AN: Big thanks to Diablovia who pointed out my misspelling of Adrien, I have now fixed it so thank you for the help and support glad your enjoying it so far, here is the next chapter, hope you like it.
When we finally returned to the cafe we found a very irritated Plagg and a equally giddy Tiki, "where have you been?!"
"Oh Plagg calm down, their back safe and sound aren't they?"
Plagg turned his dark look on Tiki "you knew! Didn't you?"
Grinning Tiki said "maybe?!"
"Why you sneaky little..."
"Well I am exhausted! So I'm gonna to go home, come on Tiki lets go, before you antagonise Adrien's body guard any more."
"Well you heard Ladybug, gotta go. Bug out!"
With that Tiki and I were scrambling inside the car and ordering the driver to 'go, go, go!' As soon as we pulled away we collapsed in a fit of giggles.
xxx (Saturday) xxx
"So I understand you wanted an exclusive interview, for your blog right?"
I watched as Alya turned several different shades of red and pink before finally blurting our "YES! Oh my god, I have waited so long for this moment."
Laughing I said "I'll try to be as honest as possible and while I can't promise to answer every question, I will do my best. So what do you want to know first?"
"When did you first start singing?"
"Oh right to big ones huh? Well I can't remember a time I didn't sing but Ive only been having lessons for about a year or so."
"Oh, really? That seems such a short time. Okay so I have another really important question..."
"Shoot."
"Why do you where the mask?"
Hesitating I said "to hide my identity."
"Well duh, but why? Are you like famous for something else, like modelling maybe?"
"Wha...Oh!" It took me a second but I realised, me going out with Adrian, might have suggested to some people that I was in the same business. Rolling my eyes I continued "Im not a model, and no Im not hiding any hideous scars. These masks don't cover enough for that, its just to hide my identity, I'm not famous. However everyone has friends and mine don't know and can't, or else everyone would know, and that would be the end of my nice normal life. So its a secret."
"Right okay that does make sense actually, so do you go to collage?"
"Yeah."
"Where?" Raising an eyebrow I shot Alya an unimpressed look, "can't blame a reporter for trying. Favourite colour?"
"Really?"
"People want to know."
"Okay, in case you couldn't tell I'm kinda a fan of red. Although I do love pink as well, they just don't go together very well, sadly."
"Cool and..."
xxx (Adrien's pov- Monday morning) xxx
Flopping back on my bed a sappy grin stretched my face as I remembered the events of Friday afternoon, including that kiss. I had been doing that all weekend and the photographer had all gushed over the love stuck look and been very enthusiastic to get me to bring Ladybug to a shoot some time. "Come on lover boy your going to be late to school."
"Oh all right Plagg, I'm going, I'm going." Dragging myself of my bed and out the door, I was still drifting in my mental replaying of Ladybug kissing me, when Plagg forcibly shoved me into the car, following close behind.
The whole car ride seemed to pass in a blur and before I knew it I was sliding into me seat in class and trying to focus of what Nino was saying, but all I could hear was Ladybug saying 'come on kitty' it just seemed to circle my head repeatedly.
"...DUDE!"
Flinching I said "I'm sorry Nino, I was trying to listen really! Its just, Ladybug..."
"Yeah I get it man, so what was she like? Was she like a total diva?"
"Would I really be swooning over a diva? Come on Nino you know me better than that. She was amazing, so down to earth and you know the little cafe we all go to?"
"Yeah?"
"She goes there too, normally when she isn't dressed as Ladybug. Apparently she a regular, didn't even need to check the menu."
"Really? Thats awesome!"
"Oh and you'll never guess who we saw after we ditched her guards?"
"Oooooh who?"
Lowering my voice I said "Chloe!"
"What?! No way! What happened? She didn't ruin your date did she?"
"Nope, Ladybug was totally cool about it and even helped us get away from her, I got a nickname and she kissed me."
Sighing again I drifted for a moment remembering that kiss and then Nino came back into focus, waving his handling front of my face. "Damn she must be a good kisser, and what was this nickname?"
"She called me kitty."
"Why?"
"I had a black cat design on my T-shirt."
"Cool, will you go out again?"
"I...I dont know, we didn't organise anything. Leaving was a bit rushed, because Plagg was getting pissy. Although we did sneak out a bathroom window to avoid our guards, so I can see why. But still, what if she forgets about me and we never go out again!..."
Just as I was about to work my self into even more of a tizzy, my phone buzzed in my pocket. Holding a hand up to halt Nino's attempts to calm me down, I checked the message.
From Ladybug
To Adrien
Hey Kitty, do u want to go out tonight? Ive heard the Eiffel tower looks stunning at night.
LB xxx
Grinning I started texting back, making sure the teacher wasn't in the room yet.
From Adrien
To Ladybug
Yeah tonight sounds good, about 8pm? And the Eiffel tower could never out shine your beauty.
Adrien xxx
I felt Nino lean over my shoulder to read my message and heard him say "you send little kisses?"
Shrugging I said "yeah, she does."
"Dude that just a girl thing, they do that all the time. When a guy does it, its serious."
"Oh, well I would like it to be serious. I finally found a girl who gets me!"
"Hey what am I?"
"Uh, not a girl?"
"Oh yeah, well Im happy for ya man, you deserve happiness." My phone buzzed again.
