Chapter 1: Marinette paced in front of Alya quickly; the suspense was seriously going to kill her at this rate. It has been two and a half months since the incident that was caused by Alya dragging her out and getting her insanity drunk. About 2 weeks ago Marinette noticed how she was feeling incredibly nauseous every time she ate anything; she was pretty sure that it was nothing more than the flu, but Alya has something else in mind in regards to what was wrong with her best friend. She showed up at Marinette's house early one day producing and item that made Marinette feel even more sicker: a pregnancy test. After much convincing and bugging, Alya finally got her to at least take the test Alya was the one holding the test as Marinette paced in front of her, waiting for the results to show up on the little window on the test. She really wasn't sure how Marinette going to react to to this if this turned out positive. Even though she was now 24 years old, she still has a tendency to overreact to big things happening in her life. 'One more, M; stop pacing before you make both you and me dizzy. " Alya said, trying to get Marinette to sit down and calm down some. I'm sorry, I'm just so nervous. I can't possibly begin to think about what I will do if this comes out positive; this just cannot be happening. " She groaned, finally sinking down on the floor next to the couch and pulled her knees to her chest. "How will I ran the bakery?" She asked quietly, more to herself than anything else. Alya shook her head at the girl, wishing that she would stop being so ridiculous and just calm down slightly. The minute ticked by and Alya could feel Marinette's entire physical being tense from where she was sitting. Slowly a bright pink plus sign appeared in the window on the tast; it was positive. Alya sucked in a breath and chewed on her lip for a moment, trying to figure out a phrasing that would panic Marinette the least. "Will you know, they say that there's always a chance that these things give false results. " Alya tried , hoping that Marinette would buy it. She shook her head at Alya. "I really doubt it this time, all the signs point to it. I'm... I'm pregnant. " She said quietly. "I can't believe I was this careless. " She muttered, refusing to look up from the spot on the ground she was staring at. "I don't even care about myself; I just can't believe I did this to him. " She breathed. "Whoa whoa whoa, wait; do this to whom? I thought you said you didn't know who you went home with that night. " Alya said as she shoved the pregnancy test back into its box. Marinette's face turned a brilliant shade of red; of course she knew who she knew she slept with that night, but there really wasn't a reason to tell Alya until now. "Well Mari, spill, who was it? Oh man I really wish I had paid attention to who you left with that night. " She said, trying to think back on all of the people they want out with. "Was it Nathanael?" She asked, remembering how he had a huge crush on Marinette in high school . "Oh god no. " Marinette said quickly, her face turning an even brighter shade of red. "Nathanael is still such a super sweet boy and all but I don't think I could ever do something like that with him, drunk or not. " She said as she pulled her phone from her pocket. She hoped that she could distract Alya enough to keep her from pushing too much to find out who the father was. He and she had been talking pretty consistently since the night they slept together, so she shot him a text saying they really needed to talk. "Okay, but that really doesn't tell me who the father of the baby is; I need to know who gotta put the fear of god into for knocking my best friend up. " Alya said. Marinette rolled her eyes and shook her head at her. "Now I'm definitely not telling you who it is. " She said as said shoved her phone back into her pocket. Alya huffed at her before beginning to pout, her lower lip jutting out overdramatically. "Nope , nope , no , pouting is not going to work on me this time. I don't need you scaring anyone half to death; this isn't his fault. " She said quietly. "Well this is partially his fault and he better take some responsibility at least or else I will go after him. " Alya said before moving in sit next to Marinette. "I don't care who this guy is in the world; this is his baby and he better act like it. " She said, putting her arm around her friend and pulling her close. Marinette smile and leaned against Alya. "I'm sure he will; he really doesn't seem like the kind of person to just ignore something like this. Thanks for looking out for me, Alya. " She said softly. "I honestly have no idea what I could do without you by my side. " She said. "Of course girl; what kind of best friend would I be If I weren't by your side for all the huge life changing events you go through?" She asked. Marinette laughed, trying her best to fight off the anxiety that was beginning to creep up in her mind. "So Mari, if I promise to leave the boy be and not scare the living daylights out of him, will you please tell me who the father is?" Alya bugged, dying to know who Marinette slept with that night. She signed quietly; she really didn't want to tell Alya until he knew what was going on. "Okay, how about this... " she started, "let me see if I can guess who it is. That way you aren't outright telling me. You already said that it wasn't Nathanael and I know 100 that it isn't Nino because I would have murder him right now if it were. So is it someone we personally know?" She asked "Yes. " Marinette responded, decided to let Alya play twenty questions with her. She took a moment to think of her next question "Did we go to high school with him?" "Yes" it is Adrien?" Marinette hesitated. "Oh my god Marie, please tell me that you are not serious. " Alya said, starting to freak out. She remained silent, her face turning bright red again. "Marinette Dupain-Cheng, I cannot believe that it took me three and a half months to find out that you slept with the boy you swore was the love of your life all though high school. " She said, moving so that she could look Marinette in the face. "I didn't tell you because I knew that you would react like this and Adrien and I both agreed that it was just a onetime thing that we should both forget about because we were drunk beyond comprehension. I honestly don't even know how we made it back here. " She said "This cannot get out to anyone and I mean anyone; you can't even tell Nino, understand? A child with an unwed woman could ruin Adrien's professional appearance and his changes at taking over the fashion company from his father. ". She said. "I don't want anyone but you and him to know about this until we figure out how to approach this; I'm not even going to tell Mama and Papa about it until Adrien and I have a plan. " She said. Alya nodded. "I understand completely, Mari. Don't worry at all; your secret is self with me. Now let's go get you some ice cream and maybe see if we can get you into a clinic to know for sure. " She said before standing up and pulling Marinette to her feet as well.
