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Marinette let out a yawn as she sat up in bed. Looking over at her clock, she smiled as she saw that she had not slept in for once. Jumping out of bed, she rushed into the bathroom so she could take a quick shower. As she jumped into her shower, she heard her maman open the hatch to her room.
"Marinette, sweetie, wake - Oh! You are awake! Good job sweetie!" Marinette heard her maman yell out while she continued her shower. Marinette picked up the pace as she heard her maman yell out that breakfast was nearly ready before closing the hatch and heading back downstairs. After another couple of minutes, she turned off the shower, dried off, and rushed out to get dressed. Looking around, she smiled as she saw her usual outfit and quickly threw them on.
Turning to grab the ties to put up her ponytails, she pauses as she hears her papa announce that breakfast was ready. Groaning, she ran over and proceeded to grab her bag and books for school. Looking back over at the hair ties, she shook her head while letting out a sigh, "I guess I'll pass on tying my hair up today."
Climbing down the stairs, she ran over and seated herself at the table. Tom laughed at how excited his daughter seemed to be as he placed the pancakes down in front of her. "Have a good at school honey! I know the last couple of days have been exciting with the new superheroes and villain, but I am sure school is even more exciting!" Tom announced as Marinette began to stuff her mouth with the pancakes. Shaking his head as his daughter tried to give him a reply, he placed a plate down for Sabine and proceeded to work on his own.
Sabine smiled over at Marinette and gently placed her hand on Marinette's arm. "Be safe out there, okay. I do not want you to get hurt thanks to one of those...villains or whatever the news is caling them," Sabine told Marinette while moving one of her bangs back. Swallowing down a large mouthful of pancakes, Marinette smiled at her maman.
"Do not worry maman, while Alya might like recording the fights, I'm not going anywhere near them unless one starts near my location! I just wish Alya would listen to me when I tell her that chasing the threat is incredibly dangerous. She's a huge fan of the heroes as well, and while I think Chat Noir is pretty cool, I am not willing to risk my safety to watch him in action," Marinette reassured her parents as she finished her breakfast. Shooting to her feet, she took her dishes over to the sink and quickly washed them before rushing to head down to the bakery so she could head to school, "I love you two! I'll see you after school ends!"
With a chorus of 'We love you too's' and 'bye's', Marinette began to run down the street towards school. As she ran, she spotted Mireille walking towards school on the other side of the street. Yelling out her name to get her attention, Marinette happily waved at the girl and continued on her way after Mireille returned it. Stopping at a stop sign, Marinette made sure that no cars were coming before rushing across the street and arriving at the school.
Looking around, she smiled at the sight of her classmates and other students talking to each other before flinching at the sight of Chloe and Sabrina talking loudly about Adrien as they headed up the stairs. Letting out a small sigh, she continued walking before letting out a yelp as someone walked in front of her from out of nowhere. Bumping into the person, she began to fall backwards only to sigh in relief as the person caught her by the wrist.
"...Marinette? Still clumsy I see," a familiar voice stated causing Marinette to look up at her savior and gasped at the sight of Aurore. Lifted back to her feet, Aurore inspects Marinette for a moment before settling on her hairstyle, "You let your hair down? I haven't seen you with your hair down since we were children."
Marinette blinked in confusion before remembering that she left her hair ties back in her room today. Scratching the back of her head in slight embarrassment, she smiled back at Aurore, "I left my hair ties in my room today because I was in a rush. I've been wearing them in pigtails."
Aurore looked her over one more time before opening her umbrella and twirling it, "You should wear it down more often...you look nice." Before Marinette could reply, Aurore turned on her heel and headed towards the school building. Unknown to the clumsy girl, the weather girl had a light blush on her face while glancing back at Marinette.
Shaking her head, Marinette looked over and spotted Alya near the bottom of the stairs. Smiling brightly, she ran over to her and embraced her in a hug catching Alya offguard for a moment. After realizing who it was, she laughed and hugged the girl back. "Girl there you are! Tell me, are you always this affectionate?" Alya asked Marinette with a slight smile on her face causing Marinette to chuckle while rubbing the back of her head.
"Well...I haven't had a real friend for a long time so... kind of. I can tone it down if you want?" Marinette shyly asked while glancing down at the ground. Alya looked at her with a worried face before smiling and wrapping her arm around Marinette's shoulders.
"No it's okay Mari, I was just curious that's all. Now let's head into so we can claim our seats. I still don't trust that Chloe girl to keep away from our seats while we are not there," Alya told Marinette while leading her up the stairs. Nodding her head, Marinette allowed Alya to lead her into the building before feeling Alya touch her hair.
"Uh...are you okay, Alya?" Marinette asked Alya who stopped rubbing Marinette's hair.
"Sorry Mari, I just noticed that you had your hair down. It looks really good on you," Alya smiled brightly which earned a small 'eep' and blush from the girl while Alya let out an amused laugh. Heading into the school building, they walked up the stairs and down the hall to Mme. Bustier's class. Leaning in, they see that Chloe and Sabrina were sitting in the seats that they were forced to after Marinette and Alya re-claimed their seats.
Walking in, stopping to wave at Nino, the two took their seats and sighed in relief that they wouldn't be caught up in an argument with Chloe that morning. Placing her bag on the floor next to their table, Marinette retrieved her school books and notebooks. Placing them down in front of her, she began to doodle sketches for various outfits. Happily tuning out the rest of the class, she missed Adrien's arrival and Mme. Bustier's arrival...as well as the beginning of class.
"Marinette? Marinette? Marinette?!" Mme. Bustier's voice knocked Marinette back to her senses making her stutter in embarrassment as she looked up. Seeing the amused faces on everyone, she ducked her head down and said, "Present."
Alya chuckled lightly as she rubbed Marinette's back to calm her down. Unknown to Marinette, several students were admiring Marinette's new look. Three in the front rows and two in the very back rows.
As Marinette began to take notes, she was unaware that her life was about to get very, very interesting.