"Why don't you just go talk to him?"
The bell rang for the last time that day and eveeyone was out and everyone was on their way home. Except Marinette, who had stayed behind and was now sitting on the school's steps, and Adrien, who was standing a few feet away with Luca* talking to Nino. She had walked over when she saw Marinette.
"It's not that simple Luca."
"What's not simple about walking up to a guy and asking him to walk you home?" Luca grabbed her sketchbook from her bookbag and a pencil and started doodling in her book.
"Everything! Like what if I ask him out. What if he rejects me. He'll probably think I'm a total dweeb!" Marinette buried her face in her hands that were propped up on her knees.
Luca glanced up from over her sketchbook, "Okay one, I doubt Adrien would reject one of his best friends without a pretty good excuse. And two, you think way too much."
"Coming from the girl who hasn't ever had a crush on anyone before."
Luca gasped, "I've have lots of crushes. There's Subaru from Diabolik Lovers, Boris Airay from Alice in the Country of Covers, oh and Tomoe from Kamisama Hajimemashita-"
Marinette playfully punched her in her shoulder and they both fell out laughing. "That doesn't count! They're not real!"
"Whatever! They're real to me." She was still laughing when she stood up and slung her book bag over her shoulder.
"And here," Luca ripped a page out of her notebook and gave it to Marinette.
"What's this?" Marinette asked after taking the note.
"Just a little poem I came across," Luca winked then walked back over towards Adrien for a ride home.
After the limo pulled off Marinette looked back at the note. Seven lines were written across the page.
'Cinderella walked on glass,
Aurora let a whole life time pass.
Belle fell in love with a hideous beast,
Jasmine married a common thief.
Ariel walked on land,
Snow White barely escaped a knife.
Because love means facing your fears.'
*Luca is a new character I'm working on in another story. Thought I should introduce her early.
