Chapter 6

Marinette's P.O.V:

"Wake up, Mari!" Alix shakes my shoulder to get me up. "We gotta be on the bus in about 45 minutes."

"5 more minutes, Maman." I mumble.

"No. Not 5 more minutes Marinette." Chloe pulls me up by her hand while I let out a surprised squeal. "We are meeting for breakfast in about 15. We let you sleep in as long as possible." Chloe hands me a pile of clothes and pushes me towards the bathroom. "Go get dressed and stuff. Just leave your hair to me." Chloe says.

"Ugh, fine." I grumble as I stomp my way to the bathroom. "I hate getting up in the morning." I mumble.

After 10 minutes of I noisily doing my thing in the bathroom, I come out dressed and with a smile. "Chloe, you are letting me wear this? It's absolutely gorgeous." I say with a bright smile.

"Of course, it is. I would never buy anything less than perfection." Chloe smiles as she looks over at me.

I wore a red turtle neck with bell sleeves paired with an asymmetric plaid grey, black and red pencil skirt. With it I had on thigh high black boots.

"This black handbag and beret will finish off the whole look, but first" Chloe pats on a chair in front of the vanity in the hotel room. "I need to do your hair and makeup. Nothing too crazy. Just some quick curls and maybe a red lip."

I always loved when Chloe would do my hair. I could never quite copy the way Chloe does my hair.

"I appreciate this Chlo, but why do I get to be your doll today? Did I miss something?" I ask suspiciously.

"Only the fact that you saved us all from Scarecrow yesterday. Plus, red has always been your color. I tried on this outfit myself but it didn't scream 'Chloe'. You know yellow is more my color." She winks at me.

"Thank you, Chloe. You're the best." I beam at her.

Chloe smiles down at me while she does her finishing touches on my hair. "I know I am." She pulls out a tube of lipstick from her purse. "Here, put this on along with your hat. All your things are already in your purse." Chloe says.

I put on a few swipes of lipstick then I put the beret on and grab my purse. Looking inside, I find my phone, sketch book and three kwami's smiling back at me. "We ready?" I turn to Chloe.

"Yep. Everybody is already downstairs eating breakfast. Let me grab the room key and we can go." Chloe says.

We fall into an easy conversation on the way down to the lobby and to the open breakfast bar. Spotting our friends we give them a wave, we grab a plate and get a few things to eat before joining our friends at the table.

"Wow princess, you look great." Adrien says as we sit down.

"Thanks." I smile back at my best friend. "Although Chloe here lent me the outfit." I say.

"Team work does make the dream work." Alix nudges me in a friendly way. "You do look hot though girl."

My face quickly goes red at Alix's words.

"Coming from the girl with two boyfriends," Chloe puts her arm around me. "I would take that complement to heart."

"I agree." Kim rolls his eyes at Alix. "She doesn't even give us complements, right Max?"

"Affirmative." Max nods. "But that's Alix for you. Although I wouldn't change a thing about her."

"Egh! This gooey stuff is making me miss Kagami." Adrien leans back in his chair. "If you are going to say stuff like that, make sure you do it far away from me." He jokes.

"How is Kagami anyways?" Chloe asked.

"Good. I just Facetimed her last night when you all fell asleep. She's very busy training for her fencing competition coming up."

"Wish her luck for us the next time you talk to her, will you?" I says between bites of food.

"Sure thing." He replies as the table falls into comfortable silence while we all eat.

A few minutes later, Madame Bustier calls for the class to gather up and get on the bus. On my way to my seat, I pass by Alya and Lila. I'm not sure who, but one of them sticks their foot out into the aisle and I fall onto the bus floor.

Laughing, Lila says in a condescending voice, "Oh look. Maritrash seems to have made it on time today. Too bad she couldn't leave her clumsiness back at the hotel."

Half of the class laughs along with Lila as Adrien reaches down to help me up. "Don't listen to them, bugaboo. They aren't worth your time."

Nodding at him, I decide not to speak out of fear that my voice would betray me. Trying hard to not let any tears fall, I make my way to the seat next to Chloe.

"She really has the class brain washed." Chloe whispers to me. "Alya was once your best friend and now she's purposefully tripping you up? How does someone do a full 180 like that?"

"I don't know Chloe. Maybe you should ask yourself?" I smile weakly at her. "You once hated me but now we are best friends."

"I never hated you Mari. I was jealous of you and didn't know how to express my feelings." Chloe hugs me. "But you showed me how to change for the better. I became a good person because of you. If the rest of the class can't see how wonderful you are then it's their loss. Marinette Dupain-Cheng is by far the best human being I know."

Releasing the hug, I look at the rest of my friends to see them all nodding in agreement. "Thank you, guys. I'm glad Lila hasn't taken everyone away from me."

"And she never will." Adrien says, gently taking my hand. "Not if we have anything to say about it."----------------Damian's P.O.V:

"You look nervous, baby bird? Are you anxious to meet Marinette outside the mask?" Grayson teases me.

"I am not nervous. A Wayne never gets nervous." I say while adjusting my collar for the dozenth time in the last 30 minutes.

"Sure thing, Demon Spawn. Whatever helps you sleep at night." Todd teases.

"Boys." Father breaks them apart. "Behave yourselves. We all have a part to play today and technically Jason, you don't even need to be here. Try not to draw too much attention to yourself."

Todd puts his hands up in mock surrender. "I know Bruce. I Just wanted to see this all unfold for myself. I'll keep to the shadows."

"Well then you better make your way there." Drake informs. "The bus just pulled up. I'll see you all in a bit." And with that we all walk off.