"One Hectic Valentines Day

"Mom, Dad when you did you know you were perfect for each other?" Little Annette asked Plagg perched on her shoulder eating camembert.

"When he trusted me enough to show me his identity" Her mother said calmly. "Life for a Superhero, is hard. You very rarely can trust people, out of fear that what they know, could spell disaster, but when he showed me his identity, I just knew that we could handle anything"

"And the fact that she had this epic crush on me as a civilian had nothing to do with it?" Felix laughed.

Bridgette smacked his arm playfully. "Hush up, you know I'm right."

"Was he the first person who revealed his identity?" Annette asked. "You were two out of a group of 7 right?"

Bridgette nodded. "Your uncle Gabriel revealed privately to Aunt Vivienne a couple of weeks later, and vice versa of course."

Annette looked down. "I'm glad you trust me with your secret momma and papa, you won't regret it."

"It's Valentines day tomorrow" I said.

Adrien turned his head and glared at me. "It's been over a month and a half and we are no closer to finding out if Dad is actually clean, I don't have time for girl friends."

"You're distracted" I said. "Even Ladybug's starting to notice, you need a way to relieve stress."

"And you think dating is the way to go?"

"I think you should get out" I reiterated. "I'm seriously starting to regret leaving you and Chloé alone in the same room together, it's made you a carbon copy of your father."

"I resent that" Adrien said.

"No cuz, you resemble that" I told him. "When was the last time you transformed, and ran?" I asked him. "My father-" I smiled and shook my head. "Never mind. Just trust me, the freedom as Chat can do you wonders."

Adrien looked at the ring on his finger, before he smiled.

"Plagg?" He asked the young Kwami.

"Ok fine, but only because you were getting annoying locking your self away like this"

"Claws out!"

Cat Noir stared back at me and he went straight to the window before turning to me. "Coming?"

My eyes widened and I took a step forward before he took my hand and he and I jumped out the window together.

I spat the milk out of my mouth the next morning. "What!" I shrieked out loud as I looked at the paper in front of me.

Front page. Cat Noir Find's Love in Agreste Heiress And there was a picture of my and Chat in Eifel Tower in broad daylight looking out on the city. Cat's hand was touching my shoulder, in a friendly way, but I couldn't see anything about it that would appear romantic.

Maybe it was just the setting. The tower is considered, to be the most romantic spot in Paris.

Also Agreste Heiress? As if.

Adrien just stood at the news in shock. "Huh?"

I banged my head against the table. "I am never doing that again" I said. "Nope nu-uh, you can do it with Chloé next time I don't care I am not doing it"

"Hey this affects me too"

"As a superhero!" I whispered. "Not as a civilian, there will not be a single place where I can hide from this"

Just as I said that the phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and groaned. "Chloé please not today"

"You're dating your cousin" I could barely make out Chloé's restrained laugh.

I bowed my head preparing for the ridicule. "We just went out for fun, it was for a laugh"

"Ending with you dating your cousin"

I took a deep breath. "You have five seconds to calm the heck down before I strangle you the next time I see you."

"Good luck with that, the press is on your front lawn."

My eyes widened as walked to the window to see several cameras and news reporters on my front lawn.

"Are you kidding me?" I said as I glanced outside. Even Nadja Chamack who had once been considered an old family friend was waiting outside as well.

Fortunately, this was old hat for me. I had been in front of cameras before, my mother had been a famous sculptor and my father was part owner of the Gabriel line. (Back then it was called the Agreste line.) And as I had explained before, I also occasionally modeled for my father.

I knew all the rules, answer no questions, keep your head down, say nothing and do nothing that could ruin your reputation.

Good advice.

Unfortunately, it was going to be hard since my emotions were running very high that day.

"Annette" I bowed my head when I heard Nathalie call my name. "Yes?" I whined.

"Your uncle wishes to speak to you"

"So… your dating Cat Noir" Gabriel said facing the portrait of his wife.

