A/N: First story that isn't about Ed Edd n Eddy, I know I told everyone when I first made my account that I would make different stories that weren't about those three but I think im actually gonna start a new story for them :P I wanted to make this one though, It wont be super long and I cant guarantee that it will be 5000 words or more every chapter like my other stories but I will continue it and I do have a lot of ideas for this.

So with all that talking done (Bet you only read like half of it xD) I give you my newest story!

Disclaimer: Don't own adventure time or any of the characters. Or m&m'a…

Paint

Marshall Lee's dad used to tell him that everyone was like a puzzle, incomplete, being built bit by bit until they were finally complete. The problem people usually had was finding the right pieces, a wrong piece and boom the whole thing was messed up and the person could never feel complete.

That's what Marshall Lee felt like every single day.

Un-complete and finding all the wrong pieces.

He was having a good dream, it was so rare for him to dream and they were always welcomed. Dreams where an escape, a home away from home, in his dreams he wasn't the local miscreant, or the high school junior that was actually doing well while juggling his constant criminal record and his school life. In his dreams he felt whole, not like an unfinished puzzle that only had its corner pieces in place. Waiting for the whole thing to be put together, to finally see the picture, his picture.

He woke up to something hitting his window, he hadn't noticed the constant tapping noise until it got loud enough to shake the glass, which meant someone was either hitting it with their hand or throwing large rocks at it.

Either way they were pissing him off, so he got up out of the warm safety of his bed begrudgingly and into the cold air. He looked at the clock and groaned, it was three in the morning and someone thought it was a good idea to wake him up. He was a creature of the night, not some peppy morning person that succumbed to wearing bright clothes in the early hours of the day. He finally opened the window after cursing the person who was behind it and realized who it was.

"Hey Ashley." He droned, not putting any emotion in his words, he didn't have enough energy for emotions right now.

She faked a scoff and casually jumped into his room. "Aw thanks for the warm welcome, and here I thought you liked the mornings." She giggled at his obvious distaste for what she said.

He growled at her statement, offended that she would even say such a thing. "No way in hell would I ever be ok with the morning." He walked towards his bed and sat down on it. He didn't even try to pick up any of the stray clothes and other objects on the floor. He was also shirtless but he didn't feel like he needed to get dressed in-front of his girlfriend, she had seen him shirtless plenty of times. "So are you gonna tell me why you're here or can I go back to sleep?" He brushed the bangs out of his eyes and yawned, he was already starting to wake up and he didn't want that.

She leaned against his wall and he couldn't help but stare at her small jean shorts and tank top, she was looking really good. "Or maybe you came all this way to snuggle up with me for the day." He smirked at her and she smiled back at him.

"Not today babe, we have to go meet up with Wendell and the gang." She motioned outside like they were already there and he sighed.

"Why? I thought they were gonna leave me alone for today." He complained, holding his head between his hands. It wasn't like he didn't want to hang out with his friends/bandmates, but not at a time like this and with a week of summer left. He just wanted to chill with Ashley and do his own things.

She shook her head and threw a shirt at him. He didn't even try to catch it and just let it hit his head, covering his already messy hair. He sighed, putting it on and pulling the closest pair of slippers he could find.

She walked up to him while he pulled them on his feet, capturing his mouth and running her hand in his hair, practically forcing him to kiss her. He obliged, opening his mouth wider so she could explore with her tongue more, he flinched at the taste of beer that lingered in her mouth so early in the morning but continued to kiss her anyways, wrapping his tongue with hers and enjoying her moan when he bit her bottom lip, dragging it across his teeth.

She got up quickly before he could grab anywhere and hit the desk he had been using the day before, knocking over a couple books on the ground. She looked at them for a second before she picked them up and laughed loudly. "Are you serious?" She questioned, holding up the economics book in his face. "Why are you reading this in the summer?"

