As a light drizzle came down across Aaa, Marshall quickly flew out to his mailbox to collect about a weeks worth of unread mail. It wasn't very often he checked because it would either be junk mail or letters from his mother telling him about how the Nightosphere is really missing him. After retrieving the large stack of envelopes he flew back into his house.
"Didn't know it was raining out." a woman's voice came from the kitchen.
Marshall looked up from sorting through the mail and saw his girlfriend, Ashley, making breakfast. She only had one of his oversized band shirts over her naked body. She must have just woken up.
"Not too bad." Marshall resumed skimming through the pile of letters and advertisements.
He continued to throw the unwanted mail into a small trashcan by his TV. He opened a few from his mom but got too bored to read through all of them. She wouldn't stop with the gushy 'I love you sweetie' and 'See you soon cupcake' in all of her letters. Last time he checked, his mom was a stone cold bitch who ate his fries. Not something to take lightly.
"Why don't you slip out of those wet clothes and come upstairs with me?" Ashley stepped out of the kitchen in a sexy trout.
Marshall didn't have to look up at her to know what she was doing. Lately all she wanted was sex. As much as Marshalled loved to fuck...Ashley wasn't the best at it. Most of the time she was faking her orgasms for fun.
"Come on, round two? You know you want to." she had flown over behind him and started messaging his shoulders.
"Wait!" he flew up from his sitting position in the air to standing on his feet for once.
Ashley nearly fell on her butt he had jumped up so quick.
"Whats your deal?" she asked with an annoyed tone.
Marshall had dropped the rest of his mail when he came to a small blue envelope. It had his name written in fancy white cursive on the front and a small white bunny sticker held the envelope closed. Without having to check the address, he knew who it was from. Although he didn't know why his little bunny would be sending him a letter.
"Fionna, she sent me something." Marshall's eye glew with joy which was a first since he'd started dating Ashley three months ago.
Ashley rolled her eyes and slumped down onto his couch, picking at her nails already bored by the mention of her name. Marshall proceeded to carefully peel the sticker and open the envelope. Inside was a lighter shade of blue cardstock square. On the top of the card with the same font as the front it read: "You're Invited". Marshall smiled as he read that it was Fionna's 19th birthday coming up and he was invited to her birthday party. Then on the bottom in small letters it read: "(you can bring Ashley too)". Marshall grinned at that being the only chicken scratch handwriting on the invitation, knowing Fionna wrote that personally.
"We're invited to Fionna's 19th birthday party!" Marshall turned around almost too excited.
"19? Wow. Remember those days? My 19th birthday was quite special as a human. You, me, a little candle lit dinner, and hhhiiissss!" she jumped up and was explaining that day slowly until the end where she extended her fangs and grabbed Marshall's neck pretending to sink her teeth in.
Marshall remembered it perfectly. Ashley was his first human he turned. He was barely a vampire for a full year when she had found out and wanted to become one with him so they could live forever. Nothing is what it seems and their love was never strong enough. After a few months, Marshall broke what they had off and moved on. Still, a thousand years later, Ashley is madly in love with Marshall. Unfortunately, the feeling still isn't mutual.
"Yeah...so do you want to go? It'll be fun! Fionna is really cool. I bet you two will love each other." Marshall walked over to her and took her waist in his hands. "Please?" his face scrunched up like a puppy dog.
"Ugh, fine! Lets spike the punch or something because I will not get through a human's birthday party without a drink." Ashley smirked devilishly and pecked his lips.
"Maybe. But in the mean time, I think you need a shower!" Marshall playfully waved his hands in front of his nose indicating that Ashley was stanky!
Ashley bit her lip and twirled around and walked towards Marshall's trapdoor leading to his bedroom. Before going up, she sexily slipped off the band tee she was wearing and let it drop to the floor. She stood before him completely naked. After giving him time to look, she climbed up the ladder and headed to the bathroom. Once Marshall heard the shower start, he called Fionna to let him know they could come. Good thing he checked the mail because her party was tomorrow.
"Hey Fi!" Marshall's mouth curved up in a grin after hearing her voice. It seems like they haven't talked in a really long time.
"Just letting you know I'll be able to come tomorrow. Yeah, ha ha." the two went on with a friendly conversation of what they've been up to the last month. Maybe it has been a really long time.
As they talked, Marshall flew up into his bedroom. Ashley was singing in the shower but her voice must not have been hitting the tile the right way because it did not sound good.
"Oh, you're right. Almost forgot, yeah we are both coming. How is she? Um, we're good. Nothing amazing has happened but um, you never know." Fionna brought up Ashley which immediately changed Marshall's mood. He only wanted to talk about Fionna. Everything about her was interesting and made him want to know more.
As they continued to talk, Marshall sat in his desk chair to relax. They laughed at the stories and jokes they told each other. Marshall held the invitation in his hand. He rubbed the envelope aimlessly with his thumb as their conversation smoothly switched to different topics quickly. He opened a drawer in his desk and it was stuffed with papers. He slid his shoulder up to hold the phone to his ear while he gently closed the envelope back to its previous state with the small bunny sticker holding it together. Laughing quite loud at the story she was telling him, Marshall pushed the blue envelope into the sea of miscellaneous papers.
"HAHA! Fionna! You didn't?!" Marshall chuckled in the way that made Fionna's heart race. So soft and genuine that it became...attractive.
Marshall flew out of the desk chair and over to his bed where he laid back in the air, crossing an ankle on his knee and his arm behind his head. They continued to talk but they were interrupted by Cake calling her for lunch. The two exchanged goodbyes and Fionna hung up first. Marshall locked his phone and dropped it down onto his bed beneath him. He hovered there in the silence for a few moments before his bathroom door opened.
"Ahh. Much better. You're turn!" Ashley came out only in the towel wrapped around her head. She definitely didn't mind flaunting her body to Marshall.
Marshall rolled his eyes and grabbed two big, white towels from his bathroom closet and threw one at her. "Dry yourself off, I don't want my floor to be soaked." he said bluntly. Ashley looked at him like he was crazy but turned back around once he shut the bathroom door almost too hard.
He went in and placed the towel on the counter. He checked the mirror, although this useless habit of checking to see if he was there started to get old over the last thousand years. Still, there was always the slightest bit of hope for something to be looking back at him. He stripped quickly and turned on the shower. Once at a reasonable temperature, he stepped in and stood there. Certain thoughts wouldn't escape his mind. Maybe the shower really is the best place for ideas. He turned to face the shower head and placed his hands on the tile. His arms extended and locked as he let his head fall down, letting his chin touch the top of his chest. The only part of his body being showered in warm water was his back and neck. He gently closed his eyes and thought.
Authors Note: Hey! So I was going to make this a one-shot but it started to become something better. I will continue to update and this will be a new story! Woop woop! Been awhile, but I'm going to try my best. This first chapter is really all about Marshall. I put in some pretty obvious hints towards him and Fionna but its cool if you didn't pick up on them the first time because let. me. tell. you. They will return in future chapters. Thanks for stopping by and reading and if you want to help a young writer out-leave a review to let me know if I'm doing alright. See you in the next chapter!
~OAT