"No, we're not" I said. "It's a lie"

"You left the house yesterday with a boy you hardly know, and now your entire reputation is on the line Annette, more over what if something had happened? What if the boy was not what you thought? I thought you knew better then this, did my brother not teach you anything at all?"

My eyes cooled at the slight against my father. "He taught me more then you ever could. I am not dating Cat Noir."

"You left the house without my permission" Gabriel continued. "For the next month, you are grounded."

"That's not hard" I said. "The press is right outside your lawn"

"Oh, I know" Gabriel mocked. "Good luck"

I groaned.

"Ready?" Cynthia asked me. Her entire stance emotionless.

"As I'll ever be" I said with a sigh.

Cynthia nodded before leaving me following in her footsteps. I fortunately was wearing I hoodie and pulled it tightly over my head. My head faced down, as I was bombarded with reporters on both sides, I answered no one and talked to no one. Completely ignoring Nadja on my way to the car.

Nathalie, Adrien and I climbed into the backseat while the two body guards sat in the front.

"It'll blow over soon" Adrien said softly to me. "You'll see"

I nodded. "I should have said no" I said softly.

"I shouldn't have asked" Adrien said.

I rolled my eyes. "Calm down, I'll be fine, what you need to do is decide how you're going to handle this when you transform again."

Adrien nodded.

My phone rang and I answered it. "It's not what you think Nathanael"

"Looks pretty convincing" He said sounding bitter. "You two are pretty close in the picture"

Really? "We're not dating." I said. "Honest."

"The press seem to think so, and they're here right outside the school"

I leaned my head back and groaned. "Yeah, ok, fine, is Chloé there?"

Nathanael affirmed that she was. Though he sounded hesitant to do so.

"Get her, she'll be able to handle it, and if Alya is there, either convince her, to help me with the press, or distract her from me so I can get in school undetected." I said. Alya and mine's relationship had gotten somewhat better since the whole Lady Wi-fi fiasco, a few months earlier, but the last thing I wanted was Alya's camera phone constantly in my face hoping for the next scoop.

"Why should I help you?" Nathanael asked. "Are we even friends?"

I held Adrien's hand as I felt something drop into my stomach. "I thought we were, are you going to let this destroy it?"

"Friends don't keep secrets from eachother."

"I'm not. Nathanael I'm not dating Cat Noir." I told Nathanael softly.

"Then why were you with him?"

I went silent for a moment. "He's a hero wouldn't you have jumped at the chance?"

There was silence on the other end for a long while, before he spoke up again. "I'll help you, but only because I don't think the press have any right to anyone's business." He hung up after that.

Adrien and I stared at each other. I pulled the phone away from my ear and dialed another number that one went straight to voicemail as did the other number I called.

Breath in, breath out, you're fine Annette calm down.

"I'm here Annette" Adrien whispered in my ear. "I'll help you."

"It'll be a miracle if I get out of this unakumatised" I told him just as the school came in sight.

"Need the day off?" Adrien asked.

I shook my head. At this rate anywhere I went would be a coin toss, at least in school I wouldn't be pestered by camera's.

I'd be pestered by students who didn't know the meaning of the word 'no'.

Great.

Nathalie exited the car and waited for me to exit as well. The second I did Camera's and microphones were shoved into my face as I began my long trek into the school.

I guess either Nathanael couldn't find her or the mayors daughter wasn't enough to keep them distracted. I though dejected.

I met Chloé in the school as soon as I was finally away from the camera's.

"Nathanael not get a hold of you?"

Chloé looked angrily at the camera's "He did, but they wouldn't even get me a second glance."

"I'd trade places with you if I could" I said. "You at least like the camera"

Chloé turned to me her expression sympathetic. Even though Chloé could be a total camera hog, she couldn't deny the downsides of being constantly in front of them.

"Nathanael's angry, and Ivan and Myléné aren't answering their phones." I told Chloé with a shake of my head. "Speaking of… how are things with Sabrina?"

