I need you

Chapter 25

Mari's POV :

The babies are now three months old and have received a short term version of their passports. Jagged is letting me use his jet to fly to Gotham. There, I will move into my new place. He is also letting me stay in his penthouse while my house is being finished.

Papa and maman are driving us to the airport. I'm going to miss them.

We arrive at the airport and I board the jet right away. Sadly, Jagged couldn't come say goodbye. I hug my parents tightly.

Mari : I'm going to miss you a lot...

Maman : We will miss you too...

Papa : But... We will visit whenever we can. OK?

Mari : yeah...

I let go of them and enter the plane. Time for a long flight.

°Time skip°

We have arrived in Gotham and I'm really tired. The babies seemed to have decided to take turns crying during the trip. They would ALWAYS start crying when I was about to sit back down... I didn't get to relax at all.

As the plane lands in Gotham, I feel the knot in my stomach build. I' m in the same city as Damian once again. If he hasn't left that is.

The babies seem to have finally settled. I walk out of the airport to find the car my parents bought for me. It's nothing fancy, which is a good thing with four small humans. I soon set off toward the penthouse.

°Time skip°

I decided to drive around Gotham for a bit before going to the penthouse. I drove past a lot of places that held dear memories.

I really hope I find him soon.

After driving around for two hours, I finally make it to the penthouse. The babies are still asleep, so I am very careful while bringing them up.

The place is huge and very modern, but with a touch of Jagged. I soon find my room and put the babies in their beds without waking them.

My classes start in a month, so I have time to settle into my life here.

Sadly, I have to join the class for their last tour of Gotham tomorrow. And nobody can baby-sit...

I go to bed hoping for the best.

°Time skip°

I had to get up to look after the crying babies once or twice last night, but I'm used to it now.

I get up and get myself ready while they are still asleep. I take a quick shower and get dressed, I even have time to unpack before they wake up. When they do I change and feed them before putting them in the buggy. I garb a crois can't for myself before leaving.

I just hope the class doesn't make my day a nightmare...

°Time skip°

I make it to our meeting point in time to see the class walk in. I hurry up and make it to the group before they start their tour.

Ms. Bustier : Hello Marinette. So glad you could join us. They are so cute. How old are they? What did you name them?

Mari : Three months old. Rune, Riven, Forest and Brecken. Do you mind if I follow from a distance? I don't really want to see the class.

Ms. Bustier : Be nice Marinette. They would all love to meet them!

Ms Bustier said that a little to loud, cause three sets of eyes land on us, and not the nice kind of looks are sent my way.

Adrien, Lie-la and Alya are now headed our way.

Marinette (under her breath) : Shit!

They already know I'm here. I don't want to have to deal with them. I really don't.

Ms. Bustier having seemingly forgotten about the fact that we don't get along walked away. Nobody is supervising us.

Great! (sarcasm)

Alya : Marislut... Haven't seen you in a while. If you ruin Lila's last day in Gotham, right before her date with her Damiboo, I will kill you.

Lie-la has a dangerous look in her eyes and a huge smirk on her face.

Lie-la (pretending to be trying to be quiet) : I think he's going to propose tonight. He's been telling me since we were toddlers that he will marry me when I turn 18. I hope Marinette doesn't ruin this moment for me, I don't think that I will have enough time to do my hair or makeup before meeting him at the restaurant.

Alya gives me a dangerous look.

Adrien has been staring at my kids for the last few minutes. Brecken is awake and has started crying.
I pick him up and try to calm him.

Lie-la : I would ask who's the father, but you probably don't know that. If you ever need me to babysit, I'd love to.

Alya : Lila, girl, you're to good for this world. Let's go.

Alya and Lie-la walk away. Adrien, on the other hand, is looking more and more menacing.

I can barely stand seeing him, so being left alone with him makes me feel REALLY uncomfortable. I put Brecken back into the buggy.

Mari : I have to go-

Adrien grabs my arm before I can go.

Mari : Let me go!

Adrien : Kss, Princess... Do you really think I would do that?

Mari : Adrien!

I'm panicking, so my body goes into fight or flight mode. I punch him in the nose as hard as I can. The next thing I know, I'm at the park. The babies are awake and making random noises.

I check the time.

It's half past five...

I blacked out for three hours...

I quickly head home. I feed and change the babies before putting them to bed. I have dinner, work on some commissions and fall asleep in front of a movie.

The class has now left Gotham for good. I just hope none of them come back.

°Time skip°

I've started school in GU. I'm studying fashion. It's easy so far. I have classes from Monday to Thursday. I made sure to have an extra day with the babies and a three day weekend looked like a great idea. It was.

During classes, I leave the babies with the kwamis. Tikki has been a huge help since I moved to Gotham. I taught her to prepare the bottles. Plagg usually plays with them. They are great care takers.

My parents payed us a visit last week. They love their 4 month old grandkids. They are very cute...

They seem to be growing so fast.