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Beau and the Beetle	By : Cat_Eyes Category: +M through R > Miraculous LadyBug Views: 3721 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug. Miraculous Ladybug is the intellectual property of Thomas Astruc and released by Zag studios. No profit was made writing this story.

Chapter List
- 1-Prologue: Alya
- 2-Adrien
- 3-Felix
- 4-Bridgette
- 5-Adrien
- 6-Sabine
- 7-Bridgette
- 8-Alya
- 9-Adrien
- 10-Felix
- 11-Sabine
- 12-Bridgette
- 13-Alya
- 14-Felix
- 15-Adrien
- 16-Alya
- 17-Felix
- 18-Bridgette
- 19-Adrien
- 20-Sabine
- 21-Felix
- 22-Alya
- 23-Bridgette
- 24-Adrien
- 25-Sabine
- 26-Adrien
- 27-Felix
- 28-Alya
- 29-Bridgette
- 30-Adrien
- 31-Sabine
- 32-Bridgette
- 33-Felix
- 34-Alya
- 35-Adrien
- 36-Felix
- 37-Sabine
- 38-Bridgette
- 39-Adrien
- 40-Felix
- 41-Adrien
- 42-Felix
- 43-Adrien
- 44-Adrien
- 45-Adrien
- 46-Epilogue
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Bridgette was a godsend, and had made herself invaluable during the last few weeks. She helped in the home as well as the bakery, was good with customers, and learnt quickly. Without her, Sabine was sure she would be pulling her own hair out by now.
The workload increased as the popularity of their shop re-established itself. They’d had to close down for a while after Marinette’s disappearance, as it took some time to come to terms with life without her. Still, when they felt ready to reopen, they had done it quietly with no fanfare or flashy advertisements. It would have been gauche.
‘Bridgette seems to be fitting in nicely,’ Tom observed, as he mixed a bowl of cake batter.
Sabine looked up from her inventory list, and nodded. ‘Yes, she is.’
‘How long do you think she’ll stay?’
‘I don’t know,’ she replied, tilting her head back as she thought. ‘Why do you ask?’
Tom looked uncomfortable, and busied himself by pouring the batter into a pan to avoid having to make eye contact. ‘Well, she’s missing a lot of school. If she doesn’t go back, there’ll be consequences.’
Sabine hummed, acknowledging his point. ‘We can ask her.’
‘Ask what?’ Bridgette chirped, entering the kitchen with an empty tray. ‘We’re out of croissants.’
Tom turned around to pull a fresh batch from the oven. ‘We’re just concerned about your education,’ he told her as he slid the steaming pastries onto a cooling rack.
Bridgette cocked her head. ‘What do you mean?’
‘You’re missing too much school, Dear,’ Sabine replied. ‘If you don’t return home and pick up your attendance, you may be forced to repeat the year.’
Bridgette’s face fell. ‘Do you not want me here anymore?’
‘Oh no, it’s not that,’ Sabine rushed to reassure her. ‘We just don’t want you to fail school, especially not on our account.’
‘But I can’t just leave,’ she argued, stubbornly.
‘Perhaps,’ Tom interjected, looking more discomforted than before, ‘she could attend school here?’
Sabine’s breath caught, and Bridgette’s eyes widened.
‘We could enrol her in the school across the road. She’s the right age,’ Tom went on.
Sabine squeezed her eyes shut and turned away. Bridgette was only a couple of months older than Marinette, and would slide in easily with the other students. However, it didn’t feel right.
‘I don’t know,’ Bridgette replied slowly, evidently feeling the same way.
‘I’m not saying it has to be permanent,’ Tom explained. ‘Just until such a time as you feel ready to go home, and we can manage the shop by ourselves. Like Sabine said, we don’t want to hold you back.’
Bridgette chewed her lip, her gaze drifting to one side. ‘Can I think about it?’
‘Yes, of course,’ Tom assured her.
She nodded, then began placing the still-hot croissants on the display tray. Silently, she took the laden server back to the shop.
‘Isn’t this a little sudden?’ asked Sabine, as she turned back to her inventory list.
Tom hung his head. ‘It’s been almost a month,’ he murmured. ‘She should either return home and resume her schooling there, or remain here and do her best to keep from failing. I know how awkward this is, but we need to consider her future, too.’
Sighing heavily, Sabine turned back to her task. Tom was right, she knew, but Bridgette slept in Marinette’s old room, performed her old chores, and used her equipment. It felt like Bridgette was slowly replacing Marinette, and it hurt.
Tom rested a comforting hand on her shoulder. ‘Everything will be all right, my Sweet. Marinette would understand.’
Sabine released another sigh and nodded. Bridgette did need to return to school, and they weren’t ready to be without her assistance yet. Marinette would have understood, but that didn’t ease the pang of guilt in her chest.
‘I just wish this whole thing had never happened,’ she whispered, leaning against Tom as tears stung her eyes.
Wrapping his arms around her, Tom agreed. ‘I know, Love. None of this should’ve happened.’
She sniffled and wiped her eyes, blaming herself for what happened. Unfortunately, no amount of reassuring platitudes would change her mind.
‘We did the right thing in the end, didn’t we?’ she asked, still yearning for validation and justification.
Tom’s careful strokes down her arms paused, then hesitantly resumed. ‘Under the circumstances, I don’t know what else we could have done.’
‘A stronger witch, or warlock perhaps?’
He shook his head, sorrowfully. ‘We made enquiries, and all the answers were the same. There’s nothing they could have done. I think he have to accept the loss, and move on.’
A sob closed Sabine’s throat. She hiccupped and wiped fresh tears from her eyes before they could spill. It wouldn’t do to have tear tracks on her face.
Subtly, Tom wiped his own face with a corner of his apron.
With a melancholy smile, Sabine reached up to cup his cheek. Yes, they had done everything they could, and the loss hurt like nothing else ever had. But, they still had each other. They would rebuild their lives, and learn to go on without Marinette.
Sabine didn’t fool herself into thinking it would be easy or fast, however, they needed to make a start. Enrolling Bridgette in school was as good a place as any to commence healing.
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