Chloé shook her head. Chloé had indeed told Sabrina at least the bit about her mother, but Sabrina had been unable to accept it, instead choosing to believe that Chloé was just being mean. Sabrina had walked out, refusing to let Chloé explain.

"It sucks" Chloé said. "But at least she didn't go to her father about it."

"Pity," I said. "If she had, she might have been more willing to listen, I'd be in trouble, but she'd be willing to listen."

"Annette Agreste, Alya Cesaire of the Ladyblog would you be willing to give me the inside scoop on your relationship with Cat Noir?"

Would you be willing to endure a punch to the face? I thought angrily before reeling my emotions in. I looked over her shoulder seeing Nathanael looking at us insurprise an confusion as though wondering how Alya had gotten by him so quickly.

I stood straight and walked right on by Alya ignore her pleas and attempts to get that interview. Headed for my locker and grabbed my computer ignoring the stares of everyone I passed.

I sat beside Nathanael as usual. Myléné, Ivan and He all ignoring me as I sat down in the far back. I just sat there waiting for class to end.

The class was interesting in it of itself. Fairy tails, and the magic of true love's kiss breaking any spell.

To bad something like that would probably make my problems worse.

Hey. I would kiss a frog if it meant I didn't have to deal with the pain of the paparazzi.

Still, it did make the romantic in me swoon just a little at the idea of true loves kiss breaking any spell.

I sighed a little as I took notes on my laptop. Nathanael turned and stared at me tilting his head in confusion. I just smiled sadly.

When class ended, I left the room, walking past Kim who was holding a pendant looking quite nervous about something.

"Maybe you should send a letter to Ladybug" I advised giggling slightly to my cousin it was the end of school lunch and the after noon having been far to hectic but I had gotten my self through it by staying in school during the lunch period. "I mean you do still have that crush, right?"

Adrien glared at me. "I doubt she'd take it now, I mean what with the press thinking that your dating Cat Noir, she might think I was lying, or something, I'd rather have this all cleared first before I try telling her anything. Besides I don't think she's interested."

I nodded and pursed my lips. "It could be worse you know" I said patting her back.

Adrien groaned. "Don't say that, my luck's already bad enough, I don't need jinxes."

I giggled. "Since when are you superstitious?"

"Please, your stories, of your dad's luck, still gives me nightmare's" He said.

I glared at him. "And Plagg swears that it had nothing to do with him, so calm the heck down. And my mother frequently had bad luck too, so shut up."

"Talking about Ladybug and Cat Noir?" Chloé said coming up to us. "People are staring, you know"

I turned around to see people glancing at me from the corner of my eye. I shook my head. "I have gymnastics, I have to go, I'll see you at home."

"Remember to keep a level head today" Adrien said as he stepped away to go outside, Nino was waiting outside looking for him.

"So, how does it feel to date, a hero?" I rolled my eyes as one of my fellow gymnasts a girl with feckles and straight jet black hair that was pulled back into a tight ponytail giggled.

I glared at the girl. "That's not what's happening" I said.

"Oh, come on! Why else would he carry you like that?" Another girl asked.

"Do you know his identity?" Said someone else.

"Ladies, ladies, ladies that's enough, it's time to start, the competition is only a couple of weeks away, get to it."

We had just barely scrapped by in the qualifiers, something that our coach had felt was a great personal offence. So as was usual our practices had been upped to three times a week, and by the end of them all of us were always exhausted.

It didn't help that a good number of our practices had been interrupted by akuma attacks.

I shook my head and took my position readying myself for my part of the routine.

5 minutes.

That's how long it took before we got wind that another akuma had been created.

A villain by the name of Dark Cupid was turning everyone's hearts dark, making everyone hate each other.

The coach insisted to continue practise since in her eyes the safest place to be would be inside.

After another five minutes, however it became apparent that the girls were too preoccupied to do anything but panic so dejectedly she ended practise early.

I hadn't bothered waiting the second I got redressed I left school.

