Well this was my first of my new AU's people, leave a review please. And just so you know, this will be a two parter so expect the second before the month is out. And if you like my work check out my profile for my other works, and my Mana side by side series and my Pokemon Work! Please leave a review if you liked it, okay?

Adrien scowled as he reached the location of the photoshoot, the way the battle with Mayura and Hawkmoth, what had been done to Sentibug still causing him some problems, he didn't know if after everything that had happened today he didn't know how he would be able to handle the shoot. When he saw Lila sitting on a chair and having her makeup done he stopped and grabbed Vincent as he walked by. Vincent turned to Adrien and paled as he saw the look in Adrien's eyes.

"Vincent, hey…quick question, why in the name of everything good and pure is Lila here?" Adrien asked flatly as Vincent swallowed.

"I don't know Adrien, all I know was that I was told there would be a new model at the shoot, nothing about who or why only that Nathalie would introduce her…..Love to talk kid but I have to go and get my camera ready, sooooo. Bye." Vincient said as he dashed off, throwing a look at Adrien as he walked away. You know, I wondered how he was Gabe's kid but that there, it's gone now. He thought as he looked around and saw the looks on the other crew's faces and hoped Adrien wouldn't explode.

Adrien looked at Lila and scowled, not needing this now. I don't know what Father's thinking, anyone in class could have been a better pick, Sabrina, Juleka or Chloe if he wanted someone my age to model with. But maybe I can use this, if I can talk to her she might clean up what she did to Marinette, and if not then I might get the pressure to make her do it. Adrien thought as he reached for his phone and moved it to his pocket, praying that he wouldn't have to use this.

"I don't know how but you will fix this Lila. How could you get Marinette expelled?!" Adrien demanded as he discreetly pointing his phone's camera at her, part of him hoping this wouldn't be necessary.

"Why should I do that? I tried to get her play ball and she wouldn't, I warned her and we both made our choices, I made mine and here we are." Lila said as she looked at Adrien as he stared at her. "I told her I would ruin her and I did, I said I would get you and here I am."

"So just so we're clear, you lied, you threatened Marinette and got her expelled because she called you out on your lies? How did you even do it anyway?" Adrien asked as he fought to keep his temper down 'Get me', so I was right about her. Just another person who objectified me or sees what they want to think. Adrien thought as he looked at her.

"It was so easy, all I had to do was go to the bathroom after the test, pull the alarm and get the answer sheet that was left on that idiot teacher's desk and put it in Marinette's bag. They never even noticed it but it was after the last class and well." Lila said with a giggle as Adrien fumed and glared at her.

"And you would do it again, wouldn't you?" Adrien asked as he kept his face plain, but inside he was shocked that this was so essay to get what he needed from her.

"I would even without the bonus your father gave me." Lila said as Adrien looked at her in confusion.

"Bonus, my father? What does he have to do with this?!" Adrien demanded as he looked at Lila, on the inside he wasn't scared but angry, and he felt the last vestige of his control was starting to burn away.

"Don't act so surprised, he had to have talked to you about it and told you to act the way you did before the Akuma attacked everyone, the Gabriel brand over all, and its spokesperson speaking up for someone accused of a crime would be a perfect publicity stunt." Lila said she looked at him.

Adrien stared at Lila as his vision went red as she sat there grinning back at him as he went over what she had said before whipping his head around and he saw Nathalie in the limo looking towards the shoot, his eyes widening as he realize that for once Lila was telling the truth, turning off his phone he turned to look at the river and tried to calm down. I can't believe this! I knew something was wrong when I learned that Lila was going to model with me but I can't believe…Wait….if she's here because of that then this means! Adrien thought as his thoughts crystalized

"You did that for this!? You were completely willing to ruin her life for this?!" Adrien exploded as he shot up from his chair looking at her. As the crew looked on Adrien grabbed her, pulled her behind him despite what she was saying and with surprising strength threw her into the river! Nathalie got out of the car and rushed over towards the water as the crew stared in total shock before they moved to help Lila out.

