Adrien let out a love sick sigh before sinking into his couch. "What's up with you?" Plagg asked, stuffing a giant piece of Camembert in his mouth.

"Ladybug...she has a crush on me!" Adrien exclaimed. "She has a crush on my civilian self!"

"Kid, you're a model," Plagg pointed out. "The chances of her liking you are very slim..."

Adrien glared at his kwami. "You just had to point that out."

"I'm just stating the obvious," Plagg shrugged. He picked up a piece of Camembert that was twice his size, and gulped it down. Adrien stared at him in disgust.

"Ewww..." Adrien got up, and stared out the window. "You're right, Plagg. Ladybug doesn't love the real me. She loves the perfect me. The one that is caged in, and expected to do everything right."

Plagg just shrugs. "Well, it's like they say: there are plenty of fish in the sea!"

Adrien shook his head. "No...Ladybug is the only one for me..."

Plagg rolled his eyes. "I wasn't talking about girls! I was talking about cheese!"

The next day, Adrien watched all of the girls in his class carefully. He had been thinking about what Plagg had said about him being a model. He had come to the conclusion that Ladybug must know him personally. She would never like someone just because they're famous. It just wasn't like her. Besides, she was pretty famous herself. She probably understood the pressure Adrien has at times.

He took out a piece of paper in the middle of class, and began to write a list if all the girls who had been akumatized.

Alya, Rose, Juleka, Mylene-

The list went on and on. He stopped once he had named almsot every girl in the class. Almost. There was one person who had never been akumatized.

Marinette.

He froze. Was Lafybug sitting right behind him? Well, it wasn't impossible, but it also wasn't very likely. Marinette was shy, and sweet, while Ladybug was outgoing, and passionate. Then again, whenever Marinette stood up to Chloe she acted just like Ladybug...

He was so consumed in his thoughts, that when the bell rang, he jumped.

"You okay, Dude?" Nino asked.

"Yeah... I'm fine," Adrien replied, glancing at tthe bluenette sitting behind him. Those bluebell eyes were so... familiar...

Nino just gave his friend a confused look before shrugging it off. "So," Nino said. "I need girl advice."

"Okay."

They both walked out of the classroom, and headed for the school entrance. "I want to ask Alya out but-"

"You don't know how," Adrien said, smirking.

Nino grinned. "Yeah...so...what should I do?"

Adrien rolled his eyes. "Don't you remember what I told you last time? Just be yourself!"

"Yeah...like I could do that..."

Adrien and Nino were just about to walk through the doors when they heard an explosion. The ground trembled, causing them to be thrown off their feet. Another explosion. And another. And another. Each explosion was closer than the one before. Adrien realized that the next bomb was right underneath them.

Everything went black.