"You would not believe what I heard last night" Alya exclaimed as they walked through the front doors of the school. She was practically bursting inside, unable to contain her excitement that she was sure Marinette would share.

"Let me guess, another amazing 'you won't believe it' Ladybug story," Marinette chuckled.

Alya elbowed her playfully. "You wish, but no," she quickly moved so she was infront of her friend, stopping her in her tracks. "I was talking to Mylene last night and she said she heard from Alix who heard it from Rose that Juleka's brother is going to be transferring to our school!" she burst enthusiastically, grinning from ear to ear.

Marinette stared at her, blinking to process the information. "What?! Really? W-when?" she looked around for the boy, hoping he wasn't already there watching her awkwardness ensure. It was awkward enough the first time they met, she didn't want a repeat of it.

"Today!"

Marinette didn't respond, she couldn't respond. Ever since the music festival Marinette had found herself drawn toward the guitar playing brother of Juleka and she knew Alya saw it as well. But as much as she appreciated her help in getting her closer to him, she didn't think it was fair to fall for someone else. Her heart had already been captured by Adrien Agreste, whom she had already deemed the boy of her dreams. At least, that's what she always told herself.

Alya noticed her far off look and waved a hand infront of her face to bring her back to reality. "Aren't you excited? You get to be in the same class as Luka and I know how much of an attraction you guys had," she hinted, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

"Y-yeah, we did," she smiled nervously. "It'll be nice to see him again."

Alya chuckled as they entered the classroom, taking their seats as they waited for the other students to arrive. "Come on, don't tell me you aren't at least a bit excited to see him."

Marinette looked down at her hands, trying to hide the redness creeping into her cheeks. "Maybe a little," she admitted. She kept telling herself that Luka was just a friend and she loved Adrien, but the more she said it the more she questioned herself.

"Hey Marinette."

Marinette jumped in her seat. Her bluebell eyes met aqua ones her heart stopped. It was as if she had forgotten how to speak. "H-hi," she turned to Alya for assistance, but all she received in return was a big thumbs up followed by an empty seat.

"Do you mind if I sit with you?" Luka asked, seeing the seat open up beside her.

Marinette slid over so he could sit beside her, drumming her fingers on the desk nervously. "So…you go to our school now," Marinette pointed out, mentally screaming at herself for asking such an obvious question. "Uh, I mean, of course you do, you wouldn't be here, sitting next to me, talking to me if you didn't," she smiled awkwardly.

Luka chuckled. "You're a funny girl Marinette. But yeah, finally able to go to school like my sister."

Marinette stared at him, confusion evident in her eyes. "You mean you haven't gone to school before?"

"I did, just not a public one. I was home schooled," he sighed. "My mom always thought that public school wasn't a free enough choice, yet she let my sister go," he shrugged as if it never made a difference to him. While he had always wished to attend a real school, he enjoyed being on the boat where he could be free to explore his musical creativity.

"Oh," she glanced at him, looking away slightly. "Well, I'm glad you get to experience it now. You'll make a lot of great friends while you're here."

Luka placed his hand on top of hers, his lips curling into a smile. "I'm sure I will and I'm really glad you're here Marinette. It'll give us time to get to know each other some more, I hope"

Marinettes' heart fluttered, her cheeks burned with warmth, she felt like she couldn't speak and it was all because of Luka. She felt flattered at his words, that he wanted to get to know her better and be her friend. But she couldn't help but feel as if he was hitting at something more, something she had already wanted with another boy.

"I hope so too," she smiled. She always told herself that she wanted to be with Adrien, that he was the only one who held her heart, but Luka made her want to change her mind. Just maybe she should let Adrien go, just maybe there was someone else just as sweet and kind as he was, and just maybe it was Luka.

Luka looked away from Marinette's gaze when he noticed how long they had been staring at each other. "So, um, do you have any plans after school? Maybe we can do some homework together since I'm just getting to used to the whole, public school thing," he suggested.

"O-oh! Y-yeah, that sounds great, we can totally do homework together. But not together, together, like, it's not a date or anything. Just two friends, doing homework…together," she chuckled awkwardly. She could hear Alya's disapproving groan and she felt extremely embarrassed at her own words.

