Artistic Agreste

~Chapter 3~ Foyer Fondness

"So this is our science class with Ms. Mendeleiev, she can be really mean sometimes but don't worry. Just be nice and you'll do great." Marinette said as she passed the science classroom "Hey, are you okay?" she asked. Eliza was looking around and had her hands over her stomach as if she felt intimidated by the school.

"Yeah, I'll be okay," Eliza replied

"Do you want to talk about it?" Marinette said as she sat on a bench beckoning Eliza to come sit

"How do I know I can trust you?" Eliza asked

"I guess you don't. But Adrien does, isn't that enough?" Marinette sweetly said.

Eliza felt her heart beating a bit faster, but she smiles at her and sits down beside Marinette. The two girls sat there uncomfortably for a few minutes but then Marinette finally spoke up and asked

"So, is this your first time at school?"

"Actually, yes it is. This is my first time going to a public school ever." Eliza replied, "It's weird, because, I just realized I don't have any friends."

"Really? What about Chloe?" Marinette asked

"Meh. We were friends before she and Adrien were, but she was only using me to get to Adrien. I haven't seen her in a while." Eliza answered.

"Oh wow, I guess it must be tough to be a sister of a supermodel?" Marinette realized "You must've found out who your real friends were and weren't."

Eliza nodded her head and looked at Marinette

"That's why I was defensive about trusting you, I'm sorry Marinette. I know you like him." Eliza said quietly, she looked up at Marinette who was speechless. "I know what your thinking, 'oh my god how could she possibly know that I like the supper hottie Adrien Agreste?' Well, For one, you blush A LOT whenever you are around him, you always fluster your words or you stutter, and I can see the 'top 10 supermodels' magazine in your backpack." Eliza pointed to Marinette's wide-open bag with all the magazines peeking out of it. Marinette blushed and rushed to zip up her bag.

"AHHH! But seriously what else gave it away that I liked him? Please don't tell him. I want to do it when I'm ready! Plus there's Luka and-" Marinette threw her hands up to her mouth covering it as if she had just said her greatest weakness.

"Luka? Whose Luka? Spill." Eliza said forcefully. Marinette gazed at her like a deer in headlights. Eliza felt her heart beating even faster now "What the hell is happening to me??" she thought to herself "She looks so cute when she does that. She looks so, so-"

"I'm sorry," Eliza said. "I didn't mean to be aggressive," she apologized.

"It's okay." Marinette said "Let's hang out later and we can just talk and stuff. Get to know each other better, okay?"

Eliza smiled at that statement and saw that Mari's hand was on hers. Sure, it was innocent and didn't mean anything other than friends, but she, she liked it. "Yeah, I'd like that Marinette." Eliza finally spoke

"Okay, Let's get to homeroom, We have to introduce you to everybody!" Marinette exclaimed. Eliza was scared, she's going to meet EVERYBODY?!

"Okay, everybody. Maybe I can make a few new friends. But just remember, you need to be careful. They can use you to get to Adrien and then end up hurting you in the end. Just, take a deep breath and be careful."

"Ready?" Marinette asked as she offered Eliza her hand to take

Eliza studied her hand and hesitated to take it, but she simply replied "As ready as I'll ever be," with a smirk on her face as the two walked hand in hand to their homeroom.