Marinette was in a hurry. She accidentally forgot to set her alarm for school and overslept. Now she had only ten minutes to make it to class before the bell rings, or else she will be late for class.

As she was crossing the corner of a building, she noticed an old man crossing the street. A car was speeding down the road and the driver didn't notice the old man right in front of him. Marinette rushed over towards the old man and pushed him out of the way, nearly getting hit by the car in the process.

Marinette tumbled over onto the sidewalk and gripped onto her knee a bit, looking over at the old man who was struggling to get up. Marinette managed to gather the strength to get up and walk over to the man, offering him her hand.

"Thank you very much for saving me," The old man said as he took Marinettes hand, getting up and shaking it afterward.

Marinette nodded and picked up his cane, handing it over to him, "Oh it's no big deal. I just saw that you were in need of saving-OH SHOOT I'M GOING TO BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!"

As soon as the old man was about to open his mouth to thank her, Marinette ran off and headed towards her school, entering the building as soon as the bell rung. Marinette muttered a few curses under her breath before opening the door to enter her classroom, closing it behind her.

"You're late, Marinette," Mrs. Bustier said, "Come, sit down and join the class."

Marinette nodded and rushed up the set of steps, making sure to avoid Chloé's foot she purposely stuck out in an attempt to trip her; sitting right beside her best friend, Alya Césaire. Alya nudged her elbow into Marinette's side and smiled, "You made it just in time."

Suddenly, a blonde hair boy with green eyes and slightly pale skin came busting through the door. Mrs. Bustier sighed, "You're late, Adrien."

"Sorry," Adrien scratched the back of his head nervously, "My limousine got caught up in traffic on my way here."

"Please take a seat with the rest of your class and pay attention, we're learning about figurative language today," Mrs. Bustier said as Adrien walked to his seat and sat beside Nino, "Now then, get out your notebooks and begin copying down these notes on the board as I go over them."
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"Man, I can't believe you and Adrien didn't get lunch detention," Alya said as Marinette bit down onto her Dandan noodles and sighed.

"This is the fifth time this month I've been late for class, and the other four times weren't even my fault!" Marinette exclaimed loudly.

Unfortunately for Marinette, a certain pompous blonde hair girl with blue eyes just so happened to overhear her. Chloé walked over towards the lunch table where Marinette and her friends were sitting at, Sabrina following along behind her.

"Late again, I heard?" Chloé checked her nails and smirked.

Marinette groaned, "Mind your own business, Chloé."

Chloé bursted out into a fit of laughter, "As if! Oh my god what are you wearing? It looks ridiculous on you, utterly ridiculous!"

Marinette was flustered as she angrily gripped onto the bottom of her cheongsam, her slender eyes debating on rather or not they want to release tears or not. Alex shot Chloé a dirty look, "Go bother someone else, you self-conceited brat!"

Chloé huffed angrily as she walked away from the table, "Sabrina, come!"

"Yes, Chloé," Sabrina responded as she submissively followed behind Chloé in a servant-like fashion.

"Ugh, she's such a brat!" Marinette exclaimed in an angry tone.

"Who is?" A voice asked her.

Marinette turned around and came face to face with her longtime crush and fashion model, Adrien Agreste. Marinette's cheeks turned a bit pink, "Oh, it's nobody!"

Adrien gave Marinette a confused look, "Are you sure?"

Marinette nodded, "Thanks for your concerns, but I'm fine, Adrien."

"Oh, okay then. Hey, I was wondering if you all had any plans today? Me and Nino were going to grab some ice cream at the bridge, do you guys want to come?" Adrien asked them.

Everyone asides Marinette and Alya declined. Adrien smiled, "I'll see you two there then?"

Alya and Marinette nodded. Adrien turned around and walked towards where Nino was sitting, "I'll see you both there then!"

As soon as Adrien was out of earshot, Marinette turned around and smiled brightly, "Did you guys just see that? I actually managed to uphold a conversation with Adrien without becoming a nervous, stuttering mess!"

"Wow Marinette, you're really improving yourself!" Rose complimented as both Juleka and Mylène nodded.

Alya wrapped one of her arms around Marinette and smiled, "Hold up now, Marinette, you haven't even gotten ice cream with Adrien yet. How are you so sure that you won't end up being a complete reck the whole time and make a fool of yourself?"

Marinette smiled determinedly, "Don't worry, Alya, I got this! Everything will be all under control."

Or will it?