chapter two

The dress was beautiful, and fit just right. it was a silky short red dress with spaghetti straps, also paired with gorgeous black diamond earrings. i had since gotten more piercings so i could hide my miraculous earrings in my helix.

"is this too much?" i stare at myself in the mirror.

"not yet!" alya pulls one more present out from behind her back.

"alya this is too much, this dress alone costs more than my apartment." i hold my hands up in defence but she walks behind me and puts a necklace around my neck and turns me towards the mirror again.

a small silver chain with a heart locket attached to the end of it sat on my collar.. but there were no pictures inside.

"what's this?" i turn around to face her.

"for your future." she beams at me and give me a hug. "you're my best friend marinette, so i know when you're lonely. i know it's cringey but i want you to have someone inside that locket one day."

i give her a big squeeze.

"i just needed time to get over him."

"i know" she pulls away and hand me my bag and shoes. "let's go find someone better."

the club was packed with people and the flashing lights were synced with the music. alya gesture for drinks and took my hand, leading me to the bar.

"shots shots shots shots!" she chanted all the way across the room, waving her other arm in the air.

the bar was sticky and crowded but alya managed to get the attention of the bartender.

"6 tequila shots please!" she held up six fingers to her.

"make it 12!" a voice behind me yelled. i turned and saw jagged and he wrapped his arms around me. "happy birthday darling!"

a figure stood behind him and jagged saw me notice. "this is my son luka!" he pulled the boy beside him. "the one i was telling you about."

the boy looked up and his eyes met mine.

there was no other word to describe him other than beautiful.

he held out his hand "you must be marinette." i shook his hand and nodded.

"you must be luka! well obviously! jagged just introduced you, haha sorry." i fumbled over my words, then hid my face with my hands.

"haha yes i'm luka." he then leant in close to my ear, close enough to smell his cologne. "happy birthday!"

my face burst into flames and i turned to alya who was smiling ear to ear. "i told you he would be hot!"

"i have a private booth! lets get away from the noise for a bit hey?" jagged brought us over to the booths. "and for your birthday present darling, all drinks are on me tonight!"

"20 tequila shots?" the bartender came in with the tray along with salt and lime slices.

"woo hoo!" alya stood up and started dancing. "we are gonna have a gooood night!"

we all pick one up and cheers them in the middle. "to marinette!" alya cheers.

luka sat directly across from me and locked eyes, mouthing 'to marinette'. he kept his eyes on me as he licked the salt off his hand and downed the shot.

"marinette you're supposed to drink the shot silly." alya nudged me and i tipped my head back and swallowed the burning liquid.

"ugh yuck! how many of these are you gonna make me have?"

"as many as it takes for you to loosen up girl!" alya shook my shoulders and handed me another.

8 shots later alya got up and took my hands. "we gotta dance girlfriend! shake that cutie booty." we made our way back to the dance floor, leaving luka and jagged alone in the booth.

"so what do you think of luka?" alya shouted over the music. "he's pretty sexy huh? huh?" she winked obnoxiously at me.

"i'm gonna be honest, he scares the shit out of me but it also makes me horny!" alya and i laugh and keep dancing.

the lights were getting blurry and i couldn't really see straight anymore and i was engulfed in the music and trapped between sweating bodies.

i noticed jagged had joined us on the dance floor and i was about to ask where luka was when i felt someone standing directly behind me. i knew it was him from the cologne i smelled earlier.

i look at alya who looked like her head was going to explode, while jagged just gave me a sly wink.

i could feel his warm hands on my waist as we swayed and danced to the rhythmic beats of the dancefloor. his body, pressed right up against mine. i couldn't tell if it was the music or his heart beat that i could feel.

i started to feel light headed and stuffy. "i'm gonna get some water, i'll be right back!" alya nodded and i stumbled back to the booth, unaware i was being followed. i closed the curtain to the booth and picked up my glass of water and chugged the whole thing and sloppily poured myself another, sitting on the couch.

the curtain swung open and closed really fast and assuming it was alya who sat next to me i leaned over and said. "i don't want to be too wasted in front of luka."

"i think that's too late." my vision adjusted and i saw luka sitting next to me.

"oh fuck." he put his arm around my shoulders and leaned into my ear.

"do i make you nervous?" i turned to face his eyes and he looked deeply into mine, then to my lips then bit his lip and looked back up. "you shouldn't be."

i closed my eyes and leaned in but the curtain flew open, alya squealed. "they're kissing!" she pointed and then jagged grabbed her shoulder and pulled her away and shut the curtain again.

i hung my head in embarrassment but i felt his hand on my chin. "your eyes are enchanting." he lifted my head up and tucked my hair behind my ear. "you're something out of my mind."

my heart was in my throat, i couldn't help but blush. his hand rested on my neck with his thumb stroking my jawline slowly moving towards my bottom lip.

"i know we just met, and we barely know each other, and we are both 10 tequila shots in, but i wanna kiss you so bad." he says in my ear.

the alcohol pulsing through my blood gives me some newfound confidence and i push him back on the seat and straddle him.

"what's stopping you?" our faces were inches from each other, breathing in each others body heat.

he doesn't hesitate, pulling me in. his lips move passionately across mine, his hands on my waist and mine on his shoulders as his tongue explores my mouth. i don't care about anything else in this moment, all i want to do is rip his clothes off.

he pulls away for a second to look at me but comes back in hot and heavy. i move to his neck and he moans, i feel his dick getting harder through his jeans.

