You don't know me, you only know what I allow you to know.

Lucy gave a yawn as she strolled out of the school happy to be out for lunch. In her right hand she held a small black box with a blue bow. Figuring out what to get Adrien for his birthday was rather difficult. After all, what do you get the boy who has everything? However after getting to know him a little over the past week, Lucy thought she found something he might appreciate. Walking down the steps she saw the boy in mind standing with Nino, who seemed to be discussing something about the birthday party that still wasn't planned.

"Hello boys." Lucy greeted with a friendly smile that Nino and Adrien returned.

"Heeeeey Lucy gooosey." Nino said making Lucy laugh.

"Hi Lucy." Adrien countered.

"For the birthday boy." Lucy said holding the box in her hands. Adrien's grin got wide as her took it from her hands.

"Thanks Lucy! You didn't have to get me anything."

"Yeah yeah, open it up."

Adrien opened the the top to find a small booklet inside. It was a small black booklet engraved with gold lettering that said "Oh, the places you'll go!

"You mentioned how your father keeps you on a pretty locked up, but I figure one day that wont be the case and as soon as that day comes you'll wanna hit the road. Go out and see...everything I guess. So that's a little photo booklet to keep all your adventures in."

Adrien ran his thumb across the lettering and looked at the book with admiration. Picking it out of the box he found a small compass underneath. It was a simple compass surrounded by a hard whitish plastic.

"I got the compass out of one of those vending toy machines at the supermarket. Thought it would be a cute addition. It glows in the dark. You know, so you don't get lost."

Placing the tiny compass and booklet back in the box, Adrien placed the top back on. He smiled wide at Lucy and she could see a number of emotions in his eyes.

"Thank you Lucy. I love it, honestly."

Lucy felt warmth travel through her as she saw the truth in his words. She was happy he liked the gift. What took her by surprise was the hug he then gave her. It was a warm and inviting hug. You think that holding someone hard will bring them closer. You think that you can hold them so hard that you'll still feel them, embossed on you, when you pull away. When Adrien pulled away from Lucy, she felt the gasping loss of him. She wasn't used to it.

"I'm glad you like it Adrien."

Marinette watched from the side with dread. How she wished it was that easy for her to walk up to the blonde boy and just say 'happy birthday, I made this for you.' To earn a hug like Lucy had.

"Come one Marinette, you've got this! You can do it! You can do it!" Alya encouraged.

"I can do it! I can do it!" Marinette repeated in attempt to be confident. That confidence didn't last though as she soon repeated the opposite.

"You've been stalling all morning! Now's the time!"

With a big shove, Marinette flew toward Adrien, Nino and Lucy.

The three looked at her slightly startled by her abrupt appearance. She laughed nervously before giving a small hey toward Adrien who awkwardly returned her greeting. Lucy watched sympathetically as Marinette stumbled on her words. It seemed clear that the pig tailed girl had a crush on Adrien but the teen model was oblivious to the fact. Lucy blamed it on his lack of contact with kids his age, especially those of the opposite sex. Just when it seemed Marinette might spit out what she wanted to say, Chloe arrived almost out of thin air and shoved the stuttering girl to the side, wrapping her arms around Adrien's neck, giving him a kiss on the cheek wishing him a happy birthday. Lucy frowned Chloe and went to go help Marinette up, but by the time she looked over, the girl was gone. Lucy raised an eyebrow wondering where she went, not realizing she was simply hiding in shame behind the brick wall in the distance. Chloe went on about the gift she had gotten Adrien, claiming it must have been to heavy, and that was why he had yet to receive it. Lucy wasn't sure she completely believed that, but in the end, she supposed it didn't matter. Before walking away she gave Adrien another kiss on the cheek. Something Adrien didn't seem to want but was to polite to decline. Not sparing Lucy and Nino so much as a glance. Nino punched his arm suggestively which Adrien just smiled at. A honk sound came causing the smile to leave Adrien's face as he said goodbye to his two friends claiming he had a photo shoot.

