Okay I knew this was going to be late but I thought I would have had at least half of the chapter finished by now,... HA...no such luck. I'm still recovering from severe con flu and con blues after the weekend but OMG Kitacon was AMAZING! 3 Now I'm back to the normal daily grind and readjusting to normal life seems to be 10 times harder than usual after 4 days of cosplaying, non stop partying and fun!

I thought I would publish this little interlude as the rest of the chapter is under ways and will be up soon but it's taking longer than expected to write so here's something to fill the gap :) I'll definitely be posting the final chapter shortly after the rest of this one so you won't long for the final chapter :3 I'm still going to be depressed after I finish this T.T

Anyway's, Hope you enjoy! I own nothing.

A certain DJ was at his wits end. He was frustrated, If he couldn't get Alya out of the hospital room they had spent so many hours in he might just be counting down the minutes until she throttled him, He was getting more and more nervous as time past glancing nervously at the door waiting for a certain ex superhero to burst through the door and either save the day or make his possible impending death ten times more painful, but worst of all he was tired. He had tried every tactic he could to find a reason to escape the room with his other half but Alya hadn't stepped out of a few ft's radius of the girl in labour. He had been sent off to return home to get them a change of clothes at one point but she had refused to accompany him. She had tried to coax her into coming to get something to eat with her but she had practically growled at him. Marinette had even told them to leave but Alya had brushed off every attempt to get her out of the room with ease. Nino had long since broken into a sweat and Marinette's contractions which where getting closer and closer had him forgetting to breath at times. Finally a midwife had entered the room and requested everyone apart from Sabine leave the room which she examined the soon-to-be mother. Nino jumped out of his seat and was the first one out. Relief lifted some of the crushing weight on his shoulders and in his chest as he grabbed Alya's wrist and lead her down the corridor and into a deserted hallway, ignoring her protests. The moment they where out of earshot, Alya's sweet and caring friendliness shattered and she rounded on him with her fists on her hips.

"What is WRONG with you? Why are you actin-"

"Adrien is coming!" He tried to keep his voice low but the excitement he had felt when he first spoke to said blonde resurfaced. Alya's jaw unhinged and abstract confusion crossed her face, the expression was comical until it turned to icy rage.

"WHAT? What does that have...wait, why is Adrien coming? What..?" She opened and closed her mouth a few times trying to organise her thoughts while watching him practically bouncing on the balls of his feet. "Do you want to tell me why Mr American is on his way and why you're telling me this?" Nino frowned, not happy with her reaction to his best friend coming back home but he shook it off.

"Okay now don't freak out, I'm serious! I saw a family portrait in Mr Agreste's place at the party. You know the ring Marinette has that Chat was going to give her? It was Adrien's mothers!" He watched carefully, still ecstatic at having figured it out on his own. Alya's jaw dropped, slowly this time, as she processed that information and Nino couldn't help but enjoy this whole 'dropping bombs on people but letting them figure it out for themselves' and he had completely expected, while still dreaded, the rage that rose on her partner, you could practically see the sparks in the aura around her.

"He's Chat?!" Nino clapped a hand over her mouth to silence the shout that would draw the attention of the entire ward and grabbed her other hand, hoping it might have some sort of calming effect.

"Shhh! Yes Adrien is Chat! Was Chat! He isn't anymore but he told me! I figured it all out on my own! But don't freak out, He d-"

"DON'T FREAK OUT? DON'T FREA... The moment he sets foot in French territory I'm going to rip him a new one!"

"Nononono you don't want to do that! He didn't know! He didn't know Ladybu-Marinette was pregnant! He left the day after that argument they had, Marinette didn't know! Remember? Her and Cha-Adrien had that argument more or less exactly twelve weeks before Marinette had her first scan! I checked everything out after I spoke to him, Alya he want's to come back! He still loves Ladybug - Marinette. He's on his way here right now so he can try and win her over." Alya sank into silence for seconds, minutes, Nino grew paled as time spanned on as the journalist thought. The DJ finally let go of her hand and gave her a goofy grin. "He actually wanted us to help him win Marinette over, He actually emptied his bank account a few hours ago to jump on a private jet to get here before the baby arrives." Alya looked up, studying his face and much to Nino's relief, a smile tugged at the corner of her lips however she tried to mask it with rage.

"Okay, So maybe I won't kill him just yet. As long as he doesn't hurt my girl." She heaved a sigh and pinched the bridge of her nose and Nino didn't know if he should start running. "Adrien was Chat. Adrien was... And I didn't figure this out because...?" Nino took that as a sigh he would definitely survive at least the next few hours and snaked his arms around her waist and drew her against his chest and showering her forehead with kisses.

"I love you you know that!"

"Hmmmm, I'll reply to that depending on how things turn out," Nino chuckled. "I need to go and break the news to Marinette, She's... She's having Adrien's kid, She's naming her Emma. I can't believe this is actually, literally happen..."

"No! Don't tell her yet! Adrien told us not to tell her!" Alya recoiled from him a few inches, confused at the horror in his voice. "He want's to tell her himself when he get's here. He thinks she might not want to see him so she made me swear we wouldn't say anything." Alya lifted a brow and then tilted her head back and laughed.

"Okay so he's certainly making a good impression, I'm actually routing for him. We should get back, Tom will be wondering where we went and the examination should be over soon." They returned to Marinette's room and the midwife announced it was time for them to move to the pool room. A few hours later, Nino and Ton sat in a waiting room having not been able to go into the pool room as it was deemed women's only territory. Nino would have left to go home and catch a few hours sleep but the worry in Tom's features and the anticipation of Adrien's arrival had kept him glued to the uncomfortable bench he was currently sitting on for the past how ever many hours. He had suggested pulling Tom and Sabine aside and telling them what would be happening any moment but Alya had shout down the idea, one of them might tell Marinette. His job since Marinette, Alya and Sabine had moved to the eery room with the hot tub like pool in the centre of the room had been to keep a look out for his childhood friend and let Alya know the moment he arrived. Checking his watch as the time told it had been exactly nine hours since he had spoken to the soon-to-be father, the unmistakable screech of rubber souls against highly polished floor made his head jerk up. He watched Adrien as he came to the desk on the opposite side of the waiting room and overheard a brief exchange, picking up on 'Marinette' and 'I'm the father' before he stood and snuck up behind him, grabbing his shoulders. The blonde tensed and spun on his heels, losing his balance as he looked around in shock until he focused and took in his best friend. Nino could feel the nervousness rolling off his frazzled friend in waves along with a list of other emotions as he gave his shoulder a hopefully comforting squeeze, He couldn't even begin to comprehend what kind of things where going on in the smallers head but he could just begin to imagine just how terrifying the whole situation must be so he did the only thing he could and had his best friends back.

"You made it," He said with a proud grin.

Idk why but from the moment I started writing this, I had it in my mind Marinette would have a water birth. No idea of where it came from but It was probably one of the first scenes I pictured and wrote notes on. Anyway,s Next chapter will be up soon! R&R and help my con blues go away T.T I now need to go and coma, Still catching up on lost sleep...