"I'd say something to her."  Nino's voice emanated from beside Adrien.

Adrien hummed, his comrade ejecting him out of his train of thought.
   "Mm..." Adrien hummed back. It wasn't always that Adrien allowed himself to be distracted by visitors at work, and it wasn't like Nino stopped by often to come see him.

Adrien was keen to friendly faces, it was rare his father let anyone see him, he was gonna take it whenever he had the chance.

Both the males glowered their eyes over the tan model who posed in front of the camera.

Nino scoffed, watching Lila roll her shoulders and look seductively into the camera.

"She looks ridiculous. Is this what modeling is about? Looking funny in front of a camera?" Nino asked, looking over to Adrien who nervously chewed on his thumb nail.

   "More or less. Some of us aren't as creepy as that." Adrien deadpanned, looking back at his friend with a nervous glance.
"She hasn't changed. It's a shame you guys didn't notice her behavior back in high school. She was...kind of insane."

Nino hummed, crossing his arms.
"She brought Alya into this, so she became my issue too."

Adrien subtly nodded.
"Imagine working with her. She makes me nervous. She's always following me around, threatening to make Marinette leave me. I mean I thought the high school day time drama was over."

Nino scoffed, leaning more so into the wall with a perplexed expression.
"Is this the moment when you're gonna explain that vulture insider joke to me?" He perked a brow. "I mean it's really starting to catch on."

Adrien nodded, his eyes drifting off so that Lila didn't spot him looking at her.

   "She's got claws like a crow." Adrien muttered. "Look-have you seen her hands? They're not as soft as she makes them look in photos."

Nino snorted, crunching his hands to his side's to mimic a crow with claws.

"Caw! Caw!" Nino screeched, flapping his claws hands as if he were a preying bird.

Adrien snorted in laughter, but quickly regained himself, tugging at his friends arms and hushing him before Lila could even notice.

  "Shhh Don't let her see you." He grinned, gazing back at the tan model who threw on her robe and began to get her makeup touched up.
  
   Nino shook his head.
"I wanted her to hear it. But if she'll rat on you, I'll keep my cool." Nino complied, letting his arms rest at his side.

The boys remained quiet, and Adrien resumed chewing on his thumbnail, the lines under his eyes deepening with stress.
   Nino frowned, noticing the grimace on his friend and shook his head.

"Do you believe Marinette? That Lila was the one who sent the photo into the press?"  Nino asked, not keeping his gaze off of Lila.

"As much as I hate to say it, I've known her too well in high school." Adrien conceded, looking back at him friend with a grimace. "But I think she definitely had something to do with it."

Nino tutted, his arms crossing in a taut formation.
   "This isn't high school anymore. The teenage drama should have stayed back in the petty days..." Nino grumbled. "We're too old for this shit."

Adrien scoffed, reaching up to pinch the bridge of his nose.

"You and Marinette said that very same thing..." he sighed, his eyes closing as his mind wandered over to his bluenette bride to be."

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"Please please please!" Alya begged her friend, clasping her hands together.
    Marinette frowned and she looked at her sew model form. She was able to snag Chloe's measurements before she left her office and was glad to go home early so that she could start on it.
   She felt terrible. She wanted to accommodate her friend to the corner store of a pregnancy test, but she was on a tight schedule.

"I don't want to go on my own, me and Nino are suspecting that I'm pregnant. If I can just buy a test and then confirm it with a doctor, I'll forever be in your debt." Alya pleaded.

Marinette blushed, stepping back from her figure to look at her friend. Marinette felt honored that she would be the first to know if she was pregnant, but it brought back so many memories.
  It was the very same corner store she had purchased her first test and she learned that she was pregnant with her first child.
Her blue eyes glanced over to her little one, who sat on the sofa beside Alya, eating at the chocolates that Adrien had bought for her earlier in the day.

   Marinette did most of her pregnancy on her own. Had it not been for Tikki, she probably would have made a few disheartening decisions, which she started off doing by not telling Adrien sooner.

