Episode 14:

On friday morning, the teacher announced that we had a new project to work on. We would each get in pairs of two and we had to do a new look for the other one. So of course, Marinette desperately wanted to do my new look and i let her. Alya was in a pair with Ariana so she had to deal with her. I was really funny to see how excited she was for this. Her eyes were shining and it was really cute. Nino and Adrien got together and, for once, Adrien would be the one to design and Nino would be the model. As you can guess, Chloe got with Sabrina. It will be no spoiler to you that she actually got her outfit made by a professional designer and got a zero. Since they were in a pair of three, Sabrina had made Alix's outfit and got a B for at least making that one. So, we had all of the weekend to do this project and work on the designs. On wednesday we would present the outfits in a fashion show. It was all everyone was talking about. Rose and Juleka were still debating on who should be the model when we left school. Alya was frustrated because she really didn't want to change her look but still had to. I met Marinette at her house after school because it was the closest one. We were already discussing outfits when we left school. I wanted to stay in my colors which were purple and black but i wouldn't mind something to pump it up a little bit. Something like strips or a hat. We decided to only brainstorm tonight and get started on the project officially tomorrow. That night, when i got home, i was exhausted. I had my mind empty of all ideas and no more concentration. So after an hour of playing games on my phone, i got a text from Nino. We texted a little. Here's what i have:

N -Hey ;P

M -Oh hi!

N -What's up girl dude?

M -Really? Girl dude?

N -Hey! I'm trying alright

M -Anyways… I'm fine

N -Cool! I'm fine too

M -Lol

N -Yeah…

M -So how's your project?

N - It's gonna blow your mind! We already have tons of ideas. You?

M - Oh good, we brainstormed last night and tomorrow we're gonna start drawing and making.

N - Oh yeah, i forgot i can't sew ;P

M - Maybe Adrien can do it for you! Why are you at this school if you don't like fashion that much?

N - My parents thought i dressed really bad when i was a kid and they didn't want me to dress my kids badly so…

M - Oh

N - Yeah

M - Anyway i have to go to bed, i have to meet with Marinette tomorrow for the project.

N - Oh okay

N - Goodnight babe!

M - …

N - Oh wait! That's not what i meant XD

M - o_0

N - Yeah anyway goodnight!