"Oh, look it's Chloé's friend." I paused and turned around groaning. "The one dating Chat Noir"

I turned slowly my entire body coiled ready to spring at a moments notice. "What do you want?"

"Rumor has it your dating Chat Noir, what better way, to draw him out then by threatening his girlfriend"

"We are not dating" I said.

A violet colored butterfly shaped mask appeared in front of his face. And he smirked at me. "Your lying threw your teeth, you witch, let's see how he fairs when he's forced to fight his true love?"

He shot an arrow at me I turned and ran zig zagging down the street as fast as I could. His arrows always just missing me.

"Annette" Cat Noir appeared in front of me his eyes wide. "Are you ok?"

I grabbed his hand and started running. "Dark Cupid is chasing me."

"Oh" Cat Noir said. "Why chase you though?"

"Through you off guard, have me turn dark fight you, have you get distracted fighting me, and when you're distracted take you down." I said with a shrug. "Just a hunch though."

Cat Noir picked me up and jumped up on top of the nearest roof. Which just so happened to be the roof of the Le Grande Paris.

"Well, well, well, looks like the two love birds are up a creek, how pathetic" A voice said. We paused to see Ladybug staring at us her smile malicious.

"Lady" Cat Noir said.

"You disgust me Cat, not only are you a worthless superhero, but you're also a liar, you told me you had no one else."

"I don't, Annette's not my girl friend"

"You're nothing, but a flirt, why would I have ever taken you seriously?"

My cousin? A flirt? I turned to look at Cat Noir in surprise. "How do you act when I'm not around?"

"Annette… watch out!" Cat Noir shouted wrapping me in his arms and took the arrow.

Shoot. "Cat, Cat! Come on"

"Annette… you are such an idiot, nothing but a burden on my mind." His grip on me tightened as I struggled in his grip.

"Snap out of Cat, this isn't you." I said my hands reaching to his back attempting to unhook his baton from his belt.

"Oh, no, this, is awesome." Cat said chuckling darkly.

"Oh, this is better then I could have imagined." Dark Cupid said gleefully. "How about you two hand over your miraculouses to me?"

"And leave Paris, to the cruelty of hawk moth" Ladybug said and for a moment I felt hope in my chest as I looked into her eyes and saw worry, but in the next second it was dashed as she laughed a hand already to her ear.

"No!" I said elongating Cat's staff and pushing him away and running toward him. "You could do so much more damage as yourselves, why give the miraculous to someone else?"

Ladybug and Cat Noir turned to each other and smiled conspiratorially.

"Ladybug! Cat Noir what are you two doing here?" Chloé said as she entered the roof.

My eyes widened as everyone turned around in surprise.

Oh no. Ladybug and Cat Noir turned to her while Kim flew to her. "You broke my heart, Chloé now, I'll happily turn you lose.

"No, please don't" Chloé said. Her hand going behind her back. "I… I'm sorry, but I just don't care for you that way."

"Now you'll hate the one your truly love." Dark Cupid said.

"NO!" I threw the baton, at Dark Cupid's head. It hit him squarely in the back of the head, causing the arrow in his hand to narrowly miss Chloé.

Dark Cupid fell to the ground unconscious.

I ran to pick up the baton. But Cat got their first and started to swing it in my direction.

Chloé grabbed my hand and pulled me inside the hotel.

"Any ideas" Chloé asked me once she closed the door behind her and we both ran as quickly as we could to her own room and closed the door as well making sure to lock it..

"We are screwed, we need Ladybug to cleanse the Akuma but with the way things are now… I don't know. We need to keep them occupied."

"How?"

I shook my head. "Right now, the only thing I can think of is breaking the object with the akuma inside… speaking of, who did you turn down?"

"Kim" Chloé said. "But I wasn't mean, or at least not intentionally, I did laugh when a bag flew on his face, but other then that…"

I groaned. "Any idea what the akuma could be?"

"He… he had a pendent in his hand, it could be that, but won't breaking the akuma cause millions of Dark Cupid to be created?"

