Macy's view

"Hey Luka" I greet him, surprised by the massive schwing that occurred between us. I knew from past experience there was no way Adrien did not feel that. I glance at Adrien - yep, he felt that...as jealousy was etched on his handsome face. I'll deal with that later, as for now...

I just ignore the schwing, as I was well use to ignoring schwings that had occurred inconveniently in the past. Luka, though, looked surprised, as if this had never happened to him before.

"Hey (he paused here as if wondering what to call me before settling on) Marinette, let me guess, you want to know who has the miraculous?" Luka asked.

I nod, not trusting myself to speak.

"It's Louis" Luka answered "I noticed a few years ago that I could no longer handle the way we use to travel, so I decided to train Louis up. How did he go?"

"He went well. We couldn't have done it without him actually. But that's not the problem here. The problem here is that I am the Miraculous box holder and you did not tell me that you had done this!" I say, annoyed at his decision.

"I honestly did not think that there would be a problem. Hawkmoth retired after resurrecting Adrien and has been dead now 5 years. What happened to his miraculous anyway?"

"It was missing from the estate" I answer "This is clearly Hawkmoth ll. I think that we need a new Ladybug and Chat Noir to fight him. I don't know about Chat, but I agree with you, travel by miraculous is scary." I look at Adrien "I think that we should train new Chat Noir's and Ladybugs"

"As you wish, My Lady" Adrien said smiling at me tenderly. I notice Luka scowling, I wondered if he was like that normally with this pair or just today as the schwing was still there, disturbingly in the background. When Luka noticed that I was inspecting him, he smiled, I nearly had a heart attack as my heart and breath froze. Not good. This man affected me more than Adrien did. I wondered why.

I receive a text from Lillian then saying: -

Hey Aunty,

7 people coming over for dinner. Can you please cater?

I reply

Sure dear, are you coming straight home?

Yes I get back

I type back I will stay home the rest of the day then.

Adrien seemed particularly interested in my message and when he read it, he announced he would stay home too.

"Why?" I ask, Adrien just smirked with a wink. What the hell am I supposed to think with that.

"Well, see you later Luka" I say as I head back up the stairs to start cooking.

"See you, Whoever you are" he replied, causing me to pause for a moment on the stairs as I headed back to the kitchen. I wonder how he knew I was not Marinette, when Adrien is still treating me as her, even though I told him I was not her.

I overheard Adrien ask "What do you mean 'Whoever you are'? That's Marinette."

"No, it's not, whoever that is, it's not Marinette" said Luka determinedly "That one I feel is for me not you. She may have Marinette's body, but it's not Marinette."

"You're going Loopy Luka" Adrien dismissed, despite me telling him earlier that I was not Marinette. Adrien then followed me up the stairs and made it extremely difficult for me to cook as he was being an affectionate feline rubbing against me suggestively. I gave up after the kids came home.

Following Lillian

While Louis had slipped out to battle the akumas the school was in an uproar. Luckily Annette, Lucian and Lillian had Ms Bustier who had experienced regular akuma attacks and had led the class to the school Akuma bunkers quickly and quietly. Not all the classes were so lucky. Several students were injured in the flurry that occurred as a result. It was decided that they would perform Akuma drills every morning until the children knew what to do.

It was lucky for Louis that the drama had occurred. It had enabled him to both get away and return unnoticed.

When the attack was over everyone returned to their homerooms to have their names called.

Mrs Bustier called the children one by one.

" Elijah Agreste "
"Here miss"

"Marcel Anciel "
"Here miss"

"Marcy Bruel "
"Here Miss"

" Timothy Bustier "
"Here Mum"

"Don't call me 'Mum' I am your teacher at school not your mother. Are we clear boys?"

"Yes Mum" Timothy and Xavier chimed
"What did I just say?" Mrs Bustier snapped.

"Yes Mrs Bustier"

"Thank you boys, much better!" Mrs Bustier said "Xavier Bustier?"
"Here Miss"

"Annette Couffaine-Agreste "
"Here Miss "

"Lucian Couffaine-Agreste "
Here Miss

"Jack Couffaine "
"Here Miss"

Jack, Annette and Lucian looked at each other in surprise. They didn't know that they were cousins and had never heard their last name used before as it wasn't a common name.

