"Ughhh" groaned Marinette. "I am never going to get this project done on time, what was I thinking?". " What's the matter Marinette?" asked Tikki.

"I promised Alya I would finish off our English assignment but totally forgot about it!".

"Why don't you just ask her to come over and give you a hand?".

"She would except she has to type up something about me as Ladybug for the Ladyvlog, and you know how much Ladybug means to Alya so I told her I would get it done, but now...".

"Marinette dear, can you come downstairs for a moment please?" called her mother. "Coming Mum". "Tikki, hide!". As Marinette heads downstairs her mind starts to wander, " I wonder what Adrien is doing right now?"

"What's that dear?"

"Huh nothing Mum, you needed me?"

"Yes dear, I know you and Adrien are friends at school so I was hoping you'd do me a favour"

"Sure", shouts Marinette in an excited voice.

"I need someone artistic like you to design Adrien's dream cake for his birthday".

"So Mr Agreste is actually letting Adrien celebrate his birthday! I thought he was never going to let Adrien mention the word birthday let alone celebrate it. Especially after last years fiasco with the Bubbler".

"Yes well, he thought that if Adrien got what he wanted, last year's fiasco wouldn't repeat itself".

"Okay Mom, when do I have to be there?"

"In exactly 20 minutes"

" Aaahhh gotta get ready Bye Mum!", replies Marinette rushing to get ready. "She still has a crush on him doesn't she?" says Marinette's mother talking to herself.

Meanwhile, at the Agreste household, Gabriel Agreste was speaking to his son. "The daughter of the baker is coming over to design your cake, you may design your cake any way you want but I must approve of the final design, Mr." saMrAgreste in his usual cold, montonous voice "Yes father" replied Adrien in a not so happy voice. "You will have two hours with her before I get back, if you are finished before then, you may move on to the other decorations, goodbye".

As Mr Agreste leaves the room, Plagg comes out of his usual hiding place in Adrien's shirt with a piece of mature cambert in his small hands. "Ugh, Plagg get that stinking piece of cheese out of my face" complains Adrien. " Sure'' replies Plagg in his lazy voice as he swallows the pungent cheese whole. " Disgusting" mutters Adrien under his breath just as the doorbell rings."Plagg! hide". Just as Plagg hid in Adrien's shirt, Natalie came in with Marinette.

"Huh huh Hi Adrien", Marinette stammers. "Hey Marinette" replies Adrien in a casual yet slightly strained voice. "What's up?" he asks in a slightly more casual tone. "I'm your designer cake, I, I mean cake design..." stammers Marinette, again. "Oh. you mean cake designer, cool" says Adrien brushing his hair back with his hand. " Yeah" replies Marinette calming down slightly.

For about one hour, the pair knuckle down, Adrien having a Ladybug and Cat Noir theme in mind and Marinette (who had finally calmed down completely at the prospect of being this close to Adrien) got into her element, designing Adrien's cake. Finally, it was completed. A beautiful nine layered, four layers being black with green paw prints and four being red with black dot covering it. Each layer between the other, and at the top was a blank layer with mini edible Cat Noir and Ladybug figurines.

"Wow! Thanks, Marinette, it looks way better than I imagined it would be!" exclaimed Adrien."You're welcome" replies Marinette. " You're cute whenever you're excited! Wait ... did I just say that out loud! Sorry I-",

"Marinette, you're word vomiting all over the place"

"Whoops! Suh Suh Sorry"

"No need to apologise, anyway, you wanna help me plan the rest of the party? We still have an hour to kill"

"Sure! Why not"

"Great". Suddenly Marinette could feel Tikki giving her a kick through her purse. "Adrien, could I use the bathroom for a moment please?" asked Marinette, wondering what Tikki wanted. "Sure" replied Adrien "My bodyguard will show you where it is" and just as the words left Adrien's mouth, Adrien's gorilla-sized bodyguard appeared to show her the way.

Once Marinette was safely locked in the huge and luxurious bathroom she opened her purse to see what Tikki wanted.

"What's the matter Tikki?"

"Don't you have a project to finish?"

"I'll do it when I get back home"

"Shouldn't you at least text Alya to tell her you might not be able to complete it"

"I'll be fine Tikki, but right now Adrien's probably wondering where I am"

"If you say so Marinette" and with that, Tikki flew back into her purse.

For the rest of the hour, Adrien and Marinette plan the Ladybug and Cat Noir themed birthday party. They even included a pinata in the shape of Mr Pigeon's whistle with a paper Akuma inside it. It was perfect.

"Thanks, Marinette"

"You're welcome". The two stare into each other's eyes and share a special moment together. "I should probably go," starts Marinette after a minute 'Umm yeah, see you at my party tomorrow at five?,' asks Adrien, 'Wouldn't miss it,' replies Marinette and with that, she leaves.

But while were enjoying themselves, Hawkmoth had been plotting. 'I usually try not to involve my son in my plans but. . . he has been taught not to fail, so if I were to ruin his day, Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculous would be mine!

When Marinette went home that day she was in quite the rush. Her part of the project was to create a model of nuclear fission, but the half that she had already completed... .she tripped while daydreaming about Adrien and had to begin anew. Finally, with a little help from Tikki, they managed to complete it at 2 o' clock in the morning. After having a quick snack for herself and a cookie for Tikki, the two finally went to bed.

Hi guys, so this is my first story and I really hope you like it. If you have any suggestions then please do mention them and I will fit them in. I am going to try and have a upload-a-chapter-a-week rule but I will try every three days. This fan fiction will include all four ships just to make it interesting. Enjoy ;)