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Day One

Evening

Adrien

This time for dinner, Marinette was on my right, with Alya on her other side, and Nino on my left, with Chloe and Sabrina across from us, out of arm grabbing reach. Unfortunately Leo was across from Marinette and seemed to be holding her attention with his tale of how un tacking the horses went. Apparently Alix didn't realize how heavy a saddle could be and fell over with it.

Marinette was giggling cutely, and I was feeing a whole bunch of different emotions. I wanted her to keep giggling, it was a sweet and happy sound, but at the same time I wanted to lay Leo out, and knock his teeth out too.

*Woah easy there Cat Noir…..*

I shifted in my seat and turned to Nino, who was watching me with an amused expression.

"It's not funny" I mumbled under my breath, which only caused him to chuckle.

"Dude you're so obvious, you're just lucky no one else is paying attention" He smirked.

"Dude, shut up" I growled.

"Hello dear children!" Renee said as she entered the room.

The room quieted down immediately as everyone turned to the older woman now standing at the head of the table.

"I trust that you had a good first day?" She asked.

There were yeses and nods of heads. The only one to complain was Chloe, go figure. But Renee ignored her which made some of us laugh.

"She's not used to being ignored, is she?" I heard Lucas asked.

"Not at all" Alya said with a laugh.

"I'm sitting right here you know!" Chloe yelled at the two of them.

Renee cleared her throat and again the room quieted down.

"Tomorrow you will all be given a chore to do on the farm tomorrow, I hope that you all have fun and enjoy dinner, for tomorrow will be harder than it was today!" Renee said with a smile as the doors from the kitchen opened and waiters poured out with trays of food.

"Oh wow, I haven't eaten good like I have today, since the last time we went to the buffet" Nino said and I could have sworn I saw him drool.

"Dude, gross" I laughed.

"Well not everyone is rich like you, you know" Alya said with a smile.

My eyes landed on Marinette, who quickly looked away.

And here I thought we had make some progress at the chicken coop.

*I just have to tell her tomorrow, there's nothing else I can do by beating around the bush anymore*

Marinette

Dinner went over without a problem. But next came shower time. Fortunately Leo, Lucas, Ethan and I had our own personal bathrooms that connected to our bedrooms, that I let Alya use. She was very thankful, because the line for the public bathrooms in the house was very long.

We took a look out the door of my bedroom, which also Ayla was sharing, to the line, and to see Chloe throwing a fit.

"Do you know who my father is? I should not be standing in line for a shower!" She was screaming from the back of the line at Leo and Lucas who had come to supervise after taking their own showers. And again she was being ignored.

"Hey Sabrina you can use my shower if you want" Leo said, with a genuine smile.

"R-really?" Sabrina stuttered.

"Wait, why can she use your shower but I can't?" Chloe nearly deafened us all.

"Because I don't like you" Leo said pretty much to the point and that shut her up.

"Yo, Adrien, Nino you guys can use my shower" Lucas said meeting the two of them right in front of my room.

"Dude, that's pretty cool of you" Nino said and gave Lucas a high five.

The three of them turned and looked at Alya and I who were standing in the doorway.

"Can we help you?" Lucas said with a smirk and I slammed the door shut.

"What did you do that for?" Alya asked.

"Sorry I panicked" I whimpered.

Alya shook her head and sat on the bottom part of my day bed.

"You're really bad at this whole flirting thing" She said.

"I'm not flirting!" I said.

"…..Sure" She said and I frowned.

"But you have a whole day of Adrien tomorrow!" She said with a smile and I froze.

Somehow I had managed to forget about that.

"Oh man! What am I going to do?!" I wanted to passed out.

"What about a picnic?" Alya suggested, "Are there any good picnic spots on the property?"

"Yea tons" I said, "I'll go see Renee, see if she's ok with me using the kitchen to make a picnic basket".

"Do you need help?" Alya asked.

"No, you've been enough help" I said, slipping on my slippers and putting on a house coat, before exiting the room.

I stood in the hallway for a second, Neither Leo or Lucas, or Nino or Adrien were there, and the line for the showers seemed to have gone down slightly, but that may just because I didn't see Chloe anywhere.

I found my way to the stairs and went up two flights before making a right down the hallway. I came to a stop outside of a big oak door, with flower etchings in it. I knocked on it and listened to it echo throughout the room.

"Come in!" Renee said from the other side and I cracked the door open.

"Hey, Its just me" I said as I opened the door wider.

"Oh Hello Marinette, is everything alright?" She asked as she stood up from her chair at the window.

There had been plenty of nights that I'd be in this room, watching out over the ranch with her. It is peaceful and relaxing to hear the crickets at night, and seeing the moon and the stars.

"Yes, everything is alright, I was wondering…..could I use the kitchen?" I asked, quietly.

"The kitchen? Sure, but can I ask why?" Renee was now standing before me.

"Uh…well…you see…..Lucas and my friend Ayla kinda…..made me take another kid out for a trail ride tomorrow….." I stammered.

"Just one kid?" Renee asked, and then smiled, "This wouldn't happen to be the Mister Adrien, that I keep hearing about would it?"

"Yes…."I said.

"Awwww, you're so cute Marinette!" She smiled and pinched my cheeks.

"Owwie!" I frowned and rubbed them.

"Of course you can use the kitchen, would you like me to get Cindy to help you?" She asked, picking up her phone.

"No! No, it's fine I can manage by myself!" I said quickly.

"Are you sure, she'd be there in just a matter of minutes" Now, I know where Leo gets his relentlessness from.

