Chapter 4: The Next Day

Adrien woke up to sun shining through the giant windows of his room. Really, they were huge! Anyway, that's besides the point. Normally, he would be awoken for school by Nathalie or Felix. Felix if they had ended up in the same room, or Nathalie if Felix had already woken up. However, neither of them were there.

Adrien rolled over and glanced at the clock. 9:35. School starts in 35 MINUTES AGO.

Adrien jumped out of bed and raced to put on clothes, not even bothering to glance in the mirror until he got to the bathroom to brush his teeth. He glanced at this reflection and laughed. His hair was sticking up everywhere in very odd angles.

After some work and some gel, Adrien was ready to go. He raced out of his room and down to the dining room where he took his meals. Usually he would find some sort of meal there waiting for him, but not today. Today a far larger horror awaited him.

There, standing in the entrance was his father, Gabriel Agreste, and Nathalie, standing slightly behind him. Adrien skidded to a halt and stood there in front of them, waiting for whatever punishment Gabriel was probably going to give him.

"Adrien. I have a very important question to ask you," Gabriel said.

"Yes?"

"Who is the model who was in the photos with you from yesterday. I do not recall asking vogue or fashion week to send someone. I am not saying it was a bad thing. She made the pictures thousands of times better, however I must know who she is."

Adrien laughed when his father said model and then remembered who he was talking to and stopped abruptly.

"She's not a model Father. She is a friend from school. I went to visit her yesterday. She's going to be in the fashion show today."

"Name?"

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng, sir."

"Age?"

"14, sir, just like me."

"And she's a fashion designer?"

"Yes sir."

"Adrien, I request that you take me and Nathalie to your public school and pull her out of class. I would like to speak with her."

Adrien knew that when his father said request he meant demand.

"But father, she hasn't done anything wrong!"

"I never said she did. Now let us go. Felix is already at school."

Adrien sighed in defeat and started walking toward the door and outside where a chauffeur was waiting for them. They all seated themselves on the plush leather and they were off.

"Adrien, here." Nathalie said as she handed him a small plastic baggie with a sandwhich. Adrien took it gratefully and started eating.

It took the group about ten minutes to arrive at the school. They all got out and walked up the stairs to the building. Since most were already in school or work, they went unnoticed.

Adrien led them to the headmasters office where they explained their situation.

The headmaster, stunned by Gabriel's presence immediately agreed to pull Marinette out of class. He sent Adrien to do so.

Adrien jogged to the classroom where Mme. Bustier was lecturing the class on some boring topic.

Adrien ran in and up to Madame. He whispered in her ear what he needed. She nodded reluctantly, not happy she was losing TWO students.

Adrien walked up to the seats. While most expected him to take his seat he passed it by. No one really minded this except Chloe. As Adrien approached Marinette, She gasped loudly and almost fell out of her seat.

"Hey Marinette, um I'm here to take you to see my father... He wants to meet you."

Marinette looked at Alya confused, who shrugged and pushed her forward. Marinette just stood up and went with Adrien.

At this, Chloe actually fell out of her seat.

"WHY DOES SHE GET TO GO WITH HIM?!" But no one payed her any attention.

The two returned to the office quickly. Adrien pushed open the door and held it as Marinette walked in.

"Ah, yes. Marinette. Hello, my name is Gabriel Agreste." Gabriel stood and held out his hand.

Marinette stared at it for a second then took it and quickly shook his hand.

"You wanted to speak with me sir?"

"Yes, I have an incredibly important question. Would you like to model?"

"Well t-the uh... I don't know. I'm not really a model. B-but if you think I should then of course."

Gabriel smiled, an incredibly rare occurence. Adrien hadn't seen his father smile since his Mother left.

Gabriel handed Marinette his card and told her to expect a call sometime soon.

Marinette took it and stared at it as if it was the biggest diamond in the world. Adrien laughed and led her back to class.

"Oh. My. God." Marinette said. Adrien laughed yet again.

"Did you know about this?!" Marinette had stopped and turned to him.

"No, I had no idea! Congrats Mari! I mean Marinette."

Marinette smiled and blushed. They continued walking. They reached class and quickly took their seats. Both of them were blushing so Alya tunred to Marinette and Nino turned to Adrien and they both whisper-shouted:

"WHAT HAPPENED?!"