Sunday (2)

'Marcus, you should download the Akuma Alert App if you want to help us whenever, it basically sends notifications to you where the Akuma is,' Lizzie suggested as they ate breakfast. 

'Yeah, how has no one outside of Paris ever downloaded the Akuma Alert App and then found out about the secret?' Marcus asked as he took his phone out. 

'Because you need a code to download the app and only Parisians know the code,' Marinette answered as she looked over Lizzie's shoulder to see the phone screen. 

'Exactly,' Lizzie replied as she put in the code and handed the phone back to Marcus for his password. 

'Thanks,' Marcus said as he took the phone and input his password, 'So, how does this work?' Marcus asked. 

'Well, when there is an Akuma attack, you will get a notification, it will say where the Akumatized villain is,' Lizzie explained as she showed the controls, 'It has some video footage of the villain and you can report an Akuma using this button.' 

'Understood, thank you,' Marcus answered as he kept his phone back into his pocket. 

'Now, what are our plans for today?' Lizzie asked the group. 

'Relax, and see how Jon and Chloe are doing,' Damian answered. 

'Now that is going to be so fun,' Lizzie replied. 

'B-but...' Chloe and Jon stuttered at the same time as their faces turned bright red. 

'Lovebirds,' Lizzie said making Chloe and Jon turn even redder. 

'We haven't even d-determined our relationship status yet,' Jon said. 

'I'd say the both of you are boyfriend, girlfriend, wouldn't you say the same?' Lizzie asked. 

'If she accepts,' Jon answered. 

'Yes, we are, but it's still the beginning of our relationship, so we're still working it out,' Chloe replied. 

'So shy,' Lizzie said as she rested her head on her hand, looking between Chloe and Jon. 

'Well aren't you one to talk? You clearly like Marcus and still haven't admitted it yet,' Chloe replied. 

'Oh? You really think so? Do you?' Lizzie asked as she sat straight, fire burning in her eyes, 'Just wait Chloe Bourgeois, I am going to squeeze your neck until your head pops off from your spine,' Lizzie threatened as she stood up and chased Chloe around the room. 

'Can the both of you stop?' Marinette asked. 

'If she takes back what she said because I do not like Marcus in that way at all,' Lizzie said as she caught up to Chloe, grabbing Chloe's ponytail. 

'Ok fine, I'm sorry, just don't kill me,' Chloe apologized. 

'Good girl, let's continue eating,' Lizzie said as she sat down at her seat. 

'Slay, girlie,' Marcus said to Lizzie. 

'Slay, literally,' Lizzie replied. 

'This is so chaotic, is it always like this?' Jon asked Damian. 

'Yeah, Lizzie always does that when she gets offended,' Damian answered. The group finished their food soon and were sitting in the living room. 

'So, are we just going to stay at home?' Marinette asked, clearly bored. 

'Let's go to the park, some nature won't hurt us,' Damian suggested. 

'Sure, why not?' Lizzie replied. 

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'It's so green,' Marinette said as the group got off the car and walked into the park. 

'What did you expect? Black?' Lizzie asked. 

'Not having a green thumb doesn't mean you can just disrespect the greenery,' Marinette replied as the group walked into the park. 

'Wait, you don't have a green thumb?' Marcus asked as he tried to hide his giggle, remembering what happened that morning. 

'She has killed every single plant she takes care of,' Marinette answered as she looked at the flowers. 

'It's true, me and plants equals plants dead,' Lizzie said as she sat down on a bench. 

'I guess your future partner can't plant anything because of your magic touch,' Marcus said as he sat down next to Lizzie. 

'Then Marcus, you better be ready to not plant anything,' Marinette remarked with a smile. 

'Are you saying he's going to be my future partner?' Lizzie asked, angrily. 

'Yeah, wasn't it obvious? The two of you are made for each other. Both of you like singing, teasing each other, he's overly flirtatious and you can be flirty if you want, remember?' Marinette answered as she got ready to run from an angry Lizzie. 

'Thanks for the compliment, but can't we be friends?' Lizzie asked, trying to calm herself down. 

'Yeah, but the both of you started out with a love-hate relationship, so is this a frenemies to lovers thing? I heard that is very popular, a classic relationship trope,' Marinette replied, making Lizzie furious. 

