(A/N: What's up everybody and welcome to chapter 3, now before I get started I just want to say thank you all so much for reading my story and I am so glad you guys like it so far, also there was a comment from one LunareyGale which said that they have a theory he about why Gabriel is taking in a foster child. I'm not quite sure what it is yet but I am curious to see what it is assuming that he is right, and if you are right dude get the hell out of my head because that's just creepy. Okay let's see if Marinette falls flat on her face today, sorry not sorry.)

Chapter 3: A war on two fronts

The drive to Agreste manner only took about half an hour, just enough time for Marinette to calm down, so Adrien, Marinette and Adrien's bodyguard all walked through the front doorway together where it seemed that Natalie, Adrien's agent and part-time nanny was waiting for him with her day planner.

"Adrien, good to see you've come home safely." She said without looking up from her planner. "Anyway, your father will be late for dinner tonight, he received a last-minute order from a high-priority client and he needs to have it finished by Monday otherwise it will take him all of next week to finish it."

Adrien sighed and looked at the floor with a sad expression. He had come accustomed to the fact that whenever she said he'd be late for dinner that always meant that he wasn't coming at all. Marinette saw this and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder, he looked up at her and smiled knowing that she would be there for him if only for tonight.

"Adrien!" A voice cheered from atop the staircase, both teens looked up and saw someone Adrien especially didn't want in his home tonight.

"Hello Lila." Were the only words of welcome he'd offer her, tonight she was dressed in a very revealing sky blue dress with sparkles sewed on the chest in the attempt to get his attention, but he paid her very little attention even when she had chosen to turn the heat up to try and become his 'girlfriend.' It was very clear in Adrien's mind that she was getting desperate, so desperate that she was willing to show herself off like a piece of meat in a butcher's window.

"Oh it's so good to see you, it's been way too long." She said as she strutted down the stairs like a runway model, she walked over to Adrien and gave him a sincere hug. But he didn't hug her back, to which Marinette was thankful for.

"What do you think of my new dress that your dad made me?" She said as she pulled away and gave him a quick turn.

Figures my dad made her this, he thought to himself, he just will not let up with this. "It's nice." Was all he'd offer as a complement.

Eventually Lila took notice of Marinette standing next to him just scowling. "Oh hi Mari, what brings you here this evening, are you having dinner with us too?" She asked trying to sound polite but internally she was screaming the most horrible things she could think of saying to anyone in her head.

"Why yes Lila I am, Adrien invited me here…" She wrapped her arm around Adrien and pulled him close to her and continued. "As his DATE for the evening." In other words back off bitch. She continued in her head.

Both Adrien and Marinette new that Lila was willing to do anything it took to get what she wanted, and this was no exception. Lila 'looked' shocked and said. "But Adrien, I thought what we had with special..." She began to spin her lie, she also placed the back of her hands to her forehead to make yourself look as if she'd been betrayed. "I mean why would you want to spend time with her when you could have me all to yourself like when we spent that romantic weekend in Monaco."

Adrien then pointed out. "We only had a video chat over the phone Lila, and that was just a trip for a photo shoot nothing fun about that trip whatsoever, and no offense but I prefer someone who's not so insecure about the way they look that they have to shove their finger down their throat just to fit into that tight of a dress." He said shooting her down once again.

Marinette began to snicker at his joke. Someone get some ice for that burn, she thought.

"But you said that we'd have tonight all to ourselves." She said as she pulled Adrien back into a hug so she could glare at Marinette over his shoulder, he quickly pushed her away and said.

"I said nothing of the sort, however I did say MONTHS AGO that I usually ate alone because my dad is always working to satisfy his clients, and I never said that I would just devote an entire evening of my time to you."

Lila quickly began to justify. "But how was I supposed to know what you meant? We hardly ever see each other anymore because of your modeling career."

Maybe take the hint that he doesn't like you bitch, Marinette thought to herself.

"Lila, you and I see each other PLENTY at school, and just for the record I don't do that much modeling." He shot down again.

"But Adrien, I've heard some things about her that you should know, things that I don't think you'd approve of." Lila began to spin another lie. Marinette just rolled her eyes knowing that Adrien wouldn't believe her.

By all means go right ahead sister, she thought to herself, he's never gonna believe you.

Lila then began to whisper in his ear. "I heard that she's a prostitute for the Romani rollers, and all because she's trying to pay for a secret drug habit she has."

But Adrien was quick to denounce her claim. "And when would she have time to do that? Also Marinette doesn't look like the kind of person whose on drugs at this time and considering that she has never lied to me about anything, unlike a certain someone I know I think I'm just going to say that this is a desperate ploy of yours to try and get me to stop SEEING Marinette."

"But Adrien…" She attempted to spin another lie but before she could Adrien interrupted her.

"Look Lila, you know you're always welcome in my home but this is just too much for me, this is just borderline stalker regardless if my dad invites you into my home…" Adrien started to get angry but kept his cool. "I've already told you that I have feelings for someone else."

Marinette's heart began to sink upon hearing those words, her face adopted a sad expression as she began to look at the floor. He's in love with someone else? She thought to herself. Oh who am I Kidding of course he is, he could never love a loser like me I was just kidding myself from day one.

She let out a small sniffle, Adrien heard this then turned and saw Marinette suddenly in a depressed mood. There's that face again, he thought to himself as he began to wonder if she had feelings for him, and if she did he wanted to know how long.

Before he could say anything to her Natalie then spoke. "If there's nothing else to discuss then might I suggest we move on to dinner? Ms. Dupain-Chang if you will follow me to the washroom so you may ready yourself for dinner." Natalie began to usher her to the nearest washroom when Adrien stopped her.

"Actually Natalie, I'd like to do that if you don't mind." He offered so that he might get a chance to be alone with her, also to get away from Lila for at least a few minutes.

As soon as she began to wash her hands Adrien then started a conversation with her. "So…" He said a bit nervous as to what to say to her let alone how to say it. "I couldn't help but notice that you're not your usual happy-go-lucky self tonight. Any reason why that is?"

