Author's Note: Okay, so, here it is! Chapter Two! Thank you for the two that reviewed, Shadowgrl and Shyemokid129, and my one subscriber, GreenBird of BlueSky. I will continue my story because of you guys! Okay, sooo... hope you enjoy!

Disc- LAME-er: I DONT OWN THIS STUFF.

Chapter Two

Finn stood in front of Princess Bubblegum's castle.

"Oooh no. Okay, calm down, Finn." he said to himself, clenching his fists. "It's just a date, after all... right? I bet she's already been to tons of dates before."

Still, there were butterflies in Finn's stomach.

"What if she doesn't really like me?" Finn said, suddenly. Then, he slapped himself. "No man, get a grip! I am going to ask out Princess Bubblegum if it's the last thing I do!"

"Yaaaaah!" he screamed, rushing at the tower. Then he stopped and looked up.

"Princess Bubblegum?" he called up. There was no answer, so Finn sucked in a deep breath.

"PRINCESS BUBBLE-!"

"I'm here, I'm here!" he heard, and saw, silhouetted against the bright Ooo sun...

Princess Bubblegum.

The sun glinted off her pink hair.

"Hey Finn!" she called down, waving. "You called?"

Finn blushed and scraped the ground with his foot. "Y-yeah... P-P-Princess Bubblegum... I have something to tell... you...!" he squeaked.

Bubblegum stared at him, curious. "Something to tell... me?" Then, she smiled. "Well, tell me, then!"

Finn's breath caught in his throat. "Princess... Bubblegum..."

"Yes?" she asked sweetly.

"Would you..." Finn gulped. "Would you go out with me?"

"Oh, Finn!" said Princess Bubblegum, clasping her hands. "I thought you'd never ask!" Then, she leaned over the balcony.

"So... where do you want to go? And when?"

Finn twitched. He hadn't thought of that!

"Um... how about just a picnic in the forest? At seven?" he said, flinching. No, no, no! Don't girls like fancy restaurants, or something?

"Oooh, that sounds perfect!" said Princess Bubblegum. "I'll be there! Meet me at the clearing! See ya!" Then, she pulled back into the castle and shut the door.

"YES!" shouted Finn, jumping up and punching the air. "I'm going out with Princess Bubblegum!" Then, he danced around in happiness for a while before starting to head back for his tree house.

He didn't notice someone watching from close by.

Marceline sat in the shade of a tree. She had seen everything.

She stood up, transformed into a bat, and then she flew away, wings rustling in the breeze.

A while later, Finn burst into the tree house. Jake screamed.

"Guess what, Jake?" said Finn.

"Hey, man, don't scare me like that!" muttered Jake.

"GUESS WHAT?" shouted Finn,

"All right, what, what?" muttered Jake, annoyed.

"I got a date!" he said smugly.

"Good for you, man!" said Jake, giving Finn a high five. "So, who's the lucky girl?"

"Princess Bubblegum!" said Finn, putting his hands on his hip.

"Ohoho! Congratulations, dude!" said Jake.

Finn ceased his celebration. "Hey, Jake, by the way... how's your date with Lumpy Space Princess go?"

"She won't admit that she's hiding her true appearance!" said Jake.

"I already told you, man, she's not hiding! Maybe in space, that's what's considered... beautiful!" said Finn,

"Nah, man," said Jake, shaking his head. "I know she's hiding. You just wait, buddy, I'll get her yet!"

Finn rolled his eyes and leaned against a wall. "So, whatcha wanna do today?" he asked.

"Idunno." said Jake.

Then, Finn remembered something. "Marceline!" he said. "I promised to help her! I gotta go, Jake!" he said, and ran out.

"Have fun!" called Jake.

Finn ran to Marceline's cottage. It looked... dark.

He knocked on the door. "Marceline!" he called.

No one answered.

He raised his eyebrows and knocked again. "MARCELINE!" he called again.

"Coming!" he heard, and then the door opened.

"Marceline!" said Finn in surprise. "You look terrible!"

"Thanks for the compliment." said Marceline dryly.

"No, not that way!" said Finn, turning red and holding up his hands. "You just look... sad. What's up?"

"Oh, nothing." said Marceline.

"Come on, tell me!" said Finn.

Marceline looked at him with tired eyes for a moment. "Come in." she said, opening the door. Finn stepped inside.

Marceline sat on her bed and patted the spot next to her. Fin sat down too.

"Marceline?" he said.

"Finn," said Marceline, closing her eyes. "How do you tell a boy that you like him?"

The question caught Finn completely by surprise. "Uh... um... I don't know!"

Marceline opened her eyes and looked at him. "You don't know?"

"But..." said Finn. "I've never been told by someone something like that before!"

Marceline gazed at him. "Well... picture it. What would you like?"

"Well... first, it would have to be in the right timing." said Finn.

"Go on." sad Marceline.

"And also," said Finn, going faster. "It would have to sound real. Not like they just randomly decided to date me."