'Lizzie calm down, we would make a pretty hot couple, wouldn't we?' Marcus asked, adding fuel to the fire, which is Lizzie's anger. 

'Yeah, we're hot, but that's the aesthetic only,' Lizzie replied as she stopped chasing Marinette around. 

'Lizzie, please calm down,' Chloe said, this was normal to her, but to Jon and Damian... they were too stunned to speak. 

'Fine, I've already used enough energy on you,' Lizzie replied as she sat back down on the bench. 

'Hey Marinette, what did you mean by "You can be flirty if you want, remember?" ?' Marcus asked Marinette. 

'Oh, Lizzie's alter-ego, Masquerade is super flirtatious, like super flirtatious, it's like her inner-Marcus is awakened when she's Masquerade,' Marinette explained, she remembered that time when Masquerade smiled at a boy and that boy fainted. 

'Really? I didn't know,' Marcus said as he looked at Lizzie. 

'I have secrets too,' Lizzie replied. 

'Guess what? There are over 1000 fanfics of Masquerade X self-insert character in Paris,' Marinette said. 

'It's just an alter-ego, plus, this way Ladybug won't have so many fans, Marinette asked me to help her with this,' Lizzie answered, she didn't like to turn on her flirtatious side, but when Marinette says to, she will. 

'Yeah, before Team Miraculous, there was only me and Chat Noir, all of the fanfics were either me X self-insert character or me X Chat Noir,' Marinette said. 

'Are there any Her Highness Honey X self-insert character fanfics?' Jon asked. 

'If you want to read those you can, but if you're worried, then there's nothing you can do,' Marinette answered as she started walking deeper into the park. 

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The park was a nice, calming place, not for Lizzie though. There were tall trees surrounding the place. Some people were out walking, some with their dogs. Some were sitting down on the benches there, some were playing basketball in the basketball court. 

'Lizzie, try touching this tree,' Marcus teased. 

'Funny, just wait until I get my energy again and can kill you,' Lizzie replied. 

'That's not very nice,' Marcus said. 

'Do I look like I care?' Lizzie asked, pretending to be innocent. 

'Come on!' Chloe exclaimed from far away while Lizzie and Marcus started a competition to see who can reach there faster. 

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'I won!' Lizzie said, slightly out of breath as she reached there first. 

'Yeah, yeah,' Marcus replied as he reached the place, slightly out of breath. 

'Everything is a competition to you,' Chloe told Lizzie. 

'Of course, life is just a lot of competitions mashed into one to make it not seem like a competition, everyone in life is just a loser or a winner,' Lizzie replied, she believed that everything is just a competition to see who's better, who wins and loses in this world. 

'And yet you never try your best in a competition unless it is very important or with friends,' Marinette remarked, Lizzie will always use the minimum of effort to complete everything. 

'Yeah because everything some things are just not worth it for me to put in effort to win,' Lizzie answered. 

'Does that mean beating me requires your effort?' Marcus asked Lizzie. 

'No, I may use minimum effort, but I still win,' Lizzie answered as she turned around to walk towards Marinette, Chloe, Jon and Damian. 

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'It's so calming here,' Marinette said as she sat down on a bench. 

'Seriously?' Lizzie asked, frustration in her tone. 

'Seriously, the fact that you and plants are a "Don't Mix" sort of thing is hilarious and I'm g-' Marinette started, but was interrupted by a notification sounding from four pockets. 

'Hawkmoth has been very active lately,' Lizzie remarked as she looked at the notification. 

'Where are we supposed to transform at?' Marinette asked. 

'Public restroom, no one uses those,' Chloe suggested as they ran into the bathroom. 

'What about me?' Marcus asked. 

'It's unisex,' Lizzie answered as she dragged Marcus along with her. 

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'What should we do?' Jon asked Damian. 

'Umm, sit and wait,' Damian answered. 

'Fine by me,' Jon said as he sat next to Damian in awkward silence. 

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'Tikki, spots on,' Marinette whispered. 

'Pollen, buzz on,' Chloe succeeded. 

'Trixx, let's pounce,' Lizzie said next. 

