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Hola AMIGOS/AMIGAS! Sorry for the really, REALLY late update. End of semester is coming up and I really have to get on to studying for my finals and finishing assignments. Busy, busy, busy!

Anyhow here is the chapter, you might just find this cute. There is a flashback to Time and Love Rollercoasters in this chapter, so you don't have to read that if you already read the prequel.

This is Chapter 2

After a while, Finn decided to head back to the Tree House. He had slept at his uncle's house for the last three days, and was starting to miss Jake a little bit. As he walked past Candy Kingdom, he noticed a green brush which had a partially pink upper portion. He tilted his head at the oddity, and walked towards it. At the sound of his footsteps, Princess Bubblegum leapt out of the bush, with her tongue out, making a funny face. "Boo!" she screamed but when she noticed who it was, her emotions went from excitement to slight disappointment, evident on her face. "Awww, I thought you were one of the school candy citizens. We're playing a combination of peek-a-boo and hide and seek." A sudden rustle and a high-pitched "Boo!" was heard as the many school candies jumped out of a variety of scattered bushes. She winked at Finn and threw herself into his arms, pretending to be scared "Oh goodness! Little monsters, you are! You scared the be-jeebees out of me!" PB said with her hand over her heart. All the little candies laughed but one little blue gumdrop had grown concerned. He walked up to PB, looked up to her with the biggest tearful eyes and said "We didn't scare you that bad, did we, Princess?" Princess stood on her own and picked up the little candy "Oh no, no, no, little one. I am okay. I had Finn the Human here to protect me." She smiled at him and put him back down "You guys all head back to school. Recess I believe is over."

The little ones all said "Okay" and raced each other back to their school.

PB turned back to look up at Finn and smiled "Hey, Finn."

"Hey Peebles." Finn replied as he smiled back down at her. He had become a head taller than her once again. Her hairstyle was different, as it was slicked back in to a huge bush like bun. Her outfit had been a little different too. She wore a white mid-thigh length slightly ruffled skirt with fushia pink leggings and a pink V-neck t shirt. It seemed more casual, freer even made her seem more approachable.

PB smiled at her nickname and sighed, relieved " I'm glad you still call me that."

Finn questioned with a confused look on his face "Why wouldn't I?"

"…..Haha, oh never mind. How have you been?" PB said as she waved her in a 'forget about it' motion.

"Good I guess. I've just been staying over at my uncle's a lot, finding out as much as I can. Simon's been helping too."

PB tilted her head "Si..mon?...Oh you mean Ice King?"

Finn replied "Yeah but he doesn't want me to call him that anymore."

"Really? Why?" PB asked

"Well it turns out that him , my dad and uncle all used to be really good friends, almost like brothers, so technically, he's like another uncle to me." Finn explained

"Oh I see. What have you found out about your family?" PB inquired

Finn replied "Lots of stuff. I found out from Simon that my dad and uncle were crazy smart. Smarter than I thought. I also found out that my mom wasn't too smart, compared to my dad, but they fell in love with each other over how much they liked justice. They disagreed on government though. My dad was more so an anarchist, he doesn't like the government, while my mom thought that the lesser-minded needed that type of overhead to feel safe. My uncle was in the middle."

"Wow, your mom sounds really smart. I guess in comparison to your dad though, she's not the same." PB said.

"Yeah…." Finn said as he absent-mindedly rubbed the back of his head. An awkward silence ensued. "It's so weird seeing her again, after so long…" Finn thought as he remembered what had happened only two years ago

He leaned in towards her gorgeous face and his lips quivered as she exhaled deeply, allowing him to literally feel the sweetness of her breath. As he slowly puckered his lips, readying himself for his secret plant, Princess Bubblegum slowly opened her eyes. She quickly sat up, bumping the two parties' heads and lips together shortly

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"What is your problem with me? Am I not good enough for you?"