"Adiren what were you thinking! Your father will not be happy about this at all. I don't even know what….!" Nathalie would have kept talking but Adiren turned around and looked at her with such a look of rage, anger and disgust in his eyes that she stopped talking.

"I don't care." Adrien said flatly as Nathalie tried to recover.. "Nathalie, tell my father that for the first time ever I'm glad that mom is gone. This way I have memories of a beautiful person instead of someone who could love the monster that he's become!" Adrien said as he looked at her and gripped his phone. "An Agreste is held to high standards; well this has shown me that mine are very different from his and no amount of effort will ever be good enough for him!"

As Nathalie looked at him, really looked at him for the first time ever she could comprehend what she was seeing. Adrien had always been an accommodating to Gabriel's wishes that she never thought that he would ever act this way. Adrien turned, manipulating his phone as he did so and walked away, not even paying her any piece of mind. Nathalie looked around and saw the photo crew trying to get Lila out of the river and stormed over to them, pulling them back and staring down at her. "What did you say?"

"What?" Lila asked as she tried to climb out of the river.

"What did you say Lila!?" Nathalie demanded as Lila looked up at her. "Adrien has never, ever acted even remotely like that or said anything about his father, so WHAT. DID. YOU. SAY?"

"I told him about the job that got me here. Why the hell he'd react that way, Gabriel told me to do it!" Lila said as Nathalie looked down at her and paled.

"Louis, hey. Sorry to call out of the blue but can we talk?" Adrien said into his phone as walked off, ignoring the camera crew as they stared at him, he just kept walking.

"Yeah Adrien, what's up?" Louis's voice came through the phone as Adrien could hear the squeak of his chair as he leaned back in it. "Need some wisdom from somebody who's been around the block a few times?"

"No, not wisdom do it, that thing we talked about. He's finally crossed my final line, I don't have a choice anymore." Adrien said as he looked behind him, not seeing the Gorilla anywhere so there was that.

"You sure kid? Once this goes out there's no turning back, this is a big choice to make?" Louise asked causing Adrien to nod before he realized that Louise couldn't see him and blushed before he spoke again.

"Yeah I am, what he is, what he's willing to do for his brand, I just can't live with myself if we don't do this." Adrien said as he walked.

"And….. done! In a few hours there's going to be such an investigation that gonna cause old Gabe to pass out! I'm sorry you were pushed to this point kid, but I've got a spare coach if you want to use it." Louise said.

"Don't be, I should have done this months ago. Looking back my relationship with him died when mom disappeared." Adrien said as he felt Plagg press against him and he reached into the pocket Plagg was in and felt Plagg hug his hand. At least I still have him and Ladybug, and her kwami too. He thought as he released a breath and let the last of his relationship with his father die as it should have when he started to treat him as only an employee. "And about that second thing I just sent you a video I just shot, and I think I have some pro bono work you'll love, do you know the bakery near my school?"

"Yeah, I love their cookies, but what do Tom and Sabine have to do with this? And you know I only do that stuff when I have a good target of injustice so what happened?" Louis asked. Wait a minute, don't those two have a daughter who should be around the kid's age? Louise thought as he waited for Adrien's reply.

"First off, is it legal for a student to be expelled on the same day as the crime?" Adrien asked as he walked through Paris, hopping that

"No, all students need a hearing for expulsion, did he use that world? Hold on I've got the file you sent me…holy! And this bitch framed a friend of yours at Gabe's direction?!" Louise said as he "Kid you should have called me soon, now I can probably get the expulsion off her records and I think I can get a nice settlement for her and then there's your dad but…."

"That's it Louise it happened today!" Adrien interrupted him and Louise stopped talking. "There wasn't a hearing, she wasn't suspended, the principle just expelled her in front of everybody!"

"Adrien, buddy. You bring me the best presents! A perfect way to strike against the school that let the person that abused my goddaughter into trying to commit suicide walk free, I love it!" Louis said with a laugh.

