Alex walked up to the tree house where her older sister would be staying. She sighed, blowing a piece of her hair out of her face. She knocked on the tree house and came face to face with her sister, and best friend in the whole world. "Fiona." Alex said a fake light smile on her lips.
"Alex!" Fiona said, grinning wide. "Come in, Cake!" A white cat with yellow stripes and a pink ribbon around its neck walked in. Alex lightened up. No new people. Good, she didn't want to have to be awkward. "You'll be sleeping upstairs with us; we got an extra bed just for you." Fiona said as her and Cake squished the blonde in a bone crushing hug. Alex wrapped her arms around the human and cat, smiling contently.
"Hey, Fiona," A bubbly voice said. Alex looked up to see Prince Gumball. "Where's—" He cut off once he saw Alex, a huge smile spreading on his face. "Alex!" He said making the girl nod, even though it wasn't a question. He went up to her and hugged her, pulling back and then studying her. Alex did the same. She always thought that the prince was too proper to wear any casual clothing, like her and her sister. He was wearing jeans that fit him well, converse and a white sweatshirt. His hair was the same, and his crown was set on his head.
"I haven't seen you all in a while." Her voice said. Fiona smiled and dragged her sister by the hand towards the kitchen.
"Let's fix some cocoa, its winter; I'm surprised you didn't bundle up." Fiona said.
"Well, Amy kicked me out since I didn't pay rent, so she threw all my winter clothes away before I could get them." Alex said as she sat by the fire warming her frosty toes. Cake came in with a blanket, since the pale girl looked blue slightly. "Thank you." She said. Alex had resorted to a thin red t-shirt with black leggings, a dark green dress, two pairs of her warmest socks, and some black converse. Gumball came in to help Fiona. Alex noted that he stood a little closer to her then when she last visited. Fiona and Alex were both eighteen now, and had been moving around at seventeen, Fiona settled with Cake while Alex visited different regions of Aaa for long periods of time, visiting very little to none. Alex wrapped her blanket closer as she thought of where she last stayed at, a village close to the sea. It was peaceful there and warm, even in the winter. She could wear t-shirts, shorts and flip-flops all year round.
"Well?" Fiona asked and Alex woke up from her daydream.
"Sorry, what?" Alex asked and Fiona laughed, the laugh was nice and had a special magic as their mother put it before she died.
"I asked if you had boyfriend yet." She said.
"No. I mean, I used to but we broke up. He fell for some bleach blonde chick that always flashed skin every chance she could. He wanted to go fast while I still wanted to just hold hands, kiss the cheek and snuggle." She said, and snuggled deeper into the deep blanket. "Anyways, what about you?" She asked Fiona blushed as soon as she asked.
"Actually…Yes. I'm dating Gumball." Fiona said and Alex smiled, looking into the fire as a cup of hot cocoa was passed to her. She sipped lightly, being content with the scene. Fiona and Gumball cuddling close by with Cake sitting in Alex's lap, purring as Alex petted her lightly.
"Good." Alex said. A knock came to the door, and Alex tensed immediately.
Marshall Lee shivered against the cold. It was freezing, and he was out and about because Fiona wanted him to meet someone and have a cup of hot cocoa. He only came for the hot cocoa; he had run out at his house. Fiona and Prince Gumball had been setting him out on blind dates ever since he and his demon ex-girlfriend broke up. "Can you get that Cake?" Fiona's voice called out. The said cat opened the door, and let him in, even with a smile on her face.
"Where's the cocoa?" He asked. Cake motioned to the living room and went to the kitchen. He sighed and walked in there, immediately embarrassed by the scene in front of him. A heap of cover was by the fire, a mug in the middle while Fiona and Prince Gumball snuggled close by. "S-Sorry," He mumbled.
"It's okay, sit by Alex." Fiona giggled before sipping her hot cocoa.
"Fiona…" A soft voice warned from the covers.
"Okay," He said suspicious of the voice as Cake came back with his hot cocoa. He sat by the covers, wrapping his legs pretzel style. The humans called it something else but it looked like a pretzel whenever someone sat like it. Cake lay on the covers and a pale hand reached out to pet her. Marshall looked at the face in the covers to see a girl. She had blonde hair with black underneath it. She also resembled Fiona, but her eyes were green not blue. "Hi." He said, and her eyes connected with his red ones. He felt heat rise to his cheeks, but dismissed it as sitting to close to the fire.
"Hi." She whispered. "I'm Alex." The dropped his gaze to the cat that was purring before her.
"I'm Marshall Lee." He said.
"That's a nice name." She said.
"What?"
"I said I liked your name." She said making eye contact again. "You're a vampire right? Vampire parents come up with unique names for their children. So it's a nice name." She looked back to the cat and petted it.
"Are you hitting on me?" He asked almost happy, almost revolted. He never did like it unless when Fiona was messing with him.
"No." She said. "Trying to make a friend, I'm not good at that." She said looking at the fire. "I'm tired, I'm going to bed, night Fi." She said.
"Okay, night sis." Fiona said. Sis…Wait…
Sis?