The boys waited for ten minutes outside the bathroom, while they waited for the girls and there girls' mother did something in there. The had thought about ditching the suit jackets with their parents, but Gabrial had given Adrien $20 dollors to check their coats at the after-party. "Your Ladies will likely be cold and you'll be a hero if you have a coat to give her." He smiled and winked at the boys and headed off to answer his rining phone.

"Dude do they even have coat checks at this party?" Nino looked at the money in Adrien's hand.

"Well Juleka and Roses parents got together and rented out that dinner theatre place so Luka and Kate can perform along with the rest of Kitty Section, so I imagine there will be." Adrien shrugged and took his coat off and swang it over his shoulder.

"Wait Luka and his soulmate are performing tonight, did you tell..." Nino was cut off.

"No, she heard the rumours though and didn't protest, but Luka did ask me to play a few songs and I told her I was asked to play, so she probably has prepared for it somewhat. Anyway, Juleka and Rose are pretty cute soulmates eh? It is great that their parents are chill with it." Adrien changed the subject hoping they could drop the subject of Mari's ex.

"Ya same with Marc and Nath's parents. The world is changing dude." Nino copied Adrien's style. Then they heard a whistle from behind them.

"Boys, may we present your dates for the remained of the evening." Alya's mom called to them, as the turned the moms stepped aside and there stood both girls in shorten versions of the dresses they had been in before. Alya's deep purple mermaid style dress had been turned in to a shorter cocktail dress. And Marinette's olive princess gown was now a knee-length with a light flowing skirt.

Both boys where dumbfounded, they knew their girlfriends where pretty, but dam now they looked straight up gorgeous. They both shown confidence as the walked towards them, "Come on boys enough staring, we have a dance floor to find." Ayla said and she took Nino arm the wasn't holding his coat and Mair did the same with Adrien.

---------------------------------------------------------At The Party-------------------------------------------------------

The gang entered the party and the boys checked their coats and the girl's bags. The theatre had tables and food tables set up, the band pit and been emptied out for dancing. There was a photo booth and places to sit and watch the party that was a touch quieter. They're where also a place you could go meet the bands that come and take photos with them.

There had been several bands booked for that night along with Kitty Section, thanks to his connection with the class, Jagged stone came and sang a few songs, Clara Nightingale did a few songs as well, even Julekas mom played a few songs.

The group of four danced and joined in with the other friends. The took photos at the photo booth and with the bands, well except Kitty Sections.

With Adrien, Alya and Nino by her side she felt safe and comfortable, it was easy to pretend to be falling in love with Adrien when she was with her friends. He was so sweet and caring, everything she wanted, he held her close and danced with her. Looked at her like she was the only girl in the room. But then again he had nothing to compare her to. He'd never dated anyone before her. At least that's what the media had said, and Mari would have known it had a secret girlfriend. She wished she could really fall in love with him, could Adrien force her to love him? Can he control her feelings too? Maybe she should do an internet search on her gift as it is a strange one.

Soon it was Kitty Section turn to play. Adrien left her side to play on the keyboard, and Alya and Nino went to cheer him on, Marinette on the other hand went and stood at the back of the crowd and found a seat so she could sit and hide for a while.

As she listened to the all too familiar songs, she thought back to the last time, she, Luka and Adrien had been at a grad party. Luka who had graduated last year had taken her as his date and then he had been asked to bring Kitty Section to a party to be the headliners he had willingly agreed. Mari had been his date to that too and she had chosen to sit in the green room all night rather than partying with a bunch of people she barely knew. Their love had been so new.

*Flashback*

She had been sitting listening to the music from the green room waiting for Luka's next break. They had only been dating a few months now and she was head over heels in love. At ten o'clock on the dot, Luka appeared through the doorway. Marinette jumped up and gave him a hug. "You know Mare, you could come out and watch from the front if you wanted to see me so bad." Luka laughed.

"Nah, I'm so short I'll get squashed like a bug." she teased. She then pulled him to the couch and curled up next to him.

"You know if you're tired, I can ask Jel to cover for me and I can take you home." he stroked her hair.

She yawned, "No, I'll be fine."

"Oh! I got you a gift as thank gift for being my date." she smiled down at her.

"Oh what it is!" She sat up straight.

He handed her a small box, she opened it and saw a sparkly pink guitar pick on a gold chain. "Oh Luka, it's perfect."

*End Of Flashback*

She zoned back in from her flashback. She instinctively reached for her necklace and then remembered she wasn't wearing tonight. But she kept her hand where the necklace should sit. She then looked up and realized that the stage had changed and it was now just Luka and Kate on stage. She hoped it would take Adrien a few minutes to find her, she wasn't ready to go back to peopleing.

"Hey everyone, me and my lovely lady here are the last live act of the night, the rest of the night will be a playlist made up by none other than DJ Nino!" The crowd roared in applause. "But first, Kate and I wrote a special song together and we are debating tonight."

His guitar and her base filled the room. And then their voices blended together.

We fell in love long ago

You were the first girl I loved

You were the boy I gave my heart to first

But you let me go

Your found somebody new

Somebody else wanted you

I chose not to fight for you

I let you go

And that led me straight to her/him

You let me find a love I never knew

A love that I didn't know I could have

I did what you asked, I loved her with all I had

I proved you wrong, I was worth his love

This love won't be broken

Won't be ended

We will show you

We can outlast the long.

As Mari listened to the song, her heart broke, Luka had found his soulmate and he had found love. Why couldn't she? Adrien clearly was willing to do anything for her. Why couldn't she let Luka let go? She felt her eyes fill with tears. They started to pour over and smug her make up.

