12. twelve

Adrien almost fainted when he walked into class. Marinette was crouched by Nathanaël's desk but that wasn't the most alarming part. Marinette's hair was down and loose and she looked so beautiful. He didn't think she could get any prettier but there she was. She was his pretty girl with pretty hair. He was jealous that Nathanaël got to see her smile up close. Nino suddenly closed Adrien's mouth with his hand. "Your mouth was hanging wide open, got your back dude." Adrien shook the thoughts from his head and sat down. He couldn't hear Marinette's conversation but out of the corner of his eye he could see them agreeing on some sort of design before Alya pulled him into her and Nino's conversation. The bell suddenly rang and he was glad to see Marinette sit in her usual seat behind him.

"Marinette!" her best friend Alya whispered yelled. "Your hair!" Adrien wasn't eavesdropping just listening carefully.

"It's not bad is it?" the shy girl countered while she touched the ends of her hair. "I was up all night designing and I overslept today but I had to show Nathanaël the design for suit."

Adrien couldn't focus on the lesson but only the two girls conversation. "It's super cute and I think Adrien liked it." he heard Alya whisper.

He turned his head slightly to see her reaction. She twirled a strand of her hair between her fingers. "Then maybe I should let it down more often." He blushed and Nino nudged him. Maybe he was listening to their conversation too? Marinette was willing to let her hair out of the usual pigtails to get his attention, he had butterflies at the thought. He then turned his attention to the teacher remembering his dad's words. School dragged on but Marinette stayed on his mind.

He texted anon on the ride home and told his driver that he planned to go to a bakery before going home.

adrien: how was your day?

anon: exciting. and yours pretty boy?

adrien: I was surprised.

anon: and why was that?

adrien: because a classmate tried something new.

anon: and did it work?

adrien: on her? definitely.

adrien: but for some reason we can't have a conversation even though I apologized for the whole gum incident that Chloe caused.

anon: and why's that?

adrien: she gets all flustered and stutters and I think it's cute so then I get flustered and we never ever get past that.

anon: change that. push for something more. you can do amazing things adrien, all you have to do is try.

anon: if it makes you feel any better I believe in you.

adrien: it makes me feel a lot better :)

He put his phone in his pocket as his driver parked and he jogged into the bakery. He felt his phone vibrate but he didn't rush to get it. Marinette lived above this bakery, her family bakery and for some reason he thought back to something anon had said awhile back. It easily slipped his mind once Marinette's mother asked him what he wanted. He ordered a dozen macaroons and waited by the counter in hopes to see Marinette.