Seven days later, and it was time for Mom's Exhibition. When we moved here, we had gotten a house with two floors, just for this, and set up all her artwork on the top floor of our house. We had a table off to the side for some food and drinks, and the Dupain-Chengs were setting that up. Neeks was down in my room, laying low unless I needed him.

"I really can't thank you enough for helping me with this." Mom said to the family as she helped me straighten one of her paintings.

"Don't worry about, Mitzy! It's nothing, really. We offered, after all." Madame Dain-Cheng says with a smile.

I smiled as I stepped back to admire the five pictures, as this was my favorite series of them all. She had created a series of paintings of the animals that the superheroes stood for, so there was a small red ladybug, a black cat, and a gray wolf. At first, there was only the cat and the ladybug, but then it shows the wolf coming in and then all three of them as having fun in the last two pictures.

I heard the doorbell ring and motioned that I was going to get it, rushing downstairs and opening the door. I smiled when I saw Adrien, Alya, Nino, waving and letting them in. I pointed upstairs to let them know that was where the art exhibition was.

"Great! Our parents will be by later, after it starts. Although it might not be Adrien's dad." Nino said, sighing a little in disappointment.

"He said he might come by, but the chances of it being Nathalie are a lot higher." Adrien said, smiling a little sadly. I patted his shoulder in a comforting gesture and was about to go upstairs with them when the doorbell rang again. I waved them up and went over to the door, opening it.

I froze when I saw two extremely familiar people, next to someone who I had only caught a glimpse of. The male was trying to reign in the excited little girl bouncing around his feet, a stuffed dog toy clutched title in her hands.

"Evangelique, sweetheart, calm down. You need to be in your best behavior!" The male said, when he noticed me. He blushed slightly in embarrassment and grabbed little Angel, lifting her up and holding her. "Sorry. We made the mistake of letting her had ice cream before coming here. You're Jasper... Right?"

I snapped out of my surprise at seeing Evangelique and her father here, nodding and looking over to the woman. She had long, wavy brown hair with bangs swept over one eye, which were lovely sky blue eyes, and naturally tanned skin that was a tad lighter than Nino's. She was taller than me but shorter than Angel's father, who was probably 5'11. She smiled and waved before speaking.

"Hi, I'm Astrid Gosier, and this is my boyfriend Noel Labelle and his daughter Evangelique." My eyes widened in surprise. Wow, mom wasn't kidding when she said they were gorgeous. I motioned them into the house and pointed upstairs to let them know that was where mom was. Madam Gosier bowed her head a little in thanks. "Your mother has told me so much about you! It's really nice to finally meet you, Jasper."

I nodded and smiled, shaking her hand before writing down, "Likewise." on her palm. I left my notebook in my room since I didn't realize Mom's crushes would be arriving so soon.

"Your eyes are really pretty." Angel said after a moment, and I looked at her, smiling. I pointed to my lips and slowly mouthed "Thank you" to her, and she tilted her head to the side. "Why can't you talk?"

"Eva!" Her father scolded lightly, "You know it's not nice to ask things like that so suddenly!"

I laughed weakly and waved off his concern in an "It's alright" fashion, and held up a finger to tell them to hold on a minute, then went to get my notebook. I came back a moment later and quickly wrote, "I had an accident and my voice doesn't work anymore."

Angel read what I wrote with a serious expression, biting her lip a little before crossing her arms over her chest and nodding sagely. "Okay. I think I get it."

I smiled, quickly writing, "It's nice to meet you." before hearing footsteps coming down the staircase by the door.

"Jasper? Who was at the door, sweetie?" Mom called as she came downstairs. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw who it was, and I held in a snicker as I watched her face quickly turn red. I glanced over to the couple and I tried not to laugh when I saw how both of their cheeks were dusted in pink. Angel looked between the three in confusion before shrugging a little. Mom mumbled something to herself before rushing over and hugging Madam Gosier tightly in greeting. "Hi, Astrid! Thank you for coming!"

Madam Gosier's cheeks darkened a little and she laughed as she hugged Mom back. "Yes, it's wonderful to see you again. Mitzy, I would like you to meet my boyfriend Noel, and his daughter Evangelique." She said as the hug broke apart and she motion to the other two. Mom's smile brightened as she shook Noel's hand and exchanged greetings with him, and she cooed at Angel. "And aren't you just the cutest thing! How old are you, sweetie?"

