The Spring Ball

Ch. 11: Marinette

I look around the gym for the familiar mop of blonde hair that I've come to recognise as Adrien. As soon as I had said goodbye to Chat I had locked myself up in the storage closet and changed back to my dress, promising Tikki that I would go to the dessert table to get her more cookies. I subconsciously look down at the ladybug brooch, which had transformed from my suit and to the dress. To be honest, it was beautifully crafted and went perfectly with my dress, but I would never say that aloud.

Chat had outdone himself this time.

In a sense I had too. After all I had kissed his cheek. It was just a kiss on the cheek, but it meant nothing else to me. Or did it? I groan loudly while looking down at my black high heels, my mind muddled.

No it didn't mean anything! I liked Adrien not a foolish flirty cat that for all I knew could be ten years older than me.

"Marinette!" I hear someone call out and I look up to see Adrien running towards me his hair messy and his tie crooked. I smile shyly as he arrives panting and I prepare my excuses in my mind, the guilt of lying to him a weight in my chest.

"I'm sorry I lost you in the crowd and I ended up hidden in a bathroom." He says catching his breathe and I nod putting an apologetic smile on my face.

"Yeah me too the Decorator froze me near the exit. Wrapped me in this bunch of fairy lights." I squeak and he looks extremely surprised, but he shakes his head as if trying to clear his thoughts.

"I'm so sorry Marinette. I should've been there with you." He says softly, looking like a kicked puppy and I'm afraid that the guilt will pull me down to the centre of the earth.

The things I do for Ladybug.

"Really don't worry..." I say, pausing to hear that once more they were passing a slow song, couples twirling around us.

"Besides we still can dance. So would you like to dance with me Adrien?" I stammer, nervously extending my hand towards him. For a second i think he's just going to leave, but his frown turns into a wide smile and he puts his hands on my waist as I put my arms around his neck.
It was happening

He twirls me around slowly still smiling and I laugh at how amazing this night was. It hadn't been like my dreams, but even better.

"Hey do you remember the day we met?" He asks and I nod blushing. I still remember how I thought he was a jerk until he gave me the umbrella in the rain. I remember how he laughed so similar to today.

"Well I still think destiny wants us to be friends. It was as if the world wanted us to meet." He says chuckling and I feel myself turn as red as Alya's hair.

Had Adrien Agreste my all time crush just said that?!

Suddenly, however, the song stops interrupted by someone tapping on the mike. Reluctantly I turn to see who was talking and through the corner of my eye I see Adrien look at my brooch with a weird expression. He seems to want to say something, but then the principal, who had the mike starts speaking,

"Students I hope you've all enjoyed today's dance. Right now we are going to say who are the queen and king of the dance, but first I wanted to give an enormous thanks to a very special freshman. who organised all of this. Rose come on stage and everyone give her an enormous round of applause." He says and woop delighted that they had given her credit. Everyone soon joins in and the gym is filled with claps and cheers as Rose smiles sweetly, waving at the crowd.

"Ok now lets get on with the coronation..." The principal says as he opens an envelope, Rose standing behind him with the two crowns. The principal audibly gasps and the bursts out in laughter, everyone looking around in confusion. Who had won?
"Well I guess the two teenagers who won do deserve this award. However, I don't know if they technically count as students, unless they do study here. Oh well the queen and king of the dance are..." He pauses before saying, smiling, "Ladybug and Chat Noir."

The gym breaks into even more applause and my eyes open as wide as saucers. I had won!

Well Ladybug technically, but it didn't matter because I was under the mask. I could hear Chloe's outraged yells from the other side of the room, but that wasn't important because I heard Tikki's whispers from my bag.

"Don't go up Marinette remember this is a secret!" She hisses and I nod snapping out of my daydreams. The cheers soon end and there's an awkward silence as the students notice the two heroes wouldn't be coming. To try to save the day the principal grabs the mike and then says,

"Well that doesn't matter because there's a special surprise here. The one and only Jagged Stone has come to sing from his most recent album, which one of our talent students, Marinette, also designed."
I blush at the recognition, smiling as Adrien pokes me and the crowd starts clapping animatedly. Then the one and only Jagged Stone takes the stage and I feel a hand tug me through the crowd and to the front.

"Come on Marinette this is my favourite song!" Adrien whispers in my ear and I laugh as Jagged Stone stars singing, jumping up and down to the rhythm of the guitar solo. After a while, Jagged Stone ends his song, but instead of continuing pauses and says,

"Well as your principal said a young lady from this school designed the cover of my best-selling album so I think she deserves to come on stage." Then like in the movies my favourite singer takes my hand and pulls me on stage, Adrien giving me a double thumbs up while smiling proudly. Then Jagged starts singing my favourite song and like in all the books I've read, I start singing along, hearing Alya and Adrien's distinctive cheers from the crowd. 

At the end this had been the best night of my live.

I had fun with my friends.

Got elected as the dance's queen.

Saved the day as Ladybug.

Sang with the one and only Jagged Stone,

Low-key kissed Chat Noir...

and DANCED WITH ADRIEN AGRESTE.

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