Marceline nodded. "That's it?" she said.

Finn nodded.

Marceline flopped onto her bed. "Well, that didn't help." she said darkly.

"Marceline... what's wrong?" said Finn, worried. "Is it about that guy you like?"

"Yeah." said Marceline. "He's dating someone."

"WHAT?" said Finn. "Why don't you tell me who it is so I can tell them to-!"

"Oh, Finn." said Marceline. "I thought you'd say something like that. No, no. I'm starting to think I should give up."

"Give up?" said Finn. "But... giving up is bad!"

"Finn... can we just do something to take my mind off this?" said Marceline.

"Uh... sure!" said Finn. "Whadya wanna do?"

Marceline's eyes glinted. "How about... helping me feed?"

"Sure, Marceline!" said Finn. "Who do you wanna get first?"

"Well..." said Marceline, smiling a fanged grin.

Many hours later, they both stumbled into the cottage and collapsed on the floor.

"Whew!" said Finn. "That was AWESOME!"

"No kidding!" laughed Marceline. "Did you see that guys face? He totally thought we were after his blood!"

"Haha, yeah." said Finn. "That was fun! And with the pack of wolves and the angry piggies?"

"Yeah, that was the best!" said Marceline. She giggled and closed her eyes. "I'm tired."

"Me too!" said Finn. "Totally worth it, though."

"You bet." said Marceline.

Finn suddenly looked at his watch. "Oh no, I gotta go!" he said, springing up.

"You have to go?" lamented Marceline, rolling onto her stomach. "Can't you just stay a little while longer?"

"Sorry, Marceline, maybe tomorrow!" said Finn. "It's six thirty, I have a date in thirty minutes! Bye!"

Finn waved and bounded out the door.

Marceline stood up and got into her bed.

"Bye, Finn." she whispered, and turned on her recorder.

Finn got to the clearing, huffing.

"Yes, I got here on time!" said Finn. "With one minute to spare!"

"Hey, Finn!" said Princess Bubblegum. "I brought a picnic basket!"

"Great!" said Finn.

Princess Bubblegum spread a blanket on the forest floor. Then, she took out some sandwiches and laid them on it.

"Tasty!" said Finn, sitting down.

"Yeah, I hope they are." said Princess Bubblegum. "I made them myself."

"So," said Finn. "What's been up with you lately?"

"Oh, nothing much." said Princess Bubblegum. "It's been pretty peaceful in my kingdom. The Ice King hasn't visited even ONCE!"

"That's a good thing, right?" said Finn.

"Well... maybe." said Princess Bubblegum, taking a bite of sandwich. "He might be planning something."

"Mmm. True." said Finn.

"Hey, so... what's up with you?" said Princess Bubblegum.

"Me? Hm, let's see... OH! I just had the AWESOMEST adventure EVER! I went with Marceline to-!"

"Marceline?" said Princess Bubblegum with a disapproving voice.

"Yeah!" said Finn. "You know... Marceline the Vampire Queen?"

"Oh, yes. I know her." said Princess Bubblegum. "But... I don't understand. Why are you hanging out with... her?"

"Because she's nice!" said Finn. He decided not to tell Princess Bubblegum about Marceline's mysterious love dilemma. "And.. she's fun!"

Princess Bubblegum just took a bite of her sandwich.

"What?" said Finn. "What's wrong?"

"Oh, I don't know..." said Princess Bubblegum. "I just wouldn't expect someone like you to be hanging out with someone like... her."

"What do you mean?" said Finn.

"Well... she's all creepy and... dead." said Princess Bubblegum. "And just weird in general."

"Nah," said Finn. "She's just a little lonely."

"You know why she's lonely? Because no one wants to see her, Finn. Don't you see?"

"Well... I still like her." said Finn. "She's a good friend."

The two sat in silence for a while before Finn asked her about her kingdom, and then they both started a conversation and forgot the previous conversation about Marceline.

The Ice King sat in his castle and giggled. He was looking into a crystal ball.

"Gunther!" he called. "Come here so I can tell you about my latest evil plan!"

Gunther waddled over. "Squock, squock?" (penguin noises)

"Hey, Gunther! I've just had the most wonderful idea!" he said, rubbing his hands together.

"Squock?" said Gunther, curious.

"Glad you asked." said the Ice King. "Okay, so, up until now, all I've done is try to kidnap princesses, right?"

"Squock." confirmed Gunther.

"Well," said the Ice King. "Why just stop there? Why try for the princesses when you can get... a queen?"

"Squock squock squock, squock?" asked Gunther.

"Ah, but not ALL of them are very well protected!" The Ice King pointed out. "Only MOST of them are."

He gazed down at his crystal ball as it started glowing.

"And I know one in particular who isn't." he sneered. He ran his finger down the ball as he gazed into it.

The image on it was Marceline, asleep on her bed next to her axe-bass with her recorder still playing her song.