Even though Alya knew of Tikki. It wasn't like she had her own full time kwami like Marinette did. She turned her head to glance down at her kwami who poked her head out of her purse with a look of reassurance

Marinette would want someone to do the same for her

   "You know I wouldn't leave you to do this on your own..." Marinette murmured. She took one last look at her model form and then looked at Alya. "Let's make it quick!"
Alya gasped, her eyes widening and she immediately jumped up to wrap her arms around her friend.

"Thank you so so much!!" Alya exclaimed, jumping up and down while forcefully twirling Marinette around in a circle.

Louis gasped at the scenery.
"Yay!" He exclaimed, wrapping his arms around the pair of friends. He hadn't the slightest clue of what was going on, but he knew that if it involved hugs, he wanted to be included.

    The pair pulled away from each other, mostly for Marinette to dress her little one. She bundled him up, and kept a tight grip on his hand as they both ventured from the store.

  They walked down their narrow street, and since the incident with Nathan kidnapping their baby, Marinette was a nervous wreck when it came to letting Louis out of her sight.
  It still took an insane amount of convincing when it came to babysitting. Even the fear of losing her job was enough to pry her away from her little one.

"What are you going to do if you are pregnant?" Marinette asked as the trio walked down the narrow street. "I thought you guys wanted to take things slow and travel the world or something."

Alya hummed, reaching for the other  hand of Louis.
"I was on birth control." She shrugged. "One night we didn't use a condom and things just happened." She tried to shrug it off. "I know birth control doesn't work one hundred percent of the time. I can't even tell if I missed any of my periods because they're usually little to none when I'm on time with my birth control..."

Marinette nodded, her blue eyes flickering to examine the face of her hopeful friend.
   "You want it to be positive, don't you?" She asked, her brow raising.

Alya blushed, shrugging as she was put on the spot.
"I mean...if it's negative I'll be fine, and if its positive I'll be fine as well. I know me and Nino wanted to get more serious." She bit her lip. "Perhaps marrying one another and starting a family, but if this one is a surprise, then we are okay with it too." She looked down at Louis who began skipping cracks in the ground between the both of them.
"We did a lot of traveling and we spent a lot of time together." She continued. "But I'm ready to settle down..."

Marinette nearly squealed at the thought of her best friend getting married. She was truly happy for her. There was definitely no other joy than to be with your family, and creating one with the person you loved.
"Well...whatever the results are..." Marinette murmured, breaking the silence that had started to grow between them.
"I'm happy for you..." She turned her head, watching as they approached the store.

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   "What are you doing here?" Lila asked, her eyes shooting arrows into Nino.
  "I was told Adrien was not to have any distractions. This is an important photo shoot we were supposed to have together and you being here doesn't help."

Nino glanced back at Adrien as he was already in his dressing room.

Nino rolled his eyes back to the girl.

Can he say something?
Technically the coast was clear, Adrien was nowhere in sight. He couldn't stop Nino from saying something if he wanted to.

   "I'm here because I'm allowed to be, and if anyone is a distraction its most definitely you. Your voice alone is enough to send dogs running backwards." Nino muttered.

Lila's eyes widened as the crew placed a veil on her head.
  "You're a pig!" She hissed, turning her back and gripping on to her wedding dress and walked off.

Adrien came out of his dressing room with a grimace, his brow furrowing as Nino flipped Lila off the moment she had her back turned.
  He had to admit that it was odd having one of his closest friends watch him model with probably one of the least liked person's on the planet.

   He also wasn't sure if he was comfortable doing a wedding themed photoshoot with Lila playing the role of his bride.
   "I'm not sure if I feel comfortable doing this. I feel like this will give her the wrong idea...feed her sick fantasy." Adrien sighed, fixing the tie on his suit.

   Nino nodded, crossing his arms and facing away from Lila as she positioned herself in front of the camera. "I can't say I blame you. I've got the feeling she doesn't have a sense of reality."

Adrien groaned, wanting to just curl into a hole and die.

