Chapter 4: Tears

Alya looks behind her and sees Adrien, disappointment floods her faces. She looks back at me and I pull her away. I am not going to fall back to the gullible girl I was before. I have changed, I have to stay this way. I have to remain strong. They broke me but I found a solution. One that can keep me safe. As we head to class, Nino joins us. Nino asks if he can move when we get there. He sits in front of me. Max and Kim take the seats where Alya and I sat before, and as for Lila, she sat right next to Adrien. We all were ready for the broken bonds to fully break. Adrien lost his closest friend and I kept my best friend. Adrien is just like Chloe.

The class go by super fast and I start to feel better. I go to the bathroom as Alya and Nino go to save our seats at lunch. I look in my purse and see Tikki had stuck beside me.

"Hey, where were you before the fight?" I question her.

"Sorry, but you kinda left without me. I was lucky to get there in time." She says with her head hung low.

"Don' worry. I am glad that you're here now. Although I wish you had heard how bad I roasted Chloe." We laugh. I think about how much Adrien would have laughed at that. But he is just like her. He would try to hurt me back instead. Then the door opens, Lila walks in.

"Marinette, I thought you loved him. How could you hurt him like this?" Lila asks innocently, but she will never trick me. She is the worst one. Proof she just tried to corner me in the bathroom. I didn't realize though that I had already been crying. She notices, of course, "What? You can't handle what you are doing. You're being a bully."

"Shut it, Lie-la. That is all you ever do it lie. I am not hurting him, he hurt me. I have to protect myself from pain." And with that I walk past her, I pause at the door, "Maybe you should learn what pain is in order to understand how bad you hurt others. You have only cut people to get what you want, but guess what you can't hurt me anymore. I am done with your bull crap. If it is a war you want, it's a war you're gonna get. And I won't lose."

Lila, shutters and starts crying and I leave her in the bathroom. Chloe is on the other side of the door and she looks at me with a bit of fear. That's right, fear me. And stop messing with me and my real friends. I walk past her. I head to the Cafeteria, and sit with Alya and Nino. I tell them about what happened in the bathroom. They smirk. Adrien tries to sit with us again. But even Alya and Nino glare at him.

"Please let me explain." Adrien begs. Holy crap, he could get on his hands and knees, but I wouldn't actually give in. But as if he could read my mind, he stops and looks at me. "Marinette, I can't tell you the exact reason but Lila isn't the one I love. I love someone who also loves someone else. Aren't you worried about that. I never wanted to hurt you. But I can only be your friend."

"I have had enough. I think I know who you love, in fact I think I know your biggest secret, and I can tell you that she will never love you. Ladybug will never love you Agreste. Neither side." Alya and Nino gasp. "Yeah, you know what I am talking about."

Tears fill his eyes, "Marinette, please. I really just want to get along."

"You could careless, Agreste. Leave me be. I want you to go away." His shoulders shake, I feel guilty. Why did I go that far. Nino and Alya pick up their trays, and I realize I have done the same. We head to the garbage cans together. My heart aches, It hurts so much. I hear a tray clatter to the ground. I use my right hand to clutch my chest. Searing pain burns in my chest, I drop to a knee. I can't hear anything. I see Nino and Alya in front of me. Their lips moving but no sounds were hitting my ears. I see that everyone in the room has rose to make sure I am okay. I can't breathe. I feel myself tearing apart, and I slip into a darkness. Pain still, steadily sitting in my chest. Maybe I won't wake up. Maybe I can finally feel good. I can finally move on. With that even my thoughts seemed to stop.