A/N. three reviews vs seven - it was pretty clear which I was gonna continue...

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Friends with Benefits?

chapter two


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She lived to tease him. She always lived to tease him. He knew that but Finn couldn't get the kiss out of his mind. Sure, Marceline had kissed him a bunch on the cheek before, but it was never anything like this. Was this going to be a regular thing now? Like the kisses on the cheek were? Were they always going to be at tier two now? Until they eventually got to tier three? And then four... and then...
Finn was freaking out... and he still didn't know how he could keep all this from Jake.

"So how'd the party go last night?" His best buddy and brother asked him the next day.

"What?" Yeah, Finn was pretty distracted right about now. "Oh the party? It was pretty mathematical man, you should have been there."

Jake looked at him suspiciously, hand going to stroke his chin. "Mmm... and Marcy? What's up with her? Did she have a good time?"

Finn nodded quickly. "Oh yeah, we rocked all night. It was off the hook. Those goblins might be weird little dudes but they know all about throwing a good shin-dig."

"So nothing unusual happened?" Jake probed and if Finn could answer this without giving anything away he would lay off. Unfortunately for Finn however, the blush staining his cheeks gave EVERYTHING away.

"Oh um... nothin' really."

"I don't believe you man. What happened? Some goblin lady fall head over heels for you and wouldn't leave you alone all night until you danced with her?"

"No!" Finn replied, clearly repulsed by the thought of that. "I told you, it was nothin' really." Actually it was a very big deal and he was just afraid that Jake would freak out as much as he freaked out about it. So he rushed through the next bit in one quick sentence hoping Jake wouldn't catch it. "JustthatmeandMarcygottotiert woandthensheleftandman,IthinkIlikedit!"
In a word.

Jake was gobsmacked. "Wha-? You and...? Wha-?"

Finn's face grew more red and he rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah. I said I didn't want to be in a relationship again - after all that junk with Flame Princess... and then said maybe it would be a good idea if we could have that other stuff without a relationship."

"You didn't!"

"Yep. And she kissed me. And glob! I can't stop thinking about it. Could it be possible that I have a crush... on Marceline?"

Jake stretched out one of his arms and whacked him upside the head. "You stupid head! Why did you go and do something like that? You know that you can't have all that other stuff without being in a relationship or without falling for that other person. That was really dumb man. And now you're going to ruin your relationship with Marceline."

"But what if we could have a BETTER relationship? A new relationship with tiers and junk..."

"No man! You guys are friends. You don't do tiers and junk. You need to respect the bond of buds."

"But... but she's... algebraic." He sighed and stared out the window.

"Oh no. We've lost you. You're already in love with Marcy? Aren't you?"

"I dunno man. I just can't stop thinking about her."

"Oh crud. Snap out of it man. You can't date Marceline."

"I knowwwwwwwww..." he said in a whiny voice.

"Good. Because you need to get some sense and find someone new to pine over. Whatever happened to Flame Princess?"

Finn pouted. Flame Princess was the last thing he wanted to discuss. "Don't go there man."

"Oh I went there. It's better than you with Marceline. You need to move on buddy. Forget about her, as a potential romantic interest anyway. There's plenty more girls out there."

"I knowwwwwwwwwwwww," Finn replied again. "But Marcy's special."

Jake pouted, sympathetically. "Just make sure you realize everything you're risking if you go for it."

Finn nodded. "Got it. It requires more thinking." That it did.

"Good, now do your thinking while having breakfast... and adventuring."

"Sure thing man." Finn beamed and took out his sword, ready to yell a war cry. "I'm ready to take on the day!"

Jake struck a pose next to his bro. "Thatta boy. Let's do this."


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It's Adventure Time!

Woop!

Next up: it turns into a musical with Marcy & Finn jam time...