He snatched the books a little harsher than he had intended and stuffed them inside of the desk. No way could he tell them he had been studying the whole summer so he could get better grades. They would laugh, he would lose his credibility, and as of right now that's all he had.

No family to lean on, his friends, his band, and his reputation. That's all that held him together. For now it would be his puzzle.

He jumped out the window with Ashley and looked over at his pale friends. Wendell Georgina and Booboo were standing there with small smiles. They were wearing dark black clothes that covered most of their bodies. Marshal was the odd one out with his white t-shirt and blue jeans.

"Aw, could have told me you guys were doing something incognito, would have gotten all gussied up for you." He pointed his fingers at them like it was a gun. "Gone all James bond and stuff, bang." He pretended to shoot Ashley and she held her heart.

"Enough with the mushy stuff, we got a house to spray." Georgina spun the can around her hand and threw him a pouch. The contents where five spray cans, and a knife." Marshall Lee didn't really say much while the four of them walked along the street and finally stopped at a decently sized house. It was white and just a one story house, but looked well kept the houses paint looked somewhat new and even the yard had some fun little flamingos on it.

Marshall Lee couldn't help but kick at the flamingos as he past them, even going as far as doing a little dance while he did it. Even Ashley snickered at that and followed suit.

"Hey, we have to do this quickly before the guy wakes up." Booboo harshly whispered at their antics.

Marshall Lee rolled his eyes and pointed at the house. "So who is this guy that made you so mad that you want to spray paint his house?" He looked at them again and smiled. "Or is he like an ex-boyfriend to one of you guys, Wendell I'm looking at you here." He almost burst out laughing when a spray can flew over his head.

"This is the house of that shop keeper guy that kicked us out last week, he needs to be taught a lesson." Wendell growled at the house.

Marshall Lee remembered that guy, he had told them to leave because he thought they were going to steal from him, then again it wasn't like they hadn't stolen from shops before so he understood when the guy kicked them out. It didn't mean he wasn't pissed off at the things he said and he picked up the spray can on the ground.

He saw Georgina and Booboo already spraying the house and he shrugged, starting his little art project on the opposite side of the house from them. Ashley joined him and they ended up making a big heart with a butt inside it.

"I didn't know you were a butt guy Marshall." Ashley smiled when she saw the finished project.

He shook his head. "I'm not, more of a leg guy myself, which is why you wearing those shorts is driving me crazy." He winked at her but she wasn't really paying much attention to him at that point, she was looking at the cars that were driving by.

Ashely jumped in the bush and Martial Lee followed after her quickly. He was pretty close to her and decided to touch her legs a little while they hid, she swatted his hand away but he kept at it.

"Really, right now?" She whispered, trying to wiggle out of his grasp.

He bit her ear and rubbed down her legs, smiling when she leaned a little closer to him. "I don't see why this is such a bad time to do this, always wanted to try in a bush it's so romantic." He stopped his ministrations when the lights flashed to life and the sirens started.

Ashley was quicker to react than he was, she burst out of the bush, practically dragging him with her while she moved. He fell face first on the lawn and watched as his girlfriend sprinted off over the fence and away. Leaving him in the view of the two police cars .He picked himself up quickly and jumped the opposite fence just as the police came out yelling at the other three to stop just as he fell over on the other side. They must have been occupied with the other three because she didn't go after him. He heard Georgina struggling but didn't do anything to help. Guilt was already welling itself into the pit of his stomach, but he stomped it out deeper inside him and kept quiet behind his cover.

He started walking away from the house and onto the sidewalk opposite of where the commotion was, keeping his head low. He hadn't realized how cold it was until he felt his body shivering. He just wanted to go back to his warm bed and forget about all of what just happened.

Of course there was no way that was going to happen. He heard the car pulling up before he saw it and he internally groaned at the sight of who it was. Cathey Cake the feisty policewoman that patrolled the area.

"Long time no see Marshall Lee, that worries me." She slowly moved next to him while he walked, even from that angle she could see his small smirk.

