Adrien had stayed up till 11:pm that night helping Alice to sleep and fix her room, so you can image that when he heard a knock on his door at 3:00 am he didn't wake up. Because Adrien hadn't answered, the door creaked open just enough that Adrien could see the light from the other room pouring into his.

"Adrien?" the voice asked in a quiet, whisper like voice.

"Adrien?" this time the voice asked louder in a normal voice, seeming to be closer than it was before. Adrien who was now awake, decided he would pretend to be asleep and then hopefully the person would leave him to his sleep.

Unfortunately, that was not the case.

Adrien soon felt a dint in the other side of the bed as someone sat down, deciding it was time to finally get up, Adrien turned over and faced the girl who sat before him. Alice then spoke,

"I-Is it alright if I sleep in here tonight?" Adrien wondered why she would want to sleep in his room when she had her own, he also wondered why she was stuttering, she was always so confident and never shy. I wonder what happened… Adrien thought as he nodded, Alice seeming to know exactly what he wanted to know responded,

"I-It's just that- that…" Alice seemed as though she needed a second to breath, before recovering and replying with,

"I-I had this n-nightmare… B-But it seemed so real…" Alice got up, which confused Adrien, as she continued,

"S-Sorry, I shouldn't have w-woken you up… I'll just go talk to Gabriel…" Adrien knew his father would make her leave as soon as she stepped foot in his room, so he decided to reply with,

"No, you can stay if you want." Adrien patted down the spot beside him and sat up, gesturing her to come back. Which she immediately took, running back to him and sitting on his bead. Alice started to explain her nightmare to him,

"I-It was about my M-Mum… We were back home in Japan at the airport and Mummy was going to the toilet and I waited for her. But s-she never came back… I w-waited there for h-hours… And I-I missed her…" Alice started to cry and wipe away the tears, so Adrien pulled her into a hug and told her that everything was going to be okay, that they were going to find her mother, or his now that he thought about it. But in the end, she was going to go back home or stay here, wherever they wanted to go. Alice pulled away as she wiped another tear from her eye as she replied,

"Thanks, Adrien." Alice' smile returned as she remembered something,

"Oh! I just remembered! It's Christmas next week!" Alice couldn't stop smiling as she then jumped up and started skip back to her room, only did she look back at him when she was halfway to the door she said,

"Night Adrien!"

"Goodnight Alice." Adrien replied with a calm tone compared with her excited one. Adrien fell back on his bed, he wanted to sleep but it seemed impossible after that, but none the less he closed his eyes waiting for sleep to consume him once more.

- The Next Morning -

Marinette paced her room with her phone in hand, wondering if she should call Alya. She had thought about contacting Nathaniel but wasn't sure, she was with her massive crush, but the truth was they were only fake dating. Nothing was serious between them and Marinette didn't want to pass up the opportunity with someone that liked her, or at least she knew he liked her. Tikki looked up from her half-eaten cookie that was in her hands before she spoke,

"Marinette, you need to sit down." Tikki paused, noticing that Marinette hadn't sat down yet Tikki continued,

"And maybe after you've calmed down you can decide if you're going to call Alya." Marinette looked over at the kwami, knowing she was right. Sighing, Marinette sat down on her bed and tried to calm herself. Once Marinette believed she was calm, she called Alya for her help. Marinette waited for Alya to pick up with anticipation, which she finally did. Marinette asked her to come over, so they could discuss it in person. Alya understood and told the girl she would be there in ten. So, Marinette waited.

When Alya finally arrived at her house, she explained what had been going on in her head and asked her what she should do. Alya thought about this for a moment, wondering what the girl should do.

"Have you asked Adrien when he thinks he might break up with you?" Marinette shook her head, realization hitting her as she realizes that they weren't in a relationship, no matter what she wanted to believe.

"You should start there and then tell him about what Nathaniel asked you. See how he reacts." Marinette thought about it, that did sound like the best idea, but she didn't know how she would be able to bring herself to tell him… Then she thought for a moment before replying,

"Do you think we can call him? I don't want to do it on my own…" Alya rolled her eyes and then sighed agreeing, knowing Marinette wouldn't do it otherwise. Marinette thought about the decision for another moment before arguing with,

"But is that really the best way to tell him? Over the phone? When we can't even see his reaction and that's basically the whole reason why we're doing this?" Alya shook her head at the indecisive girl as she walked over to her bed to sit down. She then replied,

"Girl, I can't choose for you. You gotta make your own decisions, besides, you got this! I know you do! And I'll probably be eves 'dropping in the distance, so you have nothing to worry about." Oh no! What if Adrien brings up the Ladybug thing?! Then Alya will find out! I have to find a way to stop her from coming.

