A/N: I'm apologizing for the title. I'm so tired that I think my brain became Sherlock Holmes' Brain. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter!

-geekygirl20000

Adrien felt ashamed. There he was with the girl he liked and he had ruined the moment. He really wanted to ask her to be his girlfriend.

"I guess the world has a different plan," He thought to himself. He looked at Marinette who was walking beside him. He took a deep breathe, then turned to face her.

"I'm sorry I ruined our dinner," Marinette looked shocked.

"Why do you think that?"

"I saw my mother and just went for it. I need to find her, but I should have finished dinner first,"

Marinette smiled and took his cold hand in hers.

"I understand. I wouldn't want to finish dinner if my mother showed up suddenly. However, I am curious. If we are going to find her, can I ask what happened?"

Adrien looked at her with a new admiration. She was toeing her way around this topic, even though she didn't know what it was about. She deserved to know. Adrien took another deep breathe.

"Let's go to Starbucks," he finally said.

Marinette looked down at her watch and sighed, it was 8:30.

"Let me call my mom to let her know that I'll be late tonight,"

Adrien nodded and she pulled out her phone. While Marinette talked to her mother, Adrien sat down on a bench nearby and opened up the note the waitress had given him earlier, the note from his mother, and read it again.

My Dearest Adrien,

I can't apologize enough for leaving when I did all of those years ago, but I do have a reason. Someone has been after me since I quit the fashion industry. I couldn't bere to have you and your father constantly moving around because of this problem, and so for your own protection, I left.

I couldn't go up to you myself because the person who is chasing me was at the restaurant and I can't put you in harms way like that. However, I do need your help. Below are clues. These clues will help you figure out where I will be next. Hope to see you soon.

Good luck at your show tomorrow!

Yours,

Mom

P.S. Keep that girl by your side. I can tell she likes you and she's so pretty.

"Adrien? Are you okay?" came a voice behind him. Adrien had completely lost himself in the letter his mother gave him. So lost, that he forgot Marinette was with him. Adrien wiped his face and felt wet tears. He flicked them away.

"Yeah, I'm fine,"

"My mom said that it's ok for me to go to Starbucks with you, but if you don't want to I could go ho…"

"No," Adrien interrupted. "Let's go to Starbucks,"

Marinette smiled at him and they walked to Starbucks. When they entered the coffee shop, Adrien immediately felt a shift in the atmosphere. It was like the doorframe had a saw and it just cut off all of his problems and replaced it with the comforting smell of coffee. Marinette grabbed his hand again and pulled him over to the couches that they occupied a few days before and pushed him down onto it.

"Sit down, I'm going to get us some Refreshers,"

Adrien nodded and stayed where he was, when she came back, she carried two Venti sized Refreshers.

"I should've gotten those," he said as she handed him one. She just shook her head at him.

"Naw, you payed for the expensive dinner, now it's my turn to pay for the expensive dessert,"

"Dessert?" Marinette held up a bag and smiled. I got two chocolate chip scones,"

Adrien smiled at her. Boy, did he want to kiss her. She handed him a scone and sat down next to him. He took a bite of the scone and savored the taste. Then he turned to her.

"Marinette," He said. "Do you want to know what the note said?"

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to,"

He wrapped his free hand around hers. They were warm. "Marinette," he looked into her eyes. "Do you want to know" Her deep blue eyes looked into his and she nodded.

He pulled his hand away from hers and pulled out the note and read it to her. When he had finished, he put the note away and looked at her, she had her finger to her chin and was tapping a four;four time signature. It was so cute.

"Hmmmm, I think that she is going to come watch the Music in the Parks Competition tomorrow," she said after a while.

"That would make sense, but why say that there are clues at the bottom when there aren't any?"

Marinette took a swig of her Refresher and shook her head. "I don't know, but I think we should go. They're closing up and we have a duet to do tomorrow,"

He smiled at her and winked. "We are so going to win,"

She smiled back. "Yes, yes we are,"

After finishing their scones in the park, Adrien walked Marinette back to her house, said goodnight, began to walk away, the changed his mind and walked back. As he hoped, Marinette hadn't gone into her house and was still on the front steps. He climbed the staircase and joined her.

"I forgot my instruments and music,"

Marinette laughed and opened the door. After getting his instruments, he walked back down to the door with her and, to his surprise, she followed him back outside.

"Adrien," she said hesitantly. "I had fun tonight, thank you,"

He smiled devilishly at her, then leaned into her face. "Thank you, Princess,"

Before his mind could stop him, he swooped around and kissed her cheek, then pulled away.

"See you tomorrow, Princess?" he asked with a wink.

Marinette giggled, making his heart soar.

"You bet," and she walked inside, leaving Adrien alone with his thoughts and a happy grin.