Borders of Love chapter 14
"Thank you father," said Adrien smiling weakly at his father. Mr Agreste gazed at his son for a moment with less intensity than he normally would and nodded.
"But you must remember your promise son," said Mr Agreste looking back at his work.
"Okay, I will promise that I will tell you what happened," said Adrien quickly.
"For now, enjoy your trip," said Mr Agreste as he sketched a new design.
"Anything else Father?" asked Adrien.
"Well I will ask Natalie to organize a hotel or probably an apartment as long as you want it," said Mr Agreste.
"Thank you father," said Adrien as he rushed off to pack his bag.
"Clothes check, toiletries check, first aid kit check, phone check, books check, laptop check, charger check, water bottle check, snacks check, ID card check, passport, just in case well check, wallet check, extra keys check, train ticket check, and my map check," mumbled Adrien as he checked his list. It was pretty late at night and all Adrien wanted to do was sleep but first he had to prepare for his trip tomorrow.
As Adrien wandered through his room double-checking his luggage weight, a small glimmer caught his eyes. "The promise ring, how could I forget?" questioned Adrien to himself rushing towards it before rubbing the diamond with his thumb before placing it into the front pocket of his bag.
On the train
Marinette stared at all the pictures that she had taken with Adrien on her phone. A teardrop trickled down her face as she stared at the picture of Adrien and her near the Eiffel tower that they had taken just after they had made up for the paparazzi incident. After a while of looking at her memories, the train started to slow down.
"Welcome to London," said the speaker as the door opened. Marinette swung her bag over her shoulder and started wheeling her suitcase towards the exit of the train. After getting off the train, Marinette looked around for her friend.
"Marinette over here," said a familiar voice. It was Bridgette. Bridgette had long blonde hair with friendly ocean blue eyes.
"Hey Bridgette," said Marinette with a weak smile and an accented English voice.
"Are you okay? You look pretty upset," said Bridgette hugging Marinette.
"I a-am fine," said Marinette.
"Look, we can talk about it later, anyway I can't wait till we catch up or when I show you my favourite places and when I introduce you to Felix," said Bridgette.
"Who's Felix?" asked Marinette.
"Oops sorry, he is my boyfriend," said Bridgette. As soon as Marinette heard the word boyfriend, tears began to form.
"Oh oh I am so sorry Marinette, I didn't know that you were dating or just… you know what I am going to keep my mouth shut," said Bridgette looking guilty as she hugged Marinette.
"I-its fine… y-you wouldn't have known about it a-anyway," said Marinette rubbing away her tears.
"How about we go back to my house and talk about this?" asked Bridgette gently as she started to wheel Marinette's suitcase.
"Okay," said Marinette as she followed Bridgette towards her car.
In Bridgette's house
"Would you like to drink tea?" asked Bridgette as she boiled the kettle.
"Umm yes please," said Marinette rubbing her fingers together. It was snowing outside and you could see many children go around and have snow ball fights.
"So I guess you have unpacked right?" asked Bridgette quietly leading Marinette to the living room.
"Yes, Bridgette… sorry about the last minute notice," said Marinette as she sat on the comfortable couch in the living room.
"So how's school?" asked Bridgette.
"Its pretty good, I met a few more friends after you left," said Marinette.
"Yeah that's good, Papa and Mama are on a holiday so we are home alone," said Bridgette.
"So you are turning sixteen this year?" asked Marinette.
"Yeah, there are lots of work to catch up on so I might be rushing into the library sometimes," said Bridgette.
"Its fine," said Marinette.
"Out of curiosity, what happened? Did you break up with someone?" asked Bridgette. Marinette looked down at the floor to avoid Bridgette's glance.
"Please tell me, Mari, I am your friend and I will help you through this difficult time," said Bridgette.
"Yes… I kind of broke up with someone that I loved ever since we were young, I just figured out that he is just too good for me and he d-deserves someone else better, richer and smarter than me," said Marinette sobbing.
"I am sure he still loves you, who is it?" asked Bridgette.
"Adrien Agreste," said Marinette sobbing even more. Bridgette looked up surprised, wasn't that Felix's relative.
"Umm…the model?" asked Bridgette patting Marinette's back.
"Yes!" exclaimed Marinette trying to wipe away her tears.
"Oh… I have to go and umm check the tea, yeah I will check the tea," said Bridgette as she walked out towards the kitchen, closed the door and picked up her phone before dialing in numbers.
"Oh hi Bridgette," said a serious but gentle voice.
"Hey Felix, how are you?" asked Bridgette.
"Good, well actually busy, my cousin is coming to stay, I have just got a last minute text from his Dad, weird right?" asked Felix.
"Yeah…by any chance is it a guy named Adrien Agreste?" asked Bridgette curiously.
"Yeah umm do you know him?" asked Felix. "No! I don't know him, you see one of my friends Marinette knows him and they kind of broke up," said Bridgette. "Yeah so?" asked Felix. "I am sure Adrien didn't mean to hurt her feelings so can you please interrogate him while I interrogate Marinette and we can meet at school to discuss what happened, anyway got to go Mari is in the living room, bye" said Bridgette. "Fine what ever you say, bye" said Felix ending the call. "I guess I have to pick Adrien Agreste up now anyway," sighed Felix.
Sorry for the late update. Got to caught up with tests and assignments.
I hope you all like this chapter.