Marinette's POV            

     
"Marinette! Sweetie, time for school!" I hear my maman say.

"Okay! Thank you Maman!!!" I shouted back. Today is my first day of Senior year....but at least I still have Alya, Nino, and maybe Adrien as my friends.

Today, I decided to change into a cute white off the shoulders blouse, with a black skater skirt that is just above my knees. Then I put on my cute black flats with a small white bow on top of shoe.

I grabbed my black and white purse that I made during the summer and I began making my way out of my room.

"Maman, Papa, I'm heading towards school now. Love you!" I said. I began walking to school and I checked my phone for the time.

7:55

Perfect timing. I hear the bell ring signaling that class is about to start in five minutes.
I'm finally at school and I check my schedule on my phone looking for my first period class.

"Chemistry, classroom 201... guess I'm gonna be late after all." I say, sighing. Looking for my class.

While I was looking for my class, I bump into someone ending in us both falling to the floor.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked the person I bumped into while trying to stand up.

"No! Of course I'm not okay! Watch where you're walking Loser!" I hear her say. What?

"I'm sorry for bumping into you, but that gives you know right to call me a loser." I told her. She glared at me in response.

"I'll talk to you however I want to talk to you." She said while pushing me down. Please, don't tell me this is another Lila?!?!

"Whatever. I'll just go find my class." I mumbled while getting up and dusting myself off. Coincidentally, I found my class where I was standing at. I opened the door and I walked in.

"First day and you're already late to my class. Let me guess, you're the student that teachers warned me about always being late, Marinette Dupain-cheng, right?" She said. I nodded slowly. I just heard her sigh loudly.

"Alright, just go ahead and take a seat." She says. I quickly mad my way to a seat near Alya.

"Hey girl." Alya whispers to me after I sat down. I smiled.

"Hey Alya." I whispered back. I noticed Adrien sitting in front of me once again. He's so gorgeous and amazing and kind and smart and talented and-Marinette! Focus!

"Alright class. My name is Ms. Adams and I will be your Chemistry teacher for your senior year. Just so you know, I do not tolerate my students slacking off. If I see you sleeping, cheating, or not turning in your work, I will call you out in front of the whole class. Understood?" She said. We all nodded.

Time Skip----(During their break)

"Alya! It's senior year! I have to tell him how I feel! If I don't, we will never end up together, get married, have three kids named Emma, Louis, and Hugo, and we won't get a cute little hamster to complete our family!!" I said to Alya freaking out.

"Calm down girl! Breathe!" She said while holding my shoulders. I began to breathe in and out.

"Good. Now....FINALLY! You are finally going to tell him how you feel? Go for it girl! You can do this!" She said encouraging me. I'm gonna do this...I will not back out now!

"Marinette! I heard that he is in the classroom right now. Go tell him." Alya said. I smiled and nodded.

Once I got there, I saw only Adrien in class, sitting in his seat. He was looking at his phone very upset.

"A-adrien?" I said, scared of his reaction. He looked up from his notes.

"Yes Marinette, you need something?" He said giving me a small smile. Tell him Marinette!

"C-can I t-tell you something?" I asked him.

"Sure. What is it. He asked me. I can see that he isn't happy right now.

"A-Actually...I'll tell you t-tomorrow....You d-don't seem to be in the best mood today." I told him. His eyes widened.

"Y-You can tell?!" He said, surprised that I could see how he feels. I gave him a small smile.

"O-Of c-course I can t-tell. You've been s-staring at your p-phone with such a sad l-look....If you don't mind me asking, w-why are sad?" I asked. He stiffened. I shouldn't have asked.

"Mind your own business Marinette." He said, harshly. I really shouldn't have asked. My eyes began to water.

"I-I'm s-s-so s-s-sorry.. I said, barely above a whisper while running out of the class. I kept running and I locked myself in one of the cubicles in the girls restroom. I fell to my knees....I'm just a weak pathetic girl...a worthless girl....I'm sorry Adrien...I was just worried about you...I'm sorry for getting you angry.

I grabbed my razor that I had in my front left pocket....I can't cut my arms...I forgot my hoody...but I can still cut my thighs.

I picked up my skirt so that I could see where I could cut and not get caught. I found a few places so I ended up dragging the blade across my skin. It stinged...my favorite pain...Then I heard someone open the door. I watched as the blood fell onto the tile floor. Oh no!