"Adrien!" Camille called out. "Let's go, buddy. We are on a tight schedule."

Adrien sighed, giving his friend one last pleading look to pray for his survival. He hesitantly joined the brunette behind the camera.
Lila took the lead. She pressed her body into his.

Snap.

She wrapped her arms around him.

Snap.

She played with his hair and stared into his eyes.

Snap.

  Adrien felt a little dead inside. He was just going through the motions, he was doing what he had to do. He wasn't sure how many frames they got. All he could recognize was Lila constantly moving against him.
He was in a trance.

The voice that called out to him was faint.
   Was it over yet?

"Adrien!" Camille's voice rang through his trance.

Adrien blinked, looking up at her.
"Huh? What?" He asked.

Camille stood next to the photographer, shaking her head.
"You're not focused, Adrien. You looked bored and out of it in almost all of these frames..."

Adrien frowned, looking at her.
"Oh...I'm sorry..." he cleared his throat, straightening himself out. "I guess I'm just thinking about other stuff."

Camille frowned.
"Put your game face on, Adrien. We're almost done..."

Lila rolled her eyes, a sly smile slowly making its way on to her face.

"I have an idea...to spice things up!" She chirped, clasping her hands together. "It'll definitely make things so much more interesting." She innocently batter her eyes as Adrien who glanced back at her nervously.

She shimmied over to Adrien, wrapping her arm around his.
"A sweet kiss on camera would be something to rave about on the next cover..."

Adrien gulped, his blood running cold. He looked over to Nino who stiffened up straight as board

"Oh...well..." Camille pondered, looking over to the photographer who simply shrugged.

"N-No." Adrien flatly blurted out. "I dont feel comfortable with that-"

Lila's grip tightened around his arm and she smiled weakly.
"A-Adrien. Don't be silly...it's not about comfort, it's about what sells. You need to sell these covers and I believe a kiss between the both of us would do just that." Her smile became for forced, her eye nearly twitching as she looked to Camille.

"No..." Adrien pulled away from Lila. It was almost as if a light bulb went off in his head.

  "You know what will sell?" He continued. "Actual cover photos of me and my wife. Everyone is already invested in my personal life with Marinette. A wedding themed photo shoot with my actual wife will sell millions." He crossed his arms, stepping away from Lila who looked like she was ready to explode.

Camille widened her eyes, almost as if she was looking at a golden idea.

   "That's...actually a brilliant idea..." She murmured, tapping her pen against her lips. She immediately reached for her iPad.
"Can you get her here tomorrow?" She perked a brow.

Adrien grinned, almost ready to bounce on his feet.
He didn't really like selling his personal life for copies, but if it had to be done, and could be used to avoid Lila, he would totally do so in a heartbeat.
  "Yes...I can get her here. Just say the words..."

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   "Why did you buy three pregnancy tests?" Alya asked as she pulled the boxes out of the plastic bag.
   Marinette hummed as she finished up the final touches on her sewing model form.
  In the inspiration of a bee pattern on her design, Marinette was able to spill it in glitter and gold.
It was over the top and sparkly, just in Chloe's taste.

  "I just thought I'd take one with you. I know I'm not pregnant, but I'm going the extra mile to make sure you aren't doing anything alone." She giggled, glancing back at her friend who unboxed the first pregnancy test.
    "You should thank me."

Alya giggled, looking up at Marinette.
"Thank you--" she stood up. "I'm going in first!" Alya gripped on to the test. She paused before she can let herself into the bathroom.
  "You don't have to follow me. This part I can do on my own."

Marinette gasped, placing a hand on her chest.
  "What? You mean I dont get to watch you pee on a stick? Oh cruel!" She feigned despair, throwing her hands up dramatically to her head.

Alya rolled her eyes.
"Get a grip, girl!" She teased, closing the door behind her.

Marinette chuckled. She hummed, opening another box of her own.
She felt like she was taking a gag test.
While Louis was distracted she tip toed to her second bathroom.
In a hurry, she pulled down her pants and underwear.
  She unwrapped the pregnancy test, making her business as quick as possible.
When she was done, she washed her hands and walked back to her work study. She placed the pregnancy test on the desk and then turned to Louis who just finished the bag of chocolates completely.

