The next day seemed to reflect Marinette's gloomy thoughts as she walked to school. The clouds were heavy in the sky with water that threatened to fall as rain at any second. Marinette simply couldn't believe she let the akumatized person go without freeing them. She felt guilty because now that person was running around with that evil in them. Marinate felt as if she had dishonored all the Ladybugs before her and disappointed Tikki. Tikki, on the other hand, didn't get mad but did urge her to de-evilize Chat Noir. Though Marinette would never like to put Paris in danger, she wished that Chat Noir would make an appearance soon, even if it meant trouble.

On the other side of the coin, Adrien was feeling extremely pleased with himself. He felt different, not in a bad way but a more empowered way. He felt as if he could do whatever he wished; as if he had gained a certain new freedom. The city of Paris was his for the taking and more importantly he definitely got Ladybug's attention. Already were the news flooding with pictures of his alter ego with Ladybug and the internet was full of videos of his and Ladybug's little chat. Adrien chuckled to himself at the little pun he made. He was a comedy genius, perhaps after had Ladybug, he could become a professional comedian. His father wouldn't like that though… The Hell with his father! He was his own person! He should do whatever he wished to do with himself! He could wring his father's neck if he really wanted to! Adrien blinked and looked out the window of the car he was in. Where had those thoughts come from? He never thought like that before. Adrien sighed and shrugged away any concern. Was he such a loser that even in his mind he was following whatever his father said? No more. No more, Adrien thought to himself. Adrien played with the silver ring this Hawkmoth man had enhanced, he noticed that when he was Chat Noir, the ring turned dark, it was convenient if he could hide his identity this way, he could keep Ladybug in a mystery. Soon enough he got to school and walked out of the car without so much as a goodbye to the Gorilla.

Marinette fidgeted in her chair when she saw Adrien come in. She still had his phone! She had to be slick to put in his bag. Alya gave her a few words of encouragement. While Adrien was distracted with Nino's idea about going to the movie theaters, she successfully the phone in and in the nick of time as Adrien grabbed his bag. The phone plopped on the table when he opened his bag.

"Oh? My phone was in here? I didn't even notice. I guess I was too busy yesterday to take it out." Adrien told Nino. Marinette on the other hand was on the verge of throwing her head on the table and repeatedly smack it but she remained composed and refrained from doing such a thing. While she was grateful that Adrien never noticed, she was very upset that all that stressing yesterday had been over nothing.

"So dude, is it a go or no go to the movies?"

"Oh movies? Can Marinette and I come along?" Alya asked cheerfully.

"No go. Sorry, I have some plans already, though I'm sure all you guys can have fun."

"Aw no way man, that sucks! Well how about we set up a date to when you're not busy." Nino said. Just then, Adrien got a brilliant idea.

"Err- you know what, I think I can reschedule my plans, it'd be fun to go out with you and the ladies."

Alya leaned in and nudged Marinette on the arm. "Guess we're going on a movie date with Adrien and Nino." She hummed quietly to her. Marinette grinned happily and stood up quickly.

"YAAAY!" She cheered to the heavens. She sat back down with a dopey smile until she realized Adrien and Nino were giving her a strange look. Marinette blushed and nervously chuckled. "S-sorry! I haven't been to the movies in a looooong time and with friends! Golly gee gum drops! Friendship! Because friendship is magic, right? Not that I think that magic is real- unless you think it's real then in that case it's totally absolutely real! Let's have an open mind for all these things. Ha.. ha.. Ha…" Oh how Marinette cursed herself for going into brain goo mode. Nino and Adrien shrugged and went back to talking on about other things.

Alya pat Marinette's back. "Think about it this way, you're going on a date with Adrien except it's not a date and you're going with Nino and me."

Marinette smiled and nodded. "Yeah, my first date with Adrien…. And you and Nino."

Adrien smirked internally. The movie theater was a wonderful place to cause a bit of chaos, was it not?