PB became wide-eyed "No its nothing like that!" Finn answered back becoming more angry by the second " Then what is it?! Why is it so hard for you to admit to this?" He gestured between himself and Bubblegum.

"You wouldn't understand." PB shook her head sadly. Finn took her hand and sat on her bed next to her. "You could at least give me the chance to try…"

"… I can't be a great girlfriend if I am the only ruler of Candy Kingdom. The responsibilities of being a ruler and a girlfriend are too much to handle simultaneously. And if I have to choose between something I want and the well-being of my citizens, then I will sacrifice and choose my citizens. I didn't want to put myself in that position ever again, so I decided whenever I was faced with the possibility, to push it away as best I can. I didn't want you to have to go through what Mr. Creampuff did…"

Finn rested his forehead against hers "You try so hard to keep everyone else safe and happy that you forget about yourself. And you've been doing it by yourself for so long, that you think no one can help you. I can Peebles. I can help; you don't have to do everything by yourself. We could share the wait of taking care of this kingdom together."

"Really?" PB asked innocently. Finn nodded. He gave her gentle kisses as she exhaled deeply. "Really."

"I'll always love you,Finn"

Finn mentally sighed. He hoped that was still true. He looked towards PB, who had been looking at him inquisitively. He assumed she had been waiting for a response to a question she might have asked when he was in his daze so he asked "What?"

"I was just saying that I should be heading back to the kingdom too. I have some experiments to be checking on." PB replied. She slowly walked in the direction of the castle, turned and was about to say good bye until Finn yelled "Wait!" He rushed towards her and stopped. "What, Finn?" PB asked confused. Finn stuck his hands in his pockets and sheepishly asked "How…H-how you been doing?" PB replied a little put-off "I've been doing well. Just doing what I'm supposed to: experiments and taking care of citizens. You know, the usual. Actually I have been finding myself drawn to the candy school more often now…"

"Oh." Finn looked down.

"Well I should really be getting back to my experiments. Don't want anything exploding. I'll see you soon?" PB replied as she looked at him softly.

Finn said "Yeah." She nodded and the walked away towards Candy Kingdom as Finn watched her. "I hope."

Finn walked back to the Tree house to find Flame Princess and Jake chilling on the couch.

"FINN!" They both yelled as they crowded him at the door. "It's good to see you home, man!" Jake said as he high-fived Finn.

Flame Princess hugged him and said "Yeah, I was worried that you forgot about our date tonight." She smiled.

"We have a date tonight?" Finn grimly said as he completely forgot.

"Yes, silly! And it starts right now!" Flame Princess yelled happily as she pulled Finn out the door. "I'll catch up with you later…" Finn strained to Jake before his girlfriend dragged him out of the house. Jake went back to sitting on the couch for a little while and then decided to play Beemo. Just as he picked up the controller, setting himself up for hours of play, he heard a knocking at the front door. He begrudgingly sighed, and trudged to answer it. It was PB.

"Hey Jake. Is Finn here?" She said.

Jake answered, unsure of what to do "Uhhhh…. No, he just left."

PB frowned "Oh. I just came to thank him for helping me entertain the school candies. Wasn't he coming here? Where could he have scampered off to so quickly?"

Jake squeezed his eyes shut. He really didn't want to but he said "Well, uh, Flame Princess took him. I guess they had a…. date….. tonight."

"Really?" PB said and then paused to think. "Hey Jake… you wouldn't mind if I hung out with you for a few hours, would you?"

"Uhhh, no, in fact I've been needing someone to chill, since whenever I'm here, I'm usually alone…" Jake replied

"HEY!" Beemo pouted, clearly offended

Jake looked at Beemo apologetically."No offense Beemo. Anyway…. but don't you have possible explosive experiments to be watching over Princess? "

PB replied "Yes… but having Peppermint Butler look after them for a while, wouldn't hurt them."

"Okay." Jake shrugged as he let PB in. "Thank you." PB replied

"Until nightfall…" she thought.

