Depression - Adrienette

The Beginning

Warning: There will be some references to depression.

Marinette's POV

I opened my eyes slowly, feeling ready for more sleep. I glanced at my clock and then jumped up, out of my cocoon of blankets. It was almost time for School to start! Technically it was 8, but School started at 8:15! I quickly got dressed and ran downstairs, grabbing a croissant as I left. "Bye Mom and Dad!" I heard their farewells faintly as I ran across the street to school. I ran in the classroom just as the bell rang.

"Marinette, so nice of you to join us," Mrs. Bustier said, turning to me.

"Sorry," I replied with a smile.

Mrs. Bustier sighed and shook her head, saying, "Just go take a seat please."

I smiled and ran to an empty seat next to Alya. I sat down as she whispered, "Slept in again?"

"Yeah," I replied. I looked at Adrien, the boy that sat in front of me (and I had a crush on, but that's irrelevant) and put my head in my arms. He turned to look at me and waved. I panicked and could feel my face getting hot as I buried my face in my arms. I could hear Alya sigh and I felt her grab my hand, forcing me to wave. I glanced up at Adrien, just showing my eyes as I saw him give a strained smile. He turned back and Alya dropped my hand.

"What was that?" She asked, looking at me.

"Alya, do you have something to share with the class?" Mrs. Bustier asked, pausing her lesson and looking at us.

I shook my head as Alya said, "No ma'am." Mrs. Bustier sighed as she continued the lesson. Alya and I could hear Chloe giggling quietly. Alya and I rolled our eyes and started writing notes to each other.

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After school ended, I called my parents to let them know that I'd be home a bit late and I took a walk to the park where I heard Adrien was having a photo shoot. Turned out it was just a rumor and I sat down on a bench. Just then, I heard giggling. Just then, I could feel something being dumped on me. I turned around to see Sabrina standing there, a bucket in her hands. I could feel something in my hair so I grabbed it and saw some ketchup.

"No one likes you, loser," I heard someone say. I glanced around and saw Chloe standing a good six feet away from me. I glared at Sabrina and Chloe and stomped home, trying to hold back tears.

How can they do this to me? What have I ever done? When I got home, I ran up the stairs to a bathroom, ignoring my parents questions. I sat down on my desk chair and took deep breaths, reminding myself that they're not worth it.

To be honest, Chloe had been teasing me for who knows how long, but it's been getting to me recently. It's worse since I've been seeing had hanging all over the new kid, Adrien. He was also the cutest guy in my class. Or maybe ever. I put my head on my hand and gazed at my desktop picture, which just happened to be a collage of a few of his modeling pictures, as I remembered when I'd started feeling down. About a week ago, Chloe started to dump food and drinks on my head and I had to calm myself down to keep myself from yelling at her. Since then, I had been feeling down a lot and I had sometimes looked at my unmarked forearms, kind of like in a daze. I know what I've wanted to do but I haven't told anyone. I know that they aren't worth my trouble.

"Marinette, are you okay?" I hear my Mom yell up the stairs.

"Uh, y-yeah. I'll be down in a second," I replied and headed down stairs after wiping my eyes. As soon as I reached the bottom floor, Mom enveloped me in a hug.

"You ran upstairs crying! Are you sure you're okay?" She asked.

"Yes, Mom. I'm completely fine," I replied, throwing on a smile for added effect. "What can I do to help?" I was put to work and that is how I spent the rest of the day, knowing that being busy kept me from being sad.

A/N: Hey everyone. I'm trying out this new story so please tell me what you think! I don't want you to think I'm actually depressed. So please comment letting me know your thoughts. Thanks!