Marceline was desperate, she had searched every inch of her house for her notebook, and it was nowhere to be seen. CRAP, CRAP, It surely was at Bonnie's lab; she began floating in circles, a gazillion of ideas rushed through her mind. Glob, what if she read it, this is going to make things way more awkward between us. As if the obvious sexual tension between us wasn't enough; c'mon Marceline, pull yourself together. She figured that Bonnie didn't go inside her lab until noon, right now she should be addressing her citizens; if the notebook was still inside the lab she could enter through the back door and retrieve it before Bonnie noticed.
She put on some adequate clothes, grabbed her parasol and dashed to the castle. She went to the back door, surprisingly it was unlocked. There was something fishy about this, none of the doors were ever left open especially the back door, but there was no time to discuss that. Marceline peeked inside, the coast was clear; she floated inside and closed the door carefully, ensuring not to make a single noise.
The place was silent…way too silent. This would have normally raised some eyebrows, but Marceline had no time for this. Marcy got to the lab's door, and opened it silently. She thought the lab would be deserted just like the rest of the castle but to her surprise a single pink figure was sitting at the table; eating spaghetti and reading some sort of science book. But the princess wasn't wearing her regular clothes, she was instead only wearing Marcy's shirt.
Glob damn, Marceline thought, unable to fight the blush which covered her whole face. The princess looked up and smile warmly at the sight of Marceline.
-"Hey, Marcy, I…I was actually expecting you. I figured you'll come early to retrieve your notebook."
-"Y-yeah, you know me so well." Marceline said, trying not to stare too much. Is she doing this on purpose? For Glob's sake she's not even wearing pants. Keep it cool Marceline, keep it cool.
-"Would you mind having breakfast with me? I saved you an apple." PB said while grabbing an apple from the fruit basket beside her.
-"N-no not at all, you're so sweet, thanks." Marceline managed, keeping it cool as much as she could. Then she sat beside Bonnie.
-"Also, here's your notebook." Bonnie said, handing out the notebook to Marceline.
Marceline took the apple with a thankful nod and drained all the color from the red delicacy. Bonnie stood up and began to place some beakers into their respective shelves while Marceline ate.
-"By the way, I thought you would be addressing your citizens by this hour." Marcy said, opening her notebook so she could focus on something else.
-"W-well I was supposed to but I decided to take a day off." Bonnie answered.
-"Really, why?" Marceline asked, flipping through the pages to see if there was anything different.
-"Um, I…I wanted to spend the day with you, and would you…stay the night?" Bonnie asked, not looking at Marceline so she could hide her magenta blush.
Marceline's brain tried to process the words. What did she just said? Is this real life? I'm definitely dreaming. She bit her lower lip to wake herself up. Ok, I'm not sleeping.
-"Sure, no problem, I'll stay." Marceline answered, now with a deep gray blush on her cheeks. Marcy got to the last song and noticed some new things.
-"Um, Bonnie did you—"She was interrupted by Bonnie before she could finish.
-"I'm sorry, Marcy, my curiosity was stronger than me and I read your notebook." Bonnibel said, looking at her feet in embarrassment. Marceline couldn't help but smile like an idiot at how cute the princess was.
-"You know, you always help me with my experiments and all so I wanted to return the favor and help you with something you love. I read the verse and thought I could help you finish the song, if you're okay with that of course."
-"You really want to help me?" Marceline asked with a bright smile upon her face and disbelief in her voice.
-"Y-yeah, if that's okay with you." Bonnie said now looking at Marcy with big-blue-puppy eyes.
-"Of course!" Marceline exclaimed. The princess couldn't help but giggle.
-"What?" Marcy asked.
-"You're floating…" The princess pointed out. Marcy spontaneously floated whenever she got really happy or excited, so that the idea of PB helping her with a song got her so happy was something the princess found genuinely cute.
-"Oh…um, should we get on with the song?" Marceline brought up trying to hide the embarrassment imprinted on her face.
-"Right away, just let me get some more…appropriate clothing." The princess sprinted out of the lab towards her bedroom. When she ran, Marceline noticed she was wearing red underwear.
-"Okay, she totally did it on purpose." Marceline muttered. Now she focused on the song. First, she noticed Bonnie had changed the pronouns of the first verse, then she had written one herself, and to top things off she had pasted another picture.
Could this be her way of telling me she wants to get back together? Well, I shouldn't push it, I'll play along and see how this turns out. Marcy then proceeded to sit down to wait for the princess.
Soon, Bonnie reappeared through the door. Now wearing a purple sweater and blue jeans.
-"Ok, so today you're the boss. How do you normally do this, Queen?" PB said with a smirk. Was she teasing? Oh, she definitely was.
