Marinette looked at the newspaper picture of the man she once loved so much. This was just a cruel twist of fate. Here she was about to get married and now Adrien just had to pop back into her life. She didn't know weather to be thrilled or horrified, honestly she was feeling both.
"Hey are you alright?" Nathaniel asked her.
"Yeah I'm fine. Listen Nathaniel I think I need to get away." She said. "Have some time by myself. Is that okay?"
"Sure. Are you having second thoughts?"
"No. I just..."
"Look it's okay to have doubts, if you're nervous about the wedding and need time to think about it it's alright."
"What did I do to deserve such an understanding fiancé?"
Marinette packed her bags and drove down to Sea Brook. She rented a room in a hotel nearby, when Alya and Nino heard she was here they invited her over for breakfast.
"It's so good to see you all." She said. "And you're little buddle of joy. Hi there."
Two weeks ago Alya had given birth to a daughter.
"What's her name?"
"Piper." Alya said. "Do you wanna hold her?"
"Sure."
She placed the little buddle of blankets in Marinette's arms. She smiled down at the little sleeping baby, she had flawless light brown skin and a puff on black hair on her tiny head. She yawned and looked up at Marinette with her beautiful Hazel eyes that she inherited from her mother.
"Do you wanna feed her?" Alya asked.
"Yes."
Alya handed Marinette a bottle of warm milk and she brought it to the infant's lips. Little Piper hungrily began drinking from it.
"She's so cute."
"It's great to see you again Marinette but are you sure this is a good idea?" Alya said. "As much as I had always wanted you two to be together you're engaged now."
"Yes I know it's bad but I...I just want to make sure he's alright." Marinette said.
"Yeah pull the other one."
"If you ask me I think it's a great idea." Nino said.
"Nino she's engaged!"
"So? She's not married yet and according to the Bible she's not doing anything wrong."
"Look I'd rather not talk about it right now. So how's parent life?"
"Exhausting." Nino said. "Treasure the nights that you can sleep."
Alya and Marinette giggled. Later that day Marinette decided to pay Adrien a visit. She took a bath and scrub herself with lavender soap, then rubbed vanilla lotion on herself and applied honey suckle perfume. She brushed her hair down and pinned a daisy comb in it, wore a cream colored dress with a flowing skirt and pink trim. Then she slid on a pair of white sandles.
"This is a bad idea." Marinette said applying mascara. "This is very stupid. What do you think Tikk?"
The old cat on her bed just looked at her.
"I shouldn't be doing this." She applied lip gloss. "What do you think? Is it too much?"
Tikki shook her head.
...
Adrien was passed out in bed from drinking again. Plagg just stared at him shaking his head in disappointment.
"Adrien?" Nino stopped by to pick up his jacket which he left the other night. When he saw the door open he went inside and upstairs. "Dude! What are you doing?!"
"Leave me alone." He groaned. "I just wanna sleep."
"I don't know. Marinette would be very disappointed to see you like this."
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't you know? She's here."
"WHAT!" He rolled out of bed shocked. "She's here?! As in she's in Sea Brook?"
"Yeah and she's on her way to see you."
"Oh God! Why didn't you tell me sooner?!"
"I thought you knew."
"Oh God! I can't let her see me like this! Sniff! God I stink! I need to shower! And shave! And change clothes! Where's my tooth brush? My breath smells like beer!"
"Okay I think I'll just let myself out."
He took a bath, shaved, brushed his teeth, and combed his hair. He changed into a light blue t-shirt, jeans, and brown boots.
"Alright what am I gonna do when she gets here? I gotta have something planned. Plagg what you do?"
The old black cat just gave him a look that said: What are you asking me for?
"Dinner! I'll cook dinner and um...um...Come on Adrien, you always came up with the most romantic stuff ever when you were dating. You can think of something."
Then he thought of something great. He went fishing and caught fish and crab. After that he began cooking. He had just started when a car pulled up. He quickly went to answer the door but not before checking if he looked good enough. But then he remembered something.
"Wait a minute! Adrien what the hell are you doing? She's engaged! What? Like if you do all this she'll run back into your arms! I should just forget the whole thing."
Then there was a soft knock at the door. He nervously open the door and his stomach dropped at the beautiful sight in front of them.
"H...Hi...Hi Adrien." She said feeling more nervous than she ever had.
"Hi." He said. "Wha...What are you doing here?"
"I...I saw your picture in the paper and I just wanted to see if you were okay."
"Oh...well I'm fine."
"Good."
"Um...Are you hungry? Because I just started dinner."
"Sure."
He welcomed her inside and began to continue cooking. While he was in the kitchen Marinette decided to look around the house. She was amazed at how Adrien got every detail correct about what she had wanted the house to look like. It amazed her.