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Daminette December 2022: 16-Chaos

Alya smiled and fixed Adrien's hair.

"There she is, just like I told you she would be." she smiled.

"Are you sure, Alya?" Adrien asked, nervously, "She looks busy."

Adrien looked back into the park and saw Marinette sketching by a picnic basket.

"Look, the date is all planned out." Alya spoke, "She has a picnic basket and is just waiting for you. I'm sure she brought things you are allowed to eat. You don't want to keep her waiting, right?"

"R-Right." he answered, unsure of himself.

Adrien took a deep breath and made his way into the park.

Marinette smiled as she sketched out a new dress.

'I can't wait for him to get here. I'm sure he'll like the surprise.'

Marinette watched as a shadow began to lengthen on her sketchbook.

"Hey." she spoke, but as she turned, a flash of yellow was all she saw.

Marinette turned quickly, panicked, and reached into her purse. She quickly used sprayed the pepper spray Damian had given her. At the sound of a scream, Marinette took off and ran past the trees. She quickly pulled out her phone and called the police.

"Help! Someone approached me in the park. I had to use pepper spray." Marinette explained, rapidly.

"How old are you?" they asked.

"Seventeen." she sniffled.

The dispatch could hear how panicked she was and said, "We're sending someone to you."

Marinette quickly texted Damian.

Angel: Hurry, plz!!!!

People passing by came up to her and asked her if she was okay.

"Are you okay, Sweetie?"

"Do I need to call anyone for you?"

"You were very brave."

"You were on the phone. Did you call your mom or dad?"

"Did you call the police?"

Marinette nodded. When they realized she wasn't in complete control of her breathing, one lady helped steady her and lowed her to the floor. Alya quickly rushed over and grabbed her by her shoulders.

"What the hell were you thinking, Marinette?" she shouted, "Do you even realize what you have done? Who you have hurt?"

Marinette didn't get a chance to answer. The strangers were quick to shove Alya away. They didn't let her get close to Mari again. One was trying to help her regulate her breathing. The rest had formed a barrier Marinette having a panic attack and the new girl on the scene yelling at her.

Damian got to the park and saw the park was divided by cops and people standing around another one, with someone yelling. Damian walked towards the police, but saw them pouring water onto the face of a boy his age.

'Not Marinette.'

He quickened his pace to the crowd and the shouting.

"I can't believe you did that!" the girl was shouting.

The Wayne heir peered though the crowd and saw his angel on the ground, hyperventilating.

"Marinette!" he shouted, shoving his way through the crowd.

Marinette turned at the sound of Damian's voice and launched herself into his arms.

"I-I was so scared." she began to sob, "I was waiting for you and someone got close to me. I saw yellow. You don't wear yellow."

"Shh, Haibibiti." Damian whispered, "I'm here."

The crowd noticed that whoever this guy was, could calm her down much better than they could. Alya stared, puzzled at the scene before her.

'Who is this guy and why is Mari hugging him?'

Officer Raincomprix walked towards the crowd, with Adrien Agreste in handcuffs. His hair was dripping wet and a mess, resembling more of a drowned cat then a model. His clothes were covered in grass stains and the area around his eyes were red. Natalie quickly rushed out of the car once she saw the situation Adrien was in.

"He says you know him." Roger announced, "That he was here for a planned date with you."

'A date? Damian is holding onto me. Who thought I would date them?'

Marinette could feel Damian tense up and ready to fight. She peeled her face out of Damian's chest and spotted Adrien Agreste.

"Adrien?" she questioned, "I-I know him, but I don't know anything about a date. I-"

"Why are you lying?" Alya shouted, pushing her way to the front of the crowd, "This is just like you bullying Lila! You make excuses! I sent you the plan weeks ago! Do you just like the attention? You had the whole picnic set up and-"

"Silence!" Damian growled, glaring at Alya.

"Alya, you don't have my number." Mari spoke.

"Yes, I do." she sneered, showing her phone, "It says MariBFF."

"It may say that, but we're not friends." Mari replied, "I changed my number, last year."

Alya stammered, "Bu-but the picnic!"

"It's for me and my boyfriend." Marinette answered, "It's our two year anniversary."

Damian immediately pulled Marinette closer to his side. He turned and glared at Adrien. Adrien shifted nervously under the glare. It didn't help that he had been publicly rejected and humiliated for going after someone else's girlfriend.