"Wait, what! My school is the one where that happened?" Adrien asked as he stopped moving for a moment as his eyes went wide.

"Yeah, this bitch always believed the whore and punished my goddaughter, she almost killed herself. In the end the teacher was fired, the bully had left and moved to a different county and what a teacher could do to a student was changed. I think they were talking about changing the rules for how they punish someone. One of the most idiotic ideas was to for it to only apply if the teacher saw them do it or they got it on camera, the most insane idea I have ever heard." Louise said as Adrien gasped. "Kid, what is it?"

"I think they did make that rule Louise. Chloe hasn't changed much and besides words and actions taken where no one besides the victim could see it she's gotten away with a lot. And this time Mari….the victim was expelled based on only on the accusers word, they even made it a public spectator. " Adrien said flatly. Is this why Chloe gets away with everything she does? But wait the cameras! He thought as he heard Louise'schair pushed backwards as he got up.

"WHAT! I know they've got cameras in that place; it was part of the settlement! Don't tell me that they aren't being used!" Louise exclaimed with a hint of anger in his voice.

"They're practically ornamental at this point! They never even looked at the ones in the courtyard, all Lila said was that Marinette pushed her down the stairs and the principle believed her!" Adrien said as he heard Louise grit his teeth. "And I admit finding the necklace in her locker was damming but there are no locks on any of them and it could have fit through the grill!"

"This necklace, it was tested for fingerprints at least right?" Louis asked as Adrien stayed silent and Louis felt a headache coming on. "Adrien tell me they at least did that and listened to more than just one student right, please?"

"I can't Louise, I just can't." Adrien said softly as he heard Louis trying to keep his temper down and count backwards from twenty.

"Kid, I'll meet you at the bakery, if I hear anything more now I'm going to scream. I'll have my people send out the papers for the first thing you called me about before I leave, see you there." As Adrien heard the call end he sighed.

"Plagg, I should have done this when this began." He said softly as he walked towards Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie.

"The throwing Lila into the river or calling in Louise when pigtails got expelled, causing I'm all for transforming and going to cataclysming her." Plagg said as Adiren laughed. I guess I can't expect any different from Plagg, he's been saying to get rid of her for weeks! I had to hope she was acting that way like my mask have when I'm in public or around fat….Gabriel. I guess this finally proved once and for all where I stand with him, and somehow I feel lighter. Adrien thought as he walked.

"The calling Louise, I mean I had hoped she was just telling stories thing because she was nervuis and scared, I mean moving around so much I can understand that, it took me weeks to lighten up and start to be more then my mask at school." Adrien said with a sigh. "And most of Chloe's act is because she wants her mom to love her."

"I'll say once and I'll say it again, that woman is a piece of work! I've seen a lot of people over the centuries but like her, always the worst of the worst." Plagg said as he looked

"Adrien there you are!" Chloe's voice caused Adrien to turn and see her pounding towards him with Sabrina following behind her. "How the hell are we going to get Marinette un-expelled? This is ridicules, completely ridicules!"

Adrien looked at Chloe as she started a terade and frowned as what she was saying got through to him. "Wait, you want to help Marinette?"

"Of course! Nobody but nobody messes with Dunpain-Chang but me! And even I wouldn't threaten her how Lila did!" Chloe said a huff as she looked up at the sky.

"What do you mean, threatened Marinette?! When did that happen?!" Adrien demanded as Chloe looked at him and Sabrina's mouth dropped open.

"It was when she came back, she cornered Marinette and she felt so scared an Akuma was summoned but she fought it off!" Sabrina said causing Adrien to gasp at her.

"That's where that Akuma came from, that's how Lila was Akumatized, not because I talked to her?!" Adrien said with shock, stepping backwards as he paled in horror. "God, I am the most idiotic person on the planet!"

"Sabrina saw her reach for it Adrien what are you…..What did you do?!" Chloe demanded as she saw him react to what she and Sabrina told him and started to grow worried, he had only acted like this when he had made what he thought was a mistake, like when he had given his mom flowers and she turned out to be allergic to them.

