Marinette arrived at Alya's house with heavy shoulders. She just wanted to see Alya and then go home and cuddle with Tikki, who she knew was worried about her. She knocked on the front door and waited for Alya's mother to open the door, smiling at the older woman. She greeted all of Alya's sisters and made her way to Alya's room, trying not to explode with slight anger.

She opened Alya's door and chuckled, Marinette knew Alya had weird habits while sleeping but this was new: Alya was upside down with her arms sprawled out and her legs bent at the knee. She sounded like she was deep in sleep. Marinette smiled and creeped towards Alya, poking her harshly and moved to the side when she fell out of bed. She laughed at Alya's look of confusion before her face held a smile,

"It's about time you got here."

Marinette sighed and gave Alya a look, full of contempt. Her anger returned again as she waved around her hands and began ranting to Alya.

"He called Mari-chan! Chan? I'm not Japanese, I'm Chinese! He just doesn't care! And he looked like he was undressing me with his eyes and I was sooo ready to punch him except Nino and Adrien came to stop him!"

Marinette smiled and closed her eyes, clasping her hands together, "Oh Adrien was so cool putting his hand on Chris!"

Alya smiled before coughing, she was still a little sick but not sick enough to not post new pictures of Ladybug and Chat Noir on her blog. But as she heard Marinette rant about this so called 'Chris', she was already planning a nice confrontation with said boy, mostly thinking about putting her fist in his face, harshly. She was sick one day and Marinette was already getting harassed by a boy? You would think boys would learn that they had to go through Alya before getting to Marinette.

"Well I'm sure Adrien and Nino are going to watch over you in case something happens. Maybe you should make Adrien something to show that you appreciated him helping?"

Marinette smiled and nodded, "Yeah! I'll make him some cookies! Do you like he likes cookies?"

Alya laughed, "Yes I think he likes cookies. But Marinette I want you to stay away from that Chris. He seems like bad business."

Marinette sat down on the floor of Alya's bedroom, "You don't have to tell me twice. He was such a creep."

Alya winked at her, "You're too cute to stay from. Now help me upload these pics, I wanna take another nap and try and get better fast."

Marinette smiled and grabbed Alya's computer, choosing some good pictures and deleting blurry pictures, even secretly sending some pictures to her own phone for later. They spent a good hour just laughing at some pictures of Chat Noir being a goof ball before Marinette finally went home, after seeing the tired face on Alya. She gave her the pages of the day's homework and went home, taking the scenic route.

When Marinette reached her home, it had been getting dark out. She knew it was almost time for the bakery to start cleaning up and then she could ask her parents if she could make some cookies with some leftover cookie dough they had. She greeted her father and hugged her mother, making her way upstairs very quickly, not wanting to answer any questions from them.

She made it into her room in record time, gently putting down her purse and watching Tikki pop out, flying around Marinette's head,

"Are you ok?"

Marinette sighed and shrugged, "Yeah, I thought I was going to have to punch him in front of everyone. I'm glad the boys stepped in. I wasn't scared but just disgusted."

Tikki cuddled Marinette's cheek, "Well I'm sure that everything will go well or else he'll have to answer to me!"

Marinette smiled and cupped Tikki in her hands, "You little cute thing! When I make some cookies for Adrien and some macaroons for Nino, I'll make sure to make you a big batch of everything."

Tikki cheered and sat down on Marinette's desk, "Well until then, you have some homework to do."

Marinette gave Tikki a look and nodded, arms sagging. "Fine fine.". She went and got her textbook and turned to the homework problems, wincing at how many there were before squaring her shoulders and getting down to business.

While Marinette was doing her homework, Adrien paced his room, still thinking about what happened earlier in the day. What would have happened if he and Nino hadn't stopped Chris? Would Marinette have punched Chris, making him madder? Marinette was a lovely girl who deserved to say no to anyone she chose.

As Adrien paced in his room, Plagg just looked on in boredom before wolfing down a piece of cheese, he decided to be nice for one and give his little one some advice.

"If you're so worried about that girl, why don't you go visit her?"

Adrien stopped pacing at the sound of Plagg's voice and turned to him, grinning widely. Plagg felt like he had made a wrong choice in being nice.

"You're right Plagg!" (which was something Plagg thought should be said more often) "I'll go visit her as Chat Noir and ask her if she's ok!"

Plagg rubbed his tummy, "And what if she asks why you know she was almost assaulted today?"

Adrien didn't like the word assaulted but he nodded that Plagg was being smart for once.

"I'll just say that I was doing some light patrolling and saw the whole thing."

Plagg looked at him, "That's believable."

Adrien huffed, "Do you have a better excuse?"

Plagg had one in mind but he didn't think it would go well with Adrien but just to tease him, he said it anyways,

"You could say you like her and were stalking her."

Adrien blushed and waved his hands at Plagg, "No! No! No! I love Ladybug and I would be cheating on her if I said that to Marinette. I'll just go with the patrolling excuse. Now Plagg if you please."

Plagg rolled his eyes but let himself go inside Adrien's ring, turning him into the incredible Chat Noir. Chat looked out his window and flexed his muscles, it was time to go visit his princess.