-"Well, can we go somewhere else, like a more inspiring place?
-"Of course, as long as you're the ride." PB winked, making Marceline feel weirdly exposed, but Marcy was not giving in, so she played it cool as always.
-"Then c'mon." Marcy signaled and Bonnie climbed unto Marceline's back and wrapped her arms around the queen's neck.
-"Just don't abuse of your privileges." Marceline said with her distinctive teasing voice. And floated out of the lab and towards the castle's main doors.
-"Ha, ha, in your dreams, Abadeer." Bonnie replied with a wide grin.
Peppermint Butler opened the door with a little concern on his face.
-"Peppermint Butler, I'll be out with Marceline for a while. If anyone asks, tell them I'm with her. And don't worry we'll be just fine." Bonnie assured to calm down the little candy.
-"Um, okay Princess." The butler said with a little of the concerned brushed off.
-"See you later, Pepps." Marceline said, and jolted out of the castle.
Marceline took Bonnie to a place she usually went to when she wanted to clear her mind. It was a huge single tree on a hill. Marceline landed softly and the princess got off her back. They both leaned against the cool bark of the tree and Marcy pulled out the notebook and a pen.
-"So, before I wrote that, did you had any other idea for a verse?" PB asked.
-"Well yeah, it goes something like this:
Loving can heal, loving can mend your soul. And is the only thing that I know…
That's what I had." Marcy answered.
-"That's good! I had also some other ideas too, but I didn't want to go any further without your consent." PB admitted.
-"Well now it's time to let them out." Marcy said with a smirk exposing her sharp fangs.
-"Okay, so right after that it can go something like this:
I swear it will get easier, remember that with every piece of ya. And is the only thing we take with us when we die…"
-"That awesome Bonnie, you've got yourself some talent. Also that verse you wrote can work as part of the chorus." Marceline said with shine in her crimson eyes.
-"Then let's see." She continued. "After your verse I idealize something like this:
And if your hurt me, well that's okay baby, only words bleed. Inside this pages you just hold me…"
-"I won't ever let you go, wait for me to come home." Bubblegum finished, and they smiled at each other. The song seemed to come out naturally for both of them.
Meanwhile back at the castle's boundaries…
-"Man, Marceline wasn't home. Where could she be?" A young adventured wondered.
-"I don't know bro, but I'm sure PB will be there. I hope she has time to do something fun." His best friend said while they walked.
Finn knocked the huge pink door. There was some silence, no one seemed to respond; before he could knock again, the butler opened the door.
-"Finn, Jake, I'm pleased to see you. What brings you here?"
-"We just came to see if PB wanted to hang out."
-"Oh, I'm afraid Princess Bubblegum isn't here, boy."
-"Um, do you know where she is?"
-"No, my boy, she left with Marceline a few hours ago and didn't tell me where they were going or when were they coming back."
Finn and Jake look at each other with a surprised face. PB and Marceline casually hanging out? That was certainly unheard of.
-"Ok, thanks, we'll come around some other time." Finn said, walking away and waving at the butler as the doors began to close.
-"Well, that's unexpected." Jake stated. "Should we look for them?" He asked, he probably was concerned about the princess's well-being.
-"Nah, bro, It's good to hear they're finally getting along. It's still early, c'mon, we have adventures to embark on!" They high-fived and ran in a random direction until they disappeared from mere sight.
Back with the girls…
They've stop writing long ago. Sure they got some good ideas and nearly completed the song but Marceline wanted to do other things as well. They played several games and did some trivial silly stuff, so by now they were both worn out and exhausted.
The princess had fallen asleep on Marceline shoulder. The queen was always overthrown by the other girl's beauty and this time was no exception. The vampire placed a soft kiss on the younger monarch's forehead. When she did so, she didn't noticed the princess's mouth forming a sweet smile.
It was getting dark. They should probably be getting back to the castle by any time but princess was sound asleep and didn't show any signs of waking up. There was no way in the world Marceline was going to wake up such a cute thing. Instead she carefully grabbed Bonnie and cradled her then she cautiously began floating towards the castle.
They got to the princess's bedroom, Marceline planned to lie Bonnie on her bed but that wasn't happening. PB had wrapped her arms tightly around Marceline and her face was nuzzling against the queen's neck; she gave no sign of ever letting go. Marceline didn't complain at all, she rather missed cuddling with her princess. Marcy rolled her eyes sweetly, then she lied down on the bed and stroke Bonnie's hair a couple times.
-"Good night, my princess." Marcy mumbled as she drifted herself to sleep.
Good night, my queen. PB thought to herself, as she fell asleep for real this time.