Adrien walked over to his teacher's desk. Everyone was being called up individually to discuss their reports with the professor, and so far, no one had a smile on their face.

And for some reason unknown to him, the professor had decided to call everyone one by one in reverse alphabetical order. He wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not, because that meant he was last.

"Adrien," his teacher rumbled, "please come here and take a seat."

Gulping, he sat down. I hope I passed, I hope I passed, Adrien chanted in his head. Even if he didn't, he still had modelling as his second career; his father hadn't stopped him from doing that. Yet studying Physics was something that he wanted to do, and for himself. He didn't want to be stuck in a job where his heart didn't lie.

"Well, this is your grade," Adrien's physics professor stated, passing him his paper.

Adrien shut his eyes briefly before looking at the top of the page.

"What?" he said loudly, before realising his mistake.

Everyone was staring at him. Everyone was looking at him because this was silent study hour.

"Sorry," he muttered, before composing himself. He looked at his grade once more, assuring himself that this was real.

"So what do you think?" His teacher asked, a small smile forming at the corners of his mouth.

Adrien beamed at him. "Sir," he began, "I was not expecting to get an A+!" Adrien exclaimed as quietly as possible.

His teacher chuckled softly, quiet enough so the the rest of the students couldn't hear. "It was well deserved. The best paper in the entire class, and it even had some valuable insights. Well done."

"Thank you so much sir!" Adrien said, his heart swelling with happiness. He did it! And he did it for himself!

"Why are you thanking me?" Adrien's teacher asked, "This was deserved because of your hard work."

"Perhaps, but you were the one who recognised my work. If you hadn't recognised my work, well, I would not have been able to achieve this." Adrien stated firmly.

His teacher smiled at him. "Please take your seat, Adrien," he said, before resuming his marking once more. Adrien nodded, taking his paper and sitting back down in his place. A few people looked at him, probably after his outburst, but Adrien was too happy to care. He covered his paper with one of his textbooks, hiding his grade; although he had done well, he didn't want to show off. He wanted to treasure this moment, just for himself, this once.

As the clock struck one o'clock, students started rising from their seats as they were dismissed for class. Adrien did the same, but before he left, he made sure Plagg was in his bag. That kwami was always poking his nose where it wasn't needed.

Walking down the hallway, his phone started to buzz.

"Oh, hey Nino, what's going on?" asked Adrien, trying to balance his phone and his bag at the same time.

"Dude, did you consider my offer, you know all of us going out tonight?"

Oh that, Adrien thought, he's been bugging me about that for a while now. He didn't understand why Nino wanted him to go so badly, but he figured he could go, to celebrate.

"Um sure, I'll go," Adrien answered uncertainly.

"Awesome! See you tonight then!" As quick as he called, he cut the line, leaving a very confused Adrien on the other line.

"Okay?" Adrien mumbled to himself. Shaking his head at the antics of his crazy friend, Adrien walked over to the limo that was waiting, and jumped in. He saw a few girls pointing at the car but he looked away. Despite the fact he tried to keep his profile on the low, he couldn't avoid the inevitable attention that followed. Thankfully, this attention was a lot less at college, where there were thousands of students walking past each other every day, but it wasn't as low as he'd liked.

Finally, Adrien and 'The Gorilla' reached the Agreste Mansion. Walking into the lonesome, large house, he bumped into Nathalie yet again.

"Oh sorry Nathalie, I didn't see you there," Adrien apologised, as the assistant glanced at him, her poker face not wavering even slightly.

"Adrien, your father told me to inform you that you will be participating in a fashion show soon," said Nathalie, straight to the point, ignoring Adrien's apology as if he hadn't even said a word. "You will be modelling the winner's fashion line, after the competition has been held, along with other leading models in Paris."

He frowned. "And when will this be happening?" he asked, "because I have exams coming up and I do not want anything to interfere with that."

"It will not interfere, I have checked everything beforehand. It will be after your first exam period, and you will not have classes at this time."

Adrien shrugged. "Okay, I guess that's alright, then." She nodded and walked off, her heels clacking on the shiny floor.

"So what's all this about shows and stuff?"

Adrien looked at his kwami. "Well, I'm not fully sure, Plagg, but it looks like I don't have a choice, anyhow," he said, sighing. "At least I'll still get to study my favourite subject in peace though."

"You're so weird," Plagg complained, his cat-nose wrinkling, "I mean, what kind of person likes to study Physics?"

"Plagg, you know that I'm not like a regular kid, anyway," Adrien said, a little sadly, "I mean, what kind of person is always stuck in their house, and has to abide by every single rule their parent sets? Not to mention the fact I was home-schooled for more than half my life."

"Yeah, well you're also Chat Noir, and no regular kid has that life either," Plagg smirked.

Adrien smirked back. "That's the only part of my life that I do like."

"Well, kid, you won't be stuck in the house today, because you're going out with your friends, remember?"

"Oh, shoot, I forgot about that. Hey, Nathalie wait up! I have to tell you something!"

Plagg just watched him run after the assistant like a little kid, a little fondly. Although he was older now, Adrien was still lovable, like his high-school self. He had barely changed.

But his life would start to change soon.


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