As luck would have it, Adrien found Mari in her hiding place. He stopped just out of Mari's line of vision. She was clearly crying or trying not to and clutching the spot where a necklace from him should sit. He was mad, she was supposed to be happy with him tonight. He would get her back. His fist clenched he was ready to force her to leave the party. Then he stopped, he saw his best friend, the girl who helped him when he cried as a little boy, the girl he really did love, tonight she didn't need to be bothered by Chat, (though she would be just not tonight) tonight she needed her best friend Adrien.

He walked over to her put his arm around her and walked her over to the girl's washroom. He didn't care how many girls got mad at him, in two moments they'd think him the sweetest boyfriend in the world. Before they walked in he looked at her, "Wait here, and if possible hold it together until I get back."

He ran and grabbed her bag from the coat check. He then ran back to her and walked her to the bathroom. He lifted her up on to the counter between sinks. "Sweetheart, it's okay I know that song was so beautiful, there's no need to cry over their story." He gave her a hug and whispered in her ear, "Stop crying, for now, I promise I'll hold you while you cry later."

She whispered, "Thank you" her tears slowly stopped. "I must look a fright."

"Nah your still the hottest girl in her, as far as I am concerned." he winked. "Here let's fix you up." He opened her makeup bag and found a makeup wipe and removed her makeup. Then replied her makeup. He smiled at her, "You are beautiful you know that right?"

"Can we go dance some more? And find our friends?" she said placing her hands on his shoulders as he helped her down.

"Ya lets do that, though they were thinking we could take in a few dances then going and finding Adreas ice cream? Then going off on our own to have some grad night fun." he teased with a wink. She punched him in the shoulder once her feet hit the ground. "Hey I'm not saying we do anything, I'm down with waiting till marriage." He leaned in and whispered, "or we could have that first kiss" he winked and she turned pink.

He laughed as she marched him out of the bathroom.

The group of four had a great time dancing and then hunting down the lover's ice cream cart and then they split off into smaller groups. Mari had taken Adrien's suit jacket before the ice cream. And now they walked hand in hand towards Mari's house. "So it's like 1 am, do you want me to stay with you a bit or drop you off?"

"Depends, are you going to let me cry or make me do stuff I don't wanna?" she looked at the ground.

"I promised didn't I?" he gave her a sad smile even though she couldn't see.

"Then yes you can stay. But not all night." She warned.

When they got to the bakery they quietly slipped up the stairs up to Marinette's bedroom. "I'm gonna change into sweats and a tank top, do you want a pair of sweats? I have a pair or two left from a brand deal that didn't sell. I might even have a male or unisex shirt around here somewhere."

"I have a shirt under the dress shirt so sweats would be great, though I must say I do enjoy seeing you in my jacket." He teased.

"Adrien, we are alone, you can drop the act, please just for tonight." She looked at him sadly, heading to the bathroom to change and remove her makeup.

As the door shut Adrien sighed, "What if I'm not acting?" While he waited for Mari he wondered what he should do, should they sit on her chaise? Her bed? The floor? If she fell asleep carrying her up the ladder would be hard, but she might think he was trying something with the bed.

Before he could make up his mind, Marinette came out of the bathroom. "Do you mind if we sit on the bed? I might fall asleep?"

"Sounds great." They walked up to the bed. Adrien sat at the head of bed next to the cat pillow and picked up her pillow and placed it on his lap. "Come here." Marinette curled up under her blankets and placed her head on the pillow. With one hand Adrien stroked her hair and the other he rubbed circles on her back.

"Adrien? Can I cry now?" She sighed heavily.

"For as long as you need Marinette if you want to talk we can, but if you just want me to sit here I will." he felt her body shock softly, as she silently cried.

Marinette couldn't speak, there were too many thoughts in her head. She was tired. She was mad at him for making her lie and taking away her freedom rather than helping her find it. She was made at Luka and Kate for finding what she couldn't have. She was made at her self for not letting go. She grasped Luka's necklace which she had put back on in the bathroom. Slowly she stopped shaking, and just had tears rolling down her face.

Slowly she fell asleep. Adrien looked down at the sleeping angle in his lap. It did break his heart that he caused so much of her pain. He looked over at the clock, 3 am. He should go home, but first he would take care of his girl. He texed his driver asking if he was up and could come give him a ride in ten minutes from Marinette's. He was just going to change and leave his dress clothes with her. His drive driver said his father had asked him to wait up so he'd be there shortly.

He carefully moved without waking her up and climbed down the ladder. Went downstairs to the kitchen and filled a cup of water for her and grabbed a small bowl. Then he stopped by her bathroom and grabbed a facecloth and filled the bowl with cold water. He carefully climbed up the ladder. He placed the cup and bowl on her nightstand. He dipped the cloth in the bowl, rung it out and washed the tears off her face. He then hung the cloth on the drawer in the nightstand. He then wrote a note:

Good morning lovely!

I left you a glass of water to rehydrate yourself.
A cloth and some water if you need to wash your face again.
Feel better soon! <3 Adrien

He leaned down to kiss her forehead, when he saw it, her stupid necklace from Luka. He couldn't help it, he got angry with her. Why couldn't she just let Luka go, Luka clearly had. He wanted her, he needed her. Then a smile crossed his face, he had her. He owned her. She couldn't tell him no. And now the world knew they were together. She had to act like she loved him, and slowly he would manipulate her into loving him. Maybe Chat needed to step up his game next time he kidnapped the girl. And with that dark thought, he kissed her forehead and whispered, "Until we meet again princess."