My Dearest Secret Admirers

Chapter 4: This Side of Her

Thursday, 6:57 P.M

   The girls were sitting on a bench, admiring the now orange sky, a moment later, they finished their hotdogs. Lila pulled out her phone to check the time, "Oh, I should get going now. My father must be waiting for my arrival." Marinette nodded as they got up and exited the amusement park. She gave Lila a warm embrace and a quick small kiss on her cheek, "Bye Lila I had fun today." Lila smiled and waved goodbye at her friend. Shortly after that, Marinette checked her phone to see another message from Fei.

Fei: My day is going great, in about a few days I'll reach my goal and book a flight to Paris! I cannot wait to eat your delicious pastries😋

Marinette smiled lovingly and typed,

Marinette: I'll bake them fresh! Is my uncle doing okay? Maybe we should FaceTime later tonight.
Marinette: Wait, isn't it about to be 2 AM over there? I thought you slept!

Fei: Oh! As I mentioned before. Busy day! Unfortunately. Only got an hour of sleep haha. And he's doing excellent!

Marinette: Oh Fei! Crossing my finger nothing happens.

Fei: Don't worry, I don't think so. Anyways I need to head off right now. This restaurant won't clean itself!

Marinette: Right. Goodbye Fei!<3

Fei: Goodbye Marinette<3

   Marinette exited the chat and scrolled through her contacts to look for Zoe. Once she found it she called her, it rang for a while, "Hello?"
"Hey, Zoe! Are you free right now?"
"Yes! Why? What's up?"
"I was wondering if we could hang out for a while"
"Of course! I'm always down to hang out with you" Marinette giggled, "Alrighty! I'll be at the hotel in 10"
   "Okay, already have a plan in mind!" Marinette giggles again and hung up, next she put her phone away. She started walking through the busy streets of Paris, not wanting to take a taxi, she listened to the delightful sound of people having fun. Cute couples. Young children. Young love. Everything was perfect in Paris. She never wants to leave this place, Paris is her home. Her forever home.

   It didn't take long for Marinette to notice she had already arrived, she walked up to the doorman, "Hello! I was wondering if I could hang out with Zoe. I'm a friend of hers!" Marinette happily said as the doorman nodded and let her in. Marinette walked inside the elevator pressing on Zoe's floor. A few seconds passed and the elevator door finally opened, Marinette walked towards Zoe's room and knocked. The door instantly opened with Zoe standing joyfully, "Hey Marinette! Come in!" Zoe casually said. The room was filled with the scent of vanilla, it was absolutely beautiful. "It's amazing here every time," Marinette said smelling the air. "Thank you! Come on I have a movie for us to watch! It's only like 2 hours long"
"I can go with that"
   "Great! Come on!" Zoe said grabbing Marinette's arm, she dragged the bluenette to her bed. "This movie is called Space Jam A New Legacy!" Marinette's face immediately brightens up at the name of the movie title, "Oh my god!! Come on and play it!" Zoe giggles, "Okay get comfortable!" Zoe added pressing the play button and went under the blanket, Marinette snuggled up beside Zoe and watched the movie, this was going to be fun!

Timeskip, Thursday 8:12 P.M

   The two were laughing, cuddling, gasping, and overall just enjoying the time together. Until the movie came to an end, "Awh looks like it ended. Do you need anything before you leave?"
"No, I'll actually go check on your sister."
"Hm, why?"
"Well earlier today I saw her crying and when I asked her what was wrong she refused the fact that she was crying and she acted like everything was okay."
   "Oh. Okay...you can go but before you leave, friend hug!" Marinette chuckled pulling Zoe in for a loving embrace, Zoe gave a little kiss on Marinette's cheek as the French teenager then left the room.