"Uh, that really won't be necessary! I'm sure I can deal with this on my own…" Alya didn't buy that at all,

"Really? Then why did you call me over here?" Alya raised her eyebrow to make her point, causing Marinette to scratch her neck in fear and stutter as she replies,

"W-Well I needed to k-know if I should call him or Nathaniel…?" Marinette smiled at the end of her sentence, it looked like she was worried, but she was trying her hardest to hide it, Alya decided to ignore her excuse and argue,

"Girl, you're gonna be a stuttering all over the place. At least with me there you'll have someone to have your back, you need me there, whether you know it or not." Alya crossed her arms as she thought she had won the battle, Marinette hunched over, thinking she had won as well, but Tikki had other plans…

Tikki lightly tapped on Marinettes thigh through the fabric of the bag as she tried to get her attention. Marinette decided to ignore it, trying to think of a way out of the situation she had put herself in with Alya. Knowing she wasn't going to be heard without force, Tikki phased through the bag and hid behind her back, Alya being completely clueless of what had just happened looked confused at the girl as she stood up straight and put a complete fake smile on her face making her look like a robot. She just stood there smiling while Alya waved her hands in her face, trying to get any sort of reaction out of the girl.

"I have to use the bathroom!" Marinette yelled as she walked sideways slowly to the bathroom, making sure Tikki was still behind her.

Alya silently mumbled under her breath, "Man, that girl can be weird at times…" She shook her head slowly, laughing to herself softly at her friends 'individuality'. She truly was one of a kind.

- The Bathroom -

*Whisper yelling* "Tikki, what was that?! You could have easily been caught! Or better yet- we could have been caught!" Marinette paced around the bathroom, pulling onto her hair, her face was clearly fearful of what Alya may have seen. Tikki sighed as she responded to Marinette calmly with,

"Marinette, I was very cautious with what I was doing, my intention was to get your attention and it worked. I have an idea, you can just tell her the wrong place that you two are going to meet up at, and then tell her you just saw him when he was walking home from fencing or something and we don't have a moment to spare!" Tikki stopped to catch her breath as she worriedly looked around the bathroom to see if anyone was in there.

"Tikki, what do you mean by we don't have a moment to spare?" Marinette asked questioningly, as if she had forgotten the whole situation they were in.

"Marinette, there's something I haven't told you yet… I was just afraid that you would be disappointed in yourself and it was not your fault, I just want you to know that, okay?" Marinette nodded cautiously, not knowing where this was going,

"I won't, Tikki, I promise. But what are you talking about exactly? Should I be worried?" Marinette started to freak out, what had Tikki been hiding from her?

"If A—" Tikki was interrupted by Alya, wondering what was taking so long,

"Hey Marinette, you alright in there? You've been in there for ages and I could hear you talking to someone. You haven't lost your mind in there, have you?"

"No, not yet. I'll just be another minute."

"Okay, whatever you say…" Marinette turned back to Tikki, wondering what Tikki was about to tell her. Was Marinette ready? Will she ever be? She hadn't seen Tikki be that serious, she was usually concerned for her safety, but never on this high of a level. And never being so serious about anything really - well except for keeping her identity a secret from Hawkmoth, and everyone else. Did it have something to do with that? Keeping her identity a secret?

*whisper* "So what where you going to tell me, Tikki?" Marinette asked as she nervously bit her finer nail. She was nervous for what Tikki was about to tell her, it seemed like it had something to do with Adrien since she was cut off saying "If A—".

Tikki took a deep breath in before responding with,

"Oh, it's nothing. We should get back to Alya before she suspects anything else…" Marinette wondered what she was really hiding now, what if it was really important and she thought she couldn't handle it? How could she prove to Tikki she was reliable and a source of trust? Or wouldn't be disappointed in herself? With Alya over, they couldn't discuss it any further, much to Marinette's disappointment. The suspense is going to kill her, figuratively, that is. Grudgingly, Marinette sighed and walked towards the door, expecting Tikki to follow. It seemed as though she was lost in her thoughts, whatever Tikki needed to tell her seemed pretty important, even if Tikki said it wasn't. It was clear as day that it was, but Marinette needed to get that thought out of her head, she needed to focus on telling Alya Tikki's master plan. Marinette placed her hand on the doorknob, ready to leave, but realized Tikki wasn't in her bag but still hovering above the toilet seat. Too lost in her thoughts to realise Marinette was leaving the bathroom, which meant she had to come as well.

*extremely soft whisper* "Are you alright, Tikki?" Marinette looked over at her friend with concerned eyes, which was matched with Tikki's as she looked over at Marinette to respond. Tikki tried to shake the look off her face, replacing it with a smile,

"I'll be fine, Marinette." Tikki looked as if she wanted to tell her something but couldn't get her mouth to make the words, so she just sat there, looking into the distance with a facial expression that was unreadable to Marinette.

