My Compensation
Summary:it's about Marinette getting fed up with babysitting the twins and decided to tell Marlena and Otis about Alya making her babysit Ella and Etta without getting paid while she spends time with Lila.
When Alya comes back home to see Marinette and her parents as well as Alya's parents upset and gets a talking to before getting punished by her parents and has to pay Tom and Sabine for the high priced pastries and paying Marinette for the compensation of babysitting the twins.
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Marinette clenched her jeans, her lips trembling. She couldn’t believe it. While Marinette was babysitting Alya’s little sisters, Alya was out with the whole class having a picnic. The only one missing was her. And Alya had told her that she and Nino were going on a date.
Marinette was tired of being taken advantage of. Yes, some of it had to do with Lila, but not all of it. It started before Lila was here, and it got worse when Lila arrived.
Marinette grabbed her phone, narrowing her eyes at the device. Marinette looked through her contacts, clicking on Alya’s parents’ names.
It took about a minute, before they picked up the phone.
“Hello?” Came the voice of Alya’s mother, Marlena.
“Hey, this is Marinette. Is this on speaker?”
“Hold on, yeah it is. What’s wrong? You sound upset, Marinette.”
“Do either of you know where Alya is?” Marinette asked. She already knew where Alya was, she was sure that her parents didn’t. Yes, she was going to be petty.
“Alya should be at the house, babysitting her sisters. Why?”
Marinette hummed. “Really now? I find that interesting.”
“Why is that?”
“Considering the fact that I’m at your house, babysitting Ella and Etta, while Alya is out enjoying herself.”
The line fell silent.
“What!?”
Marinette fake gasped. “You didn’t know? I’ve been babysitting Ella and Etta for months.” Marinette looked at the twins. “Say hello to your parents, girls.”
“Hi papa and mama!”
“Hi mommy and daddy!”
“B-but that’s didn’t make any sense. Alya said that she’s been babysitting them. Was she lying?”
“I’m afraid so.” Marinette answered.
“You’re at our house, correct?”
“Yeah.”
“Stay there, we’re coming back home. We need to talk with both you and Alya.”
“Alright, see you soon.”
“Bye Marinette.”
“Alright, cya Lila! I had fun at the picnic! Let’s do it again sometime!” Alya exclaimed, waving bye to Lila, before opening the door to her house.
She expected to hear the noise of Ella, Etta, and Marinette’s footsteps coming. Instead, she was met with silence.
“Marinette?” Alya called out, taking off her shoes, looking around.
When Alya made her way to the living room, she didn’t expect to see her parents or Marinette’s parents. Marinette stared at her with an unimpressed look.
She paled, she felt like she was in trouble. “U-Uhm, mom and dad, why are you both home so early? And why is Mrs.Dupain-Cheng and Mr.Dupain-Cheng here?”
Otis narrowed his eyes. “You know what I would like to know, Alya.”
“H-huh?”
“I would like to know why Marinette is babysitting your sisters, when I specifically told you to.” Otis frowned, crossing his arms.
“I-it was only a one time thing!” Alya blurted out, lying. She looked at Marinette for help, but she only received a blank look.
“Really now? That’s not what I know.” Sabine spoke up next. “I know that Marinette’s been babysitting the twins for months. It definitely wasn’t a one time thing. Unless you want to call me a liar?” Sabine was challenging Alya to go against her words, the truth.
“And the thing is, Marinette wasn’t even being paid for it. You used the money for yourself and your boyfriend.” Marlena scowled. “We were unaware for months, and you lied to our face. You let us give you money, knowing that you weren’t the one babysitting them, taking credit for something you didn’t do.”
Alya looked sheepish, embarrassed. “I-I’m sorry. I didn’t think it was that big of a deal.”
“And that’s not all.” Tom stated, with a huff.
Alya looked confused.
“Do you know how surprised we were when we found out the bill for pastries that you didn’t pay for.” Marlena snarled. “Alya, what’s wrong with you? How do you manage to get pastures form the bakery and not pay — you need to pay more than seven-hundred Euros! More than seven-hundred Euros!”
Alya gasped.
“Not to mention that you also need to pay Marinette off for all the times you left your sisters to her.” Otis frowned. “That’s more than a thousand Euros, Alya. I’m beyond disappointed in you, Alya.”
Sabine, and Tom abruptly stood up. “We’ll be taking our leave now. I’m glad that the truth is finally out. C’mon Marinette, let’s go home.”
Marinette stood up, following her parents, ignoring Alya’s pleading look.
“Once again, we’re sorry. We had no idea about this. Don’t worry, we’ll make sure Alya pays all of what she thought was free off. I’ll see you tomorrow, Tom and Sabine.” Otis waves.
They nodded, before leaving.
The married couple turned to Alya.
“As for your punishment, no devices, no Ladyblog, no getting distracted by that boyfriend of yours. None of that.” Marlena hissed. “Not until you pay your fee.”
Alya’s eyes widened. It was impossible for her to get that much money!
“Luckily for you, you’ll be getting a job. The pay check is going straight to Tom and Sabine.” Otis commented. “We’re not helping you, not this time. You have to learn there are consequences to your actions, Alya. You think this is harsh? Just wait till you’re out in the real world. We’re only looking out for you, Alya.”