"I thought Lila's emotions spiked because I talked to her about how she didn't have to lie to get people to like her, not that she chased one down! I told Marinette to take the highroad about her lies, I never knew…." Adrien said as Chloe gasped and started to get mad and was about to exploded when Sabrina spoke up.

"You thought she was so emotional that talking to her about her lies caused her to get on Hawkmoth's radar?" Sabrina asked as Chloe looked at her then at Adrien with her mouth open.

"God, and you were worried that she'd attack anyone who called her out, did you at least explain that to Marinette?" Chloe asked only to sigh when Adrien hung his head. "Adrien!"

"I…. I knew she'd probably react like you guys are and I didn't want to give Lila any ammunition to use, I've been trying to get alone to talk to her about it but I haven't been able to yet." Adrien said miserably.

"Then go and talk to her now! And wait…. Don't you have a photoshoot about now?" Chloe asked as she looked around, confused beyond words.

Adrien's phone seemed to burn a hole into his leg and he looked at Chloe steadily. "I'm handling Marinette's problems. And about the shoot I walked off after I threw the other model there, Lila into the river!"

"What the hell was Lie-la doing there? And how are you handing what happened?" Chloe demanded as she looked at Adrien, fuming. Why the heck did Gabriel get Lila to model, if he wanted a new teen girl anyone would have been better, heck even Alya could do it! She thought as Adrien seemed to be struggling with something.

"I called Louise about it, he said that what the principle did wasn't right…..and I told him to send off the notice to the Department of Child Services." Adrien said as Chloe and Sabrina gasped and looked at him.

"Why, I mean you should have done it months ago but why now?" Sabrina said, having been Chloe's friend for years she knew Adrien at least superficially and this wasn't like him.

"Lila did what she did because he told her to." Adrien as they looked at him, not understanding what he was saying. "She said that the modeling thing is a bonus and that she thought how I tried to help Marinette was a publicity stunt for the brand."

Chloe gasped a hand shooting to her mouth as she looked at him with shock, wondering what had driven Gabriel to do that. "I'm sorry Adrien, you know that there's always a room at the hotel if you need it."

"I've got a couch dad will be happy to lend you." Sabrina said with a small smile.

"Yeah thanks girls…..I'm meeting Louise at Marinette's, do you want to come along as support?" Adrien asked and Chloe laughed.

"I can guess what's going on, so I'll do a little research and get back to you and Marinette later, good luck groveling to her." Chloe said as she and Sabrina walked off. Adrien looked at her and shook his head, wondering if Marinette would forgive him for his mistake.

Sabine sighed as she tried not to think what had happened earlier today at school but she couldn't. "Nothing about it makes sense, I mean I know my daughter, she'd never do this! And how Lila was still walking around after she was pushed, it doesn't make sense!"

"Your right Sabine and the necklace looked like it could have fit through the grill on the locker and did any of them have locks on them at all? I thought Marinette said she only used hers for holding her coat during winter and projects?" Tom's voice caused Sabine to turn and look at her husband as he brought a tray of bread out from the kitchen, the workers looking out as they all knew something was wrong with what happened.

"Yeah, boss I guess you can bring them up when the hearing right?" One of the cooks asked as he poked his head out of the back.

Sabine and Tom looked at each other, confusion in their eyes. Did that idiot owl do something wrong when he expelled Marinette? Tom thought as he frowned. "What hearing?"

"The expulsion hearing, the one she has to have after her suspension is up. The one that by law all students are required to have before their expelled?" The cook said in

"The principle said Marinette was expelled, that's it, are you saying he did something wrong?" Sabine asked as she looked at him.

"That's something I think I can help with!" A voice caused all of them to see Adrien standing behind a man in a brown business suit holding a briefcase in his right hand. "My name is Louis Artoga, attorney at law and I'd like to have a long talk with you about that if you don't mind."

