An Accidental Kiss

Chapter 1

Marinette stood stock still, her eyes wide staring at the little slip of paper in her hand. She couldn't believe it. Why? Why did she end up with this? Why did the world have to do this to her?

"The prince?" She flopped down in her seat and plopped her head down on the table.

"It's not that bad," her friend Alya said as she sat down.

"What do you mean it's not that bad? It's horrible!" Marinette mumbled with her head still on the table.

"You could've gotten the role of the princess."

Marinette lifted her head off the table. "I just wanted a small role. Not a role as big as this! You know how clumsy I am. I'm gonna mess it up."

Alya patted her shoulder. "It'll be fine."

Marinette sighed and put her head back on the table. "Could this day get any worse?"

"Woah dude! You got the role of the princess! That's totally messed up." Marinette's head shot up like a speeding bullet. She saw that Nino had been talking.. to Adrien! No way, no way, no way! she thought.

Adrien scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Ah yeah. I guess I'm the princess." He gave a weird little laugh.

"I wonder who got the prince role then?" asked Nino. So Adrien really did get the role of the princess! How unlucky could she be.

"How lucky can you get?" Marinette's turned towards Alya. "He's the princess, you're the prince! Think of this as a good thing. You'll get to practice your lines one on one."

Marinette thought about it. "Yeah, you're right! I'm gonna go ask him if he wants to practice our lines together after school."

"There you go girl!" Marinette's stood up and made her way down the stairs to Adrien, not realizing a weird smile was being plastered across her face. When she finally made it down the stairs she was looking at Adrien.

"Hey what's up Marinette?" asked Nino. She was staring at Adrien not able to formulate any words.  Adrian looked at her with an eyebrow raised.

"Um.. you ah.. and... ah... well... me.. um..." Nino and Adrien both looked at each other. From where Alya was sitting she sighed. Chloe and Sabrina walked up behind Marinette. Chloe grabbed the slip of paper from her hands.

"Let's see what role the klutz here got." Chloe looked at the paper and her eyes widened. Sabrina looked over Chloe's shoulder and her eyes widened as well.
"What? How did you get the role of the prince!" Chloe shouted. The entire class looked towards them. "How come you get to be the prince? Adrien is the princess so I should have the role of the prince!"

Marinette just stood there not knowing what to say.

"I'll just be taking this piece of paper then. You're just a klutz and mess it up. I'll be a great prince and I won't screw up the whole play."

"Hey give that paper back to Marinette," Alya said as she made her way down the stairs.

"Why should I? We all know she's gonna mess it up. She should just have a small role where she can't screw anything up for the rest of us." As Chloe said this she turned to Sabrina.

"Yeah. I agree with Chloe," said Sabrina. This infuriated Marinette.

"Chloe give it back." Chloe looked at Marinette.

"Look who's trying to be all tough."

"I'm serious Chloe. Give it back. I'm not gonna screw it up. But your bad attitude is gonna bring everyone to have a foul mood. You're the one that's gonna screw it up if you act like this."

Chloe became frustrated. She 'humphed' gave the piece of paper back and left the room.

Marinette felt a pat on her shoulder. "Nice going Marinette." She smiled at Alya.

Behind them Adrien had a small smile on his face.

"Dude Marinette stood up to Chloe. That's awesome," said Nino standing next to Adrien.

"Yeah it is." Adrien continued to stare at Marinette. Marinette not knowing the soft look that Adrien was giving her.

After school Adrien was about to leave when Marinette appeared in front of her. "Hey Marinette."

"Um.. H-Hi."

"What do you need?"

"Well.. I was thinking.. maybe.. if you want to.. we could practice our lines with each other.. possibly." Marinette could feel herself shaking. She had done it. She had actually asked Adrien. She stood in silence waiting for this answer.

Adrien looked at Marinette. looking at him. He saw how expectant she looked.
"Sure. Sounds like a good idea." Marinette couldn't believe. He had said yes!

"Really? You really will?"

"Ah yeah."

"Woohoo!" Marinette said jumping in the air. She was so excited she ran over to Alya.

Adrien watched her go with wide eyes. She was really that excited? He couldn't help but start laughing at how excited she had been. He thought to himself that it was kinda cute.