Stories from Other Writers

Raise Yourselves Up (We're Done)

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Story Link :

https://unmaskedagain.tumblr.com/post/189462989667/raise-yourselves-up-were-done

Masterpost Link :

https://unmaskedagain.tumblr.com/post/190319245732/masterpost

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It was Bustier who broke the news to Marinette and Chloe, and she did it once again the most inappropriate fashion, "-And so the class feels it would be best if both of you were excluded from the class trip at the end of the year." She finished. The class was just about to let out and she told the two girls in front of them all.

There were mean snickers and smug looks from the other students. The ones who just avoid the girls' gazes; Adrien, Juleka, and Rose. The three had decided to stay out of it and just side with the majority. Marinette and Chloe had become best friends after Lila had gotten her hooks into class the year before. She turned all of Marinette's dearest friends to ex-friends and turned them into bullies. That was fine with Marinette. She was done with two-faced people; done with turn-coats, and cowards. Marinette didn't need them. Or want them. Chloe at least had the guts to stand on her own two feet and for what she believed in. It was a new year and a new Marinette.

Neither blond nor bluenette blinked.

"That's fine," Marinette shrugged. "It will be a relief not to have to fundraise for the trip."

Chloe smirked, "Ditto. A trip to New York City, completely unfunded by the school, is going to be a lot to pay for."

"They'll have plenty of time though," Marinette hummed. "A little less than a year." The two girls cast them cool looks, "Good luck!" They chimed as the bell rang.

No one understood why they didn't react the way they thought. Alya had expected tears from Marinette. Rage from Chloe. Then apologies and promises to do better. In fact, they all did. But they didn't get it. Instead, they were left wondering why the two girls laughed their way out of the classroom.

It would take them months to realize.

Both girls knew though. Chloe always managed to convince her parents to fund thirty percent of whatever grand trip the class took every year. Marinette managed to put together enough amazing fundraisers to raise sixty percent of the funds needed. Everyone else in class only ever managed to pull together the last ten percent. Barely.

The next day the brand new World Travelers' Club announced their formation and invited anyone to join. A few members of the class perked up until they heard Marinette and Chloe were the presidents. Instead, the class bashed the club and joked it was the girls' lame attempt at making friends.

That was the last they heard of the club.

To the rest of the students of Bustier's class's credit, they attempted right away to start fundraising plans. However, no one in the class knew just when they should start and no one had any unique ideas; they only had a car cash fundraiser, the usual bake sale, maybe a raffle. Standard stuff they were sure would work. After Marinette, the former class president, and resident bully as far as they were concerned, always started off with those. Never realizing that she only started out with them at the very beginning of the year, and never stopped there. Nor did they realize just how much planning went into each event.