Bridgette shot up out of bed. Instead of being late as usual, she was making an effort to get to school early.
She raced to turn off her alarm, and even checked the weather.
There was a forty percent chance of rain, yet she would bring an umbrella just in case.
She then quickly got dressed, ran downstairs and ate, before bolting out the door and nearly jogging the rest of her way to school.
Rushing into the classroom, Alya gave her a puzzled look.
"You're early." She remarked, glancing up from her phone.
"You're not going to believe what just happened!" She said slumping back in her seat with a grin.
Alya put her phone down. "Let me guess, it's something to do with Felix?" She said with a smirk.
Bridgette closed her eyes and sighed. "You guessed right. It's something really big."
Alya leaned closer with a grin on her face. "Tell me everything this instant!"
Bridgette glanced around the room, making sure no one was nearby, before spilling everything to her best friend. After she finished telling her nearly everything from their encounters, more people began to enter the room.
"I can't believe he agreed to be friends with you!" Alya whispered excitedly.
"I know right?! I was surprised too! I'm just hoping he won't change his mind about it."
"I hope not as well. It would be so amazing if you could actually befriend Felix Agreste. He's so quiet, and always looks so grumpy."
As if right on cue, Felix walked into the classroom, sitting down in his seat.
"And did I mention handsome too?" Alya said glancing over at him. "But you already knew that didn't you?" She lightly elbowed Bridgette and giggled.
Bridgette hushed her and blushed.
Before Alya could say anymore, the teacher walked in, and class began.
"Alright everyone, please meet with your partner, and ensure that you have everything for your projects and that your names are on it. This should only take several minutes or less. After this, we will then continue on with our lesson."
Alya winked at Bridgette and slightly pushed her forward before walking off to her partner.
Bridgette stood there hesitantly, merely glancing at him from where she was.
Felix began taking out the materials from his bag, and glanced over at her, before going back to his things.
She took a deep breath and walked over to him.
"Good morning." She greeted him.
"Good morning." He mumbled back.
"Is all good with the project? Everything have our names on it?" She asked him shyly.
"Yes. All is in order." He said glancing over everything once more. "We can turn it in now."
He began to pick up some of the materials. Bridgette picked up the rest of the assignment, and followed him to where everything was being turned in.
After everything was in the places it should have been, she walked beside him to his seat.
"Felix… Do you want to get lunch together?"
He looked at her quizzically. "Where do you have in mind?"
Bridgette's mind went blank for a moment. "W-we can go back to my parent's bakery, or the café, or find a food cart and go to a-"
"The café sounds like a good idea."
He momentarily met her gaze, before looking down at his book.
"I think class is about to begin again."
She looked around the room briefly, seeing that most of the students were back at their seats by now. She blushed and walked back to her seat.
Alya smiled at her, clearly wanting to know what Bridgette and Felix were talking about.
"So…" Alya said nudging her. "What was that about?"
"Just project stuff." Bridgette said with a shrug. "Oh, and I'm having lunch with Felix today. Is that ok with you? If it's not I can always-"
Alya wrapped her arms around her friend and laughed. "No no it's alright! I'll just go have lunch with Nino! You go have fun!" She nearly yelled.
Bridgette giggled at her enthusiasm, all the while secretly hoping Felix didn't hear any of this.
Class started up again, and the lesson went by agonizingly slow. Bridgette stared blankly ahead through most of it, lost in her daydreams.
She only knew class was dismissed when Felix stood in front of her and cleared his throat.
She woke from her daze with a jolt, nearly knocking things off of her desk.
"I'm so sorry!"
Felix shook his head and rolled his eyes. "It's fine…"
Alya and Nino stopped by them. "She's hopeless isn't she?" Alya said as she mused Bridgette's hair.
Felix snorted. "There's no denying that."
"Hey!" Bridgette said crossing her arms.
Alya and Nino chuckled. "We'll leave you to it, have fun you two!" They said as they walked out of the room.
"Sorry about that." Bridgette said with a huff.
Felix shrugged. "Are you ready to go? We don't want to waste too much time."
"Yeah! Right!" She got up from her seat quickly and began to walk out the door. She stopped.
"Wait! I forgot my umbrella!"
Felix crossed his arms. "There's a low chance that it's going to rain, besides, it's sunny outside."
"You never know, it might!" She exclaimed as she ran back and grabbed it. She then jogged back to him with a smile.
"Alright, let's go!"
…
They walked to the coffee shop. It was not much of a distance; in fact, it was conveniently close to the school.
Entering, they made their way into line. It wasn't as busy as it was in the evening that they had first went.
Felix glanced at the specials. "You go first." He suggested to Bridgette. She smiled and placed her order-a caramel coffee and a small pastry. She paid for her food, and walked away to search for a seat while waiting on Felix, finding a perfect spot by the window.
Felix soon came over; coffee cup in hand, and a croissant on a small plate in the other.
He sat down across from her and began to eat, she did the same.
"So what coffee did you order?" She asked curiously.
Felix hesitated before answering, "Something different."
"Not your usual black coffee?" She said with a giggle.
