Chapter Ten: Happy Birthday! part 2

Marinette slipped away from Adrien, sitting down on her chaise. She slipped on a pair of black shoes. "I know there will be a party later tonight, but first..." She grabbed his hand practically pulling him down to the bakery. Adrien laughed all the way down. He waved to Sabine and Tom as he was pulled into the bakery.

"Happy Birthday, Adrien." Sabine said, pressing a kiss to his cheek.

"Happy Birthday, my boy!" Tom said, clapping Adrien on his shoulder.

"Thank you!"Adrien said smiling as he watched Marinette rush away. "What is she up to?" he asked with a chuckle.

"She has been working hard on something for you." Tom said watching Marinette.

"She is too good to me." Adrien said, earning himself an approving smile from Marinette's parents

Marinette came back over and set down the cake she had finished just earlier. "It's not as nice as Dad's cakes, but..." she was cut off when Adrien pressed his lips to hers.

"Hush, Princess, it's perfection."Adrien cooed. Everything Marinette did was perfection. He ran his finger along the cake, licking the frosting off his finger. "Delicious!" He picked up the cake with one hand, and with his other, he grabbed Marinette's hand. "Thank you!" he called over his shoulder, pulling Marinette back upstairs. He placed the cake on the counter and turned to Marinette, wrapping his arms around her waist.

Marinette wrapped her arms around Adrien's shoulders, combing through his hair with her fingers. Standing on her toes she pressed a kiss to Adrien's lips. A gentle kiss that quickly became feverish as Adrien grabbed her thighs and pulling her off the ground. She wrapped her legs around Adrien's waist.

Adrien pushed the cake aside, setting Marinette up onto the counter, never breaking the kiss. Within seconds they heard a thud, looking over they noticed the cake had smashed into the floor. "Oh, Princess, I'm sorry.." he said with a frown. He was a bit disappointed, he would even go as far as to say he felt sad.

"Don't worry about it." Marinette said as she grabbed Adrien's face, forcing him to look at her. She pressed her lips to his. After a minute she pushed Adrien back gently and got down from the counter. The two cleaned up the mess, tossing the cake into the garbage. Just as she finished washing frosting and crumbled cake from her hands, her phone chimed with a text from Alya.

"What time did you want to meet up later. Also can I tell Nino that there will be a little mini Agreste soon?"

"Alya! No!"

"Okay! Okay! What time though?"

"Two hours."

"We'll be there."

Marinette set her phone down with a sigh. "Little mini Agreste." she quoted with a sigh, her hands wandering to her lower abdomen.

Adrien grinned from where he sat on the couch. The words 'mini Agreste' catching his attention. "Alya?" he questioned. She was the only other person who would know.

"Yeah. She wanted to tell Nino!" Marinette said, sitting down next to Adrien on the couch. She leaned against Adrien with a sigh.

A few hours later Marinette and Adrien met with Alya and Nino. They decided to go back and hang out at the Agreste Mansion, in Adrien's room. Adrien and Nino played games with Marinette and Alya talked together on the couch.

"When do you plan on telling everyone about you being pregnant?" Alya whispered.

"I don't know. We still have to tell our parents." Marinette sighed and added. "It's been tough. Adrien is so excited about this, and I want to be. I am scared."

Alya put her hand on Marinette's knee whispering even quieter than before. "Why are you scared?"

"I'm seventeen, Alya!"

"What's your point? Many girls having babies at this age. There is nothing weird about that nowadays." Alya said, staring at her friend. "Why are you scared?" she asked again.

"I'm Ladybug!" Marinette whispered. "How do I protect when I need to be protected? How can he do it all by himself?" she took a shaky breath, working herself up for the millionth time since seeing the test turn positive. "What about our parents?"

Alya rolled her eyes. "Girl, your mom and dad are always so supportive of you. I mean, they helped Adrien pretty much propose to you on your guys' anniversary! Honestly. The worst that would happen is they will be mad at you for five minutes." she said. "As for Mr. Agreste, he adores you, for whatever reason. He may be harsh on Adrien, but seriously, I don't think it will be that bad." She squeezed Marinette's knee. "As for the other thing, you might want to express that to your boyfriend."

Marinette watched Adrien and Nino. She knew Alya was right. She could not argue with her advice. Adrien was laughing with Nino about who knows what, she wasn't exactly paying attention. Adrien caught her staring, winking at her quickly before turning his attention back to the game he and Nino were playing.

