Neglect Me No More

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Sigh.... I guess I'm a liar worse than Lila.

Jack smiled. "Nice to meet you."

Chloe smiled back. "Nice to meet you too." She turned to Marinette and lowered her voice. "By the way Marinette, when were you going to tell me that your cousin is a world-ranked gamer?!"

Marinette blinked. "Oh gosh! Did I forgot to mention that?"

Chloe giggled. "Yup. You also forgot to tell me that your cousin is a known worldwide youtube star."

Jack laughed. "Haha, ya. I get that I am pretty famous, but please don't treat me any differently from Marinette, Miss-daughter-of-a-fashion-mogul-and-mayor.

Chloe raised her brow and smirked. "Touche. Your achievements are pretty impressive though. I'm not much of a gamer, but even I know about you."

"Haha, Me and Jack might have to teach you how to play sometime, Chloe." Marinette giggled. 

"Oh okay, but don't kick my butt too much, please!"

The three of them laughed. After a few minutes of chatting, Chloe's ride arrived. When Chloe was gone, both Marinette and Jack made their way to his motorcycle.

Marinette whistled. She wasn't very interested in cars, but Jack's motorcycle never ceased to impress her. After Marinette put her helmet on, she couldn't help but scan the front of her school in worry. Lila and Alya were nowhere to be seen, however many people were taking pictures of her and Jack. 

Marinette sighed. There was nothing she could do about it. After Jack hopped on the vehicle, Marinette also got on and put her arms around Jack's waist. 

"Ready?" Jack asked.

Marinette smiled and nodded.

After the sound of the beautiful but loud rumble of the motorcycle hit her ears, Marinette could feel the wind rush past her as they drove away from the school. It was an amazing feeling, kind of similar to flying.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the spot Jack wanted to show her.

As Marinette hopped off the motorcycle, she couldn't seem to keep her eyes off the scenery. It was an enormous park with plenty of pine trees that surrounded it. Wild squirrels ran here and there and she could hear the laughter of children in the distance.

Beyond the trees, they could see a lake and cute little ducks on the surface of the water.

"Oh wow! This is so cool."

Jack smiled. "I'm glad you like it. Wanna swing?" He pointed his head towards the playground, where a set of swings were left unused.

Marinette giggled and walked up to one of the swings. She sat down and prepared the launch herself.

Marinette nearly jumped in surprise as Jack began to push her, just like when they were little kids.

After a few minutes of feeling the air rush from being swung, Jack and Marinette decided to walk towards the lake. There were tons of ducks and geese swimming in the lake, and luckily, Marinette had some leftover slices of a baguette from her lunch. As they fed the ducks, they decided to catch up with each other and recall their childhood.

Jack and Marinette had known each other since they were toddlers. Jack was the son of Marinette's aunt, who was her father's sister. They had always been close with each other, but after Jack started participating in gaming tournaments, he was offered a chance to become a national gamer at 13. After he had accepted, he began to travel the world to attend competitions and gaming-cons. He eventually began to become well known in the gaming community.

Marinette and Jack began to discuss what their favorite games for the year were so far. As both were engrossed in a heated argument over glitches in the Mecha Strike Series, they almost didn't notice when a girl their age tripped behind them.

Both got up simultaneously and rushed towards the girl.

"Are you okay?" Marinette called as she checked the girl's exposed knees.

Marinette winced at the bad sight in front of her. Both of the girl's knees were scraped badly and were bleeding.

"Haha, yup I'm okay. I'm pretty clumsy sometimes." The girl laughed melodically.

Marinette looked up.

A gasp escaped her mouth and her eyes couldn't believe what she was seeing.

In front of Marinette, sat a girl who closely resembled Adrien's mother.

Author's Note:

-Guys, I think I'm gonna need to be completely clear with y'all. This update schedule thing is not working for me. So instead of saying that I might update and disappoint y'all, I think I'm just going to stick with random updates. Sorry.

-Anyway, the reason I didn't update this month is because I was having problems with my ears. I lost hearing in one of my ears and had to start taking medications. My ears are good now, but it was super painful while it lasted.

- I've been offered to write on the platform W e b n o v e l. I just began putting chapters for Neglect up there, so go and check me out (my username is: sammisena). I think I might actually write a novel there too. Idek if I can make money off there but if I could that would be cool. If you guys know more about this platform give me some more info in the comments, please!

-I've changed my username! I made the user Gingergrowl when I was 8ish. It was inspired by an imaginary pet tiger. Now that I'm older I thought that I would change it a bit.

-I made the cover of Neglect clearer and changed the name a bit. 

-The scene where Marinette and Jack are on the motorcycle is kinda inspired by my own life. My cousin actually owns a motorcycle and it was a really cool experience to ride on.

Have you guys ever ridden on a motorcycle before?