"There's no way Alya! I-I couldn't possibly be p-preg...", Marinette's sweet voice stuttered at the new term she'd been struggling to say in the conversation. Her fingertip lightly tapped the side of the pearl white pregnancy test in disbelief. 'How was this possible... Why was this possible?... Sixteen seems so young to be pregnant!'
"Girl, you know it's possible! Did you not take sex-ed freshman year?", Alya rose a brow with a slightly aggravated tone. Marinette felt the rippling of a shiver run up her body. Her front teeth gnawed at her bottom lip before situating herself back on the edge of her bed.
"I-I... I sort of missed those days...", her mind replayed those evil akuma encounters while she fought alongside Chat Noir. Majority of her absences were strictly because of being Ladybug! Freshman year was her worst year due to transforming into her inner heroine and having to save the world. It really wasn't easy being a superhero...
"Why are you always absent, Marinette?", Alya moved closer to her best friend, keeping an eye on that test. Only three minutes passed giving them two more minutes to speak before they find out the results.
"O-Oh, well uh, you see... I'm absent because... You know clumsy me! I'm always messing something up and having to fix it! Like... Um, like in the bakery! You know I have to work there some times and I can't choose school and work! Ha ha!... Eh..."
"...Right", she withdrew her hand from the small of Mari's back and placed it on her own thigh. "Besides that commotion, who is the father?" Marinette flinched by her friend's question knowing she couldn't possibly tell her who she accidentally slept with.
"He doesn't go to our school!"
"Well then what's his name? I might know him from my Ladyblog!"
"I don't know his name!"
"W-WHAT? Marinette! Oh my gosh! You had a one-night stand! I thought you had to be more wiser to be caught up in that encounter! Ha ha!"
"O-One-night stand? Eek! No... No! You see it happened accidentally!"
"Accidentally? Oh my... Am I thinking the worse?! Did he force-... Did he hurt you?!"
"No! It didn't happen like that either... You see...", Marinette's gaze fell upon her lap. 'Oh how could I possibly tell her... She wouldn't believe me even if I did explain... Nor would she leave me alone or blab about it to someone else... I love Alya, but I can't trust her on this...'
"Look, Alya... I promise to tell you soon, but please for the sake of this moment can we-", she felt tension tugging at her wrist as Alya pulled the test stick closer to her eyes. Marinette realized that the five minutes were up and the results were in. Her mind was spinning with every situation possible, hoping that this was all a misunderstanding! The auburn haired girl jumped up and turned herself away from the awaiting eager girl. She heard a choke escape her best friend's throat. That was it. She was pregnant. Every little thing in her teenage life was going to be ruined...
"You're not pregnant..."
The dark blue haired girl parted her lips to deny the statement, but paused. 'I'm not pregnant... I'm not pregnant! This is exciting news... Really exciting... Isn't it? Why do I feel like this isn't the answer I truly want...' Her heart felt heavy, forcing a few tears to push themselves across her waterline.
Alya's back was facing Marinette, trying to concentrate on this little stick of all-knowing answers. She made out a small sniffle that rung in her eardrums and turned to look at her friend. "Marinette?"
"Oh good... Good. I'm not pregnant... Whew... Relief, am I right?...", a few stragglers escaped her tear glands and rolled down her cheeks. She quickly brushed them off with the back of her hand. This was all too much to take in! Not being a teenage mother was wonderful! The idea that she can pursue her career as a designer and live without worrying for the next 18 years of another life, perfect. However, she wanted to know how the father would react. It was an experience she'd like to observe. Now that the answer was revealed, Marinette didn't want to keep this giant scare all bottled up. She wanted to have someone there for her in an intimate sense. The compassion only a lover could provide for their beloved over this pregnancy.
"Girl, are those tears of joy or..."
Marinette sniffled once more before coughing into the crease of her arm to pretend she was breaking up something in her throat, "Ehem, they're of joy! R-Really! I'm happy!"