M - Yeah goodnight…

It was kind of weird but i don't really bother with Nino anymore. He's weird in his own way. Before going to bed. I decided to catch a little fresh air on my balcony. So while i was there, i saw something even weirder than Nino. It looked like a beetle superhero! He turned at me with his eyes shining with the moon and then took off on the roofs. I was shocked and i had no idea what to do. The next morning, when i got to Marinette's house, she greeted me with a smile. I really didn't know if i should talk to her about what i saw last night. I decided to tell her about it later and to get started on the project instead. It was only saturday so we still had plenty of time but we still wanted to finish early. Our first idea looked like a prep school uniform. A black skirt and black jacket that looked like Marinette's but with purple stripes inside. I had a purple t-shirt inside and purple leggings. My hair was tied up in a low ponytail with two curly strands in front of my face. We decided to curl my hair to add some "spice" to the look. But in the end, it looked like a uniform and i HATE uniforms. At my old school, we had to wear uniforms all the time and it was really annoying. I really felt bad for Marinette because she was really proud of her look. She even helped me get the contact lenses i wanted for awhile so i felt bad. We left it like that for today and decided to do something else. We invited Alya who had to bring Ariana because she was with her and she insisted on coming. But before the girls arrived, i told Marinette about what i saw last night. She suggested that i go talk to Master Fu about it to get a few answers. We spent the rest of the afternoon talking and watching videos. I find Ariana prettier when she's not being a bitch… Wait why did i just say that? Pretend i never said it. Anyway, the afternoon was fun and i agreed to meet Marinette the next day, on sunday. Only, when i got home, Nino texted me and asked if i wanted to go see a movie tomorrow. I said no of course because i was busy. This detail will be important later. On sunday, i arrived at Marinette's house ready to work again. Marinette was still sad that i wouldn't wear the first design, but it was important to her that i liked my outfit to get a good grade. We, again, spent the afternoon working on my outfit. In the end, it wasn't complete but we still had a good idea of what we wanted. I agreed to keep the shoes and the skirt because i thought we could do something interesting with them. We wanted to go with leggings with a paller color and a shirt with mid arm sleeves. When we came at school on monday, Chloe was bragging to everyone how "amazing" her outfit was. During lunch, it was the same as always, except, for some reason, Nino was ignoring me. MAybe it was because he needed someone to talk to sunday and i wasn't there or something like that but anyway, i didn't get it. I met Marinette after class again… If you forget about the part where someone got akumatised and we had to fight for 2 hours. I never saw a supervillain be this intense and hard to beat. But fortunately, we made it and finished the project. The next day, we had to prepare for the "runway" with others. So at first, they separated the models and the designers in two different groups. So i was with Nino, Kim, Chloe, Ivan, Rose, Mylène and Alya. A lot of them kept saying how they had no idea how to do this and said they didn't want to keep their outfits after. What's the point of doing this if you don't like your outfit? Most of them complained but Chloe just bragged about her outfit and annoyed everyone. She's so annoying! Even after the prank we played on her she can't seem to get it! After this very long and exhausting day, which ended with me missing the last class to fight another supervillain, i finally got home and took a nap on my balcony. When i woke up, it was night. I opened my eyes and discovered the moon shining with the stars. It reminded me of that night i spended with Turtle shell watching the stars in his arms. So i just started crying there. I needed air. So i walked back into my room to transform into Flyer and flew away from my house. I landed on a roof and sat there. I let the tears roll down my cheeks while watching the moon. A few stars and clouds around it. I knew people cared about me and i was being selfish lately but i couldn't help it. I was homesick from the beginning and i let it slide like it was nothing. I miss my friends, my normal life and my house. I always wanted to go to France but not like this. I missed walking in the forest and singing. So i simply decided to go to the eiffel tower and let everything out. I sang until the sun rised. It felt so good but i still felt empty. Empty of joy, sadness, empty of life. It was the day of the runway and today, the new guy arrived. I came back to my house and left an hour early with a note. It was like 5am and i needed to talk to master fu. When i came in, he was making some tea and said he expected me. I asked him about that "beetle superhero" i saw not long ago. He told me not to worry and that he was a new superhero. I came at school half an hour later, no one was here. It gave me sometime for myself. I walked around the school, looked at books in the library and drew a little. When it finally turned 8:30, the bell rang and we had to go in class. Marinette brang my outfit and we all moved to the school ground. There was a stage and chairs for the whole school. Everyone was nervous. Nino was walking in circles in a corner looking more nervous than anyone else. I decided to act and an came to talk to him. "Hey Nino! You seem nervous." i said. "You need to get changed." he simply said and then kept walking. "Wow, you're welcome, i was just trying to help you!" i said. I was a bit frustrated because of his rudeness but also because he was like this since the beginning of the week. "You don't need to act, i know you don't care about me." he said, still walking. "What? Of course i care about you! You're my friend! I care about my friends and especially about you. You were one of my first guy friends." i said. I didn't get why he thought i didn't care about him. "Yeah, i'm you're friend. That's all i am, the friend. Why does everyone see me like that? I'm the friend stuck in the friendzone. Are you blind Miriane? What do i have to do? Geez!" he said and walked away. I was a little shocked and confused but i had to focus. I had to go change also and, when i came out from the changing room, Chloe was waiting in front bragging about her outfit to Adrien. She did look pretty good but just bragging about it made her look way less attractive. Adrien saw me and took this opportunity to escape from Chloe. "You have no idea how long i've been trying to escape her!" he said looking exhausted and annoyed. I laughed and teased him. "You sure? She looked pretty good. Maybe you secretly have the hots for her now…" i said. Adrien gave me a nudge and said "Shut up!" and we both laughed. I always had fun with Adrien. He made me forget how broken i was about everything. About Cat noir, about Turtle shell, about Flyer, about how homesick i was… Basically everything. But anyway, before going on stage, i didn't see Nino, it didn't really bother me because i'd talk to him after. We basically had to walk to the bottom of the runway, strike a pose, and then come back but walk in the other side of the stage or we would walk right in the others and it would ruin the effect. The first to walk the runway, of course, was Chloe. She walked like a true model but of course, acted like a total bitch. When it was my turn to walk, i think i did okay. But something distracted me. When i was at the bottom, there was the new guy right in front of me. He seemed so familiar, especially his eyes. I got so distracted that i almost went backstage the wrong way and almost bumped into Alya. She looked really great too. At the end, we all had to take a bow. There was one time with the models, once with the designers and then everyone. Marinette was so happy when we took a bow all together because she was between me and Adrien. So Adrien was holding her hand and she was freaking out. While i was looking at Marinette, i noticed the guy i saw earlier, he was right in front of Ariana and with the look on his face, i can tell you he already had crush! When we were taking the models bow, i was between Alya and Nino. I felt a little awkward because Alya was smiling at me so weirdly… And because of what Nino said earlier. After the show, when everyone left, miss Bustier introduced us to Eric, the new classmate. I could already see him hanging out with us… And flirting with Ariana. He was pretty tall, maybe taller then Adrien! He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a hat that covered his head and made his hair hide a bit of his eyes. He was kind of cute, not my type of cute but still cute. He was a pretty cool guy and got along with Ivan well. He was the type that would sit in the back of the class because he didn't want everyone looking at him. At the end of the day, i didn't feel like staying home and doing homework so i jumped and out my window as Flyer and patrolled around the city for a while… Until i noticed that Beetle guy. This was definitly gonna be interesting!