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It is I,

The one and only SKG!

Here to deliver to you a chapter a long time coming.

thank you for all of your reviews and support. I will continue to improve and write for both your enjoyment and mine.

This was actually suppose to be two chapters, but this kind of blended together. It might be a bit cluttered, but it works better this way. I hope you enjoy it.

So right now have fun with my largest chapter to date.

Chloe sat in her room as her assistant brushed her hair. Her blonde ponytail was put down and she was wearing a sparkling pink ball gown that she made her father get her. The dress had an intricate light gold stitching that really showed off how expensive it was. While the gown was a bit big in certain area's she managed to stuff to fill out the dress. But the crown jewel of her outfit had to be her golden Tiara that she received as a gift for her birthday from her father.

Her bespectacled red hair assistant, Sabrina, was in a sunlight yellow dress, it was had a decent design, but it was considered plain in comparison to Chloe, since she didm;t want to overshadow Chloe on her big day.

It is almost time for me to arrive. While this party is mostly so her dad can brownnose and chatter with colleagues, Chloe did not care one bit. She only wanted Adrien to be there. She made sure that He could bring three guests so his father and his father's assistant could come, and his buddy Nino. Chloe was very neutral towards Nino. She didn't like him much since he talked with Alya very familiarly, and she did not really like that blogger, but Nino was friends with Adrien, so sacrifices were needed to be made. Adrien was the main prize here.

Adrien had always not responded to her advances, mostly because of his soft spoken nature, and natural obliviousness. But tonight was going to be different, Chloe would make sure of that.

"That is good enough Sabrina." She told her friend/assistant. She stood up and looked at herself in the mirror. Her make up was set perfectly, her hair was perfect and her dress was perfect, at least according to her.

"Adrien should be arriving any minute now. Everything is in place. This will be the night I sweep that Blonde model off of his feet." Chloe said with a smile.

Her assistant nodded nervously not wanting to say anything to anger Chloe.

"I shall be heading downstairs to greet my special guest. Hurry up Sabrina." Chloe ordered. The two then made there way to the Ballroom.

The limo holding the four teens had finally stopped in front of the mayor's house.

The large mansion was quite large, even dwarfing Adrien's home. Being a multi-floor home with several dining area's and even a Ballroom. It was one of the most luxurious homes in all of france.

Adrien and Nino stepped out of the limo first in order to politely help the two ladies out of the limo.

"Would you care for a hand Madame Alya?" Nino said with an over-the-top snooty voice and a a flirtatious grin.

"Why thank you. I would be honored." Alya said with a joking high class tone, which made the two of them laugh.

Adrien offered a hand to Marinette with a small smile. Marinette took it as a small blush crept on her face.

With the four of them out of the Limo, the driver left to go on a break until he needed to return.

"This place is huge." Nino said with surprise.

"As one would expect from Paris' number one spoiled girl." Alya commented.

The four of them made their way inside. A servant greeted them and took them into the ballroom.

The awe-inspiring Grand Ballroom stood before them, boasting 30-foot ceilings, glorious turn-of-the-century teardrop chandeliers, marble floors, a, and a built-in stage featuring musicians famous all over Europe. The mayor really went all out for his Daughter.

"Adrien honey, so glad you arrived." a familiar voice called from far off. Adrien, Marinette, Nino and Alya turned to see Chloe approaching them.

Chloe arrived and was shocked to see not just Alya but that bumbling designer Marinette. How dare those two show up at her event!

"Adrien? Why are these two here? Where is your father and his assistant?" She asked as she faked a smile to hide her rage.

"My father was out of town, and Natalie didn't want to come. So I invited two of my friends instead. I hope that is okay." Adrien said with a soft smile.

Chloe wanted nothing more than to have those two girls, especially Marinette, thrown out of her party and into the nearest dumpster. But they were her darling Adrien's guests. Throwing them out would leave a negative impact on Adrien. But to add insult to injury, Chloe absolutely hated how amazing their dresses look.

"No! Not at all. They are welcomed to stay. I am going to go get some punch." Chloe excused herself, most likely to throw a tantrum out of Adrien's earshot.

"Thanks again for inviting us. The place looks amazing." Marinette said as she looked around the ball. "Though I am pretty sure Chloe doesn't want Alya or I here."

"It was no problem. I think with you two here, Chloe might actually keep her distance for a little bit." Adrien said with a light laugh. "I should be thanking you."

"Well just in case Chloe tries to get too close. You should probably stay close to Marinette." Alya said giving a subtle wink to Marinette.

