The contest

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  Marin's POV

"Tikki! Have you seen my red material?"
"Right here!" She exclamed giving me the material
"Thanks!" I said as i started sewing
So, incase you don't know what i am making, i'm making a dress for the contest from school. And the contest will be hold by none other than Gabrielle Agreste herself! My idol! I have to make it right, this could be my chance to be noticed and make a step foreward to my designer career!

I looked through my sketchbook and then to the dress back and fourth
"Something's wrong. But i can't see what"  i sighed
Tikki came and took a look
"I don't see anything wrong tho?"
"It looks too simple ,Tikki" i told her as i sat on the chair
"Maybe you could make some accessories to match with the dress?" She suggested
"....i'll think about it. How about we take a lunch break, i'm hungry"

*knock* *knock*

"Marin! Alain is here!" My mother said
"Tikki hide!" I whispered
"Alright. I'm comming" i went to the trapdoor to open it and go downstairs
"Hey Alain!"
"Hey dude! How are things going? Feeling like winning the contest?"
He asked
"I don't know.... the dress is way too simple to win.." i said in defeat
"Hey! Stop beating yourself! I'm sure it looks awesome! And even if it doesn't, you still got time to make it look good, right?" He smiled
"Umm... yeah! Wanna come see it?" I asked him
"Yeah, sure!"
We went upstairs in my room and i showed him the dress

"It's still not finished" i said
"I see. Well i'm not an expert but i'd say it's gonna look good once it's done" he reasured me
"Well thanks but that still doesn't help. I need a girl's advice on how to make it look" i rested my head on the table
"Hmm..." Alain stayed a bit to think
"Why don't we get Nina? She's a girl" he suggested
I raised my head quickly
"That's not a bad idea at all. Call her"
"On it!"
 

  A few minutes later

"I'm here!" Nina Shouted
"Nina, hey!"
"Hi Nina!"
"So ,what was so urgent?" She asked
"Well you see, Marin over here needs a girls opinion for his new still not finished dress, and he was wondering if you could help him" Alain explained
"Yeah.." i rubbed the back of my neck
"No worries! I got you!" She stayed a bit to examine it
"Here's the sketch if it helps" i gave her the sketch
"Alright. So here's what i feel like you need to do"

    A few hours later


"So? What do you guys think?" I asked them
Nina and Alain who were laying on the floor, probably asleep, slowly raised their heads to look in my direction

"So? What do you guys think?" I asked themNina and Alain who were laying on the floor, probably asleep, slowly raised their heads to look in my direction

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"Looks cool dude!" Nina said
"Yeah! What she said!"
"Really? Thanks guys! Even if it won't make me win the contest, i'm glad you guys came here and spend your time with me" i told them
"Aww, no problem dude!" Alain said
"Yeah! No problem!" She said
My stomach made a growl
"Oops. I forgot i haven't got lunch"
We all chuckled
"How about we get something to eat from the bakery"
"Yeah, sounds good"

      Time skips to Monday where the contest is hold 

"Hah! What's that supposed to be Dupain-Cheng?" Clovis laughed
"Leave me alone Clovis"
"Incase you haven't realised, your dress is one of the weakest. I mean take a look at mine" he paused pointing to a yellow goldish dress that has sparkling gems on it. It's obviously not made by him. "And take a look at yours" he finished his sentence
"Clovis, in this contest you are supposed to make a dress that is easy to move around with, comfortable to wear and to look nothing too sophisticated. Not sparkling enough to blind you"
"Hmph. Ridiculous utterly ridiculous! We'll see that when the winner is revealed. Meaning moi" i sighed

I'll for sure beat him
The contest was about to start

     A few minutes later

Turns out that Mrs. Agreste actually came here. I mean like, in person! Now i'm more nervous!
She went to Clovis and inspected his dress
"Too sparkling, it looks uncomfortable to wear. If you were to wear this in public you'll attract everyones attention"
"Well yeah, but isn't it the whole point? Everywhere you go, people to turn their heads to look at you?"
She sighed and moved on
"You need a change of mind" that's all she said as she was walking towards me
"This is stupid! Ridiculous!" He yelled
"Hmm.." she took a closer look at the dress
I quickly looked at Adrienne who was behind her, she gave me thumbs up
"Nothing too extravagant and it looks like being used for occasions like christening or marriage. Straight to the point and simple" she said as she moved on
I am so happy right now
Alain nudged my arm
"Good job!"
"Thanks! But it was all thanks to Nina"
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"And the winner of the contest is Marin Dupain-Cheng. Congratulations."
"What! This is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard!" Clovis stormed out
"R-really? I won?" I couldn't believe it, i actually won! But then again, competing with Clovis, Rose and those other people wasn't hard as i thouth. I mean Rose made a dress with Juleca's help that had the colors pink and purple and had accessories. She most likely did it for fun and i can't judge her for that
"Congrats!" Sebastian said from behinde
"Thanks!"
Alain and the others congratulated me too
"Now then! Be quiet so Mrs. Agreste can finish!" The principal said in a loud tone
"Thank you. Now for the reward, my daughter will wear it at the next photoshoot. Although, i think you need to remake it so it'll be her size"
"Really? A-alright, i'll do it" i told her and she nodded
"Make it done before Saturday" she left
Adrienne had a blush on her face
"I didn't actually knew what the reward was" she said
"Really?"
"Y-yeah... but i'm looking foreward to wear the dress at the photoshoot, so yeah , um, see you tomorow!" She said as she ran to catch up with her mother
"Bye!" It was very emberassing since everyone heard it
"So Marin, you and Adrienne, huh?" Alain teased
"Shut up! We are just friends!"
"Mhm... suree"
"Ughh"

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⏰ Last updated: Apr 25, 2022 ⏰

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