She sniffled a bit before answering. "It's nothing, really I'm fine…" She wiped away a single tear before she continued to wash her hands then she asked only to be polite. "So who's this lucky girl you got your eyes on?" She didn't really want to know, she knew that if she knew who this girl was it would only hurt more.

But at this point Adrien didn't care about Ladybug, all he actually cared about right now was Marinette who he knew was hurting for some reason but didn't really know why. "Unimportant right now, and you never answered my question." He said as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Adrien I already told you…" She started to dry her hands. "It's nothing, I'm just not feeling well today." She lied just trying to end the conversation, but Adrien wasn't going to let up so easily, she began to walk through the door but Adrien stopped her by blocking her with his arm.

There's no doubt about it, he thought to himself, she's in love with me. He then began to talk about the elephant in the room. "How long Marinette?" He asked very nonchalantly

She wasn't sure what he meant so she asked right back. "What do you mean?"

He then answered her bracing for whatever kind of reaction she would have. "How long have you had feelings for me?"

She just froze, then she started panicking inside her own head. Oh my God did he just figured this out? Oh God what do I do? What do I tell him? Please tell me this isn't happening.

"Mari please just tell me the truth okay? I promise I won't hold it against you, just tell me…how long?" He said very calmly to let her know he was being sincere. She took a deep breath then answered him honestly.

I suppose there's no point in hiding it anymore, she thought to herself. "Since the second day we met, you remember when you loaned me your umbrella right?" She stated as she began to rub her arm looking away from him.

"Yeah I do remember that, especially when it tried to eat you." He chuckled a little bit at the memory. Marinette also shared in the laugh a little bit. Then she continued.

"Listen, I don't know why but...ever since that day I've just been so attracted to you like a moth to a flame, and every time that we're alone together internally I just start to melt into a puddle and there's just no one else that I would rather be with…oh God I sound so cheesy right now." She said as she put her hand to her forehead.

"No you don't, well maybe a little cheesy but that's okay, I just don't know how I didn't notice this until now." He said as he began to think about it. "But looking back on a few things it was kind of obvious at the time, like the way you looked at me when we danced together at Chloe's party…" He remembered the moment in his head very vividly. He remember seeing the smile on her face as she just rested her head against his chest.

I was only five seconds away from kissing him, she thought to herself as she too remembered one of her happiest moments.

"But what I think really should've tipped me off was when I saw all those pictures of me on your wall when that TV crew was in your house." Marinette began to blush with embarrassment as she recalled that memory too. Adrien realized he went a little too far and tried to backpedal. "Sorry, didn't mean to re-open old wounds."

"No no don't worry about it, it's not that big a deal anymore anyway." There was an awkward pause between them until Marinette asked. "Do you think you could let me go now? I'm almost certain that dinner's getting cold."

Adrien had completely forgotten that he had barricaded her into the room. "Oh sorry, forgot about that." He said lifting his arm away from the door. She started to walk out of the washroom and Adrien followed suit, as they made their way to the dining room Adrien and Marinette ran into his father who as it would seem was actually heading to the dining room to join them for dinner. "Father! I thought you were working on another outfit for a client." Adrien sounded nervous.

"I was, but I was told that we had an unexpected guest; Ms. Dupain-Chang, a pleasure as always." Gabriel said with an unconvincing tone. "May I ask why is it your here?" He asked with a scowl on his face, he respected Marinette is a fellow designer which was one of the only reasons he didn't have his son's bodyguard simply throw her out.

"Well sir your son was kind enough to invite me to dinner, as a way of saying thanks." She answered with honesty, Mr. Agreste looked at his son then asked.

"Thanks for what exactly Adrien?" Adrien didn't want to lie to his father but he didn't want to worry him either, so he just gave him the same fib he gave Chloe before.

"Oh nothing too major, just got swarmed by a few fans you know how it is." He said with a casual grin.

Gabriel then raised an eyebrow and said. "When did this happen exactly?"

Adrien shrugged his shoulders and simply said. "Oh not long ago, like a couple days ago to be honest."

Gabriel then looked at Marinette and said very nonchalantly. "Thank you for helping my son then Ms. Dupain-Chang. However Adrien the next time you wish to invite a guest please run it by me first." He began to walk off, then Adrien said under his breath.

"Maybe I would, if you ever come down from your ivory tower." Gabriel stopped as he faintly heard his sons remark then he turned around and said with anger.

"What did you say?" Adrien looked down at the floor and said.

"Nothing Sir." Still angry Gabriel walked back over to his son and said.

"Answer me; I heard you say something and I demand you answer me now!" He just stared at Adrien, his eyes narrow, nostrils flaring and eyebrows scrunched.

Normally Adrien would back down from this sort of confrontation with his father but this time he wasn't afraid of him, this time he was going to stand his ground because he'd had enough of the way his father had treated him. So he looked his father dead in the eye and he repeated himself. "I said maybe if you ever came down from your ivory tower I would run it by you first…"

Marinette was stunned. I can't believe he just said that, she thought to herself. And to his own father.

Gabriel immediately became angrier with him. "How DARE you speak to me like that?" Gabriel replied anger clear in his voice.

"Oh I dare alright, I dare because I'm sick of this bullshit. I'm also sick of having to do whatever you want just so it makes you look good, and why should I run it by you first if I want to invite someone over? You don't even bother asking me if I want to see Lila, which by the way I never do." Adrien fired back, Gabriel quickly justified with.

"I'm only looking out for your best interests Adrien, besides the things that Lila has told me about...certain company you keep I'm surprised that you haven't seen what they all do behind your back, at least you can count on her to be there for you."

Adrien was starting to get mad, not just at his father but at Lila as well for spreading lies about his friends at school. "Whatever she's told you she's lying father, that's all she does is lie to people, just to be center of attention."