"Diana Kim "
"Here Miss"

"Sofia Kim"
"Here Miss"

"George Pickles" the whole class laughed exept Lillian, he couldn't help his name
"Here Miss"

"Abigail Simon"
"Here Miss"

"Tarquin Simon"
"Here Miss"

"Right, that's everyone, welcome to high school. You will find it a bit different to primary school..." and on she droned. The first lunch bell rang.

"Oh, Thank God!" Annette sighed, "I need some exercise before I fall asleep - want to come Lillian?"

"Huh? What?" Startled Lillian who had started sketching her two favourite boys with a outfit that suited them.

Annette seeing what she was doing said "I guess not then...anyway I want to talk to Jack."

Lillian gave a sheepish grin as she rested her head on her hand and continued to draw.

"HEY JACK!" Annette yelled, causing half the class to jump, and Elijah to actually follow his sisters conversation. Lucian also turned in interest as he remembered the other Couffaine in the class.

Jack came over "What Couffaine-Agreste?"

"How to you have the name Couffaine?"

"Oh my mother Julieka gave me it?"

"Julieka?"

"Thats right"

"I know that name. Hey Lucian, how do we know Julieka's name?" Annette asked her twin.

"Thats Luka's sister's name."

"Dad"s sister?"

"That's right!"

"Wow! I thought Julieka moved away with Rose to England"

"She was there for a couple of years but moved back when they met up with our Dads"

"Huh? I thought she married Rose. Whose your Dad's? Hang on does that mean Rose had a child too?"

"Yeah" he admitted one of his hand going to behind his neck "Question for you now. How did you get your name?"

"From our Mum and Dad" Annette replied.

"Who is your Mum and Dad?" Asked Jack as Marcel came over.

"Hey Jack! Are we going to lunch?" Marcel interrupted the conversation.

"Yeah, sis, wait up, I'm finding out why they have the Couffaine name too." Jack said absently.

"Wait - Sis?" Butted in Lucian "You're related?"

"Yeah, this is my sister - Marcel"

"Why the different last name?"

"Different father. It's a bit complicated." Responded Marcel "Anyway Jack asked you who your mother and father were before I rudely interrupted"

"Oh right " said Annette cheerfully "Our mother is Marinette Agreste and our father Luka Couffaine."

"You're kidding right?" Jack said "Uncle Luka always says in his interviews that he isn't interested in a relationship."

"That's because he's not" Lucian answered "well not so much not, as can't. I am pretty sure if Dad ah, Uncle Adrien, died again he would be though."

"Well, ok then" said Jack, clearly not understanding "so complicated family details are attached to the Couffaine name then. But from what I can tell that makes you my cousins that I didn't know existed."

"Cousins?" Queried Lucian.

"Yes - if your Dad is Luka, that makes us cousins. Our mum is his sister Julieka."

The twins laugh nervously feeling a bit foolish not to have put it all together. Elijah wondered what that made him as he wasn't technically related to the other Couffaine's.

Lillian, knowing that Aunt Marinette would want Julieka and Rose over said "Do you have a phone Jack?"

"Yes, why?"

"Can you please message your Mum's and Dad's and invite you all over for dinner tonight?"

Lucian, realising that Lillian was right, said "Yeah, please invite them!"

"Even my other sister?" Jack asked.

"Yes, Mum would never forgive us if we didn't invite you!" Lucian said.

"Ok, I will ask then" said Jack as he pulled out his phone and messaged his mother. He received a message straight back "Yes! We would love to come over! Where do we come?"

Lucian seeing the reply sent off the details with the question "Can we go over straight from school?"

The reply "Yes" came back.

Lucian replied "Thanks!" And got back a confused face. He looked up at Jack handing him his phone "Well I normally don't thank her."

Lucian wanted to ask "Why not?" but decided not to. He got his manners from Adrien and Marinette, surprisingly he didn't know his real Dad, Luka, very well so decided to leave it alone.