"Five, ma'am." Angel said shyly, hiding her face in her father's coat collar.

"Five!? Well now, I thought you were surely six!" Mom giggled and held out her hand. "My name is Mitzy, and I'm Jasper's mom. It's nice to finally meet you."

"N-Nice to meet you, too. You and Jasper are really pretty." Evangelique shook mom's hand hesitantly. Mom's blush grew a shade darker and I was sure I was blushing now, too.

"Thank you very much. You're rather beautiful yourself." Mom said softly, smiling again before looking at the adults. "Well, shall we head upstairs? You and Jasper's closest friends are lucky, you get to see everything before everyone else!"

"That sounds lovely, ."

"Please, deary, call me Mitzy." Mom smiled at Evangelique's father, and turned back to the stairs.

"Then you can call me Noel." He said, following her up with Madam Gosier. I trailed behind them, smiling to myself. Hopefully, if all went well, mom would get two lovely significant others before the week was up. When we all got upstairs, Angel let out a loud squeal and scrambled out of her father's arms to the ground much like a monkey, making a beeline for Adrien and the others.

I silently panicked, rushing over with her father.

"Wow, you're the guy on all the pictures around town!" Angel squealed happily, bouncing up and down in front of Arrien, who just looked lost and a little relieved. The others looked rather amused, but even Marinette was relieved. Adrien knelt down to Evangelique's height, nodding.

"Yes, I am. What's your name?"

"Evangelique! But you can call me Angel or Eva! You're pretty!" Adrien blushed, laughing softly.

"Well, thank you for that, Angel."

I smiled at Angel and ruffled her hair, and she squealed softly, giggling as she bat my hands away. Her father looked apologetically to Adrien. "I'm so sorry, I didn't think she'd climb down me to get to you. She's not a bother, is she?"

"No, it's quite alright!" Adrien quickly assured, standing back up. "She's just excited."

"And hopped up on sugar." I wrote, showing them. Monsieur Labelle laughed softly and nodded, rubbing the back of his head.

"Yes, I'm afraid she is." He bit his lip, looking from Angel to us and then to the girls waiting for him and watching us with amused smiles. "Hey, kids, I have a request..."

I smiled behind my notebook as Marinette asked what his request was, and Monsieur Labelle cleared his throat a little, still blushing faintly. "Could, uh, could you five possibly watch Eva for me? The ladies," He pointed to Madam Gosier and my mom as he said that, "and I have some business to attend to and it'll be a bit difficult with having to watch her at all times as well."

"That won't be a problem, sir! We'll watch her for you." Alya said quickly, and I started to write my own response to him, tugging gently on his sleeve before he left and showing only him what I wrote.

"You, mom, and Madam Gosier would make a really cute relationship. Go for it, I'm positive you have nothing to lose." I added a little winky face and hearts after that, giving him a thumbs up and holding back a laugh as he blushed darkly. He groaned, hiding his face in his hands before reaching up and ruffling my hair.

"You are a smart boy. Any tips?" He said with a small laugh, smiling shyly.

"Be yourself!" I wrote quickly, and he laughed again, nodding. "Also make sure you show that you like them both. I don't think it'll go well if you show only one of them you like them."

"Alright, thank you. I got it." With that, Monsieur Labelle walked back over to Mom and Madam Gosier, and they all began chatting as they wandered around the paintings.

WhenI turned back around everyone was looking at me, Adrien smiling sweetly as he gave me a knowing look, while the other two seemed a little suspicious. Angel was back to staring at me, then Adrien, as she clung to Adrien's side.

I had told Adrien about Mom's love problems during one of our personal outings, and he had thought that it sounded like it might go either way, and that if Madam Gosier was talking about her boyfriend to mom so much, it was possible she was telling her boyfriend all about Mom, and he thought it was possible for them to fall for each other without having met face to face. Clearly, he was right.

"What was that all about?" Nino asked, looking between me and the adults. I smiled and shrugged, putting a finger to my lips as if to say, "Secret."

