Marinette sighed, she looked up at the school building in front of her. Marinette wasn't a negative person. She wanted to find the bright side in everything, rainy days, piles of homework, even a root canal, but she absolutely could not stand first days of school. She gripped on the sack lunch she brought; a special lunch made with love by her mom. Marinette wanted to protest that she couldn't be seen holding a special "I love you" note at school during lunch, she was a junior for goodness sake. But she didn't want to hurt her mom's feelings. Besides she was sure to have left Marinette a yummy baked pastry in there.
Marinette finally took one last deep breath and marched her way to homeroom, better get it over with. With any luck she wouldn't have Chloe Bourgeois in her homeroom this year. Chloe. That girl made Marinette's blood boil. She wasn't sure why, but Chloe had it out for her. Yes, the rich and spoiled girl was mean to everyone, but she practically threw daggers at Marinette. Chloe Bourgeois had everything handed to her on a silver platter, and even than she would complain that the platter wasn't shiny enough.
Finally, Marinette found her homeroom. She looked inside to see that she already knew a majority of her classmates. She walked inside and looked for a good spot to sit in. She found a seat next to the window, a perfect place for a day dreamer like her.
"I don't think so Dupain – Cheng!"
Oh, what rotten luck.
Marinette turned around to see none other than Chloe, the she-devil herself. "Excuse me?"
"That seat is taken by me, Sabrina, and my boyfriend. So, find another desk." Chloe said, her hands on her hips.
"Uh, no I already decided to sit here. And what boyfriend? That imaginary boyfriend you're always talking about?" Marinette smirked.
"Oh please! Chloe's boyfriend is totally real and totally amazing." Sabrina said. The poor girl lived to do nothing but serve Chloe. Marinette almost felt bad for her.
"Yeah, so move it." Chloe bumped Marinette out of the way and put down her designer purse. Sabrina sat a seat away from her, of course to make room for Chloe's mystery boyfriend.
Marinette huffed. Chloe could have the lousy spot; the sun would have made Marinette too warm anyways. She looked around and saw two open spots. One next to Nino, a student she's known since first grade. He was a fun guy and someone Marinette could see herself sitting next to the rest of the year. The other spot was next to a new girl, with auburn hair and glasses. Marinette decided to take this opportunity to try to make a new friend.
"Hey, is this seat taken?" Marinette asked.
The new girl looked up shyly. "No, it's up for grabs."
Marinette made herself comfortable. She put down her backpack and turned around to the new girl. "So, what's your name? I've never seen you in this school before."
"Alya Césaire, nice to meet you." Alya stuck out her hand.
"Marinette Dupain – Cheng." Marinette took her hand and shook it.
"So, who's that?" Alya pointed at Chloe.
"Ugh, that's Chloe Bourgeois. She's the mayor's daughter and a total pain." Marinette scowled, Chloe looked comfy in her new spot and looked at the empty seat next to her expectantly.
"So, she thinks she's the queen of this whole place?" Alya looked over at Chloe.
"Practically." Marinette looked away from the blonde heiress, not being able to stand her any longer.
"So how are you liking this school so far?" Marinette asked.
"It looks great, but I wish there was a place to get some good snacks. I missed breakfast this morning." Alya patted her stomach, she could already hear it growl with hunger.
Marinette laughed, "I know where the good vending machines are. Come on, I'll show you." The girls stood up from their seats and walked out the class.
Choe noticed this and smirked, she already had a devilish plan in mind. "Sabrina, gum. Now."
Chloe stuck her hand out and waited for her friend to hand her an unwrapped gum stick. She chewed the gum till it was squishy and sticky enough. Chloe walked up to Marinette's seat and slowly pulled out the gum. She stuck it on the seat, she almost laughed out loud at what mischief she was causing. Nino looked over to witness what was going on, he bit his lip. He knew he should tell Marinette, but Chloe gave him a threatening look. This girl could have every club and party ban him from DJing for them. He felt too afraid for ruining his life to speak up, and he hated that about himself.
"Chloe? What are you doing?"
Chloe looked up and squealed in delight. Standing at the door was a tall, blonde, and green eye boy. This boy had wavy blonde locks that made tons of girls' swoon, chiseled face structures that made him look like a Greek God, in other words, this guy was gorgeous.
"Adrienkins!" Chloe wrapped her arms around him. "You're finally here!"
"Yeah, I was running a little late this morning. What were you doing?" Adrien looked over at the empty and now sticky seat.
"Oh, just wait, you'll love this. I saved you a seat." Chloe pulled on his arm towards the seat she had reserved for her boyfriend.
Nino looked at the two. He shook his head at what trouble those two can bring to this classroom.
The girls came back, happy with the delicious treats they paid for. Chloe and Sabrina waited in silence while Adrien waited in confusion. Soon the class heard a shriek come from the bluenette. Marinette had felt the squishy substance as soon as she sat down.
"Ew, what is this!" Marinette stood up, she looked at her behind to find a mint colored gum spread out all over her bottom.
"Oh my gosh! Hold on Marinette." Alya rifled through her backpack to find her pack of wet-naps.
Chloe on the other hand was laughing at her cruel prank. Sabrina giggled with her. The two were happy with the childish act they pulled off. This wasn't the first time they had pranked Marinette and it certainly would not be the last.
