Marinette thought of giving herself a chance to train with Andrea if she wants to impress Adrien without her klutz getting the best of her. She did read to Cat Noir about what she was gonna say to Adrien.

"Ok, this is it," She said and walked to the boathouse and found Andrea talking to Luka, "Hey there" She greets them.

"Oh hey there Marinette," they noticed her.

"I'm ready to train, Andrea. So what are we gonna do?" Marinette asked.

"First I need to know the times you failed to confess my cousin. I need to know what they are so I can help you improve" Andrea said.

"Okay then" Marinette shyly rubs her arm.

"All right. Tell me what you can remember the times you failed to confess him?" Andrea asked.

"Well there....was the time he and I danced but Chloe got the butler akumatized before I could" Marinette brought up an example.

Andrea remembers that moment and it was a short moment they danced together and Chloe was being a spoiled brat to try to break them apart.

"Okay then. Is there any more of your chances that failed?" Andrea asked, writing that down.

"Well.....I tried to give him the Valentine's Day card but I didn't sign it" Marinette said.

"Okay then," Andrea writes that down.

"I have spent some time with him playing games before the Gamer attack but didn't make it that far confessing afterward for me just taking his place in the tournament. I shouldn't have upset his tournament partner Max" Marinette said.

"Okay, now we're getting somewhere," Andrea said.

"Do you know what I'm missing?" Marinette asked.

Andrea already knew how hard she tried to impress him but failed so many times. The reason why she failed is that she doesn't know his interests. She has done things her way too much without understanding his life.

"Yes. It seems you were focused on impressing in your own way, you missed the details of his interests and what his life is like at the mansion" Andrea said, giving a few details about himself.

"Okay. But what can I do? He'd been isolated most of his life in the mansion until he came to school" Marinette said.

"Well, since my uncle hasn't been contacting our family members, maybe Adrien feels more than isolated. You need to understand his interests and what he really enjoys first before confessing" Andrea said and then he also remembers the letter she gave him to get medicines for an unknown reason, perhaps she either swapped letters on purpose or something else.

"Your technique is terrible and you need lots of training, Marinette. From what I see, you rush and you need patience, focus, and a calm mind. You need to understand him to get to know him" Andrea said.

"Okay. I could give it a try" Marinette said.

"That's more like it. Try not too hard" Andrea said and scrolls down on the images of Adrien himself on his phone so he can see what it makes her feel when she looks at him. He wonders if it was really a lie when she said she enjoys fashion because of the photos.

"Okay, so what do you think of him here?" He showed one image.

What he never noticed was that it made her freeze like a statue by staring at it.

"Marinette?" He waved his hand in front of her. No reaction, it was like a black hole sucked her in.

"Earth to Marinette!" He tried to get her attention.

"Huh? What? Sorry" She snapped out of it.

"That picture really put you on high alert" Andrea giggled like a girl.

"Yeah sorry" Marinette smiles nervously.

"So whenever you think of him, you freeze?" Andrea asked.

"I do, but I know he's a sweet guy," Marinette said.

This made the boy in disguise blush when she said that. Marinette was very different than any other fangirl.

"Well, I gotta train you and you have to fight your weakness. Which obviously you froze whenever you look at pictures of him." Andrea said and stands up to help his princess, "You need to be fearless like a lioness hunting her prey. You wanna be fearless against Adrien without having your stammering get in the way."

"Okay" Marinette nodded.

-

Later, Andrea brought her to the wax museum where he sees his statue of himself next to the statue of his father.

"Okay, pretend this is him," Andrea said.

"He feels so real" Marinette clings to Andrea.

"Yeah, those wax statues look so real," Andrea said but recalls when he posed like a statue.

"Marinette, you can let go of my arm. You have to fight your weakness" Andrea said.

"Sorry" Marinette let go of him while looking at the Adrien statue.

"What do you see in him? Funny? Charming? Handsome? Good looking?" Andrea asked

"I find him really charming, nice, gentle" Marinette said.

"Go on" Andrea urged her.

"He has the looks but he feels too under his father's thumb," Marinette said.

"One of these days, you're gonna have to tame him to get him away from his father. Please don't avoid him or he'll feel hurt to think you hate him" Andrea instructed.

"Okay. Thanks, Andrea" Marinette said.

"And I heard you like to impress him with gifts but that's not how you can get a guy to like you," Andrea said.

"What do you want me to do?" Marinette asked.

"Tell the statue how you feel about him" Andrea instructed.

"Okay um... Adrien, I've felt a spark in my heart since I set my eyes on you" Marinette pretends the statue is him.

This was making Andrea blush when she says that, even if she doesn't notice he's in front of her the whole time.

"No, I need to do better. Ahem. Adrien, since I first met you I realize you never meant anything bad, you have brought a new light to my life and I care about your well-being and for what you are" Marinette tries again.

"Much better Marinette," Andrea said.

"Do you think he'll understand me?" Marinette asked.

"If you try this when the two of you are alone, then probably yes" Andrea replied.

"And his interests? You're right that I should learn what he likes in life. Do you know any?" Marinette asked.

"Well, he enjoys video games and anime. His favorite food is croissants. His favorite animal is probably a wolf" Andrea said about himself so that Marinette can understand him more.

"Ok, I do remember him and me playing games," Marinette said.

"Okay but you need to let him catch interest," Andrea said.

"I'll try but I'm scared that he might not like me more than a friend," Marinette said.

"It's worth a shot, Marinette" Andrea replied.

"But you have to keep trying because if you don't, someone else will steal his heart," He said.

"Very well. Thank you" Marinette hugs him.

He hugs her back for a few seconds before pulling away, "No problem" Andrea flipped his wig like a fashion woman.

"Practicing your modeling?" Marinette chuckled.

"Yup," Andrea giggled.

"You really are related to him," Marinette said.

"Yup, now be fierce as a tiger and capture his heart," Andrea said.