Author's Note: I don't own Miraculous or the characters obviously. This is my first fanfiction and I went through and edited all the chapters so for those of you just joining, Welcome and for the oldies returning I hope you the new updated version. There might be some random things in the author's notes like "this chapter was this long now it's" and so on. Like this chapter was originally 1,430 words and now it's 1,688 words. Anyway enjoy the story. :)

Ch 1

The bell rang signaling that it was time to leave. Everyones packing up was interrupted by the teacher.

"Before you all leave, I just wanted to remind you that sign ups for the school talent show will be this Friday in the auditorium. This year's show is extra special because the winner will have a chance to have a part in creating Jagged Stone's new album, whether it be singing or playing music on his album, or doing something with the music video. Good luck to everyone." The students in the room suddenly got very excited over the talent show that had originally seemed boring to some of them. Of course now there was incentive to sign up.

"Hey Nino, you should enter the talent show." Nino turned around at the sound of Alya's voice.

"You think so?"

"Yeah you should totally do it. You would probably win with those awesome DJ skills of yours." Marinette chimed into the conversation.

"Marinette's right. It would be cool to see you beat everyone, especially Chloe. She seems way too confident that she's going to win."

"That's because she has won for the past 3 years." As Nino explained to Alya that Chloe's dad often had an influence over the judges, Marinette got lost in her head. She had always wanted to enter the talent show but she was so afraid of singing in front of people that she didn't even sing in front of Alya. Alya didn't even know that Marinette could sing. Suddenly Adrien came into the room and she was brought out of dreamland.

"Hey guys what's taking so long? I thought we were going to go to the library to study for that big physics test tomorrow."

"Sorry, we got caught up talking about the talent show." Nino stood up, grabbed his stuff and walked out the door with Adrien. Alya was about to do the same when she noticed that Marinette wasn't moving.

"Come on girl we gotta go study if we want to get a good grade." Marinette just sat there and blinked, "what's wrong?"

"I forgot that we were going to go study with Nino," she paused for a second, "and Adrien." Alya just chuckled and grabbed her love struck friend's hand. Alya was pulling Marinette very quickly towards the guys. She suddenly stopped abruptly, Marinette lost her balance and tripped over her own feet. She closed her eyes, waiting to feel the floor hit her but she was surprised that the feeling never came. Instead she felt the hard chest muscles of someone. She opened her eyes, saw Adrien's shirt and immediately stood up.

"Are you okay?" Adrien looked at her, with concern in his bright green eyes.

"Um.. I-I'm thank! F-fine you. Ugh, t-thank you." Marinette said avoiding his gaze.

"No problem, I'm just glad you're okay."Adrien rubbed the back of his head with his hand. Alya and Nino were watching this little exchange between their two best friends. Alya was suddenly happy that she accidentally caused Marinette to trip.

"Okay you two love birds, time to go study." Both of them suddenly blushed at Alya's comment. Marinette, who was dying on the inside, looked like she was going to kill her best friend. The four friends started walking towards the library. Alya walked in between Adrien and Nino so that Marinette had to walk next to Adrien. The whole walk was silent because Marinette was lost in thought and too nervous to speak. She couldn't stop thinking about the talent show. She really wanted to enter, but that damn stage fright got in her way. She didn't want all those years of singing lessons to go to waste, but how was she supposed to perform in front of her classmates and Adrien. What if she messed up and made a fool of herself in front of him? Marinette decided right there that she wasn't going to sign up. When they got to the library, they found a table in the back corner so they wouldn't be disturbed by anyone. Marinette was about to sit next to Alya when Nino interrupted her.

"Hey mind if I sit next to Alya."

"Uh..sure." Marinette instead sat down across from her and right next to Adrien. She started to mentally freak because she was sitting inches away from the love of her life and she couldn't even form a sentence around him. She made a mental note to kill her best friend later. They took out their physics stuff and started to go over the review sheet. Adrien, since he was practically a physics genius, started to quiz everyone.

