Adrien was frozen in shock watching Meg's car drive away. He couldn't believe that Meg actually knew his identity. So much just happened. Was everything she said actually true? he thought, as he scrambled to remember the things she told him. Adrien ran back up to his room as fast as he could.

"Did you hear that, Plagg? She knows who I am." Adrien paced across his room. "This is so bad."

"Look on the bright side, she said she's trying to get Ladybug to fall in love with you."

"Plagg, this is serious." Adrien said, although part of him did want to think about that. "What if she tells someone?"

"She said she wouldn't."

Adrien remembered the look in Meg's eye that he dismissed as fake. She looked so sincere, so trustworthy. And now that he knew at least some of what she said was true, maybe she actually was trustworthy.

"Maybe," he said, briefly going over the conversation in his head. He wanted to focus on the things Meg said about him and Ladybug, but knew he'd have to do that another time. "I need to tell Master Fu. Plagg, Claws Out!"

Adrien transformed into Cat Noir to sneak out and make it to Master Fu's dojo in record time. He ducked behind a pillar to transform back into Adrien before going inside.

"Master Fu, it's an emergency." He said as he ran in.

He immediately stopped dead in his tracks, surprised to see Marinette standing there.

They were both speechless for a moment, unsure of what to do.

"A-adrien? Wh-what are you doing here?" Marinette asked him.

"Uh," he racked his brain to think of an excuse quickly. "Master Fu is my Chinese tutor. I…have a big test coming up, and I really needed to speak with him."

Quick thinking, he told himself, "What about you?"

"I…Master Fu is the vet that healed my cat once! Yeah! I was very grateful, and now I visit him sometimes."

"I didn't know you had cat."

"Yes! A rare, hairless, flying species from the Kingdom of Achoo! But I don't have her any more, because…she flew away."

"Thank you for visiting me, Marinette. I hope to see you again soon." Master Fu said.

"Goodbye, sir!" said Marinette as she ran out of there.

She seemed to be in a hurry, Adrien thought to himself, but he quickly remembered the reason he was there.

"I'm sorry to burst in on you like this, Master, but it's an emergency."

"What is it, Adrien?"

"Master, there's this girl at my school, and she knows that I'm Cat Noir. She said that she knows who Ladybug is, too."

"Is this girl's name Meg?" asked Master Fu.

"Yes," Adrien was confused. "How did you know?"

"Ladybug spoke to me earlier today, and told me about her encounter with this girl. But I did not know that she knew your identity as well. This may be worse than I thought."

So she was telling the truth about knowing Ladybug's identity. Maybe she was telling the truth about everything. Adrien's heart started to pound.

"She told me…that she was trying to get Ladybug to realize that she was in love with me. Do you think it's true, Master? That Ladybug is…in love with me?"

"The words spoken by the traveler are empty, but the words spoken by the King are full of riches indeed." Answered Master Fu.

Adrien didn't understand what he was trying to tell him.

"Anyone can tell you what you want to hear, Adrien. But the only words that matter are the words from Ladybug, herself." Master Fu smiled.

Adrien returned the smile, "And your words of wisdom, Master Fu." Adrien stood up to leave, "But what should I do about Meg?"

"Are you worried that she will reveal your secret?"

"She said she wouldn't, but…" Adrien still wasn't sure if he should believe her or not.

"Has she given you a reason not to trust her?" Master Fu asked, reading his mind.

"No."

"Then I think you should be patient, and find out what else she knows."

Adrien nodded, "Thank you, Master."

He turned and left to go back home.

Adrien waited all night and day for his opportunity to talk to her again in person, but she still hadn't shown up to class by the time the bell rang. He started to worry about where she could be, what she could be up to, or to whom she could be telling his secret. Calm down, he thought. She said my secret was safe. He remembered the look on her face when she made that declaration. She had that same look both times. I can trust her.

The classroom door opened a crack, and Meg tried to sneak in without Mrs. Mendeleiv noticing. She successfully slid into her seat beside Adrien.

"Sorry I'm late," she giggled, "Ready to work on the project?"

