Even after a long night's rest, Marinette still managed to be late to school the next day. Mr. Damocles told her that she had to serve 15 minutes of detention after school for all of the tardiness.

"Can you believe it, Tikki? I can save all of Paris, and I still get after-school detention."

"Being a masked hero is a thankless job." Tikki replied.

Marinette gathered her books after her 15-minute sentence was over. She checked her phone to see if she had any messages.

"What's the matter?" Tikki asked.

"I text Alya to see if we were still going to the museum after school today, but she hasn't text me back."

"Maybe her phone died."

Marinette laughed, "Alya letting her phone die? Haha good one, Tikki."

Marinette walked out into the courtyard and found Alya— only she was in a heated argument with Meg.

"Not good, Tikki." Marinette hurried over to see what the fuss was about.

"C'mon Alya, can't you tell just by the way they look at each other?" Meg sighed and had a dreamy look on face.

Alya rolled her eyes. "That's called friendship. Boys and girls can be friends with each other without falling in love, you know."

I wonder who they're talking about, Marinette thought.

Alya continued, "and besides! If you really did follow my blog you'd know that Ladybug already denied the rumors. You're just another Lila."

Ladybug? What rumors? What's going on?

"I'm not a liar. I just know things. And something I know is that Ladybug and Cat Noir are in love, even if Ladybug doesn't want to admit it to herself, yet. She's in love with him. And there's no denying that he's in love with her."

Waah! Ladybug in love with Cat Noir? Meg has her wires crossed! Marinette knew she had to stop this conversation dead in its tracks. In no way was she in love with Cat Noir, and she did not want those rumors starting back up again. There was even an akuma attack the last time that this happened.

Marinette stepped into the circle to break them up. "Okay ladies let's calm down, or we just might end up with a chance to ask them, ourselves." Marinette looked at the girls expectantly.

"I am calm." Meg giggled, "Don't take it personally Alya. I just know." Meg extended her hand toward Alya in an act of truce. Alya reluctantly accepted.

Meg certainly did not know, and she didn't seem to be lying about knowing this information directly from Ladybug, like Lila was. She was just maybe a little misinformed. After all, she was new in town and everyone has thought about Ladybug and Cat Noir being in love once or twice, right? Marinette did not want to make the same mistake she made with Lila.

"Great!" Marinette exclaimed. "Now that we're all friends again, let's go see the new exhibit at the museum. Alya and I planned this a few weeks ago, but you're welcome to tag along, Meg."

"That sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks!"

"That's today?" asked Alya. "My parents asked me to watch the twins after school today. I totally forgot about the Museum and told them yes."

Marinette was surprised at Alya, since it was usually Marinette doing all of the forgetting. "That's okay Alya, we can go tomorrow instead."

"Nora has a fight tomorrow that she asked me to come see. You guys just go ahead to the museum without me."

Marinette didn't really want to go without Alya since it was originally Alya's idea to go in the first place, but she also didn't want to just abandon the girl she just invited out. She felt like she just created a really awkward situation.

"It's okay, Alya. We won't go without you. I'd hate to come in and take over your plans with your best friend." Meg said, smiling. She seemed so genuinely nice. There was no way she was anything like Lila.

"Thanks you guys! Well I gotta get going before I'm late!" Alya turned and was about to leave, but after a moment turned back and said, "Meg, I'm sorry for calling you a Lila. Even if you are wrong about Ladybug and Cat Noir."

They laughed and Alya left to go home. Marinette was also about to leave when Meg stopped her.

"Hey, Marinette. I know we can't go to the museum, but would you like to do something else instead?"

Since her plans with Alya had just been canceled, Marinette had a bit of free time on her hands. At least if nobody was akumatized in the mean time.

"Okay, where do you want to go?"

Meg laughed, "You tell me, I just moved here. Where are the best, non-tourist-y spots to go?"

Marinette laughed too. She knew every inch of Paris from saving it every day and had the perfect hang out for a new Parisian. "I think I have something in mind."

The girls hung out for a couple of hours as Marinette showed Meg the least tourist-y things she could think of. But lets be honest, Paris is beautiful. Every inch is worth being toured, and almost all of it is. But they made due nonetheless. Meg turned out to have a pretty strong sense of humor, and Marinette couldn't stop laughing. Marinette told her about how she wanted to be a fashion designer and makes her own designs, and Meg told her about how she plans to become a photographer and open her own studio.

