"What's wrong, Marinette?" asks Tikki as she flies out of Marinette's purse.
"My teacher told her daughter the paper I handed in was going to be the lowest grade!" Marinette responds, sniffling.
"Oh Marinette, I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding."
"How can you be so sure?"
"She was talking to her daughter, maybe she was talking about her paper."
"Maybe"
But Marinette's not so sure. She tries to forget about her teacher, but can't. The next day, Marinette walks into the school, not sure how this day is going to play out.
"Hey Mari" says a familiar voice. Marinette turns around to see Nino, Adrien's best friend, running towards her. Alya not far behind.
"Hey Girl" Alya says in her normal greeting. "Are you ready for the first day of summer? Tomorrow is the last day of school."
"Yeah, I guess" Marinette says, drooping a little bit.
"What's wrong Marinette?" Alya asks, putting her arm around Marinette.
"I think I failed my math final." Marinette responds with a sad tone.
"What makes you think that?" they both ask.
"Well…" and so Marinette tells them about what her teacher told her daughter the day before. After she finishes, Alya puts a finger on her chin and taps it and Nino strokes his chin as if he has a beard.
"Well" Alya starts after a few minutes. "She could have been talking about her daughter's paper."
Nino nods. "Yeah, or someone else's paper." he states.
Marinette smiles, but is still not convinced. As Alya and Nino continue talking to her, trying to convince her everything is ok, Marinette doesn't notice Adrien sneaking up behind her.
"Guess who" he sings as he wraps his hands around Marinette's eyes. She blushes a little as she guesses. "Um, Nathaniel...No, no, Adrien." She says with a weak laugh. He removes his hands from her eyes and looks at her from behind.
"Are you ok?" he asks.
"She has had a bad week." Alya responds before Marinette can get a word out.
Adrien's eyebrow raises and he looks back at Marinette, who casts her eyes down to look at the floor.
"Well, this changes everything." he states after a while.
Marinette glances up at him. "Changes what?"
"I was going to save this for tomorrow, but clearly it can't wait. Marinette, Alya, Nino, shall we go on a double date?"
Marinette is shocked. "Was that what you were talking about during History yesterday?"
Adrien nods, looking a little sheepish.
"ADRICKINS!" someone shouts from across the school.
"UGH" the four friends groan.
Chloe walks up to the four of them and latches herself to Adrien, trying to grab a kiss. Adrien pushes her away and hides behind Marinette.
"Adrien" Chloe whines. "What are you doing with this Riff Raff."
"For your imformation, Chloe." Alya starts. "We were planning a double date for tomorrow"
"Oh yeah" Chloe spitts. "Adrickins and I were gonna go on a date ourselves, tonight.
Marinette gasps and backs away from the group, the runs to the bathroom, locks herself into one of the stalls and begins to cry.
"How could Adrien do that?" she cries.
Tikki flies out of her purse and perches on her shoulder.
"Don't cry, Mari" she says as she cuddles up to Marinette's face and pats her.
In another part of Paris, Hawk Moth is listening.
"Awe, finally. This girl has had enough of the world spitting in her face. Perfect for my akuma." An akuma lands on his open hand and Hawk Moth turns it black.
"Go my little Akuma, and blacken this girl's heart.