"You know how much I love visiting you Catherine, but I have other girls who want my attention." He winked at her and she shivered under his gaze.

"Actually I just saw some of your friends, we got one of them but we saw some others run away, got any idea who else was there?" Her skeptical tone and look had already given it away that she knew who had done it, but it didn't mean he had to admit to it.

Instead, he acted offended and gawked at her. "Catherine, now I know you aren't blaming me for this? I'm hurt you even considered it would be me." He smiled and put his hand over his face to emphasize his acting.

She shook her head, there was no way she could fall for his ruse so instead she pointed to the back of the car and he sighed, this wouldn't be the first time he would ride with her while she gave him pointers in life. He slowly got in, sitting on the right seat in the back. His seat of choice.

"Marshall Lee, I thought you told me you'd stop gettin' in trouble when you were a junior you idiot." She spoke behind her while she drove, he couldn't help but notice the sad undertone of her voice, or maybe he was just hoping there was one.

He was staring outside of the window and tapped on it. "Technically, I haven't gotten in any trouble." He saw her looking at him through the review window and smiled at her. "I'm as clean as a whistle right now."

"I saw you Marshall, your skinniness was hiding in a bush hun." She was smiling at him.

He hated those smiles, the sad ones she had that always made him feel like she was pitying him. He leaned on his hand and rolled his eyes at her words. "Innocent till proven guilty." He smiled back at her with a little more smugness.

He heard her sigh and she shook her head, something else that pissed him off. "Do'ya want to get something to eat at my house?" These were rare, this would probably be the third or fourth time he had been over her house in the three years he had been in high school.

The sincere smile he had came back. "If you want to take me on a date you can just ask."

"I already have a boyfriend, you've heard of Monty Chrome right?" She squealed just saying his name. "Oh he is one fine piece of man candy!"

Marshall Lee couldn't help but laugh loudly at what she said. "The guy sounds like a tool to me," He held his sides at the look he got from her and laid on the seats in the back. "I mean Monty, is he a butler?" He laughed again and she stopped the car quickly, causing him to roll over and hit the ground face first. "Ow! Son of a…"

"Hey! Watch your mouth, and that's what you get for talking about my man like that!" She kept driving then, seeming to gain her compositor after a little time. "He is a business partner for the Gumball family…" He could barely hear her.

He looked up from the screen to get a good look at the woman. "Well he better be able to cook then because I'm starving." He smiled at her sweetly and she smiled back.

"Not today, it's mama's cooking tonight baby!"

Marshall Lee was exhausted, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to accept the nice invitation Cat had given to him. She had been kind to him the past three years that he had known her, ever since he had gotten his first 'arrest' from her she had seen that he wasn't all that bad and had basically taken him in, from giving him rides home when he couldn't get home, to bringing him to the house to eat every now and again. She had acted as more of a mother than his own.

When they arrived he walked into the house and stretched out on the rug. He couldn't help but love laying on rugs, they were hard and soft at the same time, he liked the stability that they had. Sofas were too soft for his liking, and they got hot way too quickly, rugs were his preferred bed.

Cathey continued to the kitchen and started making whatever it was that she was, he was guessing it was spaghetti by the smell of it. He rolled over so he was on his back and could get more whiffs of the sauce. He was slowly falling asleep when his phone buzzed in his pocket and he sleepily fished it out of his pocket.

It was from Ashley.

"Hey babe! You ok?"

He growled at his screen, she had left him there to get caught and expected him to text back. He shoved the phone back in his pocket and huffed back into the rug. Content with the tune Cat was humming while she was cooking.

"You like strawberry's right Marshall Lee?"

He smiled at the thought of strawberries. "Of course! You know how much I love red things!" It was true, he had always loved the color red ever since he was a kid, even red m&m's tasted better than the other colors to him.

