Chapter 13

~Marinette's POV~

We had already made a few takes of scene ten. Mylene was apologizing for mixing up her lines, and Alya was trying to tell her it wasn't a problem.

"We'll just do another retake." Adrien said with a smile. "No worries."

"Alright." Mylene said and nodded, getting back to her place behind the register. "I'll get it this time."

"Scene ten, take five." Alix said using the clapperboard, followed by Nino calling out "action."

I was at the back of a line, waiting to check out with my items. I was looking down at my things when I muttered, "Pathetic." I looked up to see Adrien push his cart to the checkout line next to the one I was in.

I quickly took a magazine from the magazine stand next to me and opened it, hiding my face even though it was upside down. The rest of me was hidden by the racks and shelves of candy in between our isles.

I peeked around the magazine to see Mylene look at Adrien as he emptied his cart onto the cashier conveyor belt. "Hey." She said, making Adrien look at her with a slightly raised eyebrow as he continued emptying his cart. "You're the guy." She continued.

Adrien stood upright with a bag of cat supplies in his hand, looking at Mylene in confusion. "You're the guy who saved my life." She pointed at him and smiled happily. With a slight laugh, she continued. "I'm going to have to come around here and give you a bear hug."

"Oh that's... yeah, that's not necessary." Adrien said as she started to walk around the cash register.

"This guy," Mylene continued, pointing at him as she walked. "This guy climbed through my kitchen window, and saved my life when my oven exploded." Adrien looked around with a slightly uncomfortable look.

"Just- Just doing my job, ma'am, I just- oof!" He was broken off by Mylene hugging him tightly. I lowered the magazine slightly and chuckled softly.

"Well, I'm glad you're safe." Adrien said as Mylene hugged him tightly, and he hugged her back slightly as he continued to look around embarrassedly. "That's what counts."

"And scene!" Nino called out. "Good job everyone! Now, let's take this outside."

After a few takes of the following scenes, we finally got it. Now, the whole class was gathered around Nino as we watched the finished eleventh scene.

Adrien walked out of the grocery store with his cart full, everything in bags. As he walked to the truck we were using as Zachary's, a couple girls none of us knew walked past, looked at him with smiles. Adrien smiled back at them and kept going. Originally, they hadn't been part of the film, but Alya ran after them to ask if it was okay if they were in the film, because she liked the unexpected part of the scene. The girls said it was fine, so we're using them in our film.

"Forget it." I had said after watching Adrien head my way. His truck was a few parking spaces away from where the car I was using was. I turned back to my groceries and continued to load them into the back of the car. "I don't have time to date, and even if I did, guys like Mr. Green Eyes don't date girls that talk about cat diarrhea. What was I thinking?"

I stood up and looked at him after putting the last of my groceries in the back of the car. Suddenly, Adrien started running towards me. I gave him a funny look as he got closer, and lifted a hand to wave when he sped by me. I followed him with my eyes to see him grab the handle of my cart, stopping it just in time before it hit another car that was pulling out of its parking spot.

I chuckled awkwardly as he pushed it back to me. I continued to be awkward as I pointed to the cart. "Thank you." I said.

"No problem." He said.

I nodded slightly in embarrassment. "Yeah."

"Uh, well, I just..." He started.

I awkwardly looked up at him, shaking my head slightly. "Yeah."

"Merry Christmas." He told me then continued to push the cart towards his truck.

"Merry Christmas!" I said back in an awkward higher pitch. I turned around, muttering to myself in embarrassment as I closed the back door of the car. The scene switched back to show Adrien grinning in amusement and shake his head slightly as he walked away.

The class laughed and congratulated Adrien and I on a job well done. We smiled and accepted the praises. Filming these scenes with Adrien wasn't as hard as I originally thought it would be. Marilee acting awkward was a great cover up to act with Adrien, because I'd be awkward either way.