"And when I open my own studio," Meg was saying, "I can photograph people modeling your designs. We can work together!"

"That sounds like a great idea, Meg." Marinette was really glad that she'd decided to give Meg a chance.

The sun was beginning to set, and Meg sighed. She looked disappointed.

"What's the matter?" asked Marinette?

"Well it's getting late and I thought….", she laughed a little "Well I shouldn't hope people get akumatized, but I was hoping to see Ladybug and Cat Noir."

Marinette looked up. It had been a quiet day.

Meg continued, "I'm glad they got to have the day off though. They work really hard, and they deserve it."

Marinette knew everyone loved Ladybug and Cat Noir, but it was still nice to hear them being appreciated, even when they weren't in action.

"Yeah me too," said Marinette. She laughed, remembering Meg's earlier conversation with Alya.

"What's funny?" Meg wanted to know.

"Oh nothing."

"Now you have to tell me. C'mon!" Meg hated being left out of a good joke.

"Oh it's nothing, really. I just remembered when you were talking to Alya earlier and you said Ladybug was in love with Cat Noir. It made me laugh."

"You don't think Ladybug is in love with Cat Noir?" Meg asked with a smirk.

"No way! She just really respects him." Marinette smiled, thinking about how Cat Noir always has her back. He really was awesome, but she wasn't in love with him or anything.

"But you're not denying that Cat Noir is in love with Ladybug." noted Meg.

Marinette hesitated. She knew it was very much true. She'd already told Cat Noir how much his friendship meant to her, and she wanted to tell him about Adrien, but she couldn't risk revealing her identity. Still, she thought, he does love me. Ladybug, I mean. He doesn't even know me. And anyway even if it was true, she couldn't admit to knowing something like that.

"You heard Alya," Marinette said, "Ladybug denied the rumors in an exclusive Ladyblog interview."

"Interview schminterview," Meg replied, "I know Cat Noir loves Ladybug, and no matter what her words say, I know Ladybug loves him back. The evidence is all there."

"What evidence?" Marinette was getting worried. What if I'm sending Cat Noir the wrong message?

"Well I guess evidence might be the wrong word. It's more like a feeling I have when I see them together. They way they work so well together—the chemistry."

"It sounds like you're in love with them." Marinette giggled.

Meg pushed her playfully, "Oh come on. Why wouldn't she love him? He's smart, funny, kind, trustworthy, reliable, I mean come on, he'd do anything for her."

Meg has a point, Marinette thought. Cat Noir is all of those things. And he is very dear to me, but we're just friends. He understands that. He knows that I'd do anything for him too. We trust each other.

"Oh and not to mention he's super gorgeous!" Meg finished.

"What?!" This surprised Marinette. She'd never really given any thought to his looks since she only has eyes for Adrien. And he has the mask, so she can't really see his features anyway. "But you don't even know what he looks like."

Meg started laughing, really hard. "Omg Marinette, you crack me up."

Marinette was confused as to what was so funny. Was Meg only joking?

"I'm literally dead, L.M.A.O." Meg said when she could breathe again, "Golly that was funny. Well look it's pretty dark out now. Thanks for hanging out with me."

The girls stood up to leave, Marinette unsure of what to make of what just happened. "No problem, Meg. You turned out to be very good company."

Meg smiled, "I'll see you at school." She waved and the girls parted ways.

Marinette walked home and thought about the low-danger day she just had. She was glad to have made a new friend, even if that friend was a little bit crazy.

"You're awfully quiet, Marinette." Tikki peeked out from inside of Marinette's purse.

"I'm just thinking; that's all."

"About what Meg said about you and Cat Noir?"

"A little bit. Mostly about the part where she said he's in love with me." Marinette was thinking about the night Cat Noir visited her roof after she accidentally stood him up.

"What are you going to do about it?"

"What can I do about it Tikki? I already told him there was someone else." Adrien. Sure, Cat Noir was all of those things that Meg mentioned, but so was Adrien. Kind, funny, smart, trustworthy. That's why she loved him.