Chapter 3 - ...So Much For Ice Cream

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The next day-

They had just finished up their first practice and were heading out to get some ice cream when Mari suddenly remembered she'd forgot her purse and had to run back and grab it.

"Man, dudes, they expect me to know all these lines in just one month?!" Nino asked as he fell backwards onto the schools steps

"Aw, common Nino, it's not that bad" Alya stated as she playfully nudged the moping boy

"Says the girl that all she has to do is prance and dance as a fox... remind me again, why did we sign up for this Adrien?"

Said boy scratched the back of his neck nervously "I-i told you Nino... it's fun" 

Nino rolled his eyes "Uh huh, and the real reason is..." just then Mari came back through the doors

"I'll explain everything later" Adrien whispered to Nino as the girl drew closer

"So, are we ready to go?" Marinette asked as she walked up to the group

"Hey Marinette" Adrien rushed to stand up

"A-ADRIEN!" she stumbled backwards

"MARINETTE!" he quickly reached out to catch her from falling backwards, resulting in what would look like a dance dip. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to startle you... are you okay?... Mari?" Her face was as red as a tomato

"Um.. uh, i-uh.... th-that is, I uh..." just then they heard the sound of a camera phone go off, bringing Marinette back to reality "*gulp* um, A-Adrien, can-c-can I stand up now?"

"Sorry!" Adrien raced to stand the girl back up and take a step back, taking note of both Alya and Nino standing together, giggling and smirking at Alya's phone. "I uh, just didn't want you to get hurt... are you okay?"

"Ye-yeah, sure I-I'm okay"

"That's good. So, anyway, would you like to go over our lines at the ice cream parlor, Mari?"

"Wha- oh, yeah, sounds great" Mari smiled from ear to ear

"Great!" Adrien smiled back as he placed his hand on her shoulder. 

Just then they heard a car horn. The two turned to see Nathalie getting out of the passenger seat "Adrien, one of the models had to go home due to being ill, your father has volunteered you to take his place. Come now, the photographer's waiting." 

Adrien sighed and turned back to Mari with a sad smile "well, it looks like we'll have to reschedule, sorry about that" 

Mari's grin fell, then she gently smiled "It's okay Adrien, maybe we can meet up later"

"Sure, sounds great... well, see ya" then he turned and sadly walked over to waiting car.

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Alya and Nino walked over to Marinette as Nino just finished putting his phone in his pocket from a text "Man, what a buzz kill. Dude ain't had sweets in a month, heck, ice cream was his idea"

"You okay girl?" Alya asked as she wrapped an arm around her friend. Mari dropped her head

"I just feel so bad for him you know? He spends so much time working, he never got to be a kid..."

"Tell me about it dude" Nino began, scratching the back of his neck "he'd never even had a birthday party before last year"

"Common you two... let's go get that ice cream" Alya added as she drug the two away.

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N- Sup dude, how was "work"?

A- same old, same old. How was the ice cream parlor?

N- sweet :P lol

A- haha, very funny

N- Nah man, it was cool. We pretty much just ate and went over the scripts. Lol, you should have seen Alya, she did every other voice involved for us since she didn't have any lines... it was hysterical

A- well I'm glad you guys had a great time

N- don't be like that man, it would have been, like, 1,000,000 times better with you there

A- thanks Nino, maybe next time

N- yeah, sure, so... are you gonna tell me the REAL reason we join this class?

A- what do you mean?

D- dude, common, just admit it... your doing this because of Mari, right? ;)

A- WHAT?! NO! Well, I mean, yeah, she's the one who told me about it, and I'd really like to be her friend, but, that's it. I guess I kinda figured, maybe we could become friends through this, I guess, I just wanted to get closer to her

N- Riiiight ;) I see where this is going dude ;)

A- IT'S NOT LIKE THAT OKAY?!

N- Sure dude, whatever ever you say XD lol don't worry dude, of course I'll be your best man ;)

A- oh my gosh, it is not like that nor will it ever be, she's just a friend Nino

N- DENIAL!!!

A- ... I'm hanging up, I need to go over my script

N- dude, you can't hang up, we're texting

A- bye

N- dude

N- dude

N- dude!!!!

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"Adrien, are you gonna answer him back? That things been going off for the last 10 minutes" Plagg whined

"Shh, Plagg, I'm reading"

"... you do realize that you've been on the first page for just as long... AND IT'S NOT EVEN YOUR PART!"

"Well maybe I could concentrate if some people stopped interrupting me" Adrien huffed

"*scoff* ruuude"

"Sorry Plagg. I just... *sigh maybe I just need to clear my head" Adrien stood

"Wait, what do you-"

"PLAGG, CLAWS OUT!" Shortly later, Chat Noir was seen jumping on rooftops through the city.

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