I'm sorry but I had major writer's block and life was crazy. Here's a long chapter to make up for it. Thank you for all your support. Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Marinette

"WHERE IS MARINETTE?" Chloé roared. She was elegantly dressed in a yellow gown, her hair in an amazing updo, but that's where the beauty stopped. Her face was twisted into a nasty snarl, eyes all scrunched up, searching the area frantically. There was a group of guys following her around like lovesick puppies. There were girls there too, but they just seemed to be worshipping her.

"Chloé snap out of this! This isn't you!" My gaze was drawn to Adrien who stood on the ledge above the gym. I didn't waste a moment to transform, landing softly behind Chloé.

"Oh Adrikins, this is who I am but my names not Chloé anymore. It's Love Queen!! From now on I'll be the queen of everyone and they'll never disrespect me again! Especially that Maritrash," She cackled, her head thrown back. I swung my yo-yo, wrapping her up. She struggled against me but I held tight.

"Adrien get out of here!" I shouted. "Where are you Chat?" I let out a sigh in relief as Adrien disappeared. It didn't last long. The hoard of boys swarmed me, forcing me to release Love Queen. Her hand came up, pointing at me. A yellow glow formed around her hand, shooting toward me.

I quickly leapt out of the way, swinging onto the ledge where Adrien was. A leather wearing cat appeared by my side. "You know this is considered a dictatorship right?" My whole body froze, heat creeping into my cheeks. I didn't even glance his way before moving forward.

"The Akuma is after my g- Marinette Dupain-Cheng. We need to find her," Chat shouted. Just hearing him say my name transported me back to last night.

~flashback~

My dad was so furious he couldn't talk. He pointed downstairs. I followed with my head hung low. "Tom," my mom whispered, placing her hand gently on his arm, "let me handle this okay?" He just nodded his head, storming to their room. I continued to follow my mom down into the kitchen.

She sat down across from me, waiting expectantly. "I messed up Maman." I broke down, sobbing into my hands. Her hands grasped mine, pulling them away from my face. "I'm so confused," I continued, "I love him. I really do." I risked a glance at my mom. Her eyes were focused completely on me, there was no anger in them, only understanding.

"It's okay to be in love with a superhero. He's brave and thinks of everyone before himself but it's only superficial. You don't know him or—"

I leapt to my feet, my hands gripping the table. "I do know him. And I love him but I'm in love with someone else too. I don't know what to do!" I shouted, fingernails digging into the wood. I was shaking like a leaf caught in the wind. My mom stood, wrapping her arms around me. "I don't know what to do," I whispered over and over again.

"Shhhhh." I don't know how long we stood like that, but after I calmed down, my mom sat us back down, this time, sitting right next to me. "It's okay to be in love with two people, but in the end, you're going to have to choose. I know this is advice you don't want to hear right now and it's not going to be easy but you'll understand when the time is right. I promise," she comforted me. Soon after I went to bed, mentally drained.

~present~

Chat was looking at me weird. I couldn't move and my chest felt like it was being crushed. Admitting that I loved him last night was hard to do, though now that I finally said it out loud, I couldn't focus.

"Bugaboo? Are you okay?" He crept closer, the concern palpable in his eyes. He was so close to me. Close enough that I could smell his mint breath and that ever present Camembert stench.

Nothing had changed, but yet it felt as if everything was different and new. Chat's dazzling green eyes, full of worry for me, drew me in. I was falling in, just about to drown, when the yellow glow catches my eye.

Adrien

Ladybug's whole demeanor changed. One second she was frozen, the next, she was throwing me to the floor. I heard a clatter next to me, commanding my attention.

Ladybug's yo-yo?? Why would she- "Oh no," I whispered, my heart filling with lead. Every beat was painful, but I needed to know.

"M'lady?" She stood there, sweat dripping down her face, fists clenched by her side. When she heard me, she smiled, eyes slightly unfocused. "What am I supposed to do now?" Even in my own ears the plea sounded weak.

