Look What You Made Me Do

I Pick My Own Roles

(AN: Marinette and Chloe have lunch with Dick and Jason. The Batboys find out about the Paris situation.)

"Jason what on earth are you doing here?!" Marinette asked. The guy who had saved her from the cab driver was the last person she had expected to see at Wayne Enterprise. Not that she wasn't happy.

"Taco tuesday." Jason answered. He was indeed eating a plate of tacos but there was one big flaw in that answer.

"Jason it's monday." Marinette answered in an amused tone.

Jason gave a shrug. "Whatever....it's taco time."

Marinette gave a snort before feeling Chloe nudge her. "Oh! Jason, this is one of my best friends Chloe Bourgeois. Chloe, this is Jason. He helped me out last night." she explained as the two of them sat down.
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Chloe had been confused when Marinette called out to some strange man who was sitting and eating tacos. "Oh so this is that Jason." She replied after sitting down. "Nice to meet you. Thank you for helping Marinette." Marinette had told her what had happened and how her taxi ride had ended. It had just made her anger at their teacher grow. They had all sat through a half hour lecture about how to be safe in Gotham. This wasn't Paris where the crime rate was almost non-existent. There was no Miraculous Ladybug Cure here.

"So what the hell was Pixie-pop doing taking a cab by herself so late at night?" Jason asked.

Chloe appreciated blunt speech. People would waste so much less time if they weren't worried about the proper way to say things. "Well we were all at the airport and a manipulative little harpy picked up Marinette's back and hid it behind a nearby trash can. When Marinette finally noticed and went to retrieve it that class was hustled out to catch the bus. Leaving her behind." She took note of the way Jason clenched his fist at getting the whole story.
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When Dick came into the cafeteria, the last person he expected to see sitting with Marinette and Chloe was his brother Jason. "Jaybird?" he asked as he approached the table with his tray. "What are you doing here?" Jason hardly ever came to W.E. because he didn't want to risk running into Bruce.

"Taco tuesday." Marinette answered in an amused tone.

Dick gave them a puzzled look. "But...it's monday."

"Shut up and let a man enjoy his tacos!" Jason huffed which made Dick laugh. He had a sneaking suspicion that Jason had been worried about Marinette. Of course he was never going to admit to it so he was going to let it go before Jason got angry. It was just nice to see him out of uniform. "So Jaybird does this mean you changed your mind about helping out?"
Jason shot him a dirty look but shrugged. "Yeah I guess I'll help out." he grumbled.

"Help out?" Chloe asked, raising a well groomed eyebrow.

"Yeah all the trips come with a special chaperon. Jason got asked to be around on the day your class goes to the Gotham open markets. It's a good place to go shopping but there are people who might try and take advantage of visiting foreigners." Dick explained. "Jason has like a sixth sense for that kind of stuff."

"Oh I already know." Marinette smiled which made the others laugh.
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"Oh my look at Marinette and Chloe sitting with the tour guide. Who's that other guy?" Lila asked innocently. "Does anyone think it's a little forward for Marinette to be friendly with so many strange men?"

She was sitting with her usual group. The food was nice but not as nice as she was expecting. She had been expecting a more V.I.P. experience. Not sitting in the cafeteria with everyone else! She had been about to complain but then noticed where Marinette and Chloe were sitting. Why were they sitting with the tour guide like a couple of nerds? And who was that strange guy? Why were so many people interested in stupid Marinette?!