Strolling out of the school at the end of the day, everyones spirits were still high from our lunch time entertainment. So when Alya suggested going for coffee I was happy to say yes and so was Nino and Adrien. When we arrived at the cafe Alya said 'we just had to visit' I quickly realised it was the same one I had bumped into her and Nino in as Ladybug. "Hey isn't this the cafe where you met Ladybug?"

"Yeah it was sooooo awesome...wait how did you know that?"

"Uh, wasn't it on your blog?"

"Uh...Probably? I don't remember if I actually said which cafe it was, but anyway yes it is and we are going to drink coffees here and Adrien is going to text ladybug and we are going to meet up and do something as a group with a pop star and it is going to be amazing!"

Panicking slightly I immediately switched my phone to silent and just in time as I watched Adrien fish his phone out and start a text, Alya spent five minutes coaching him on how to ask Ladybug out and then just before he finally hit send I excused myself to the bathroom.

Once out of site I fished my phone out again and shot of a quick text explaining things to Tiki, the response I got back was a suggestion of either saying Ladybug couldn't come or making excuses to the group as Marrinette and changing into Ladybug, if it was the later she would be happy to come help out.

Quickly replying which a simple "spots on!" I stepped into a toilet cubical and locked the door, sitting on the closed toilet seat lid I waited patiently for Adrien's text. and it came in short order making my phone buzz violently in my hands. quickly opening the text I read it through and had to fight not to laugh.

To Ladybug

From Adrien

hey so me and a few friend were having coffee and we were wondering if you maybe wanted to join us,

Only if you're not too busy of course,

We don't want to drag you away from anything important,

Get back to me when you can

Love Adrien xxx

Swallowing an 'eep' at the part where he signed of with 'love Adrien' I quickly stated typing back.

To Adrien

From Ladybug

Hey Kitty yeah I'm up for hanging out,

What time? and where?

C u soon

Love Ladybug xxxx ;)

Grinning I sent the text and waited again for his reply. I just made out a familiar shriek from the other room, "A WINKY FACE! AHHHHHHHHHH!"

To Ladybug

From Adrien

You know the cafe where you met Alya and Nino, you know the reporter from the Ladyblog, you can meet us there or some where else if you prefer and whenever you're free but any time around now is fine.

Love Adrien xxx

Smiling I Replied a quick affirmative to meeting here and said it would take me about twenty minutes to get here, that should leave me with enough time to get changed and get back to the group after I made my excuses. Sending another text to Tiki I asked her to call my Marrinette phone in about three minutes so I could pretend it was my mom calling me to come home. My mom knew to cover for me if anyone asked where I was, as it was most likely to be a Ladybug related thing I had to go to last minute.

Quickly exiting the toilet I went back to the table to find them all in deep discussion, plopping down onto my seat I said "so what did I miss?"

"Ladybug said yes! She's going to meet us here in about twenty minutes. Are you excited to meet her?"

"Oh my god yes!"

Just then my phone rang, my non Ladybug phone. Picking up I said "hey mom whats up?" Pausing listening to Tiki prattle on about what I should wear to meet up with the guys. When she paused for breath I said "wait what? You want me to come home? But Im with the guys and Im going to meet Ladybug..." Tiki started up again now going into detail about make-up and hair styles. I could see Alya shaking her head at me mouthing 'no! Don't do it girl. Think about Ladybug.' Wincing I said "Im sorry I can't. Wait what? Oh my god why didn't you say so. I can't leave you guys like that! I'll be right over, give me like five minutes!"

Turning to the guys I sighed and said "maybe another time?"

"Girl! What the hell!"

"Family emergency, they are completely over run at the bakery and my dad just burnt himself. Its not bad, but they need help."

"Fine, but honestly girl, I'm beginning to think you don't want to meet Ladybug. You keep having emergencies whenever she's around."

"I think fate just hates me."

"Not going to argue with you there Marri."

"HEY!" Scowling I gave Alya a mock punch as I scooped up my stuff and hurried out the door.

Rounding the corner I met up with a black town car and sliding in I was immediately set upon by a ferocious Tiki as she started doing my hair and make-up in the moving vehicle. As soon as that was done, I shimmied into a red pair of short shorts and pulled a black vest over my head, followed by a red lacy see-through top. Sliding a mask into place I grabbed Tiki's hand and we both piled out of the car just in front of the doors to the cafe, as soon as the driver had parked up. The driver followed us into the cafe, as he would be acting as our body guard for now, being that it was such short notice.

Striding towards the group, I grinned as I caught part of their conversation "...you need to act cool, and please don's say anything embarrassing in front of her, I really like her..."

"Aw, I really like you too Adrien."

"AHHHH oh, uh, Ladybug. You're here. Hi, hello, hi uh i already said that uh sorry..."

