"I'm back? Ha! I'm back!" He ran to the window and looked outside. It was morning, Christmas morning. Starting today he was going to make things right. He rushed downstairs and while his coffee was brewing he cleared his schedule for today and began a new and better one.

"Good morning sir." Nathalie said entering the manor.

"Nathalie! Merry Christmas!" He shouted cheerfully and pulled her into a hug.

"Sir are you alright?" She asked confused.

"Oh Nathalie I've never been better." He said. "Listen I want to thank you for everything you've done for me and to prove my gratitude further I'm giving you a raise and an all expenses paid vacation. Would you like that? "

"Si-sir I would love it but-but are you sure you want to do that for me?"

"You deserve it especially after how I treated you for all those years."

"Thank you sir."

"You're welcome now if you'll excuse me I've got places to go and a lot of things to do."

His first stop was Chloe Bourgeois's apartment to explain what he did to her shampoo and apologized. At first she was angry but since he apologized and since it was Christmas she forgave him. His next stop was Nino and Alya's apartment.

"What are you doing here?" Nino asked him.

"I wanted to say I'm sorry about how I acted last night and to further make amends I decided to bring a gift for your daughter."

He gave a wrapped present to Piper. She unwrapped the gift, inside were Agreste brand, desinger ballet slippers.

"They're beautiful." She said. "Now I can be a real dancer, thank you mister."

"You're welcome and Nino I'd like to give you this."

He handed Nino an envelope. He opened the envelope to find a letter requesting Nino to attend a job interview as a professional DJ for a local club after the holidays.

"You...You got me a new job?"

"There's more look under the letter."

Nino did and when he saw what it was he fainted.

"Nino!" Alya gasped running to her husband's side.

"Daddy are you okay?" Piper asked.

"What is it Nino?" She picked up the slip of paper he had dropped. It was a check for fifty thousand dollars. "Oh my God!"

"That should be enough for your daughter's operation and any other things you might need."

"Adrien this is wonderful...This is...Oh can we...Oh thank you, thank you so much." Alya said hugging him. "Would you like to stay for Christmas dinner?"

"I'd love to but I already made plans. Merry Christmas to all three of you."

"Merry Christmas Adrien."

"Alright I blacked out for a minute." Nino said waking up. "What did I miss?"

"A miracle dear." Alya said kissing him. "A Christmas miracle."

...

Marinette sighed as she made her back home. She had spent the whole day delivering homemade Christmas treats to all her friends and wished them a Merry Christmas. When she came home though her parents weren't around. She found a note on the table.

Dear Marinette

Ran out of sugar, had to get more

so we can make dessert..

We'll be back soon in the meantime there's a surprise upstairs.

Sincerely Mom.

Marinette went upstairs and found a candlelit room waiting for her. Standing in the center of the room was Adrien holding a bouquet of a red roses and white lilies, her favorite flowers.

"Adrien what are you doing here?"

"Marinette I wanted to say I'm sorry." He said. "I'm so sorry for everything I did to you. I was wrong to break up with you and to distant myself from you for all those years."

"Adrien-"

"Wait let me finish. I know I'm not worthy of you and that I don't deserve you but I love you. I still love you, I always have and I always will and I never wanna part from you." He got down on one knee and took her hand. He pulled a ring from hid pocket. It was mother's ring. "I wanted to give this to you for so long but I was afraid now I know my fear was for nothing."

"Oh Adrien."

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng, will you marry me?"

"Adrien I-...I...

"I know! I know! I'm a jerk! And I don't deserve your love! If you'd rather marry someone like Nathaniel instead of me. I've ignored you for so long and I'very broken your heart so many times. I was a fool to think you'd actually say yes my lady but I dared to hope. I'll leave now and I won't ever bother you again and-"

She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips with great passion.

"What was that for?"

"For becoming the man I love again."

"So is that a yes?"

"Yes! Yes! A thousand times yes!"

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Hey we're back." Sabine said. "So who's ready for gingerbread and macaroons?"

"I call dibs on anything chocolate!" Adrien called.

They all sat down to a wonderful dinner of roasted goose, fresh backed bread, corn on the cob, sausages, mashed potatoes, chestnuts, and steamed greens. For dessert they ate gingerbread, apple pies, macaroons, spice cakes, and Christmas cookies with hot chocolate. Adrien couldn't remember the last time he ate a meal that delicious and filling. After they ate they exchanged gifts and sang carols together. But this Christmas day only marked the beginning of his knew and better life.

Five years later...

"Would anyone like a Christmas cookie?" Marinette asked sitting out a tray of decorated Christmas cookies for her family. Adrien was sitting in his chair reading the night before Christmas to their five year old son Louis and three year old daughter Emma. At the mention of cookies they kept from their father's lap and rushed over to devour the tray of cookies while their mother went back into the kitchen to continue making Christmas dinner. When baby Hugo who sat in his play pen saw his older brother and sister gathered a tray he wanted to see what the excitement was about but being a baby who couldn't walk yet or get out of his play pen couldn't see. It made him frustrated and he started to cry.

"Oh don't cry Hugo. It's Christmas." Adrien picked up his son, sat back in his chair, and began playing with him with a toy Santa much to the baby's delight.

"Mommy can we open our presents now?" Louis asked.

"Alright. Let's see what Santa brought." Marinette said.

The children then went to the tree and began unwrapping their gifts to find different kinds of wonderful toys. Adrien and Marinette sat together, holding Hugo and smiling at their older children as they played with their toys. Adrien couldn't believe what had happened in the last five years. Nino had become a famous DJ, their daughter Piper had successful operation and was now attending school and taking ballet classes, Chloe now had her own shampoo industry, but greatest of all was he had married Marinette who had become a designer and had given him three beautiful children. Now the five of them lived happily together.

"Marinette." He said.

"Yes?"

"How could you still love me? Especially after everything I put you through?"

"Where there's love there's always forgiveness." She said planting a kiss on baby Hugo's head then another on Adrien's lips.

"Ewww!" Louis and Emma gagged causing their parents to laugh.

"Merry Christmas Adrien."

"Merry Christmas Marinette. Hey who wants to sing carols?"

"I do!" Emma said.

Adrien went over to their grand piano with his daughter and son coming to join him. He sat the two children in his lap and began playing Christmas songs while guiding the little hands of his children on to the keys just as his mother had done long ago. His wife smiled and sang the songs while cradling Hugo close which lulled him to sleep but inspired her other children to sing along. Adrien had never been more happy in all hid life. Christmas truly was the most wonderful time of year.