Ladybug is amazing, thought Cat Noir. He watched as she spun her yo-yo so fast that it created a shield. He loved it when she did that. They were fighting yet another goo-throwing super villain.

"Why does Hawk Moth always make them throw goo at us?" he complained.

"What's the matter, Kitty? Worried it'll get stuck in your fur?" Ladybug teased. "C'mon, let's tie up our loose ends." She began circling the villain with her yo-yo to tie her up.

Cat Noir really admired Ladybug and the way she always took charge. She was strong and clever and always full of ideas.

"No more evil doing for you, little akuma."

Cat Noir watched as Ladybug caught the akuma and de-evilized it. The sun shined on her at just the right angle while her miraculous fixed all of the damage that had been done. He extended his fist toward her for their usual fist bump, but what she said next caught him off guard.

"Actually Cat Noir, I was thinking we could try something new." Ladybug closed her eyes and leaned in toward him.

He was frozen in shock.

"Go on, what are you waiting for?" Plagg floated up next to him.

"Plagg? How are you here?"

"Cat Noir, aren't you going to kiss me?" said Ladybug. Her miraculous started beeping on its last dot.

"Ladybug, you're about to transform back!"

"It's okay, Cat Noir. I trust you." Cat Noir's world started spinning. What was going on?

Adrien opened his eyes. What a weird dream, he thought. It wasn't exactly his first dream about Ladybug, but he never got over how weird they could be. Adrien got out of bed and started getting ready for school.

"Another Ladybug dream?" yawned Plagg.

"How did you know?" asked Adrien.

"You talk in your sleep. Makes it hard for a cat to get his beauty rest." Plagg rolled over and went back to sleep.

"You'll have one week to have the assignment completed and handed in." Mrs. Mendeleiv was assigning a new project. "You'll work in pairs."

Nino and Adrien high fived. Class projects were awesome because they gave Adrien the perfect excuse to hang out at Nino's house.

"I'll call out the names of the students I paired together, and you will come get your assignment. Everyone is working with a new partner that they haven't worked with before."

The whole class groaned. I guess I won't be hanging out at Nino's place, after all, Adrien thought. He always worked on projects with Nino, but now he wondered who he would be paired with instead.

"Mrs. Mendeleiv, I can't work with anyone but Sabrina," said Chloe, of course.

"No exceptions. I've already decided who will be partnered with who." She stood at the front of the class, calling up two students at a time. Each pair went to the front when their names were called.

"Nino and Alya,

Kim and Chloe,

Juleka and Ivan,

Mylene and Rose,

Marinette and Max,

Alix and Sabrina,

Adrien and Meg.

I want you all seated next to your partner for the duration of this assignment starting tomorrow. You are dismissed."

There was a lot of groaning and muttering coming from the students. Almost nobody seemed to be happy with having a new partner, except for maybe Nino and Alya. Adrien didn't mind either. He was happy to have a chance to work with Meg. They hadn't talked since her first day when there was an akuma attack, and he had to leave to transform. He walked over to her desk where she was packing her books into her bag.

"Looks like we'll be partners," he said to her.

"Looks like it. I hope you're good at science."

"I know a thing or two," Adrien said as they walked out of class together.

"When do you want to start working on it?" she asked him.

"How about we meet in the library today after school?"

"Sounds good to me."

"Awesome. See you after school then." They parted ways, each to their next class.

The end of the day finally rolled around and Adrien headed to the library to work on the assignment with Meg. She waived him over to where she was seated.

"So, are you ready to get started?" she asked him.

"You bet." He said as he sat down.

She pulled out her book from her backpack, and a picture of Ladybug fell out and onto the floor.

"You dropped this," he said as he bent to pick it up. It was an amazing shot. "Wow, did you take this picture?"

"Hm? Oh yeah, thanks." she said taking the photo back. "I'm sort of a photographer."

"That's awesome. You're really talented."

"Thanks. Would you like to see some of my other work?"

"Sure!"

Meg pulled out a small portfolio from her bag, and presented it to Adrien. He took a look through it, admiring the images that she'd captured. There were photos of just about anything you could imagine, some in color and some in black and white. He turned the page and was met with photos of himself and Ladybug.

"My latest project," she said. "Cat Noir and Ladybug. Aren't they just amazing? The heroes I mean, not the photos."

Adrien laughed, "Don't worry, the photos are amazing too."

Meg turned the page. "This is my favorite one. It's hard to get photos like these during a fight. But if I'm lucky, I can snag a really good shot afterwards."

It was an extreme close up of Ladybug, and she had the most delicate smile on her face. There was a look in her eye that made his heart skip.

"I remember the day I took this," Meg said gazing at the photo. "I hadn't heard what Cat Noir said to her before he left, but the look on her face gives me a pretty good idea."

Something I said to her? Adrien was in awe. He'd seen plenty of pictures of Ladybug, but this one captured something about her that he'd never seen in any photo before. And to think, this look was because of him. He remembered what Meg had said the day before.

"Do you really think Ladybug is in love with him?" he asked handing her back the portfolio.

"Oh, I'm sure of it. She just won't let herself see it right now."

"What do you mean?" Adrien was confused.

"Well I can't really explain it, but I'm sure she'll figure it out one of these days." Meg grabbed turned to a fresh page in her notebook. "Are you ready to start the project?"

They worked in the library for about an hour. Adrien was glad that Meg was good at science, because he could barely concentrate. His mind kept drifting to that photo of Ladybug, wondering what exactly it was that he'd said to her to make her smile like that.

"I think that's enough for today," said Meg interrupting his thoughts. "We can meet up again tomorrow."

"Yeah. And I'll try to be more focused." He said, feeling a little guilty.

"Lol, don't sweat it. I'll see ya then." Meg gathered her belongings into her backpack and left.