'Plagg, claws out,' Marcus transformed last. When they were all ready, Marinette transformed to Pegabug and used "Voyage" to travel to Paris. 

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'Masquerade, you're in charge of Midnight,' Ladybug told Masquerade. 

'Yay, being a babysitter is so fun,' Masquerade replied sarcastically. 

'I am not a baby,' Midnight answered. 

'Close enough,' Masquerade replied. 

'Both of you, stop, we're going now,' Ladybug demanded as they started jumping from roof to roof. 

'How am I supposed to do this?' Midnight asked Masquerade. 

'Just follow Ladybug's orders, and help her the best you can, you'll be fine,' Masquerade answered as she continued jumping away. 

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'The Akumatized villain is currently right below us,' Nadja Chamack announced to the camera as she sat in the news helicopter directly above the Akuma, 'It appears that only Ryu and Viper are at the place, Ladybug, Masquerade and Her Highness Honey are yet to be seen.' 

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'Hey Ryu and Viper,' Ladybug greeted as she reached the place with the other three behind her. 

'Quick introduction, Midnight, new member, cat miraculous, overly flirtatious, mostly to Masquerade,' Ladybug quickly said before look at Ryu and Viper to get an update on the Akuma. 

'Well, when the Akumatized villain, Ice Tag, touches someone, they turn to ice, it only works on living things, her Akuma is in her watch,' Ryu reported to the others. 

'Got it, let's go,' Ladybug commanded as they went to meet with the little girl who got Akumatized. 

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'I'm a winner, a winner, no one can win against me, now where is that little bug? I'll need to win against everyone,' Ice Tag said as she walked around freezing anyone and everyone she can. 

'Looking for me?' Ladybug asked as she swung down to where Ice Tag was. 

'Ladybug, give me your Miraculous and you won't be frozen in ice,' Ice Tag demanded. 

'Not a chance,' Ladybug answered as she took in Ice Tag's appearance. 

She was wearing an ice blue dress with white snowflake patterns that extended down to her tights which was the same ice blue as the dress. At the end of her brown pigtails were blue spirals. She was also wearing white sneakers. 

'Give it to me or you'll be frozen and can't move,' Ice Tag demanded, throwing a tantrum. 

'No,' Ladybug said, 'Lucky Charm!' Ladybug got a rope

'What are we supposed to do?' Masquerade asked. 

'I have a plan. Masquerade, use your power to distract Ice Tag. Viper and Ryu, lead her to the distraction. Her Highness Honey, use your power and trap her in place, Midnight will Cataclysm her watch and I will purify the Akuma,' Ladybug explained the plan. 

'Whatever you say,' Ryu said as the whole group started setting up the plan. 

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'Mirage!' Masquerade exclaimed as the illusions took form of the heroes of Paris. 

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'Hey, Stormy Weather rip off, catch us if you can, you want to win don't you?' Viper taunted as he and Ryu started running in the direction of Masquerade's illusions. 

'How dare you? I am way better than her, I am going to win against all of you and prove I'm better,' Ice Tag said as she started running towards Viper and Ryu. 

'Was that really necessary?' Ryu asked Viper as they continued the chase.  

'Yeah, she's still a kid, she will always want to be the best,' Viper answered. 

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'Hey Hawkmoth, can you give me something, so I'll be able to catch up to them?' Ice Tag asked Hawkmoth. 

'No... I can't give you any other powers except for the one that I originally gave you,' Hawkmoth replied. 

'Why don't you just make an Akumatized villain that is like OP, you know?' Ice Tag asked, proposing a great question to Hawkmoth. 

'What's OP?' Hawkmoth asked. 

'Overpowered,' Ice Tag asked, getting ever so close to Viper and Ryu. 

'That takes up too much energy and stuff,' Hawkmoth answered. 

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'Did you hear that?' Ryu asked Viper. 

'What?' Viper didn't notice it. 

'Ice Tag said something about making the villains OP, and after Hawkmoth said something, Ice Tag replied overpowered. This means that Hawkmoth probably doesn't know about this, always hiding in his house waiting for the moment that he could send an Akuma or he's really old,' Ryu pointed out. 

'That could be a lead, we'll tell Ladybug later,' Viper suggested as they reached the place. Viper and Ryu managed to put some distance between them and Ice Tag, so the two managed to hide before Ice Tag could see them hide. 

