So after 8 reviews and well over 1000 views, here is the next chapter! The activity they are doing is a variation of an obstacle course that my old school used to do every christmas in the same way, ive even used the same equipment we carried around, only we had to do all three~Midnight
The next few hours were uneventful, from maths it moved onto english and then geography. It appeared from Alya's obvious disgruntlement from the seat in front that the new arrangement was at least semi-permanent. Although she didnt know why she would be so upset, especially with the massive crush the girl harbored for Nino. Her and Adrien didnt talk again throughout the entire time, although he kept looking up as if ready to ask her a question only to think better of it.
As soon as class finished, Marinette was off like a rocket in order to avoid talking to him again and embarrassing herself even further. Or as fast as she could through the crowd of other students making their way to the door, silently berating herself when she realized she had left Alya behind in the dust, her friend would know something was up now. But she still couldn't believe she had mistaken Adrien for Chat, they were sooo different in every way.
Well, she pondered, finally making it to her locker to swap her main school supplies for gym clothes, they weren't all that different descriptively. They both had piercing green eyes and a lithe and tall body, and they both had blonde hair, although Adrien's was a always little messier than Chats somehow. But the personality was way off. Where Chat flirted non-stop and made terrible puns, OK not that bad but still, Adrien was more reserved, gentle and hard working.
She vaguely wondered how Chat would get on in her classes, giggling to herself when she imagined him having an impromptu catnap on the back desk instead of working.
She quickly changed into her black sweats and fitted red shirt determined to be the first one in to warm up and let off excess steam before the actual teaching started. Funny how a damn near heart attack from such a simple mistake can give you such an adrenaline rush that you are still itching to let it go 3 hours later.
At least gym was separated by gender in this school, much less awkward and difficult when the object of your affections and the cause of said heart attack isn't watching you when the teacher 'randomly' select you to demonstrate. Again.
Honestly it wasn't as if the rest of the class couldn't demonstrate, but now that she was Ladybug, her agility and flexibility knew no bounds. Making her the perfect example just waiting to be used. And unfortunately the teacher had realized this months ago.
She sighed as she finished lacing her trainers before going over to the door and pushing it open, and when she saw the other side she could have screamed or cried. It appeared that the hall had been set up as an obstacle course of sorts, all the gymnastic beams were out, along with the vaulting and the horses, even a small climbing wall.
That wasn't too bad, but one glance towards the other side of the hall confirmed today's worst scenario. The girls gym teacher was talking to another. The boys were coming in for this lesson.
She did not need Adrien to see her mess this up too. Twice in one day was too much.
She felt a rough shove as Chloe walked past into the room, smirking back towards her with an air of self-centered assurance that she was better than everybody else in the room. Bitch. Marinette would do anything just to put her in her place, she almost had once when Nino turned into the bubbler and she'd seen her dancing with Adrien after arriving as ladybug. She'd actually said "her Adrien". The whole thing made her cringe that much more. Not the right day to remember that.
Suddenly her vision was filled with fading tipped brown hair as her best friend swung her around to face her, she could tell by her expression that she wanted an explanation. And she wanted it now. Thinking about it fairly quickly, she realized that she couldn't tell Alya what had happened in great detail. There were a few things she was just too smart to miss, like how she responded when she thought it was Chat Noir for one, for someone who claims to have never met him it was an awfully familiar sounding response. And she absolutely could not mention the brief ladybug love life philosophy she had thrown in there on the spur of the moment.
"What was that all abou-" Luckily, or unluckily depending on your angle, the teacher blew the whistle to get their attention before she could even finish her sentence. She stared at Marinette with obvious irritation, mouthing a silent 'later' before going over to sit on the benches at the far side of the hall.
A quick scan of the people gathered during the minor interaction confirmed what she had already assumed, Nino and Adrien were already at the forefront of the group surrounded by the remaining boys. None of which looked all too impressed to be there to be honest. Gym wasn't really anybody's favorite subject.
Sighing and resigning herself to sinking even further in Adrien's opinion of her, Marinette made her way over to Alya who was sitting a little behind the two boys that held their affection and sat down waiting for the inevitable. One of the teachers stood in front of them smiling and gestured behind her to the make shift obstacle course.
"As you can see, today's lesson is a little bit different. This is our yearly obstacle course and has all of the equipment that we have taught you about over term, your task is as small groups of two to make it around all of the obstacles, and each time you make a round you will have something to take with you of your choice" She grinned in what she assumed was meant to be encouraging, but was much more sadistic than that. The other teacher stepped forward to explain.
"The first time around will be on your own with nothing to carry or hinder you apart from your own talent, each round will be timed and will start as soon as the first person steps onto the mats and stops as soon as you both finish" The joint class made a non-committal noise, assuming it wasn't so bad. A smirk crossed his face before he moved onto the next explanation.
"The second trip around you will have a selection of what to take with you both" He gestured to the wall beside them where a group of objects were lined up. Skipping ropes, large weighted medicine balls that they'd normally use for exercise and some form of small wooden...step? with handles? upside down? The first teacher resumed the explanation of how each was going to be used.
"Each object and also your partner will be given to you depending on how fast your time is on the first run, I wont say which will be given to what speed to avoid people aiming for one specific object. The small wooden pommel has to be carried between the two of you around the course and is not allowed to be placed on the floor at any point, the medicine ball has to be carried by one of the two of you and exchanged at every obstacle, you may throw it to each other if you wish but if you drop it you must start again. The skipping rope shall be tied around the wrist of each person permanently joining you together as you go around the course and you must re-start if it comes undone. Once you are finished your times with be added to a score board and the fastest times shall be dismissed from class first"
Oh good god she hoped that she wasn't going to be paired with Chloe for this one, maybe someone slightly more athletic like Alix...? She would have to wait and see, there was no way the teacher would pair her with Alya anyway, they had two very different athletic abilities and distracted each other too much to do well, and she wanted to leave as soon as possible. It did make her wonder if this was an intentionally mean task to weed out the slower students. She knew what would happen next.
"Marinette, you are up first" It seemed like all she was doing today was sighing, groaning and panicking. Getting up off of the bench, she stepped towards the mat trying not to think about Adrien because omg he is right behind me watching me do this and waited for the teacher to give the signal, and then she was off over the course at the speed of light.