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chapter 7

Mari POV

I couldn’t get to sleep last night. It was 4:30 am and so far all I had done since dinner last night was make a dress that I’d decided I’ll wear to school today. I decided to pair it with the bag I made over the holidays. I wore the necklace Adrien gave me yesterday. I also found a pair of heels that I could walk in somehow. I had spent a big piece of the night learning. The outfit was cute and I hoped Chole gave it her stamp of approval. We were going shopping after school to get me some new outfits. This was going to be a long afternoon. I couldn’t get my mind off the fact that I was going to be part of Adrien’s fencing team. To get my mind off things, I decided to grab some fabric I had bought last week and decided to make Adrien a top. It was quite a simple design, but it took my mind off things. It was a button-up long sleeve shirt. The fabric was cotton and had 3 different shades of grey in a striped pattern. Sewing that top somehow only took me an hour and a half. But that meant that it was now 6 am. I decided to go downstairs to have breakfast.

“Morning Muma, Morning Papa,” I said when I got downstairs and into the kitchen.

“Good morning sweetie. What are you doing up already? You're not normally up until at least 8:30 at the earliest,” My mother said.

“I couldn’t sleep last night, so I’ve been up all night. I made a dress that I’m planning on wearing to school today and I used the grey-striped fabric I got last week to make Adrien a shirt. I also spent a big part of the night learning to walk in the heels I got about 4 years ago, that was too big for me then,” I replied.

“Good for you sweetie. But, do you need to do all that to impress Adrien? I’m sure that you don’t need to impress him that much.” said my father.

“It’s not to impress Adrien, papa. You know I’m not good with fame and I’m now dating a model, so Chole is taking me shopping after school for some new outfits. You know ones that model would be wearing for when people end up with cameras in my face. Also, it had nothing to do with impressing Adrien that made me not be able to get to sleep. It was that I’m temporarily now part of Adrien’s fencing team,” I replied.

“Wow. Congratulations sweetie, but why didn’t you tell us that last night?” My mother asked.

“I didn’t think about it. That’s why,” I replied.

“Ok. Well, your father and I are going to be in the bakery to start getting ready for the day,” My mother said.

“Ok, mum I should probably be dressed and ready for school, hopefully by 8, meaning I’ll be early to school for once,” I said as I grabbed my breakfast. My mother nodded and headed down to the bakery.

I finished my breakfast before Tikki came downstairs.

“Hey Tikki, what are you doing?” I asked.

“Unlike you, I’m always up this early and I also know where the cookie jar is for breakfast,” Tikki said.

“Really Tikki? Do you eat choc chip cookies at 8:15 every morning? No wonder you always have so much energy in the morning,” I said.

“That has nothing to do with it,” Tikki replied.

“Ok, I’m going to go get dressed, enjoy your cookies, and don’t get caught!” I said, going back to my room and grabbing the outfit I had picked out at about midnight.

I got changed and curled my hair, grabbing my small bag of makeup out and putting a little bit on. It was only a small amount of concealer and foundation, with a little pink lipstick, with a little bit of eyeshadow. Matching the colour of the lipstick. Why was doing makeup so hard? Or, I just needed more practice using it? I had only done it once or twice before. Once I was fully ready for school, it was 7:30, and I still had half an hour before I had to leave for school. So, I decided to grab my sketchbook and did some designing. I designed an off-shoulder, knee-length dress that had a white top and pink shirt, and the top and bottom were both lined with black floral lace. By the time I finished the sketch, it was 8:00. So, I got Tikki and said goodbye to my parents, and went down to school. When I got there, there was almost nobody there. I didn’t know anyone that was. It only took about 5 minutes before Alya and Nino showed up. I waved at them as I walk over to them.