Swallowing my laughter I pressed a finger to his lips and said "why don't I take it from here?"

"Yeah."

"Dear god, he is almost as awkward as you were!" She paused seeming to think about something and then started laughing, "oh god the irony!"

"TIKI!" Flushing I faced the group and said "I'm sorry about her, she does this sometimes. I have no control whatsoever, sorry."

"Dont worry about it girl, we have our own awkward member of our group. She had to bail tho, family emergency."

"Oh of course, I totally understand." Smiling, I was content to steer the conversation away from me and my awkwardness. "So did you all enjoy the work of my new partner?"

"Yeah he was great. Can I ask you some questions about him?"

Frowning I said "well I don't know that much about him, but you can ask and I'll see if I can answer."

"Good enough for me. So was the animal theme intentional?"

"Uh, no. He showed up to the audition like that."

"Wow really? Looks like you aren't the only one wanting to keep your identity a secret. Wait does that mean you don't know his identity?"

"I don't know, but I have some suspicions." It was very hard not to look at Adrien, just to see how he was taking that bit of information. "No I am not going to tell you any of my theories."

"Damn, okay. Soooooo how long did you practice those routines for?"

"Hmm oh, most of it was freestyle. Although we marked our way through most of the first set, so we had a rough outline of what we were going to do."

"No way!"

"Seriously?"

"Awesome."

Grinning at the three for their different reactions, I had to admit it filled me with pride when I created that sense of disbelief in my fans, and especially my friends. "Yes way, seriously and thank you."

xxxxxx

I had to wonder sometimes if fate really hated me or what, because right now I was fairly sure I had to have done something to piss them off. Changing a peek over my shoulder, I was more than a bit horrified to see the fans gaining on me. Pumping my legs faster I careened around the corner only to smash straight into a wall. Hitting the ground with a yelp, I peeked up and found myself staring at a very familiar pair of green eyes. "Oh you have got to be kidding me!"

"Wha...Ladybug?"

"Hide me!" Scrambling to my feet I ducked behind the tall blond just as the foaming at the mouth rabid crowd appeared around the corner.

"WHERE DID SHE GO?!"

"That way."

The crowd pounded off in the direction he pointed and I let out a relieved sigh.

"Okay, so what was that all about?"

Coughing I tilted my head down further desperately trying to keep my face hidden "I uh forgot my mask when I was leaving practice and they saw me before I could go back for it and well, you saw what happened."

"You're not wearing your mask?"

Groaning I muttered "not you too!" In my attempts to avoid Adrien seeing my face I actually had to grab the top of my hood and pull it down even further. Spinning on my heel I started walking, trying very hard not to look suspisious and draw more attention to myself. A small tourist shop caught my eye and I made a beeline for the sunglasses rack, quickly grabbing the darkest pair they had. Paying, I ripped the tags off and shoved them on my face, relaxing slightly when the comforting feeling of having my eyes hidden for the world returned.

As I turned I was shocked to note Adrien had followed me the whole time and I hadn't even noticed, "what do you want?" At his look, I sighed and rubbed at my temples. "Sorry, I didn't mean to sound so snappy, its just that was a very close call. I'm stressed."

"Well I know just how you can un-stress."

"Oh, do tell."

"Ice-cream, with me."

Grinning I said "that sounds n-ice."

"Was that a pun, m'lady?"

Groaning I said "I've been hanging out with Chat too much."

"Ah he can't be that bad if he makes such meow-vellous jokes."

"Not you too, his jokes are claw-full! Ugh now I can't stop!"

"But m'lady, puns are so becoming on you."

Glaring at him I said "maybe I will get ice-cream on my own."

"Wait! I'll stop if thats what you really want?"

"Please."

"Okay, lets go then. After you m'lady." Bowing theatrically as he gestured for me to precede him, I smiled and grabbed his hand as soon as he caught up to me. I also pretended I didn't notice the growing pink colour staining his cheeks.

AN: Okay I am so sorry! I did not mean to leave this so long, I just completely lost inspiration. I finally decided today that this just needed to be done, I have no idea when the next chapter, I have completely fallen out of my routine. I am going to blame photography course work as the exam is coming up and I am incredibly busy procrastinating. Yeah I honestly have no idea what I have been doing with my time so yeah. Half term is coming up so there may be some more chapters coming up but then so is the exams so yeah it may take a while before the next update so please be patient and thank you so much for sticking with me this far and reading this incredibly long authors note.

Please review, I like to get ideas from your comments and a lack of them makes writing very difficult, even just a brief comment to let me know you like something is great and really inspires me to write so cheers and I will try to update soon.

-SL xx

PS. I'm sorry this chapter was a bit short but I wanted to get it out, so it didn't die of stagnation, what with how long its been sat in my documents manager, half finished.