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'I am going to freeze all of you,' Ice Tag said as she ran to freeze Ladybug, but just before she could touch the illusion, Her Highness Honey appeared. 

'Venom,' Her Highness Honey exclaimed and went for the hit, but missed by just a millimeter. 

'Missed me, missed me,' Ice Tag said. 

'Playing games so much must have improved your agility,' Her Highness Honey said as she stood up, she could still use her power, thankfully. 

'Ice Tag, look here,' Ladybug distracted Ice Tag, leaving time for Her Highness Honey to use her power and it worked. 

'Who are you? The new Chat Noir replacement?' Ice Tag asked Midnight, she was bored. 

'You'll find out. Cataclysm!' Midnight exclaimed as he Cataclysmed Ice Tag's watch. 

'Lucky Charm!' Ladybug got a rope. 'Time to de-evilize, gotcha, bye bye little butterfly! Miraculous Ladybug!' The Miraculous cure worked and everything was back to normal. 

'Yay, where are we going to go now?' Masquerade asked, 'We'll need to meet with news reporters because of him, right?' Masquerade gestured to Midnight. 

'Yep, we will,' Ladybug said as she looked around, trying to find a place they can detransform and transform again. 

'Just go to my house, my parents know about everything,' Ladybug said as they started heading for the bakery, losing media and citizens along the way.  

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'Ladybug, who is the new addition to your team?' Nadja Chamack was asking with a microphone to Ladybug's face along with the questions of other reporters needing a scoop. 

'Hawkmoth has been more active lately, so we advise everyone to keep their emotions in check,' Masquerade announced into the microphone. 

'And I'll let our newest member of Team Miraculous introduce himself,' Ladybug said as she looked at Midnight. 

'Hello citizens of Paris, I am Midnight, the new holder of the Cat Miraculous,' Midnight introduced. 

'Midnight, do you like Ladybug? Like the Chat Noir did?' a reporter asked. 

'No, honestly, I think that Masquerade and Midnight are better together, me and Midnight are just friends,' Ladybug quickly explained. 

'Nuh-uh, we are so not a thing,' Masquerade replied annoyed.  

'I just think the two of you would fit better,' Ladybug answered. 

'Got it, so it's confirmed that Masquerade and Midnight are a thing,' a reporter said. 

'N-' Masquerade started, but was stopped by Ladybug. 

'Just go along with it,' Ladybug whispered into Masquerade's ear, 'We've lied to them so many time, we've put up a façade again and again, why not add something else to this fake image?'

'Fine,' Masquerade answered. 

'We've got to go now, bye!' Ladybug said as she swung away. 

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'Ladybug, we have something to tell you,' Ryu gestured to her and Viper just before Ladybug and the others got prepared to leave. 

'What is it?' Ladybug asked. 

'We have information, possibly about Hawkmoth. While Ice Tag was chasing us, she mentioned something about OP, there was a pause where Hawkmoth said something and then Ice Tag replied overpowered, which means that Hawkmoth doesn't know what OP means which could mean he is either, always hiding in his house waiting for an Akuma or he is very old,' Ryu pointed out. 

'That might be useful, thanks for the information,' Ladybug said as she and the other bid goodbye and went back to Gotham. 

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'How was it?' Jon asked as the others returned. 

'It was great, Marcus did well,' Marinette answered as they sat down on the benches, exhausted. 

'Let's eat lunch,' Chloe suggested as her stomach grumbled. 

'Let's go,' Damian replied as he stood up and headed to the parking lot. 

'I need to go first, I have something to do,' Marcus said as he split with the group. 

'Me too,' Lizzie said as she followed Marcus away. 

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'This is delicious,' Marinette remarked. 

'It's what you would expect of a place like this,' Chloe said as she ate her food. 

'Want to watch the fight with the villain?' Marinette asked Damian and Jon. 

'Yeah sure,' Jon answered. 

'Here you go,' Chloe said as she handed her phone to the two boys. 

'That is Marcus?' Jon asked in disbelief at Marcus's costume. 

'Yeah, it is, at least he doesn't look as ridiculous as the past Cat Miraculous holder,' Marinette answered as she showed a picture of Chat Noir. 