"Okay Marinette, your turn. What is the equation for velocity?" She didn't respond, her eyes were fixed on some random spot on the wall.

"Marinette?"

"Yo earth to Marinette!" Alya's shouting brought her back to reality. Marinette almost fell out of her chair from jumping.

"Ah! What?"

"It's your turn turn to answer a question."

"Oh sorry. W-what's the question?"

"Are you okay? You seem a little out of it today." Marinette blushed when she heard Adrien speak and she turned to see him looking at her again with those same concerned eyes.

"Y-y-yeah! I-I guess I just t-thought l-lost. I mean I was lost in thought. N-no need to worry about l-little ole me," after realizing what she just said, Marinette put her head down and sighed. "I'm fine"

"What could possibly make you zone out like that?" Adrien asked when he saw she was uncomfortable.

"I can think of one thing."

"Alya!" Marinette sat straight up. Okay now she was definitely going to kill her best friend. She felt her cheeks grow hotter and realized that her face must be completely red, which only made her blush more. "I've just been thinking about the talent show that's all..." She looked up at her friends and realized that the answer that she had given was not a good enough explanation, they wanted more. "I-I was thinking about whether or not I should sign up but i don't think i will..." Her voice trailed off.

"I think you should do it." Marinette almost jumped at the sound of Adrien's voice. "Are you going to design something and make it or..."

"A-a-actually I was t-thinking a-about s-singing."

"Singing? You sing? I didn't know that." Alya sounded surprised but also excited because she knew that if her friend could sing, she was probably amazing.

"Yeah well I've actually been taking singing lessons for a few years," she said quietly. They were going to press her for more information when suddenly Alya's phone interrupted the conversation. She answered it and started talking. Adrien started to think about Marinette and singing. She had never mentioned any interest in it before. If he had known that she had musical talent that he would've definitely asked her to sing a song with him. He's always wanted to play the piano with a vocalist. Alya finally hung up her phone and turned back to her friends.

"That was my mom she's here to pick me up. Nino do you want a ride?"

"Sure, thanks."

"What about you Marinette, want a ride?" She turned to her best friend.

"No thank you. I think I'm going to study here for a little while. I really need to work on my physics more."

"Adrien you're good right?"

"Yeah." Alya and Nino said goodbye and left the library, leaving Marinette and Adrien alone. An awkward silence fell over them

"So...can you really sing?" Adrien asked curiously. He wanted to get to know Marinette and learning that she could sing was a good start. Hopefully he could get her to talk to him more and not stutter as much. He was still trying to figure out why she could barely talk to him. Did he do something wrong to make her not like him or something. Every sentence she said to him was full of stuttering and incorrect grammar. Sometimes he couldn't help but chuckle at her. Not in a mean way, just more in I can't believe someone so perfect could mess up like this. Woah. Adrien opened his eyes wide. Did he just really think that Marinette was perfect? How could he not, with how kind she was to everyone and how she was always there whenever anyone needed anything. She always did the right thing and it helped that she had a cute smile. No a beautiful smile. Stop it Adrien! She's your friend and you love ladybug. Just think of your lady. Marinette's voiced interrupted his thoughts.
"Uh...y-yeah." Adrien had forgotten he had asked her a question.

"Can I hear something?"

"Uh...I-I'm not r-really good at s-singing in f-front of p-people." She blushed and looked away.

"Oh okay. I won't make you then if it makes you uncomfortable. If you ever need help with getting over your stage fright I'm here to help." Adrien put his hand on her shoulder. She immediately tensed up at his touch. He took his hand off thinking he made her uncomfortable.

"I'll see you tomorrow. Bye"

"Bye" She managed to squeak out. When he was gone, she looked around to make sure no one was near her and opened her purse. "Tikki did you hear what just happened?! Adrien just offered to help me." Marinette squealed in excitement. Her little red kwami flew out of her purse.

"I'm happy for you Marinette."

"Thank you Tikki. Now let's go to the auditorium. If I'm going to sign up I better practice."

"Good idea!" The two of them left the library and headed for the auditorium.