"No no It's ok, I'm just making up a small picnic basket" I said, and she grabbed my hands, twirling me around her giant room.

"Ah what it must be like to be in love again!" She said as we twirled around the room.

My heart winced at this comment. Renee's husband had passed away right after I had started working here. It was a dark time for both her and Leo, who had lived with them since he was a baby after his parents got divorced.

"Renee! Stop! Please, I'm getting dizzy!" I tried to laugh.

"My dear you are such a lightweight, you're gonna need to practice because that boy is gonna be twirling you around at all the dances!" She laughed and her eyes shown with childhood glee.

"Stop it, it's just one trail ride, we aren't walking down the isle" I said, heading to the door.

"Not yet" She said with a wink and my face got red.

"Anyways, Renee, thank you" I said with a smile.

"Anytime, My Love" She said as she sat back in her chair, "Goodnight"

"Goodnight" I said and closed the door.

Sometimes it was hard to believe that woman was in her 70's when she acted like a teenager.

I made my way down to the kitchen, opening the cabinets, taking out things here and there. I decided on sandwiches, with macaroni and potato salad (thankfully Cindy had some made), and little apple dumpling tarts that had come from my parent's bakery. So technically the only thing I made was the sandwiches but he doesn't have to know that.

I was so intent on making sure everything fit in the basket I didn't Leo, Lucas and Ethan walk into the kitchen.

"Whatcha doooooing?' Leo said and I nearly jumped right out of my skin.

"Oh my god, Leo, you're gonna give me a heartache" I said, throwing a spoon at him.

"So what are you doing?" Lucas asked, looking over the basket and the things I was trying to put in them, "Oh is this a picnic for your trail ride tomorrow?"

"What trail ride?" Leo asked.

"None of your business" Lucas hushed him, but Leo was never easily hushed.

"What trail ride? I didn't know of any trail ride" Leo said, getting a little angry.

"Because as I said before it was none of your business, you don't have to know everything" Lucas said, showing his frustration.

Lucas was always the one to deal with Leo when he got out of hand, but even being calm cool and collected like Lucas was, Leo could make you frustrated.

"I'm not going to stop asking until one of you tells me!" He shouted, and Lucas looked like he was ready to kill him.

"I'm going on a trail ride with Adrien tomorrow" I said, before this got out of hand.

"What? By yourself? I don't think so!" Leo yelled.

"What are you? Her father?" Lucas said, arms crossed across his chest.

"I didn't think you would approve" Leo growled.

"I'm the one who set it up!" Lucas sneered back.

"Uhm guys…." I said, as this was turning dangerously into a fight,

"Will you two shut up? You're gonna wake the entire house up" Ethan spoke up, causing the two boys to look at him, "If you're gonna duke it out, at least go outside where no one can hear you".

I let out the breathe I didn't realize I was holding. Well we were off to a good start….

I went back to putting the stuff in the basket, so I could get out of the kitchen before it turned ugly. I crammed it into the back of the fridge so no one would see it, and hastily ran out of the kitchen, leaving the 3 knuckleheads to figure out their differences.

I let out a deep breath when I reached the stairs up to the floor my room was on, only to nearly choke on it when I looked up and saw who was standing there.

"Is everything alright?" Adrien asked and I started to panic

"Uhm….well…yea….not a problem…..bed…bye" I stammered and ran by him up the stairs.

I covered my face with my hands as I walked back to my room.

*You're such an idiot*

When I got back to the room, Ayla was already asleep. So I made my way to my bed without tripping on anything, climbed in and pulled the covers over my head.

Hopefully tomorrow would be better.

Adrien

I couldn't sleep, especially with Nino's loud snoring coming from the other side of the room. But also because my brain wouldn't stop thinking about Marinette.

So I got up and decided to take a walk around the house, may to calm my brain, and to just tire myself out. I decided to go down the hallway our room was on. I saw all sorts of paintings, ones with horses, one with cows and cowboys. Chickens, ducks, goats, you name it, it was probably in one or more of the pictures.

As I went down the hall, I found another set of stairs, probably used to be the servant stairs. I decided to go up two flights and then down that hall. Here the photos were more updated. I saw ones of Leo and Renee, from when he was younger. Ones of Leo and Lucas, ones of Leo, Lucas and Marinette. She was smiling in those. A carefree smile. In the one they were riding horses, her hair wasn't in her pigtails, it just flowed freely behind her. What I would give to see that in person.

I followed the hallway down, past a big door with flowers carved into it. For a door it was very pretty, and must've been really old. Soon I came to the main stairs, I decided it would be a good time to go down to sleep, my eyes were starting to droop. I was just about to start walking down the hallway of the bedrooms, when I heard shouting from the floor below.

Me being as curious as a cat, went to check it out. I wasn't even off the last stair when Marinette came running out of the darkness. At first, she didn't realize I was there, but when she looked up, she was startled, and breathing heavily.

"Is everything ok?" I said, without thinking.

"Uhm….well…yea….not a problem…..bed…bye" She stammered and ran by me up the stairs.

*Same old Marinette*

I wondered if she was ever going to stop stuttering and looking away from me. I would like to think that after our trail ride tomorrow she would, but I thought we made progress today in the chicken coop, but we really didn't.

I decided my curiosity wasn't worth it and went back up the stairs. Of course Marinette was already in her room, so I did the same and went to my room.

Nino's snoring had quieted down to a slight rawr, so hopefully I would be getting some sleep tonight. I laid down in bed and stared up at the ceiling. My eyes slowly closed as I drifted off in to a dream about horses and Marinette.

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