A Series of Events

24

The week went by day by day. The days seemed to fly by. As Marinette was being healed, Alya and Nino were making great progress. They were getting more fit, and certainly slimming down due to all the exercise. It was the last day of Marinette's physical treatment, and her bruises were now gone and she felt great. The past two days of work had actually not been painful at all. The tenderness was gone, and she was able to sleep on her side. Marinette walked out of the room with Alex, and they sat on the porch watching Alya and Nino work out. Today they carried large rocks, stacked them onto each other, and were now jumping over them.

"They look great. You and Adrien made a good choice." Alex told her.

"I knew they had the capacity to do it. And I'm sure they are starting to have fun now that they passed the painful stage."

Alex nodded, and her smile dropped. Marinette noticed this. "You know, at your age and experience, I would have also wanted my friends to join me. But what will you do if one of them gets hurt or worse, and it could have possibly been because of your own actions. Are you sure you could deal with the safety of your friends?" Alex asked her. Marinette was quiet for a little.

"Their safety was compromised the moment the world knew I was Ladybug and Adrien was Chat. This is only a little step from that. Both of them are more cautious than I, and I am positive that their decisions are made to save their own neck, rather than mine or Adrien's. I envy them because I care about others safety more than my own, and I won't be able to change that. Selfish is a word characteristically used as an insult, but I mean it in the best way when I say they are truly selfish. Because I think that selfishness is what keeps you alive. If anyone goes in the next couple of years, I can bet it will be me. Because the very worst idea in my mind would be if I were to act selfish. So don't worry about them when it comes to danger. Worry about me because if I had to, I would kill myself to save them." Marinette told her. She got up, and walked off to get a shower and wash off all the oil on her skin. She walked back, and got dressed in some shorts and a loose shirt. She took off the bandages that had been on for the whole week, and she replaced them. She liked not having to change these normally like a bra, and they were easier to move around in than a sports bra that occasionally slipped around.

She walked out of the room, and headed to them. She had a really cool idea in mind.

She walked behind Adrien, and put a finger to her mouth to keep the others quiet.

She say Adrien freeze, which showed that her spot was compromised. She ran to Adrien, and tried to knock him off hiss feet.

Adrien did a back hand spring, and landed crouching down. "Mi'Lady. What do you think you are doing?" He asked, still on guard. Marinette smiled, and walked over to him casually, which let his guard down and he stood up normally.

"Just wanted to test your reflexes. See if you improved from the time you-" Marinette stopped her sentence, and jumped onto Adrien. She wrapped her legs around his chest which made him spin. Marinette tugged down, which caused Adrien to fall on the ground. Marinette's legs had Adrien's arms pinned down, but his legs still worked. He jumped back up from the ground, which knocked Marinette loose, and she fell down. Adrien tried to jumped down on her to pin her down, but Marinette brought her legs up and kicked Adrien off. Adrien flipped back and stuck the landing once more.

"I guess we're fighting until one of us surrenders?" Adrien guessed.

"Until one of us in pinned down." Marinette corrected. The others watched amused as Marinette relentlessly fought Adrien.

Adrien picked Marinette up into the air, and threw her a couple yards. She hit the ground, rolled, and laid on her side. In her mind, Marinette was laughing hysterically. She broke the fall with her arms, but made it look like she was out cold. On the outside, Marinette did not move a muscle and waited for Adrien to become nervous.