A/N:
I'm really sorry that the first chapter was extremely short. I've had the piece for a while and I decided recently that I would post it, so all I did was reread the piece and fix any errors. I can promise you that this chapter will be a lot longer than the last one.
cookiebook322: Im definitely going to include some backstory, most likely in the form of flashbacks.
I might bring in a different love interest for Marinette, so if/when I do that, I would like to hear what you feel about him. Or her, I haven't really decided anything for the characters.
Without further ado, here is the second chapter for "Abandoning for Good".
"And I win. Again." Marinette giggles, as she leaned against the pool table, staring at the girl. Marinette's hair was down, since she had grown out of her pigtails, and she was wearing one of her favorite summer dresses that she had designed. (A/N: And no, I will not describe the dress because she won't be wearing it for much longer. She'll change into something else.)
"Okay, technically you didn't win." The girl proclaimed, trying to regain her honor from losing so badly, "I was the one who knocked the 8 ball in so...I lost. You didn't finish first so it doesn't really count." Marinette rolled her eyes at this and shook her head.
"You're just upset that I won." Marinette said smoothly, "without even trying" she added, wanting to get a reaction out of her friend. Yes, this girl was her friend. Actually, she was her best friend. This girl, Sophia, was the person she trusted most in this world. Yeah, she trusted Chat, but she couldn't even give him her real identity. She hadn't told anyone who she really was. But there was one person who was an exception. And that person, yes you called it, was Sophia.
"Fine. How about we settle this." Sophia said, pushing off from her leaning position on the wall closest to Marinette. "The person to win the next game is the champion." Marinette also pushed herself off her position on the pool table, and faced Sophia.
"As much fun as that sounds," And it did sound like fun, "We have to get ready." Marinette finished as she started to make her way to the staircase leading up from the basement.
"Get ready for what?" Of course she would forget, it's not like they had been planning this for 3 months now. But this was Sophia, and she was always the exception. Marinette twisted her body around, so that she was facing the oblivious Sophia.
"The party." Marinette said examining Sophia's face in order to see if that triggered anything. "Y'know...the one where Adam will be at." Sophia's face lit up at the word 'Adam', and Marinette was not sure if it was because she had remembered or if it was because she had a huge crush on him. Sophia raced passed Marinette, and trampled up the stairs, making as much noise as possible.
"Don't you dare turn the lights off! I am still down here!" Marinette shouted up the stairs, craning her head up in order to see Sophia at the top. Sophia, slowly twisted her head around and gave Marinette a cheshire grin. Oh crap. Was all Marinette thought as Sophia flicked the switch, and closed the door behind her.
She was now in the pitch black, most ominous basement in the whole state of New York. Marinette had fought bloodthirsty akumatized people in the middle of the night in Paris, but she was no match for the scary ass of a place she called her basement. She would only ever go down there if Sophia was with her, and if she had her pocket knife on her. Yes, a pocket knife, she was a dangerous girl now. Actually she was not, she was still a little marshmallow.
Marinette darted up the staircase, and swung the door open, panting from the fear of being eaten by the monsters that were surely in her basement.
"SOPHIA! I SWEAR WHEN I FIND YOU, YOU'RE A DEAD WOMAN!" Marinette shouted as she stalked into the living room, to see a very amused Sophia sitting in a gold armchair. Her blond hair, was laying gently on both of her shoulders. Her amber eyes gleaming up at Marinette with their normal mischievous gleam.
"Ooh, I'm so scared." Sophia said jokingly as she stood up and matched Marinette's stance, her hands on her hips.
"May, I remind you I'm ladybug." Marinette said glaring up at Sophia who was a good 4 inches taller than her. Sophia grinned down at Marinette, finding her to be so adorable in that moment.
"Oh, yes you are. And you're a really good one might I add." Sophia said as she passed by Marinette, who was obviously not done talking. "You really show those bad guys who's boss." Marinette gawked at Sophia who had made her way across the living room.
"Do you know how dangerous fighting armed robbers is?!" Marinette shrieked, upset that Sophia would mock fighting armed and dangerous criminals.
"I believe you have completely forgotten that we have to get ready for a certain party, that you made fun of me for forgetting." Sophia said, popping her head out of the side of the doorframe for comical effect. "I'm think of wearing that tiny blue dress of mine." She said, raising an eyebrow suggestively." Marinette rolled her eyes and made her way across the living room toward the doorway.
"Okay, first of all, I made that for you. And secondly, that was meant to be a shirt for you." Marinette lectured as she grew closer to Sophia. "It was a clothing item that you were supposed to wear pants with." Sophia rolled her eyes, probably going to forget about this whole conversation and still wear the "dress".
"You're no fun." Sophia said pouting, as she slipped into her room. Marinette sighed and opened her room's door, which was directly across from Sophia's.
"Well, time to get ready."
A/N: This chapter wasn't that long and I can promise you there will be longer ones in the near future, but i just didn't know how to continue. It felt good to leave the chapter there. This chapter wasn't that important. It was mostly just to introduce you to amber and where the next setting will be. In the next chapter there will be a certain blond headed model and some backstory. Please review because they give me the motivation to write more chapters. Thank you for reading!