*whisper* "So are you going to join me?" Marinette asked with a small smile on her face as she looked back over at her friend. Tikki was shook out of her stupor and brought back to the real world, she still seemed a little distant as she nodded and flew towards Marinette and then into her bag. Marinette flushed the toilet to make it seem like she had used it and then rushed out of there. Marinette opened the door to a disgusted Alya as she pointed out,

"Aren't you going to wash your hands?" Alya placed one hand on her hip as she raised her eyebrow at Marinette questionably. Marinette didn't understand what she meant for a second until she remembered she had been pretending to be using the bathroom while she talked to Tikki. So, Marinette blushed and began stuttering as she tried to think of an excuse to get herself out of this mess she had put herself into,

"O-Oh, right. I-I… I-I, I just-…. Forgot?" Yeah, that seems reasonable. Marinette thought as she tried to act as confident as she could, she put her shoulders back and tried to make her face seem more confident than she felt. Alya just rolled her eyes, moved her arm from her hip and gestured to go to the bathroom to go wash them. Marinette just nodded and got up as quickly as she could and washed her hands, even though it was unnecessary. Alya picked up her own phone that was sitting on Marinette's bed as she waited for Marinette to come out of the bathroom, she checked the phone and there was a message from Adrien from a few minutes ago. Alya swiped to open the phone and read the text, it said "Hey, I need to tell you something and I'm not sure how you're going to take it. Can we meet up at 3 in the park?" Alya, without thinking for a moment responded with, "Yeah sure, what did you want to tell me?" Within seconds, Adrien responded, "I can't tell you over text, it has to be in person." Alya understood, but was now dying with suspense as to what was so important that had to be told in person...

Marinette walked into the room and saw Alya thinking about something very hard, she thought she would walk in and her friend would question why she was in there for so long. Marinette shrugged and plonked down onto her bed and laid on her bed, holding her phone. Marinette swiped to open her phone and realised that the apps and background where all different, she turned her phone to see the back and realised that the phone case was different as well, it was red with black spots all over it. Marinette sighed as she tried to get Alya's attention.

"Alya, you have my phone!" Alya slightly flinched as she kept in her position, what was so important that he couldn't tell me? And why is he scared I'll react badly to it? At least I get to find out at 3 at the park today…

"ALYA! YOU HAVE MY PHONE!" Alya jumped up and lost hold of the phone as it tumbled to the floor. She turned around and looked at Marinette and asked,

"Why did you yell so loud? You could have just told me." Alya said as she tried to recover from nearly having a heart attack from her. Marinette was getting frustrated, could she not tell she had been trying to get her attention for the past 10 minutes and nothing seemed to be working.

"Are you not aware that I have been trying to get your attention for the past 10 minutes or so and you seemed to never hear me! Even though I countlessly just asked you to give me my phone back please." Marinette dusted herself of, attempting to calm herself down again as she reached over and checked that her phone wasn't broken. Alya felt bad that she had been reading through her messages and responded to Adrien telling him that she was going. She had to find a way to tell her what Adrien had said.

Marinette picked up the phone, there were no breaks or scratches on the screen so they where lucky. Marinette stood up and sat back down, no longer angry at Alya, she had no clue that that was her phone, so she shouldn't fret about it. Marinette began to scroll through her social media and look at her friend's posts. She paused for a moment realising that Alya was still looking nervous as ever, so Marinette started to say,

"Look Alya, you didn't know it was my phone, I forgive you okay? I'm sorry that I acted the way I did…" Alya shook her head and her hands, her mouth seeming a little dry as she started to explain,

"I-I hadn't realised that it was your phone s-so – "Alya stopped herself, having a feeling that she would later regret it.

"Alya?" Marinette began, wondering why her friend had stopped so suddenly.

"So, I opened it and I hope we can move past this…" Alya checked her phone for the time. It was 1:32. Another hour and a half until she could hide in the bushes and listen in on their conversation. Alya got up and pretended to sigh and get upset, telling her friend she had to leave because her mum was having a longer shift than usual and wanted her to look after her sisters. Marinette gave the same sad face as she hugged her friend goodbye and laid back on her bed. Now what was she going to do?

"Right!" Marinette shot up as she remembered,

"What's so important, Tikki, now that Alya's gone you have to tell me!" Tikki phased through her purse and sighed in front of Marinette,

"Okay, but you cannot tell this to anyone, Marinette. Just like your identity, this is very important information and will make many more people figure out who you are. Are you ready for this Marinette?" Marinette nodded her head vigorously as she responded,

"Yes! I'm very ready!" Tikki sighed another time, looking at her carefully. She paused, holding her breath, before letting it out and sighing in defeat as she responded,

"Very well… But I did warn you, Marinette. So please don't be upset…"

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated this in a while…. I kind of forgot about… I was just hanging out with my friends because we weren't/ aren't in the same classes and wanted to spend some time together before we get separated in classes. And then another one of my friends moved to Brisbane so it was really sad, but we still talk which is good. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this and there should be another one soon, I'm working on it. And there will be LOTS of drama to come! Anyway, this might not be uploaded for a while cause I don't have internet so I'll have to retype it on my iPad which for some reason does have internet (probably the neighbours or my mums data…) Anyway, thanks for reading, and please leave a comment and give me some advice on writing and ideas for the story, until next time, byyyeeee!