Hey guys! I had a bit of a surge of creativity.
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On to the story!
The next day at school, Alya was showing her enthusiasm for her plan, "Operation Adrienette" by whispering things into Marinette's ear like:
"You ready girl?"
"After Adrienette becomes real, all I need is LadyNoir, and then my life will be complete!"
"What did you want to name your hamster again? You know, the one you and Adrien will have when you live together."
"Soon, Nino and I can go on double dates with you and Sunshine!"
As much as Marinette wanted to fantasize about her possible future with her crush, she also wanted to focus on her schoolwork for once. Unfortunately, it was a bit hard to concentrate when your best friend was practically exploding with excitement in the seat next to you.
As soon as the bell rang, Marinette barely had time to put her stuff into her bag before Alya took her and Rose's hand. Rose held on to Juleka, who held on to Alix while Mylene joined hands with Marinette. The girls ran all the way to the nearby park with Alya in the lead.
Letting go of their hands, Alya sat down on a nearby bench. "Yes! Time to talk about the plan!"
"Alya," Marinette began, "Maybe else should do this another-"
"No way, girl! Adrienette will happen!"
"Can you actually tell us the plan instead of rambling about it?" Alix asked, annoyed. "I want to go to the skating rink before the day is over."
"Okay, okay. On Thursday, we're all going to meet in the courtyard before school. When I give the signal, the plan starts."
"Uh, what will the signal be?" Mylene asked. "I don't want to be confused."
"This is the signal: a simple thumbs up, so you guys better be paying attention." Alya did the named gesture. "After I give the signal, then the plan starts."
"Step one: Get Chloe out of the way. The girl is always near her 'Adriekins'. We need to get rid of her if Marinette is going to ask Adrien out." Alya explained. "Rose, Juleka, you two will be in charge of that. You're both constantly in the art room, so you can tell Chloe that you want to see her selfies that she wanted to add to the art room.* Hopetully, that should keep her away for a while."
"Step two: We all know Marinette gets super shy, nervous and clumsy around Adrien." All the girls laughed, Marinette included. "She might want to back out. So, Alix 'accidentally' crashes into Marinette on her skates, pushing her towards Adrien, who, being annoyingly nice, will heroically catch her before she hits the ground."
"Step three: As soon as Adrien catches her, Mylene starts playing romantic music from the speaker I'll let her borrow. Adrien, being the oblivious boy he is, won't realize that it has everything to do with the fact that he just catched Marinette."
"Step four: Marinette asks Adrien out. Don't worry girl, I have what you need to say written out on paper for you to memorize."
"Step five: After Sunshine accepts, we all celebrate with a trip to the bakery after school."
Rose squealed with delight and clasped her hands together on the side of her head and tilted it. "Ooh, how romantic! Adrienette is a great ship name!"
Mylene smiled. "I think it's a great plan."
Marinette frowned. "I don't know. I always mess up around Adrien, and every time I try to ask him out, something goes wrong."
"Don't worry, girl. Everything will turn out great!"
Marinette smiled, reassured. Alya was right. Everything would turn out fine. After all, what could go wrong?
Oh nothing, Marinette. Nothing at all... no, not at all... *Cackles eviliy*
...I'm not sure I spelled that right.
*Episode: Reverser, Season 2