My Dearest Secret Admirers

Chapter 12: A Sudden Hang-Out

   It was never-lasting but the party eventually came to a closing. Everyone, meaning Marinette and her friends, was standing in a circle, chatting with each other. "Did you like your quinceañera, Maria?" Rose asked with her cheerful voice. Maria grinned, "I loved it! Best day of my life!"
   "What was your favorite moment of it?" Asked Mylene, Maria's smile quickly converted into a nervous one, "I have to choose? Well...uhm-hmmm, ah! One of my favorites is the surprise dance my dad and I did, everyone's reactions were priceless!" Maria laughed which brought laughter to the others too.

   Just then, a dude came up to Maria, he looked about their age and had tanned skin, elegant hair laying on the side, a nice sharp jawline, a perfect facial structure a girl would die for a boy to have (not meaning every girl.), average height, and skinny. He tapped on her shoulder to tell her something but Maria looked like she realized something and interrupted him. "Oh! Before I forget I want you all to meet Alejandro! He's my brother" Maria dragged her brother beside her, "Uhh...hola." The shy boy greeted nervously. Marinette's friends simply waved or shot a quick "Hi!" to him.

   "Hola Alejandro mucho gusto!" (Hello Alejandro nice to meet you!) Marinette greeted with a sweet smile, she's not fluent in Spanish but she does know the basics of salutations from her Spanish classes! "Mucho gusto!" (Nice to meet you!) Alejandro replied already easing in. Marinette giggles at him, "Te gustó la quinceañera de tu hermana?" (Did you like the quinceañera of your sister?) She questioned, "Si, la fiesta salió maravillosamente." (Yes, the party went beautifully.) Marinette opened her mouth to say something but Alejandro won to it, "Lo siento, puedes disculparme? Necesito decirle algo a mi hermana." (I'm sorry, can you please excuse me? I need to tell my sister something.) "Oh! Por supuesto, adelante." (Oh! Of course, go ahead.)

   Marinette watched as Alejandro approached his sister who was conversing with Alya, they paused their conversation for Alejandro to whisper something into Maria's ear. But Marinette wasn't concentrated on that, instead, on Alya.
   Her wavy and reddish-brown ombre hair resting it's healthy strands elegantly on her shoulders, her gorgeous hazel eyes being so bright and mesmerizing, oh how Marinette can stare at her and not be bored. But then, it clicks. She recalled that she has not once caught a glimpse of Alya and Nino chatting together, not even beside each other. Obviously, this made Marinette suspicious (She completely forgot about her admiring Alya in a romantic way), "Hey Alya have you hanged out with Nino at all?" Alya looked at her and shook her head. Odd. And no explanation?

   "Alya, may I speak to you in private-" Marinette began but got interrupted by a loud crash and everything shaking. Instinctively, she shut her eyes and covered her neck. Once everything was calming down, the bluenette shot a look at where the crash came from. Everyone in the building screamed at the massive hole in the corner ceiling, which was safe to assume that it was the one who sounded the crash,  but they weren't just screaming at the hole. Instead, they were screaming about what was hovering in the middle of it, inside a bubble. Marinette's eyes widen at the sight of who was the main source of the destruction.

"Bubbler..." She whispered under her shaky breath.

(Bubble didn't keep his magical charm btw! In the show he did!)

   "Alya~ where are you?" Bubbler cooed grabbing his weapon and transforming his bubble into a surfboard-shaped bubble. With his surfboard, he flew around the room and began bubbling every person inside. Marinette quickly snapped out of her trance and immediately took Maria and Alya with her outside, (she didn't know how she managed due to Maria's dress). "Run away from here, it's not safe! I need to make sure everyone gets out safely." The girl said to them, "But you need to be safe as well Marinette!" Maria worriedly replied Alya placed a hand on Maria's shoulder, "Don't worry. This happens quite often and she's an expert in evacuation, let's go!" Alya interrupted as she took Maria's hand and dragged her away from the building. (Maria tripped haha)