After the battle with Mommy Dearest, Ladybug and Madam Macaw flew down and landed at the alley.
Madam Macaw: Pooroo, calm down! *She de-transform and Pooroo hovered next to Melissa, she handed the miraculous back to Ladybug. *
Melissa: Thank you for trusting me and helping save my mom.
Ladybug: You're welcome, Melissa. And you handled it like a pro. You should be proud. *Melissa grinned after that comment. * Gotta go. Bug out! *She threw her yo-yo out and swung away and Melissa headed back home. Then, she landed at another alley, where Luka was hiding. * Spots off! *She de-transformed and Tikki hovered next to Marinette, she opened her purse and fed Tikki a macaron. *
Tikki: Thank you.
Marinette: You're welcome. *She opened her purse and Tikki went back inside her purse and she closed it. * Hey.
Luka: Hey, so how did it go?
Marinette: Okay as usual.
Luka: That's good. I'll take you home.
Marinette: Okay. *They both walked to the bike, Luka handed Marinette a helmet, she put it on and got on behind the bike and he started pedaling her home. In Lucas' house, Lucas hugged Savannah and Melissa walked inside and saw her mom and stepdad hugging. *
Lucas: Honey, are you okay?
Savannah: I'm fine. It's okay.
Melissa: Mom?
Savannah: Melissa. *They both hugged. *
Melissa: Are you okay?
Savannah: I am, thank you.
Ivan: What happens now? *Savannah sniffled and wiped her tears with her tissue. *
Savannah: It's either we move back with your dad or... we stay here. You guys come first, so... we'll have to move out.
Ivan: Move out? No.
Melissa: Mom, you're not serious right?
Savannah: It's for the best, honey. Your dad will have to get full custody of you guys. *Lucas held Savannah's hand gently stroked his hand and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. *
Lucas: It's for the best. If Aria can't accept you to be in our life, we'll have to accept it and you'll have to move back to your dad. I'll have to talk to your sister about this.
Melissa: Can I talk to her?
Lucas: You can try. Let's just hope she listens. *She heads up to Aria's room, she stops at her door and knocks on the door. *
Aria: Come in. *The door opened, and Melissa opened the door and scowled at Aria, Aria looked up and saw Melissa giving her an angry look. * What?
Melissa: I hope you're happy now. You upset my mom and caused her to be akumatized, you know that right?
Aria: So what? It's not my fault she doesn't know how to control her emotions. I just said the truth.
Melissa: Mom said we come first, so if you feel this strongly about it... then we're moving out of here. To be honest, I'm mad at you right now.
Aria: Great. At least we won't share the same roof anymore.
Melissa: You are so immature and selfish! *Aria's face turned red, and she clenched her fists angrily. *
Aria: Stop saying that! You don't care that my mom is being replaced. But what about me? Why does no one care about how I feel?
Melissa: Aria, for once, this isn't about you! You better apologize before we leave- for good. *She rolled her eyes and stormed off, Aria sighed and scowled. *
Outside of Marinette's house, Luka stopped his bike.
Marinette: Thanks. *She takes off the helmet and lends it to Luka and she kisses him on the cheek. *
Luka: I'll see you later.
Marinette: Okay. *She walked inside and Luka rode away. Inside, Tom looks through the freezer and sees what he's gonna take out for dinner. *
Tom: Honey? Did we ever have salmon before?
Sabine: No, we haven't. Why?
Tom: I'm thinking about making salmon tonight. Along with a salad and something else.
Sabine: Okay. *Then, the door opened and Marinette walked in. *
Tom: Hey, where were you?
Marinette: Luka took me to a new bubble tea shop that just opened up. We tried some boba tea.
Tom: Boba tea? What is that?
Bridgette: It's a tea-based drink. There's a boba shop?
Marinette: Yeah.
Bridgette: I wanna try that.
Tom: How do you know about boba tea?
Bridgette: One of the teachers was drinking it. And I asked her about it. *She keeps working on her homework. *
Tom: Oh.
Sabine: Well, we still got Marin's soccer game so Marinette, if you have homework to do, you can get started on it until it's time to go.
Marinette: Okay. *She heads up to her room does her science homework and finishes up her Literature Research paper. *
Sabine: So, what are we having with salmon tonight?
Tom: I'm thinking of a salad and making some yeast dinner rolls.
Sabine: Okay.
Tom: I'll have to ask Marinette for her assistance on that. And maybe come up with a dessert dish afterward.
Sabine: Good idea. *She pats his arm and walks to the living room, and he gets the stuff out and gets it all prepped before leaving for the soccer game. *
Back in Lucas' house, after everything calmed down, it was time to deal with Aria and see if she came to her senses about the whole situation. Aria walked downstairs to the living room; they saw her coming down.
Lucas: Aria.
Aria: Yes?
Lucas: We need to talk about what happened.
Aria: We do?
Lucas: Yes. Come here, please? *Aria walked into the living room and sat down. * Listen, I know you were the cause of Savannah's akumatizing because you don't like the new arrangement of having her and Melissa and Ivan with us under the same roof. We thought it would be best if they moved out and we would live here together like you wanted. *Aria looked down and sighed. * And is there anything you want to say to Savannah before they start packing?
Aria: Yes. I want to say... I'm sorry and... don't move out. *They were shocked when they heard that. *
Melissa: Really?
Aria: Yes. I'm sorry for yelling and snapping at you, Savannah. It's just that... ever since my mom passed away, I still miss her and you here, I was afraid Dad would get rid of any memories of Mom. Don't you miss her than I do?
Lucas: Of course, I miss your mom, honey. That doesn't mean I won't throw away any memories of her. I'll always love and miss your mom. But she doesn't want you to be sad over this, would she?
Aria: No.
Lucas: Now that I know her passing can be affected to both of us, but we have to learn to move on and not get too sad. She wants us to be happy and I am happy. We'll always love her.
Aria: It's just hard with her not being here. And I wasn't ready for her to go.
Lucas: I know. *Savannah walked up to Aria. *
Savannah: Aria, I will never replace your mom. Even though she passed away, you'll always remember her. *She points at her heart. * And here. *She points at her head. * I may not be like her, but I know deep down inside, that you'll always love me as your mom. *Aria looked at Savannah and grinned at her. *
Aria: You're right. *She wiped her eyes and hugged Savannah. * I'll try to be better and fix my attitude.
Savannah: That's all I ever wanted. *They both hugged, and Melissa, Ivan, and Melissa joined in on the group hug. *
Melissa: So, we're staying then?
Savannah: We're staying. If that's okay with you, Lucas.
Lucas: Of course, darling. *He stroked her hand and they grinned too. *
Aria: Thanks for opening my eyes and making me think about my actions, Melissa.
Melissa: You're welcome. Just hate to see you and my mom on bad terms.
Aria: I will. Thanks. *In the Liberty, Luka entered the boat where he saw his mom working a blender. She saw Luka and turned the blender off and looked at him. *
Anarka: Ah, Luka. You're home a little late.
Luka: Sorry, I took Marinette to a small boba tea.
Anarka: Ahh, boba tea. One of my friends told me about that shop. Did you take Marinette there?
Luka: Yeah. We tried some Boba Tea, and we liked it.
Anarka: That's good to hear. Well, I'm about to get dinner ready. If you have homework, you can get started on it.
Luka: Okay. *He heads to his cabin where Juleka is and gets started on his homework, which is both science and algebra. *
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