Luka laughed. "Keep that sense of humor Marinette," he pulled out a sheet of paper and wrote down his phone number, sliding it toward her. "Here, so we can keep in touch," he smiled.

Alya leaned over the tables, reaching for her best friends attention. She snapped her head in the bloggers direction, noticing her pointing toward a certain blonde haired model. Adrien. She almost completely forgotten about him she was so lost in conversation with Luka. Marinette quickly turned her attention back to Luka so as not to remind herself of the fact she was cheating on her love for Adrien.

Nino took his seat, giving Alya a sideways glance as he was pretty sure she didn't normally sit next to him. She gave him a sly smile, jabbing her thumb over her shoulder at Luka and Marinette who were chatting away, oblivious to the world around them.

"Hey Alya, I noticed Luka transferred here," Adrien said, taking his seat back from her.

"Yeah. He and Marinette have really hit it off, guess you got some competition huh Agreste," Alya teased, nudging him playfully.

Adrien chuckled, glad that Luka was already feeling welcomed into the school and who better to do so than Marinette. But something in the pit of his stomach didn't like the idea of Marinette and Luka being so friendly with one another. Was it because he was afraid of loosing her friendship? He had known Marinette for a good while now and knew she considered him one of her good friends, so that didn't make sense.

He turned to see the two chatting away and from the corner of his eye he caught Luka handing his number over to Marinette. He knew this wasn't a big deal, they were friends, why wouldn't she get his number. But Adrien felt as if he should have been the one to give Marinette his number. He should be the one making her laugh, making her beautiful smile come to life.

Adrien shook his head. What was he thinking. He was in love with Ladybug, that was the only person who held his heart and made him feel so loved and wanted. But the more he saw how Luka made Marinette smile, the more he wanted to be in his place.

"Hey, Marinette," Adrien turned to face her. "I have some time before my fencing class after school, I was wondering if you wanted to hang out or something."

Marinette's gaze flickered between Luka and Adrien. She didn't want to say no to hanging out with the Adrien Agreste, but she knew she couldn't just bail on Luka. She rubbed the back of her neck nervously. "S-sorry Adrien, I already agreed to work on homework with Luka. M-maybe another time," she suggested.

"Alright," Adrien nodded, turning back around to face the front of the classroom.

Marinette turned back to Luka, but she couldn't focus on what he was saying. Her mind was reeling back to Adrien. He had sounded disappointed when she declined his offer and she could see it in his eyes. But there was also something else. His eyes held another emotion when she spoke of Luka, when he looked at him. She could have sworn she saw jealousy. But that was impossible, Adrien wouldn't be jealous of Luka…would he?

Nino had heard the conversation and he could tell it had been tense, if not awkward. He had never heard his best friend be that harsh toward someone, nor had he heard his voice hold that much emotion. "Dude, you aren't jealous of Luka, are you?" Nino asked, concerned for his best friend. He knew he was crushing on some girl, and while he wouldn't ever tell him, he knew it certainly wasn't Marinette. He wouldn't have been his wing man when he had a crush on her if he did. But witnessing the unusual look of jealousy on his face, Nino knew something was up.

Adrien laughed cooly. "No, of course not. What would give you that impression?"

Nino shrugged. "Sounded like you were getting jealous of Luka and Marinette, but hey, what do I know," he said, deciding it best to let him sort out whatever was going on in his mind on his own. After all, he knew he would talk to him about it when he was ready.

"I'm not jealous," Adrien murmured, but the tone of his voice said otherwise.


It's still Saturday! I'm on time, I swear! I got a bit caught up in some personal life stuff, so I wasn't able to finish writing and editing this chapter until a few hours ago.

This chapter was suggested by Maeoki a while back. The original idea for Jealousy was Adrien being jealous of a random new kid flirting with Marinette, however since Luka's appearance, I thought; Hey, let's make him the new kid, it's perfect!

I'll be getting to all the suggestions and requests made when the story was first created which included a part 2 and 3 to this chapter, so be on the look out!