"That might actually be a good idea. Maybe even go dance a bit." Nino said with a cheeky grin as he slyly moved close to Alya, in order to inch away from Adrien and Marinette.

"Where are you two going?" Adrien asked, clearly noticing something was up.

"Just going to get some refreshments." The two say as they made their way to the food area, leaving both Marinette and Adrien on there own.

"Do you think those two are ditching us?" Adrien asked Marinette who was doing everything not to lose her nerve.

"Maybe they just wanted to be alone for a bit." Marinette said acting as calm as she could.

"I hope so, Nino is crushing on Alya big time. So I kind of hope he makes a move."

Marinette turned to Adrien with a look of surprise.

"I kind of had a feeling that there was more to their relationship, but I never would have guessed he had a crush on her. Alya maybe observant about a lot of things, but she isn't very observant when it comes to her love life." Marinette explained.

"I think they would look good together." Adrien said, hoping for the best for his friend.

"I would like that to. Alya has been so supportive of me, I would love for her to fall for a guy as well." Marinette said as she inched a but closer to the Blonde teen. The two were facing the dance floor and admiring the scope of the party.

The two teens began to hear a change in the music, the symphony that was hired to play at the party began to play.

Adrien felt a tug on his heart as he glanced at Marinette, a part of him really wanted to dance with her. But his emotions for ladybug began flaring up. Acting as though such a thought would be a betrayal. But in the midst of the arguing one thought echoed in his head.

How bad could one dance be?

Adrien took a deep breathe and tapped Marinette's shoulder. Marinette turned to seeing Adrien's green eyes look right into her blue eyes.

"Would you like to dance?" Adrien asked as he offered his hand to her.

Marinette used every ounce of will power to stop herself from screaming with joy.

"Y-Yes I would." Marinette said as she nervously took his hand.

Adrien had lead Marinette onto a part of the dance floor before taking both her hands, placing one on his shoulder ad the other to help lead. He cupped her shoulder blade and the two began to Ballroom dance. Marinette could feel her face turning red, she didn't know how to dance. She was a klutz when it came to stuff like this. She had her head down, looking at her feet, to make sure she didn't step on his feet. But she messed up and stepped on his foot.

"Sorry! I am not very good at this." Marinette admitted as she hung her head in shame. Adrien had moved his hand and lifted her chin to help her look at him.

"Keep your eyes on me, and follow my lead." Adrien whispered softly. Causing the girl's heart to beat a million times a minute.

Adrien lead her as they moved around, his steps graceful and delicate, yet firm. Marinette managed to follow his lead and even managed to maintain eye contact. The two eventually loosened up they moved more freely and Marinette felt herself getting the hang of it.

As the two to the danced, Alya and Nino watched from the refreshments table.

"I really appreciate you doing this. I have been trying to help her get confidence to tell Adrien for months now." Alya said as she nudged Nino.

"It was no big deal, Adrien deserves a nice girl. And personally, having Chloe end up as his girl friend would be horrible." Nino said with a shudder.

"What did you tell Adrien to make him so okay with you leaving him with Marinette?" Alya asked her usual nosy tendencies.

"Oh, I just told him that I had a huge crush on you." Nino said with a grin.

Alya felt a light blush grace her face, but quickly ignored it.

"That was a good excuse, I didn't think you could fool him like that." Alya said with surprise.

"Thats the best part." He said as he nervously rubbed his neck. "I didn't have to exactly... lie."

It took Alya a few second to process what Nino had just said. Nino then quickly realized what he had just unintentionally said and felt his face heat up with embarrassment.

Meanwhile, back on the dance floor, Marinette was improving her steps.

"You are a pretty fast learner." Adrien complimented.

"I do have a pretty good teacher." Marinette returned the compliment, causing a slight blush on the boy's face.

As the two became more comfortable, Adrien couldn't help seeing a new side to Marinette. Yes, she was a bit shy, but that didn't stop her from coming to a party, making her own dress, and even dancing without knowing how. Marinette was showing a determination that he couldn't help but feel was familiar.

"Hey Marinette." Adrien whispered softly.

"Yes?" Marinette responded, her mind still on cloud nine.

"You had mentioned earlier that you wanted Alya to fall in love as well, are you by chance in love with someone?" Adrien asked curiously.

"Well, yes. Yes I am." Marinette answered, her confidence and excitement rising.

Adrein slowly twirled her, and brought her back slightly closer then before. Their faces inches away from each other causing a tension that was now visible to the both of them. Marinette and Adrien were staring deep into each other's eyes at the moment.

