She could feel the heat rising to her cheeks. Why was she getting worked up over this? She already knew that she was alone with him and it didn't bother her before. She looked at Adrien and saw that he was staring at her. This made the blush on her cheeks deepen.

"Marinette is everything ok?"

She looked away. "Uh yeah everything's fine." As she turned she noticed the pictures of Adrien still hanging up on her wall. She almost screamed out loud. How did I forget about those! I forgot to take them down! If Adrien sees them he's gonna think I'm a weirdo!

Adrien watched Marinette. He could tell that she was upset about something but didn't know what. He could see she was looking at something. Adrien decided to see if he could try and see what she was looking at. He looked up and saw that her wall was full of pictures of him. He covered his mouth with his hand. He didn't know whether to feel flattered or weird.

Marinette turned and saw that Adrien was looking at the posters. She let out a scream, jumped out of her chair and covered his eyes.

"Don't look!" She looked from the posters and back to Adrien. What do I do? What do I do? She finally grabbed Adrien's arm and started pulling him out of her room. Leading him down the stairs she almost tripped. As she was about to fall Adrien grabbed her wrist and pulled her back up into his arms. They came face to face and stared at each other. Marinette felt as if her face was going to explode. They were way too close. Adrien felt himself tense up and his cheeks began to feel warm. Finally Marinette couldn't take it anymore. She pulled herself away.

"Don't move. I'll be right back," she said as she made her way back up the stairs. Adrien was left there stunned. They had been so close to each other. Adrien could still feel heat from where he had touched Marinette. The thought made Adrien feel warm inside and could feel a smile creep on his lips.

When Marinette reached her room she began to pull down all the pictures and posters she had of Adrien. I can't believe I forgot about these! Adrien is gonna thinking I'm some sort of creep! When she had finished taking them all down she hide them in a drawer.

"Adrien you can come back in." She heard footsteps and Adrien opened the door. "Sorry about that."

"It's ok." They both moved back to their chairs. There was an awkward silence. They sat that way for a few minutes until Marinette spoke.

"So where did we leave off?"

"You were about to say these lines." He pointed to where they had left off.

"Oh right." She took a deep breath. "O-Oh princess y-you are so beautiful. T-There's no one as b-beautiful as you." Marinette was nervous and stuttered. She read the line as if she were a robot. Adrien looked at her with both eyebrows raised.

"Marinette you ok? That was uh... an interesting read."

"Y-Yeah I'm fine."

"Alright. I guess we'll move on then." Adrien cleared his throat. "Oh your highness. You flatter me so." Marinette was shocked and a bit jealous. He said his lines so perfectly. He had some emotion behind it as if he really meant it. Like he really was the princess.

"Wow Adrien. You're really good."

"Thanks. It's really not that great." He laughed in embarrassment. "It's just part of my job."

"Wait. You read lines for your modeling job?"

"Sometimes. It doesn't happen a lot but occasionally. Like if I shoot a commercial or something."

"I see."

"Well it's your turn to read."

"Ok. 'It's not flattery my princess. I-I believe it to be so.'" Again Marinette read her lines like a robot.

"Um…"

"Sorry. I guess I really can't do this." Marinette's shoulders drooped.

"You don't have to be nervous Marinette. It's only me here."

"I know." And you're the reason that I'm so nervous! "I just think of when we do the actual play in front of everyone and it makes me nervous. What if I screw up like everyone says I will."

"I'm sure you'll be fine. There are people who believe in you. I believe in you." Marinette was surprised. Had she just heard him right. He believed in her?

She looked him in the eyes. "You really believe in me?"

Adrien hadn't been lying when he said that but he only really just realized what he had said. "Yeah I do." Marinette's face lit up. Adrien smiled when he saw that. "Are you ready to continue?" She shook her head, face full of confidence and they continued reading lines.

When they had gotten halfway through the script they decided it was a good time to stop.

"I should probably get home now."

"Yeah. Thanks for helping me with the lines today."

"No problem," he said as he put the script back in his bag. He swung it over his shoulder. "Well see you at school tomorrow Marinette."

"Bye Adrien." She watched him leave and collapsed on her chair. She let out a breath. Tikki flew out of her hiding spot.

"You did really good Marinette."

"Thanks Tikki. I'm just glad I didn't cause too much trouble for Adrien. I need to practice my lines more so I don't sound like a robot."

"Towards the end there you didn't really sound like a robot." Marinette smiled. She began looking through the script. She was flipping the pages and only skimming until she saw some words that stopped her.

She bought the script to her face. This can't be right! No way this is real! She hadn't noticed it before but now that she did it sent her heart racing.

"What is it Marinette?" asked Tikki.

"The final scene in the play."

"What about it?"

"Look," Marinette said holding the script out so Tikki could see. In bold letters near the bottom of the page it read: Prince and Princess share a kiss.