Save Me From Myself

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"Maman, Papa!" Marinette yelled as she walked through the door, pulling her suitcase behind her.

"Marinette, dear!" Sabine said cheerfully.

"Marinette!" Tom said with glee, seeing his daughter for the first time in months. Lucky jumped off the couch and rubbed against her leg.

"And Lucky is so sweet!" Sabine chirped. "But you didn't tell us you got two kittens, sweetheart." Marinette looked over at the other cat.

"She isn't mine, maman. She's my friend Snow's. She should be here to pick her soon." Marinette said, pending down to scratch the cat-Tikki behind the ears.

"Okay, dear. So Snow is the new girl at your school and the one who has helped you in the bakery some?" Sabine asked, moving towards the kitchen to make some tea. Marinette nodded.

"Well she has a very interesting name." Sabine said pulling out a box of tea herbs.

Marinette POV

"Is she nice?" Maman asked.

"Yeah, she is. She lives in the apartment building across the street." I responded, sitting down on a stool.

"Oh, have you met her family yet?" I didn't know how to respond to that question.

"Yes. Her family is sitting right there." I sighed, pointing to the cat-Tikki. Maman stopped what she was doing and gaped at me.

"Are you serious?" Maman gasped. I nodded solemnly. The sound of the doorbell almost made me fall off the stool. Maman chuckled slightly.

I opened the door to see Snow. "Hey, Snow." I greeted and let her in.

"Tikki!" She chuckled as the cat jumped into her arms. Mom came around the corner and greeted Snow.

"You must be Snow! I'm Sabine, Marinette's mother." Maman greeted, shaking hands with Snow.

"Nice to meet you. Thanks for looking after Tikki for me. Sorry if she was any trouble." Snow said, shifting the cat to be slightly under her arm.

"It was no problem, dear. Um, would you like to stay for dinner?" I could tell Maman wanted to make sure Snow had something to eat. Maman has always been kind hearted like that, she always wants to help someone that needs it.

"Thank you for the offer, Mrs. Dupain-Cheng. But I have some research for a project to work on. Plus this is your first time with Marinette in months, I don't want to intrude." Snow said with a small smile.

"She's right, Sabine. We haven't seen Marinette in a long time and should spend time as a family. Maybe another time." Papa stepped up and said.

"Okay. Well, have a good night Snow." Maman said with a sad smile.

"Thank you Mr. Dupain and Mrs. Dupain-Cheng. See you tomorrow, Marinette." And with that, Snow left.

I sat at the dinner table with my parents. Maman asked how everything has been and I just said things have been good.

"So, I heard about your panic attack. Are you doing okay?" Maman asked. Papa seemed to listen in more closely.

"Yeah, I've been great. I guess I just got really stressed out and panicked." I responded with a reassuring smile. They bought it and didnt ask anything more about the topic.

"I'm a little tired. May I go ahead and go to bed?" I asked.

"But you barely touched your chicken, sweetheart." Papa said.