Marinette wakes up to a small voice in her ear.
"Marinette." Tikki, Marinette's kwami and best friend, says gently. "You better get up! You'll be late for your Biology Final!"
"Five more minutes, Tikki." Marinette mutters as she rolls over.
Tikki flies to Marinette and nudges her Chosen's face with her little hands.
"It's the last Tuesday of the week" she announces. "You don't want to be late during the last week of school. Do you?"
"No, I don't" Marinette says as she gets out of bed and begins her morning routine.
At the school, Marinette immediately spots her best friend, Alya, and rushes towards her.
"Hey girl!" Alya says as Marinette's arms wrap around her in a bear hug. "Are you ready for today's Biology Final?
"As ready as I'll ever be" Marinette responds.
The two friends walk up the steps to the school entrance when Chloe arrives in her white limo, waving to the fans that aren't even there.
"Oh great, Here comes the Drama Queen of Paris." Alya whispers into Marinette's ear.
Marinette giggles. "Good thing we don't have to deal with her for three months after this week." The two friends laugh out loud and enter the building. Chloe right behind them.
Inside the school, Marinette notices that most of the class is already there. Gathered inside of the school courtyard. Hanging out and helping each other study. As Marinette and Alya walk towards their favorite bench, Adrien and Nino walk right into them. Literally. Marinette, Alya, Nino, and Adrien fall into a heap. Marinette landing right on top of Adrien. Marinette can feel her face growing hot as her crush untangles himself from the mess of friends, then helps her up from her spot on the floor.
"Are you ok, Mari?" Adrien asks with worried eyes.
"I. I. I'm ok. I mean, I'm alright. A-a-are you ok?" Marinette stutters.
Adrien opens his mouth to say something, but Marinette never gets to hear what he was going to say. "ADRICKINS" Chloe shouts at the top of her lungs. Pushing Marinette out of the way, she reaches out her arms and pulls him into an embrace.
"Are you hurt?" she asks.
"I am now" Marinette hears Adrien whisper.
"What was that?" Chloe asks as she pushes her hand into his.
"Nothing Chloe" Adrien says, pulling his hand away from hers. "It's time for class, so I'm gonna go on ahead." walking away, he suddenly stops and turns back around and looks at Marinette. "Coming Mari?" he asks her with a wink.
Alya elbows her.
"S-s-s-sure" she stutters as she follows him to class.
After the Biology test, Alya catches up to Marinette.
"What was that all about, Marinette?"
"Yeah, what was that all about, Marinette Dupain-Cheng?!" says a shrill voice behind them.
Both girls wince and turn around. It's Chloe. She stares at them with her eyes full of hatred and anger. Marinette knows what's coming.
"Let me make myself perfectly clear." Chloe starts. "Adrickins is MINE! You keep your baker hands off of him and leave him be. He's to go for you. He's…"
"He's what?" Marinette interrupts. "Perfect for you? Why don't you let him decide for himself, Chloe. He may be a rich kid. But at least he doesn't have a heart as black as night! He is the best guy in this town! You could learn a thing or two from him, Chloe."
Chloe huffs and looks straight at Marinette, fire of anger in her eyes.
"Well, you can go ask him yourself which of us he likes best. Oh, wait. You can't. You like him so much that all you can get out is one word!" Chloe states as she walks away laughing.
"Marinette, is that true?" Marinette stiffens and turns around slowly. All she can do is not burst into tears on the spot. Adrien is standing on the staircase right behind her.
