Ch 12

Howdy! How are my cupcakes? I hope your doing fine. I'll be heading out to Dallas on Wednesday so the next update might come out Tuesday since I usually give myself a week to do one chapter speaking of chapter this one is on the short side and the end was rather rushed I fell like I'm losing my passion for this work I might take a little break from it and write other stories. I don't know if I'm just lazy or I can't think of anything to really write...Well see how I feel next week. So enough with the talk here's an update!

I Do Not Own Anything

I draped myself over the edge of Adrian's bed with an unrelenting headache and a dry copper mouth. The bright rays of lights that hung overhead were like sharp shards of glass that poked my eyes. Gravity was crushing me down and my limbs felt heavy, they were unresponsive and were reluctant to move even an inch. I groaned out in pain and held my head mournfully, trying to stop the painful pounding in my brain. I felt sick to my stomach.

"Uhh… I think I'm going to die…." I mumbled out. Is it just me or is the room spinning? Urgh! My brain! I let out another groan of discomfort. "I regret all of my life's decisions."

"That's what you get for having too much pride." Lila scolded softly as she combed her fingers through my red hair.

"…shut up…" I mumbled weakly. She just let out a tired sigh.

"…shut up…" He mumbled under his breath.

I just rolled my eyes as I continued playing with his hair. I quickly glanced back at the others who were currently preoccupied with their own dares. I let out a sigh.

"You had me worried…" I confessed quietly so as not to be overhead.

"…sorry…" He replied sheepishly.

"You have to make it up to me." He looked up at me curiously as he tilted his head in question.

"How…?" he asked. I pretended to consider it, though I already knew the answer.

"Let's ditch this place." He raised a curious eyebrow in question. "We can go to the Louvre…There's still time…besides its quieter over there might help your headache." I added.

"I…don't know…"

"Please…I really wanted to go with you…" I admitted and pouted slightly. Nathanael let out a sigh.

"…ok…but only because you insisted."

I smiled in quiet victory. Slowly Nathanael got up from the bed wincing from his killer headache. "Well…come one…" he said as he quietly excited the room.

"See you losers later." I said as I flashed the peace sign….they didn't hear me.

It was around three o clock in the afternoon. The glass pyramid stood tall at a height of about 72 ft. Flanked to the side were three smaller pyramids and reflecting pools with modern fountains. The glass shimmered with the rays of the shining sun twisting the light's rays into small shimmers and glaring reflections along with the occasional rainbow. As soon as we went through the Louvre Pyramid we immediately gained access to its large three wings: Sully, Richelieu, and Denon. We decided we would go to the Sully wing, which was, according to Nathanael, the oldest part of the Louvre. I smiled.

"Looks like I have my own private tour guide."

"Flattery gets you nowhere." Nathanael replied playfully, but he happily accepted the compliment. He loved going to the Louvre, it was where he mostly resided apart from his own home and school.

The Sully wing mostly contained a large collection of French paintings, drawings and prints. And although Nathanael had seen them countless times he still retained that spark of awe in his eyes, the same could not be said for Lila, who was bored out of her mind. Once in a while she was caught in awe of the architecture and art work, but that awe was always short lived and she would soon find herself once again bored out of her mind. Lila was an active person, who liked participating in many social events, like parties or the like. She wasn't too keen on the idea of simply sitting idly in absolute silence looking at a wall, even if that wall had beautiful artistries hung on it. She let out a sigh…

"Tired…?" Nathanael asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah…you know just tried from that work out we had during laser tag." Lila said lying about how she was just tired when really she was just bored.

"Oh."

A misty silence loomed overhead. They were passing by statues now, one of them caught Lila's eye. It was titled Psyche revived by Cupid's kiss. The white marble stone indicates the cold lifelessness that is reality but the figures themselves with fine detailed sculpting suggest nothing of the sort, being almost lifelike in nature. Cupid's wings, his quiver full of arrows, the way cupid holds Psyche tenderly, the curve of Psyche's hips as she turns to embrace cupid and the anatomic detail, like Psyche's belly button and graceful toes added a sense of moment and life to the scene along with a sense of authenticity. It was beautiful.

Lila stopped walking and couldn't help but stare; she also couldn't help but feel envious of the two sculptures that were frozen in time. She wanted to be looked at with tender affection, she wanted to be held gently in loving arms, she wanted to be praised as beautiful and intelligent, and she wanted to be loved. Her fists tighten unconsciously.

"Lila you okay?" Nathanael's concerned voice broke her trance.

"Huh? Oh! Yeah I'm fine just in awe of this sculpture." Nathanael's lips made a thin line and he looked at her with disbelief but decided not to push the matter any further.

"Yeah it's nice, very romantic." He said.

"Come on, let's go." Lila said solemnly. Nathanael followed close behind.

It was around five o clock now; both Lila and Nathanael were exciting the Louvre. They quietly walked beside one another hand in hand. Nathanael wasn't sure what got Lila feeling so down; he was sure if he asked it would only worsen the situation he decided to just stay silent and hold her hand comfortingly as they walked around the mazes of paintings. The moment his hand found hers her shoulders loosened and her intense gaze softened. That was a good sign. As they progressed a comfortable silence bloomed forth akin to the one they had when they were walking down on the streets of Paris to Lila's house. It was soothing. This was the calm before the storm.

"Oh my god! What's that!?" A civilian cried out in terror.

Overhead were thousands of paper cranes encircling the sky blocking out the sun. Riding on a large cloud of them was a small elementary kid….It was an akuma!

Hysteria. Panic. Fear…An akuma attack…In the madness of scurrying people he was quickly separated from Lila. Both were separated by the rift created by the strong waves of the hysterical mass as the cranes swooped down from the heavens attacking innocent civilians. This was nothing new to Nathanael, he's seen a few akuma attacks…he actually caused one of them…but Lila never experienced the chaos of one. This caused Nathanael to panic. His seafoam eyes frantically searched for Lila, but he couldn't find her. He was being pushed around like a leaf in a tornado, thrown and pushed aside by the violent wind...

Finally he slid past the crowd, all the while panicking over Lila's safety. He couldn't think, couldn't move he felt frozen…frozen in panic…Suddenly he caught sight of two midnight black twin tails. Marinette…maybe she can help me…Nathanael thought. Marinette was a very calm cool headed leader when it came done to stressful situations he was sure she would be of a great help to him considering he himself was the manifestation of anxiety at the moment.

He quickly weaved his way through the crowds and followed Marinette into a small isolated corner near an alleyway. Why is she going in an alleyway? Nathanael briefly thought before assuming it was merely because an alleyway was a good place to hide in so one could wait for the crowds to disperse. Finally he was able to make his way towards her and he was about to call out to her but-

"Tikki Transform me!"

A bright light temporally blinded him. Marinette was gone and in her place stood Paris's red clad hero, Ladybug….Wait! Oh no…I think I just saw something I wasn't supposed to see…. Marinette was….Ladybug!?

Yeah...so the end was kind of rushed...But I hope you still like it Leave a review and tell me what you think maybe even give me some ideas for the future premise of the story that I can work off of. In any case I'll see you in the next update.