Marinette lay down on her bed and hugged one of her pillows as she tried to forget the look in Sentibug's eyes when M destroyed it….her. That was something that will only haunt her for weeks if she's lucky.

"How could she do it Tikki, I just can't believe that she was even able to do it." Marinette said as she hugged her pillow.

"There have been people who have been bad holders, but I've never seen Duusu's powers used that way." Tikki said as she floated and looked at her chosen. "You gave the Amok the talisman that created her; Mayura shouldn't have been able to do it."

"Why does that have to do with anything?" Marinette asked as she tried to understand Tikki.

"That should have broken the link to Mayura, she should have been fully independent….. I can't explain it." Tikki said as she floated there, not letting Marinette detect any of her thoughts. The only way that could have been possible was if the Miracolous itself was damaged, but Duusu wouldn't have transformed then, it would have hurt her chosen. Tikki thought as she watched Marinette try and deal with what she had seen happen earlier, some part of her glad she wasn't thinking about how she had been expelled.

"Something to talk to Master Fu about then, I just want to forget everything happened today and deal with it tomorrow." Marinette said before a knocking caused her to look at the door down and frown as Tikki hid. "It's unlocked!"

She didn't know what she was expecting but when Adrien came into her room she stared in shock. "Adrien! Are what doing you here?"

Adrien looked at her and sighed. "I…..Marinette…. I called a friend of mine about what happened, he's downstairs with your parents and I volunteered to come and get you. I told them I wanted to talk to you for a few minutes, I want to apologize first."

"Apologize, Adrien what happened today wasn't your fault at all, you tried to help but he wouldn't listen." Marinette said but stopped when Adrien shook his head.

"No, not that. The advice I gave you when Lila came back." Adrien said as he hung his head. "Sabrina was in the bathroom too, she heard Lila threaten you and then the Akuma came at you… while that was happening I was talking to Lila about her lies and she tried to ruin my life at school and my friendships after sooo."

"You told me not to act against Lila because you thought she summoned and Akuma from you talking to her about her lies?" Marinette said in shock.

"I thought she had summoned the Akuma while I was talking to her about how she didn't have to lie to get people to like her and she acted normal so…I'm sorry." Adrien said as he looked away from Marinette and she just looked at him as she tried to understand just what Adrien had thought

"You gave me advice based on what you knew." Marinette said after a few moments. "If I thought that way about someone I might have said the same to you."

"Then?" Adrien asked as he felt a bit of hope.

"Apology accepted. So who's downstairs?" Marinette said as she got up and walked towards Adrien who smiled at her.

"So she's always been making clothing?" Louise asked as he drank a cup of tea and looked at Tom and Sabine as they sat in the living room.

"Clothing, blankets, odds and ends, it's been her passion for years. She really blossomed when she started to look at fashion and started to design her own cloths really and make gifts for her friends." Sabine said as she looked at Louise with a smile as she remembered her daughter's antics. "Why I remember how she went and got a roll of blue wool to make a scarf for a present last year. But enough about that, you think you'll be able to get the expulsion off her record?"

"If she really was expelled and not suspended, of course, it will barely be a problem. I'll talk to the board of education and once I see the paperwork I'll go from there, but there's another subject that I need to talk to you about that I think I should wait until the kids are back to really start…..and here they are." Louise said as he smiled as Marinnete and Adrien walked into the room, Louise standing up and offering Marinette his hand. "Nice to meet you mam, I'm Louise, Louis Artoga, attorney at law and I want to help you."

"Help how?" Marinette asked as she and Adrien sat down after she shook his hand. Louise beamed at her and before he continued.

"I'd like to help you out, now fair warning. I've have a goddaughter, a few years back she was bullied, badly enough that she tried to commit suicide. She didn't succeed and she got the help she needed, she's studding to be a social worker last I heard." Louse began. "The people I blame are the teachers and the school, the same school that you go…..went to."

"Mr. Damocles had something to do with it?!" Marinette asked with shock, going silent as Louise's face started to go red.

