School had just started days ago but already Chloe's birthday was arriving. The first few days of school had been full of drama so far. Lots of fighting among the girls. Alya had even gaven Chloe a bloody nose when she got a little too friendly with Adrien. She had been sent to the principal's office and Marinette had followed close behind like a loyal friend. She then gave a half hour speech about how good of a person Alya was and how she shouldn't be punished too harshly for the one encounter. The principal considered this and decided to just send her home for the rest of the day and let her parents dish out the punishment. As the girls walked out of the office Alya gave Marinette a quick high five as she slowly trudged to her parents awaiting angrily in their minivan. The next day Alya came to school with a letter for Chloe which stated she was very sorry for hurting her. The letter wasn't sincere but atleast she didn't get into a lot trouble. Chloe gladly accepted the letter and snobbishly rubbed it in her face as many time as possible saying,

"Oh look everyone! Alya is such a sweetie for giving me this apology letter!" Alya wanted to murder her but she knew if she touched a finger to her she would be heading to the principal again.

The next day came and Chloe looked upset to the pleasure of Alya and Marinette. She was handing out little pink cards to everyone in the entire preschool. When Marinette was grudidgly handed a card she gasped in surprise. She wasn't that good at reading yet but by the pictures she could tell that Chloe had just handed her an invite to a birthday party. She immediately ran over to Alya who was also looking startled by the sudden invitation. Why was Chloe being so nice to everyone all of a sudden? In mere seconds Adrien was behind the confused girl giving them a big hug.

"Are you guys excited for the party? I totally am! Chloe's mom told her to invite the whole grade so all our friends will be there!" He yelled with enthusiasm. "Are you both going?" He asked anxiously awaiting a yes.

"No way!" Marinette hollered. "You couldn't drag me there if it was the last party I'd ever attend! I'm not gonna even tell my mom about it." Adrien looked devastated but gave a hopeful glance toward Alya.

"Me neither!" She said strongly. "Chloe's nothing but trouble! Who would wanna waste their time getting all dressed up and finding a present for her?" Adrien's gleeful atittude slowly melted.

"But she's our friend," he said with barely a spark of hope. His pitiful face started tearing up and Marinette felt kind of bad but Alya wasn't having any of that.

"Maybe she's your friend but she treats us like dirt and my mommy says a healthy friendship requires kindness on both ends," Alya said pointedly. Adrien sighed and walked away without a second glance. Marinette's tummy suddenly didn't feel so good. She had just broken Adrien's heart which was something she never wanted to do. She looked towards Alya.

"He really wanted us to go... maybe we should for Adrien's sake," Marinette suggested shyly. Alya gasped in surprise.

"Girl, get your priorities straight! Isn't there a saying that goes gals before pals or something? That boy isn't your only friend. If he wants to suffer let him do it alone," she said. Marinette nodded.

"I guess," she said slowly as Alya grabbed her hand and they rushed into the classroom as the morning bell rang. When they got inside the mood suddenly changed. Adrien was beaming again but many other classmates were in dismay. "What just happened?" Marinette whispered to Adrien.

"The teacher just announced that she was sending the cards out to our parents as emails so we won't forget to show them!"he announced not so quietly. Marinette's eyes widened and then suddenly all went black and she had no feeling. She suddenly woke up in a small white room filled with inspirational posters. Her head ached and her eyes were having trouble opening but when her eyes finally focused she saw her parents looking at her and smiling. She was in the nurse's room. Sabine hugged her and Tom gave her a kiss on her forehead.

"Are you okay now baby?" Sabine Asked. "We're gonna bring you home early today. You fainted in class." Marinette didn't remember much about the day but what she could remember was exactly what Adrien had said before she passed out. She was praying her parents wouldn't check their emails before the weekend.