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Part 2
Finn
The sun filtered through the curtains on a brand new day. I showered, dressed and ate in just over an hour after waking. I hadn't seen Jake at all but I did see an empty tea mug on the draining board and heard clinking and banging from the bottom floor of the tree house and assumed that he was down there. I shouted down good morning and he shouted it back up to me.
I went upstairs and found the tin foil sculpture still standing next to my bed. I smiled at it and I decided to move it down a flight of stairs. I carefully lifted it and brought it into the lounge and left it stood behind the lime green couch, which Beemo was curled up fast asleep on. I straightened the little games consoles blankets and went upstairs to make my bed.
I found a yellow post-it note on my bed frame that I was certain wasn't there before. It had the elegant flowing handwriting of Jake and inscribed on it were the two words 'Tier Two'.
I chuckled, remembering the conversation the day before.
"Dude, you've got to let things take their natural path…" Jake said.
The conversation had been odd but Jake had clearly been preparing to say this,
"Bro, let me explain a bunch of junk about dating." Jake said and he formed his elastic yellow arm into a flight of stairs, "Right now, you're at Tier one. Which is hugging, but pretty soon you'll be at Tier Two. Which is smooching…"
It had seemed like sound advice but the only thing that worried me about the conversation was the ending,
"What about Tier 15?" I asked,
"STAY AWAY FROM THAT!" Jake snapped, I was extremely confused, "Do not do Tier 15!"
"Dude, I have no idea what you're talking about." I said my confusion still present…
I still had no idea what had happened, but I was sure that I didn't want to know.
Seeing as I was going to go and see Flame Princess anyway, I decided to see if I could move it onto Tier Two whilst I was there.
I leapt down the first ladder onto the main floor of the tree house and climbed down the second and halfway down I kicked off and landed on my feet behind Jake.
"Jake. I'm going to see Flame Princess. See you later." I said hurriedly and ran to the door. Leaving Jake to continue scooping out treasures into the white sack that PB had left behind; I opened the front door to be met by Princess Bubblegum holding a hand bag.
"Ahhhhhh!" I screamed when I saw her.
"Okay Bubblegum, you need to stop breaking in here." Jake said, sounding slightly annoyed.
"Finn!" she said, completely unfazed, "We need to talk. About, relationships."
She walked over to a clear spot on the ground and threw down a green crystal, which shot a reflected image of a screen filled with graphs, tables and other mathematical nonsense I didn't know or understand.
She began to speak but I just couldn't be bothered to listen to her. I was too busy trying to get to Flame Princess. It was like I was being pulled to her like metal is to a magnet. Jake had walked over whilst she had begun her speech and gestured to various pie charts and bar charts on the screen.
"Listen, "I said to him, "Flame Princess is waiting for me. I'm gonna bounce out."
"Sure thing bro." he said, "Tier Two baby." He said, forming a staircase with his arm again,
"Radical." I replied and I back flipped out of the front door and ran across the grass towards my girlfriend who awaited me…
Jake
As soon as Finn left, I wished he hadn't. PB was cool and all but I didn't wanna be left alone with her when she was in full sciency/mathy mode. I began to nod off and began having daydreams about being president when I was noticed I was being shaken.
I had fallen asleep and had been snoring most probably. Because Bubblegum was looking at me strangely. She had knelt down and was shaking my shoulders.
"Where's Finn?" she asked,
"He stepped out…" I groaned, desperate to go back to sleep,
"Well if I can't ask him this question then I'll ask you instead." She said seriously, "Whose Finns girlfriend?"
I was taken aback. I shrugged her arms off of my shoulders and physically stepped back in shock,
"Why do you wanna know?" I asked,
"It is of dreadful importance that I converse with his 'lady friend'. I must tell her something. So if you don't want to tell me now. I'll come back tomorrow or later and ask Finn myself. Understand?" she asked, her cheeks flushed and anger was hidden in her voice,
It all suddenly clicked and it was like a light bulb lit up above my head.
"OH! I see what's going on here." I said, barely concealing the grin on my face,
"Good." She said, and picked up her handbag, "I cannot stress the importance of the two of us speaking." Then with that, PB left the tree house in a huff,
"NO WAY! PB's crazy jealous of Flame Princess!" I said out loud.
"So THAT'S who his mysterious 'lady friend is." A melodic voice said behind me,
I tensed and turned sharply, expecting a fight. But when I saw who it was I relaxed.