"It's not like a kiss could break this spell… wait" I said then I laughed. "That's exactly how we could break it."

Chloé raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

I shrugged "Remember what we learned in class, true loves kiss breaks the spell. It's just worth a shot."

"Neither of us is going to get close enough to kiss them" She said. "Not while they are like this."

Chloé sighed. "Can you use the yo-yo while she's like that?"

"As a weapon? Sure, as a way to purify and activate lucky charm…? No" I had asked the question when I was a child before my parents had died. "Tikki needs to be in contact with it in order to give the yoyo it's power."

Chloé groaned. "Should I get my Yoyo?"

"Yep and you can get your knives"

"CATACLYSM!"

wooden door separating us from the outside world turned to splinters and I vaguely wondered what could have taken them that long. Then I realised they hate each other, they were probably fighting each other.

On the plus side. I didn't have to worry about being obliterated by Cat Noir now that his power had been used.

Down side. He was going to detransform in five minutes.

"Get your fake yoyo and knives, and possibly anything that can be used as a weapon" I told Chloé. "This is going to be hectic."

"Come on Cat" I said. "Wake up!" I heard the beeping of his ring and I could tell time was running out. When Cat Noir had used Cataclysm, we had both ran as fast as we could down into the kitchen Chloe using her knives very narrowly miss there faces but giving us enough time as they were distracted to leave the room.

It Had only been by pure luck that Cat Noir and Ladybug hadn't caught up to us. Though that might have been because they were to busy fighting each other to actually get anything done.

I licked my lips in anticipation. "You know I love you, right?" I said softly. As he slammed the baton at me, I jumped out of his way.

"I know, which is what makes this even more pathetic" Cat Noir taunted. "I mean bl-mmph!"

I could not let him finish that sentence so I kicked the baton out of his hand and kissed him quickly

I hated it. He was not the one I wanted my first kiss to be with, but he paused in his attempts to cause me pain as I surprised him.

Chloé's scream caught me off guard and I pulled away from my cousin to see Chloé all tied up in Marinette's yoyo.

"Annette?" Cat asked. "What happened?"

I inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. "You still hate me?" I asked rushed.

"NO!" Cat Noir asked surprised.

"Good" I said before I pushed him into the hotel's freezer. "Find cheese, your about to detransform" I said before closing the door.

"Ladybug!" I said Ladybug turned in my direction. I could see scars on her face, from where Chloè's knives had hit her. "Why don't you come after Cat Noir's lover, I'm sure that will anger him more!"

Ladybug raised an eyebrow. "Don't make me laugh, he just insulted you"

"How do you know I didn't cure him?" I asked. Ladybug tilted her head sideways.

"A normal human like you? Please your nothing, how could an insignificant pest like you…"

"Cure him?" I interrupted. "Why don't you let Chloé go and I'll show you" I said.

Ladybug laughed cruelly. "I don't think so, it's about time someone eradicated this little pest."

I put my hand on the handle. "Oh, you think so do you" My voice dark and worried as she insulted my best friend.

"Cat!" I yelled. "You ready!" My hand on the handle.

"M-more then e-ever!"

I pulled the freezer door open. Cat Noir jumped out and attacked Ladybug who had unraveled Chloé and turned her attention to the cat themed hero.

"Come on Ladybug" Cat Noir pouted. "Stop fighting, this isn't you"

"HA!" Ladybug shouted. "I loathe you Cat Noir, what are you? A nobody, how could you possibly measure up to me?"

"I'm not meant to" Cat Noir said. "I'm meant to be your opposite" He said.

Ladybug's yoyo wrapped around his torso and he was tossed into the wall.

"Alright" He hissed standing taking out his baton. "No more mr. Nice Guy"

Chloé moved to my side. "So how are we going to kiss Ladybug"

"Umm we don't, we convince Cat Noir to do it" I said.

"This isn't time for your LadyNoir fantasies" Chloé said.

