Moving On

Chapter 6: Meeting the Fam

Marinette and Damian stayed asleep, till they felt scales rub against them. Marinette Slowly opened her eyes, only to be met with a long snout and gold eyes. She sat up, knocking Damian off the bed.
"FANG?!?!?!" She cried
Damian slowly sat up. "Who?"
"Fang, Uncle Jagged's crocodile. I'm surprised you don't know this, Tim and Jason are always talking about him and auntie Clara."
Damian stood up and slowly approached Fang. Fang whirled around and growled lowly. Damian reached out a hand and waited for him bite it off. The bite never came. Damian looked over to Marinette and she smiled. She pet Fang as if he was a dog. His tongue came out as if he were a dog. Marinette burst into fits of giggles. Damian sent a loving smile her way and frowned when Fang jumped on her and licked her face. There was a sharp whistle and Fang jumped off the bed to the owner of the whistle. Damian saw Marinette jump up and race to the door, were a man in leather hugged her tightly.
"Marinette, my favorite niece, how are you?"
"I am good, uncle Jagged." She turned to Damian "This is my boyfriend Damian Wayne. Damian Jagged Stone."
Marinette watched as they stared at each other. Neither wanting to break for dominance.
"Jagged, come on. Don't intimidate the boy on our first day here. Marinette will get mad at you for this one." Penny said as she entered the bedroom. Marinette burst out laughing as Damian took a place at her side. He place a small kiss on her head and walked out to let them catch up. He was almost at the door when someone grabbed his arm. He turned around and was faced with. Jagged Stone.
"Come on kid, you are practically family already. Hag with us as we catch up. We will even tell you any embarrassing stories of Marinette." He said, his grin widening. Marinette let out a groan.
"Traitor" she huffed.
They meandered over to couch and chairs. Penny, Jagged, and Fang took up the chairs. Damian and Marinette sat on the couch, his arm pulling her into him. She nuzzled into his arm, still tired from their nap. Jagged gave Penny a knowing look and laughed.
"So what do you do Damian?" Jagged asked
"I graduated from School early. I help out around Wayne Enterprises. Marinette has been my girlfriend for the past 3-4 years."
They gaped at him. "3-4 years. Why didn't she tell us?" Penny asked
"With Lila and the press we didn't want our relationship getting out. At the gala we planned on revealing it. She is a member of the family by Alfred and our personal designer. She is amazing."
"How do you feel about my niece?" He asked
Damian looked down and saw Marinette had fallen back to sleep. He picked her up and placed her in the bed, careful not to wake her. He walked over to the couch and sat down again. He looked at his hands and smiled. One only Marinette and Alfred have ever seen. "Marinette is the only piece of good in my life. She holds my heart and happiness in her hands. She is the only person that managed to slip past the masks and not see me as a cold monster. My own brothers call me a demon. She was the only one that greeted me. She baked for me till I gave her one smile, then kept baking to make sure I was happy. She worked at a coffee shop before we dated, I was always her customer. She would call my name out wrong and would pick out different flavors. She would laugh so hard when the really sweet ones made me spit them up. She was the only one that could make me happy and laugh. She was the only one who could make me laugh so hard that I cried. How do I feel about Marinette? I love her. With everything I am."
Jagged and Penny smiled at Damian. "You have our blessing to date her-even if we are 4 years late." Jagged, Penny and Damian walked downstairs to greet Clara. Fang staying behind to cuddle with Marinette.

After everyone was settled into their rooms. Marinette finally woke from her nap. She stumbled down the stairs and fell into a chair in the dinning room. She nearly fell out, Damian was lucky he was paying attention. He saw that her eyes were droopy and she wasn't responding to Alfred. he checked the temperature, 65 degrees. He was instantly next to the thermostat, he turned up the heat to 75 and waited. He felt the chill air as the heat moved it away from the room. Damian placed a hand on Marinettes back. She slowly turned her head.
"Angel, time to wake up."
"Too cold" she murmured back
"I know, the heat is getting up there."
He sat back down next to her, pulling her into him. She gave a small hum of relief as he warmed her. She slowly came to.
"Hey"
"Hey, where am I?"
"Dinning hall. Guess your ladybug Tendencies kicked in."
She groaned at that statement.
"It's ok. Come on Clara is looking forward to seeing you. She will be here in a minuet. She just needed to unpack. She also has so many delicious ways to out Lila."
"Ya. You guys can help her while I visit Joker, Harley, and Ivy. They all want one of the outfits It made based off of, well themselves." She chuckled.
The food was being served as Clara walked in.
"Marinette, my one true friend, companion, and family. I heard about the girl at play, so I am her to lend a hand."
"Auntie Clara it's so good to see you. When did you get in?" Mari asked
"I got in not to long ago. You were still fast asleep."
Mari nodded and slouched a little, obviously embarrassed. Damian placed a hand on her leg. She relaxed a little but not all the way. Clara took a seat at the end of the table. Clara and Jagged started to talk about their new music. Dick, Bruce and Alfred talked about the company, Jason and Tim were trying to figure a way into Clara and Jagged's conversation. Damian and Marinette were just about finished with dinner. They had plans to do dinner with her class, but she made it later so she could get something small at the cafe. When they were done. Kagami, Luka and Chloe were waiting for her. She kissed Damians cheek and set off with them to her doom.

When the four friends got to the cafe, Lila and the rest of the class were already seated. Marinette took a deep breath. She could do this. Adrien wasn't going to get to her, Lila can stuff it, and Alya she would ignore as best she could. She sat at the other end of the large table set up for the class. They didn't notice Marinette, but saw Luka, Kagami and Chloe. They instantly roped them into their conversation leaving Marinette alone. She knew this would happen and brought her sketch book. by the time food was served to the rest of the class, Mari had designed three outfits. She was on a role until the windows blew in and she was knocked to the ground.