"Marinette?! Are you in here?!?! Are you okay?!?!" I heard Alya's voice say panick resignating through her voice.

"I'm fine Alya, just a little sick, that's all." I said faking a rasp in my voice. I'm not sure if she believed me.

"Oh okay girl! Still...getting sick on the first day of school? You are very unlucky! I'm gonna head to class, you should go to the nurse's office and rest-wait...is that blood?!?!" She said. I panicked. Marinette! Just say you are on your week of the month(aka period).

"Alya, calm down. I'm just on my period." I said, calmly. Hope she buys it.

"Oh!! That makes total sense girl! Do you need anything like a tampon or a pad?" She asked me. Great, she bought it.

"No Alya, I'm covered, but thank you for offering." I replied back to her.

"No problem. I've got to head to class now. See ya later girl!" She said, heading out of the restroom. That was a close one.

Now to wipe this blood off. I grabbed some toilet paper and began to wipe off the extra blood off of my thighs and also wiped the blood off of the floor. I threw the bloody towels into the toilet and flushed it down.

I opened the door to the cubicle and fixed myself in the mirror. I was not going to walk out of here with my eyes red and puffy because it would be a definite give away that I was crying. I splashed some water on my face then gently dabbed a towel around my eyes to get rid of the evidence that I was crying. Then I practiced my fake smile. Okay, I think I'm ready to go back to class- wait!....I forgot to clean my razor.

I rinsed off the blood on my razor. After that, I covered the razor with a paper towel. Then I put the covered razor back into my front left pocket. Now I'm ready to head to class.
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I walked into class smiling, trying my best not to break down crying.

"Marinette Dupain-cheng? Where exactly were you?" The teacher asked me. I looked up at her quickly and ignored her question. Then I walked towards my seat.

Before I could make it to my seat, Chloe tripped me. I fell down onto the floor with a thud. Everyone turned around and stared at me. Then they all started laughing. The only students that didn't laugh was Adrien, Nino, and Alya.

I stood up with tears stinging my eyes and everyone gasped. Blood was spilling out of the cuts while I was on the floor so now their is a big puddle of my blood on the floor. I'm pretty sure my legs are dripping blood. I looked at everyone panick written on my face. I looked at the teacher. Her face looks just as shocked as everyone else.

I slowly began to back away, stumbling from loss of blood and anxiety building up. They were all still staring at me. I can't take this anymore! I began to sprint out of the class with the adrenaline that was given to me from the anxiety. Soon enough, I was outside of the school and kept running to my house.

Once I got to my house, I was prepared to face my parents about why I came home early and why my legs were a bloody mess, but they weren't at the bakery. Weird. I went to go check the living room, but nothing. Then I checked the kitchen. My parents weren't here. Where could they be?!

My eyes looked around for a note of some kind. Right on the table was a small note. It said,

"Dear our dearest daughter Marinette,
Your father and I went to a  cooking convention. We'll be back soon at around 8:00 tomorrow in the morning.
            Sincerely,
                            Your Mother

After I read the note, my phone rang. I answered on the third ring, seeing that it's Alya.

"Girl, what happened in class?!?! Are you okay?!?! You did say you were on your period, right?!?! Was it period blood?!?! How did that happen?!?! Why did you run out of class instead of getting help?!?! Everyone is worried about you?!?! She said. Right! I told Alya that I'm on my period. That's my excuse!

"Alya I'm fine! Yes I'm on my period and yes it was my period blood. I guess when Chloe tripped me, my pad moved and ended up spilling my blood all over the floor....I ran because I was so embarrassed! They were all laughing when my body hit the floor with a thud. Just imagine if they find out that I spilt my period blood everywhere!!! I would be the laughing stock of the whole school!!! I'm sorry for making everyone worried about me." I said, answering every question. I heard Alya sigh in relief.

"Marinette, I'll tell the teacher for you okay? You can stay at home. If you feel like coming back to school, I'll be here for you." She said. I nodded but remembered that she can't see me.

"Thank you so much Alya. See you tomorrow at school!" I said and ended the call. I began to slap myself.

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YOU ALMOST GOT CAUGHT MARINETTE!!! YOU ARE SO FRICKING CARELESS.

After that thought, I flung myself onto my bed and let the darkness consume me.