"'Damocles'?! An old man with a beard, bald, has a fixation with owls?! He's the new principal" Louise screamed as he lunged to his feet.

"Louise?" Adrien's voice caused Louise to look around the room and saw the looks on the others face and he released a breath and sat down slowly.

"Sorry kid, he was the vice principle who let that bitch get away with everything back then. I thought he was blacklisted." Louise said as he sat back down, and got out a cell phone that he put in in a holder he got out of his briefcase so the camera was pointed at her. "Start recording, this is Louise Artoga, recording a questioning of Marinette Dupain-Chang about her 'expulsion' from earlier today. As of right now I ask her parents, Tom and Sabine Dupain-Chang their permission to do so. Also of note is that Adrien Agreste is here, as he was the person who told me about this incident."

"I, Sabine Dupain-Chang give my permission that my child; Marinette Dupain-Chang may decide if she wishes to be questioned and recorded." Sabine said formally.

"I, Tom Dupain-Chang give my permission that my child; Marinette Dupain-Chang may decide if she wishes to be questioned and recorded." Tom said as he turned and looked at Marinette who smiled back.

"I, Marinette Dupain-Chang agree to be question and recorded about the events earlier today." Marinette said as she looked at the camera.

"Thank you all, with that done the questioning shall begin. So, walk me through what happened." Louise said as he looked at Marinette.

"Miss Bustier called me to the front of the room at the start of class and searched my backpack, the answer key was in it." Marinette said and stopped as Louise held up a finger.

"Point of clarity what class was it in relation to the order of classes on a normal day in number format and has your backpack been out of your sight for any length of time before that." Louise said as he looked at Marinette.

"It was the first class of the day, as we had a test yesterday so I hadn't looked at my backpack since then…..and my backpack was out of my sight because someone pulled the fire alarm yesterday and everyone evacuated, most taking their backpacks as it was the end of class and they were getting ready to leave. As the class Representative I had collected the tests and had just put them on Miss Bustier's desk with the alarm went off and we all evacuated." Marinette said as she thought about yesterday.

"Why were you called to the front?" Louise asked, a frown forming on his face as he went over what he knew about proper class room behavior for teachers.

"Miss Bustier said that someone had given an anomalous that someone had seen me steal the answer sheet and my bag." Marinette said as and stopped as Louise held up a hand.

"She didn't call you outside the classroom?" Louise asked in shock.

"No, after that I accused Lila of taking and putting it in my backpack to frame me and Madame B took both of us to the principal's office." Marinette answered as she looked at

"Point of clarity, why did you believe that Lila is a liar?" Louise asked and Marinette went silent. "If it's just what you believe about her its fine, sometimes we get feelings we can't explain but please clarify your belief."

Marinette looked at Adrien before she hardened her eyes. "I know Lila is a liar and a thief. A few months ago when she first came back I saw her take a book from Adrien, buy something at a store and throw it in the trash so he wouldn't see her with it." Marinette said causing Adrien to stare at her.

"A book, my father's book, the one that he took me out of school for losing, Lila was the one who lost it?! You were the person who brought it back?!" Adrien exclaimed as he looked at her before blushing and turning away as everyone looked at him.

"Yes and I was in passing by the park when Ladybug confronted her about her lies. I was going to give it back to you the next day and tell you that you dropped it in the Library but then, well your father pulled your from school." Marinette said as she hung her head. "So after I saw that I had enough skepticism not to trust everything she said at face value."

"We'll talk about that later, what happened next with Lila today?" Louise asked as Marinette looked at him.

"I told Lila that she wouldn't win, that I wouldn't fall for any of her traps and she said I did and then she walked down the stairs, sat down and made a commotion about how I had pushed her down the stairs." Marinette replied as Louise tried to keep his temper down.

"Point of interest, at no time were any of the camera's that the school is required to have had checked at all? And what about this Lila's mother, was she contacted and was she sent to the nurse at least?" Louise inquired, his eyes twitching a little as Marinette shook her head.