"Okay girl, you need to tell me how you two figured out your identities and hooked up." Alya said.

"It's a long story."

"I seriously have nothing else to do anytime soon."

Marinette took a deep breath. "As you know, I was crushing on Adrien pretty bad. What you don't know is Cat Noir was crushing hard on Ladybug." Alya gasped.

"So it was mutual all along!"

"Yeah. I was feeling kinda of conflicted because of this. Because Cat Noir told me, Marinette, about his feelings for Ladybug, not to mention he really did not hide it, I felt like I should give in to his advances. Then what about Adrien!? Anyway. I was on my balcony because I could not sleep and was talking to Tikki, my kwami, trying to figure my heart out. Cat Noir overheard. My identity was blown at that moment." Marinette smiled as she still watched Adrien. "He revealed his identity. Tried to, but I did not want to look. Tikki convinced me to. And from there we talked, admitted our feelings, and declared to belong to each other."

"That's so romantic!" Alya cried loudly, drawing looks from the boys. She laughed.

Hours later everyone gathered in the courtyard of the Agreste mansion to party. There was cake, and food, dancing, Marinette's parents were there, Gabriel and Nathalie even came, and a pile of gifts that stacked pretty high.

Marinette stood with Adrien. They had been dancing together a while and were now in desperate need of some rest. "When will we tell everyone?" she asked.

Adrien looked down at Marinette. "When would be best?"

"As soon as possible. Before it gets to the point where we can't hide it any longer." Marinette said as she laid her head on Adrien's chest, listening to his heartbeat.

Adrien wrapped his arms around Marinette. "Want to do it tonight, before the party ends?" he asked, placing a kiss on her head. Marinette nodded. "Then tonight it will be."

As the party drew on, food and refreshments were running out. Adrien climbed up onto a table and whistled loudly, everyone stopped and looked at him. He smiled at the silence. "Thank you all for coming to my party! It is getting late, and I know things will start quieting down. That being said, I just need five minutes!"

Marinette's heart skipped a beat or two when Adrien called everyone's attention to himself. She made her way to the table slowly as he spoke, smiling at him.

Adrien put his hand out and helped Marinette on to the table. Thank goodness it was a very stable table. He smiled at her, kissing her gently, before taking her hand, holding onto it tightly. "There is something I want to share with you all.."

Marinette sighed, this was it, everyone was going to find out about the baby all in one go. She stared at Adrien as he smiled at her, instead of hearing 'We're pregnant.', she watched as Adrien dropped down onto one knee. She gasped, both her hands flying up to cover her mouth.

"I had this planned for weeks now, using my birthday as an excuse to get everyone together to see this. After our talk earlier, I figured that I can use this as an excuse to sneak that in." Adrien began, listening to confused whispers. "Marinette, you are everything to me. We have been through so much, even before we were dating. A few months ago I told you I wanted to marry you, and gave you that promise ring, I should have done this instead. Truth be told, in the last three years, I have never been so happy and you show me love that I never knew. Even now.. You are standing on this table in front of our parents and friends listening to me ramble, and your eyes are filled with love, even though you are scared of what is about to come out of my mouth." He smiled as Marinette rolled her eyes. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you and now with the little human you are so lovingly growing inside of you."

Marinette fell to her knees in front of Adrien. She could hear confusion and shock fill the air. She was scared. Completely. "Just say it, so I can answer you." she whispered

"Veux-tu m'épouser?" Adrien asked. He knew the answer, as did every person staring at them.

"You're so cheesy." Marinette responded. "Oui! Of course, I will!"

Adrien pulled Marinette into his arms, placing kisses all over her face. He slipped the engagement ring onto her finger after pulling off the promise ring. It was just a simple silver band with a modest diamond. He put the promise ring in the ring case he had just pulled out of his pocket and handed it to Marinette.

Despite the obvious shock, there was a deafening amount of cheers and whistles. Marinette and Adrien climbed down from the table. They were immediately rushed by everyone with a lot of questions. Marinette looked at Adrien, laughing. "Happy Birthday!" she said as Adrien kissed her forehead.

A/N: I have been reading a lot of romance while at work, and it's been making me feel a bit sappy.

Again, I know like nothing about France or the language. I spend lots of time researching, and I feel like there is still no getting it right.

"Veux-tu m'épouser?" - "Will you marry me?"

"Oui." - "Yes"