They made it to Fenton Work, and Marinette was amazed about the strange object on the roof of their home.
"What's that?" Marinette asks.
"Something we hope you're not gonna need to find out." Jazz answered quickly.
They walked into the building, and Jack and Maddie showed her to the guest bedroom on the second floor.
The Fenton couple left Marinette to get comfy with her new living space. Marinette starts to take her thing out of her suitcase, including a picture of Adrien. As she sighs at the picture of her crush Danny knocked on the door. Panicking, Marinette hid the photo back in her suitcase.
"Y-Yes?"
"Dinner is almost ready, Marinette. Whenever you're ready." Danny said.
"Thanks, Danny. I'll be there." Marinette said to him.
A few minutes later, Marinette ate with the Fenton family, and Danny decided to ask their house guest questions.
"So, Marinette? What do you like to do during her spare time?" He asked.
"Oh, hang out with friends, draw, design outfits..." She started.
"You could make new jumpsuits for Danny and Jazz," Jack said.
Danny and Jazz sighed heavily about their father asking this to their guest.
The Next Day
Danny decided to get up early and help Marinette get to school on time. For once, Danny was on time as no ghost detour occurred. Upon arrival, he then took Marinette to class.
"For once, you're on time, Mr. Fenton." Mr. Lancer said to Danny.
"Yeah..." Danny said to his teacher.
"Introduce yourself, miss," Lancer said to the French exchange student.
"I'm Marinette Dupain-Cheng. It's nice to meet you." She said to the other students.
"Why wasn't Adrien Agreste the one to come?" She heard some of the girls complain.
"Why wasn't it that hot French girl who's that Queen Bee?" Some of the guys complained.
"Because she's awful. Adrien Agreste is at least nicer!" A girl went.
Marinette sighed over the classmates wanting her crush or her bully. Danny patted her on the back to comfort her because of classmates' expectations of the exchange student.
"Don't mind them, and they're just typical American teens. Probably worse than the French variety." Danny assured, earning a small smile.
Marinette sat next to Danny, where Tucker waited as he used his breath spray on him.
"Hi, I'm Tucker, Tucker Foley. Any chance you're open to teaching some French? Otherwise, any friends who'd love to give personal lessons?" He asks with a grin.
Danny elbowed his best friend in the ribs for asking that.
"Not the time." He says.
Marinette answered most of Mr. Lancer's questions as the class was happening.
"Now, who can tell me what year Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juli-"
"1597," Marinette says with a smile.
Lancer smiled in relief.
"Finally... someone who pays attention!" He says.
Danny was impressed by how smart Marinette really was.
Wow... she's not just pretty. She's smart.
Lunchtime
Since she did not pack her own food, Marinette depended on Danny to get her something to eat.
Marinette couldn't help but stare at the odd-looking meatloaf.
"This is American school food?" She asks.
"Yeah, it ain't French toast or French fries, but it's filling." Tucker went.
"Actually, those aren't as common as you think where I'm from." Marinette poked the food with a spork, not sure what would happen.
"You'll learn to get used to it... at least, I'm sure someone will," Danny says.
"Hey there, French babe." Dash went, getting her attention. "Want a little tour of Amity Park with the king of Casper High?" He went with his arms flexing.
Marinette blinked before her eyes darted to Danny, who shook his head.
"No, thank you." She went.
Dash frowned while his buddies chuckled.
"Well, got any hotties back home interested in an American stud?" He asks.
"Sure, just let me know when I see one." Marinette snarked.
Dash snarled in anger before grabbing Danny by the collar, hoisting him up.
"Fenton! Your new girlfriend isn't getting it that I'm hitting on her or offering to make her friends' lives better!"
"She's/I'm not my/his girlfriend!" The two shouted.
Before Dash could do anything else, Paulina pushed him aside to talk to Marinette herself.
"Even though you don't seem that popular, since you go to the same school as Adrien Agreste, I think you can make it on the A-List," Paolina said.
Marinette felt that Paulina was like the American version of Chloe, however maybe even worse.
"No, thank you." Marinette rejected Paulina's offer.
"What, why?" Paulina asked.
"You remind me of a certain someone back home... someone as intolerable as you," Marinette said.
Paulina scowled.
"Hmph! Fine then. I wish that girl who used to be Queen Bee were here, and I bet I could be a better superhero than her. So that I can finally get my ghost boy to notice me."
Danny had the shivers thinking about what Paulina would do if she had those superpowers.
I don't even want to know what she'd have in mind. He thought.
Paulina imagined using Queen Bee's spinning top to wrap around her ghost boy to have her first kiss with him.
"If I were a cool superhero too, we'd be the most popular couple ever!" She gushed.
"You are aware a superhero has to, you know, save people, right?" Marinette pointed out.
"Pfft... why bother? I'll be too busy having my ghost boy to myself." Paulina states.
Danny frowned, but Marinette, not liking another Chloe, spoke up.
"Then I guess he wouldn't want to go out with you if you're too lazy actually to be a superhero. Even Queen Bee actually used her powers."
Paulina frowned hard.
The bell rang as lunch was over. Danny took Marinette to her next class that they had together. Meanwhile, Paulina watched as the two headed to class.
"She knows nothing about my ghost boy, nothing at all." She muttered.
As the day continued, the rest of her next class went well, and Marinette enjoyed the rest without any problems with Paulina and Dash.
After class was over, Danny and Marinette headed home.
"School here is not that different from the one in Paris, food being of less edible quality notwithstanding," Marinette said.
"I'm glad to hear that, Marinette," Danny said.
"Me too. I was worried I wouldn't fit in." She said, smiling that pretty smile at Danny.
"Beside Dash and Paulina, everything seems to go well for you, Marinette," Danny said.
"It did... didn't it?" Marinette asked.
And no reason for Ladybug to make an appearance... She thought.