The door opened quickly and Marshall Lee peeked from one of his eyes to see Fionna jump into the house as peppy as ever. "Ohh that smells good!" She called out to Cat and then looked at the boy laying on her rug. "Hey Marshall Lee." He could hear the surprise in her voice.

They didn't talk to each other all that much, her morals and his were different but he had to admit he liked the fact that she never treated him like a criminal. Her people didn't really talk to his people, she knew the Bobby Gumball's, and Flint Flame's, her current boyfriend. People that weren't exactly his cup of tea. He considered Fionna a friend, but she was sunshine and lollypop find of girl, and he was more a nighttime and tomatoes guy.

"Hey bunny, how are you?" He asked, closing his eye and yawning.

She sat down on the couch, her hat ears bouncing when she did and looked over towards Cat. "I feel so rad today!" She answered happily. "Went for a morning jog, now I'm gonna get ready for my date!"

"With Flint I hope, I'm not really in a date mood right now." He laughed when she kicked his side gently. "So what are you gonna wear for this hot date of yours?"

She shrugged like it wasn't a big deal. "I was just going to wear what I always do." She scratched her head. "Is that not good?"

He forgot how inexperienced she was when it came to things like dates, Flint had been her first boyfriend probably even her first kiss. "Depends on how long you've been dating." He smiled at her when she blushed a little. "And also what you've done so far."

She tried to slap him but he grabbed her arm. "W-we haven't don't anything!" She yelled, then looked over at Cat who was still cooking, not even paying attention to them. "And we've been dating since the beginning of summer…" She sounded a lot quieter saying that last part.

His sly smile didn't leave his face while he looked over her, getting up slowly and spinning her around. "Well, then I think you should go in something that shows your curves," He whispered, going behind her and leaning closer to her ear, she tried to push him but he was still holding her arm. "That way he knows what he's getting into when he dates you." He grabbed her sides and she squeeked, jumping forward and holding her arms around herself.

He burst out laughing and when Cat walked in she saw a blushing Fionna and a hysterical Martial Lee.

If there was one thing he loved more than strawberries it was Catherin's food, he was always a quick eater but he savored her food, being the last person at the table while Fionna asked him dating questions.

"So…since this is our first date, should I let him kiss me?"

"I know the kind of guy Flint is, he's not going to kiss you on the first date." He smiled while he took another forkful of spaghetti. "Personally I thought he liked guys." Some spaghetti bits flew from his mouth while he spoke.

"He does not, ugh you're such a butt!" She looked mad and flustered again.

He licked the plate and pat his full stomach. "He wont try to kiss you on the first date bunny." He looked over her again. "I definitely would though."

She tried to keep her composier while she rolled her eyes but she was blushing a little. "You're supposed to tell that stuff to Ashley." She stuck her tongue out in disgust when she said her name, making Marshall Lee smile. He would make the same face if he said her name right now, he was mad at her as well. "She's a son of a toot if I ever saw one."

He laughed at that, pointing his fork at her. "Actually she'd be a daughter of a toot."

She shook her head she opened her mouth like she was going to say something but didn't. She shouldn't get into his relationship ust because she didn't like who he was dating, just like he never really said anything about her relationships, then again she had really only liked two guys while he constantly had a girl around his arm every year, she would know, he always ended up making out with them when she visited.

She looked over at him while he tossed the stuff in the dishwasher. She could see where the girls would go absolutely gaagaa for him. Then again he was way too flirty with every girl he met. Even with her, his friend he constantly flirted with her. She watched him as he walked to the door.

"Thanks for the meal gals, ill see you later beautiful." He winked at her and she waved.

When he shut the door Cathy came in and started the dishwasher up.

"So why did you bring him over this time?" Fionna had to ask, it wasn't like he was over all that much.

She didn't look over at her when she spoke. "Just making sure that knuckle head was ok."

He walked in silence, passing the painted house. There were already two officers talking to the shop owner and asking him what happened. Marshall Lee couldn't help but smile a little as he passed, the guy deserved it. When he got home he opened the door with his keys and walked into his house, slowly walking towards his bed like it was the best thing to ever happen to him.

