9: A Glimpse in The Life Of Bridgette

                                    

                                          
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The three of them rushed forwards and pbent over the unconscious body. 
                          
"Marinette! Marinette! Answer me!" Alya wailed.
                          
Adrien was shaking her awake too, while Nino rubbed her hands, hoping to provide some warmth, only to find them unnaturally cold.
                          
"We..We gotta take her back." Alya managed to choke out from in between her sobs. The other two nodded and began picking her up, until Alya's knees gave out and she fell to the ground. She was shaking far too much. 
                          
"Nino, you go help Alya up. I'll carry Marinette."
                          
The bespectacled boy nodded and rushed forward without a word, helping Alya up. Meanwhile, Adrien picked up his unconscious friend, bridal style and followed the duo to the Dupain-Cheng's.
                          
'What is happening to you Marinette?'
                          
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Tom gently laid his daughter on the couch, after Sabine had arranged for cushions and blankets to help her get comfortable. The two of them had immediately rushed home to aid to their daughter with the teens. Alya emerged from the kitchen, with a tray of mugs filled with hot chocolate.
                          
"He'll be over in 15.", she informed them while serving the drinks.
                          
Sabine sat beside her daughter and glanced at her, with tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.
                          
"What do you think happened?"
                          
"We don't know." Nino answered sombrely.
                          
"We just found her unconscious around the trees near the Carousel."
                          
She nodded at the three before turning her gaze away again.
                          
"It's the second time today."
                          
"What!" Alya and Nino exclaimed, shell shocked at the information.
                          
"Chat Noir found her earlier today. She claimed she passed out due to over exertion but I'm afraid it might be something else."
                          
Everyone felt silent after that, occasionally sipping their hot drink. Finally, after 20 silent and achingly long minutes, the doorbell to the Dupain-Cheng household rung. The door opened to reveal Dr Jean-Paul, the Dupain-Cheng's family doctor.
                          
His pale face had a tinge of pink from the cold and his greying black hair was sitting messily on his head.
                          
"Tom, Sabine."
                          
Without another word, he began examining Marinette. Meanwhile, Sabine ushered the kids down to the bakery to give the doctor some privacy, while Tom chose to stay behind.
                          
"Now, What would you kids like to have?"
                          
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Marinette descended down the stairs and found herself amidst a crowd of chattering people, who held fancy wine glasses in their hands and sported some pretty expensive jewellery.
                          
'Ughhhh why am I stuck here of all the places? This type of thing is clearly for Chloé.''
                          
As soon as she entered the hall, the conversations all died down, to be replaced my murmurs. All eyes were fixated only on one thing, or person, and that just happened to be Marinette.