"They never checked and she wasn't sent, they all just followed after Lila to my locker, a locker I only use to hold my coats and projects since none of all have a lock on them." Marinette said as Louise nodded at her. "And they contact my parents but Lila's was unable to be reached, they left five messages as far as I know."

"Thank you Miss Marinette; that's all I'll need for this case, I will bring around paperwork that basicly says the sequence of events that you explained and have yourself and you're parents sign them and that should be it. This has been Louise Artoga, recording Madame Marinette Dupain-Chang." Louise said as he turned off the phone's camera and picked it up and started to look over the file, they could hear the sounds of Louise or Marinette's voice and he nodded. "Thank you that should be all I need. With this and the Adrien's matter I think I'll have a good few days of work to do. Now on your case, once I get to the board of education I think everything should be straightened out, but it might be best to wait a day, just so it's not been filed as a suspension and it was the heat of the moment and all, if nothing comes tomorrow then I'll move in. And now let's talk about Lila, with the video a Miss Sabrina has I think we could sue her for slander and making that threat."

Marinette gulped and looked at her father and mother who both went still and turned towards her as what Louise said penetrated their brains. Louise winced as he realized that she hadn't told her parents the same time as Adrien did and they both winced at what.

"What threat?" Tom asked quietly as Marinette just looked at the table and stayed silent.

"Who threatened my daughter!?" Sabine asked as Adrien looked up and motioned to Louise to let him talk.

"It's a long story, but may I can explain if Marinette lets me." Adiren said prompting Marinette to nod at him. "From what I found out Lila corned Marinette in a bathroom the day she came back and threatened to take away all her friends and after words I gave

"Why did you tell Marinette not to confront her after she threatened my daughter." Sabine asked coldly as Adrien looked down ashamed.

"Because I thought Lila summoned it from my talk with her. And her first actions as a shape-shifter was to try and ruin my social life! I didn't want to think what would happen if she summed one when she wanted to hurt Marinette as the trigger!" Adrien explained as he held his hands up. "Of course idiot that I was I didn't explain it, I didn't want to take a chance that Marinette would get hurt, I never knew about the threat!"

"Oh, so you were trying to protect her but didn't know about she had been threatened." Sabine said as Tom's rage died down and he understood why Adrien had done what he did.

"Kid was raised to ignore lies the tablods said, do it and they die, like Tinkerbell, don't act out and they die." Louise said with a sigh. Tom looked at Marinette as his wife hugged her and frowned.

"Wait, you thought Lila had summoned the Akuma? But wait if she didn't summon it ….then who did?" Tom asked and Adrien went wide eyes and looked around, trying to find anything to say when Marinette spoke up.

"Me." Marinette said softly from within her mother's arms causing Sabine to look down at her daughter as she closed her eyes. "I was so scared she could do it. She had them eating out of her hands, she even convicted Max that a thrown napkin could have taken out his eye and he wears glasses."

"I can't even, I don't even know where to…..just I can't…. is she serious?" Louise asked as looked at Adrien in shock and when Adrien nodded as Marinette's parents comforted her Louis sat there stunned. Okay, getting that bitch sued is gonna be a public service and probably improve the intelligence of all those kids! Louise thought as he hung his head in disgust.

"Ohhhh Marinette, I'm sorry that we never noticed how you were feeling! I should have, I don't know!" Sabine said as she hugged Marinette and before suddenly she went still. "And those idiots at that school never even noticed, no they didn't want to see!"

"Kid, I don't know but after the paperwork's filed maybe you should look for a different school." Louise said into the table as he put his head on it.

"Wait, why would Adrien look for a different school? After all that he did to make it into school in the first place…..and what paperwork?" Marinette asked as Louise looked up at her before paling as he realized what he had let slip. Adrien spoke up and caused all of them to look at him.

