Marinette and Allan walked through the doors of the school and into the courtyard at the center of the school where everyone else was dancing, eating, and chatting.

"Marinette! How do you do it?!"

Marinette gave Alya a weird look, "do what?"

Alya leaned in, smirked, and lowered her voice, "get all the hot dudes?"

Marinette blushed, "wh-what?!"

"First Adrien, then Allan?! Girl, you're good."

"I-it's really nothing... Reall--"

Allan grabbed Marinette's hand, "C'mon, let's go dance, Princess."

"S-sure!" Marinette looked over at Alya, who gave her a thumbs up. Then she ran off with Allan.

"I want to take you out tonight." Allan said once they made it to the center of the floor, "you know, late past midnight."

"Maybe." Marinette shrugged as the music suddenly changed to a slow dance.

"Come on, it'll be fun. Just you and me." Allan whispered as he pulled her into his arms, entwined his fingers in hers, and moved slowly with the music.

"You... And me..." Marinette closed her eyes, then gasped...

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"Come on, it'll be fun. Just you and me."

"No, I already told you. My mom wants me home by ten." Marinette laughed as she shoved her boyfriend playfully.

"Pwease? For me?" He pouted his lips and held her hands tighter.

Marinette looked into his pleading eyes, looked around his room, then bit her lip as she eyed the bed cautiously.

"You don't have to sleep in my bed... Or in my room... You could stay in the guest room if you think that's--"

"Sure."

"Wh-what?"

"I'll stay. I don't care if my mom kills me. I'll be with you..." Marinette smiled as she felt his blonde hair between her fingers, "because I love you... Adrien."

Adrien smiled and leaned lower to kiss her, "I love you too, Marinette..."

Hours past as Marinette and Adrien watched a movie, then talked and laughed the rest of the night away. They fell asleep with Adrien's arms wrapped around her, but she suddenly jerked when she woke panting. She sat up, then looked down at Adrien.

"Hey... You okay?"

"I had a horrible dream..." Marinette whispered as she grabbed and clutched Adrien's shirt sleeve, "I... You..."

Adrien sat up and held her hand, "hey, hey, hey... You're never going to lose me."

Marinette's voice cracked, "Promise?"

"Promise." Adrien smiled as he pulled her into a kiss.

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"I-I..." Marinette stared at Allan.

"Are you okay? You look like you saw a ghost..."

"I did..." Marinette whispered as tears filled her eyes, "Adrien's..."

"Oh... I'm sorry, Marinette. He was a good man. But there's nothing we can do for you now..." Allan held her face and leaned in to kiss her, but then she pulled away.

"I'm sorry... Not now. Just..." Marinette took a breath, "let's just take things slowly. Please."

"But..." Allan chuckled a little, "it's not like we haven't kissed before."

Suddenly, before Marinette could deny anything, the doors suddenly slammed shut and locked, "what's going on?!"

"Lock down. Precautions are being taken." Ms. Bustier explained as she started gathering everyone in a group.

"Why?!"

"Did you hear?! Cat Noir is attacking Paris!" Nino and Alya ran up to Marinette and Allan.

"Cat Noir?! What's he--" Marinette was suddenly cut off by the sudden thud of someone landing right behind them. They turned to see Cat Blanc standing before them. He slowly opened his eyes and stared directly at Allan.

Marinette stepped forward slowly, hands in front of her, "Cat Noir! It's me, Marin--"

"I'm not Cat Noir anymore!" Cat Blanc shouted, startling Marinette and everyone around her, "and step out of the way. This doesn't concern you."

"If you're here, then yes it does." Marinette stood her ground.

Cat Blanc cracked his knuckles and stood right in front of Marinette, "Look, Mari, my business is with this blockhead. So if you don't get out of the way now, I'll have to make you move. By force."

Marinette glared into his yellow eyes, but suddenly just smirked, "you wouldn't."

"How do you know that?"

"Because I'm Marinette. The girl you're in love with."

Cat Blanc only blinked twice, then put his hand on her shoulder, "please, Mari. You'll only get hurt."

With that, he moved her aside, ran past her, and grabbed Allan, "be seeing you all real soon." He then jumped above everyone and out of the school.

"Allan!!" Marinette screamed, then turned to Principal Dammaclease and Ms. Bustier, "please open the lockdown. Just trust me."

The two looked at each other, then nodded as the doors clicked open.

"Thank you." Marinette quickly thanked as she ran out and into the bathroom.

Marinette grabbed her phone and pulled up the news as Tikki flew out and watched with her.

"Breaking news. Cat Noir, now known as Cat Blanc, is roaming through Paris with a young teen now identified as Allan Furrows. Cops have been sent to the scene below the Eiffel Tower, but are still unable to do anything. We have no idea what their relationship is, but we may assume that it's not good. But that's not the question we're hearing the most. The biggest question is where is Ladybug in all this? She hasn't appeared in almost a month ever since the horrible car crash of Adrien Agreste, it has been concluded. So could Ladybug be deceased Agreste's girlfriend?"

"What is this?! How is this even related to the topic?!" Marinette asked Tikki.

"Well, she does have a point..." Tikki shrugged.

"So Ladybug, if you're out there somewhere... If you can hear this, Cat Noir is about to do something he'll most likely regret in jail or in death row. Please... Show yourself and help him."

Marinette sighed as she put her phone away, "I wasn't planning on using Ladybug anytime soon... But Cat Noir needs me. I'm sure his hatred towards Allan got himself Akumatized by Hawk Moth. Perfect..."

"Marinette, just be careful. You're a little rusty now, and there's no time to be rehearsing right now..." Tikki warned.

"Okay." Marinette nodded as she took a deep breath, "let's do this. For old time's sake. For Allan. For Adrien. For Cat Noir." Marinette inhaled deeply and turned to Tikki, "Tikki, spots on!"