"Hey Marceline." I said,
"Hey Jake." She replied, floating down from her position in the shadows by the ladder, she wore her overly large sun hat, with a grey t-shirt, a pair of black jeans and red leather boots. "So, tell me about Finns relationship with Flame Princess…"
Marceline
I stayed over for about an hour or two, listening to Jake tell me all about how the couple met and had progressed from there, before making an excuse to leave and floated out of the tree house. Leaving Jake playing a ridiculous video game involving a square.
When I floated out I heard rustling in the trees on the other side of the clearing. I retreated into the shadows cast by the setting sun's rays falling on the tree house and watched warily. I relaxed when I saw Finn bolting out of the trees, jumping, cartwheeling and flipping across the field as he does when he is happy or excited. I smiled, not only was it adorable but I haven't seen the hero of Ooo so happy for months. When he finally stopped jittering with joy, I floated away. Heading home.
I got in and crashed on the sofa and was reaching for my axe bass when I felt a vibration in my pocket. I groaned and pulled my black cell phone out of my pocket and hit the green button and held the infernal device to my ear,
"Hey Bonnie!" I said unenthusiastically,
"Well!?" she yelled and I recoiled from the sound,
"Nice to hear from you too!" I murmured,
"Listen Marceline! I just want to know who Finns girlfriend is. Now spill the beans!" she said,
"HEY!" I screamed over the phone, "Whatever you have against me. DROP IT! I'm doing you a favour here Princess and guess what? Because I'm not a candy citizen and don't live in your kingdom I don't have to do what you tell me. SO SHOW ME SOME FREAKIN RESPECT BONNIBEL!" I was red faced and angry. She was really pushing me, the worst thing about it was she wasn't just pushing me too far.
The silence extended uncomfortably until it was broken by PB sighing in defeat,
"Sorry Marceline." She said, surprisingly sounding genuine, "I'm just, I dunno…"
"Jealous?" I cut in. I know she is but I want to hear her say it,
"Yeah." She replied, sighing in defeat yet again. I drew no satisfaction from hearing her admit it and (for once) teasing her right now wasn't very appealing. She just sounded so weary and so vulnerable.
"Flame Princess." I said, "Finns going out with Flame Princess."
"WHAT!" She screamed from the other end of the phone,
"Yeah, the two lovebirds are going to go to Tier 2 either today or tomorrow."
There was silence and then after a while I heard something that was going to haunt me. Princess Bubblegum was crying on the other end of the phone,
"PB." I started, "Are you-"
"Bye Marceline." She sobbed and hung up.
I placed down the phone and picked up my axe bass. The glistening red blade reflected the harsh florescent lights cast by the bulbs. I thought of Finn, being so happy on his way home from his date, then I thought of Bubblegum, sobbing her heart out because she lost her guy. I strummed and began to play…
Finn
I burst from the trees, flipping and cartwheeling across the field without a care in the world. I'd had an awesome day with FP and I couldn't wait to tell Jake all about it.
When I climbed up the ladder I found Jake playing on Beemo. Beemo was shouting instructions and Jake would do them on the game.
"Hey Jake. What did PB want." I asked,
"She wants to 'talk' to Flame Princess. She's crazy jealous dude!" he said, turning to me and laughing. My face fell and I felt a strange feeling in my gut.
"So, how's Tier Two coming?" he asked, an eyebrow raised,
"uhhh, I got about 5 hugs. Does that count?" I asked nervously,
"NOPE!" He said and laughed, I laughed along nervously,
"Aww well. Still on Tier One." I said nervously, desperately fighting a losing battle against the blush on my cheeks,
"You know what'll help?" he said, getting up and draping his elasticated arm around my shoulder and walking me away, "A sappy poem!"
SEVERAL HOURS LATER
"Eugh Jake. I can't stand it!" I exclaimed and threw my head back against my bed. Only to find the dog fast asleep.
We had been trying to write this poem for hours with next to no success. Creativity seemed to evade me. I sat in the room all night writing line after line, screwing failed, un-rhyming or just plain terrible poems into balls of paper and throwing them across the room or dumping them on the ground beside me. I sat there, staring at the ceiling sighing when light filtered in from the un-curtained above my bed.
The sun was rising.
I grabbed several more sheets of paper and a new pencil before running out of the house, leaving my bro to sleep in peace, with a note next to his paw explaining my absence.
I travelled through the trees for what felt like forever and came to a clearing on a hill, with two young yet strong trees casting shade on a small area in its centre. I sat under them and began to write. Yet again screwing up bad work. Then the sun peaked over the horizon and I watched it rise into the air.
"Inspirazio." I said, grinning and wrote my poem. I finally had something I could work with,
"Finn!" a voice said behind me.
"AAAARRRRRR!" I screamed…
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