"If that's true then why don't you help her change? You've always been one for forgiveness haven't you?" Gabriel asked rhetorically, but Adrien answered anyway with his retort.

"I've already given her a second chance and she blew it, even if I wanted her it doesn't matter because I'm already seeing someone else." Marinette then froze as she knew what he was about to say.

Why the hell is he bringing me into this? She thought to herself, we're not even really a couple and he's still going and telling his father this to his face? Why the hell is this happening to me?

"What do you mean you're already seeing someone else?" Gabriel asked with surprise.

"I've been seeing Marinette, okay there I said it." Adrien looked back at her with an apologetic look on his face.

"You've been seeing her and you didn't even bother to tell me, let alone asked if it was alright?" Gabriel bellowed, then Adrien fired back with.

"Why the hell should I ask you if I'm allowed to date someone? I'm almost 18, you can't just tell me what I can and can't do anymore, I'm more than capable of my own decisions."

"Because you hardly know her outside of school, there's possibly a chance that she's just trying to steal your inheritance." He tried justifying with an excuse. This only seemed to make Adrien even madder.

"Don't you DARE TALK ABOUT HER LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE'S RIGHT HERE!" Adrien shouted, his anger growing more and more by the minute.

"I can say whatever I damn well please Adrien, I am your father and you WILL respect me so long as you live under my roof, do I make myself clear?" Gabriel asked still seething with rage.

Then Adrien replied no longer holding back. "Why? So I can make you look good? So people don't find out that you're just an asshole who could care less about his own flesh and blood? As far as I'm concerned father you don't deserve my respect anymore. As far as I'm concerned I'm not even your son because if I was you'd actually want to spend time with me, not piss around in your office all day making clothes for people that look so tacky that not even a hobo would be caught dead in them." With that being said Gabriel finally lost his nerve and just slapped Adrien. Marinette flinched at what she just witnessed. Gabriel only just realized what he'd done and saw the visible red mark on his son's face. Before he could even apologize Adrien just glared at his father and said with ice in his voice. "I rest my case." Then he just shoved him aside and walked away.

"Adrien wait, Adrien!" Marinette called out to him, then she turned her attention to Gabriel and said without a hint of restraint. "What the hell is wrong with you? Out of all the things you could've done your go to move was that? You have got to be the worst father I've ever seen."

Gabriel quickly replied with. "Don't tell me how to raise my son."

Marinette responded with. "I'm not, I'm telling you this. If I ever see you lay a hand on him again I will rain down all of holy hell on you." She threatened pointing a finger in his face and staring daggers at him.

"Don't threaten me girl..." He snarled back, then Marinette simply said.

"That's no threat, that's a god damn promise you pompous ass." She finally walked away and went after Adrien.

Marinette continued to call out for Adrien as she followed him back to his room, just as she got there he slammed the door and locked it behind him. "Adrien, Adrien please open the door." She begged as she knocked on the door. On the other side of the door he was sat on the floor in front of it crying tears of sorrow.

"I hate him..." He whispered to himself. "I hate him so much." Plagg flew out of Adrien's pocket and saw his friend was crying, he tried to comfort him as best he could.

"Aww c'mon kid, don't do this to yourself…" Plagg said as he flew in close and hugged the side of his head.

"I hate him Plagg, I just hate him so much, I wish he'd go away and never come back, at least I wouldn't have to live with the fact that he doesn't give a damn about me." Adrien quietly sobbed.

But on the other side of the door Marinette could hear the faint sound of Adrien's crying, and whispering, to someone. Who else is in their with him? She thought to herself, she then opened her purse and asked her kwami. "Tikki, do me a favor and see who he's talking to."

But Tikki just shook her head and replied. "No Marinette, believe me I want nothing more than to help you but not like this. This is an invasion of his privacy, if you want to help him you have to do it the old-fashioned way." Tikki already knew who he was talking to on the other side of that door, she was also thankful that he was showing some compassion for his friend.

Marinette new she was right, she nodded her head and knocked on the door again. "Adrien please let me in, I promise it's just me out here, no one else you know is with me."

Plagg had a feeling that he wasn't going to be enough to help Adrien, so he floated in front of Adrien's face and said. "Adrien, we both know you have to let her in, I just have a feeling she's not gonna leave until she's made you feel better, and if I'm being totally honest…which is not my thing, I think the you need the affection of someone who's basically already confessed that they love you."

Adrien didn't want to open the door at this point, not even so a friend could help him, but he knew he wouldn't get over this quickly unless he had a friend by his side, and right now that friend was Marinette, so he rose from the floor and let her in.

She saw his eyes were red and puffy from crying, she didn't hesitate to wrap him into a hug to comfort him, to which he accepted with open arms. He just buried his face into her shoulder and just sobbed. "It's okay Adrien, I'm right here." She whispered into his ear ever so gently.

"I can't do this anymore, I just can't." Adrien sobbed, Marinette didn't quite understand what he meant so she asked.

"What do you mean?" He pulled away from her to meet her gaze, then he said almost shouting.

"I'm tired of being alone Mari, I just can't take it anymore, that's why I've been trying so hard to convince...that girl I'm in love with to be with me but she just keeps rejecting me, like I'm some kind of freak, it's just so hard to be alone and not have anyone you love to be there for you when you need them most." He sobbed as he just fell to his knees, Marinette knelt down and took him into her arms again and just shushed him.

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm here for you, anything you need I promise." She said as she nestled his head against her chest and stroked his head.

"Thank you..." He whispered still sobbing.

She managed to get him over to the sofa where they sat and she just let him cry until he could cry no more. She just held him in her arms until he felt better, he was glad she was there with him, there was no better person to help him then her in this moment in time. "Do you want to talk about it?" Marinette asked as she stroked his back.

"No…I don't." He growled slightly, the memory of his father hitting him still fresh in his mind.

"I'm sorry, I should've done something I never should've…" She began to berate herself when Adrien just said.

