Reunited

-Chapter - 55 - Tension -

-December 19, 2026-
-Agreste Mansion-

-Friday- morning-

When Nathalie eventually awakened, she noticed Gabriella and Gabriel were gone. She had expected to see the father and daughter lying alongside her, but they weren't. Nathalie sat up in bed and reached for her glasses on the nightstand before scanning the room. She couldn't find them anywhere in the room and believed Gabriel and Gabriella were already downstairs.

Nathalie was slowly letting herself fall back onto the bed, but when she recalled that Gabriella had to go to school today, she dragged herself out of bed and hurried to the bathroom to conduct her morning routine.

Nathalie hurried out of the bedroom after finishing her morning routine, entirely forgetting to change out of her pajamas. She went to Gabriella's room first, but found that she wasn't there. But she figured they were probably having breakfast, so she rushed down the stairs and into the dining room.

As soon as she stepped in to the dining room she found her brother, his wife Lucy, and their daughter Blaire, Adrien and Marinette, but not Gabriel to Gabriella.

"If you are looking for Gabriel and Gabriella, they're in the kitchen," Adrien informs his mother and proceeded to drink his water.

Nathalie thanked him, and when she saw the food on the table she couldn't help but smile and look at her sister-in-law, "Breakfast looks delicious, Lucy, well done!" she complemented and stared at the plate with two French toast, a few slices of avocado, raspberries, spinach salad and the sunny side up egg.

Lucy giggled, "I agree, it looks absolutely delicious, but I shouldn't take any credit for it. This was all Gabriel! He made the breakfast, and now he's in the kitchen making Gabriella and Blaire's lunch."

"Oh," was all Nathalie could say, and she walked towards the kitchen.

"Good morning, mama!" Gabriella says, making Gabriel accidentally drop the spatula he was holding.

Nathalie approached her daughter, who was sitting on the counter, and she says, "Good morning, my love," she then paused, "What did mama say about sitting on the counter?"

"Sorry, mama... I just wanted to see father cook! He's like a chef!" Gabriella says.

Gabriel chuckled making them both turn to him, "I wouldn't say like a chef, my love! I'm still learning," he said and turned to Nathalie, giving him a smile. She expected her to smile back but, she just turned to Gabriella again.

She asks her daughter, "Why aren't you dressed for school yet?"

"Uhmm.... mama can I not go to school today, please? Father just came back and I wanna spend time with him! I wanna decorate for Christmas later!" Gabriella begged and hugged her.

Nathalie turned to Gabriel briefly then stared down at her daughter, "I'm sorry, my love... I would let you, but you already missed more than a month of school!" she answered and Gabriella removed her arms around her mother.

Gabriel noticed the sadness on his daughter's face and placed the spatula down and stood alongside Nathalie, placing his arm around her shoulder. "Mama is right...You can't miss any more school! You love going there, right? " Gabriella nodded and her father smiled, "I'm not leaving. I'll still be here when you get home from school. We will decorate for Christmas then, alright?"

Gabriella sighed and nodded, "You made lunch for me too!.." She thought for a moment and eventually agreed, " Okay! I'm going to get ready!" The little girl stared down at the floor and turned to her mother again, "Can you please help me down, mama?"