Love Is A 2-Sided Coin S1

A Heart of Love

My Pov

It was the weekend and I decided to take a walk and visit Marinette. I was actually going to ask her for help. Nathaniel had told me his fifteenth birthday was tomorrow. I had thought about buying him something, but then I thought about making him a box of small cakes. To me buying something, unless it's something that suits them, was a sign of not caring. But, making something would show the person you put your heart and hard work into the present. I entered the bakery and was greeted by Marinette's mother, Sabine Cheng.

"Hello Sophia. How wonderful it is to see you." Mrs. Cheng said.

"Hello Mrs. Cheng. Did Marinette tell you I was coming?" I asked. She nodded.

"She and her father are in the kitchen waiting for you." Mrs. Cheng said. I went in and was welcomed by Marinette's dad, Tom Dupain.

"Welcome Sophia. Good to have you visit us again." Mr. Dupain said. All the time before I left Paris with my mother and sister, I would come here and play with Marinette.

"Hi Sophie! Ready to bake?" Marinette asked. I nodded. I made sure to have all the proper tools and ingredients out before beginning. "Marinette, let's make five cakes, one for testing out, so we know the rest are perfect." It took several tries and I slightly burned my hand, but finally managed to get it right. After getting the batter right and pouring it into five separate tins, Mr. Dupain put them in the baking oven for forty minutes.

"I think you've earned a break with all your hard work Sophia." Mr. Dupain said. We went to the front of the bakery where Mrs. Cheng had some tea and tiny pastries for us.

"Wow, baking's not only hard, but it can be fun. I just hope they come out right." I said.

"You put a lot of effort and love in those cakes. Of course they'll come out perfect." Marinette assured me. After forty minutes passed, Mr. Dupain took the cakes out of the oven. We tasted one of the cakes and it was delicious! Marinette left and came back with six different colors of frosting; red, yellow, blue, white, black and peach. I frosted each cake in white. Then, using the squeeze tubes, I wore 'Happy' on the first cake and 'Birthday' on the second one. On the third cake, I drew a small doodle of Nathaniel and on the last cake, I drew a yellow, red and blue balloon with black strings coming from the bottom.

"How do they look?" I asked. Marinette squealed in delight.

"Wonderful! Nathaniel's going to love it!" Marinette exclaimed.

"I'll put them in this labeled box and place them in the refrigerator." Mr. Dupain said.

"Is it alright if I pick them up after school? I don't want them to get ruined and I don't want Nathaniel to have to carry them all day." I said.

"Of course. Just get here before we close." Mrs. Cheng said. I nodded.

"You all for your help." I said. As I left the bakery, I heard a small noise coming from an alley. I was careful about going into the alley and heard the noise more clearly. It sounded like a small child crying. I looked around, but didn't see anyone. That's when I heard the crying coming from the dumpster. I manage to open the side door and what I saw was horrifying and shocking. It was a little girl, two or three years old, She had strawberry blonde hair that was covered in dirt and tangled, emerald green eyes, one was closed, purple and swollen. She had a bloody nose, her ribs were somewhat visible and her small dress, along with the rest of her visible body, was covered in dirt, dried spots of blood and bruises. When she saw me, she whimpered. "I'm not going to hurt you sweetheart. I promise." I held out my hand, hoping she'd take it. A small shaking hand gripped mine. I pulled her out very gently and she gripped onto me. "What's your name?"

"Noelle." the girl said.

"That's a pretty name. Where's your parents?" I asked.

"They left me here. They said they'd be back and to not leave this spot, but they never came back." Noelle said. They abandoned her.

"Well, I'll take care of you." I said. I started walking home. I rang the bell and was greeted by Grace.

"Welcome back Miss- Oh my god! What happened?!" Grace exclaimed.

"Can't explain now. What I can do is get this girl a bath, food and clothes. Can you please call Dr. Allaire?" I asked. Dr. Allaire was a family friend, as well as the family doctor. She nodded and quickly dialed his number. I took Noelle upstairs. I filled the tub with warm water and gave her a bath. It was a little tough since my hand still hurt and touching the hot water stung, but I got Noelle clean up. I then went up to the attic to look for one of my old dresses I wore when I was little. I managed to find a light pink dress with puffed sleeves and lace at the bottom. It fit her really well. I brought Noelle downstairs and we were greeted by Dr. Allaire.

"Hello Sophia. This must be Noelle." Dr. Allaire said. He did an examination of her, wrote some things down on his notebook and gather his things. "Well, she's malnourished, but you feeding her is helping. But what she really needs to grow up happy and healthy is love and care. She seems to have attached herself to you." I looked down to see her gripping my skirt and looking up at me. This was going to be tough to explained to Dad. Surprisingly, Dad was really proud of me for helping Noelle. He told me he get adoption papers for her tomorrow.

"What happen to your hand Sophie?" André asked. I looked down.

"Oh. I burned it baking at Marinette's parents' bakery. I was making some cakes for someone." I said.

"Oh, let me guess... Nathaniel?" André asked, smirking.

"It's his birthday tomorrow! That's why!" I exclaimed. He laughed and left my room.

"Who's Nathaniel? Your boyfriend?" Noelle asked. I blush and furiously shook my head.

"No. He's someone I like, but he doesn't feel the same. I'm just doing something nice for his birthday." I said. Noelle looked confused, but shrugged her shoulders and climbed into bed. She now wore a large lilac T-shirt. I put on my PJs and got into bed too. Well... today hadn't been too eventful, but it hadn't been exactly normal either.