It All Started On Her Balcony

11

a/n:

not me leaving out one chapter and then contemplating whether i should leave it out but then brings it back in, all just because i have the biggest writers block on the face of the fucking earth along with a sprained wrist ugh- anyways THIS IS THE SECOND TO LAST CHAPTER! (chapter 12 is basically part 2 of the holiday and will DEFINITELY be the starting point of another one of my books... i wont tell tho, you lil beans will just have to wait and find out)

Marinette's POV:

My phone persistently buzzed loudly on my nightstand, I blearily stumbled out of bed after 10 minutes of battling with Adrien, who was practically half dead- to let go of my waist so I could get up. He's honestly such a child I sometimes forget that he's actually a year older than me.

My phone screen flickered on, the white brightness of it almost blinding me. Alya was frantically messaging on the group chat and talking about throwing a huge party since, according to her, I FINALLY was confident enough to stand up to Luka. If Alya had been standing next to me at that moment and said that to my face I would've slapped the shit out of her but then I realised she was right. I had spent WAY too much time procrastinating and just being so stupid and shy, letting Chloe bully me for 4 years of my life, Lila coming along after me and Chloe finally had set our differences apart and became friends, only to make things worse than before.

I sighed while recalling every dumb thing I'd done in my life and went back to lay down, as I wa leaning back I felt something long snake around my neck and gave a slight scream, not realising that Adrien had been sleeping with me last night and of course, was going to wake up next to me (looks like my stupidity runs through the course of my life I guess...)

"Wow, looks like Alya is happy about you being more confident, not gonna lie but you were too much of a shy bitch though" Adrien teased. I grabbed my pillow and hit him in the face

"HEY! Well, that is true to be honest" I said sheepishly, he chuckled and hugged my waist.

"So do you think you're gonna go to Alya's mini party, if I were you I definitely would, I mean it's a party for you Marinette" I shifted around in my bed and thought how my parents would do the same thing, they are slightly insane to be honest.

"Uhm fuck yes, of course I'm going... I mean of course if you don't want me to go because of what happened-"

"No Marinette" Adrien cut me off "What happened was my fault for getting involved, I understand that Luka did hurt you but if anyone should stay home, it's me but I doubt that Alya would be stupid enough to invite him over, even if he is there that shouldn't stop you from enjoying yourself." He grabbed both my hands and squeezed them.

"Look at me M'lady, never let the past stop you from doing things in the future, you shut down Luka and showed him not to mess with you, he's never coming back and it's the same with Lila, she also knows not to mess with you. Remember when she first joined after you and Chloe had finally become friends and thought that she could get Chloe to be your enemy again? Well she was wrong, wasn't she. I know that sometimes it's hard to get over a major event, especially if it had a negative impact on either you or someone you love but I know you Marinette, and I know that you'll push through, be brave and not let anyone stop you- just like Alya said to you the other day, you're unstoppable bub." He let go of my hands to wrap them around my shoulders and neck and stared into my eyes, Adrien opened his mouth to say something but I pulled the collar of his shirt close to me and kissed him, ignoring the fact we both had morning breath and that we should've really washed first but when you're drunk in love and caught in the moment, you lose track of time and in a way dissolve from your surroundings. Not caring what's going on, your full focus on love.