"It's not, Cat Noir is the only one who can fight her right now"

He backed flipped away from Ladybug and right to me. "How did you snap me out of it?" He asked me.

"Don't remember?" I asked.

"No I- get down" We ducked as the yoyo barreled in our direction hiding ourselves behind the counter.

"We're not done yet" Ladybug hissed.

"I kissed you" I told Cat Noir.

Cat Noir raised an eyebrow. "So, my only chance is to kiss ladybug while she's trying to kill me?"

"You have powers" I advised "Use them."

"Lucky Charm!" Lady bug yelled this time a whip came into her possession.

"Oh nice" Ladybug said utter glee in her tone.

"Get her Get her Yo-Yo" I told him. "You may not be able to purify akuma's with it but you will be able to use it as a weapon."

"And do what with it?"

"She has no claws, her entire strategy is avoid and evade, you're the one who actually fights akuma's take away her yoyo she would be utterly defenceless.

Ladybug flicked her whip. "Oh come on kitty, are you hiding from me? That's cute."

Chloé turned to us. "What about the whip?"

"Yoyo can go farther besides, you tie her up so she can't move her arms it's a mute point anyway" I whispered.

Cat Noir looked like he was choking on his own saliva. "What?"

"We need her incapacitated, I got lucky with that kiss, but I don't think my luck will hold a second time."

"Whatever I said" Cat noir said. "I didn't mean it"

I rolled my eyes. "Not the time for it"

The yoyo wrapped around Cat Noir's arm and he was pulled from under the counter and banged into the wall.

Cat Noir grabbed hold of the yoyo string and pulled it toward him. With one hard tug the yoyo was in his possession.

Ladybug growled in anger the whip smacked hard on the ground.

"Give it to me" I told him when it looked as though Cat Noir was at lost as to what to do with it.

"What?"

"My mother taught me a few things, hand it over" I said. Cat Noir handed me the weapon while he took out his baton. Chloé stood a steak knife already in her hand.

I started to swing the yoyo until red and white blur appeared.

I through the yoyo in Ladybug's direction she unfortunately jumped out of the way. I pulled the yoyo back.

"You two distract her" I said. Chloé twirled her knives, Cat Noir lengthened the size of his baton.

Chloé expertly threw a knife and smacked the whip out of Ladybug's hand into the wall right behind her.

Ladybug stared wide eyed at the wall, before laughing. "Ha, even without my weapons you still couldn't beat me."

I smiled. I through the yoyo at it wrapped aroun her torso tightly.

Come on Tikki please let it hold. I yanked hard on Ladybug and she hit the floor I through the yoyo over a ceiling light and pulled Ladybug was raised struggling upside down.'

She growled angrily.

"Cat Now!" I yelled. Cat Noir wasted no time before kissing her. Ladybug struggling as hard as she could at first before I saw her lips turn from blank to pink.

Cat Noir stopped and looked at her.

"Cat?" She asked.

"Yeah Ladybug?" He said breathlessly.

"Why am I tied up by my yoyo upside down?"

After that things went relatively easy. I brought the up where Dark Cupid had been passed out, Ladybug smashed the akuma purified it and called the miraculous cure.

"Ladybug!" Cat Noir said. "What ever you heard about me and Annette …"

Ladybug smirked and cut him off. "It's not my business what you do in your spare time Cat, just so long as it doesn't interfere with your hero duties, besides with the way you've been acting lately a girlfriend might be exactly what you need."

With that Ladybug swung away.

Cat Noir stood there in surprise before groaning. "And it was a good kiss too" I said with a groan.

Chloé bent down to talk to the detransformed Kim with a sad smile. "I'm sorry, if my rejections hurt your feelings, I just think that it would be best, if I got myself worked out before I dated anyone else."

Kim stood dejectedly. "It's ok Chloé, you don't like me, you don't have to lie to make me feel better."

Kim slowly left the house.