"Will you be pressing charges on him, Ma'am?" Roger asked.

"Yes." Damian answered.

"No, Dami. It's okay." Mari replied.

"Angel." he growled.

"If people use enough colorful and pretty words on him, he'll be convinced of anything." she stated.

"That's not true." Adrien cried.

"The high road." Mari hissed, glaring at him.

Adrien flinched. Alya looked between them confused.

"But you have such a giant crush on him!" she exclaimed, noting to go back to the subject another time..

"I did; when I was fourteen." Marinette stated, "I haven't had feelings for him for a long time."

"You would have told me!" Alya shouted.

"I told you before, but you laughed at me. You told me I'd have feelings for him again in a week. Later, you asked about my feelings and I told you-I told you 'No'. You rolled your eyes at me and told me 'Suuuure'. You're still the same stubborn bitch who won't listen to anyone, but the sound of your own voice. You only listen to those you believe are right!" Marinette declared.

Alya and Adrien looked at her in disbelief.

'She doesn't like me, anymore!'

'No! After all the perfect planning; I had this! Adrien finally likes her!'

"How many times have you screamed in my face, after listening to a liar?" Marinette asked, "How many times over the last three years have you told me that we're not friends? How many times have you texted me, at night, to kill myself and told me how I deserved to die for what I have supposedly done to your best friend? Why do you think I changed my number?"

Adrien looked at Alya in horror.

"What?" he whispered, in shock.

"This is what your high road has done, Adrien." Marinette shouted.

"But I-" he began.

"What is the high road?" Alya interrupted.

"Adrien told me to let Lila lie and everything would be revealed, eventually. You would all figure out how much of a liar she is, we'll laugh about it, and go about our merry way as friends." Marinette smiled, "This isn't a Disney movie, Adiren. It's bullshit and what made me lose my feelings for you. You told me you would have my back, but the lies kept coming. I lost my friends. I got bullied by them and you did nothing. You're not my friend and I don't see us ever being friends again!"

"But Mari-" he tried to speak.

"I don't know why you would think I have feelings for you!" Marinette continued to rant, "We don't talk anymore. We don't even hang out. Maybe this was some cooked up plan by Lila to see me humiliated and laughed at because she has feelings for you. That's why she threatened me, anyways, because I was in her way. Too bad, she didn't know about Kagami at the time. Kagami told me about smacking her with a kendo stick when she didn't let go of you. It's still funny to think about, but I guess that was too much for you; you broke up with her a week later. Or did your father make you because his muse was injured and it was your fault for not stopping it? You're too weak when it comes to conflict."

"Well said, Habibiti." Damian declared, "Very well, we won't press charges, at the moment. If either of you continue to harass my girlfriend, I won't hesitate to sue you. From the sounds of it, you'll be spending a long time in prison, if they pull your phone records."

Alya paled.

Adrien was released from the handcuffs and released into the custody of Natalie. She grabbed his shoulder and glared at him.

"We're heading home, Adrien." Natalie insisted.

"Oh!" quickly spoke up Marinette.

"Yes, Miss Dupain-Cheng?" Natalie questioned.

Marinette smiled, "I'd look into reaching out to Lila's mother. Lila has a tendency to lie and forge signatures. No one has actually ever seen her relatives."

Natalie tensed up and nodded, quickly guiding Adrien to the car.

"Why don't we take the food you prepared to the hotel?" Damian suggested, "I'd rather you feel comfortable and safe. I can put up with my father and Todd's prattling."

"Are you sure?" Mari asked.

Damian nodded. Marinette smiled at her boyfriend. He took her hand and guided her to the picnic area. Damian picked up the blanket, as Marinette grabbed the basket.

People began to walk away from the scene. Alya stood there in disbelief. She felt a hand on her shoulder and jumped. Alya turned and the lady noticed the tears in the corner of her eyes.

"Perhaps, you should listen to her." the lady spoke, "It's never too late to change."

"B-But if she's right, I-I did so much." Alya sobbed, "I hurt her."

"Have you ever heard the legend of the phoenix?" the lady asked.

Alya nodded.

"Then, be a phoenix." she stated, "Rise from the ashes. Show her you can change. She still might not be your friend, but at least, you'll know the truth." and with that, she was gone.

Alya bit her lip and rushed home. She set her mind on looking up all of Lila Rossi's achievements. She'd find out if she really lost her best friend for no reason.

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