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Once all of the Ladybug girls were showered, they walked over to the dining hall.
Breakfast for the morning was eggs and bacon.
Once all the girls had sat down at the Ladybug table, Marinette went over the day’s schedule.
“Okay, so in about an hour, we’re going zip lining. Then you have about thirty minutes of free time until lunch. Once lunch is over, we’ll go to the cabin to change into swimsuits and head over to the lake to swim with everyone else. That’ll be over by around three-ish. After that, you have free time until the bell rings for dinner. Once dinner is over we have a bonfire, and then bed at 9, since you were up late last night. Sounds good?”
Most of the girls nodded their heads, and began talking. Marinette caught wind of two of her girls, Jessica and Sara, conversation.
“Yeah, but like, Noah from Carapace is pretty cute. And he’s super nice.” Jessica said.
“I guess, but Jake from Chat Noir is much better looking, and he’s really funny.” Sara replied.
“Have you seen Noah? He has really blue eyes. And he is so cute.”
“Nah. Jake has those freckles, and his eyes are almost golden.”
Marinette smiled to herself. It seemed like her girls had some crushes. That’s too cute.
“Ok, ok. But girl, the Chat Noir chief though.” Sara said.
“He is so hot. ” Jessica gushed, she turned a bit pink.
Jessica and Sara were the oldest girls in the cabin. They were both nine, but would be ten in a few months. Sara was a darker skinned indian girl with thick black hair. Jessica was much more pale, with fiery red hair and ice blue eyes.
“His green eyes and blond hair. He’s brave too.” Sara added.
“Why thank you!”
A crimson red Sara turned around to see Adrien standing right behind her. Jessica turned fire hydrant red in return.
Adrien looked completely calm, but Marinette saw the small, mischievous glint in his eyes.
“No offence girls, but I think you’re both a bit too young for me.” He laughed “Anyways,” he turned to Marinette “Hey bugaboo~ I was wondering if you knew where the arrows are? I’m taking my guys arching later and I can’t seem to find them.”
“Stop calling me bugaboo!” Marinette let out a huff “The arrows are in the Chief's Cabin, on the top shelf in one of the bins. They’re not sharp though, cause that would be dangerous.”
“Of course. Thanks, m’lady” He winked and walked off.
“Oh my gosh. Is he your boyfriend?” Jessica turned to Marinette.
“I’m so sorry!” Sara said, looking equally surprised.
“No, no. He’s not my boyfriend.”
“But he-”
Marinette cut Jessica off, “No. He just calls me those stupid nick names to annoy me.”
“I think he does it because he ~likes~ you!” Sara teased.
“Who? Adrien? There’s no way. We’re hardly even friends.” Marinette turned slightly pink.
Jessica and Sara went back to their conversation, leaving Marinette to think over a few things.
There’s no way that that obnoxious, cocky, arrogant, cute...NO! He’s not cute! He’s annoying! Stop it! Does he like me though? No! Of course he doesn’t! And you don’t like him either!
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Alya had an activity scheduled when Marinette was taking her girl’s zip lining, so Adrien (bringing the rest of his cabin) had come to zip lining to help out. He was going to be at the top of the platform, helping set up the kids on the line and sending them down. Marinette would be working on the bottom, helping kids get harnessed up. That meant they would have minimum interaction, which Marinette was perfectly fine with.
Marinette helped one of her campers, Miranda, into a harness. Miranda was 8 and had long hair that had been dyed pink. She had brown eyes, and was pretty tan.
“Ready to send her up, Adrien!” Marinette hollered from below.
“Ready!” Adrien shouted back.
Marinette helped the girl onto the ladder leading up to the platform. The platform was about 70 feet up in the air. It was triangle shaped, and would sway just a bit when the wind blew.
Miranda climbed up the ladder and Adrien helped her up, and walked her to the line. He connected her harness and let her kick off.
“Whoooooooooooo!” Miranda screamed on her way down “I’m flying!”
Marinette chuckled to herself. One of the people hired to help, unbuckled her from her harness when she reached the ground. She rushed over to talk to her friends, who were equally excited.
Next in line was Olivia. She was 7, and her face was covered in freckles. She had blonde hair and hazel eyes. She looked a bit nervous.
“Are you ready Olivia?”
Olivia gulped “Y-yeah.”
“If you’re nervous, you can always wait and try again later.”
She shook her head “N-no. I’ll regret it if I don’t do it now. I’m terrified of heights though.”
“Well, it’s good to face your fears, and I’m very proud of you for doing this. But if you’re too scared, you don’t have to. Okay?”
“I want to.” She was shaking just a bit.
“Okay then.” Marinette helped her into her harness. “Ready Adrien?” Marinette shouted.
“Yes! Send her up!”
Olivia gulped again.
“Don’t worry, Liv, you’ve got this.”
Olivia climbed onto the ladder. She climbed the ladder pretty quickly, and the minute she got to the top, she hung onto the pole for dear life. The platform swayed just slightly due to a gust of wind.
I’m going to die. She thought.
“Hey there! I don’t think we’ve met before. I’m Adrien.” she took his hand and he helped her onto the platform “What’s your name”
“I-I’m Olivia.” she was visibly shaking at this point.
“That’s a pretty name. You ready to go?”
Olivia nodded her head and Adrien began to hook up her harness onto the line.
“So you’re gonna sit down on this ledge, and when I give you the ok, you’ll kick off. Okay?”
Olivia nodded again and sat down on the ledge.
What if the harness doesn’t work and I fall to my death? I’m going to die! This is too high up. What if something goes wrong? Too high up. Too high up.
Olivia took a peek over the edge.
Way too high up. Bad decision. I can’t go back now! Too high. Something could go wrong. This was a death trap. I’m going to die. Too high up.
Adrien squatted beside her. “Are you ready?”
Olivia shook her head ‘no’ and tears began to stream down her cheeks.
Too high up. Way too high. I’m going to die/ Something could go wrong. Too high. Too high.
Adrien put a hand reassuringly on her back.
“Hey,” he said in a soft voice “It’s ok to be scared. You’re being awfully brave right now, you know that?”
Olivia had a death grip on the ledge.
“It’s ok. You’re safe. You’re going to be ok. This is safe. You are safe.” Adrien began to rub little circles on her back “You’re safe. It’s ok. You’ll be ok. You’re being so brave.”
Adrien wiped a few tears from her face. “Please stop crying. You’re safe. It’s ok.”
Olivia eventually calmed down with a bit more reassurance from Adrien.
“Are you ready?” He asked calmly.
She shook her head ‘yes’ remembering what he had said.
I’m safe. It’s going to be ok. This is safe.
She kicked off and went soaring down the zip line. She screamed, but he knew she was ok when she got off and shouted “I wanna do it again!”
Adrien smiled.
Olivia ran up and hugged Marinette, and then looked up at him and yelled “Thank you!”