From Ladybug
To Adrien
Yeah 8pm sounds good, and thank you. I'll c u there, hopefully I'll even be able to shake the guards before I get there.
LB xxxx ;)
"Oh look she sent a smiley face."
Leaning over Nino let out a low whistle and said "thats not just a smiley face, that is a winky face."
"Oh. What does a winky face mean?"
"Well..."
xxx (Marrinette pov) xxx
Stifling a yawn I was trying very hard to pay attention to madame Bustiers lecture but I was so tired, Ladybug had a late night concert last night and it had dragged on till gone 2am and now I was really feeling the lack of sleep. Smothering another yawn, I noted down some of the key points of the lecture and tried desperately to keep my eyes open. Cheering up Adrien after he got himself all worked up had woken me up briefly and a few texts later and we had a date set of for tonight, but as soon as we stoped I started drifting off again just in time for Madam Bustier to come in and start her lecture.
As the last bell for the day went I had to make my excuses to Alya and bail, as I had dance rehearsals for my next major performance at 'Le grande Paris hotel'. Where I would even have back up dancers, which required that I actually practice a routine with them, instead of just improvising on the night like I would usually do. Sure I still had lessons here and there to practice technique, but I never usually bothered coming up with a routine.
Ducking into the dance studio, I entered a changing room and pulled out my gym clothes and my emergency mask. Slipping both on I emerged, while pulling my hair up and as soon as I stepped into the studio, I knew this was going to be a long afternoon, namely because of the haughty looking blonde standing in the middle of the room and bossing people around.
Swallowing a groan I strolled into the room eyeballing Tiki where she had been banished to one side of the room, swerving to meet her I said "what is Chloe doing here?"
"Well her dad thought since the gig was at his hotel he should send his 'little princess' to supervise the routine, after all 'she knows the stage dimensions so can help with the spacing of dancers.' So here we are and so far all she has done is boss people around and send people to get her drinks and stuff."
"Argh why does this always happen to me?"
"Sorry can't help you there, that is just your luck my friend."
Groaning I prepared myself to face the insanity that was Chloe Bourgeois
It was a difficult job, placating Chloe enough to actually get any work done, but with enough compliments and praise, I just about managed to get a routine down with the dancers and they all seemed amazed with my ability to manoeuvre around Chloe's demanding nature.
Unfortunately I was unable to shake Chloe so I could change, so I had to call in Fu for an extraction. Five minutes later I finally managed to relax in the back of the black town car that came to pick me up from the studio. Changing clothes in the back, I let the driver drop me off a couple streets from my house and I was home in minutes.
I barely spared time to greet my parents and eat before flopping face down on my bed and falling asleep not even changing out of my clothes.
My phone bleeping insistently woke me and I groaned, rolling out of bed I squinted at my phone and saw it read 7:45 pm. My date with Adrien! Oh my god I only had fifteen minutes. what ensued could only be considered a whirl wind of calling Tiki for a ride and changing and scrambling out the door at five too.
When I got to the Eiffel tower I was five minutes late and Adrien was standing all alone under the tower, seeming to glow almost in the low light.
Stumbling out of the car I jogged over to him, "Hey Adrien, I am so sorry I was late, I had dance rehearsals and then I fell asleep..."
Relaxing and shooting me a wide grin he cut me off before I could finish rambling "hey its okay, you're here aren't you, I was just worried you stood me up for a little bit."
"Never! Your my knight in shining black leather!" Resting one hand lightly on the leather jacket he was wearing, the same one as the one he was wearing on our first date. Finally taking the rest of what he was wearing, I noticed his top. It was black and had bright green writing on it that said 'I'm the cats meow!' "Oh my gosh, that is soooooo cute, I love your T-shirt! I guess you really are my silly kitty."
The night passed peacefully as we lounged on a bench under the iconic symbol of Paris, chatting about anything and everything. It was nearly midnight when we finally separated calling for our respective rides home. Tiki arrived first, smiling up at Adrien I felt the urge to kiss him and seeing as we had in fact already kissed I didn't see any reason not too. Reaching up I pulled his face down just a little and pressed a feather light kiss to his oh so soft lips, murmuring a quiet "good night chaton."
My alarm beeping woke me and I stretched, enjoying the way I felt refreshed and awake for the first time in a while. Bouncing off the bed I practically skipped to the shower to wash my hair, before getting dressed for school in a pair of white capris and a black and white spotted tank top paired with a bright red jacket. Slipping my feet into a pair of red flats I scooped up my bag and bounded down the stairs.
Grabbing a just baked croissant from the tray resting on the counter, I called a good bye to my parents and jogged out the door, humming the whole way to class. Plopping down on my seat I beamed at Alya and she raised an eyebrow before asking "okay whats got you in such a good mood?"
"I'm just feeling really good about today."
"Okay, something is defiantly up girl, and I will find out!"
Madam Bustier's entrance had everyone quieting down and as she spoke the wide smile that had been adorning my face all morning slipped slightly, "today class to celebrate Ladybug's recent visit to our school we will be holding a taster music session today. Everyone is expected to join in, and we will be trying out all the different workshops. Now lets go, off to the music rooms."
I was distinctly worried, what if someone recognised my singing voice. Not to mention the fact that nobody knew about my affinity for music, so my ability on the instruments was going to shock most people. Including Alya, oh god, this was going to get messy.
AN: And here it is guys please read and review! Cheers :)
-SL xx
