Alone

Chapter 16

"Daddy?" Emma said as she slightly opened the door to his room. Adrien wasn't paying attention as he was looking down at a picture. Emma walked up to him and asked, "What are you looking at dad?" Adrien jumped and somehow managed to slip off his chair. Emma just looked at her dad, "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you."

Adrien sat up and shook his head, "It's okay, I'm fine."

Emma picked up the picture, "What's this?"

Adrien took the picture from him and stood up, "Nothing, shouldn't you be in your room doing homework?"

Emma shook her head, "It's Friday, I don't have homework."

"Okay, shouldn't you be playing?"

"I got bored."

"Okay, what do you need?"

"Like I said, I'm bored. But now I'm curious about the picture?"

"Your just like your mother."

"Why don't I know about her?"

"I want to tell you but I don't think I'm ready to."

"When will you be ready?"

"When I am old."

"But then you probably won't remember."

"Exactly!"

"Can I at least see the picture?"

"No, now come on," Adrien said as he picked her up. "It's time to get you to bed."

Emma pouted, "I'm not tired."

Adrien kissed her forehead, "Well I guess that's to bad then, huh?"

Emma sighed and nodded, "Yeah."

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During the middle of the night Emma had got out of bed and quietly went to her dad's room. She opened the door quietly and walked inside. She looked over at her dad and saw that he was sleeping. She walked up to his desk and got on his chair as quietly as possible, "Where's the picture?"

Adrien moved as he mumbled in his sleep, "Don't leave me alone bugaboo?"

Emma looked over at her dad before searching again, "Bugaboo?. She finds the picture and picks it up, "Here it is." She looked at it and whispered, "It's... Him..." She was having somewhat a hard time seeing, "And... Marinette!?"