"you're so hot" he groans. "oh fuck i want to fuck you." his hands move to my dress straps but i sit back up and stop him.

"not here." i stand up and grab my bag and his hand. "come on!"

we leave the club and i can see him better now without all the flashing lights.

"you have blue hair!?" i reach up and touch it.

"teal actually" he smiles.

we walk a few blocks holding hands when he suddenly pushes me against a wall of an alleyway. "where are we going?" he says inbetween neck kisses.

"you'll see!" i gasp as he lifts me up. "hey be patient!" i force my way back to the ground and continue to the front of my building.

i fumble with my keys but eventually get inside. as soon as the door closes he pulls me in for a kiss, slowly stumbling our way to my bed, definitely knocking some stuff over. we fall on the bed, still locked to each others faces. i sit up on top of him and move my hands to his belt pulling his jeans off as he goes for my straps again.

"take two"

my dress falls down revealing my bra, he stares for a moment then goes back to kissing my neck. he moves my hips with his hands, and moans on my neck. i pull his shirt over his head and he lifts me up and swaps positions so he is on top. i place my hands on his chest, his body is amazing. he kisses my neck softly once, then my collarbone, then my stomach. he slowly moves down and pulls my underwear off.

he kisses softly then starts moving his tongue back and forth, i let out a moan and he reached his hand up to hold my waist.

his tongue flicks faster and it feels amazing. he gets faster and faster until i'm close which then he stops and moves back up to my lips, kissing me hard and rubbing his dick on me through his underwear.

"is this ok?" he breathes. "because i'll stop if it's too much."

i pause and look up at his beautiful face. what do i want? what was a doing? this is a stranger. i don't even know his last name. stone? my mind was lost. the alcohol was taking over and everything was blurry. am i making a mistake?

"wait." i hold his face. "maybe we should stop."

"ok." he starts to get off me.

"wait!" i hold him in place. "that doesn't mean i don't want you to stay." he blinks at me as if i've said something in a foreign language. "what?"

"its just.." he pauses for a moment. "no girl has ever wanted me to just.." he looks at my eyes. "stay."

"oh!" the thought of him being a rock star finally hit me, he's probably been with a million different girls. "well if you aren't comfortable with that you don't have to."

"no! i really want to! just got a vibe that all you wanted was just.." he looks sideways "sex?"

"oh.." i feel insulted, even though it wasn't really an insult, it was kind of true, thats all i had been really thinking about all night. "i'm sorry."

"no it's ok" he lies on his side next to me and i copy and face him. "i feel like tonight wasn't what you expected."

"if i'm being honest, its the first birthday ive had since i broke up with my ex." the thought of him stings my heart.

"shit. i'm sorry?" he strokes my hair behind my ear. "do you want to talk about it? i mean who better than a stranger who has an outside opinion."

"well, in highschool i had the biggest crush on him." i start. "he was perfect, a model, so nice, caring, and soo cute."

"trying to make me jealous?" luka chuckles and i giggle.

"it took a lot of courage to finally tell him that i was in love with him. at first he just said he liked me as a friend, which as you can imagine, broke my heart. but once he knew my feelings he started getting closer and closer until he finally came clean and told me he had fallen in love." i feel myself smiling as i'm talking which i switched immediately as i knew what part was coming next. "about 3 months into dating, we had sex for the first time, but it wasn't like normal sex, he would do weird things i wasn't comfortable with like blindfold me, make me wear ridiculous outfits, roleplay as ladybug and chat noir."

"wait the superheroes?" luka added.

"yeah.." i blushed at the thought of him knowing about my alter ego. "after a year i started to get this gut feeling that he was in love with someone else. like i could just tell his heart wasn't in it anymore. it was just sex." i feel my eyes water. "then he started to get angrier and angrier, he would get mad if i wasn't home before a certain time, or ask too many questions about his life or even if i tried to make plans without him. he would always say it was to protect me but something didn't feel right. then one day something changed in him, he stopped talking to me, he was busy all the time, he didn't even want the sex anymore. so one day i made the mistake of bring it up…" my eyes start to water. "he, he uh, didn't like that. he um, he had me up against the wall with his hands around my neck. he told me that it wasn't my place to say all those things to him and that i should just shut up and listen to him if i value my life. after that i knew i had to leave him. so i dropped out of my dream fashion design school and moved out of home, started working across town and blocked him on everything. i haven't seen him in months."

luka holds his thumb up to my cheek and wipes my tears. "i'm so sorry you had to go through that. thankyou for trusting me enough to open up about it." he wraps his arm around me pulling me into his chest. "you're so strong. i'm sorry you had to give up your dream."

we stayed in that position for a while until his breathing started to get heavier and heavier. i looked up at his face and saw he was asleep.

i carefully sat up, trying not to wake him, and i put on a crop singlet and my underwear and checked my phone.

12 missed calls from alya*

shit. i probably should've told her i was leaving. i quietly tip toe to the bathroom and dial her number.

"marinette!?" i move my ear away from the speaker as she yelled into to her phone.

"shhhh"

"sorry! where are you girl? you just disappeared with luka, oooh did you get some? huh? huh?"

"i just needed to go home so he walked me here." i lied.

"whatever i'll come over tomorrow and you'll spill. i just got back to ninos, hope you're ok baby. happy birthdayyy!!"

i hung up and put my phone on the counter and looked in the mirror. my makeup had smudged quite a bit from the crying, and the making out.