'That is the holder before Marcus, he's also Adrien Agreste, my classmate,' Marinette explained. 

'Oh, Lizzie's mentioned him multiple times, Mr. High Road or something?' Jon replied. 

'Yeah, turns out, he did all that because he is basically the slave of Lila,' Chloe explained. 

'Apparently, since Gabriel Agreste and Lila have a deal or something, Adrien must maintain a good relationship with her including being her slave, talk about horrible father,' Marinette explained, 'Guess my gut was correct, Gabriel is not good.' 

'Of course,' Jon said. 

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'Those who vote for splitting the bill,' Chloe said as five hands raised up, all of them except for Damian. 

'Since you are guests, I should pay,' Damian explained. 

'Come on, it is forbidden for your to refer to them us as guests, we are your friends and you must treat us like friends,' Marinette told Damian, 'You always split the bill with friends unless it's your birthday.' 

'Tch, fine, we'll split it,' Damian gave in. 

'Yes, we will,' Marinette said as she took some money from her purse. 

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'Here, this should be enough,' Damian said as he gave the money to the waitress. 

'Yes, thank you, hope to see you soon,' the waitress said as she walked away. 

'Can we go home now?' Chloe asked as she stretched outside the restaurant. 

'What do you wanna do?' Jon asked Chloe in particular. 

'Maybe, we can talk about the diorama project, and then night time, we can see the premiere of Marcus and Lizzie's new song,' Chloe suggested. 

'Sounds like a plan,' Marinette said. 

'Come on, let's go,' Chloe exclaimed as she walked away with her arm twisted around Jon's. 

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'Let's get down to business, what about the project?' Chloe asked the group as they huddled around a circular table. 

'Let's add special features, like an opening gate that leads into the Vatican City,' Damian suggested. 

'That is a very interesting idea,' Marinette replied as she thought about how to make the swinging gate work. Marcus and Lizzie were on video call and also suggested some ideas. 

After a few hours of talking, they were finally done with the project. So what if the project is due on Thursday? They can still finish it earlier. 

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'It's delicious, utterly delicious,' Chloe said as she eyed the delicious assortment of dishes on the table. 

'Thank you for the food,' Marinette thanked Alfred. 

'You're welcome,' Alfred answered with a smile. 

'Let's eat,' Bruce said as he ate the food. 

'Lil' sis, Damian and friends, what happened these few days?' Dick asked the four friends. 

'Umm, Gotham Academy is way better than Francoise Dupont,' Marinette remarked as she ate her food. 

'Yeah, we made some friends that won't just believe a liar for empty promises,' Chloe said, 'We also finished a homework project and learned about a lot of stuff, like Gotham Academy Sports Day,' Chloe answered. 

'We finished our homework that's due Thursday,' Jon said. 

'Ok, who here is the "Must finish homework way before the due date"?' Jason asked. 

'Lizzie actually, she was urging us to finish it,' Marinette answered. 

'That is very surprising, I always thought she would be the type to do homework last minute,' Dick said. 

Everyone chatted for the whole dinner and only stopped when they were finished with their food. 

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'Ding, dong.' The sound came from the front door, Marinette opened it to reveal Lizzie and Marcus, who came to listen to their song with everyone else. 

'Hello, there's still a few minutes, so get ready,' Marinette said as Lizzie and Marcus walked into the house, then followed Marinette to where the others were to listen to the song. 

'Hey everyone,' Marcus greeted as he entered the room. 

'Come on, sit down,' Marinette invited as Marcus sat down next to Lizzie. 

'It's starting,' Chloe said as her head rested on Jon shoulder. 

The first notes started playing and the group heard Marcus's angel like singing. 'No wonder why you are the prodigy,' Marinette said. 

'Thanks, I was born with the talent, I guess,' Marcus answered. Marinette didn't answer, instead she enjoyed the music. 

'I like the lyrics, did you write it?' Chloe asked Marcus. 

'Me and Lizzie, we texted and video called each other,' Marcus answered. 

'OMG, LIZZIE IS THAT YOU?' Marinette screamed at Lizzie as her part came up. 

'Yeah, that is me, my voice,' Lizzie answered as she covered her ears. 