"Mari, there's literally nothing you could've done that would've made a difference. Though this is the first time he's ever actually hit me, but the pain I felt was nothing compared to the pain of being left alone, I'm glad your here Marinette…there's no one else I'd rather have by my side than you."

Marinette felt so overjoyed to hear him say that, yet at the same time she felt so bad for him that she didn't know what to do. "Can I get you something to make you feel better? Is there anything I can do at all?" She asked trying to find some way to make him feel better.

He looked up at her for the first time in half an hour, he began to think, I know she likes me, but does she really love me? He took a deep breath and said. "Mari? What you said earlier…about having feelings for me…" He paused for a second before he continued. "Were those feelings of love? Or was it just lust?" He asked with a hopeful expression.

He sounded more genuine than curious, then Marinette simply said with honesty. "Yes Adrien, I do love you…" Holy shit that's the first time I've ever said that out loud, she thought to herself, she took his hands into hers and stared deeply into his eyes. "I love you with all my heart, and honestly I don't think there's anyone else in this world I love more than you."

Adrien's stomach felt like he had butterflies and his heart began to flutter upon hearing those words, it was in that moment that Adrien decided to take this as a sign, a sign that said take master Fu's advice, he finally chose to accept his window of opportunity, that being Marinette. Ladybug has her eyes on someone else anyway, he thought to himself. "Mari? I'm about to do something…" He announced hoping that this would end well. "So please don't freak out." Marinette had no idea what he was planning but she went along with it anyway. Without so much as a warning he threw his hands up to either side of her head and pulled her into a kiss. She was taken completely by surprise as she began to blush.

Oh my God oh my God OH MY GOD! OUR VERY FIRST KISS! She screamed inside her head, not that she was complaining anyway. Ultimately she just accepted it and pulled him closer to her letting out small moans of pleasure as they shared this tender moment. Without either of them noticing Tikki and Plagg flew out of their hiding places and just watched their friends express themselves to one another.

Tikki just sat there smiling on Adrien's desk as she shed a tear of joy for the two teenage superheroes. But then she heard crying from the right of her, she turned her head and saw Plagg crying his own tears of joy. "Plagg? Are you crying?" She asked looking surprised, Plagg then wiped his nose and replied.

"No…" He sniffled a little. "I was just cutting some Camembert…it's 40 years old...makes my eyes water." He denied as he wiped away his tears.

"Plagg there's no Camembert anywhere." Tikki shot down his excuse.

"Well not anymore…I ate it all." He said as he wiped his nose.

"Aww Plagg..." Tikki pulled him into a hug. "It's okay to cry if you have to." She said trying to comfort him, he just push her away and said.

"I just told you I'm not crying, it's the cheese…just the cheese, and nothing else." He denied again as he wiped away the tears, then he took notice of the two lovebirds and saw that things were starting to pick up as Marinette had climbed on top of Adrien's lap. "Wah-oh." He said as his eyes snapped open.

Tikki slapped her little hands over her mouth and just gasped, she didn't truly believe that Marinette was about to do what she thought she was going to do, but she also knew just how attracted to him she was, so she made the decision to leave the room. "Uuuuuuuuuhhh, let's give them some privacy." Tikki said as she pulled Plagg out of the room with her and into Adrien's private bathroom.

"Hey wait I wanna watch, HEY!" Plagg protested as she pulled him out of the room. "At least let me grab some cheese."

Over on the sofa Adrien and Marinette were in deep concentration of one another as they continued their moment of passion. Marinette was in a state of confliction with herself, she wasn't sure if she should give him more than this or if she should wait, while Adrien found it relatively easy to control himself and his urge to be more intimate with her.

Oh God I want him so bad it almost hurts, Marinette thought to herself. Please take me Adrien, oh God please take me right now. She begged subconsciously.

It was obvious that Adrien wanted her as well, but he wouldn't dare go that far, not until he knew for sure that he was ready. I can't do this to her, he thought to himself. Not until we are official, as much as I want this we have to wait. Just as he'd felt her hands slide underneath his shirt and lifted it up he broke away from the kiss and said. "Gonna have to stop you right there Mari."

She looked at him almost confused. "What's wrong? Don't you want this?" She asked, then he replied with a nod of his head.

"Don't get the wrong idea Mari, I want to see where this goes, but I don't want to go too far just yet okay?" He put a gentle hand on her cheek then continued. "I respect you too much to take advantage of you."

Her heart just melted with those words, then she smiled and pulled him back into a hug. "You're such a gentleman, I understand Adrien, and I'm more than willing to wait until you're ready." She said as she just nestled his neck lovingly. But I wouldn't mind a wandering hand every now and then. She thought to herself.

"Thank you Mari, now I believe I offered you dinner." He said as he picked up his call remote and asked for his and Marinette's dinner to be brought to his room, the couple ate in solitude say for being with one another.

After dinner the two spent most of a movie they'd picked out on Netflix just cuddling with each other. Since she was the guest Adrien let Marinette choose the movie, she had chosen the Princess bride and they both loved it.

"That was a pretty good choice Princess, can't wait to see what you pick next." It wasn't just what he'd said that got her attention but rather the way he said it that felt so familiar to her.

That sounds a lot like how Cat Noir says it when he comes to visit me, she thought to herself. Is it possible that he…No there is no way he could be Cat Noir, but then again it couldn't hurt to investigate this a little bit right? "What...what did you just call me?" She asked 'sounding' a little confused.

Realizing what he'd just said he started to panic a little bit. Okay don't panic Agreste, just be smart about this, he thought to himself. "I called you Princess, is it okay if I call you that? Or is that weird? I could call you something else if you'd like." He asked hoping that she wouldn't get suspicious.

On a hunch Marinette decided to go a little farther. "Well if you're going to get all royal on me my dear peasant…" She joked to disguise her true nature. "You may consider calling me your lady."

He didn't think she'd figure it out if he used the same nickname he used for Ladybug, but he still had to make a joke to throw her off. "Very well then…your lady." He said with a mock bow. She giggled at the dumb joke then she shoved him playfully.

