Marinette was pacing around her room, with Tikki hot on her tail.

"Adrien! Why did it have to be Adrien?" She exclaimed as she threw herself face down on her chaise lounge. Tikki flew over to the guardian and sat next to her face.

"Marinette. Think about it. This could be your big chance to let him know how you feel." Marinette lifted her head to give her bug-mouse a quick look.

"I don't know how I feel anymore, Tikki. That dumb cat is always hanging around and making me feel things. I'm constantly going from one to the other and I can't do that to Adrien. He deserves someone who can give him their whole heart. Why does this have to happen now?" She face planted back into the sofa.

Tikki sighed, she hated seeing Marinette this way. If only she could tell her Chat and Adrien were one and the same, but woah the miraculous code forbid kwami's for giving out other wielders names.

"Well, perhaps spending a whole day with him will clear your head. You can get to know the real boy, not just the purrfect model." Tikki threw in a pun, she's got to notice.

Come on Marinette notice what I did! Please! Tikki was willing for her to pick it up.

"You know what happened last time I got to know the 'real boy' in New York." Nope, she didn't notice, Tikki sighed. "We almost kissed Tikki, it was this close." She positioned her thumb and pointer finger to show a slight gap was between the two. "Then that akuma happened and Chat saved my life ... again. How can I even consider someone else? Chat puts his life on the line for me everyday. He's always saving me."

"Adrien's saves you too ... well more defends you. Can you not remember in the park when he jumped in front of you instead of Kagami? Thinking about it he's jumped in front of you a lot, how many times has he taken you down?"

"Tikki, you're just making this harder. I can't choose between them. I love them both. Perhaps I can have two husbands in the future?" Marinette sat up looking hopefully at Tikki.

"I think that might be illegal in France, Marinette." The two laughed unaware of the turmoil going on with a certain cat miraculous wielder.

Adrien walked to his fathers office and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Gabriel Agreste announced as Adrien slipped in through the gap in the door. "Ahh, Adrien. I hear you have an out of school assignment tomorrow which means you do not have to attend. Is that correct?"

"Yes father, that's actually what I've come to speak to you about." Adrien had his hands clasped tightly together, before putting one hand in his pocket and grabbing hold of oddly shaped bits of plastic, his Marinette lucky charm. He wasn't quite sure how this was going to turn out, he needed all the luck he could get.

"I have scheduled an additional photoshoot for you in the afternoon. Your partner will attend with you, I hear it is Ms Dupain-Cheng." Gabriel stood up from his desk and made his way over to Adrien.

"Yes father. We have been paired together to get to know each other. We've been set questions that have to be answered throughout the day." Adrien couldn't believe he was having a friend at a photoshoot with him. Perhaps this was going to work out better than he thought.

"I have moved your piano lesson to the morning so we shall send a car to pick up Ms Dupain-Cheng at 8am. She will also be attending. You will then have the day to spend together to complete your assignment, you may do as you wish as long as you're respectful. If you need more time after your photoshoot you can visit her at her home."

"You mean I can go to a friends house?" Adrien couldn't believe his luck, perhaps his father was sick? Or was it the lucky charm in his hand?

"Please let Ms Dupain-Cheng know the arrangements, and she better dress accordingly. If the paparazzi get hold of pictures of you with the girl she must look decent or your friendship will no longer be valued. Do you understand?" Gabriel walked back to his desk chair as he spoke, letting Adrien know that one slip up would ultimate end his friendship with the one ray of sunshine in his life.

"Y-y-yes, Sir. I shall go inform her now." Adrien made his way out the door and pinched himself. Did that really just happen?

As Adrien closed the door Nathalie appeared from a hiding hole within the study.

"So what do you think? Lila has said this Marinette girl has been a bad influence on Adrien over the time he's been at school, though he genuinely looks happy to be partnered with her?"

"I must say, Sir, the girl can't get a coherent sentence out around him majority of the time, so I'm not sure where Ms Rossi gathered her information from. Marinette has incredible, steady grades, and excels in her design work. There's nothing to indicate any type of negative behaviour." Nathalie left out the #marinettechallenge that was trending around twitter. Gabriel didn't need to know the girl slept more than Sleeping Beauty, it wasn't a negative behavioural trait after all- just a slightly strange one.

"Make sure my schedule is clear tomorrow afternoon. I would like to attend this shoot and meet Ms. Dupain-Cheng myself."

