Back at the Bakery, Sabine's chest ached. She looked at the closed door of her daughter's room and wondered what she could have done differently. How was I supposed to know that it was secret? She thought, I was just trying to be supportive. How would I know I was interrupting her moments? Tears pricked the edges of her eyes, Sabine rarely fought with her daughter and it always hurt horribly when they weren't getting along. Wanting to go up and apologize, but knowing that Marinette probably needed time to calm down before she would be willing to talk. She paced; kneading Adrien's scarf anxiously. Suddenly something came over her and a voice resounded in her head.

"Meddling Mom, your daughter doesn't truly appreciate you. No one realizes that you actually know what is good for them."

"Yes Hawkmoth, " she found herself saying.

"I'll give your voice the power to influence others; but you have to bring me Cat Noir and Ladybug's miraculous!"

"Yes Hawkmoth," she replied to the voice. A black butterfly landed on Adrien's scarf in her hands, transforming her completely.

Turning around, Meddling Mom's transformation revealed herself to look surprisingly like Jackie Kennedy. A pill box hat had replaced her usual flower, and white gloves concealed her usually flour covered hands. An American 1950's dress belled out from her hips. Completing the outfit was Adrien's scarf adorning her neck. "Now Marinette, we'll teach you a lesson…" she said to herself as she walked delicately up to her daughter's room.

The kiss endured. A cool breeze danced around the two lover's silhouette, their scents mingling. Adrien's senses were overwhelmed with Marinette. Her lips were so soft, and she smelled so good, he could barely contain himself. He pulled her closer and she responded in kind. Weeks of wanting to kiss him had built up and finally Marinette was able to release the nervous energy she'd been holding in. She put herself into the kiss, feeling as if she were sharing more than just her mouth, she was sharing her breath, her life. His hands were in her hair and she'd wrapped her arms around his strong back pulling him closer. She couldn't help but feel how warm he was, like a bonfire. This was what they had been missing. Holding her in his arms, Adrien could feel that she filled a chasm he'd never even realized was there. Now that the void was finally being filled he couldn't bare to let her go. At last the two broke apart, Marinette's heart was pounding so hard she was afraid the Adrien could feel it hitting his chest. The pair smiled drunkenly at each other, and for a moment, life was perfection.

From a steel girder high above the couple Tikki sighed happily, "How romantic!"

"'How gross' if you ask me." Plagg said rolling his eyes. "Humans are weird."

Suddenly the moment was interrupted by a loud voice. "What are you doing?!" The two teens looked around for the source of the voice. In the pavilion near the tower they could see a brightly colored person confronting a dark figure. The brightly colored figure was obviously an akumatized victim. It seemed that their private time together was over. They met each other's eyes and knew what had to be done.

"Plagg, claws out."

"Tikki, spots on!"

Covertly the pair swung down to the ground level and crept up on the exchange. "I said what are you doing? Answer me!"

The dark figure wore a beanie and torn clothes. He was brandishing a can of spray paint, "What does it look like lady? I'm painting graffiti."

"Stop that right now." The akumatized victim responded. Ladybug and Cat Noir were puzzled by the confrontation…it seemed like the akumatized person was actually trying to do something…good?

The hoodlum suddenly stood up straight, dropping the can of spray paint. His eyes began to softly glow green and he said in a trance-like voice, "Yes Meddling Mom."

The bright figure smiled to herself, "That's better. Now run along home, I'm sure you're out past your bedtime." Without another word, the young man started walking in the direction of his home. The akumatized person seemed very pleased with herself. Just then, one of the local police officers walked in the vicinity and she called out to him. "You there! Clean this up!" Meddling Mom gestured to the graffiti tag. The officer immediately stood to attention and ran to the graffiti, his eyes glowing an eerie green. He pulled off his uniform shirt and started rubbing ineffectually at the stain on the stone. She sighed at the man's literal interpretation. "Not like that you idiot! Get a solvent!" The officer, without a word, jumped back to attention and ran in the direction of the nearest store.

Ladybug had seen enough, she gestured to Cat Noir that they needed to talk on a nearby roof. They sprung from the ground up to a nearby four story building. Cat Noir smiled widely, "She seems to be causing a lot less chaos than the usual villains."

"Well we still can't just leave her wandering around like that…even if she doesn't seem to be causing that much trouble. Did you see what happened? Every time she commanded someone to do something, it was like they were compelled to do it. It must be her power."

"You're probably right. What do you think the akuma is in? The hat?"

Ladybug scratched her chin, "Maybe…" for some reason the woman seemed very familiar, it only took another second for it to dawn on her. She rushed to the edge of the roof to get a better look at the woman. "It's my mom!"

Cat Noir did a double take. "What?! That can't be Sabine!"

Ladybug's heart flip-flopped. "It is though, I recognize her voice."

He scratched his head at the statement, "But to be akumatized you have to be exhibiting negative feelings…I'm not even sure Sabine has a negative feeling in her body. She's always so sweet and perky."

Ladybug put her head in hands, "It's all my fault!" He just continued to look at her, hoping for an explanation. "When you left, I blamed her for telling you the truth. I thought you were going to break things off with me and I thought it was her fault—I said terrible things to her…"

He looked over the edge of the roof at the transformed Sabine. "Well if it really is your mother, then the akuma must be in the scarf she wearing." Ladybug looked up from her pity party to examine her mother. She was wearing Adrien's scarf, he was right, it had to be housing the akuma.

"How are we going to get it away from her?" she asked him, "I can't fight my mother, she's—my mother!"

"Yeah, we've established that." Cat responded, realizing that this would be a significantly different altercation than their usual battles. Putting his hands on her shoulders, he did his best to reassure her. "We have to treat this like any other akumatized victim. I know you don't want to hurt her, and we won't. We just have to catch the akuma and this will all be over. The real problem here figuring out how to get the scarf away from her without her commanding us to stop where we are."

Ladybug tried to get herself in the right mindset, "You're right, we have to make sure that her commands can't affect us." She considered issue, staring out across the city. A few buildings over a light was on. It was then that it dawned on her. She grabbed Cat Noir and said, "Follow me! I've got an idea." The two bounded toward a nearby building that Cat Noir recognized as the Grand Paris Hotel. Ladybug alighted on Chloe's balcony and threw open the door. Chloe was coming out of her bathroom with a mud mask on her face and her hair twisted up in a towel. She shrieked in surprise that there was someone in her room. In similar fashion Ladybug shrieked in surprise at the crazy mud mask Chloe was wearing. It only took a moment for Chloe to recognize her favorite heroine.

"Ladybug!" She shouted delightfully, "Are you here to finally ditch the kitty and ask me to be your new partner?"

She looked at the blonde girl with the green face in disgust, "Um, no. But I do need your help. Do you have any cotton balls?"

Chloe gave her a cheeky giggle, "Of course I do!" Going into the bathroom she came back with a jar of fluffy white cotton balls. She started to hand the item over, but stopped asking "Wait, why do you need cotton balls?"

"Tell ya later!" She responded, grabbing the jar before Chloe could ask anymore questions and leapt from the balcony. Cat Noir found himself awkwardly standing in the room with Chloe and her weird mask. Scratching the back of his head he chuckled nervously, "Well, um, thanks for the cotton balls!" He turned and followed Ladybug into the night.

Short, but the next chapter will be up before the week is out. Enjoy the kissing scene :D