"You silly kitty." She realized too late what she said. Oh no, she mentally panicked knowing that she only ever called Cat Noir by that name. Either as herself or as Ladybug.

Adrien took notice of her saying this as well knowing that she only ever called him that as Cat Noir. "Wait...did you just call me kitty?" He asked puzzled.

Don't panic Mari you can just tell him that you're friends with Cat Noir I'm sure it'll be fine, she mentally persuaded herself, I hope.

"Sorry, I've never told anyone this, and you have to keep it a secret...I'm sort of friends with Cat Noir, and he usually makes those cute but sort of dumb jokes around me. So naturally I call him silly kitty."

He smiled at this and asked jokingly. "So you're into cats? Or at the very least boys who act like cats. Well then in that case..." He then got on all fours and started to act like a cat.

"Adrien what are you doing you goof ball?" She asked while trying not to laugh.

"Meow..." He said as a joke as he brushed up against her. "I'm your little kitty, and no one else's." He laid on top of her lap and took one of her hands and nibbled it playfully.

She giggled a bit then said. "Adrien stop it that tickles." He reluctantly stopped as he was enjoying making her laugh, then he put her hand against his cheek as he looked up at her. "You really are cute though when you act like that." She admitted honestly.

"Please Mari? Won't you pet this cute little kitty of yours?" He said flirtatiously trying to act as adorable as he could be for her. "You wouldn't want me to feel like a neglected little kitty now would you?" He then rubbed his head against her stomach and started to purr like a cat.

Oh my god if he is Cat Noir than I think he may have finally won me over with his dumb cat routine, why couldn't he have acted this way instead of flirting with me all the time, she thought to herself she just enjoyed how dumb but cute he was being. She laughed at his adorableness then said. "Alright, but you'll need to sit up for me my little kitty." He did as asked and sat up for her, then she gently shoved him down on the couch and started to rub his chest as she lay on top of him.

"M-Mari wait, we talked about this." He said a little scared of what he thought she was doing.

"Hey I have two years of lust for you pent up inside me so excuse me for being a little horny, besides that's not what I'm after right now." Marinette justified as she kissed his cheek and snuggled into his chest and just rested against his heart. Unfortunately the moment was ruined when her phone began to ring. She let out a very annoyed groan as she read the caller ID. "It's my mom, she's probably worried that I haven't come home yet." She didn't even notice she was sitting on top of his lap as she accepted the call. "Hi mom…" She greeted her mother very politely.

All Adrien could think of was, dead kittens dead kittens dead kittens, the last thing he expected was for her to be sitting on top of him in such a compromising possession. He also didn't want her to feel...a certain part of his anatomy getting 'excited.'

"Marinette Dupain-Chang you'd better have a good reason for why you haven't called and told us you were staying out late." Mrs. Chang berated as she was very upset with her daughter.

Being respectful to Adrien she only told her mother half the truth. "I'm sorry mom, it's just that Adrien was in a bit of a dark moment tonight and I just couldn't leave him alone until I knew he was okay, but I promise you next time I'll call and let you guys know."

She hoped her mother would understand. "All right sweetie, just be careful on your way home okay? There's been increased reports of gang activity of late." Her mother cautioned.

"Don't worry mom I'll be careful I promise no back allies. See you soon, love you." She hung up the phone then turned toward Adrien and said apologetically. "I have to go now. Will you be okay without me?" She asked both lovingly and concerned.

"Don't worry Mari, I think I'll survive without you by my side tonight." He pulled her into a hug and gave her one last kiss then he led her to the front door of the mansion. "You sure you don't want my bodyguard to drive you home? He wouldn't mind." Adrien offered showing concern for her safety.

"Don't worry about me. I have my ways of getting home." She winked at him then kissed him on his cheek and started out the door. "Good night my sweet little kitty." She said as she walked down the front steps. I never thought I'd say it but please be Cat Noir, she thought to herself for once actually looking for forward to the next akumaa attack.

"Good night…" He replied, then continued under his breath. "…my lady." He closed the door behind him then breathed a love filled sigh. She's no Ladybug, Adrien thought to himself. But she's definitely more than a substitute.

"So that's where you've been all night." A voice said from behind him with clear anger. "Do you have any idea of how long I waited for you at dinner?"

Adrien didn't even need to see Lila standing behind him. "Why are you getting so mad for Lila, it's not like we're a couple." He justified, he didn't really care if she was mad at him anyway.

"Adrien this isn't fair." She said as she walked closer to him. "I was here first, I've been showing an interest in you for months and you haven't even considered me as a possible girlfriend, then that little whore just shows up right out of the blue and you fall for her hook line and sinker." She said making it very clear that she didn't like what was going on.

"Well at least I actually know who she is, from the moment I've know you you've done nothing but tell people lies about yourself just so you can be center of attention, not only that but you even went as far to try and build a relationship between us based on a lie. I'm sorry Lila but...actually no, I'm not sorry, I'm not going to apologize for anything when I've done nothing wrong." Adrien said standing his ground.

"But you have done something wrong…" She began to spin another lie. "You've toyed with my emotions Adrien, and I truly wanted to be with you." She began to fake cry to try and get his sympathy, but he wasn't falling for it.

He just started to clap his hands very sarcastically and said. "What a masterful performance Lila, you know you deserve an Oscar for that. Face it Lila, you and I will NEVER and I mean NEVER be together, not today, not tomorrow, not 10 years from now, not even 50 years from now because I'd rather be alone again then be with someone as untrustworthy, manipulating and deceiving as you are." He stated with honesty making sure that every single word cut her to the bone.

"How can you be so cruel to me? All I want is to make you happy." She lied again, but he saw right through her.

"All you WANT is a free dress from my father, or at the very least you want my money. Well guess what 'Vulpineah'..." He used her villainous name from when she was first akumitized as a way to make his words hurt more. "I'm not falling for it, just like I'm not falling for you. Now kindly get out of my house." He requested as he ushered towards the door.

