All The Way

A Metro Station and A Date

Across the city Marinette propped her head up with her hand as she listened to her professor. She was in her final year at the International Fashion Academy. Audrey Bourgeois had very generously given her a scholarship to attend school and had even set her up with an internship with Louis Vuitton, arguably the best fashion house in Paris. Besides Gabriel Agreste's, that is.

But there was absolutely no way that Marinette would ever accept an internship with him. Not only because of their complicated history together, but also because she didn't want people to think that she was being favored. Everyone knew that she was dating, and was now engaged to Gabriel Agreste's son.

The lesson was dragging on and on, but at least it was the last class of the day. Maybe they would even get out early. She sure hoped so because she had a lot of things to do.

Ten minutes early. Good enough. Marinette happily packed up her bag, said goodbye to her friends and left. The first thing she did was go to a local fabric shop to get some new materials. When she was done there she went to the grocery store. After that she hopped on a bus and went back to the apartment to drop everything off.

There was one more incredibly important errand left, so she walked a few blocks to the Gare Montparnasse, the closest metro station. Like usual it was packed with people hurrying about, trying to catch their train. But Marinette was in no rush. Going through the rows of lockers, she stopped at number 368.

She grabbed the keys from her purse and opened the locker door. A smile crossed her lips as she saw the Miracle Box. With a press of a button, all of the compartments opened up to reveal the Miraculouses inside. Then she reached back into her purse and removed a pair of glasses. After putting the Horse Miraculous back in its place, she took a moment to look at the others.

Her heart sank a little when her eyes landed on the Butterfly Miraculous. She couldn't help but feel partially responsible that Adrien's mother never woke up from her enchanted sleep. They had tried everything that they could think of, but nothing worked. And now it was too late. Emilie Agreste was gone forever.

Marinette knew in her heart that his mother's death was one of the reasons why Adrien wanted to get married so soon. He wanted a family again. Of course his father and Nathalie were still around, but they would always have a strained relationship, to say the least.

His father loved him; that had already been proven when Gabriel let Adrien use the ultimate wish instead of using it himself. But even though there was love there, it didn't change the fact that he subjected Adrien to years of psychological abuse.

After Adrien turned eighteen and was legally an adult, he started cutting ties with his father. The first thing he did was sign with a modeling agency so he could make his own money. Once he had saved up enough, he moved out of his father's house and into his apartment.

He didn't cut his father out of his life completely though. He didn't want that. Even with all the horrible things that Gabriel did- the control tactics, the lies, the deception, the intimidation, the isolation, the threats, the aggressive actions and so on and so forth- Adrien still decided that he wanted his father to be a part of his life. Those things were not forgiven nor forgotten. They never would be. But Adrien wanted to move forward for his own sake.

That was no one's decision but his own. And Marinette supported him.

With a sigh she gently ran her fingers over the brooch. It was amazing how something so beautiful could cause such turmoil and strife. After a moment she turned her attention to three other Miraculouses. She picked them up, tossed them inside of her purse and then closed all of the compartments. Closing the locker door she removed her key and left.