Alya sighed and sat by Marinette, draping her right arm over the girl's shoulders. She placed the test into the palm of her friend's before laying back on the bed to get rid of her own unsettling feelings.
The alter-Ladybug glanced at her palm finally noticing a pink plus in the middle of the test. She irked a brow out of curiosity, rummaging around the duvet for the box she ripped apart to take the actual stick out. 'Where is it... Oh I left it in the bathroom!'
Without saying a word, she slipped off the bed in a hurry towards the bathroom. Her clumsy fingers hitting, dropping, and disorganizing toiletries around the sink until finally discovering the broken box. Marinette flipped, dropped, and picked it back up to read the back.
"Pink means positive...", her lips lightly smacked out the words in a whisper to herself. "Positive... Alya..." There was silence in the air and no answer from her best friend in the other room. "Alya! Alya..."
"What's wrong!", she gripped the door frame, peeking inside the restroom unsure if she was indisposed.
"It's positive... Pink plus... Positive..."
"Marinette..."
Chat Noir swooped in from the window, landing on all four limbs with his usual cat like reflexes. Both arms straightened themselves behind his head to relieve the tightness beneath his shoulder blades. He had just come back from the movies with Nino, but didn't realize the time. If he wasn't home in the next five minutes, Nathalie would've checked on him to discover he wasn't in his room as told by Mr. Agreste. The only solution was to transform into Chat Noir and get home faster or take the train and be in trouble.
Plagg emerged from the ring as the black bodysuit evaporated into black smoke. Adrien's mouth widened, slipping out a yawn.
"Gah! I'm starving...", the kwami patted his stomach laying himself back while levitating.
"Is that all you ever do twenty four hours in a week... Eat and pester me, eat and pester me? Plagg please... It's ten o'clock at night... You had too much popcorn under my shirt that I had to pretend to Nino I'm a messy eater! You know I'm the neatest eater! You're really ruining me... Besides that, I smell like stinky cheese every day!"
"...You're so cranky... What gives? You've been irritable ever since Ladybug disappeared...", Plagg carelessly flopped himself on the rich boy's bed.
"...Ladybug is my soulmate, Plagg... You don't understand this love! I'm madly in love with her! I never got to tell her these feelings...", Adrien plopped himself on his behind, lifting each foot to take off his sneakers.
"You must be an idiot if you haven't confessed to her after a year of meeting..."
"Plagg, quit it! Just drop it..."
There was a long pause between the two trying not to wreck their unbreakable bond. Adrien knew Plagg was just a nosy little kwami, but he was a part of him now. He just needed to learn to endure him, even after a year of knowing him.
"I'm also frustrated at myself for losing my cool and taking advantage of Marinette..."
"What do you mean taking advantage? You two seemed mutual about it."
"I know... We both wanted it and it just happened... I just want to take the blame for it... I feel horrible doing that to her! She's sweet, funny, charming, and a bit weird around me; but with Chat Noir, she's independent and demanding. She tells me where my place is and... I fell for her the same way I fell for Ladybug... It's a shame they aren't the same person..."
"Wow-w, big deal. You both wanted it, end of story. I think the problem here is you feel guilty because you didn't have your first time with Ladybug. Instead it was with your classmate."
Adrien gulped down the knot in his throat and flung himself back on the bed. Plagg was right, absolutely right. 'Marinette is a nice girl, but Ladybug... Ladybug is my soulmate... I want to adore her. She's a dream who I wish to call mine... M'Lady, please come back...'
A little, raspy voice broke the boy's concentration, "Gah! I want Camembert cheese... Adrien please! Just feed me!"
The blonde boy shut his eyelids holding back his frustrated tears, "Tomorrow, Plagg..."
"Tomorrow..."
A/N: Hope you've enjoyed chapter one! Be prepared for updates and future announcements! Critique my story by reviewing and make sure to follow this story! :)