After his little stop in the neighborhood he snuck over to the alleyway to meet his friend Nino.
"There you are man. Where have you been?" He asked him.
"Snob hill."
"You're kidding. I've never been over there, what's it like?"
"Cleanest place I've ever seen, I bet even the dirt is clean. Their houses look more expensive than gold, the birds have their own bath and feeder, and their trees have fences."
"And the people? What were they like?"
"I didn't see much of them but the ones I did see were typical snobs. Well...Except for one."
"Uh-oh. I know that look. Okay who is she?"
"She was adopted by one of the wealthy families, one of those rags to riches orphans. Man I'm telling you Nino I've seen a lot of girls in my life but this one. She's something."
"How many times have I heard that one?"
"Yeah but this one's different."
"Probably because unlike your last girlfriends she's clean, wears nice clothes, and has dough."
"No it's not that. She's got this kind of beauty, this innocent, sweet, kind."
"Never seen one of those on the streets before."
"Yeah but I pity her."
"Why? Sounds like she's living the high life."
"Yeah but her folks are having their own baby and you know what that means. They'll have the poor kid thrown out faster than yesterday's garbage."
"You don't know that. Not only couples ditch their adopted kids after they have one of their own."
"Why not? Mine did. I tried to tell her so she could maybe steal some of their money and take off while her folks were busy but I don't think she believed me."
"So you were just trying to help?"
"Of course."
"Oh and would it have anything to do that she's and quote a special kind of beauty and you wanted to get jiggy with her?"
"Why Nino I'm insulted. You make it sound like I'm some cad who likes to prey on innocent, unsuspecting girls."
"Wouldn't surprise me at all if you were."
The two boys laughed and went off to get a meal. Meanwhile back at Petite Miraculous, Marinette found Felix and Bridgette setting up a nursery for the baby. Felix was building a crib while Bridgette was sewing a baby blanket. They looked so happy, they were smiling and laughing and Bridgette was singing to herself. Surely something that made them this happy couldn't possibly be a bad thing. But the fear that they would get rid of her was still there. They had told her for most of her life how much they loved her and how happy they were to have her but then again she would from time to time hear them talk about how much they wished they could have a baby of their own.
"Bridgette is there anyway to tell that's a boy or a girl is it?" Felix asked.
"Afraid not dear." Bridgette said. "We'll have to wait until April."
"April?" Marinette wondered. "The baby won't be here til April? How strange. Come to think of it where do babies come from?"
Marinette had never been educated on the birds and the bees or on pregnancy so you can imagine how confused she was over the next nine months. Bridgette was moody from time to time, her stomach seemed to be growing larger, and she began craving strange food. She remembered one time in the middle of the night she made Felix get up and go to the market to get her something to eat.
"Bridgette are you sure you want cookies with jam?" Felix yawned as he went to the door.
"Yes and some Camenbert too."
"Camenbert?! But that stuff stinks to high heaven!"
"Sorry honey but it's what baby and I want."
"Oh boy."
Marinette handed Felix his jacket and hat.
"Thank you Marinette." He said. "I swear these late night cravings will be the death of me."
"I didn't think Mother liked Camenbert."
"She doesn't but apparently the baby does and according to your mother we have to feed the baby whatever it wants."
"But the baby's not here yet so how can we feed it?"
"Oh Bridgette and I never told you where babies come from did we?"
"No."
"I'll tell you when I get back."
But when he came back he went straight to bed and Marinette didn't want to disturb him. A few months later there was a huge party held by all of their friends and neighbors. They brought gifts, had a cake, and everything. It almost seemed like a birthday party but the guest of honor wasn't here. Then came that rainy night when she woke up to hear Felix in a panic. He had called the doctor who rushed over right away.
"It's coming!" She heard him shot. "Doctor it's coming!"
"I know. I know, relax sir I've done this a hundred times." The doctor went upstairs into their bedroom.
Marinette heard Bridgette screaming and crying inside. It sounded like she was really hurt so she wanted to go in and help her.
"Oh no young lady." The doctor said. "You can't go in there."
"But Mother sounds like she's hurting."
"She is but don't worry I'll fix it."
"Is she sick? Is she dying?"
"No dear she's just having a baby that's all. Listen why don't you fix your father some tea, he looks like he could use it."
Marinette did just that. She had never seen her father like this. Normally he was very calm and collective but tonight he was a nervous wreck. It was scaring her, was her mother alright? The doctor said she would be fine but if that was true then why was her father so nervous? She went to the kitchen, filled the kettle with water, heated the stove, and put the kettle on it. She then added tea leaves and got out the teapot and cups. When the tea was done she poured some into a cup and brought it to Felix who was shaking like a leaf.
"Father would you like some tea?"
"Yes thank you Marinette." He said drinking it all in one sip.
"Father are you alright?"
"I'm fine." He said taking another sip. "Why would you think I'm not?"
"You're drinking from an empty cup."
"Sorry I'm just worried."
"The doctor said Mother would be okay."
"It's not your mother I'm worried about, it's the baby."
"But the baby's not here."
"Okay honey the thing is the baby in a way has always been here."
"How?"
"Well the baby has been inside of your mother the whole time."
"Inside of her?! How? Did she eat it?"
"No, you see Marinette when two people love each other very much they-"
But the conversation was stopped by the cries of a newborn baby. Felix ran upstairs to his bedroom.
"It's a boy!" She heard him shout.
Marinette wanted to see the baby but both her parents and the doctor insisted that she couldn't see him tonight because he and Bridgette needed sleep so she two went back to her bedroom and went to sleep. In the morning she awoke to that same crying only this time it was followed by Bridgette singing to it. When the crying stopped she went upstairs to her parent's bedroom and softly knocked on the door. Felix opened the door and she saw Bridgette cradling something swaddled in the blanket she made. She then laid the bundle in the crib.
"Marinette." Bridgette smiled. "Come meet your new brother."
She walked over to the crib.
"Marinette this is Daniel."
Bridgette pulled back the blanket to show a tiny, pink, baby with only a patch of black hair on his tiny head, sound asleep. Marinette smiled, she knew what a baby was and she had seen a few from a distance but never one up close. She thought he was beautiful and it was at the moment she knew that Adrien was wrong. This baby wouldn't tear them apart it would only bring them closer.