Lillian meanwhile texted Marinette "Hey Aunty, we are inviting 7 people over for dinner. Can you please cater?"

"Sure dear! Are you coming straight home?" Marinette texted back.

"Yes"

"Ok, I will stay home the rest of the day then." Lillian blushed red then, because she knew exactly what would happen now. Uncle Adrien wasn't exactly mindful of the children in the house at times when he was stalking Marinette and this was usually triggered by her staying home.

Lucian noting the blush asked "What were you messaging?"

So Lillian showed him, and he went red too, which triggered Annette's curiosity, Lucian knowing this said " When the cats away the mice will play." To Annette's curious look, then Annette went red.

"Why are you all red?" Asked Jack feeling confused.

"Uncle Adrien" the three said in unison, they looked at each other and laughed.

Lillian, feeling sorry for Marcel and Jack, said "You will see why we get embarrassed - if you visit long enough. Let's say Uncle Adrien really loves his wife. My Mum is always telling him to get a room."

"Who's your Mum then?" Marcel asked.

"My parents are Nino and Alya Lahiffe" said Lillian.

"But you live with these guys?"

Lillian nods. "My parents have lived with theirs since high school."

"Ohhh, so that's why my Dads live with my Mums" said Jack, the penny finally dropping. He never understood why 2 gay guys lived with 2 lesbians and why they chose to have kids together and stay together.

"It is?" Said Lillian cluelessly.

"Mum said that the reason Dads and mum were living together was because of family friends who lived like us. I never understood what she was talking about." Jack answered.

None of the 3 kids understood but figured that they would figure it out at dinner that night when they met again.
Jack suddenly bolted out the door leaving the 3 friends surprised. So surprised that they looked to Marcel for an answer.

"Oh Jack has probably gone to tell Marjorie at primary school to meet us here." Marcel said "Marjorie does not have a phone, only Jack does. I lost my phone so I am not allowed another until I buy it myself. " she shrugged.

"Well, let's go eat some lunch quickly" suggested Lillian and everyone agreed.

When school finished the group of kids met out the front to head home.

Macy's view

Lillian was first in the door and saw Adrien kissing my neck with his arms wrapped around me.

"Jesus, Uncle Adrien, you know that there is such a thing as too much PDA when kids are around!" Lillian exclaimed as 5 more kids filed in behind her.

To which Adrien grinned and said not sounding sorry at all "Suck it up kiddos, this is my wife and my house, I will treat her this way if I please."

Earning a groan out of all the kids.

"By the way kiddos, your rosters start next week - live up your free time now!"

This earned Adrien another groan.

"Hey Dad" asked Lucian.

"Yeah?" replied Adrien, finally letting me go to walk over to Jack and inspect him, making the poor boy nervous.

"Is Luka home?"

A tiny look of jealousy returned and flicked across Adrien's face as he remembers the schwing that happened last time I was near him. "Yes, Why? And who are these 3 people?"

"Dad, I need to get Luka first ok? Before I go introducing people."

Adrien looked disgruntled but he let Lucian go get his real father.

While we were waiting, I inspected Lillian's face and sigh. She has the look of the long-term bullied. I was about to ask about the bruising across her face that looked a bit like a black mask, when Luka arrived.

I glanced at him and instantly regret it. It was like my whole being focused on him, the schwing slightly worse than before as I was determined to ignore it for Marinette's sake.

Yeah, I know the kwami's said I had to break Adrien's heart and get with Luka but I don't believe in breaking up marriages. Surely there was some other way? One that didn't involve breaking up something that was perfect for the people involved.

Lucian disappeared for a minute while he brought a sleepy looking Luka back up the stairs.

"Dad Mum, Luka this is Jack and Marjorie Couffaine and Marcel Anciel from school." Lucian said when he came back with Luka.

Adrien smiled at the 3 and said "You look like Luka with red hair" to Jack and to Marjorie "You look like Nathaniel with black hair, and you look like Rose" to Marcel. "So, I guess your parents would be Julieka, Rose, Nathaniel and Marc going by how they were in school."

The 3 looked at him in awe "How could you tell our parents?" They asked him puzzled.