The date of the movie theater meetup came sooner than expected and Marinette was walking on her toes with excitement. "Oh Tikki! What am I going to wear? Should I go with the usual or should I be a bit more flirtatious? Maybe I should wear a dress or maybe-!"

"Or maybe you should focus on trying to find Chat Noir and get him de-evilized? The longer he is akumatized, the more trouble he could cause!"

"I know, I know, but I think I can focus on Adrien just for today Tikki, I promise afterwards I will do my best to find Chat Noir. Whoever he is will be just fine."

"Marinette-"

"Don't worry Tikki, everything will be fine."

"If you say so." Tikki sighed and knew that Marinette was going to learn the hard way. Tikki just hoped that Chat Noir would be de-evilized soon. Tikki knew the consequences of having an akuma inside a person for extended periods of time, and could only imagine having a mock miraculous would make things worst. Unfortunately, Marinette was too infatuated with Adrien Agreste to think about the safety of not only Chat Noir nor Paris but the world as well.

Marinette in the end settled for the same style she usually went with. Alya was waiting with Nino and Adrien for Marinette and once she came, they went inside to pick a film. They settled for a horror film and Alya insisted that Marinette should sit next to Adrien. Mariette nearly burst into tears with gratitude but kept herself composed for her dignity's sake.

Marinette did her best to give Adrien a flirty yet sweet smiled but only succeeded in giving him a pained lopsided grin. Adrien chuckled thinking Marinette wanted to make him smiled and gave her an appreciative smile. Not exactly the result she wanted but hey, beggars can't be choosers. As the film started, Marinette slowly inched her hand towards Adrien's, she was mere centimeters away from placing hers over his but Adrien moved his hand in the last second to grab some popcorn. Marinette sighed a little but there was plenty of time to try it later. It wasn't too much later in the film when the movie started to get scarier, Marinette saw her perfect opportunity and now tried to grab Adrien's hand again as if in fear, however Adrien moved his hand again to take a sip of his soft drink! Marinette nearly groaned in frustration but had a back plan. Though it was usually the guy who did this, Marinette faked a yawn to put her arm around Adrien, nothing could go wrong this time, right? That is what Marinette thought until Adrien, who was playing subconsciously with the ring on his finger, dropped the ring by accident and bent down to pick it up, leaving Marinette to wrap her arm around just plain air! Since hints weren't working, she would have to tell him directly if she could hold his hand. Before she could even get a word out, Adrien excused himself to go to the restroom. Marinette wanted to scream for an eternity in frustration.

Adrien quickly went to the "restroom" when really he looked for the perfect place to transform. Marinette sulked and stared at the film that was playing. The masked murderer was bringing his ax up to chop the unsuspecting couple when suddenly she heard "Cataclysm!", just as the murderer brought down his ax, however instead of a bloody mess being shown, the screen was torn and the wall behind it was destroyed. Panic grew as the viewers ran out quickly, except for Alya who wanted to catch everything for her Ladyblog. Marinette ran out and looked for the right place to transform, though she didn't know it, she transformed where Adrien had previously changed.

"Tikki. Spots on!"

'Tikki was right...' Marinette thought to herself now in heroine mode. As Ladybug, she ran to where Chat Noir was. 'I should have been looking for Chat Noir instead of trying to get Adrien's attention! I hope Adrien isn't in danger.'

"Stop whatever you're doing Chat Noir!" She said with great authority, she wouldn't let Chat Noir do as he wished, she was going to put a stop to her.

"I'm afraid that is not possible, m'lady. See, I got what I wanted." Chat replied in a carefree manner. He was pleased at how quick Ladybug appeared.

"And what is that?"

"Your attention." Ladybug scowled at this, she knew Chat only had five minutes and that meant she only had five minutes to de-evilized Chat Noir. A five minute show down was about to go down.

A/N:

WHAM! Sorry for the long wait. The chapters will be gradually getting longer! Marinette, oh Marinette, I love writing her parts. By the way. Is Tikki a she or it?