"Yes, Sir." Nathalie agreed. The two sat down to business and continued finding designs for the new autumn collection.

Adrien shut the door in his room and let out a chuckle. He pulled out the lucky charm and smiled to himself, this girl truly was magic.

"Ugh! You're acting all love sick again!"

"Can you believe he's actually letting me spend a day with a friend?"

"Just a friend, huh?" Plagg grinned at Adrien, he couldn't help but tease the poor boy for being so oblivious.

"You're never going to give that up, are you?" Adrien walked over to his bag and pulled out his phone to message Marinette.

"Perhaps after you've been married for a few years I'll cool it down a bit. Now if you don't need me around I have a date to be getting to." He flew off into his cheese cupboard and Adrien could hear the moans coming from his cat-like kwami.

Pulling Marinette's name up on his phone, Adrien smiled at the picture. The gang had been out to grab ice cream from André's, about three weeks ago, on a rare occasion his father had given him free time and allowed him out the house. Marinette was smiling and leaning her head onto Adrien's shoulder. Adrien was looking down adoringly at her. He admired how good they looked together.

Adrien: Hey Mari, father would like you to attend a piano lesson and a photoshoot tomorrow with me but apart from that I've got the whole day free! Is that ok? I can pick you up in the morning at 8am. Or you can walk? Whichever is fine. A x

Marinette looked down at her phone and a trickle of excitement brushed down her spine. A whole day with Adrien; perhaps Tikki was right. A whole day could help her decide her feelings towards the blonde haired supermodel.

Mari: Sounds great, I'll be ready for you at 8am. How did you manage to get the whole day free? M x

Adrien jumped as his phone vibrated against the wood of his computer table. He saw Marinette's name and begin to panic. What if she said no? What if she only wants to see me for like ten minutes to complete the questions? The phone buzzed again reminding Adrien there was a message waiting to be opened. Plagg popped his head out of his hiding place, which happened to be in Adrien's computer desk.

"For the love of Camembert cheese, stop over thinking and read the message. It's like an earthquake in here!" Adrien sighed and picked up his phone, closing one eye and bracing himself for the rejection.

He read over her reply about ten time's before believing what it said.

"She's fine with it!"

"Nah, I never would have thought." Plagg was fed up and tired of the two of them dancing around each other. He wished he could just tell him and have it over and done with. It was all starting to get a bit tedious.

Adrien: It could have something to do with a certain lucky charm from a lovely lady 😜 x

Adrien sent the message and immediately regretted it.

Marinette read the message and immediately regretted it.

Her face turned red and the blush was uncontrollable, she threw her phone across her room and squealed. Was Adrien ... flirting with her?

"Tikki! What do I do?"

"Say something nice back ... compliment him on the bracelet he gave you, or be grateful for him keeping it? I don't know, kwami's don't flirt!"

Slowly walking back to her phone she picked it up and began to type.

Mari: I can't believe you've still got that! 😮 Well hopefully tomorrow you'll see how lucky the girl behind the charm is 😉 x

Adrien was pacing the room waiting for a reply. Every two steps he stopped and looked at his phone then mentally face palmed at the message he'd sent to the girl we was crushing on. Adrien Agreste wasn't a flirt, he left all that for his kitty side.

"Well kid, you did say want to show her the real Adrien." Plagg was lounging on Adrien's pillow playing with his cheese triangle.

"Not this soon." He looked at his phone and opened up his messages. Still nothing! "Plagg you best not be crumbling cheese in my bed."

"Why? I'm sure pigtails would love you to smell like the most divine substance on the planet."

"Plagg, you're the only one that likes the smell of it."

"Sugar cube, has never complained."

"I really don't know what that sweet little thing sees in you." Adrien felt a buzz in his hand.

"And I don't know what her sweet little wielder sees in you." Fortunately Adrien was too focused on the text message in front of him to hear exactly what Plagg had said.

"She sent me a wink emoji."

"Oh woah! When's the wedding then kid?"

Adrien was too happy to care what Plagg was saying. She'd messaged back and put a flirty wink, well he was seeing it as a flirty wink whether it was or wasn't he didn't care. He'd never done this sort of thing before but he was enjoying the terrifying thrill it was giving him.

Adrien: I can't wait to get lucky with you 😉 xx

He sent the message and smiled to himself, before quickly realising the innuendo of what he just said. As the smile dropped off his face he looked at his phone again and he realised that this would forever be known as the moment he'd messed up.