"Looks like I need to have a little chat with Adrien's old man." Nino claimed telling Lucy good bye. Lucy wished him good luck before beginning to walk home. It was when she passed the brick wall she saw Alya and Marinette.

"Have you two been hiding back here this whole time?"

Alya gave Lucy an annoyed expression. "Yes. I've been trying to get Marinette to give her gift to Adrien all day."

"You could always drop it off to his mailbox if you don't think you can do it in person." Lucy suggested with a small shrug.

Marinette looked at her and smiled. "That's a great idea! Come on Alya!"

The two girl raced past Lucy who just chuckled and continued her walk home.

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Gabriel Agreste was a complicated man. He had always liked solitude. He worked best that way. However it was in this past year he found himself desiring it more than ever. Since his beloved wife had fallen into her comatose state, Gabriel became more and more accustom to being alone. The tall blonde man couldn't look at them anymore. The people, who lived their lives as if nothing could hurt them. Who went about their day able to be with those they care about most. Gabriel could hardly come to face his own son. It was not because he did not love his son, or because he did not want to be around him. It was because he couldn't. Gabriel Agreste could hardly look at his son because every time he looked into the young boys eyes all he could see were hers. Adrien was a carbon copy of his mother. A fact that at one point filled him with pride, now only caused him grief. It wasn't Adrien's fault of course. However that did not change the pain that struck Gabriel's heart every time he looked at his son. Regardless of his difficulty looking at Adrien, he swore that nothing would ever harm him. He was his son. He could not protect his wife, he would be damn if anything happened to their child. Gabriel would protect his son with everything he had, even if it made green eyed boy hate him. One day he could understand. One day Adrien would embrace his mother once more, and see everything his father did, he did so they could be together again. A father must do all he can to protect his family, even if that means hurting someone else. Some do not want to go down that road, they don't want to hurt anyone, even for their family. Mr. Agreste knew better though. Its not that simple. That was why he stood before his son's friend Nino as well as Adrien himself, with a scowl on his face at the request of a birthday party. He knew that such an even would make his son happy, but that would have to wait. There would be other birthdays, ones with his mother present. Yes, now was the time for anger. And the look on the boy named Nino's face as Gabriel rejected his proposition and banned him from his home told the older male just what to do. Perhaps Adrien would get that party after all.

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When Lucy had said she would go to Adrien's party, this was not exactly what she had in mind. An Akumatized Nino playing DJ while a number of her classmates were forced to party. She felt bad for the poor blonde boy when he came out with the impression that everyone was having a good time.

"Lucy! Hey!" Adrien exclaimed hopping over.

"Hey you..." She replied with a small smile.

"This is kinda cool right?! I've never been to a party before!"

Feeling to guilty to totally crush him Lucy nodded. "Umhm..yeah, very cool."

The usually oblivious boy seemed to catch on to Lucy's hesitation and frowned.

"Is something wrong?"

"No! Well..I mean. It is a party being run by a guy who trapped all the adults in bubbles to float off into space..." Lucy explained. "But...the tunes are nice...so that's something?"

It was then the music changed to a slower song and the two teens noticed everyone pairing up. They looked at one another awkwardly for a moment before Adrien gave an uncertain half smile and help out his hand to Lucy. Hesitantly, Lucy went to accept but was pushed out of the way by Chloe who dragged Adrien to the dance floor. Disappointment creeped its way inside Lucy momentarily before she brought herself back to the reality of the situation. The slow dance didn't last vary long however, as out of no where the music changed once more to a more fast paced song. Lucy watched with slight amusement as Adrien pushed Chloe away as soon as it did. Adrien went to try and have some type of rock star moment, which most responded rather enthusiastically. Of course the Bubbler threatened everyone from behind Adrien causing the group to cheer. The cheers were cut short however when Ladybug crashed the party. A panic spread and everyone ran to hide. This being Lucy's first real encounter with Ladybug, froze a moment, taking in her appearance. She squinted her eyes at the girl in red in a calculating fashion when a force grabbed her, bringing her off to the side. Lucy looked to find herself in the arms on Cat Noir, who grabbed her out of the way before the Bubbler could shoot one of his bubbles at her.

