Daminette December

2020:4-Flowers

Marinette smiled as she walked into class. She had decided to dress festive this year for Christmas with a bit of inspiration from Gotham. She wore a black skirt with black stocking underneath. She wore a red sweater and light brown boots. To pull the whole look together, she tied her hair in her signature pigtails and tied them with the poinsettia flowers she had made.

Many of the class complimented her on her new look. She replied with a thank you. They were mostly intrigued with the flowers in her hair.

"I just wanted to be festive today." Mari smiled.

After lunch, Lila began to cough up a storm and sniffle as if she had chugged a giant bottle of hot sauce.

"Are you okay, Lila?" Rose asked, "I think I have a cough drop in my bag."

"Oh, you're so sweet, Rose." Lila chimed, "I don't think it would be much help though."

"Why not?" asked Ivan.

"It's my allergies." she commented.

"What are you allergic to?" asked Mylene, "I might have some Benadryl in my bag. Did you come in contact with it at lunch?"

"No. It was before lunch, but I didn't want to say anything." Lila stated.

"What are you allergic to?" Alya questioned, "We can get rid of it!"

"Poinsettias." she whispered, as the class turned to Marinette, "My mother always made sure to keep them out of my reach and away from me in Italy."

"Marinette, take them out of your hair now!" Kim shouted.

"Get them out of the room!" Alix cried.

"Shut up!" Marinette yelled, silencing the room, "I'm not taking my flowers out and I will tell you why! One: The poinsettias in my hair are fake. The flowers are hand-made so Lila can't possibly be having an allergic reaction. Two: Poinsettias are toxic flowers, especially if consumed by people or cats. Three: They are a flower grown in South America only! They are considered to be a winter flower and are used as decorations for Christmas. There is no way there were any poinsettias in Italy! Four: I did this after talking with my boyfriend's family. They have dozens around his house."

The room was so silent a pin could have dropped.

"I must say I agree with Marinette, here." Markov stated, disrupting the silence, "Everything she has said is correct. I must say that your work on craftsmanship is mighty commendable. I believe you also created a synthetic feather for Adrien Agreste because of his allergy to feathers, did you not?"

"I did." Mari smiled, "Thank you, Markov."

"Markov." Max called out and he dutifully returned to his creator.

Max instantly begins to look up about poinsettias and their origin.

"Yeah, right!" Alya replied, "We know that you are only bullying Lila because she like Adrien, too."

Adrien slowly turned to gaze at Marinette and gulped.

"I'm not thirteen anymore, Alya." Mari scoffed, "He was a passing crush."

"Oh, please!" Alya announced, "You're obsessed with the guy!"

"No, but I do know that my best friend, Kagami, is dating Adrien!" Marinette shouted.

"Kagami! When did she become your best friend! What happened to me?" Alya cried out.

"You became a real bitch!" Mari answered, as the bell rang.

Marinette grabbed her belongings and walked out of the class.

"Lila, why did you claim to have symptoms? Markov's analysis of Marinette's flowers were correct; they are synthetic." Max questioned.

Lila floundered as she tried to come up with a plausible lie.

"Adrien, are you really dating Kagami?" Nino asked.

"Yes. Marinette helps me sometimes with date ideas. She's always been the one I got to when I need advice." Adrien answered, leaving the class more and more confused, "We've been together for about two years now."

'Wasn't Marinette jealous?'

'Why was Lila saying they were dating if he says he's with Kagami?'

'Marinette helps him plan dates; since when?'

'What about those pictures that Lila showed us?'

'Why didn't we know he was dating anyone?'

Alix led group after Marinette and saw her outside in some guy's arms.

"I love the poinsettias you put in your hair, My Snow Angel." he stated.

Marinette stood on her tiptoes and placed a kiss on his lips, before they walked away from the school.

The class was shaken from their stupor as one of their cellphones rang loudly.

"Hello?" Juleka answered.

"Where's Marinette?" asked Alya, fuming.

"She left with her boyfriend!" Rose shouted, "He called her his 'Snow Angel'!"

"But-" Alya sputtered.

"I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't of seen it, Alya, but he complimented her and she kissed him. Adrienette seems to have sunk like the Titanic and we never noticed." Alix spoke, taking the phone.

Alya looked back at the chaos in the class room as Adrien began telling everyone of his dates with Kagami and Lila was crying to Max about how Marinette must have sprayed the scent of the flowers in her hair. Adrienette had sank. Adrien seemed happy with Kagami. So what was Lila's deal?

'Time to get to the bottom of this.'