His body was so exhausted it wasn't even something he could make a joke about. He slowly laid down in his bed and took a glance at the clock. It was one in the afternoon. He sighed and turned around in the bed, so close to clasping peace when he heard someone behind him. He didn't even have to move to know who it was, only one person snuck in his room at a time like this.

"I'm not in the mood Ashley," He knew where this was going.

"Well maybe if you had texted me back instead of going over some cops house I wouldn't be so pissed off!" Her yelling was giving him a headache, or maybe it was just her voice in general.

He turned on the bed so he could get a better look at her. She had changed, and now that her legs were in a pair of jeans, she didn't look as good as she had that morning. "Maybe if you stayed with me instead of leaving me there, I wouldn't have taken a ride from a cop to begin with." He deadpanned, he was just so tired.

"Don't blame this on me! Georgina got caught today and you just left her!" Her words awakened the guilt he had rid himself of all those hours ago.

"At least I felt guilty after what I did. I never would have left you."

That was what he wanted to say but instead he turned back around and tried to go back to sleep. "You're right." The guilt was eating away at him and he wanted to stop feeling for a while.

"Hey, its ok, we both did shitty things today, lets just try and forget about it for a little."

Ashley crawled into bed with him, her hands reaching in his shirt and going to his waist line. She kisses his neck and up to his jaw. It felt good, but he wasn't in the mood. He shifted and kissed her back. He was just so tired, but if she wanted to then so be it.

He wanted to stop feeling for a while.

Ashley was good at making him stop.

Fionna walked with Flint while he talked about his mom and how she tried to ground him again. "I mean I just don't get how she would get so mad over me having too many candles in my room."

Fionna looked at her boyfriend and smiled. "It's cause they smell bad, I told you those things stank."

He rubbed his red hair and looked towards the side. "I thought they smelled good though," he was pouting and Fionna leaned into him.

"They smell ok, just maybe not so many of them next time, you bought like fourty when I went shopping with you."

He nodded at that and they went back to idly talking. It was comforting, talking with her new boyfriend but it wasn't like they had all too much to talk about outside of his parents and her recent adventures with Cat, she needed some fillers sometimes. Maybe that's just how some new relationships where, she could deal with that for a couple weeks while they found more time to get to know eachother.

When the date had ended she thought about what Marshall Lee had said, about how he would have kissed her on the first date. She started blushing when he opened her door to let her in and he took it as a bad sign.

"S-sorry, I wasn't trying to let myself in I just thought that um…I was just trying to drop you off." He was panicking and he shouldn't have been, it wasn't his fault.

"No its fine! That's not what I was thinking about…it was just…well never mind ill see you tomorrow?" She asked, already really knowing the answer.

He hugged her for what seemed like the hundredth time that day and she hugged him back even tighter. He was always so warm, no matter how cold it was outside. It was comforting to be in his arms, but also a little new, weird almost.

She went back inside, it was almost eight at night and she was really tired for some reason. She almost missed the letter on the table. It was to her so she opened it and read over it quickly.

Hey thanks for taking me in today, I owe you and Cat one! Be carful on your date and remember to wear something sexy! And send me a pic of that too ;)

Love,
Marshall Lee

The note made her smile and she realized that it had been the first real smile she had made in a while. Not one that was forced out of embarrassment or out of need, just one that Marshall Lee would give her whenever he was around, which wasn't all that often. She shook her head and went to her bed for the night. Thoughts of Flint occupied her mind but she left the note by her bedside, so she could read it in the morning.

She had a good dream that night.

There is the first chapter :P I'm actually pretty interested in this story and I do have some good ideas for it so don't worry there is a plot to all of this haha, I'm going to center it around pieces of a puzzle personally it actually means something to me too so I can write a little more about it.

Please review for me! Thank you for reading!