"Why should Marinette threaten you?" Adrien asked a few moments later, playing the oblivious fool that he had been until now.
"Well it's obvious isn't it?" Lila started, faking her hurt voice clearly, though it seemed that only Adrien and Marinette could see through the act.
"What's obvious about it? Marinette is the nicest person I know and I am one hundred percent sure that she would never ever do something like that!" Adrien exclaimed, ignoring the curious stares of their classmates.
"Well I think it's obvious, she's just jealous of Lila. I mean, it wouldn't be the first time she did something crazy because of jealousy!" Alya piped in.
The look on Marinette's face after her supposedly best friends words was heartbroken and just as heartbreaking. It just showed Adrien that he had been completely wrong. Lies do hurt people, maybe not physically, but it's obvious that they hurt one's heart. He could kick himself for saying anything else and being as thoughtless as he had been before.
"Marinette doesn't have any reason to be jealous though, does she?" Adrien asked, completely serious.
"She is cute, beautiful, nice, compassionate, helpful, she always puts others before herself, hell I've seen her pushing people out of the way of Akuma attacks before, she's courageous and really, really talented and as if all of that wasn't enough already, she's extremely smart too. What does Liarla here have that Mari doesn't? All she does is tell you stories that aren't even true and all of you belive her over someone who bends over backwards to help people. Your friend who has done so much for everyone here already. So tell me, why should Marinette, our everyday Ladybug, have to threaten someone like Lila, because of jealousy? She doesn't have any reason to ever be jealous of a bitch like Lila!!!" Adrien yelled out after making some pretty decent points in his opinion.
The others were speechless after his outburst. When he looked at Marinette, he could see her turning as red as a tomato. He thought that the color fit her pretty well, she should try wearing it more often.
"The reason why she's jealous, is because she's in love with..." Alya tried to say, but she was stopped by Marinette's hand over her mouth.
"Are you serious right now?!" Marinette half screamed, looking at her former best friend who was just about to reveal her crush on front of her crush!!
"I AM NOT JEALOUS OF A LYING BITCH LIKE LILA!! I have no reason to be! And what the hell Alya? Why would you do that to me? I thought you were my best friend! Why would you try to out me like that?!" Marinette screamed, tears brimming in her eyes, but she held them back, refusing to give Lila the satisfaction of seeing her cry.
Adrien didn't know what Alya had been trying to say, but from Marinette's reaction he guessed that it was a secret that she didn't want anyone else knowing.
Before anyone else could say or do anything, Adrien decided that he had had enough, and took Marinette's hand, pulling her away from the crowd.
This wasn't the time or the place to fight against the liar. If they wanted to take her down they would need allies. He knew that their classmates were too wrapped up in Lila's lies and that it wouldn't be easy to get them on their side, but he knew people who could help them efficiently.
It was time to form the Liarmination-Squad.
