Chapter 2: The dog and the cat and the beach

He couldn't stop thinking about her.

He knew it was weird that he didn't tell her his real name, but he didn't want her to like him because he was rich or famous. He knew she also found it odd that he ran away, but lately his father hadn't been giving him much free time and he really needed to get away. He

It was like she was stuck in his head and he was so anxious to see her again tomorrow that he almost couldn't get himself to sleep.

But Plagg was by his side and his presence calmed Adrien.

It was nice to have a small dog that could travel with you. He didn't have many friends and because he travelled for photoshots during the summer he didn't often see the few friends that he had at home.

He looked over at Plagg now.

The small black dog was sleeping next to his feet, his breathing even. He'd already eaten all the cheese that he got for dinner. It was funny that a dog would like cheese so much. Of course he needed to eat various foods to stay healthy, but cheese was his favourite, especially camembert.

He smiled. There really was no better companion than a dog.

She couldn't stop thinking about him.

He'd just appered out of nowhere and made her heart skip.

She still couldn't belive that she'd agreed to go with him to the beach. She was usually more reserved with people, but oh god, he lured out the Ladybug in her.

She stroked Tikki. She was so glad that she had her sweet cat companion with her.

Tikki was the smartest ginger feline that Marinette had ever meet and she was hers. The only thing people found weird about Tikki was that her long ginger fur was covered in small black patches. Marinette licked it though, she thought it looked like she was a ladybug cat.

She smiled a sly smile as she looked at her cat.

Most people were suprised when they saw Tikki walking besides her or riding on her shoulders, but they were insepareble. Even on vacation. But that wasn't what people thought was the weirdest about the cat. They found it the most weird that she liked to eat sweets.

Marinette sighed. It'll be hard to explain to Chat why she brought a cat to the beach. As she turned off the light she kept stroking Tikki until she fell asleep.

It was morning when Adrien woke up, Plagg was licking his face. He groaned. »Dang it, Plagg. Get off.« He pushed the dog off himself and checked the time. It was three minutes past nine and he sighed, getting up. He would be seeing her in an hour. He ruffeled the dog's fur. »Thanks for waking me up, dude.« The dog barked as it jumped off the bed. Adrien laughed as the dog kept jumping around the room. »Maybe I'll take you with me to the beach. But only if you behave!« He threatened the pooch. The dog shut up and sat down, watching his owner. Adrien chuckled again as he entered the shower. That dog was way smarter than he let on.

Marinette woke up to find Tikki sitting on her face. She laughed as she lifted the kitten off herself. »Thanks for waking me Tikki.« She checked the time. It was four minutes to nine. She yawned loudly and stretched before getting up and heading to the shower. The cat followed her, staring expectantly at her owner. »You can come with me to the beach, sweetie. Don't worry I'm not gonna leave you here again.« The cat sat down by the entrance to the bathroom watching her owner as she washed her face and showered, waiting.

When Adrien was done he got dressed into a shirt and swimwear. He took out a eash and looked at Plagg for a moment before putting it back down. »No barking at cats.« He instucted.

When Marinette was dressed in a sundress, she had her bikini undreneath, she headed to the balcony and leaned against it, observing the city. Tikki sat on the floor besides her and observed the alley. She meowed and Marinette looked at her, to see her leaning against the railing on her paws, looking down at the alley as she meowed again. She looked down to see a ruffeled blond head.

He looked up, their eyes locking, both smiling. »Hello there, princess. Ready to go?«

She nodded. »Yup, just give me a sec.« She threw her bag down and he caught it by reflex, eyeing her suspiciously. She quickly climbed down the railing. When she was next to him he already expected her to turn, suprised when she looked up at her balcony. »Tikki!« She said and he looked up. »Let's go.« That was when he saw a ginger cat with round patches of black on her back, jumping down onto the lower balcony and onto the girl's shoulders.

Marinette giggled when she saw Chat's suprised expresion. »Chat, this is Tikki. Tikki, this is Chat.« She introduced.

Chat snapped out of his awe when she said his name and took a second look at the cat. »Is this your cat?« He asked bewildered.

»Yup, this is Tikki. But don't worry she's really smart and won't be an inconvinience.« She smiled at him and the cat meowed, watching him.

»Well, okay. At least I'm not the only one dragging an animal with me.« She looked at him curiously and looked around. That's when she noticed the dog that was siting next to Chat. It had green eyes which were staring at her. No, not at her, at Tikki.

»And who's this?« She asked, eyeing the dog.

»This is Plagg. He's really smart and travels with me everywhere. He won't be an inconvinience either. Now shall we go, purrincess?«

She groaned at his pun. »Don't tell me, you're continuing the puns today!«

He laughed and smirked. »Furr sure, purrincess. Shall we?« He said, bowing and irritating her even more.

She pouted, before laughing. »Okay, come on kitty. I know where a great beach is.« She picked up her bag and started walking.

He ran after her. »Your cat looks badass when it sits on your shoulders like that.«

She turned her head and gave him a smug smile. »I know.«

He shook his head. »Come on, Plagg. There's no camembert in those dumpsters.« He called without looking back, he knew exactly what the dog was doing.

She looked at him, suprised. »Your dog likes to eat camembert cheese?«

He nodded. »More than anything else.«

She looked at the dog that was now walking next to his owner, panting. She smiled. »Well, Tikki here loves sweets. So you're not the only one with a strange pet.« She said bumping her sholder into his.

He smiled, bumping her back. »I would've guessed as much. You're cat doesn't exactly scream ordinary.«

She smirked. »Oh really? Is it her fur or the fact that she's siting on my shoulders.«

He laughed. »Both. Now where's that beach you promised?«

She looked away and into the distance. »Over there.« She pointed to a hiden path.

