Where did you go?

3~ He's with who?

I felt my heart drop to my stomach.

It felt like someone had punched me right in the gut. Could it actually be him? What on Earth is he doing here?

I'm guessing Alya sensed me being uncomfortable, so she immediately tried to comfort me. 

"Don't freak out Marinette! It's probably not him!", she whispers.

I find myself stuttering on my words and it's not a flustered kind of stutter. "I-It can't be. Tell me it's impossible Alya."

"Maybe it's someone else! There can be multiple tall, blonde people in Paris", she points out while trying to find an expression on my face. 

I have no way to describe the feeling I felt. I felt sad.. but happy? But when that happy feeling was put aside, I felt betrayed. Call me overdramatic, but Adrien was my first actual love. Him leaving like I was garbage hurt. Bad. Without moving, I try to take a better look at who that could actually be. I can't see anything. I was about to get up to get a closer look, and Alya's arm flings over me, to stop me. 

"Girl! No!", she scolds. 

"Alya, I have to go and get a closer look. It'll only take a second."

"Do that after the movie, the boys are already coming back with the snacks!", she slyly points at Luka and Nino, coming back up the stairs with popcorn and drinks. 

Dammit. I slump back in my chair and cross my arms over my chest. F**k this. I came to enjoy this movie, not to care about if Adrien came back or not. Why do I care anyway? It's not like I love him anymore. He broke my heart. When he left, I didn't leave my room for a week. It wasn't because of sadness, I felt physically sick. I could care less about what happens to him. 

You know that's a lie. 

Oh shut up little voice, you don't know crap. 

While I was having this entire argument in my head, the boys already sat down, and Luka was looking at me with a worried look on his face. 

"Are you okay Mari?"

"Yes! I'm fine." Liar. "Thank you for the snacks, Luka!", I say with a huge smile on my face, then leaning in to then kiss him. 

"Anything for you", he says as he squeezes my hand. 

I look over to Nino and he's snickering at us. I make a face and throw popcorn at him. 

"Hey!"

"You deserved it."

"Both of you be quiet!", Alya sneers. "The movie is starting."

The lights slowly dim until they turn completely off, and the room fills with silence. Once I adjust in my seat, the distraction of my friends wears off, and my mind goes back to Adrien, making me uneasy almost the whole movie. Luka somehow sensed me being uneasy and puts his arm around me. This calms me down almost immediately and I can actually focus on the rest of the movie.

I love Luka so much, he's so dreamy.

Are you sure about that Marinette?

Is there a way to kill off that little voice? It's interrupting my happiness. 

Since I spaced out for the first 30-ish minutes, the last 45 minutes went by really quickly. The movie was really good, I just wish that I had paid attention to the first part of it. I would've loved it more. After it finished, the lights slowly come on, and everyone starts leaving the theatre. Alya nudges me and nods her head towards the mysterious boy who we thought was Adrien. Oh. I had forgotten about that again. Great. 

"If you want to go check it out, now is your chance! Go before he leaves!", Alya whispers near my ear. 

"But how am I just going to randomly go up to him just to look at his face and then leave? I'll look stupid!", I reply.

She does a quick scan of the area around the boy, her eyes then light up, signalling that she has an idea. 

"Look! There's a trashcan near where he's sitting. Go pretend that you're throwing away trash, and then turn around and see who he is. It won't look suspicious."

What on Earth would I do without Alya.

"Can you come with me though? What if it is him? I don't want to be alone", once I say this, my hands start to sweat, and I can feel a panic attack rising.

"Okay, I'll go, but we have to find a way to distract the guys."

"It's okay, we can just tell them that we're going to throw away the trash."

I stand up and Luka and Nino are already chatting it up about the movie we all just watched. Nino is holding him and Alya's popcorn, which is almost empty. I snatch the popcorn bucket from his hands as he's nibbling the last couple of pieces.

"You're done with this right? We're going to go throw away the trash! Gotta keep the Earth clean!", I say in a rushed tone. Nino then looks at me with a confused face and laughs. 

I can almost hear Alya do a face slap. 

"Girl, you are not good at situations under pressure. Calm down."

"I know I know, I'm trying my best. Okay! Let's go!"

We start down the stairs of the theatre, each second being closer to discovering who the mystery boy is. What will I do if it actually is Adrien? Will I pass out? Will I jump in his arms? Will I just end it all in front of everyone by jumping down the rest of the stairs? Who knows. 

We reach the trashcan and throw away what we have in our hands. Looking at each other, then taking a big breath, we turn around to see who it is. 

Oh my god. 

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