I wake up to the sound of my new alarm. 'I really need to change that.' I think. I change my clothes, eat breakfast, and head off to school.

When I get there, Marinette is nowhere in sight, and in the classroom Adrien is the only one inside.

I start to look for Marinette, when Adrien approaches me.

"Uh, hey Julia. I wanted to say thanks for the cat charm. I love it but, what made you choose a cat?" Adrien asks, his expression revealing nothing. I do catch a glimpse of curiosity and suspicion though.

"I wanted to get you something small, and uh, I thought you liked cats. Was I wrong?" I ask.

"No no no I do like cats I was just…." He glances down at his ring. "Curious."

"Well, curiosity did kill the cat." I laugh. He joins in.

"Well, see ya." He says, spotting Nino and walking towards him. Marinette runs up to me.

"Hey, were you talking to Adrien?" She asks.

"Yeah. He was just thanking me for the gift I gave him. I don't like him though. So don't worry about that. Adrien's alll yours." I assure her.

She stiffens. "How….did you know I have a crush on Adrien?" She asks suspiciously.

"Uhhhh…." I try to think up an excuse. "It's….obvious?" I give her a 'please don't ask' face, and she seems to get the message.

"Oh." She says, with a hint of bitterness.

Luckily the bell rings then. I shoot her a guilty face and mouth 'sorry!' to her.

She slips me a note later. I open it up.

"Hey. Sorry about earlier. I thought about it, and I have to do the same thing with me being you know who. I get that you can't tell me. -Marinette"

I smile at her. She smiles back at me. Alya and Adrien shoot us confused looks. Adrien says something to Marinette, and she jumps through the roof, her face turning so red, it's a miracle that no one realizes her identity.

When I get home I immediately remember to change my alarm. Instead of a loud, blaring one like I had at home, I manage to set it to the Miraculous theme song.

Home.

I miss home.

I miss my parents always bugging me about homework.

I miss my brother.

I've been away for sleep away camps, but those were only for a week. It's been like 3 weeks.

I wind up crying in my room, glad no one's around. Until a certain bug knocks on my window.

"It's unlocked" I sniff, burying my face in my arms. I hear the window open, and a thump on my floor.

"Hey, are you okay?" Ladybug asks.

"I- I miss my family." I say. She looks at me, confused.

"Don't you live with them?" She moves to sit beside me.

"No, I uh-" I try to think of what to say.

I almost tell her the whole story. Almost.

"I got separated from them when I moved here, the day school started. It's a… it's a long story."

Ugh! It's so frustrating that I can't tell her. I want to, but I just can't. I almost burst out into tears again, but manage to keep all but one tear in that slips down my cheek and falls into my lap.

She seems to understand and just sits there, comforting me silently.

She is about to say something important, I can tell by the way she opens her mouth to speak,

When screams erupt from outside, interrupting her immediately.

(Btw Cover made by JuliaZ01 she is awesome)

Bye!

-Lizzzy