It was the day after their little coffee shop meeting and Alya and Marinette walked into class together. They sat down in their usual seats, right behind where Nino and Adrien would sit. Marinette kept staring at the door watching everybody else walk in waiting for a particular individual to walk in. Alya caught her staring intently and nudged her. It was as if Marinette snapped out of a trance. "Your mouth is gaping open girl!" Alya said with a chuckle and grin. "I could've sworn saliva was about to ooze out." She laughed. Marinette placed her hand over her face in embarrassment and shook her head.

"What a nightmare." She whispered. Alya couldn't help, but laugh. The bell rang and the teacher closed the door and went back to her desk to sit down. When Marinette moved her hand from her face she looked to where Adrien and Nino would usually sit. Empty. The seats were completely empty. Marinette looked over to Alya who was already looking at her. Alya shrugged not knowing where they were either. Marinette felt hopeless as negative thoughts began to pour into her mind as to what would happen next. She sighed with sadness and tried her best to follow what the teacher had been trying to teach.


Adrien was in bed, still asleep. The light shined through the open windows and curtains and into the room, leaving the room somewhat dim, but well lit. Some light shined on his face when Natalie had pushed away the curtains abruptly. He scrunched his face as the light had bothered him and he pulled the covers over his face to block the light. He could hear Natalie's heels click against the floor and heard her stop somewhere by his bed. When he lifted the blanket off his face and looked at her, she smiled brightly. "Good morning Adrien." He rubbed his eyes and sat up.

"Morning." He said weakly. He looked over at his alarm clock that was on his desk. 11:30 AM. He jolted up to his feet and his heart was beginning to race as he realized that he had over slept and missed part of school. "What happened!? Why didn't anyone wake me up!?"

"Adrien, please come down." Natalie spoke with a soft tone. She placed her hand gently on his back and rubbed up and down in a soothing manner, in an attempt to calm him down. He took a deep breath in and out and sat back down. He wasn't completely relaxed, but his panicking definitely stopped. "I noticed you came home very late yesterday. I thought it wouldn't be such a good idea for you to get up and go to school today." She explained. Adrien sighed. Who was he going to get the class work from? It would have to be Nino since they talk everyday.

"I'll have breakfast ready for you downstairs." She said and walked out of Adriens room. He ran his hand through his messy, blond hair and looked towards the window seeing the other houses and buildings. Out of nowhere, plagg flew up and met Adriens eyes. He was close to Adriens face, but far enough for him to be comfortable.

"There better be Camembert down there. I'm starving!" Plagg said and proceeded to yawn. Plagg didnt ignore the fact that Adrien was stressed. Plagg had to try his best to not get on Adrien's bad side today. "You need to relax. You're a hero."

"It's so hard to. I have so many responsibilities, like modeling, attending school and doing the work, and also being a Chat Noir." Adrien explained. He got up from his bed and walked torwards the window with plagg following him. Once he got close enough he looked at all the different buildings again and all the cars that were passing by. He took a deep breath in and out. In and out. He began to think about Ladybug and about the times that they spend together. Those moments were his highs. Those moments were a distraction from his troubles.

"I hope I get to see her today," he said quietly with a smile. "Fighting crime with my bugaboo will make me feel better." Plagg smiled and chuckled.

"Of course it will."


It was night time and Marinette was ready to under her covers and go to sleep. She felt tired from her day at school and helping her father out in the bakery. Also, worrying about Adrien. She rubbed her eyes and groaned in dissatisfaction. Tikki flew out of her small bag and up to Marinette. "What's wrong Marinette?" Tikki asked her friend. Marinette looked at Tikki and sighed.

"Today was long." She answered.

"It's always great to find something to help you unwind." Tikki helped. Marinette smiled and lifted her covers up and put her knee on her bed about the slide in, but stopped when her phone began to ring. She picked it up off her desk and answered. "Hello?"

"You're not going to bed right now, right?" Alya asked. Marinette rubbed her right eye and looked at the time on her phone. 8:46 PM. "What!?" she thought to herself. She hadn't even realized what time it was and now that she knows what time it is she is shocked that she is even tired at such an early time.

"How did I end up getting so tired so early?" She asked her friend. She could hear Alya chuckling on the other end.

"It's probably from all that worrying that you did today about someone in particular." Marinette sighed, but with a smile on her face. Marinette had things to be happy about. Chloe didn't bother her today as much as she usually would and there were no villains for her to fight along Chat Noir's side. Life was great….at least today it was.

"I have to admit, today was pretty great." Alya let out a laugh.

"Yeah, because Chloe wasn't as annoying as she usually is." They both laughed a little in agreement. Marinette slowly began to feel less energized. She wasn't going to worry about that, though. "Oh! I have to tell you something!"

"What?" Marinette asked. Marinette knew it had to be interesting, because Alya's voice had risen. It was probably something interesting about Ladybug, Marinette thought.

"It's about Nino. Apparently he didn't come to school today, because he wasn't feeling well. It was probably something he ate he said." Marinette was happy to hear Nino was okay. She just hoped that she found out why Adrien wasn't at school today. Her heart began to beat faster. "He also said that Adrien woke up late and that's why he didn't bother going." Marinette let out a sigh of relief. She was even happier that Adrien was okay. She could feel her heart beat slower.

"Nothing could ruin this moment." Marinette said to Alya. Ayla laughed. All of a sudden Marinettes mother came up to her room and Marinette turned and looked at her. Her mother had a very serious expression on her face. Marinettes joy slowly faded and she became serious.

"Marinette, please stay in your room. Your father and I were watching the news and apparently there is a man going around and acting completely crazy." her mother explained. Her mother walked over to her and kissed her on her forehead. She smiled at her daughter. "I love you."

Marinette smiled back. "I love you, too mom." She went back down stairs leaving Marinette still on the phone with Alya.

"A villain? I have to get Ladybug and Chat Noir on video!"

"Wait! Alya Don-." And with that her best friend hung up. Marinette quickly set her phone down onto her bed and looked at Tikki. Tikki nodded already knowing what had to be done.

"Tikki! Spots on!"