'You have never sang in front of us seriously, it's always a joke, I wish I could've forced you to sing seriously back then,' Marinette said. 

'Let's go Karaoke then,' Lizzie answered. 

'When?' Marinette asked. 

'After school, just the three of us,' Lizzie gestured to herself, Marinette and Chloe. 

'We'll just plan which day tomorrow or something,' Marinette said as she continued enjoying the song. 

'Liz, are you ready?' Marcus whispered into Lizzie's ear. 

'Yep, we can go now,' Lizzie whispered back. 

'We're going to my house,' Marcus announced to the group. 

'Why?' Jon asked. 

'We have the online meet-and-greet thing,' Marcus said as he exited the room with Lizzie. 

'Oh right,' Jon said as Marinette went to the laptop, that connected to the projector, and opened the online meet-and-greet video thing. 

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'I can't believe I'm going to your house,' Lizzie said as she got in Marcus's car. 

'My house is closer and it has the proper set-up, plus I usually do online events there,' Marcus explained. 

'Still it's weird, it's to a boy's house,' Lizzie said. 

'Is Wayne Manor not filled with boys?' Marcus asked. 

'Yeah, but me, Marinette and Chloe were kicked out of our room in the hotel, that was by force, but this is of my own accord,' Lizzie answered. 

'Kinda true,' Marcus replied.

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'Mom, we're here,' Marcus said as he opened the front door to his house. The house was smaller than Lizzie expected, but it was still big and it was on private land, so no nosy reporters can go to their front door or something. 

'Hello, the room is ready,' Martha greeted. 

'Good evening, Mrs. Mendoza,' Lizzie greeted as she bowed 87.59°.

'Please, no need to be so formal, just call me Martha,' Martha replied. 

'Yes, Martha,' Lizzie answered. 

'Now follow me. If there are any problems during the live stream, there will be people there helping you,' Martha explained. 

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'We'll give you prompts and stuff if there's a need for that,' the engineer told Lizzie and Marcus. 

'So, I just follow you,' Lizzie whispered into Marcus's ear. 

'Yes, come on,' Marcus said as he brought Lizzie into a room. 

'Are we ready?' 

'Yep!' 

'Hello everyone, welcome to the online meet-and-greet event to promote the new song, "If The World Was Ending" and today I have a special guest, that is Lizzie Hearts,' Marcus announced, he was a natural when it came to these types of stuff. 

'Hello everyone!' Lizzie exclaimed as she appeared on screen. 

'First, we will have a Q&A session where all of my dear fans can type in a message in the chat,' Marcus explained to the chat. 

'Great, we are getting a very steady flow of questions, we can't answer all the questions, but we will try our best,' Marcus explained. 

'Yes, we will,' Lizzie replied with as much energy as she could muster. 

'First question, are me and Lizzie together?' Marcus read from the long line of questions. 

'No, we are not, we are just friends,' Lizzie answered with a smile, 'Next question, am I going to continue working with Marcus? Yes, we will have more collabs, but I will be having my own album out soon.' 

'Indeed, the record company I work at has signed Lizzie and are preparing her first album,' Marcus added. 

'Next question for you Marcus, are you dating anyone?' Lizzie asked while thinking, 'Damn, these people are really thirsty for some sort of rumor or something.' 

'No, I am single and I do not have a crush,' Marcus said.

'That means your pretty face is still available to your fans if they were to meet and charm you one day,' Lizzie answered. 

'Of course, like they say, anything is possible,' Marcus said before continuing on with the questions. 

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'Guys, look at the comments,' Marinette said as she scrolled on her phone. 

'What?' Chloe asked, she was focused on the event. 

'A lot of people are saying how good of a singer Lizzie is, and how beautiful she is, she's liked by people, not hated because she got to hang out with Marcus,' Marinette said, beaming with joy at her friend's accomplishment. 

'What is happening in here?' Jason asked as he opened the door to the room. 

'We're just watching Lizzie and Marcus's online meet-and-greet event,' Marinette answered as she pointed to the livestream that's projected on the wall. 

'No one told me this was happening,' Jason pouted at the group. 

'Sorry?' Marinette replied. 

