In the previous chapter, Adrien and Marinette went to the park for a bit after her rescues her.    

         Now, in the current chapter,  Adrien sighs. He turns Marinette to face him. He sees a single tear form in her eyes. He thinks, I have to let her know. I must!  I thought I lost her, but I did not.

           "Marinette, Chloe does not own me!  She is not my boss or yours!" Adrien says.

       "Yes, that might be all true, but she is right she is better for you." Marinette says. She sees the look he gives her.

         "No ,Marinette!  She is not the one for me!"  Adrien says. He does not say anything more. He just leans in and kisses her. He does not know what came over him to do such an action. It is not like he just kisses girls at random.  He feels his cheeks burn.  He feels her try to deny she wants anything to do with him. He can sense it.

          "Adrien, no!"  Marinette says. She jumps up and runs away. She thinks, sorry, Adrien, but I cannot do this.  I cannot accept you.  I just cannot.  If Chloe finds out she will, well,  she will hurt him. 

          "M-Marinette?!   Marinette?  Marinette?"  Adrien calls out. He refuses to give up that easily.  He runs and finds her when she trips over a rock.  He sees she is about to fall off the sidewalk into the street. He catches her.  He is glad he did.

            "Adrien?"  Marinette says in surprise.

          "Marinette, please!  I love you!"  Adrien blurts out. He can feel his heart burst. He cannot bare  it   if  she rejects him.

         "Adrien, I love you, too !"  Marinette says. She feels him hold her tight in his arms. She never wants him to let go. She cannot understand it all, but she just chooses to let him hold her. She feels so happy for the moment.

        "Oh, how touchy, touchy!  Not!"  Chloe says as she snaps a photo of Adrien and Marinette together.  She is not happy to see Adrien embrace Marinette. She thinks, how dare he?  Why her?  Why that little ...ugh...

      "Chloe, why you just standing there while she steals him?"  Sabrina gasps. She cannot believe what she sees. Secretly though, she kinda thinks Adrienette is cute together. She dares not say as much so as not come across as being an all right traitor to Chloe when it comes to this situation. To be honest she is just happy Chloe would even pay her any mind.

      "Sabrina, ugh!  You are filth like the rest of them! "  Chloe scoffs. She shoves Sabrina into the sand. She laughs as she walks away.

        Sabrina just stays in the sand with a look of sorrow in her eyes. She cries. She thinks, so much for Chloe being my friend again.  

       Chloe comes back a few moments later. She has this gleam in her eyes like she is up to something.  She has a sack in her hands. She goes over to Marinette and taps her on the shoulder.

     "Chloe, go away!"  Adrien says. He tries to stop her, but to his horror Chloe manages to dump the entire sack full of potato peelings on Marinette.

      "Ha, Ugly We Will Show Her whose in Charge around Here!" Chloe says. She takes a photo  of Marinette and post it online with the hashtags #potatopeelinggirl  #appealingnot  #UglyamIright #Uglyuglyuglyasusual

      Chloe walks off again in a hurry!  She thinks let us just see what becomes of this girl now, shall we?  She  does watch where she walks and bumps into someone.

      Meanwhile, with Adrienette...

        "Marinette,let me help you!"  Adrien says to her.  He immediately brushes the peelings off her. He thinks, there now that is better. He even reaches up and gently knocks the peelings out of her hair. He looks into her eyes and says, "Marinette, did you mean it?"  He sees her confusion.

      "A-Adrien, Chloe will stop at nothing to get what she wants!   Right, now that is you! Can you not see that we will n-never be h...?"  Marinette gets cut off.

       "Shh,Mari!" Adrien says in husky tone. He leans in and kisses her again. This time more gentle than he did the other time. He feels her grow tense.  He thinks, is it a lie?  Does she not want me?  He holds her by the waist.  

      Marinette moans. She moans more. She thinks, Adrien what are you doing?  She kisses him back!  She thinks, oh, if only this was real!  She believes that Adrien only pretends to love her out of pity since she still has that ugly mark on her.

     Adrien grins into the kiss. He breaks it and says, "Mari, never doubt  my love again!  I love you more than my very soul! "  He then, kisses her cheek the same one as before and mutters, "M-Marinette, what will I ever do without my bl-bluenette?  Oh, Marinette!  Marinette, please go out with me!"  

    Marinette grins, she thinks, oh who cares what anyone else thinks!  She kisses him. She breaks the kiss, and says, "S-Sure, th-thing, A-Adrien!  Be glad too!  When?"
    

   Adrien says, "Oh, I do not know!  How does now sound?"

   Marinette nods her head in agreement.  The two head off together into the sunset.  

    *Author's note:Just kidding, but you should see the how funny your expression is about now, am I right?  Huh? am I?*

    Really, what happens is Marinette nods her head and Adrien walks off with his hand in hers.  The two go get some sodas and snacks.  

   Oh, and as for Chloe, lets just say she is bit speechless right now after she realizes who she just bumps into, haha!   Okay, fine!  The author will say more about him!  Promise!

    Chloe looks up to see who it is she bumps into and gasps!  It is none other than the artist, Nathaniel!  He is so hot!  Chloe swoons!  She thinks, wait, but I love Adrikins, right?  She laughs. She thinks, Nah!  Everyone just thinks so!  Really, just like to torture Marinette for fun, so there!  Ha!

    Anyways, she sees him and  this is her reaction...  "N-Nathaniel?"  Chloe mutters.   

  "Chloe, it is alright!  You can feel free to bump into my chest anytime you wish!"  Nathaniel says. He flashes her huge grin. He thinks, hmm, did I just render the Chloe Bougerious speechless?  Oh, my goodness? 

   "Y-Yeah, you ...Wait,wh-what?"  Chloe stutters.

   to be continued in Chapter  11    The  Birthmark Glows?

Chapter Published July 23, 2019 and Edits made on October 15, 2020.