms. Bustier asked concerned.
Marinette opened her mouth to reply but Chloe immediately stood.
"I'll tell you what the problem is. I don't want to be in a group with someone like Maritrash! Put her with Alix or Nino." Chloe said glaring at Marinette. Marinette slammed her chair back as she stood. She opened her mouth but someone else beat her to it.
"Chloe Marinette's name is not Maritrash so don't call her that. Second if you don't want Marinette in the group then how about you switch because I have no problem with her." Adrien said calmly while staring at Chloe. She only huffed and flipped her hair before sitting back down.
Adrien turned around to Marinette only to find her staring at him. He gave her a confused look before waving a hand in front of her face. She blinked before dropping into her seat. She quietly mumbled a thank you before putting her head in her arms. Alya shook her head as she tried to hide her laughter and put her arm over Marinette's shoulder. Adrien stared confused before turning to Nino.
"Did I do something wrong?" Adrien asked glancing back at the girls. Nino looked back at Alya who only giggled. He turned back to Adrien.
"No, I'm sure she's just tired." Nino said internally rolling his eyes at his friends Obliviousness. Adrien shrugged before turning to face the teacher who was fixing the four of them with a glare.
"One more interruption from this little, group, and you will all have detention understood?" Ms. Bustier said through clenched teeth.
"Yes ma'am." The group said quickly.
Ms. Bustier rolled her eyes and mumbled something about kids these days. She went on to describe the project. From what Marinette could tell the overall goal of the project is to get to know everyone in your group better. Ms. Bustier allowed the students to talk about the project for the last 20 minutes while she filled out paperwork. Everyone began moving around. Alya and Nino moved to be closer to Nathaniel. Leaving The seat next to both her and Adrien, empty. Adrien turned around and smiled at her.
"I'm really looking forward to being in your group." He said nicely, and he meant it. Lately he had been visiting Marinette at night as Cat Noir. He only started doing it because she could never talk to him, but around Cat, she was her normal self. He thought it might have something to do with the incident that happened his first day of school. Like maybe she just didn't fully trust him yet. But, what he didn't think would happen while visiting her, is that he would also start falling for her. Sure, he loved his lady, but it seemed both blue belle eyed girls had captured his heart.
"I am looking really forward working you too with! I mean looking forward to you. I mean. Uhhhhhh" Marinette said turning red and slamming her head down. Adrien chuckled at her quirkiness. She lifted her head up a little.
"You know your eyes are really pretty." Adrien said without realizing. They both blushed and Marinette opened her mouth to speak.
"Thank you Adrikins, but I already know how cute they are." Chloe said sitting next to him and grabbing his arm.
"Chloe, I believe he was talking to me." Marinette said crossing her arms as Sabrina sat next to her.
"Ha!," Chloe snorted making the whole room go silent as everyone listened, "Why would MY Adrikins compliment you, Maritrash." Chloe said crossing her arms. Adrien opened his mouth to defend her once again, But Marinette beat him too it this time.
"Look Chloe, I know you probably don't understand basic English because you always have Sabrina do all your work, but my name in Marinette not Maritrash. So, either call me by my name or don't say anything at all." Marinette said calmly before sitting back.
To say Chloe looked angry was a MAJORunderstatement. Her whole face was red and twisted with rage. She opened her mouth to tell Marinette off but was cut off by a huge explosion coming from outside. Now if this had happened a year ago then, yeah, they would be freaking out and everything. But, Akumas were so common that everyone knew the drill, literally. The school had an akuma policy where everyone was to go home immediately during an akuma attack. Everyone stood up and ran outside to see what was happening. Marinette took this chance to sneak into the empty classroom. What she didn't expect to happen was to bump into Adrien as she ran in.
