Can You Keep It A Secret?

Chapter 15: Way To Ruin My Dream

"Marinette wake up." Alya says as she shakes me awake. Way to ruin my dream. "Why did you come home crying last night?" Alya asks as I sit up in the bed. "What happened when you went to Adrien's room?" I sigh. "I was having a good dream!" I say and hit her with a pillow. "But anyways what happened was..."

Flashback
"If you don't want this, just say it and I won't try anything anymore. Everything will still be fine between us. We'll pretend like nothing happened. But only say it if this isn't what you want and not because of how it'll effect me." Adrien says as he cups my face.

A tear slides down my face as I hesitantly grab his hands and place them down to his sides. "I- I'm sorry Adrien. I can't." I say as I back away from him. "Please don't say that." Tears fall from his eyes. "I know you told me not to do this for you, but I am. I don't want to be the reason for your pain."

"You're the reason for it right now." "Don't make this harder than it has to be." "But Marinette I love-" "Don't finish that sentence. Please don't Adrien. I can't do this." I wipe my tears as I start grabbing my jacket. "No. No please don't go. Stay. Please Mari stay."

"You told me you wouldn't try anything anymore." "Because I thought you'd want to be with me. I can't let you leave. Marinette please stay." "Im sorry Agreste." I say and walk out the door. "Marinette please come back! I love you!" He shouts from the other side of the door. I feel tears slide down my face.

I rush into my room and completely ignore the questions Alya and Nino ask me as they get up from the couch. I go into the restroom and lock the door. "Marinette open up!" Alya shouts. "When you know how she's doing text me. I need to check on Adrien." Nino says.

I hear the door click and I unlock the bathroom door knowing it's only me and Alya in the room now. "What happened girl?" "Can we talk about it tomorrow please? I'm not in the mood right now." Alya nods as she wipes the tears off my face. She pulls me into a hug. "Movie night?" She asks as she pulls away. I nod.
End Flashback

"Why would you do that? I thought you wanted to be with him." I feel a tear slide down my face and I quickly wipe it away before Alya can see it. "I don't want to hurt him." "How would you hurt him?" "Alya just trust me on this. Please?" She sighs and nods her head. "Fine." I give her a weak smile.

"Don't think I didn't see that tear that you tried to wipe away. We're canceling our plans on going to Adrien's photo shoot so we can have a girls day. Sound good?" "I think I'm just going to catch a flight back home." "But we still have 4 days left here." "Yeah but I don't want to make it harder for him." "Marinette Dupain-Cheng! You are staying the rest of this trip. You were the one to convince Adrien to come so you have to stay."

"But-" "No buts! I knew you were going to try to leave so I already hid your suitcase." "Alya!" Alya giggles. "We'll go shopping for some clothes then we'll go somewhere to buy some nail polish and face masks and a speaker because I forgot mine at home.  We can even order a bunch of food! I am going to make it my mission to make you smile today!" Alya says as she jumps up from the bed. She turns to me. "What are you waiting for? Get dressed!" She starts putting an outfit together for her.

~Adrien~
"Adrien you have to get out of bed." "The plan failed." I say as I shove my face into the pillow. "Come on dude. You have a photo shoot. Your bodyguard will be here any second to pick you up." "I don't want to take any pictures."

"I heard there's going to be a really pretty girl taking pictures with you." "Is it Marinette?" I ask. "No." "Then I don't want to take pictures with her." "I heard she really pretty. And she's single." I grab the pillow and hit Nino with it. "I only want Marinette."

"Adrien don't do this to yourself. Get up and stand tall." I sit up in the bed and wipe the tears from my eyes. "I know you love her dude but you can't beat yourself up about it. She made her decision. You have to find a way to respect it and still stay friends with her." "I know. You're right Nino." "Hurry up and get ready. You know how impatient the girls can be." I nod and get up from the bed to get ready. Even though she broke my heart I'm still excited to see her today.

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~Marinette~
"Did you tell them that we're not going to the photo shoot?" I ask as I check my phone to see 10 messages  and 5 missed calls all from Nino. "I might've forgotten to mention it to them." "Alya! They were probably waiting for us!" "I know I was just so excited!" Alya says as she grabs different colors of nail polish.

"Do we really need that many colors?" Alya turns to me and smiles. "One for every finger?" "We both know we'll end up using only one shade." She giggles. "I'm still getting the other colors though."

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~Adrien~
"Are they coming?" I ask as I put on the jacket the wardrobe specialist handed me. "Sorry dude. Marinette said Alya wanted them to have a girls day." I sigh. "Maybe it's good that you won't see her for a few hours. The time will help you collect your thoughts." Nino says. I nod.

"Adrien, this is Chloe. She's going to be modeling with you today." The photographer says as he walks over. A girl with blue eyes and blonde hair following behind him. "Nice to meet you." She says as she holds a hand out in front of me. "Same to you." I say as I shake her hand. Yeah she's pretty but she's not Marinette's level of pretty. Marinette is gorgeous. Her blue hair and her blue eyes compliment her skin tone perfectly and she has these cute little freckles that rest on her nose. She's perfect.

The photographer walks away to set up the camera and lights. "So where are you from Chloe?" Nino asks trying to break the awkward silence. "Paris. You?" "No way. We're from Paris too." Nino says. "What made you come to New York?" I ask "Isn't it obvious?" She asks gesturing to where we are. "Right." I say and scratch my neck.

"Sorry. I promised myself that I'd make an effort to be nicer. My dad wanted me to take some pictures for my mom's clothing line. She's partnering with this other designer but I don't remember his name." Chloe says. "Your mom is Audrey Bourgeois?" "Yeah. Why?"

"She's friends with my dad Gabriel Agreste." "You're Adrien Agreste?! That's why you look so familiar!" She says. "What do you mean?" Chloe smiles. "We've met before. Last year at the Christmas party but you weren't really paying attention to me. The whole time we were talking your focus never left that blue haired girl." Marinette "I'm sorry." "It's okay. The party was really fun by the way."

"Is this fine Chloe?" A wardrobe specialist asks as she holds up an outfit for Chloe to wear. "That outfit combination is ridiculous utterly ridiculous! And the colors would totally clash with my hair! It's hideous utterly hideous!" Chloe says as she walks away with the stylist.

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"That's it for the shoot." The photographer says and starts packing up. I'm about to walk out when Chloe calls me. "Sorry I know you probably want to leave-" "No it's fine. What's up?" "I don't really have much friends in Paris so I was wondering if you guys wanted to hang out sometime?" "Yeah sure that sounds great." I say and write my number on a piece of paper. "Thank you." She says as she hands me a piece of paper too. "See you guys around." She smiles and walks away.

"Moving on already Adrien? Seems a little fast." "Weren't you the one talking her up this morning?" "I was trying to encourage you to get out of bed, not to make a move on her." "Don't worry Nino. I only want one girl and it's not Chloe."