Marinette and Adrien were chatting near the lockers. It was the morning of the end of the first week of the last year of school and Marinette could finally talk to Adrien with looking crazy.

"Adrikins?!" was soon heard being yelled outside the locker room. While Chloe had finally given up on trying to get Adrien to be her boyfriend, she was still demanding he do things for her, like take her shopping, be her partner in class and taking her to events to show off her status.

"Hide me," he pleaded to Marinette.

Marinette quickly shoved Adrien into her locker and closed the door.

Chloe propped open the door to the locker room and stuck her head in. "Marinette, have you seen Adrien? I need him to do something for me."

"Haven't seen him since he left the room. Sorry." Marinette shrugged her shoulders.

With a flick of her hair Chloe left and started searching elsewhere.

Marinette opened her locker and Adrien stepped out.

"Thanks Mari." He smiled at her.

"No problem Adrien."

—-

Marinette was in the gym helping Alya and Nino fold up a large multicoloured sheet that had been used in some games during class. Adrien burst in the door looking agitated and rushed over to the 3 of them.

"Hide me! Lila is looking for me." Adrien stated with fear in his eyes. While Lila had been outed for the liar she was, and everyone avoid her whenever they could, she still tried to get Adrien into compromising positions to force him to go out with her.

Marinette quickly signalled to Alya and Nino to unfold the sheet and for Adrien to get on the floor on all fours. They draped the sheet over him so he couldn't been seen and Marinette sat on his back like he was a box or bench. Alya and Nino stood beside them and they started talking about a class project.

Lila stormed into the gym and started looking around. After a moment Alya called out to her, "Looking for something?"

Lila marched over, "Where is Adrien?"

"We don't have to tell you where he is. We don't have to tell you anything." Alya crossed her arms and turned her head away.

Both Nino and Marinette had sour looks on their faces. Lila realized they wouldn't tell her anything. She harrumph and stormed back out of the gym.

Marinette got off Adrien and Nino helped him up as Alya remove the sheet.

"Adrien, what is going on today? First Chloe, now Lila, do you know what's up?" Marinette enquired.

Adrien sighed, "The Mayor is giving a ball at the end of the month. They just announced it this morning. It's to help raise funds to revamp some of the smaller museums around the city since the council passed the bill to allow repairs to be done on historic buildings that had been objected to in previous years."

"And they both want you to take them?" Alya said.

"Probably, I haven't given them a chance to ask. Father hasn't even told me if he wants me to attend of not. If I don't have to, I don't want to go." Adrien slumped his shoulders.

As the 4 of them went to walk out of the gym, after putting the sheet away, Nino said, "Why not take Mari if you have to go?"

Marinette sucked in her breath. "You don't have to Adrien. In fact your father may want you to go with a certain someone if he wants you to go."

Adrien shrugged again, "I'll wait to see if he wants me to go first before I trouble you about going."

"It wouldn't be any trouble." Marinette blushed and shyly looked away.

"But I know you would want to make you're own dress for something like this and I don't want you to go to any trouble if we don't end up going." Adrien brushed the back of his had down Marinette's arm as he said this, sending little shivers up Marinette's back.

"But you'll be the first I tell if I have to go."

—-

They were back in the locker room at the end of the day when Adrien saw Stephan through the windows of the room. He just knew that Stephan would try to get Marinette to go to the ball with him even if Mari yelled no right in his face.

Stephan was a kid who had started halfway through last year with the class. For some reason he had decided that Marinette was the woman he was meant to be with. Despite her saying no, pushing him away, avoiding him very openly, he just wouldn't leave her alone. He would pull her into a hug or wrap an arm around her waist. He had tried to kiss her on numerous occasions and usually wouldn't leave Marinette alone until someone would get between them or take Marinette away.

Marinette heard Stephan call out her name as he approached the locker room.

"Marinette my sweet little flower! Where are you! There's a ball going on at the end of the month! You are coming with me! I need to tell you what dress to wear." Stephan called out and could be heard clearly through the closed doors.

"Uuggghh," Marinette moaned. She looked up at Adrien and pleaded with him. "Hide me?"

Adrien chuckled and pushed Marinette into his locker and followed her inside.

"A-adrien?" She stammered.

"Shhhh," he put a finger on her lips.

They heard Stephan calling out, he entered the locker room and looked all around, calling for Marinette. He even tried to open Marinette's locker in-case she was in there. They finally heard him leave after 10 minutes or so of searching.

Finally after they were sure he was gone they both giggled.

"Why did you get in the locker too?" Marinette asked.

Adrien rolled his eyes, "The last time I talked to Stephan when he had been looking for you he went on for about 15 minutes about how beautiful and talented and smart you were, and then spent another 15 telling me about how the 2 of you were meant to be together and then another 5 minutes warning me off you in the nicest way he possibly could. I just didn't want to talk to him either."

They giggled again and Adrien tried to open the locker. It didn't budge. Marinette laughed out loud. "I could have told you that most of the lockers don't open from the inside. I've unfortunately been locked in once or twice by accident before."

Adrien looked sheepish. Marinette grabbed her phone from her purse and called Alya. She would tease them about it for while but that was better than being locked in the locker over the weekend.

Now they just had to survive being in close quarters until Alya and Nino came to their rescue.