Unconvinced

Chapter 5~ What are friend's for?

"Alya?" "ALLYAAAAA"

I race towards the retreating figure of what looks like Alya, waving my hands as if my life depended on it.

"Hi Marinette!!" she exclaimed hugging me hard. "Hello Mrs Césaire, what brings you to our school?" I say looking at Alya's mum "Oh don't we have the mother's day program today?"

"Mother's day..... um today is uh mother's day?" oh crap I totally forgot...

"Marinette don't tell me you forgot!" accused Alya "u-h ummm"

I wanted to tell her I didn't, that I am not that forgetful, but what she was saying was completely true.

I had forgotten about mother's day.

As pathetic as it sounds, I was so busy doing homework and stressing about how to do it, I had forgotten today was mother's day! GAAAAAAAA!

I entered school, to see banners saying 'Happy Mother's day' stalls selling candy and mother's having coffee and tea.

You see, usually Mother's day is on Sunday 1st of June, But Mayor Bourgeois changed it to today!

We were supposed to bring mothers to school and have morning tea with them, half the school day was off because of this...! How could I even forget?!!!

Alya kept assuring me that it was alright that it didn't matter, but her words were going in one ear and coming out the other.

I was stressed out.

"I'm such a bad daughter Alya, I forgot mother's day! I mean who does that??? I don't even have money to buy my mum a present!" so many thoughts were running through my head, it felt like it was going to explode!

"Marinette calm down, it's not the end of the world! You need to chill out girl. I'll go get us some candy, stay here."

"But Alya I have no money!"

"It's okay girl, what are friends for?" she gave me a wink and walked away.

Oh Alya, where would I be without you...? I had no friends before you came. It was honestly hell for me every day coming to school, being picked on by Chloe, spending break alone.

The closest person I could consider as a friend was Nathanaël, yes the guy who somehow had a crush me, then accused me of being just like Chloe, now I really don't know his feelings...

yeah, sure he was a really shy person, but he was a really good listener...

Not only that... but he was the only friend that I could trust, the only friend who cared about me and the only friend I had...

But somehow we drifted apart...

This year my whole life had completely changed, from the first day I looked forward to coming to school, I looked forward to experience the highlights of the day, I looked forward to see the faces of my fellow classmates, I even stopped getting annoyed at Chloe... well almost.

Every single day, every single moment of my life was truly miraculous.

And I am ever so grateful.

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5 minutes had passed

10 minutes had passed

Oh, god what's taking her so long?

I was dying of boredom.

That's when Adrien Agreste walked in.

I tried so hard not to stare, not to drool over him...