I call dibs on your heart [Miraculous Ladybug]

Chapter 8: Teamwork

Marinette headed for the back door, to walk down the stairs until her phone rang. A picture of her best friend popped on the screen of the smart phone. It was Alya.

"Hey" Mari answered, sitting for a minute on the sofa. She closed a button of her beige coat and fixed her scarf as she held her phone with the other hand.

Multitasking at its finest.

She definetely wanted to look her best today.

"Girl I have great news!" Alya said almost out of breath. She was always energetic, but this time, it was more than usual. " I've been accepted on Pittsburgh university!!" Marinette's smile grew, feeling exited with her friend.

"W-what!!!? Isn't it really soon for them to be accepting people?" Marinete stood up, and looked at the clock on her living room. It had passed almost 40 minutes since she went to shower. If he kept his word, Chat should be waiting for her in the street alley behind her house. She began to hurry up and walk down the stairs.

"I know right?! They know I'm still on 11th grade yet they mentioned they've been reading my blog for a while now and that I have a lot of potential to become a reporter or writter. I'M SO EXITED!" You could feel Alya smiling as she spoke, in the background Mari heard Nino laugh. They were probably in a date, or so Mari suspected. Yet she knew she shouldn't mention it since Alya was still denying that she liked him.

Marinette smiled as well "I'm so happy for you Aly, we should definitely celebrate this!!"

Alya chuckled "We definitely will girl. But hey, I'm not done yet." She cleared her throat. "Marinette Cheng, would you be my plus two?"

Laughing and confused, Marinette walked to the alley, she could see Chat sitting on a corner as he used his phone. It didn't have a case or even a sticker, unlike her phone. But that was good, that way she wasn't going to recognize the mobile.

"Isn't it plus one?" Mari said, trying to keep a straight face in case Chat looked her way..

"I invited Nino too so nope, it's plus two." As Alya said that, Nino said something on the background but he was too far away. "It's for the Winter Ball hosted by the Mayo-"

Marinette's mind was somewhere else as Alya spoke right now. Chat had noticed her presence as she got closer, he stood up and kept looking at her, making her mind get all messy. "I'm sorry Alya, I really need to hang up now. I'll call you later. I'm so sorry I... I.." and before she could make something up, Alya figured out what was happening.

"Sure girl" Alya made a Hmmm noise on the phone. "You've been quite secretive lately, I hope you update me on your boy crisis"

The blue haired girl couldn't help but blush. "Sure..." her voice was trembling.

"Dial me if you need me" Alya mentioned before saying goodbye.

"Thanks, you're the best." Mari hanged up just as she got near him.

The two teens looked at eachother as they met again. This time neither of them were braking the ice.

Chat couldn't help but blush. He was struck by her presence. He looked at her from head to toes. Marinette was wearing her hair up in a pony tail, leaving her bangs fall on her forehead. A beige coat embraced her, with light pink stockings underneith and a white dress that was barely visible because of the coat. She wore beige boots and her usual light pink scarf that matched with her stockings. He even noticed she applied a bit of make up. It made him fluster. It kinda felt like a date, if you ignored the feeling of fear because of Plagg's dissaperance. It did feel like a date.

They both stared at eachother like there was nothing more amazing in the whole universe. Memories of what had happened in Marinette's bathroom struck them both. Thankfully, Chat took the unfortunate event of his mask falling off as a sign. He decided not to get too close to her. Marinette was surely blind not to notice he was Adrien but he still had to be careful.