Part One: Marceline
Marceline took a deep breath, grabbed her guitar, and stepped off the subway. She was nervous; in a city as big as New York, it was easy to get lost. She quickly stumbled up the stairs into Grand Central Park, and when she looked up, she was in awe. There were so many buildings, and thirty thousand people skirting in and out of the park, it was hard for her to take it all in. This was nothing like her old tree home.
She felt a hard shove, and a "Get out of the way! Some of us are busy!" from a strong but feminine voice. She turned around, and saw what she thought had to be the most stunning face in all of New York. "I… I'm sorry miss, it won't happen again" The girl looked, almost with pity at Marceline, and said "You're new here, aren't you sweetie? What's your name?" Marceline blushed and said "My name is Marceline, and yes, I'm very new here. I just came from a place far away from here." The girl smiled, and said, "Well, my name is Bubblegum, it's nice to meet you. I would show you around the city, but I have to be at work in roughly fifteen minutes. Do you text?"
Marceline felt heat coming to her face as she gave Bubblegum her phone number. "I promise, I'll text you as soon as I get off work!" Bubblegum said with a smile as she hurried away. Marceline took a deep breath, and tried to calm the butterflies. She had been in New York City for five minutes and had already fallen in love.