Fast-Forward to College

Chapter 1

"I can't believe we're already in college!" Marinette gushed to Alya. "It seems like just yesterday we were in tenth grade."

"No kidding," Alya agreed. "But who would've thought that most of us are going to the same college?"

Marinette frowned. "Really? Who's coming to the University of Paris?"

Alya pulled out her phone to reveal a poll on her blog. "Nearly everyone from our class is going to this University." She gestured to the beautiful campus. "Including Ladybug!"

"How-?" Marinette shook her head. Alya would have found out some way or the other. "Wait does that mean-?"

"Yep," Alya interrupted, smiling widely. "Adrien is going here."

Marinette's eyes widened. "Oh- oh what am I going to do?!" she cried. "If I could barely talk to him in high school, imagine college." A million scenarios flashed through her mind, each one more disastrous than the previous.

"Girl girl girl," Alya laughed. "Hopefully you'll get up the nerve."

"Hopefully," Marinette echoed under her breath. She pulled out a schedule from her bag. "Hey- we're roommates!"

"Who would've thought?" Alya joked, bumping her shoulder. "Come on. Let's go set up our dorm."

*~*~*~*

"I'm already regretting sharing a dorm with you," Alya groaned in reference to all the Adrien pictures on the wall. "How do you even sleep with those there?"

Marinette sighed. "How could you not? He's so... Perfect."

Alya giggled, but suddenly her eyes widened. "And he's right behind you."

"What?!" Marinette screeched. She whipped around and, sure enough, the blond-haired boy was standing in the doorway accompanied by Nino.

"Just wanted to check in on my girlfriend," Nino sweetly said walking up to Alya and kissing the top of her head. His eyes landed on the pictures. "Dude- Marinette- those are a lot of pictures of Adrien!"

Marinette's face reddened. "They... Um... Well, you see..."

"They must have been left there by last year's freshman," Alya answered for her. Marinette shot her a grateful smile and she continued. "Marinette and I were actually just taking them down."

Adrien leaned against the frame of the door. "They are pretty old pictures," he agreed. "They look like tenth grade or so."

"They are," Marinette blurted out. "I mean, yeah, they look like it!" She sighed. One complete sentence to Adrien- she was getting better.

Adrien smiled. "So what are you majoring in?" he asked Marinette and Alya. He pointed to Nino. "This guy's got his mind set on filmmaking."

Nino grinned. "Just the soundtrack," he assured. "But, dude! Have you seen the software they have here? It's amazing."

"Really?" Alya asked. "I'm doing something on the lines of web design, kind of like my Ladyblog. If they have good programs here, that would be really helpful."

"It would," Adrien agreed. He glanced at Marinette. "How about you?"

"Design fashioning," she managed. She shook her head. "I mean designing fashion- no fashioning design- no wait."