"I'm suing my father for not paying me for my work, the contracts I never signed and emotional abuse while going for emancipation or having myself removed from his control." Adrien said flatly. "The fact that he might have told Lila to do that, that he gave her a modeling contract and might have even hinted that I might be a prize to her, it's too much, he crossed a line I didn't even know I had."

"Oh Adrien, I'm sorry you were pushed to do this." Marinette said as she looked at him as her parents looked on with concern, knowing from their interactions with him that he probably hadn't want to do this but felt he had to.

"I thought he was going around, that we had started to heal our relationship, especially after my birthday when I got that scarf from him." Adrien said as closed his eyes.

Louse went still when he saw Marinette wince, things connecting in his mind that didn't paint a good picture. Please, please don't tell me. He thought with a sinking feeling as he asked what he didn't want to. "Scarf, what scarf?"

"A blue scarf that dad made with his own hands, I thought that maybe he was trying and… what is it?" Adrien asked as he saw Sabine and Tom exchange a look and turn to Marinette who looked down as Louise held his head.

"Adrien, do you have any picture of it?" Tom asked as he turned to look at Adrien as he started to get a sinking feeling.

"Yeah, I did a selfie with Nino a few days after I got it and here it is." Adrien said as he pulled up the photo and turned it around and Tom sighed and Sabine closed her eyes. "What's wrong?"

"Ask your friend kid, ask her." Louise said around his hands and he turned to Marinette, who looked up,

"I made it." Marinette said softly. "When you came to school so happy that you thought that he had put the effort into making it by hand, I couldn't take that from you..."

Adrien stared at her and he saw red, the sheer gull of what his father….what Gabriel had done causing him to lose focus and he felt so dizzy.

"Adrien, Adrien are you okay?" Sabine asked as she got up and Adrien shot to his feet as he held his hands to his mouth. "Oh hell. Tom! Open the door!"

"Got it, Marinette help you mother!" Tom said as he shot up and opened a door as Marinette and Sabine guided Adrien to the room which was revealed to be a bathroom.

Louise just sat there and shook his head and winced as he heard Adrien throw up in the bathroom and he knew he would have to mention this to the social worker. Maybe it would be better to do it here, Nathalie wouldn't look for him here and whoever they send could be in plain clothing and get around his eyes. Louise thought as he looked at Tom and Sabine watch the door as Marinette rushed to the kitchen to get a glass of water. "Tom, Sabine would you two mind if I called the social worker I sent the email to and have them come here, it might be helpful for Adiren."

"Please, the boy needs to know that not everyone is against him and what Gabriel did, I can't even imagine." Tom said as Louise smiled and sent off a text.

"It's taking all I have not to get my staff and go beat him up!" Sabine bit out as she glared towards the Agreste mansion. "To have that little bitch hurt my daughter, but to have sold his son?!"

"I'm tempted to get a sledgehammer and join you." Louise said with a sigh as he shook his head. His phone buzzed and he looked down and up at Tom and Sabine. "The Agent is nearby, and would like to get an initial statement from him, there are already a few red flags based on the paperwork and well, she wants to meet soon."

Tom and Sabine shared a look at each other and looked at the bathroom and after a few minutes looking at each other Sabine knocked on the door.

"Adrien, are you okay? The agent from child Services texted Louise, they want to meet soon. If you're not up for it there's nothing wrong with waiting." Sabine said before they heard a toilet flush and the door open to reveal Adrien whipping his mouth with the back of his hand.

"No, I want to get this done with and close off any chance of that monster from getting around this." Adrien said as he clenched his hands. I thought you were just hard to understand and had a hard time with emotions but this, dad this is the last freaking straw! Adrien thought as he tried to get his emotions back under control. He felt Plagg press against him and hide a smile. If I didn't have Plagg, Chloe and my lady to help me, I don't know what I would be. Probably broken beyond all points by now, if I didn't have Plagg and my lady to inspire me I wouldn't have snuck out on that second day to school. Adrien thought as he accepted a cup of water from Marinette and smiled at her before he drank it, not seeing her blush or her parents grin as Louise chuckled at the byplay.