Me and my Princess

Chapter 21

"Adrien. Adrien!" I'm shaken awake by a tired Marinette.

"Mariette? What time is it? Is it already morning?"

"No it's 2am" she says calmly.

"What!?"

"Shhhhh! May I remind you that everyone is still sleeping!" She whispers loudly at me.

"Ya and I was too before you woke me." I groan tiredly.

"Sorry I was just wondering uh.. Can I sleep with you?" She says nervously, fidgeting with her hair.

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Can I please just sleep with you?!" I look at her with concerned eyes.

"Of course, come here." I put my arms around her as she rests her head on my chest. She wiggles under the covers and pulls them back up to her chin. I brush through her hair with my hand, soothing her. She cuddles deeper into my chest before falling asleep.

"Don't tell anyone, but I think I'm in love with Adrien Agreste." She says softly in her deep sleep. I blush and smile at her.

"I love you too, Princess." I whisper before kissing her forehead and falling asleep.

"See Gina, aren't they the cutest"

"Oh ya! Look at the two of them, you obviously can't keep them apart!"

"They're meant to be!"

"You know I changed my mind, let's let them give us beautiful children! I could be a great grandmother to the most beautiful children!"

"Mom!"

"What Tom! Look at them, they could have children who are models and bake! Just imagine it!"

"I personally think it's a great idea!"

"Sabine!"

I groan as I open my eyes to see Marinette's grandma and parents standing over us. Marinette also lifts her head off my chest as she opens her eyes.

"I think I'm getting deja vu." I whisper over to Marinette as I yawn.

"Except it actually did happen so it's like just vu." I laugh a little as I stretch myself awake, getting up after Marinette. We look up to see them all staring at us with wide eyes and big smiles.

"What?" We question them with an annoyed tone at the same time.

"Don't you guys know what day it is?" We look at eachother confused, then the realization hits both of us as we look back at them.

"It's Christmas!"

They gesture over to the cluster of presents under the tree, both our eyes light up at the sight. Marinette rushes over to the gifts like a little child. I sat there awkwardly, watching her collect all the gifts that had her name. When she was done, she ended up with 2 piles.

"Ok these are all mine." She says out loud at 1 of the piles.

I look at her confused, "What's the other pile for?" I ask her.

"Oh those are yours."

My eyes widened, "I got gifts too?" I ask them, surprised.

"Well ya, of course!" Her parents say, I run over to them and give them a quick hug before rushing over to the presents just like Marinette. I quickly go through the gifts, gasping and getting way too excited at each one.

Soon there are only 2 presents left each, 1 was from Alya and Nino and the other was from Marinette. Marinette had 1 from Alya and Nino and the other from me. We both decided to open Alya and Nino's first, there was a bold black on the shiny red paper that read "Video call us before opening!". Marinette pulled out her phone and called her, we waited as the phone rang for a few moments until Alya's face popped up on the screen.

"Hey! Where's Nino?" Marinette asks her.

"One sec, I'll get him!" She responds, calling out Nino's name until he also showed up on the small screen.

"Hey dude! Hey dudette!" He greets us, with a big smile on his face. We all make conversation until Marinette's parents grow impatient and hurry us towards opening the gift. We quickly rip off the red paper to reveal a small box, Alya and Nino snicker as we open it. We both pull out a sparkly best friend necklace, we give them an annoyed look.

"Seriously?" Marinette says to them.

"What!? I thought you guys were 'just friends'!" They laugh more, making us roll our eyes.

"Oh my god, I remember when Marinette complained about it all the time! Marinette, remember that time when you were like-"

"OK thankyoualyathatwasveryniceofyouanywayhaveagoodchistmasbyeeeee!" Marinette says quickly and hangs up on her before she can get any words out. I laugh at her a little then divert my eyes to the only gift left in my pile.

"Guess it's time to open eachothers." I say to her, she looks at me and smiles.

We both look down at the gifts we got each other, slowly ripping off the paper. I open the box and dig through the red and green tissue paper. I look down at the gift she got me with wide eyes, a blush spreading across my cheeks. I look up at Marinette with a surprised look to see her looking at me the same. We both remember what we got each other and laugh at our reactions.

"So what did you guys get?" Her grandma asks us, I deep shade of red covering our faces. What are we supposed to say? There's no way we can tell the truth!

"Oh just this dress I've been wanting for a while!" Marinette tells them.

"Oh ya and I got um a cool video game I've mentioned once or twice." I add, both of us closing the boxes tight and hiding them. They look at eachother confused, then back at us.

"Ok? Well uh I guess it's time for breakfast." Her dad says as he gets up off the couch.

We all follow behind him. I quickly grab the gifts and hide them in Marinette's room before heading back to the table.

We all sit around eating breakfast, smiling at Marinette's dad's attempt to make santa hat pancakes. He frowns and crosses his arms at his mother's teasing, making us all giggle.

The day goes by faster than we would prefer, right after a big christmas dinner Marinette's grandmother left with a big goodbye. She hugged and kissed everyone on the cheek.

"You better treat her right kid. Because if I find out you did anything to hurt her, well you don't want to know what I'll do." She whispers in my ear as she smiles, I gulp as she glares at me. Soon she closes the door behind her, listening to her motorcycle pull out of the driveway. I watch as Marinette's mother looks down at her watch and widens her eyes.

"Oh Tom, we're gonna be late!" She says to him.

"And? It's not like our friends would expect us to be early or even on time." He laughs.

She rushes him out of the room, demanding him to get changed into something nice. They both rush up the stairs.

"Now I know where you get it from." I tease Marinette, she glares back at me, making me laugh more.

After 10 minutes, Marinette's parents come running down the stairs in nicer outfits.

"Ok guys, were going to a party and will be back late. I'll see you in the morning, call us if there is an emergency." Her mom blurts out quickly before slamming the door behind them.

We flinch at the sound of the door.

"Sooo what do you want to do for the rest of the night?" Marinette asks as she turns to me. I smirk at her, her knowing exactly what came to my mind.