Marinette waited frantically for Alya to find the wet – naps, but her luck was turning worse because Alya couldn't find those little tissues anywhere.
"Here." Marinette turned around to see Adrien holding out a wet tissue, with a friendly smile.
"T-Thank you." Marinette grabbed the tissue. She couldn't deny that Adrien had those boyish good looks that she found attractive. And that smile, oh that was a dangerous smile. Marinette rubbed her butt with the tissue quickly, not wanting this embarrassing moment to go on any longer. "This was really nice of you, thank you so much!" Marinette looked at Adrien and smiled, but he had this odd smile on his face. Almost as if he was holding something back, finally the blonde threw his head back and let out a loud laugh.
Marinette was confused till Chloe and Sabrina's laugh became louder as well. She finally looked back at her butt and noticed black ink had covered up the gum, and most of her behind. She looked at the tissue Adrien had given her; it was covered in black ink that he rubbed on it.
"Oh, Marinette!" Alya quickly stood up and ran over to her. She pulled Marinette out of the classroom, but not before Marinette could look back at the three bullies laughing faces one last time. How could a beautiful face be so deceiving?
After ten minutes of excessive scrubbing the girls were able to get the stain out in the girls' bathroom. Ms. Bustier excused the girls for being late, but warned them not to make a habit of it. Marinette turned to look at Adrien, the boy only winked at her with a familiar smirk. The same smirk Chloe gave her every day. The same smirk that made her see red. Marinette turned back to the front of the class, hoping she could avoid Adrien and Chloe the rest of the day.
During lunch Alya decided to do some research on Adrien. She slurped on her straw, tasting the sweetness of the apple juice, while she scrolled over the Google web pages that popped up when she searched Adrien Agreste.
"Woah, this guy is worth some serious cash." Alya said.
"What do you mean?" Marinette unwrapped her sandwich. She had told Alya that she didn't want to know anything else about Adrien, knowing he was Chloe's boyfriend was all she needed to know.
"It says here that he's the son of the famous designer Gabriel Agreste. And he's a very well-known model." Alya looked for more articles.
Marinette almost choked on her sandwich. "The Gabriel Agreste! One of the most amazing fashion designers spawned him?" Marinette peeked over to the table Chloe and Adrien were sitting at. Unfortunately, the two were not ashamed to show PDA. Marinette looked away, not wanting to lose her appetite.
"Mhmm, and this should come to no surprise, but this article says that Adrien has been known to cause trouble with constant partying, underage drinking, and a few misdemeanors. Of course, all that is paid off by his dad." Alya put her empty juice box down and looked over at her new best friend. "That boy is nothing but trouble."
"If only we could just get through the rest of high school without running into those two." Marinette crumbled her sandwich wrap and put it back in her brown lunch bag. She picked out the sweet fudge brownie her mom had left for her. "Split?"
"Yes please." Alya licked her lips at the sight of the brownie.
The two girls shared the brownie, and Alya had told to Marinette that this was the best brownie she ever tasted.
Marinette cursed at herself for not remembering to take an umbrella with her that morning. Because here she was in the middle of heavy rain. She shivered, wishing she put on a sweater also. Marinette waved goodbye to Alya, telling her she would give her a call tonight. Most of the school had left already and Marinette was still wondering how to get home without getting a cold.
"Hey." Adrien stood there behind her, holding a dark blue umbrella.
"Hey." Marinette grumbled. She should have just risked a cold and ran home.
"Look, about this morning with the gum and black ink..." Adrien stepped in front of her and opened his umbrella. "I just wanted to..."
"Yeah?" Marinette widened her eyes. Was he about to apologize? Was he not as bad as he seemed? Maybe this was the sight of Adrien turning a new leaf and showing his good-natured side. Something really deep inside him.
"I just wanted to tell you how worse it'll get for you this year with me around."
Perhaps not.
Adrien laughed and walked to the car that had just pulled up. Marinette watched with her mouth wide open, why had she tried to find the good in him just now?
"Marinette?"
She turned around to see Nino holding an open red umbrella. He looked nervous, probably because he had seen what just happened now.
"Oh, hi Nino. Walking home?" Marinette eyed his umbrella, envying his shield for staying dry.
"Yeah, I was hoping I can walk you home." Nino held out his umbrella to Marinette, swallowing down his nervousness.
"Yeah, that sounds fun. Thank you." Marinette moved closer to Nino under the umbrella.
The two started walking to Marinette's home while talking about their first eventful day at school.
Wow I've been updating a lot this weekend, not to mention two new stories in two days. Now I know this is really weird, but this was yet ANOTHER idea I had this week. What if things were completely different? And Adrien and Marinette actually hated each other at first sight? And if you think this AU is strange, the next chapter will have a few other surprises.
Also, if you like this go ahead and check out my other two stories, "Who Will Be My Ladybug" and You Drive Me Crazy".
Don't worry I will finish all these Miraculous Ladybug stories. I actually have ANOTHER idea in mind, I'm just not sure if I should start another new story when I have these three. Lol I know I'm just overloading myself with stories.
Okay, enough talking.
Till next chapter.