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"So what did you want to do tonight?" Finn asked Flame Princess who sat beside him on a hill, gazing at the stars.

She replied "Kinda want to go on a scavenger hunt for food like last time. That was really fun." "Okay let's go then." Finn said as he got up from the ground. He grabbed a thick stick from the ground and Flame Princess lit it for him. They ventured off in to the woods. Flame Princess used her heat sense numerous amounts of times to find a secret passage which she did on the 37th try. The two went inside the somewhat damp looking cave, which was a lot smaller than how it looked outside. "It must be some kind of illusion to trick us into thinking there is nothing here. Well I'm not buying it." Finn said as he looked around. Flame Princess nodded. They walked until they came upon a huge dark blue door with a mixed up picture on the front. Beside it, was a riddle etched into the wall. The riddle said

"I can reside in thousands upon thousands of lakes or seas

But never the ocean, as it wouldn't put my throat at ease.

You may have seen me at the beginning and will most definitely at the end

Only if your able, to get there in 10"

After Finn read it a loud, he and Flame Princess tried to figure it out.

"I don't remember seeing anything in the beginning except for trees and stones." Flame Princess pondered.

Finn shook his head "Neither did I. 'Thousands upon thousands of seas, but never the ocean' , sounds like me, but I'm just afraid of the ocean, it has nothing to do with my throat."

Flame Princess rubbed her chin "Maybe it can't drink ocean water because it hurts its throat, so it doesn't live there."

"Ocean water is salty….. Wait! That's it! It can't live in the ocean because the water is too salty, which means it must be something that drinks freshwater." Finn realized

Finn continued "Okay, so it lives in freshwater. We may have seen it at the beginning…." He thought of the entrance to the cave. He couldn't pinpoint anything that looked even remotely as an object. But then he thought of the scenery as a whole. It looked like… a big fish. "It's a freshwater fish! If you think of the outside as a big picture instead of focusing on the little things, it looks like a big fish." Flame Princess thought about it and then nodded. They turned to the blue door again and arranged the picture in to a fish, which opened the door. The two went inside to find there was no more floor, just a huge underwater cavern. Flame Princess had noticed this before Finn and saved herself on the edge while Finn fell in. She smiled down at him, knowing that he would be fine, because she still thought he was a water elemental. Finn smiled back at her and then looked out on the surface of the water. He noticed that deep down underwater, there was a tub of something shiny. Flame Princess started to feel light headed. The humidity in the room had already started to get to her. Finn noticed and motioned to her that he would go get the tub and they would be out of there quickly.

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As they walked away from the cave, they found that in the tub, was a bunch of jewels, gold and surprisingly fish. Flame Princess fried some it up and they had dinner. When they finished, they walked back to the Tree House. As they did Flame Princess said "Finn, you know me so well. I don't know what I would do without you.

"What made you say that?" Finn replied nervously, starting to sweat a little bit. They were just outside the Tree house.

Flame Princess answered "I just feel grateful. With everything I've been through in the past three years, you've really been there for me. I feel like I haven't thanked you for any of it."

Finn tugged at his collar "Oh its nothing. Just being a good boyfriend is all. I mean if it were someone else, I'm sure they would do the same."

"Well I'm glad it's you." Flame Princess said as she quickly hugged him, remembering how much pain it causes him when it lasts too long. She kissed his cheek and then walked in the direction of her house. "I'll see you tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah." Finn replied. He turned around and strolled into the Tree House as she left.

Little did they know, Princess Bubblegum had been watching the whole time. "Hmm…."

A/N: So, I really don't know what to say here.

Flame Princess and Finn have been together for three years as I am going off of two years in the future of the show

There shall be some Fubblegum next chapter! So hold onto your seats

Review PLEASE! I love reading them

Again, sorry about the late update, I don't know how long it will be before I update the next chapter, cuz I gots end of semester assignments to be finishing. I'll try to get it up as soon as I can though

Until the next,

Spazzaye