The School Girl Player

Entry 1

When they got back to Mari's place Gabriel called Adrien asking where he was staying. He told him that he's been staying with Marinette. His father finally believed Mari's story after the whole Jay incident.

"Mama! Look, this is Owen." She ran up to her parents with her hamster as Adrien talked with his father. Once he got off the phone he told Mari that he needed to go somewhere real quick. He was wanting to get his journal so he could finally start telling Mari everything. She nodded and he headed off towards his house.

Once he got there he went into Natalies room to get the journal off her dresser. Once he got it he headed back towards her house, transforming to get there faster. He detransformed and walked back into her house, making his way up to her room.

"Mari, I want you to read something. The first entry in here." He passed her the journal and sat down on the chaise. She took it and opened up to the first page.

My mother went missing today. Father says it's my fault that she left us. I thought I was a good kid but I guess I wasn't. My father was never good to me and I tried everything to get him to like me but it never worked. Mother was always there to save me but now that she wasn't here, what an I going to do now. Who will save me? My best friend never came back over and I must have done something and now she probably hates me. I miss her so much. Well that was my day today. Father wasn't even around so I sat in my room all alone.

"I could never hate you. I don't think it's your fault Adrien." She just looked up at him to see that he was starting to cry. She wasn't sure if she should read more but he just nodded. She turned to the next page to start reading.

Today I made father mad. I don't know what I did but I was hit. Each time he hit me he kept blaming mothers dissapearance on me. He said each mark would be a reminder of what I did to our family. No one was home and I was told that no one was to find out about this. I was the new face of the Agreste brand at such a young age. I didn't have a choice, he was going to send me away to a place that could take care of me if I said no to anything. I miss my mom, what did I do that made her leave. I did something and I want to know what I did in order for her to hate me. He didn't hit me hard but it still hurt.

She started to cry, she didn't know his father was like this. Sure he wasn't the best father but she never expected that he would be beating Adrien. She wanted to know if this was still going on or if it had stopped. She just turned to the next page with tears slowly falling down her face.

Today was bad. He burned me because I didn't model correctly. We were using fire for a shoot and he pushed my hand down on the fire to show me what he wanted. He told the photographer that it was an accident but I knew it wasn't one. I was terrified of disobeying him in fear that he'd do it again. I just want to be the perfect child he wants. Why can't I just be perfect, maybe mother would have stayed if I was perfect. There was a new assistant today named Natalie. She was really nice but whenever I tried to talk with her my father would stare at me with a death glare. I just want to live up to his expectations of me.

"Adrien you are perfect. You don't need to fill anyone's shoes. Make your own expectations of yourself."

"I wish it were that easy." She looked over and saw him holding back anymore tears. She didn't know how much more she could read before her heart broken further. Against her judgement she kept reading.

Today he broke my arm. I dropped his plate and he pushed me into a wall. When Natalie came in he just told her that I fell off my chair. She drove me to the hospital to check it out without my father there. She kept asking me if I actually did fall and I just kept hearing my fathers voice in my head telling me lie to her. Finally she gave up on asking me and believed what I said. When we got back she had to leave and that's when I was beaten again. He would just hit my back until it was purple. Maybe one day he'll stop and I'll finally impress him. Maybe mom would come back if I did. I started becoming home schooled so I could focus more on modeling. In order for me to forget my best friend my father brought in a girl named Chloe. She was nice but she wasn't my friend. No one could replace her. I had to lie to everyone and pretend that Chloe was my old best friend even thought I knew she wasn't. Maybe one day my father will stop beating me but for now I just have to hope.