Adrien had been thinking about what he would say to her when he saw her again, but all of that went out the window.

"Are you serious?" he asked. How can she surprise me with what she knows like that, and then not even acknowledge that it happened?

"Of course I'm serious. I know you might have the highest grades other than Max, but I need an A."

"So you're not going to talk to me about…what you told me?"

She grinned at him mischievously, "I don't think that's something you want to talk about in the middle of class, Adrien."

She had a point. There were too many people around who might accidentally hear something that they shouldn't.

"Right. As soon as it's over then," he told her.

Time crawled by and class felt like it lasted for hours. But finally, the bell rang. Adrien grabbed her hand and took her into an empty classroom.

They looked at each other, waiting for the other to say something first.

"Well?" It was Adrien who broke the silence.

"Well what?" she asked.

"Well…" Adrien paused, he had so many questions but he didn't know were to start. "How do you know about me?"

That mischievous grin from earlier came back, "I just know things."

Adrien was not satisfied with that lack of an answer. "How do you just know things?" he asked again.

"I can't tell you that. What I can tell you is that you can trust me." The grin was gone. She was serious now.

He thought about what to ask her next. "Did you tell Ladybug that you know my identity, like you told me that you know hers?"

"No. I might've gone too far when I told you that. I was just having a bit of fun." The grin was back.

"What was fun about that?" he asked

"It was just a little tease. I knew you would think I was lying about knowing your identity, so I played up the lie. Even though it was the truth." She was serious again, "It was all the truth, Adrien. Every word of it."

"Well what else do you know?" he asked, trying to get back on task. He couldn't be distracted by thought of Ladybug right now.

The grin was back. She was like a cat with a ball of string.

"Just things." She said coyly.

"Things like what?" he was persistent.

"Things like I can't tell you." She still had the grin.

Adrien studied her smirk and, noticing a glimmer in her eyes, he realized that this was fun for her, like a game. Okay, he thought, I'll play along.

"So you know my identity and Ladybug's identity. I'm guessing that you also know about our kwamis?" he asked, testing her.

"Yes, Plagg and—," she stopped, serious again, "I don't know if you know Ladybug's kwami's name, so I can't tell you."

She knows who I am, but refuses to give anything about Ladybug away. At this, Adrien was more confident that he could trust her. But he still needed answers.

"Okay," Adrien tried to think of what else he could guess out of her. "Do you know…Rena Rouge's identity too?"

The grin was back.

"Maybe." She said with a smirk.

He took that as a 'yes'.

"What about Carapace?"

"Maybe." She answered with a giggle this time, too.

Adrien took that as further confirmation.

"And don't even ask about Queen Bee, because everyone knows that's Chloe Bourgeois." She said smugly.

Adrien wondered what other secrets she knew, since she had answers that even he didn't have. He thought for a moment about what else he could ask her. No doubt she knew about Master Fu and the rest of the Miraculous. It would make sense if she knew about the grimoire and power potions too. Hmmm. Then it hit him.

"What about…Hawk Moth?" he asked her.

The grin was gone again. She opened her mouth, but then closed it again.

"Well?" he asked, although he was almost certain of the answer.

"Nope, I don't know that one." She said, looking him in the eye.

Adrien recognized this as the first lie she ever told him.

"Who is it?" he asked.

Adrien's thoughts were running wild. Hawk Moth terrorized the city on an almost daily basis, and now Adrien was this close to putting an end to all of that. He and Ladybug could finally defeat Hawk Moth, and the city would be safe.

Meg looked uncomfortable. She remained silent.

"Meg, you have to tell me," he urged.

"I can't."

"You can't?" Adrien was taken aback. He was confused, surprised, bewildered! "Hawk Moth is a villain. He puts people in danger every day, and you cant tell me, a super hero, who he is?"

She looked him square in the eye. "No Adrien, I can't tell you."

"Why not!"

"Because, Adrien!

"Meg—"

"I have to go," she cut him off and left the classroom.

"Meg! Meg!" he started to chase after her, but she wasn't alone anymore, and this wasn't a conversation he could have around other people.