"Oh my god... Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god." Marinette repeated. She was having a panic attack and anyone in a 30 foot radius could tell. She had pacing around and breathing erratically since the very moment Adrien asked her to "hang out".

"Marinette, you really need to calm down. Your parents might take you to the loony bin if you keep acting like this." Alya says, forcing Marinette to sit down on her bed.

"Calm down? How can I?! THE Adrien Agreste just asked me to hang out with him. Alone. At a movie quite possibly. How do you expect me to calm down?!" Marinette shouts. Her mind was racing a million miles a second. She could hardly believe that Adrien, the Adrien she's been in love with for so long, wanted to hang out with her. Even if it wasn't specifically a date, it had to count didn't it?

"What am I going to wear? Where are we going to go? Do I dress casual or formal? HOW WILL I EVEN TALK TO HIM?!" Marinette fell back on her bed, feeling more frightened than excited the more she thought about it.

"Mari, relax. Take a breather, okay? Your so called "date" with Adrien isn't even for a couple more days. You have plenty of time to talk about it until then." Alya says, smoothing out her best friend's hair in an attempt to calm her nerves. "Besides, didn't he say he was going to text you to sort all of this out anyways?"

Alya quickly regretted saying this. The moment those words had left her lips, Marinette shot straight up like an arrow, her wide eyes staring straight into Alya's very soul as she remembered that very important detail. Marinette then jumped up and ran to her bag, shuffling through it to find her phone. Unable to find it, Marinette dumped her entire bag onto her bed, throwing things around to find it. She grew more frustrated as she shifted through the numerous books and papers.

"Ugh! It's not here!" Marinette said with a hint of anger in her voice. Just then, she heard a faint buzzing noise from behind her. She looked at Alya who was staring at her with concern before the both toward the source of the buzzing. It was Marinette's phone, resting on the table where she had left it when they got to her room. She always put it there so she wouldn't lose it. Big help that was. On the phone was a number she didn't recognize.

"Do you think..?" Marinette asked softly to Alya.

"Why are you asking me?! Answer it!" Alya says, pushing Marinette towards it.

Marinette gently picked up the still buzzing phone and held it up to her ear. "Er.. Hello?" She squeaks.

"Uh, hello? Is this Marinette's phone?" The voice asks. She'd know this voice anywhere. The voice of her beloved Adrien.

"Y-y-yes! Th-this is she! Who may this b-be?" She asks, trying to play it cool (spoiler alert: she was failing).

"Oh hey. It's Adrien. Adrien Agreste. Nico gave me your number." Adrien says, a smile could be heard in his voice.

"Oh hello!" Marinette responds a little too excitedly, causing Alya to facepalm. "Wh-what's up, Adrien?"

"Just breathe, Marinette!" Alya mouths as she silently listens to the conversation. Marinette nods and takes a deep breath and exhaling slowly. Adrien isn't really here. She'll just pretend that she's talking to Alya so she won't choke up.

"I just wanted to make sure we were still going to hang out this weekend. I was thinking you, Alya, Nico, and I could all hang out on Friday after school and then Saturday you and I could just hang out. Just us two, you know?" Adrien asked. He was rambling a bit, but Marinette didn't mind. She thought anything and everything about him was absolutely adorable.

"Yeah. Sure. Sounds good. Anything special in mind for us to do Saturday?" She asks.

"Not really. I was thinking maybe we could just hang out and talk. Get to know one another." He says, causing Marinette to smile widely.

"Alright. That sounds great! So, I'll see you tomorrow?" Marinette says, trying to hold in a scream of delight.

"Uh, yeah. See you later, Marinette." He replies.

"See ya, Adrien." Marinette hung up the phone, holding it close to her chest.

"Oh my god. You actually just had a conversation with Adrien without choking up! I'm so proud of you!" Alya teases.

"Yeah.." Marinette responds, clearly in a daze. Alya chuckles and ruffles her hair.

"Alright, Mari. I got to get home. Don't go dying on me, kay?" Alya says, hopping off Marinette's bed and grabbing her things. "See ya later, Marinette."

Snapping out of her daze, Marinette walked Alya out before returning to her room. Tikki had flew out of her hiding spot and was now resting on Marinette's messy bed. Marinette smiled at her friend, sitting on the floor by her bed so she could be at eye level with the small Kwami.

"Hey, Tikki. You ready to go for patrol?" Marinette asked, stroking Tikki's chin.

"I'm ready if you are, Mari." She replies cheerfully, nudging into Marinette's finger.

Marinette smiles and stands, locking eyes with the small red creature. "Tikki, transform me!"