"Why are you being so mean to me all of a sudden, what did I ever do to you?" She asked still hoping that she could deceive him to let her stay.

"You lied to me before, you know how I feel about that, there is no chance that you and I will ever be together." He stated firmly.

"But…" She tried again but was interrupted.

"I said get out, and don't come back, EVER." He said with anger.

She was shocked, he had been angry with her in the past before but never this angry. "But you said that I was always welcome in your home." She stated knowing that she was in more trouble than she realized.

"I guess I must've lied, looks like you're finally starting to rub off on me." He said as he turned the doorknob and opened it once again ushering for her to leave.

She was speechless, for the first time in her life she had no way to convince him to change his mind. Knowing that she'd been defeated she walked out the front door, but before she left she turned around and said with a glare on her face. "You will regret this Adrien…" She walked out the front door and Adrien closed it behind her, then she continued. "I'll make damn sure if it."

On her way home using her Ladybug persona Marinette was making great time getting home. She found herself wandering back to that first kiss. It was so romantic, I wish I could do it all over again, She thought to herself.

As she just leapt from rooftop to rooftop hoping her parents wouldn't ground her for a month for being out so late she began to wonder if she should tell Adrien that she was ladybug. She knew that she wasn't supposed to but she didn't want to keep anything from him now that they were trying to be something more than just friends. But her thoughts were put on hold when she heard gunshots from somewhere close by. "Looks like those thoughts will have to wait." She said as she threw her yo-yo and hooked a lamppost and swung towards the sound of gunfire and came to see a surprising sight.

She saw one teenage kid no older than her fighting off at least 20 or so gangsters with nothing but some kind of a curved knife in hand, he seemed to know what he was doing sense he'd just finished taking down one of the gangsters with a swift set of strikes with his knife slashing his opponents biceps, forearms, knuckles and calves causing him to both drop his assault rifle and hit his knees, then with one final movement the knife under his opponents chin and sliced his throat from ear to ear, then he turned towards another gangster who had just rushed in and swung a baseball bat at him.

He ducked underneath it and slashed the gangsters stomach three times then sliced his wrist causing him to drop the bat. Ladybug couldn't see this kids face very well as they were in the dark but she knew that he was in trouble, despite being able to hold his own she knew it was only a matter of time until he would be overwhelmed by the number of armed thugs he was facing. She then swung into action and threw her yo-yo around one of the thugs and sent him flying into five of his comrades, everyone else stopped and saw Ladybug had joined the fight.

"Ah shit Its Ladybug!" One of the thugs shouted just before the kid took him down with a slash to the back of his knee then wrapped his arms around his head and snapped his neck. Ladybug understood he was only killing in self-defense but that didn't mean they had to die so instead of offering them a chance to surrender she just attacked them hoping that she could incapacitate them quick enough and give this kid less reasons to kill.

She slid into one thug taking him out at the knees then leapt up and swung her yo-yo into his head knocking him out. Another thug came at her with a knife, she just wrapped her yo-yo around it and pulled it out of his hand, as he still came at her she delivered a swift kick into his chin then performed a roundhouse kick to his gut taking him down. While she was preoccupied with some other thugs the kid found himself caught up in a bear hug, but this wasn't necessarily a problem for him, with the built in ring on the pommel around his index finger he quickly flipped his knife's sharp edge upward, as it made contact with his captors wrist he pulled it down slicing the thug's wrist causing him to release the kid, then without hesitation he made a quick series of slashes all over the thug's chest.

But unbeknownst to him three other thugs cocked their guns and took aim at him. "See you in hell Dallas." One of the thugs said as they opened fired on him, Dallas flinched as he used his arms to shield himself in vain against the barrage of bullets. But when he felt nothing he opened his eyes and saw that Ladybug was shielding him with her yo-yo, once the gangsters began to reload Dallas quickly said to her.

"The legs, go for the legs." She nodded as she threw her yo-yo around the legs, with one quick pull she tripped them up and they all fell down.

"Kill those fucking kids now!" One of the thugs bellowed as the rest of them all charged Ladybug in Dallas. Without even thinking about it Dallas quickly grabbed one of the thugs guns and just started shooting.

"No don't!" Ladybug cried, but it was too late as he just let the bullets fly.

"Get some yah sons of bitches GET SOME!" Dallas cried as he cut the thugs to pieces with the automatic weapon. After the gun was empty he threw it down on the ground then just started to breathe heavily.

Ladybug then came up to him and yelled. "You didn't have to do that. Those men didn't need to die they probably had families." But Dallas just ignored her as he was checking to see if there were any more thugs in the alley coming for them. "HEY, look at me when I'm talking to you." She demanded as she forced him to look at her, once she finally got a good look at his face she gasped. "YOU!" She growled as she squared herself up to punch him, but before she could she was halted when she heard the screech of tires coming their way.

"We have to go now!" Dallas cried as he grabbed her wrist and led her off down the opposite end of the alley but it didn't matter as his escape route was blocked off a large truck. "Shit, quick the other way now!" He cried as he turned around, but alas it was also blocked by a black limousine. "Oh no…" Dallas said as he realized who was in the limo.

"What? What's wrong? Whose car is that?" Ladybug asked Thrice.

"Boss Antonio Lorenzo, head of the Romani rollers." Dallas said with fear, there were very few things that he feared in this world but Lorenzo was one of them for sure. He'd heard things about this man that would make anyone shiver with fear, he'd heard a rumor a family refused to pay their protection fee so he ordered his men to bury them alive in concrete and force that family's father to watch the events unfold as he was chained just about them.

One of Lorenzo's men opened the door of the limo and let him out and he started walking towards Dallas and Ladybug, he was a very fat bald man dressed in a cream designer suit with purple ascot with black stripes and a rose pinned over his heart. He slowly made his way over to both Ladybug and Dallas who was doing his best to stay calm.