Alya huffed and crossed her arms over his chest. "Aw, come on! You have to tell us now! You made the man blush!"

"You find out by the end of the day! ... Probably." I wrote, smirking as all three groaned in annoyance. Marinette looked over to Adrien and frowned.

"Why aren't you upset at not knowing?"

Adrien blinked, his smile disappearing for a moment as he registered her confusion, before it came back a little sheepishly. "Oh, I already know."

"WHAT?!" Alya and Nino cried out, staring at Adrien in shock. He nodded, pointing to me.

"Yeah, he told me a few days ago."

"Dude, that is so not fair!"

I laughed, nearly doubling over from how hard I was laughing. I was actually having a blast with this, since it was kind of like I was getting them back for all the teasing about my crush on Adrien and I was low-key playing matchmaker for my mom. I can see why they do it now. My laughing turned to coughing after a few moments and Adrien rubbed my back sympathetically, Angel looking up at me sadly.

"Are you okay, Jasper?" She asked, walking over and tugging lightly on the bottom of my shirt. I smiled and nodded, catching my breath after a moment. I ruffled her hair again and smiled thankfully at Adrien, who smiled back.

"Well, let's go look that paintings now, yeah? I want to see the paintings about Ladybug and the others!" Alya said excitedly, and I motioned over to where they were, making her squeal and rush over. The rest of us looked at each other, amused, and walked over there, Angel sticking close to Adrien and I.

A little while later, and the exhibition officially started. I directed everyone up to the event and left the door open so the doorbell wouldn't keep going off, saying hi to the people I knew as the others and I hung out downstairs. We had already seen all the paintings, so now we were just entertaining Evangelique in the living room or greeting and directing people.

Right now, Alya and Marinette were playing pretend with the young girl, and Nino was filming it while Adrien watched. I walked back over and sat down next to Adrien, watching the girls play around. Adrien leaned closer after a moment when he ew everyone else was thoroughly distracted and whispered, "So, how do you think it's going with your mom?"

I shivered slightly and shrugged, trying to ignore the way my heart pounded in my chest from the simple action of him leaning closer.

"No one's come running down the stairs in tears yet." I wrote offhandedly, making Adrien laugh a little.

"Yeah. That's true. It does seem like it'll work out..." He said softly, sighing and leaning back. He seemed rather relaxed for a bit until he noticed someone coming into the room, and he sat up straighter, smiling a little.

"Hey, Nathalie." The stern woman he addressed nodded, and he went over to her, holding a short and brief conversation before she went upstairs and he came back over.

"Sorry your dad didn't come." I wrote, showing him when he sat back down. Adrien shrugged slightly, smiling a little sadly.

"He's still thinking about buying something... Nathalie said she was going to take pictures of the ones she had a feeling he would like." He sighed softly and this time I rubbed his back in a comforting way before giving him a side hug.

A few minutes later and there was a commotion starting outside, making the six of us wonder what was going on. Adrien and I exchanged glances, having a rather bad feeling. Nino got up to go check, poking his head outside the door and quickly coming back over a second later.

"We've got an Akuma attack happening outside!" He said quickly, and I tensed. How do I get everyone else to go upstairs where it's safe but not follow, along with Adrien? I glanced at him again, hoping he had a plan, but he looked just as unsure as I did.

"Okay, well, we should head upstairs, where it's safe." Marinette said quickly, and Nino and Alya nodded. Alya picked Angel up when everyone stood, and we quickly went to the stairs. I motioned for Adrien to follow my lead and went upstairs with the others, noticing how Marinette slipped away. I just hoped she didn't choose my room to transform, because if she did we'd have a problem.

When we got upstairs we looked for my mom, splitting up to search more efficiently. I took Adrien's hand and led him back down just as I heard Angel yell, "A baddie is outside!" and her father trying to quiet her, although now quite a few people heard her and they became uneasy.

I led Adrien to my room, and Neeks flew over to me, looking worried. "We need to go, now! This Akuma does not look happy." He said quickly, and I nodded. Adrien's Kwami flew out from his hiding spot, gave a small nod to Neeks, and then we both transformed, leaving through my bedroom window.

"I hope your mom doesn't go looking for you!" Adrien said worriedly as we headed for the fight.

"You and me both."