"For once it's not." He said taking a sip.
"Which one did you order?"
Felix looked down at his cup and smirked, before extending the cup to her. "Guess."
Bridgette gave him a look of confusion. Hesitantly, she reached out to take the cup from him.
It smelled very sweet, like creamer but with a hint of vanilla. Sure enough, after one sip she could definitely tell that it was vanilla, just with a lot of cream and sugar added. In fact, it was even more than she would add to hers!
"Its vanilla, but it's got a lot of cream and sugar added to it." She said handing him back the cup with a smile.
"I blame you for this." He said with a small chuckle.
"Hey! I was just suggesting something better than boring old black coffee."
They both laughed.
A cell phone went off.
Felix grabbed it out of his pocket, his expression faltered. "It's my dad… Excuse me for a moment."
He got up and walked outside. Bridgette looked for him, but it appeared as if he walked off. The sky no longer looked as sunny as it did when they first came, and rain began to pour down, matching the now somber mood in the air.
She sipped her coffee and continued to watch the rain. Felix came back minutes later; water was dripping off of him, and he appeared to be upset by something.
"You OK?" She said as he sat back down.
He slowly nodded his head, and folded his hands.
"I think its best we get back now. Lunch break is almost over."
"Alright…"
She looked away from him, not knowing how to comfort him or whether it would even be a good idea to ask him about it, so she decided to avoid the subject.
"I saw that it was raining." She said trying to change the subject to a lighter note.
He looked up at her. "Yes, it is."
They both got up and walked out. The rain had all but subsided.
"Well, it was…" He said with a frown.
Bridgette pretended to pout. "And here I thought it was a good thing I brought my umbrella!"
Felix's frown turned into a small smile, he chuckled. "To think, it almost came in handy."
…
They had walked back, and class proceeded as usual.
Eventually, class went by in a flash, and they were dismissed for the day.
Felix walked over to her seat.
"Is it alright if I walk you home?"
Bridgette stopped packing up her bag and gave him a dumbfounded look. Alya stopped what she was doing and looked at him too.
"Um yeah sure!" She exclaimed.
Felix nodded his head. "You got everything you need?"
"Yeah! I'm all ready to go. Bye Alya!" She said with a wave.
"Text me when you get home!" Alya called out. Nino walked up behind her, and gave a bewildered look at Bridgette and Felix, turning to Alya with an intrigued look on his face. They both exchanged grins and started whispering to one another.
Bridgette scoffed. She would get on those two later about how they were acting when Felix came around.
They walked from the school and out into the street, keeping to small talk as usual.
Talking to Felix was still quite new, as well as it was perplexing. Bridgette tried her best to not to bombard him with anything too extreme or outside his comfort zone.
Even if it was only small talk for now, she knew in her heart that there was way more to discover about him underneath the façade that he seemed to uphold.
Every now and then, it seemed to slip away ever so slightly. Whether it be in the gleam of his eyes, the small smiles he sometimes showed, or when he looked as if he was lost in his thoughts. She wanted to get to know the real Felix Agreste, and be a friend to him as much as she could.
"So," Bridgette interjected as she twiddled the umbrella in her hands. "Are you doing anything fun this weekend?"
"Not really." He said looking off in the distance. "It's my birthday, but I'll probably just read or study, nothing too out of the ordinary."
"I-Is it?!" Bridgette's eyes lit up. "How old will you be?"
"Eighteen."
"Since, it's your birthday, do you want to hang out?"
He gave her a hesitant look. "No parties of any sort, right?"
"Not unless you want one!"
He shuddered. "I'd rather not. As you can tell, I'm not one for parties."
Bridgette laughed. "It's alright, parties are overrated anyways. I'll figure something out!"
He gave her a nervous look. "Just tell me when you do, so I can prepare."
"No problem Felix!" She said with a twirl.
A car zoomed by, water sloshed on her all of a sudden, drenching her completely.
Felix's eyes widened in shock. Bridgette looked down at herself, and then broke out into a laugh.
"A-are you ok?!"
"I'm alright." She said with a grin. "Can't say I've ever had that happen to me before, it's an experience."
Felix gave her a reluctant look. "If you say so…"
They stopped in front of the bakery.
"I guess it's a good thing it happened so close to your home."
She shrugged. "I suppose so. I'm lucky I guess!" She chuckled to herself.
They said goodbye to each other, and Felix went on his way.
He felt thankful that his father actually agreed to let him go without the limo in the afternoons. It helped him clear his thoughts being able to have the chance to walk through town without having to be Chat.
He was still surprised that he did it nonetheless, after all, he wasn't too pleased to hear that his son didn't come home for lunch, but he softened when he heard that Felix was out with a friend. Perhaps his father did have a heart after all… He thought to himself.
Yet there were other thoughts that were troubling him now... Was his bad luck beginning to rub off on Bridgette?
He hurried home and went to his room.
Feeding his kwami, he patiently waited for him to finish eating.
"Plagg?"
His green eyes looked up at him."Yes?" He said after finishing off the last bite of food.
"I need to ask you something… it's about the miraculous and its curse."
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