Do I love her?

Chapter 4

Finally, Friday came. It was lunchtime, and Zoe, Marinette, Alya and Nino (who heard about the relationship from Alya) were sitting down at a table.

Adrien, once again, wasn't in school. Everyone who knew about Zoe and Marinette, wasn't worried. But the kids that didn't know.... well that was a different story.

All week, they kept asking questions.
"Marinette, what happened to adrien?"
" I heard you broke up with him- is that true?"
" Why isn't he at school?"
"Is he sick??"

Luckily, on Friday, they stopped. They practically ran out of questions.

As they were munching on their food, Alya asked, " Are you guys free at around 5:00?"
"No, sorry Alya," replied Zoe as she bit into a chicken nugget. "Me and Marinette are going to the winter gala!"
Alya almost choked on her apple juice.
"The Winter Gala!?" She exclaimed.
"Thats amazing! Wait- wouldn't the agrestetes be there?" she asked, slightly worried.

Zoe wasn't worried at all. "Gabriel Agreste never comes, so his family doesn't either. He thinks it's a waste of time," she explained.

"Thats good," Alya replied, much more at ease.

"Are you gonna have matching outfits?" Nino asked.
"No nino," Marinette said simply.
"Whyyyyyyyy?" He complained. "It would be adorable!"

Zoe started to talk. "Marinette doesn't want to become public yet, the news would be all over it- since Marinette is adriens ex."

"Makes sense," Nino said, scooping a big blob of ice cream and dropped it in his mouth.

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It was 5:40, and Zoe was ringing Marinettes doorbell excitedly.

Marinette rushed downstairs to see a Zoe with her mouth wide open.
Marinettes dress was beautiful.

She was wearing a tight knee-high icy blue dress with small white snow flakes decorating it. She also had a clear, shimmering cape on, and instead of pigtails, she had her hair down.

"Woah," Zoe whispered as she held Marinettes hand.
"Bye guys!" Marinette called out to her parents.
"Bye honey," they chimed in unison, Tom looking like he might cry.
They kissed quickly and walked across the pavement.

"You look beautiful, Marinette!" said Zoe.
"Makes my outfit look rubbish."
"You look amazing!" marinette said, giving zoe a playful punch.

Zoe had a sky blue suit on, with a short sleeved blazer, long trousers, a white shirt, and a grey tie.

After 13 minutes of walking, they suddenly saw hundreds of people walking to a large building.

"We've made it," grinned Zoe before suddenly dragging Marinette to a different entrance with a worried look on her face.

"What? Why did you do that?" Marinette asked.
"Sorry Mari, I saw chloe. If she saw us together, she would go crazy!"

"Oh my gosh yeah, imagine, 'HaLf of a siSteR WhY arE yOu holDiNg bAkEr gIrLs hAnD? RiDicUloUs, uTtErlY rIdiCulOus!' "

Both of them landed in hysterics. They were clutching there sides as they walked in to the building.

Marinette gasped. "DID YOU DYE YOUR PINK!!!!" She exclaimed, touching Zoes signature streak of hair, which was now blue.

"It's only temporary," Zoe chuckled.
"I like it!" Marinette commented.

They signed in and walked in the main area and gasped in unison. There was a huge ice sculpture in the middle, in the shape of the eiffel tower.

Everywhere, there was blue, white and everything to do with winter.

They ran in excitedly, looking at the buffet. Marinettes jaw dropped when she spotted two extremely familiar faces.

Her parents waved at them, gesturing for the couple to come over.

"You didn't tell me you were going to be here!!"
Another jaw drop "So thats why you couldn't come to the hospital- you were right-its a HUGE order!" Marinette laughed, looking at the 3 tables filled with desserts. Zoe rapidly grabbed one and ate it.

Sabine laughed, "We wanted to surprise you!"

"It worked," Zoe commented.

They talked for a while before marinette and zoe walked away.
"Come!" Zoe said as she dragged Marinette to a corner. She pulled her close and kissed her. Marinette gladly held her hands and kissed her back.

But after a few seconds, Marinette spotted a shy girl with glasses and ginger-brown hair walk past them, her eyes wide as she gaped at them.

"Oh no, oh no!" Marinette exclaimed as she pulled away.

"What happened?!" Zoe asked, concerned.

"Sabrina just walked past, and she saw us!"

Marinette opened up her phone in a hurry and went on messages. "I have her number from the time me, chloe and her got teamed up for a group project!"

"Ouch," Zoe commented. "Must have been awful working with them."

"Yeah," Marinette replied.

She started to text Sabrina.

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Marinette: Sabrina pls pls pls don't tell
chloe what you saw I beg you!!!
*read*

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"She's not replying," Marinette said simply, with a blank look on her face.

"Oh no, oh no!" Zoe whisper-shouted, "You wanted to keep it private, and now chloe will know and she'll say it to everyone and -"

"Zoe. Calm down," Marinette said as she held her hands.
She smiled. "It's okay, Zoe. I think I'm ready to tell people."

Zoe stared for a second, but then sqealed and hugged Marinette tight.

"Let's go to the chocolate fondue!!" Marinette said excitedly.

After 10 minutes of chocolate-covered strawberries, Chloe walked up to them.

"Well, well, well," Chloe pestered as Zoe and Marinette wiped their chocolate mouths hastily.

"Zoe, are you dating Baker girl? Honestly, ridiculously low standards even for you! I think-"

Zoe started to speak. "Chloe, why are you making fun of us? You don't know that we are dating, you have no proof. So I think that you should get your overly perfumed nose out of our business and shove.off."

Marinette gaped and Chloe looked like she was going to sit on the floor and have a temper tantrum. Instead, she growled and walked away.