'It's fine, but I am gathering the whole family to watch this momentous event of our sister's career,' Jason said as he went to gather everyone else from the family. 

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'Lizzie is so cool, she's a natural in front of a camera,' Dick said. 

'She is our best friend,' Marinette and Chloe said at the same time, like they practiced it, they did practice it. 

'It's really late, when is this gonna end?' Bruce asked. 

'Idk, what time is it even?' Chloe asked. 

'11.36 p.m.' Bruce answered. 

'That is so late, coming back will take around 15 minutes, so even if they end it now, Lizzie will only reach at 11.51 p.m.' Marinette counted. 

Bruce's phone rang a few seconds after silence took over the group. 'Excuse me,' Bruce said. 

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'Yes, Martha?' Bruce spoke into the phone. 

'Hey, the thing with Lizzie's might take a while, you know how crazy fans can get. Is it okay if Lizzie spends the night here, we have an extra guest bedroom,' Martha spoke through the phone. 

'Can I trust you on this? She is my only adopted daughter,' Bruce said. 

'Of course you can, when have I ever betrayed your trust?' Martha asked. 

'More times than I can count,' Bruce answered. 

'Right, but leave it to me,' Martha said. 

'Take care of her, bye,' Bruce said and Martha replied, 'Bye,' before ending the call. 

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'What was the call about?' Tim asked Bruce with his fourth cup of coffee in his hand. 

'Lizzie's staying over at the Mendoza's,' Bruce said. 

'I don't know how I feel about that, her overnight there,' Marinette said. 

'Why?' Chloe exclaimed. 

'Because it's really late and I trust Martha on this,' Bruce said. 

'So, will Marcus bring Lizzie to school or something?' Marinette asked. 

'Yes, the arrangements have been made, it's good that I asked her to bring some extra clothes, pajamas and her school uniform with her,' Bruce explained.  

'You planned for this?' Chloe asked. 

'It would be surprising if an event like this didn't last for hours,' Bruce answered. 

'Fine, we'll live without Lizzie tonight,' Marinette said. 

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'Finally done, how demanding are your fans?' Lizzie asked Marcus. 

'This is part of the industry, if you want to continue, you better be ready to lose sleep,' Marcus answered. 

'Lizzie, I have something to tell you,' Martha said as she took Lizzie. 

'You are going to be staying here for tonight, Bruce already agreed, you can stay in the guest bedroom,' Martha explained, quick to the point. 

'Okay,' Lizzie answered, she didn't know what else to say. 

'What did my mom want to tell you,' Marcus asked Lizzie as she appeared. 

'She wanted to tell me that I'm going to sleep here tonight because it's late,' Lizzie answered. 

'In the guest bedroom, I'm guessing,' Marcus said. 

'Yeah, anyway, I'm going to change and brush my teeth, Bruce asked me to pack some overnight stuff, so I'm prepared,' Lizzie said as she followed Marcus to the guest bedroom. 

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'This is your room, the bathroom is over there. I shall leave you be and head to my room,' Marcus said as he walked away. 

'Thanks,' Lizzie said before walking into her room. 

Lizzie took her school uniform out of her bag and hung it in the empty closet. She then went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and change into her pajamas. 

Knocking sound came from the door and Lizzie opened it to see Marcus. 'How are you doing? Is everything okay?' Marcus asked Lizzie, 'Your pajamas is really cute,' Marcus giggled slightly at Lizzie's over-sized blue T-shirt with brown bears and long pants with the same pattern. 

'Thanks, I bought these for myself with my part-time job, it was cheap,' Lizzie said. 

'Yeah, anyway, bye,' Marcus said as he walked away. 

'Bye,' Lizzie said as she waved to Marcus. Lizzie went to bed, she had a long day. 

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'The livestream ended, that must mean Lizzie is getting ready for bed right?' Marinette asked Chloe.

'Yeah, she's probably lying on her bed now,' Chloe said as she laid on her bed. Marinette lost and needed to go turn off the lights. 

'Goodnight,' Marinette said. 

'Goodnight,' Chloe replied and the both of them fell into a deep sleep. 

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That is another chapter done, this one is super long because of plots. I am so happy that I finished it. Thank you everyone who has supported this so much. That's all, bye!