»Are you sure?« He asked.

She smiled at him. »Positive.«

She grabbed his hand and started pulling him faster towards the hiden path. He saw Tikki jump off her shoulders and run in front of them, down the path. When Plagg saw her, he ran after her down the path. As Marinette pushed away a branch, she pulled him with her down the path.

When they finally got out of the small forest, he gasped. They'd arrived at a small, sunny beach. It seemed cut away from the world and altogether perfect.

She let go of his hand and pulled a towel out of her bag, spreading it on the sand and putting her bag on it. »Ready for a swim?« She asked.

He smiled slyly. »Why not? I still owe you a throw into the water.«

She smirked. »Why don't you try?«

She pulled of her dress, revealing her bikini. She'd never admit it, but she'd worn it for him, instead of her usual one piece.

He eyed her up, taking her in. When his eyes finally found hers she saw her looking at something behind him, giggling.

He turned aroound. »What's so...« He saw Plagg and Tikki curled up together on the warm sand and he almost choked on the word 'funny'.

»I think your dog likes my cat.« She replied.

He looked at her incrediously. »No way. More like your cat likes my dog.«

She giggled again, pulling her hair out of it's usual pigtails, letting it fall around her shoulders.

She was so beautiful in that moment with the breeze playing with her hair that he barely contained his gasp. She smirked at his expresion, again.

He pulled himself together. Two can play that game he thought, pulling off his shirt.

She gasped. He looked at her smugly, satisfied. »What?«

»N-nothing.« She stuttered. Pulling herself together, she challenged his smug grin with one of her own. »Bet you can't catch me.« She ran towards the water and it took a second for him to register what she was doing. He laughed, running after her. »Oh you're on.«

She thought she'd just made it to the water as strong arms wrapped around her. She started squirming, but he picked her up and spun her around. »What's wrong? Cat swept you off your feet?« He whispered into her ear, making her giggle. He spun her around once more, before running towards the water. She shrieked as he threw himself into the water, pulling her with him.

He watched her as she clutched at his chest to keep herself from slipping off him as he sat in the water. She was laughing with him, her eyes closed. He was watching as water dripped down her blue locks. She opened her eyes, both of them smiling as their laughter died down. Their eyes locked and she was still siting on him. He watched suspiciously as a sly smile crept onto his lips.

He pulled her to him as he sunk back into the water, pulling her with him again. She gasped and held her breath as they both dissappeared under the water.

When they came back to the surface she was clutching to him for life.

They both laughed as they coughed up water.

He pulled her to him, whispering into her ear. »Told you it was gonna be funny.«

A shiver ran down her spine at the sound of his voice in her ear. She realized how close they were and pulled away from him, but his hands around her waist kept her on him as he searched her eyes for a reaction. She smiled as she realized this was the first time that she was in the sea since she arrived. She giggled. »Let's go swimming!«

He looked at her as she looked towards the sea spreading in front of them.

There was a spark in her eye and he recognized it from when she'd talked about dancing.

He lifted her off him and she gasped in suprise. »Okay, show me how you swim.«

She laughed as he put her into the water next to him. »Let's go!« She urged.

He laughed at her eagerness as she swam away from him backwards.

He swam after her, observing him as she rested her body on the water and lowered the back of her head into the water, sighing with happines, a small smile on her lips.

They swam far away from the beach and by the time they got back they were both exhausted and he'd pulled her under the water at least eight times.

They arrived at the beach and sat in the water, letting the waves splash around them.

He was looking at her as the sun shined on her face, illuminating her like an angel.

She sighed and turned towards him, their eyes locking.

»I don't know much about you.« She suddenly said, breaking the silence.

He nodded. »Same here. You know how about we play one of those thirty question games?«

She giggled. »Okay, me first. How old are you?«

»I'm fifteen. You?«

»Same. Where do you live?«

»In Paris.«

She almost choked. »Seriously? I'm from Paris too.«

He took another look at her. »Really? That's nice. So tell me, what's your favourite color?«

She thought fo a second. »Red. Which color is your favourite?«

»Green. What's your favourite animal?«

»Tikki.«

»That's not an animal.« He teased, poking her.

»Hey stop that.« She said.

He laughed. »What's wrong? Are you ticklish or something?«

She looked away, biting her botom lip.

»You are!« He exclaimed.

He started tickling her and she squirmed laughning. »Stop, hehe, please hihihi, stop...hihihe...Stop!« She pleaded as he moved closer to her to keep her from running away. »Nope.«

She laughed and giggled, not being able to even talk as she laughed. He chuckled at her and finally stopped tickilng her. He held her tightly around the waist, pulling her into him as she tried to run away.

Her laughter finally died down and she looked up at him, to find him looking at her, his nose merre inches away from hers. Her breath hitched as their eyes locked. As they kept drowning in each other's eyes, he leaned forward, his forhead touching hers. His green eyes searched hers as her blue bell eyes did the same. »Our animals are in love.« He said, stating the obvious.

»What are we gonna do?« She asked, their gaze into each other's eyes remaining unbroken.

»I have no idea.« He said. »Tell me, though, did the princess finally fall in love with the cat? Or did a prince steal her?«

She leaned closer, their noses touching. »I don't know, she hasn't meet the prince yet.«

He nodded against her forhead. »Good point.«

A.N:

Thanks for reading. This chapter is a bit longer so I hope you like it and please review.

Dream on!

Timisa

(This chapter was altered once and this is the right one just so you know.)