...Dupain-Cheng Bakery  & Residence...

              Tikki's  POV:
        "Marinette, I mean it, Adrien likes you," Tikki says.  She smiles after she mentions this fact.       

            Marinette's POV: 

            "Tikki, I told you, he does not like me," Marinette says. She sighs and thinks, not as more than a friend anyway.

             "Then, why did he call your dimples cute?" Tikki asks. She laughs when Marinette blushes.

               Boom!  A villain announces, "This is LadyWifi, I am here to reveal Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities."

                Marinette says, "Tikki spots on!" She transforms since her best friend Alya has been akumantized.

                  Ladybug's  POV:

                Ladybug swings away then she lands not far from the villain.  

"You call for me, LadyWifi, where here I am, ready to fight," Ladybug says.

      ...Agreste mansion...
 
          Adrien's POV:
            Adrien sees Ladybug, smiles, and calls out, "Plagg claws out!" 

             He transforms. Chat Noir leaves to join the fight.  He thinks an Akuma attack already.

          ...At the fight with the villain....

                Chat's POV:

            "Hi, M'lady!  Oh, I see it is LadyWifi again,"  Chat Noir says.  

           He is glad to see her again, but wish it were under better circumstances.

                  "Yes, it sure is," Ladybug says and helps fight the latest akuma victim.

                      Chat Noir and Ladybug fight the villain together and win!  

                      "Pound it!" Chat Noir and Ladybug say together.

                             "Ladybug, Chat Noir, how did I get here?"  Alya asks.

                           "You were akumantized and we rescued you,"  Chat Noir and Ladybug explain to her.

                          Alya's POV:
               "Ok, thanks, time for me to go home," Alya remarks.

                        Alya thinks that was so awkward and she hopes she will never be a villain again.
                        

                ....Many months later, the sophomore year has come to a close...

                      Marinette's POV:
                Now, it is summer break prior to the junior year beginning.  

              Marinette hears someone talking outside the bakery door close. She opens the door.

                               "Hi, Marinette!" Nino and Alya says.

                                "Hi, Marinette!" Adrien tells her.

                                 "Marinette, come on let's all go to the pool," Adrien suggests.

                                "All right, I will be right there," Marinette says and goes to change into her swimsuit.

                               "Ok, I am ready now,"  Marinette says a few minutes later.
                         
                                "Wow, Marinette you look nice," Adrien tells her.

                            Nino's  POV:
                           "Let's go, guys," Nino remarks.

                                 "Yes, let us go," Alya tells them.  

                         Nino thinks those two like each other.  He also knows they do not admit it.

                           Alya's POV:
                         Later, at the pool, Alya changes into her swimsuit.  

                    " Ok, everyone what do you think?" Alya asks.

                             "Wow, A-Alya, you look, hot!" Nino says, then blushes from embarrassment.

                              "Thanks, you are not so bad yourself, Nino," Alya says. 

                             She thinks, great I sound like I am flirt.

                              Narrator's POV:

                         The friends all enjoy swimming. 

                        Marinette laughs as Adrien splashes water on her. She splashes him back, and sighs.

                                Marinette's POV:

                     At some point, Marinette gets out and sits beside the pool. 

                      "M-Marinette, do you have a crush on anyone?"  Adrien asks her.

                          "Y-Yes, but the b-boy does not like m-me," She mutters.

                             "How do you know?" Adrien asks. He sits beside her and blushes.

                              "I  just k-know, why d-do y-you, a-ask?"  Marinette replies.

                              "Oh,   do not worry about it Marinette,"  Adrien tells her.

                                        Marinette's POV:

                                  The friends go there separate ways and Adrien walks Marinette home.

                                     "A-Adrien, I had a fun time and..." Marinette says.

                                      "I did too, Marinette," Adrien says as he winks at her.

                                     "It is always fun to spend time with friends, good night!"  Adrien states.
                     
                                        "Yeah, friends, good night, A-Adrien!" Marinette says as she waves to him.  

                                As soon as Adrien is back at his house, she sighs a small sigh.  

                             She thinks this crush on Adrien is harder than I thought. 

                            She supposes friendship for now is okay.  She did only meet him  this year. 

                                                  the end...

 *The sequel to this story, is A Miraculous Junior Year: Friends Forever, fan fiction written by Summer Cheng.