"Dallas Jones..." Lorenzo half greeted. "You know for a kid you sure are a pain in the ass to kill." Lorenzo spoke calmly as he got ever so closer. "But I must admit you are admirable kid. It usually takes only a handful of my boys to take down traders like you, but apparently your a special case as it took nearly 20 of my men to corner you here tonight." He stopped just a few feet from them. "But I'm afraid it's time to pay the piper boy, with your blood that is." He then took notice of Ladybug standing next to him still ready to fight. "Well well well, if it isn't Paris's favorite little polka-dot vigilante Ladybug, here to save this little bastards life I take it?" He asked with a sinister smile, Ladybug just glared at Lorenzo and said.

"I don't know how you got out of prison Lorenzo but I'm going to put you back." She started to spin her yo-yo fast, but was halted when she heard the sound of guns cocking from above them. She looked up and saw that the rollers had flanked them by holding up on the roofs of the surrounding buildings.

"I don't think so you little bitch, you and that little cat freak cost me a lot of money last time I saw you. But I think I can make up for the loss after I take your…what did you call it again? Oh yeah, your miraculous. I'm sure that Hawkmoth will pay me what ever I asked for to get his hands on them."

Ladybug knew that they were in a tight spot so she had to resort to her last option. "LUCKY CHARM!" She shouted as she threw her yo-yo into the air, and caught… "An electric blanket?" She said confused. All the gangsters including Lorenzo started to laugh hysterically.

"Great idea Ladybug." Dallas said sarcastically. "We're still totally fucked up the ass without a condom but at least we're gonna die warm."

Ladybug was quick to counter with. "Oh shut up, the lucky charm never fails I just have to find a way to use it." Ladybug then took this moment to turn the blanket on and hoped something would come along for her to figure out a way to use it.

"Well just so you know if I die, I'm totally blaming you for it because I would've been just fine if it hadn't been for you." He said as he pointed his finger at her.

"Are you kidding me? You were surrounded by who knows how many thugs, you were gonna die if I didn't help you." She countered with her own finger point.

"If you two love birds are done arguing…" Lorenzo started but was completely halted when both teenagers shouted in unison.

"WOULD YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!?" Lorenzo quickly cocked his head back from the simultaneous snap at him.

"I never asked for you to help sister, I can take care of myself." He said as he got up in her face.

"Well it didn't look like you could take care of yourself tonight because you almost died." She fired back. "And don't stand so close to me, your breath stinks."

"Oh why don't you just go dance for the king of France little lady, you've certainly got the right look for a court jester, what with the polka-dot jumpsuit and that stupid yo-yo. Oh and as long as we're on the subject why don't you use a real weapon like a knife or even a bow staff like your buddy Cat Noir? At least he has a real weapon. Not that it helped in any." He said as crossed his arms, Ladybug was suddenly confused then asked.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He then smiled and said.

"Oh he didn't tell you yet? Well long story short I kicked his ass, it was too easy." Ladybug's jaw dropped upon this sudden reveal of information, then out of anger she quickly grabbed him and lifted him up by his jacket and growled.

"First you hurt my friend Adrien Agreste and now MY PARTNER?" She growled in a whisper so no one could hear her.

"Okay first of all, who the hell is Adrien Agreste? And second, I had no idea that you were a dude." Dallas quipped one last time as he tried to cope with the fact that he was probably going to die. Ladybug then got even madder at him for that remark then she just punched him in the nose. "OW! God…DAMMIT! My nose is already fucked up as it is from the damned gimp cat, bitch!" He yelled as he just held his stinging nose.

"Anyway, as I was saying…it's time to put an end to these shenanigans. Oh Lewis, show them our new toy from our Russian liaison please?" From behind the truck another thug came out holding a rocket launcher, a very high-tech rocket launcher. "Say hello to the latest and greatest rocket launcher in the history of all of Russia, the 775-Crucible, or as I like to call it the hangman, on the account that I only use it for killing treacherous scum like you Dallas, and the fact that Ladybug is here is only icing on the cake."

Ladybug saw just how much gear this thing was outfitted with and began to formulate a plan finally, she saw that it had a thermal scanner linked to the rockets so she found a way to use her lucky charm safely. "I've got an idea…" She whispered to Dallas. "But I need you to follow my lead."

Dallas was still mad at her for punching him in the nose sense it was nowhere near fully recovered yet, but he was still willing to put up with her and take any lifeline out of this if there was one. "Fine, as long as you don't punch me anymore I'll follow you to the pits of hell, that was a figure of speech by the way I really don't want to die tonight." Dallas said as he got ready to follow her lead.

"I don't think it matters what you do at this point but by all means Ladybug, go ahead and try to get yourself out of this one." Lorenzo said with a smile as he stepped back and allowed the Rocketeer to fire, the rocket took off toward the two teenagers, then Ladybug said to Dallas.

"Stretch it out and hold it as tight as you can." He didn't see how that would help but he had to trust that she knew what she was doing, so he did it without question and just braced for it.

Oh God please let this work. Were his last words of thought before the rocket flew right into the electric blanket as Ladybug had planned and pulled them towards the limo at the opposite end of the alley. Both teams started screaming as they just flew towards the car. "YOU'RE A FUCKING PSYCHOOOOO!" Dallas bellowed just before Ladybug let go of the blanket and allowed the rocket to his pass them and make contact with the limo destroying it in a fiery fury. Dallas took a look at the result of her plan then turned to her and said. "I take it back, you're a god damn genius."

He smiled at her, then she replied. "That'll teach you not to underestimate me."

That's when Lorenzo began to seethe with anger. "You little BITCH! That was a brand-new limo and you just trashed it! Light 'em up!" All his men began to open fire as they took aim at the two teenagers.

"Hold on to me." Ladybug demanded, Dallas wasn't sure what she was about to do but he had no choice but to trust her. It hasn't gotten me killed so far, he thought to himself. He latched on to her and then she threw her yo-yo and they took off into the air and into the night safely away from the thugs. After they'd gotten a few blocks from where they'd encountered the thugs, Ladybug then landed and Dallas got off her back. "Jeez you weigh a ton." She panted feeling relieved she no longer had to carry him on her back.

