The School Girl Player

She's Missing? ⚠️⚠️

The Next Morning

**TW Eating Disorder Mentioned briefly**

Marinette's POV

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When I woke up everything was aching and my throat was so sore from yesterday. I looked at my phone and it was only 5 am. Why did I wake up so early? I decided to go take a shower because it would be my last one for a few days. I hate that I'm going to worry everyone but I need to get away for a bit. I'm only missing one day of school so it should be fine, I can just get Adrien to catch me up when I come back. By the time I was done in the shower I was called down for breakfast. Great another forced meal I'd have to puke up.

"Marinette, are you hungry?" My mom called up.

"Not really Mama, I'll take a banana and eat it on the way!" I yelled back while walking into the kitchen.

"Okay Marinette. See you after school." I felt bad that I wouldn't see them but I just couldn't deal with everything right now. I don't want to do anything bad, I just want to escape. Just for a couple of days and then I'll be back.

"Bye Mama and Papa!" I said while running out the door. Instead of going towards my school, I went the other way. People would just think I was sick or something since they know it's not like me to skip class. I wish I could tell Adrien or Alya but if either knew then everyone would come looking for me and I didn't want that. He didn't know about what happened the other night and hoped he never would. It was too much pressure on me. I decided to text the group that I was sick and wouldn't be at school.

<Mari> Hey guys, I'm sick so I won't be at school today.

<Nino> All good Mari, get better!

<Alya> Get well girl!

<Adrien> I'll see you later! He knew something was up but wasn't sure what. He wanted to text her to make sure everything was okay.

<Adrien> Is everything okay?

<Mari> Yeah everything's fine. I just ate something that made me sick. He knew that was a lie unless her parents forced her to eat, which they probably did.

<Adrien> Are you sure? I know something is up. I'm really going to have to try to convince him that everythings fine.

<Mari> Yes I'm sure. My parents made me eat supper.

<Adrien> Okay, See you after school? I'll text you later.

<Mari> Yeah, I'll text you. I'll let you know if I'm feeling better. He sent a heart back as a response and I sent one back. I felt bad but I needed this break from everyone. I knew that the photos would be around the school today and I didn't want to have to deal with that again. I ran as far as I could to find a safe spot for the day. I chose to go to the top of the Eiffel tower. It was safe and I could sleep up there. I could lock the door and just stay in the room there. I went into an alleyway to turn off my location and then transform. I made sure no one saw me zip to the top of the tower. I remember my mom making me take that test and it hurt to think that she didn't trust me. Now I was kind of worried myself but I knew the reason I didn't eat was that my eating disorder came back. I knew that I had to eat but I just couldn't. If I go back to the days where I had a tube then people would know who Ladybug is and that's something that has been on my mind this entire time.

A few hours had passed and my phone started to blow up with my parents asking me why I hadn't come home from school. I was so tired from hardly sleeping that I turned my phone off and tried to go to sleep.