"Chat listen to me," she hissed out. "You can do this. I believe in you." My body snapped into a fighting stance. "Slow down kitty! I need you to find Marinette Dupain-Cheng's diary. It should be in her bag. Read the only the first page. It should distract Love Queen long enough for you to destroy the glasses." She paused, her chest heaving. "Then draw a line down the center of my yo-yo. After you get the Akuma caught, I will be able to purify it."

I gave her a sharp nod, running off to do as Ladybug had said. I knew exactly where Marinette's stuff was, quickly running back to where Love Queen had almost descended upon Ladybug.

"Hey! Why don't you pick on someone of your own status?" I called out. "Maybe a knight like myself." I gestured grandly, drawing Chloé away. "Oooh better yet, why don't we sit down and read a good book? Like the very secret diary of Marinette." I waved the book in the air, which snatched her attention more than I did. A purple butterfly appeared over her face. I couldn't hear what was said, but she was charging towards me, with a mob close behind.

"'Dear diary, I know this is only my first entry but I need to rant." My eyes grew wide at the next sentence. "Adrien Agreste is such an arrogant person! Just like Chloé! He put gum on my seat today!'"No wonder she's so weird around me.

"GIVE ME THAT!" Love Queen snarled, lunging at it. I jumped to the side, trying to grab her glasses.

"Chat you have to read more!" M'lady called out. So I did what she said.

"This entry was entered after the first one. 'I guess my original assumptions were wrong about Adrien. He was trying to get the gum off, not putting it on. The fact that he took the time to make sure that I knew showed me that he was actually super kind. He gave me his own umbrella, since I didn't have mine, walking out into the rain. After that, I got butterflies in my stomach, and I knew that Adrien Agreste was my first crush.'" Wow. I didn't get another moment to think as Love Queen got the book.

I snatched the glasses and Ladybug's yo-yo. I did exactly as she said and everyone returned back to normal. I made sure to grab Marinette's diary so no one else would see it.

Ladybug seemed dazed and confused, but as soon as she saw me, her focus snapped into place. Her eyes darted around, calculating everything. "You're okay!" I rushed forward and crushed her into a hug. "You're okay." We really needed to talk about this.

"I'm fine. Now let me purify the Akuma." She held out her hand, distanced from me once again. Now this was the Ladybug I knew.

"Of course Bugaboo!" She groaned but a soft smile was on her face. She did her thing before asking me about Love Queen. "Oh she was a catty Akuma. I can promise you that!" A grin lit up her face, pulling my body closer to her.

"If I know Chloé, that's a spot on assumption." We continued to joke around until both of us realized we had school. And I needed to find Marinette.

Marinette

When the Akuma was captured all I could remember was blurs. I knew I'd get an update due to Alya running the blog. School ended up being cancelled for the day so Alya and I decided to hang out.

My parents greeted us with treats as soon as we walked in the door. We got our fill before heading up to my room. Alya was buzzing about her blog.

"Ladybug got controlled by an Akuma! It's the first time ever!" The plate I had in my hands clattered to the floor as my foot collided with the top step. "Who girl. Are you okay?" Alya didn't skip a beat helping me clean up.

"Yea I'm good. I just thought Ladybug was invincible," I lied, my gut twisting. "What happened?" Immediately she pulled me over to the chaise, whipping out her phone.

"I can't believe you didn't know. Chat Noir even used your diary." My jaw dropped. I would never... scratch that. If it meant saving Chat I would. "Well watch." Ladybug was up on the ledge with Chat, throwing him out of the way in time for her to be hit. I remember that much.

Ladybug froze, continuing to talk to Chat but not moving. Chat rushed off coming back with my diary. That mangey alley cat, I muttered to myself.

"Thank goodness he only read that first page." I couldn't sit still, my whole body shaking. "Uggh!" I groaned, jumping up to pace.

