Hi guys,
So I made another mistake AND I feel really bad, so I went back and made it work. However, I think it was a pleasant mistake, because as a result, this chapter popped into my head as a form of damage control. And this one's pretty good, or at least I think it is. I was considering finding a Beta, but I write so quickly, that I'd need to find one who can edit everyday, which seems unlikely. But yeah.
Anywho, I hope you like this chapter!
Adrien smiled to himself. It felt nice to make someone smile, especially if it was Marinette, who to up to this point probably didn't want anything to do with him. He climbed the last of the stairs, and stepped onto the roof. The roof was completely empty.
"Ladybug? Are you there? I'm sorry that I'm a bit late…" Adrien called out, when he heard a scream in the distance, followed by a Tikki, spots on!
Adrien chuckled to himself, That must be Ladybug. His lady never let anyone down, even if she was a bit late sometimes. It was only moments later when Adrien turned around, and saw Ladybug, albeit slightly out of breath, standing on the roof behind him.
"I'm…sorry…that…I'm…late," Ladybug gasped out in between heaving breaths. Her hands rested on her knees and she winced slightly.
"Don't worry about it," Adrien smiled and offered Ladybug a hand.
Ladybug looked up, and grinned. "Thanks, I got caught up with…with official superhero stuff! That's right!"
Adrien raised his eyebrows. "Is everything alright?"
"Oh definitely," Ladybug said, leaned up against, well nothing, and toppled over. She let out a strangled noise, and Adrien darted out to catch her.
"Are you alright? You don't seem to be feeling well. Maybe we should walk back to my house, and you could give me a lift up to my window," Adrien said, more of a statement than a question.
Ladybug looked at him for a moment, and then nodded her head. "Alright, thanks Adrien."
Adrien was having the best evening of his life. First, he got to go to Nino's party and then he got to spend time with his lady, in a casual environment. The walked down the Parisian sidewalks, and admired the beauty of the Paris skyline against the setting sun. It was definitely longer to walk back, but the walk would have only been twenty minutes, if Adrien hadn't come up with everything he could to elongate their time together. They had gotten hot chocolate, tried on Italian masks from a vendor, and flipped pennies into a wishing fountain. Of course, many people recognized them, but everyone who did gave a small smile, and continued on their way.
Ladybug's laugh is the most beautiful sound in the world, Adrien decided. He looked over at his lady and smiled. The sunset cast a glow on Ladybug's face, illuminating her bluebell eyes, and accentuating her adorable freckles. Adrien sighed happily, and turned his gaze back to the direction that they were walking in. They turned the corner, just a few blocks away from his house, when Ladybug stopped.
"That was fun, Adrien," Ladybug smiled, "it's nice to get a break, from both my civilian life AND my superhero life."
"Anytime, Ladybug," Adrien laughed nervously, "we should do this more often."
"Sure, maybe I'll swing by your photo shoot tomorrow"
Adrien's heart skipped a beat.
"U-Uh yeah! That would be…that would be fantastic! I would...that's great!" Adrien grinned.
"Alright, then," Ladybug said, "It's settled."
They continued on in comfortable silence, occasionally glancing at each other when they thought the other person wasn't looking, and smiling when they caught the other person glancing.
Adrien was in such a daze, that he didn't realize that they were at his house. He sighed, knowing that his break from reality was over, and that he needed to regain the mindset of a placid model. "How will you know where it is?"
"I'm pretty sure that if I follow the sound of teenage girls squealing, I'll be able to find you," Ladybug joked, lightly punching Adrien in the arm. Adrien smiled at that, knowing that it was probably not far from the truth, and said, "I should probably get back to my room."
"Yeah," Ladybug murmured, and wrapped her arm around Adrien's waist. Adrien blushed slightly at their close proximity, and Ladybug launched her yoyo.
Adrien watched Ladybug swing off into the sunset, and once he was sure that she was gone, he let out a mad cackle and danced around his room, attempting to stand still, but flailing his arms ecstatically. Clapping his hands, he spun around and flopped onto his bed. Pumping his arm in the air, and kicking his legs, he chanted yes-yes-yes-YES-YES-YES!
Plagg rolled his eyes. "Relax, kid. You're going to wake up the dead."
"Ladybug is coming to my shoot," Adrien laughed, but let his limbs drop to his comforter.
"Whoopee. That's great-Now go get me some camembert," Plagg whined but patted Adrien's head affectionately.
"Plagg, you didn't do anything," Adrien chided.
"Well, if I had allowed you to transform, Ladybug wouldn't have had to give you a lift."
Adrien thought that that was a valid point, "JUST because I'm in such a good mood, I'll go get you a slice of that stinky cheese you appreciate more than me."
"Aww, you know me so well," Plagg purred annoyingly.
"Yeah, yeah," Adrien huffed as he got up. Leaving his room, he made his way down to the kitchen. Making sure no one would see him-not that there were many people to see him in the first place-Adrien snuck into the kitchen and grabbed a wedge of camembert.
Just as he was about to complete his journey, Nathalie walked out from the living room.
"Ah, Adrien," she said seriously, "I was just going to check on you. You were very quiet, and I was beginning to think that you had managed to sneak out again."
"What? No-of course not!" Adrien said, putting on a front of being hurt, "I was in the shower."
"For three hours?" Nathalie raised her eyebrow.
"You know how I feel about my showers," Adrien said dramatically, but with a stony face, eyebrows furled.
Nathalie nodded, and adjusted he blazer. "I suppose you do take your showers…seriously," she said, obviously uncomfortable.
"Anything else?" Adrien asked.
"No, but be sure to wake up on schedule as to make it to your photoshoot in Cannes on time."
"Will do, Nathalie," Adrien said, with a two fingered salute.
And with that, Adrien ran up the stairs to deliver Plagg his cheese.
I really, really hope that there are NO mistakes, but if their are, maybe you could private message me? I'm all for improvement, but at the same time, I feel rather self-conscious when you guys point them out via review...
But PLEASE still point them out.
And review.
And stuff.
Okay, thanks!