Everything Changes –Chapter Thirteen

Marinette POV

"It's a girl?" I felt tears burn my eyes, and threaten to fall. I reached over to grip Adrien's hand tightly. I looked to see his eyes were watering and he was purring again. It really was cute.

"We're having a girl?" I repeated just to clarify. An Emma. Emma. A name I had picked out since I was fifteen. Since I first started obsessing over Adrien Agreste. Since I first started fantasising over our futures together. Then, and only then, did I realise the reality of the situation. I was carrying Adrien Agreste's child (or daughter to be accurate). Adrien Agreste. The Adrien Agreste. The boy that I had such a huge crush on that whenever I tried to say two words to him, I'd end up as a puddle of goo on the floor! The boy who I planned to spend the rest of my life with… had been the to come onto me… The boy who I thought I had no chance with, started it… Adrien. Agreste. Then everything went black. I awoke a few minutes later only to see Adrien's beautiful green eyes, staring down at me, filled with worry.

"Ugh…what happened?" I grumbled, attempting to sit up.

"You fainted. Mari are you ok?" Adrien seemed genuinely afraid. Did I? I smiled up at him.

"I think so…" Then I realised where I was, why I was there and why I fainted in the first place.

"W-we're having a g-girl…" Adrien nodded slowly, a smile spreading across his lips.

"Yeah, you're giving me a daughter… we're having a daughter!" He exclaims before quickly wrapping me in a tight bear hug. I giggle.

"Now we can go shopping."

…

Standing out the front of Babies 'R' Us, I was excited. Rolling on the balls of my feet, I turned to Adrien which the Cheshire grin Chat always pulls plastered on my face.

"Ok, so I was thinking maybe red, black and green? I know it's a girl and all…But mostly green- no, more- wait, no yes! Of course there would more green- and paw prints! But we are not putting any puns anywhere. Right Chat?" Did I know I was rambling? Yes. Did I know what the hell I had just said? No. When Adrien hadn't responded, I looked up at him. His eyes were wide and his face was a bright red.

"Adrien?" I cocked my head, and raised an eyebrow. He didn't move and his eyes remained staring at me.

"Y-you just called me C-Chat…" He managed to choke out, in a voice that sounded like a strangled cat cry. I whacked my hand to my mouth in shock.

"No- no, I didn't!" I tried to cover up, voice muffled through my hand. I was mortified. He let out a small, nervous laugh.

"Yes, I agree… with the no puns thing I mean…" Adrien attempted to cover up. I mentally face palmed. Had I really said that? Ugghh… I let out a kind of groaning sound, before motioning for us to head inside. He nodded before slowly following me in.

It was beautiful. All the colours, designs and… TINY SOCKS! I was actually flipping out and probably drooling a little too. When I looked over at Adrien, he was staring at his surroundings with a smile I had never seen on him before. He was a cross between excited and extremely proud. He turned to face me, and we hadn't even shared a glance for two seconds before we both took off running in separate directions. I found my way over to the girl's clothing area. I was in baby heaven- wait, no, that sounds really bad. I was having the time of my life. All the little dresses and jumpsuits. The tiny socks- THE TINY SOCKS! I swear I picked up about 80 pairs of socks wanting to buy them all. I was just browsing (crying over not being allowed to buy the entire store), when something caught my eye. It was a newborn day dress sitting alone on the rack. It was red with black spots, and I wanted to cry over how adorable it was. I had to go show Chat- crap, I mean Adrien. Why do I keep doing that? I took off running in an attempt to find Adrien. However, I didn't even get around the first corner when I was knocked down.

"I'm so sorry- Mari! Good, I found you!" Adrien said hurriedly whilst helping me up.

"Look what I found!" We both said, in sync, whilst holding up our findings. I wanted to cry again at the sight of his item of clothing. It was a small black dress, with a bright green paw print on it. Underneath the paw were the words I'm Purrfect! Classic Chat. Adrien looked as though he wanted to cry too, when he saw the ladybug dress. Without any hesitation, we threw both of them into the trolley and continued shopping. After four long hours, way too many unneeded items and a lot of joy tears we finally had everything we needed (and a lot that we didn't). It only took me, about, the entire trip home, to realise Adrien had paid for everything. And he was just laughing and having a good time, like we hadn't just spent a fortune! Once we were back at my place (hopelessly failing at setting things up) I tried bringing it up.

"Adrien? Why did you pay for everything? I mean- we spent a lot of money…" I began to aimlessly fiddle with a strand of hair as I spoke.

"Well, uh, it felt nice, I guess. While you're doing everything else, contributing to this situation made me feel good. And… what better way to tell my dad I don't give a crap about what you think than by taking a butt-load of money out of his account?" Adrien let out a beautiful, pure laugh. His eyes shone with an excitement I hadn't seen before and I couldn't help but smile. We were sitting on the floor with a set of instructions in front of us. We had no clue what we were doing and somehow I had three screws in my hair. About halfway through unpacking (or failing at it) the crib parts, Adrien started purring again. When he saw that I was on the verge of laughing out loud, he scowled. I barely got a single giggle out before, in an attempt to shut me up, his lips were hard on mine. Shocked at first, I would have melted into the kiss, however, I could feel the vibrations of his purring through my lips. It tingled my face and made my eyes water. Finally, when I couldn't take it anymore, I burst out laughing, only then did he pull away. He scowled at me once more.

"Now if that won't shut you up what will!?" He glowered. I giggled once again.

"If you can purr, I can laugh at you!" I retorted, still laughing. Adrien's purring suddenly halted and I frowned. The atmosphere was always happier when he was purring.

"Let's get back to work, or we'll never be finished!" He said, a grin playing on his lips, as he pulled a screw from the tangled mess of my hair.

"Sure… but, Kitty? Do you know how to read instructions?" The embarrassed blush on his face was enough of an answer for me.

I don't know about the Babies 'R' Us, kay? My internet was down while I was writing and I'm too lazy to change it now. Good? I'm off the hook? Too bad.

I. Want. To. Get. To. The. Birth!

Don't judge! Hope you like it!

Sticks and Stones don't normally hurt me…

But words sure can hella hurt!

~Allie