Look What You Made Me Do

You Don't Need To Throw Pebbles To Get My Attention

((A/N:It's Tikki and Plagg time! They go explore a little to see who Marinette was talking about but along the way Plagg senses something in the air. Dinner continues, Steph helps moves on from the awkward turn the conversation took with a change of subject. If it wasn't obvious to the Batfam (except for Damian and Bruce of course) that Damian has his first crush it's pretty damn obvious now!))

Tikki and Plagg had been exploring the manor. It was a lot of fun to have so much new space to explore. Plagg was especially excited since without Adrien he no longer got to go out as much. Since he was used to being out while she didn't like Plagg going out on his own she didn't require him to stay in his miraculous ring. Plagg knew Marinette was worried about another kwami buster incident.

"Sugar cube look!" Plagg exclaimed. "It's Alfie!" They had finally found the person Marinette and Chloe had been talking about. It had been years since they had seen him. It was Alfred Pennyworth, he had been one of Wayzz's owners!

"You're right. Marinette is getting stronger. She is going to be such a great future guardian!" Tikki exclaimed. The two of them could easily tell Marinette and Chloe all about Alfred Pennyworth.

"Boy he's gotten really old." Plagg commented as they watched Alfred work in the kitchen.

"Well it's been many years since he was active." Tikki reasoned. "Plus we don't really have the best concept of time." As the two oldest kwamis she and Plagg had been around longer than any of the others. Which made her sad because that meant before she knew it Marinette was going to be all grown up. Though at least even after Hawkmoth was defeated she would still get to see Marinette since she was going to be a guardian. "We should go back to Marinette's room and wait for her."

Plagg reluctantly nodded in agreement. He was feeling a familiar pull, something he hadn't felt in a long time. This generation's true cat miraculous holder was nearby. But he wasn't ready to talk about that yet, not even with his sugar cube. He missed Adrien, losing him had been necessary but painful, so Plagg wasn't sure he was ready for a new owner. He was being very careful to keep an eye on Marinette to make sure using his miraculous wasn't putting too much of a strain on her. Though he would ask to go looking for the holder before the trip was over so if it came to it Marinette would know where to go looking when she needed it.

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Dick had been a little worried about how dinner was going after Marinette and Chloe told them more about what was going on in Paris, a part of him wished he didn't know. He couldn't imagine how difficult the day to day life was. How were these girls so casual about it? Though maybe he didn't have room to talk considering how crazy Gotham was. Chloe had a point when she said they didn't really have any right to judge the theme of the Paris heroes and villain. Not that he was going to tell her that, that girl was scary!

The truth was that he thought both these girls were very brave. Chloe said she used to be a bad person but it sounded like after she became friends with Marinette that changed. He could see it. Marinette was easy to like and just had this....vibe about her. It was hard to believe anyone would dislike her. It made him dislike that horrible Lila girl even more. There had to be something they could do about her! Man he did not remember high school being this dramatic back when he was a teenager. Was this how it was with girls? If so he was not looking forward to Mar'i reaching her teenage years!

"Would you girls like a mini tour after dinner?" he asked. This would be a good distraction, he was sure B was itching to get down to the cave so he could use a zeta tube to get up to the Watch Tower so he could get some answers about when Ladybug first asked the Justice League for help. He was pretty sure none of them envied Flash right now.

"That sounds nice." Marinette smiled. Dick couldn't help smile in return.

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"So I heard that you two were total bad-asses when dealing with the Joker." Stephanie replied. She was pretty sure that B hadn't wanted them to talk about what was a potentially traumatic experience. But anyone with eyes could tell that these girls were tougher than they looked. Marinette was clearly the more modest one from the way she blushed with a slightly nervous chuckle.

"O-oh....well.....I guess so?" she stammered.

Chloe on the other hand probably didn't have a modest bone in her body. "That is one way to put it. But it's not like I'm going to let a fashion disaster push me around!" Stephanie really liked Chloe. When you were a Gotham girl you couldn't get the men a single inch over you.

"Dangerous." Cass announced. Stephanie had no idea how some one who spoke so quietly could sound so loud.

"Cass is right," Bruce replied which didn't surprise her at all. "Going up against the Joker like that was very dangerous."

"I'm very aware but there really wasn't any way to stay safe in a situation like that. Even just waiting to be rescued by Batman could have proved disastrous." "Marinette politely replied. "But you only get one chance at the element of surprise, so when we saw that our classmates were out of the way we took our chance to get away." Marinette's tone was polite but it was clear she wasn't going to apologize. Wow, that was a serious set on that little girl! It was official, Stephanie liked them both very much.

"While you two did put yourself in a great amount of potential danger....you were quite brave."

Steph blinked a few times. Damian had started with his usual lecture tone but that had not ended the way he had been expecting. Well this was an interesting development.

"I know it was dangerous but Chlo (not a typo) know Martial Arts. My mom has been teaching us. It started out as learning self defense and we kept going." Marinette explained.

"It's a great way to let off steam." Chloe smiled. Stephanie could get behind that.

"Oh...w-well the Manor has an excellent gym. If you require a place to spar. I have been trained in many forms of martial arts since I was a child. If....if you would like to spar I would be hap.....w-willing to accommodate you. You are guests after all."

Stephanie was pretty sure if a pin dropped right now it would sound like a bomb going off. She had thought Dick had been over exaggerating when she talked about how Robin had seemed a little flustered by Marinette in her Robin themed outfit. But maybe not.

"Sure that sounds like it could be fun!" Marinette said with a bright smile. Holy shit was the demon brat blushing?! Why did Alfred have to have a no phones at the dinner table rule?! A picture of Damian blushing would be awesome blackmail material! Oh.....wait that was probably the reason why.

((A/N: Smooth Dami.))