"Wait? You're telling me I am right?" Said Adrien looking particularly pleased with himself.

They nod.

"Cool! How are they?" Adrien asked, but I drag him away saying

"Come on dear let the kids to their own devices, they don't need us to hamper them!"And I drag him upstairs.

Adrien's look changed from disappointment to excitement as he noticed the direction we were going. Luka looked after us and sighed, as we disappeared to our room I heard "Nice to meet my sister's kids. I take it Ju will be here later?"

I knew that they would be but I was not sure who would be coming to the dinner.

As we get to our room, I lock the door behind me. In hopes that the kids would take the hint if they came up for us - locked door, do not enter. Or enter and be traumatized for life.

I spied a tantric chair in the bedroom and asked Adrien "Hey, Adrien, did Marinette and you ever use that chair?"

"What chair, and you're Marinette, why are you referring to yourself as not?"

"Because I am not Marinette, I am Macy, I have no idea how I got here but here I am. And I meant that chair."

"Yes, you know we have to read on. I still don't understand why Nino and Alya gave us this chair."

I laugh "Seriously? You and Marinette have never used it, for anything other than reading on?"

Adrien looked at me blankly. "What do you mean?"

"Adrien, It's a damn sex chair!" I say "From what I have read you and Marinette should have really enjoyed it. It was actually a great gift that Nino and Alya gave you."

"It is?" he said in wonder.

"Yeah! Here look it up on Google" and I showed him.

"Let's try that Marinette!" Adrien said excited.

"Again, I am not Marinette, but I will give it ago as I have never tried it - it looks interesting. I really am not comfortable though doing this with another wife's man."

Adrien ignored me and so we tried it, making a few thuds with our mistakes. About half an hour later we head back downstairs to check on how the dinner was doing. Adrien followed me not bothering to dress in anything more than a pair of boxers.

Following Lillian

"Cool! How are they?" Adrien asked, but Marinette dragged him away saying "Come on dear let the kids to their own devices, they don't need us to hamper them!" As she drags him upstairs.

Adrien's look changed from disappointment to excitement as he noticed the direction they were going. Luka looked after them and sighed, turning his eyes back to the kids "Nice to meet my sister's kids. I take it Ju will be here later?"

"Yes" offered Jack, the only person oblivious to the schwing "Is it true Annette and Lucian are yours? It doesn't look like Marinette would look at you that way."

Luka sighed "They are mine and the only time she looks at me is when he is dead or her mind is not her own." Indicating Adrien as he disappeared up the stairs, earning him a strange look from everyone there.

"Then how did you end up with kids to her? He's alive, now isn't he?"

"He was dead when I was with her. Ladybugs miraculous brought him back to life." Said Luka with a half-truth. "That day was both the happiest and saddest day of my life. I am grateful though that I was blessed with 2 beautiful children with her though. I don't think I could have endured that if it weren't for them. Please excuse me" Luka said as he disappeared back downstairs to his area to start playing.

The tune that drifted up to the stunned niece and nephew was incredibly sweet and heartbreaking a tune called "Second chance" leaving them with tears running down their faces as they remembered some of the words to the song which had been popular years earlier and still popular now:-

"And I know that you will never love me,
The way that you love him.
And I know that you'll never look at me
With the same sparkle in your eyes.

But somehow I'll still love you,
We can find our own rhythm to dance.
And baby if you would only let me,
I could be your second chance."
(A/N words of song written by @LiquefiedStars and used with permission)

Lillian came back to the kitchen for the 3 teenagers and invited them to the cheery living room.

"Come on Jack, Marjorie and Marcel, come play a game with us. Don't listen to Uncle Luka's music for too long when he's like that - you'll end up depressed. Not many people are immune to that music."

They nod and tear themselves away to join the much happier living room where they heard a couple of thuds upstairs causing the twins and Lillian to giggle. Luckily it was contagious, and the 3 guests didn't think to ask what the noise was as Alya and Nino came home.

"Hey new Dudes and Dudettes" Nino greeted the 3 teenagers "Where's the adult factor?"

"Hey Dad," another thump was heard "give you a guess."