"You need to go hide with the others Miss. Me and Ladybug will handle everything." The Cat informed with a wink.

"Right..." Was all Lucy could muster as she looked at the boys face. Cat Noir felt his face get warm as Lucy looked at him so intently, and released her from his arms. She backed up slowly but kept her eyes on him a bit longer before retreating up the steps with the rest of her class mates. Lucy stood next to Chloe who, along with the others held a frightened look of her face. A look Lucy grew herself as she watched Ladybug and Cat Noir be trapped in a bubble of their own and get blasted into the air.

"Well that can't be good." Lucy felt a form of Deja Vu hit her as she watched the heroes get literally 'blown away' for the second time that she has seen them in action. The good news, was that the duo returned in a blink of an eye, the bad news was that in his frustration, the Bubbler sent a cluster of bubbles their way and now Lucy found herself floating away. Being a not so huge fan of heights, this was a situation that Lucy found herself on the verge of hyperventilating over. Alright, she was definitely hyperventilating.

"Lucy? Lucy?!"

Lucy's eyes blinked open to find a pair of green orbs looking down on her.

"Adrien?" She asked confused. Looking around Lucy found she was laying on the ground in front of Adrien's home. "What happened?"

"You got trapped by the Bubbler. After Ladybug fixed everything, I found you passed out here. Are you alright?" Adrien explained and asked. Lucy sat up and blinked.

"I..am not a fan of heights. I must have black out from the anxiety."

"I'm so sorry Lucy!" Adrien apologized helping her up.

"I'm fine Adrien, and its not your fault." Lucy assured him with a hand on his shoulder.

"If I hadn't been so stupid about the party none of this-"

"Adrien." Lucy interrupted. "Its not your fault. Wanting a Birthday party isn't a crime. For what its worth, besides the being held hostage part, it wasn't a bad party."

Adrien sighed but gave Lucy a thankful smile.

"I appreciate you saying that Lucy."

Lucy hated how Adrien blamed himself for the party mishap. The only one to blame was Hawkmoth. His ability to manipulate peoples negative emotions have gotten people to start believing their bad for having any.

"There will be other parties Adriekins. Other parties, under better circumstances."

Adrien smiled and nodded at the ground, rolling his eyes at her use of Chloe's nick name. Lucy tilted her head and leaned over and placed her hand under his chin, giving the boy a kiss on the cheek.

"Chin up birthday boy, life's not so bad, I promise."

With that she headed home leaving the young Agreste watching her go with heat in his face.

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Alya, Marinette and Lucy watched at Chloe had a fit over the fact that her gift for Adrien would not be arriving as soon as she wanted. The girls laughed before hearing the greeting of Adrien Agreste.

"Hey girls!" He said with a wave.

Lucy watched as Marinette filled with excitement over seeing the blue scarf around the blonde boys neck.

"Cool scarf Adrien!" Alya called out. "Off the chain!" Lucy raised an eyebrow as she looked at Alya. Off the chain?

"Thanks! Can you believe my dad got it for me? He's been giving me the same lame pen three years in a row."

Nino who had met Adrien at the bottom of the stairs gave a slightly impressed look.

"Wow, I guess anyone can change. Adults can be cool when you least expect em'."

Adrien addressed the conversation his dad and Nino had about Nino being a bad influence, but Nino brushed it off an assured Adrien they would always be friends before heading to class with him.

"So wait, you made that scarf? Why not say something?" Lucy asked her clumsy friend.

"He looked so happy thinking it was from his dad, I didn't want to spoil it for him."

"Aww." Alya cooed giving Marinette a hug. "You amazing girl. And one day Adrien will see that too."

Lucy gave a soft smile and nodded in agreement before walking with the girls to class as well.