I could barely make out Chloé's next phrase. "But I'm not"

"So how was your first kiss with Ladybug?" I asked a slight giggle to my face. Chloé had offered me a ride home, while Cat Noir jumped away from the hotel after ascertaining that we were both ok.

Adrien turned to me eyebrow raised. "Would have been better had she actually remembered it"

"Better that she didn't, I mean it was technically against her will."

"I had to break the love spell"

"Hey I'm not saying it wasn't justified" I said. "Just a very strange first kiss."

"Does this mean, that when you kissed me to break the anti-love spell…"

I through a Pillow at Adrien's head before standing up and heading to his window looking down I could still see several reporters including Nadja (who had called the house several times, asking for me). Still standing right outside the gate.

and pulled out my phone. "They're still not talking" I said pulling my mind back to the current problem at hand. "And the press still thinks I'm your girl friend, what am I going to do?"

Adrien went quiet for a moment before transforming and jumping out the window.

I turned the TV on to see the a lot of new programs were airing this live.

Cat Noir stood in front of the Camera's. "For the past day, there have been vicious rumors circulating about the relationship between the Agreste girl and I. The truth is there is no relationship, in all honesty the girl was upset, and I came across her while doing a bit of patrol, in the effort to not get stuck fighting another Akuma, I comforted her for a while, in her upset state, she explained that one of the few places that made her feel happy was the Eifel tower, feeling that it would help her immensely and to go one step further to avoid an akuma attack I obliged, The Agreste girl and I are not dating, it's all a lie please leave her alone. Thank you no further questions."

"Of course" I said smacking my hand against my head as Cat Noir appeared in my room. "Give the press exactly what they want why didn't I think of that?"

Adrien huffed. "There's no need for the attitude."

"Attitude what attitude?" I asked. "You know as well as I do the press loves to twist what people say, it could have gone a lot worse then it did."

"But it didn't so calm down."

The phone rang.

"Is it true?" Nathanael said as soon as I picked up. "You were upset and Cat Noir just happened to be in the area?"

I swallowed. "Yeah" I hated lying especially to Nathanael, but him and the others knowing the truth could land him and everyone I care about in serious hot water.

"Why didn't you just say that?"

"Would you have believed me?" I asked softly. Not that you should, I'm a lying hypocrite, that everyone should be weary of.

The line went silent. "I- I don't know, but I'm sorry, I made you feel that telling us the truth wasn't an option. And I'm sorry for the over reaction, you're allowed to have your secrets."

"I have secrets, Nathanael" I told honestly. "Many skeletons are in my closet, that I just can't…" I said tears rolling down my cheeks. "Please believe me when I say, that If I could, I would."

There was more silence on the other end. "It's ok" Nathanael said softly. "You'll tell us when your ready"

I nodded against the phone a sad smile on my face.

I could see Adrien looking at the conversation with interest. "I'm gonna go now"

"Bye" Nathanael said.

I turned to Adrien. "What did you do?"

Adrien feigned interest in the nearest magazine he could get his hands on. "I merely talked to your friends and told them that what they thought was happening wasn't happening and that, while you may be her friend that doesn't entitle them, to everything you do."

I smacked a pillow in his face. "You moron" I said. "I don't need you fighting my battles."

"It's fine Annette." Adrien said with a laugh. "I was happy to do it"

I chuckled as I sat back in his bed. "Help me with my physics?"

"Of course!"

"So you had to kiss Cat Noir?" Myléné asked me the next day both she and Ivan also ready to talk to me. "To break the spell?"

Nathanael bent his head low over his work. I could feel his angry aura permeating off him.

I nodded.

"What was it like?"

I shrugged. "He's not the one I want to kiss" I said softly. "So, it just felt awkward."

Nathanael turned his head to me. "Really?"

I nodded. "I'm just not into blondes" I said with a shrug.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned to see a boy with black hair and dark blue eyes staring down at me. "Hey" he said. "I'm Nicholas Croix, what's yours?"

I smiled. "Annette" I told him shaking his hand. "Annette Agreste."