Alya rolled her eyes "Oh for heaven's sake, you'd think he would grow out of his obsession with her."

"Not anytime soon by the sounds of that" Nino commented after hearing another thud.

"Well, hopefully its soon as that depressing music is getting to me. Why Adrien thought it was a great idea... I'll never understand." Alya said matter of factly "Well kids have fun! We will be in the kitchen if you need us."

So Alya and Nino left the kids to check on the dinner Marinette provided and Nino was a bit puzzled by it as they never had what was being served that night. Alya figured it was because Marionette was no longer Marionette that they were being served something different, she just hoped it was edible. It was about half an hour later when Marinette came back downstairs to check how things were going for the dinner party followed by a very pleased Kitty.

Macy's view

Alya looked at Adrien's state of undress, said "Visitors Chat... go fix yourself up!"

"Kill joy!" Adrien teased and did as she said.

"And Don't you forget it!" Alya teased back "Anyway, girl what's with the akuma?"

"I don't know but we need to find a new Ladybug and Chat Noir, Rena Rouge and Carapace. How the hell Viperion knew before me is amazing but not surprising since we stopped going on patrols and he didn't." I say.

"That bad huh?" Nino remarked.

I nodded, "I didn't think that I was that old yet, but I think that it would be good to find the perfect people to replace and train before we can't help at all. If they get into trouble at least we can help them but if we leave it too long, we won't be able to. Argh! That means letting the Avengers know that the people have changed too!"

"I wouldn't worry about that yet Marinette " advised Alya "you say one step at a time, so that's what we will do. First step - find a replacement!"

And the doorbell rang.
Luka's music stopped and he came upstairs. "Hey!" He nodded to us all as he went to answer the door, only to have his sister throw herself on him and hug him.

"Luka!" She cried

"Julieka" he replied "It's good to see you sis." Seeing all the people behind her he asked "and who have you brought with you?"

"This is my wife Rose" Julieka said with pride "and sperm donors Nathaniel and Marc."

Nathaniel came in "Gee thanks Julieka, you could have at least told him that we were married too."

Luka looked confused "You married to Julieka too? How did that work?"

Marc coming in "No, Nathaniel and I are married, both of us wanted kids so we paired up long enough to have them. Marcel is Nathaniel and my kid by law. The other two are Julieka's"

"I see now" Luka said." Well, come on in and I am sure that you'll want to catch up with everyone in the kitchen." Indicating the way to the kitchen.

I squealed, thinking Marinette would most likely do this, and pulled them all into a big hug to make them feel right at home. Adrien was polite and welcoming but kept a sharp eye on Nathaniel as he remembered him having a crush on me in high school. He didn't think that Nathaniel was as gay as his marriage suggested due to the fact Julieka had two children not one. He stood protectively behind me with his arms wrapped around me. I murmured under my breath "Not that I am complaining about being in your arms, that's great, but the reason you're doing it - you're being a silly kitty."

"But your silly kitty right?" He murmured back.

"Yes dear, " as I started to plate up the meal for everyone. I could not be bothered reminding him I was someone else again. It seemed the only ones who believed me was the Kwami's, Alya and Luka.

I called everyone to sit at the dining room table where we all mixed having a good time until it was time to leave.

Alya and I invited them to visit anytime as someone was always home. They, in return, promised to visit and stay in touch.

As Nathaniel was going, I could not believe it, Adrien growled at him and Luka hissed as he was about to hug me goodbye. He glanced at the offending males and decided instead to just smile. Julieka was standing next to Luka when he hissed and asked "What was that for brother?"

"I don't know" he admitted "It just came out in reaction to the look in his eyes" he looked at Julieka "Well, have fun sis and be safe.

Nathaniel looked like he wanted to know what I felt like after all these years. I don't really understand his thought processes but he made me feel uncomfortable, like I was some sort of prize to be caught. "For God's sake, Marinette was married, what is he thinking?" I thought.

When he was hissed and growled at, he looked like he felt the warning deep in his bones, "Don't touch her or you will die" I glance at Adrien and Luka and both wore the same expression towards him which clearly said that.

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