The bluentte frowned, reaching for her son who was covered in chocolate.
"Nooo, I didn't want you eating so much sugar, Lou." She pouted, attending to her son as Alya walked out of the bathroom and placed her test beside Marinette's, taking special note of its placement.

"Is he prone to sugar rushes?" Alya asked, overhearing Marinette's dismay.

Marinette shrugged, lifting the baby up in her arms.

"I'm not sure...he never had this much sugar before." She frowned, taking him into the bathroom. She grabbed a few baby wipes, gently cleaning the smears off his face.

Tikki poked her head out, glancing down at Louis who smiled the moment he saw her. He gently reached out to her to which Tikki quickly floated to his cheek, nuzzling into him.
Marinette giggled at her kwami, smiling softly as her son and one of her best friends began to cuddle.

Marinette was done with his face, finally clear of all the chocolate.
Louis hummed, rubbing his eyes. Marinette glanced at the clock, it was getting quite late.

"Alright buddy, let's get you to bed." She gasped, lifting the baby up.

"Marinette..." Alya suddenly appeared behind her, nearly scaring Marinette half to death.

The blunette turned around, looking at Alya who seemed to be in shock.

"You have to see this..." She breathed, turning on her heels and dissipating back in Marinette's work room.

   The blunette sighed, looking at Tikki.
"Can you put him to bed? I'll be in to tuck him in..." Marinette whispered to her kwami. "He can dress himself, you'll just have to help him out a little. If you lay beside him, he'll go to bed in a snap."

Tikki nodded, listening to Marinette before Louis was placed on to the ground.

Marinette gave Louis a soft kiss on the cheek and ruffled his hair.
"Go follow Tikki, she'll take you to bed okay? Be a good boy." She cooed, watching her son nod and follow Tikki to his room.

The blunette watched Tikki guide Louis back to his room before she met Alya back in her room.
  She closed the door behind her, her brow furrowing as Alya looked down at the pregnancy test.

"Hey, what's up?" Marinette asked, slowly approaching the brunette who stepped aside, pointing to the pregnancy test on the desk.

The blunette furrowed her brow, reading the two lines on the test.
"Two lines means positive, right?" She asked, looking up at Alya with a small smile.

Alya gulped, nodding softly.
"That's a positive test..." she breathed in response.

Marinette immediately felt butterflies in her stomach. A wide grin spread across her face as she was almost ready to scream with joy.

"Alya!! That's amazing!!" She squeaked in a hushed whisper. "Congratulations!!"
She opened her arms out, ready to hug her friend who gladly accepted the hug.

Alya remained still, hesitantly pulling away.

"Marinette..." her voice quivered.

Marinette frowned, pulling back to look at her friend, hearing the uncertainty in her voice was beginning to worry her.

"Alya? What's wrong?" She asked, cupping her face softly.

Alya looked into her eyes, shock still swarming her pupils.
   "Marinette..." She continued again. "My test came out negative. That positive test was yours..."

It was like a shock to her core.

The blunette blinked, her blood feeling like it stopped pumping.

"What...?" She asked, immediately pulling away.

Alya frowned, reaching for her test and flashing Marinette the negative result.
   "Your test came out positive..."

Marinette shook her head, reaching for the positive test.
"Wait...me and Adrien didn't even--"

She cut herself short as she remembered the night he got her out of the shower. She remembered it vividly.
   She vividly remembered his hands on her, their kisses and she certainly remembered feeling him release inside of her. He was completely raw.

  Her heart quickened and she clenched on to the test as she looked at Alya.

"Shit--"
It was all she could utter out.

Alya nodded, offering her an awkward smile.
"I'd say congrats, but you seem too much in shock. But....I think you're pregnant..."

Marinette trembled, looking down at the positive test.

"Shit..."

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A/N: Prepare yourselves. This story is about to get real soon.