In hindsight, Marinette wished she wasn't so damn cute. Everyone liked her, whether she was designing something cool for the class or just being a clumsy girl. Alya always told her that she was jealous of Marinette's complex, how she never seemed to get pimples or red spots on her skin. Marinette, on the other hand, didn't really pay attention to the compliments knowing Alya was biased. Marinette had hoped for a nice break period, just hanging out with Alya except Alya had been home sick with the flu. Now here she was, sitting alone and reading her textbook. She should have stayed inside.

From what she knew, Chris Johnson was from the classroom a couple of doors down. She heard he was good looking but as she looked up as he approached her, she wasn't impressed. Yeah, his eyes were such a gorgeous green and yeah, his hair was really hot. But he had look in his eyes, like he was hungry for something. He leaned on one leg and gave Marinette an arrogant smirk,

"Hey Marinette, what are you doing?"

Marinette leaned back a back subtly as she didn't appreciate her space being violated.

"I'm reading my textbook, I'm sorry but do you need something?"

Chris smiled and cocked his head to the side, "Maybe. Do you like gellato?"

Marinette eyed Chris, "Yeah I guess."

Chris smirked and leaned against the tree that next to Marinette. He looked like he was a model, just leaning there. Marinette didn't know where this was going. Was he going to invite her out for gellato? Marinette closed her textbook and gave Chris her full attention, knowing if she didn't, something was going to go wrong. Where was Alya when you need her?

Chris leaned towards Marinette, "So Mari-chan, I was thinking that you and me should go and get some gellato after school." He grinned, "Like a date."

Marinette's eyes widened, a date? Mari-chan? She waved her hands in front of her, "Oh no, I'm busy today, besides I really don't know you that well."

Chris frowned a bit before smiling again, "I'm Chris, I like coffee and the color purple. My favorite subject is History and my least favorite is Math. Now you know me so will you go out with me?"

Marinette had to admit that Chris was attractive but Marinette's heart belonged to Adrien. She shook her head, "I'm sorry but I have no time after school to go with you." She stood up, "It was nice meeting you."

Marinette started to walk away when Chris grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down on the bench. Marinette bit her lip, feeling a spike of irritation for the boy in front of her. "Please let me go, I said no Chris."

Chris didn't loosen his grip on Marinette at all, "Now Mari-chan, I only want to get some gellato with you. Why don't you take a nice break from today and go with me?"

Marinette struggled to take her arm away from Chris, who was very strong. Marinette grit her teeth, Chris didn't look like the strong type. How was she going to escape when Alya wasn't around to help her? She quickly glanced around and found nobody but Chloe but she wasn't going to save her. Marinette looked at Chris,

"I'm busy and I have better things to do than go and get ice cream with somebody I don't really know. Now get off me and stop calling me Mari-chan."

Chris tightened his grip on Marinette's wrist, making her wince.

"Listen Mari-chan, you should be lucky that I'm even paying attention to you because everybody already knows that Adrien will never turn his eyes on you."

Chris' eyes roamed her body and Marinette swore she had never felt so violated in her life, even when fighting a villain. She made a fist with her other hand and was ready to punch him in the face. She was about to raise her fist when somebody put their hand on Chris' shoulder. Marinette turned to see Adrien and Nino there, looking not that happy. Adrien's hand was on Chris' shoulder as Nino stepped forward,

"Now dude Marinette said no, so leave her alone."

Chris scowled at the boys, hating the fact he could no longer intimidate Marinette. On the other hand, Marinette internally squealed when she saw Adrien, he was such a great guy for trying to save her (and Nino too.)

Adrien glared at Chris, he had heard everything. He and Nino had been inside discussing the next homework when he had seen Marinette from outside the room. When he had seen her being pulled by the arm, he had sprung unto action. He saw Marinette's fist and was proud, he also felt like punching Chris in the face. He bit back the smile he wanted to do from listening to Marinette being forceful with Chris.

Nino helped Marinette pull her hand away from Chris, "Are you ok?"

Marinette nodded, rubbing her wrist. "Yeah I'll live."

Adrien turned to Chris, "Leave Marinette alone"

The unheard "Or else" rang in the air, making Chris scowl even more and making Marinette blush. Chris pulled his shoulder away from Adrien and got up, eyeing Marinette before smirking and walking away.

"Good bye Marinette, see you later."

Marinette frowned at Chris' words, she wouldn't see the last of him. She shivered and turned to the boys. Ignoring the fluttering of her heart, she thanked them.

"Thanks guys, he was giving me the creeps."

Adrien nodded, "Yeah us too. Where's Alya? I'm pretty sure that she would have chased Chris away."

Marinette giggled (which surprisingly, sounded cute in Adrien's ears), "She's sick today. She caught a cold trying to catch late night pictures of Ladybug and Chat Noir. "

Nino rolled his eyes while Adrien smiled,

"Oh? Something new for her blog?"

Marinette smiled, "She got some but hasn't uploaded them left. I'm going over to help her after school."

Adrien beamed at the thought of new Ladybug pictures. Nino chuckled and shook his head at Adrien's obsession with Ladybug before asking,

"When is she coming back to school?"

"Tomorrow, she hates being sick."

Nino laughed, Alya was certainly full of spunk. Marinette felt her phone buzz and noticed it was Alya calling her. Marinette held up her phone and smiled,

"Speak of the devil, I'll see you guys later." Marinette walked away from the boys, unaware of the lingering tension in the air.

Adrien looked at Nino with pursed lips. "I think we should look out for Chris. He's the type that won't leave a girl alone. We should stick close to Marinette for a while."

Nino frowned, "Yeah. That guy's a creep. I'll tell Alya when she comes back to school."

Adrien nodded and watched Nino walked away.

"That kid was ugly, good thing Marinette said no."

Adrien frowned and furrowed his eyebrows. "Marinette looked like she was ready to punch him Plagg."

Plagg sat on Adrien's shoulders, "Feisty, isn't she?"

Adrien hummed, still full of anger. How dare Chris try and force Marinette on a date. He was glad he and Nino had intervened before Chris got more violent.

"Yeah she is."

Plagg looked at Adrien for a minute and smirked before whining, "I want cheese!"

Adrien rolled his eyes before walking inside to get Plagg some cheese.