Adrien  sets the tea cup down.  He goes upstairs and enters Marinette's  room.  He can not see her since  the light is off.  He checks the time.  He sees it is 3 am, so he walks closer to her.  He feels silly about the whole thing.  He does not think he can do much to help her. He does not like her and she does not like him either.  He climbs into the bed. 

       Marinette wakes up. She can sense someone else is in the same room as her.  She is to afraid to speak.  She just takes a look around in the dark.  She thinks, perhaps, it is just the stress.  She tries to go back to sleep.  She hiccups, and sobs once more.  She screams when she feels something grab her,  "Ah!"

     "Miss Dupain-Cheng, calm down it is only me!  I only came in here because I heard you scream in your sleep."  Adrien says.  

 "Oh, thank you Mr. Agreste!"  Marinette says.

  "It is Adrien!"  Adrien Agreste tells her.

   "Sorry, I forgot.  Thank you, Adrien."  Marinette says.

   "Your welcome!  Now, what is it that bothers you?"  Adrien responds.

   "It is just I lost my job.  Like it is not bad enough that my sister is dead.  She and I were very close.  At least we were at one point, and I miss her very much."  Marinette remarks.

    "I am so sorry.  I  think that is awful that someone would fire you.  How could they do this to such a woman as you?  You have spunk.  I think anyone as stubborn as you should be given another chance."  Adrien tells her.

     "I suppose I can get another job. I can never get a new sister. I still can not believe that she is dead.  I love her!  Oh, what am I to do?"  Marinette sobs hysterically.  She falls asleep with tears down her cheeks.  She screams in her sleep as she tosses and turns.

     Adrien does not say another word.  He gently places his arms around her.  He feels her begin to relax.  He drifts off to sleep with his arms still around her.  When he wakes up again this time at  9 am, he looks at her in surprise.  He can not believe it.  He thinks, she looks so peaceful in her sleep.  He gets up, but gently tucks the covers around her.  He tip toes out of the room, so as not to wake her up.   He goes back to his own room.  He gets ready for the day.  He heads downstairs, writes a note, leaves it on the table for Marinette and goes into town to purchase some groceries.   He figures it is the least he can do under the circumstances.  

   Author's  Note:  Here is what the note he left says, Miss Marinette Dupain-Cheng, I hope you do not mind I let you sleep in today.  I figure you deserve it since you did not sleep well last night. Also, I went to go buy some bread, cheese, sandwich meat, milk, juice, coffee, and other things so we can have something to eat around here.  If there is anything else you may need while I am away then feel free to send me a text to 445-556-7767.   Hope you have a great day!  ps. I will try to fix the kitchen sink when I return since I notice it will not turn off properly.  I suppose I should purchase a wrench, and  few tools too.  Please make me a list, if you happen to notice anything else I could fix.  I might as well make myself useful.  

     Marinette  wakes up alone.  She thinks, perhaps  the whole thing was a dream.  There is no way that Adrien is that nice, right?  She looks around closely.  She sees the blankets that are around her.  She is glad to see the covers are not on the floor. She gets up, gets ready for the day and heads downstairs to the kitchen.  She sees the note Adrien left for her.  She gasps.  She thinks, wait he went to buy tools to repair the sink, and groceries!  Wow, maybe he is nicer than I thought.  She giggles to herself.  She shakes her head.  She figures that there is no way, Adrien Agreste is kind.  To her he is nothing, but a sore prune head.  In other words, she thinks he is just a cruel, sour puss type person.

    Author's Note: Little does she know how wrong she actually is about him.  For that matter, he does not know how wrong he is about her.  

       to be continued in Chapter 5  Marinette's  Iron Accident?