"Is there something you don't want him to know?" Alya waggled her eyebrows. I shook my head but she ignored me. "Especially with that picture Chloé showed the class this morning." She stood up in front of me, halting my pacing.

"What I said was true. We were playing truth or— well not then," I conceded. "Then he was upset and needed a friend." My thoughts ran together, mushing my words into a blur. "Then we played truth or dare and he dared me to jump off the Eiffel Tower. Then we came here, and a tickle war started, causing us to fall onto the floor, him on top of me, which ended up with him and I sorta kissing but then my dad was furious so he left in a hurry. He's just—" My hands were flying around my head as I tried to think. "just— he's ... here?" Sure enough, out my window I saw Chat Noir walking towards the door of the bakery with flowers in his hands. What is he doing here? He knows better than to mess with my dad. But what if the stupid cat just ignores him?

"Marinette!" Alya exclaimed, waving a hand in front of my face. "Girl get it together! You have to go down there and meet him before your father sees him. Especially with what happened." She gave me a wink, ushering us back downstairs.

"I think it's too late for that," I whispered to Aya. She grabbed my arm, marching us right into the kitchen. My dad had his fists on the table like he had slammed them there, my mom watched the scene from behind the counter, and Chat stood with his ears drooping, shifting his weight from foot to foot.

"Enough of this," Alya commanded. "Tom, you're obviously angry but can't you see how scared Chat is right now? He's truly sorry for what happened and you're just making it worse." Her posture was firm and so we're her words, but yet they still held an air of politeness around them.

My dad sank into the chair, all the anger leaving him deflated. I went to Chat, gently taking the bouquet from him. "It's okay," I murmured. "Tulips," I sighed the word, burying my nose into them. "White tulips normally symbolize an apology but since you mixed them with other colored tulips it means the apology is sincere." I took another whiff of the lovely scent before setting off to find a vase. My mom came over to help.

"Girl, since when did you know anything about flowers?" Of course it had to be Alya to break the awkward silence.

"I was reading an article online about roses and it interested me. So I looked up the meaning of tulips, my favorite flower. Is that allowed?" I cocked my eyebrow, certain of the smirk on my face. "The flowers are lovely. Thank you." Chat Noir's whole body went from sagging to inflated with pride.

"Why of course! Only the best flowers for my purrrincess!" He bowed, causing me to giggle. My dad shot a stern glare, cutting both of us off quickly.

"Well Chat, do you want to come hang out with us?" Alya asked, fully aware of what she was doing. A death glare sent by both my dad and me didn't stop her. "We'd love for you to stay awhile."

"Of course. As long as you stay here Alya." My mom cut off whatever my dad was going to say. Chat glanced at me and I gave him a slight nod.

"Thank you maman!" I quickly embraced her, racing off before my parents could change their minds. Alya and Chat were hot on my tail.

Situated in my room once again, we all sat fidgeting, no idea what to do. "Oh before I forget," Chat paused, pulling my diary out of his pocket, "here's your diary." He didn't quite meet my eyes, his ears twitching.

"You read it didn't you?" He started to protest but I held up a hand. "You know what they say, curiosity killed the cat." My hand rested on my purse, hoping that Tikki wouldn't be too angry with me.

"I didn't read that much! Just the first page like Ladybug told me! I would never invade someone's privacy like that!" Whoo. That was a close one. But wait, that means he knows just how much I like Adrien.

"Thank you." This time, he met my eyes and it was like a fire burned between us, warm and intoxicating, but dangerous at the same time.

Alya cleared her throat, breaking us out of our trance. "We could always play truth or dare, unless you two are spent on that game?" A grin mirrored on our faces as we hopped into a circle. "Chat, truth or dare?"

"Dare of course! If I chose anything else my first time it would be pawful." He winked at me, keeping the secret.

"I dare you to kiss Marinette."

*I do not own Miraculous or the characters*