Adrien spoke through the walkie talkie, "She's here, keep calm and compliment her dress." Nathaniel blushed as red as a tomato as Marinette sat across him, wearing a beautiful dress which he assumed she made herself.

"Your d-dress l-l-looks really n-nice"

Marinette smiled at him, "Thank you! You look really nice too!" Nathaniel blushed even more. He then heard from his ear piece, "say a pun! Girls love funny guys!"

Nathaniel racked his brain for any funny puns until one came to light, "you might say I like ARTastic." Marinette then stared at him a dumbfounded face, Nathaniel whispered, "I don't think she's laughing.."

Marinette laughed, "You're hilarious!" Of course Marinette was faking it. It was very lame but she didn't want to hurt the artist's feelings. The boy quietly giggled while Adrien watched proudly.

This date is gonna be great.

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Marinette flopped onto her bed with a loud thud. Tikki zoomed out of her purse with a concerned look on her face, "Marinette are you sure this is a great idea? Just using Nathaniel to get over your crush on Adrien?"

Marinette stared at the ceiling as she replied, "I know Tikki it's mean but.... I think I'm actually falling for him. He's a great artist, he's kind, sweet, and his lame puns reminded me of Chat. Maybe I can finally get over the fact that me and Adrien weren't supposed to be."

Tikki said with doubt, "ok.... if you're sure."

"It's late now Tikki, let's get some sleep. Goodnight"

"Goodnight Marinette"