"For your information sister, this is all muscle." He said as he gestured to all of him, then Ladybug Let out a sigh and said.

"I'm sorry, I never asked if you were okay." Dallas then smiled and said.

"A little banged up my lady but I'll live." She then smiled and replied.

"Good…" Then she punched him in the face, he was dazed for a second then Ladybug said. "That's for what you did to Adrien…and THAT'S…" She kicked him in the groin before continuing. "For whatever you did to Cat Noir."

Dallas then hit his knees and started to groan. "Why…why did you…have…to do that for?" He asked as he tried his best to speak through the pain.

"I just told you you giant asshat, you hurt my friends and not only that but I don't have time to take you to the police myself because I don't have much time before I changed back so I'm going to leave you here for the cops." She pulled out a wire tie from her yo-yo then proceeded to tie him up to a lamp post.

"Okay again I don't know who this Adrien kid is, also your Buddy Cat Noir provoked me into a fight and I only acted in defense okay? I was well within my rights to defend myself, I was in the right for this whole thing." Dallas declared as she finished tying his wrists as tight as she could.

"Tell it to the judge yah wanna be biker." She tested to see if the wire would hold him before she took off. "There, that should hold you until police arrived." She turned around and began to walk off, but before she left Dallas just stopped her by calling out to her and saying.

"Hey spotted wonder…" She stopped and glared at him before she growled with anger.

"What!" He then continued.

"Why'd you save me in the first place? You 'knew' that I 'hurt' your friend, even though I have no idea who this guy is, but still you saved me so why go through the trouble? I mean if it were me I would've just left you to your fate, so why stick your neck out for me?"

Then she walked back over to him and growled right in his face very angrily. "Because it was the right thing to do, maybe try giving a damn some time and you'll understand. Also stay away from my friend Adrien and my partner Cat Noir, or else next time I'll just beat the crap out of you."

Dallas wasn't intimidated by her, he was actually rather 'excited' by her. "Ooh-hoo-hoo, looks like this Ladybug's got some bite to her…" He leaned in close and whispered very seductively. "I like that." Unimpressed she tossed her yo-yo upward very weakly and it came back down and hit him in the head. "Ow, really? Was that necessary?"

"Yes it was…" She stated as she crossed her arms. "I just so happen to have a boyfriend." Then she realized what she said and she got excited. My God that's the first time I've ever said that, she thought to herself trying to contain herself.

Dallas his jaw just dropped then he said. "Wait, you mean you and the gimp cat are actually a thing?"

Ladybug's moment was ruined when he said that and she just shouted. "NO you idiot, he's just a friend, my boyfriend is...someone else." That was close, she thought to herself, I almost told him about Adrien.

"Oh well excuse me for not being able to read your mind, but to be fair I think we both can agree that your way too good for the gimp cat and who ever it is your letting into your pants." He sassed while he quipped at the same time, that's when she'd finally snapped and just punched him into what seemed to be unconsciousness, and just as she finished she turned back into Marinette.

"Dammit, I changed back before I could get home." Tikki then fell into Marinette's hands and just groaned.

"I'm so tired…I can't even fly." Marinette then placed her kwami back into her purse and said.

"You just rest now Tikki, we'll be home soon enough." As she made her way to the nearest bus stop and turned the corner Dallas poked his head up to make sure she was gone.

"God damn, that girl is feisty." He said with a grin. "Too bad she's taken, I'd fuck her brains out in a heartbeat." He then looked down at his hands and just sighed as he prepared himself for what he was about to do. "Okay, let's see if I can remember how to do this. Step one…" He grabbed his right thumb and bit down on his bottom lip just before he dislocated it in order to slip free. He groaned with pain as he did his best not to scream and draw her back to him. "Step one is always a bitch." He said as he popped his thumb back into place. "Then again step twos no prize either." He then proceeded to do the same with his other thumb and freed himself from the wire completely as the knot Ladybug had put in it was too tight for him to undo with just one hand. "Until we meet again Ladybug, you drop dead gorgeous beauty." He said as he walked away from the lamp post, but not before he left a note behind for the police that read. "Dallas Jones was here, American rebel: two, French officers still zero."

Marinette finally got home around eleven o'clock, she dragged herself up the stairs to her room. To say she was tired would be an understatement, after a huge fight with the Romoni rollers and walking ten blocks sense the buses didn't run that late along with having no money for a cab it would be safe to assume that she was exhausted.

"Uuuuuuuugh...that's it I'm dead now." She said with minor drama as she just flopped on the bed, she didn't even bother pulling the covers over her.

Tikki was also just as exhausted as she barely had the strength to float up to Marionette's head, which she collapsed on from being so tired. "Good night Marinette." She said with a yawn as both the little kwami and the young heroine drifted off to sleep.

(A/N: OK that's a good place to rope her off, what did you guys think? Please let me know in the comments below. Hope you guys didn't think that one part was too weird, you know where Adrien started acting like a cat, I just thought I'd be nice to Mari after I pretty much gave her a peep show, still not sorry I did that. Also these are teenagers after all, they sometimes act like a love sick puppy, or kitten in this case. In the next chapter of WOS Adrian goes off to see if Marinette got home safe, he also stops a robbery, and Car Noir and Dallas face off again but there rematch has an unexpected twist. Now before a take off I have a small announcement to make, I am currently in the midst of acquiring the service of an artist who is pretty damn good at what they do to draw out my original character Dallas, but just a minor spoiler he's getting his own Miraculous later on, what is it you ask? That is between me and the artist. But I will tell you his code name, be prepared my dear readers for the rise of 'Iktomi' what does it mean? Hears a hint, the lakota dialect is where you will find it, okay bye now. Oh and be sure to check out the artist's art page on deviant art, look for soapallo. K bye for now.)