Please, Don't Leave Me

Chapter 4

When they finally arrived at Nino's party, the first person to see Marc was Chloe, who was outraged. She couldn't believe a boy could look better than she did, and she was the mayor's daughter! She decided that something had to be done about this; she refused to let Marc take her spotlight. As usual, she pulled Sabrina aside and started plotting some grand, complicated scheme to ruin him. "Keep an eye on him and find out what we can use against him," she said. Sabrina nodded, knowing it's a really bad idea to try to refuse one of Chloe's plans. She went and hid behind a bush to spy on the trio, who had just met up with Nino.

"Hey, Marinette! Alya!" he said as he walked over and hugged them, "Thanks for coming. Hm? Who's this?" He looked right at Marc. Alya and Marinette giggled. "You remember Marc, right?" Alya asked with a wink. Nino's eyes widened, "That's Marc??? Whoa!! You look great, Man!!" Marc just blushed big time and looked away, smiling softly but shyly. "Wow, Marc. You look great tonight," a voice behind the girls and Marc said. Both Marc and Marinette froze, causing Alya and Nino to laugh. The voice belonged to none other than Adrien Agreste, heartthrob of Paris. Marinette, as usual, became a stammering mess while Marc just waved to Adrien shyly. That was when he saw Nathaniel walking into the party dressed in a white Fall Out Boy tee shirt, black leather motorcycle jacket, ripped up skinny leather pants, and high top black Converse. His hair was styled as normal but messier like he just took his motorcycle helmet off. Marc's eyes were once again glued on Nathaniel; he just had that bad-boy charm that made him so HOT . He was also wearing a spiked dog collar, which just made Marc's heart skipped a beat. His face was bright red by the time Nathaniel looked over at him, his eyes widening and jaw dropping before his lips formed into a smirk. Marc squeaked shyly and hid behind the girls when he noticed.

Alya giggled and moved so he couldn't hide, making him get even more shy. Nathaniel walked over and smiled. "You look amazing tonight, Marc," he said. Marc blushed even more and could barely get a simple "thank you" out. Nathaniel smiled and held out a hand as an invitation to dance. Marc shyly accepted the offer and walked over to the dance floor with Nathaniel since Nino was playing something slow. Nathaniel turned toward Marc and smiled. "You gonna take that purse off so I can actually dance with you?" he asked Marc. Marc smiled shyly and took it off and laid it on a table before returning to Nathaniel. Nathaniel smiled warmly and rested his hands on Marc's hips as Marc wrapped his arms around Nathaniel's neck, his cheeks dusted with an obvious but cute blush. Nathaniel smiled then pulled him close so they were chest-to-chest, causing the shy boy to squeak cutely. It made Nathaniel's heart skip a beat then race and he hoped Marc couldn't tell. Honestly, he didn't know why his heart was doing this; he didn't know Marc, but could he already be forming a crush on him or was it just the outfit?

Marc eventually calmed down enough to notice how perfectly their bodies fit together as they swayed in time with the music. To Marc this felt right, perfect even. Marc shyly looked up at Nathaniel, who gave him a soft smile as their eyes locked. It was like all time stopped and it was only them in their own little world. This was short-lived, however, when the song ended. Nathaniel released him with only a hint of hesitation, and Marc shyly went back to the girls with his face so red it glowed like Rudolph's red nose. Alya hugged him tight, "I am so proud of you, Gurl!!" Marc smiled slightly and hugged her back, but then Marinette smiled big as Marc heard the opening notes of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by the Backstreet Boys. His eyes lit up and he smiled as he started singing it and even dancing while the girls giggled before dancing as well. However, they were winded before long so they sat down and just watched as Marc actually enjoyed himself.

Nathaniel had just gotten a cup of spiked punch when he saw Marc dancing, not being his normal shy self. He smiled and just watched him from a distance, not wanting to make all of Marc's confidence leave. When the song ended Marc was smiling big and rejoined the girls, and the trio ended up laughing out of sheer fun. In the background a certain rainbow purse was snatched from a table and taken to a hidden area where Chloe waited. "Well?? Did you find anything??" Chloe asked impatiently. Sabrina opened the purse and pulled out a small notebook. Smirking, Chloe took it and read every entry, being exceptionally pleased when she found Marc's latest entry. This entry described meeting Nathaniel and how he was already falling for the redhead. "Good work, Sabrina. We can definitely use this to our advantage!" Chloe smiled before laughing. She was going to enjoy this way too much. After throwing the purse in a trash can, the duo rejoined the party, Chloe wearing some designer evening dress in bright yellow and Sabrina dressed in a cute pink summer dress.

Back with Marc, the girls explained that at night parties like this, Nino tends to spike the punch. This made Marc unsure of the punch; he was scared of what the rum would make him do. However, he was really thirsty so he went to the punch bowl anyway. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going so he bumped right into Nathaniel, causing the cup he was holding to crush and spill all over Marc's shirt. "I'm so sorry!! I wasn't paying attention.....," Marc exclaimed immediately. Nathaniel immediately grabbed some paper towels and handed them to Marc, "It was my fault. I should've been paying enough attention myself to warn you. Are you OK?" Marc nodded as he tried his best to get the punch off before it could stain anything. Luckily, he was able to. Nathaniel took the paper towels and threw them away before going to the punch bowl. When he came back he was carrying two cups. Marc blushed shyly when Nathaniel handed him one. "Th-thank you, Nathaniel...." Nathaniel smiled softly. "You're welcome." Marc shyly took the cup and once again retreated back to the girls. When he got there he saw Juleka, Rose, Mylene, and Alex. "So, Alya told us about your crush. How can we help hook you two up?" Alex said calmly as she sipped on her punch.