They felt the other moving ever closer, mere millimeters from touching and drawing closer. There hearts beating almost in sequece until a scream ruined the mood.

"What is this!?" a furious Blonde screamed as she stomped towards Marinette and Adrien. The two were brought back to reality and had moved back from each other with slight embarrassment. The scene had even caused the musicians to stop.

Chloe had made her way to marinette and violently slapped her. Alya had turned to see her friend get slapped and quickly made her way over there with Nino.

"How dare you...You...Tramp." Chloe yelled as she prepared to slap Marinette again. Marinette turned and looked at Chloe with such a powerful look that even Chloe felt herself stop for a second. But Adrein stepped up.

"What was that Chloe? Why on earth did you slap her?" Adrien asked very angry. Something neither Chloe nor Marinette had ever seen before.

"Adrien... She... She..." Chloe stammered, unable to get her words out.

"This maybe your party, but that does not give you the right to slap or insult Marinette." Adrien scolded.

Chloe felt tears well up in her eyes and ran out of the room sobbing.

"Marinette. Are you okay?" Alya said as she quickly moved to her friend side with Nino not far behind.

"Your cheek looks really red. I think it might be bruised." Nino said as he saw the slap mark.

Marinette touched her cheek and realized that it actually did leave a make it a but red. She was so use to being ladybug, stuff like a slap wasn't much of a big deal.

"I will go get you some ice." Adrien said as he went off to find some.

Marinette watched as she was now being taken care of by Adrien and her friends. She watched Chloe get told off by her crush, she got to dance with Adrien, It was totally worth getting slapped.

"I am going to go to the bathroom to take a look at this." Marinette said as she began moving to the bathroom. "Tell Adrien I will be right back."

Alya and Nino watched as the two went in separate directions.

"Why is Marinette going to the bathroom alone?" Nino asked "Wouldn't it be easier to bring you along to help cover the bruise."

"She wants to be alone with her excitement, I will get the details later. Besides, we have something to talk about." Alya said as she turned to the tall teen.

"Oh... Is it bad?" Nino asked nervously.

"That is up to your interpretation." Alya said in a rather devious yet flirtatious voice.

Nino was a mix of scared yet very intrigued, but most definitely scared.

Adrien makes his way to the kitchen and begins to make a bag of ice, just as his kwami makes his way out of his jacket pocket.

"You were going to kiss her, Weren't you?" The Cat kwami teased.

Adrien felt his face go red.

"No! I was not. We were just really close together by accident." Adrien denied.

"If you were a river, you would be De-Nile." Plagg laughed.

"I am serious." Adrien said as he found a bag to put the ice in.

"Why can't you just accept the fact that you are in L-O-V-E with this girl?" Plagg asked curiously.

"Because I am not." Adrien says with agitation.

Plagg sighs.

"You are really too stubborn for your own good."
Suddenly the building begins to shake. Adrien and Plagg could feel that something wasn't right.

"We almost Kissed!" Marinette exclaimed with absolute joy.

Her ladybug print Kwami looked at her with a smile.

"You even managed to dance with him. You are becoming really close." Tikki said with Joy, happy that her friend is finally making headway with her crush.

"I still can't believe it myself. I might soon have a boyfriend." Marinette grinned until it suddenly turned into a slight frown. "I would have to tell Chat about me not being single though."

Tikki quickly caught on to Marinette's sudden mood change.

"Not that I like that stupid cat or anything, but I would be breaking his heart." Marinette said softly.

"Perhaps you might have a bit of a soft spot for that kitten." Tikki pointed out.

"Don't be ridiculous. He is no Adrien? He is cocky, hyper, not funny at all." Marinette denied.

"Though he is caring, and has sacrificed himself for me multiple times. He is always making sure I am okay..." Marinette said as a soft smile appeared before shaking off once again.

"Adrien is the guy I like, not Chat noir." Marinette stated, though doubt appeared in her voice.

Her Kwami rolled her eyes.

"You are too stubborn for your own good."

Suddenly the building begins to shake. Marinette and Tikki could feel that something wasn't right.

The window opened in the lair of Hawkmoth.

He could feel the massive amount of negative emotion accumulating in the air.

"Now it is time." Hawkmoth said with dark delight.

End of part one

Oh this is where things get interesting.

What is happening at the party?

Will Marinette and Adrien get over their emotional conflicts?

Will I update in a way that doesn't leave questions?

Find out by staying tuned for the next installment.

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Until next time.

SKG out