"Hey, Benny?"
Benny scrunched his nose. He lazily opened an eye. He found himself face to face with Violet. His eyes widened. He quickly sat up, knocking Violet in the head in the process. They both groaned and rubbed their foreheads.
"Hey, watch it, Benny."
He glared stubbornly at her. "You're the one that's on top of me."
He was right. They were currently in Violet's room on her bed. With her straddling him and his shirt discarded on the floor, it was not the best looking situation.
He blushed and tried not to look her in the eye, but this probably wasn't the best idea, since the alternative was to stare at either her chest or legs.
"Uh, did we do…you know…"
Violet giggled at him. "No sweetie, that would require us to take our pants off too. Have your parents not given you 'the talk' yet?"
Benjamin blew a raspberry. "Of course, my dad told me all about the sex elf. I just thought-"
"That we took our pants off and then put them back on? Who does that?!"
He put a hand on his neck. "Yeah, I guess that would be pretty crazy. But, then again, last night was already pretty crazy."
Now Violet blushed. "Yeah, I guess we got a little carried away with the Mountain Dew last night."
Suddenly, they heard a little snort behind them. Benjamin sat up to look over Violet's shoulder while she turned around. She turned to look at him, a silly grin plastered on her face. "Aw, aren't they cute?!"
Sleeping at the foot of the long bed were Jaime and Violet's best friend, Cupcake. Their bodies were intertwined as they snoozed, with Jaime's head resting on the bed and Cupcake's on top of his.
Benjamin bit his lip, trying to hold in a laugh. In one swift movement, he snatched his iPod touch from the bedside and snapped a picture of them. Jaime kicked his leg and rolled over. Cupcake purred and nuzzled him slightly. Luckily, neither woke up.
Giggling quietly, Benjamin and Violet floated off the bed. They hovered down the hall to the living room. Everyone else was in the room, scattered in various places. Marceline hovered over the doorway. Finn was sprawled out on top of her, still midair, with his mouth resting on her neck. Marshall Lee lay on the floor with a half-eaten bucket of strawberry ice cream on his head. Fionna slept next to him, a lampshade on her head. Princess Bubblegum and Prince Gumball lay on the couch, both of whom were shirtless.
Benjamin looked around the room, wide-eyed. "Wow, it looks like everyone got happy with the Mountain Dew last night."
Violet inspected the damage. She smiled and looked at Benjamin.
He smiled back at her. "What, is there something on my face?"
She shook her head. Still smiling, she took his hand and led him out an open window. They flew up to rest on a shaded branch of the tree. She squeezed his hand and stared at him expectantly.
He cocked his head and raised an eyebrow, still not catching on to what she wanted. She rolled her eyes. "Well, talk to me! What have you been up too? Where have you been? What took you so long to come back?"
His face lit up in realization. "Oh, yeah, of course." He briefly described the situation with Ann and Marie, how they had moved and hidden the portal that would have allowed him to come back. After that, they spent a long time trading stories. After all, they did have ten years' worth of catching up to do.
"And so then Cupcake said, 'Girl, you don't know what you're talking about. Nothing is more exciting than a ball of yarn." Violet mimicked Cupcake, making a thrilled face as she slowly batted her imaginary ball of string between her paws.
Benjamin laughed. "Jaime just likes chewing my socks. You should have seen his face when I walked in on him doing it once."
Violet snorted when Benjamin opened his mouth wide and stuck his tongue out to make a very startled expression. He closed his mouth and laughed with her. As they chuckled, Benjamin scooted closer to her on the branch and threw an arm around her. She immediately stopped laughing and looked up at him, her face bright red.
Benjamin noticed her discomfort and frowned. "Is something wrong?"
Violet sighed and shook her head. "No, it's just…" Her eyes motioned to his arm.
He quickly took his arm off her. "Oh, yeah, sorry, I didn't put on any deodorant this morning. Is it that bad?" He lifted his arm and sniffed at his armpit.
She giggled and pulled his arm down. "No, it's not that. I don't know, I feel like this is all going so fast. I mean, I haven't seen you in ages."
He raised an eyebrow. "And yet, I woke up to find you sleeping on me."
She looked away from him, self-consciously tucking a stray hair behind her ear. "We were both sugar high. I'm surprised that we didn't do 'it' last night."
He sighed and looked down at his lap, twiddling his thumbs. After a few moments of silence, he grinned mischievously and pulled her back into his arms. She squeaked and gently tried to push away from him, but he kept his grip. She blushed, realizing how much stronger he had become since they were kids. She remembered a time when he had visited when they were little, and he had challenged her to wrestle him. Naturally, she had kicked his butt and Princess Bubblegum patched him up. Now, she wasn't so sure that he would be so easy to beat.
He stuck his tongue out. "What's wrong, Vi? Do I make you uncomfortable?"
She huffed and turned her head away from him. Despite her protests, he pulled her into his lap. She shivered as his long tongue slithered up her neck. He laughed and pecked her cheek. "Well, I've got to say, if I have to end up in bed next to someone I haven't seen in glob knows how long, I'm glad it was you."
She smirked and turned to face him. "Dude, what does that even mean?" He shrugged and chuckled to himself.
Suddenly, the sky turned dark. There was a chill in the air. Violet shook and snuggled closer to Benjamin. He gave her a toothy grin. "Oh, so now you're OK with this?"
She didn't answer him. Instead, she stared up at the now cloudy sky. He followed her gaze. In the mist, he thought that he could just make out the silhouette of a person.
Violet tried to stand on the branch. "It's Ice Queen."
Benjamin sat where he was, frozen with fear. Images from past encounters and horrible nightmares flashed through his head. He was so distracted by his flashbacks that he didn't notice someone slip behind them.
A cold hand clasped over Violet's mouth and dragged her into the shadows. Benjamin was still transfixed on the Queen, flying faster towards them by the minute.
When she was within earshot, she gave a wicked laugh. "Foolish boy! Too mesmerized by my own beauty to take notice of your girlfriend's absence!"
At this point, he finally snapped out of his trance. He leaped to his feet and looked around wildly. "Violet?! Violet, where are you?!"
"Looking for this?"
"Ice King?!"
The Ice King hovered at Ice Queen's side. In his arms he held a brown, burlap sack that appeared to be alive. Benjamin's ear twitched. He heard clearly from the sack, "BENNY!"
He hissed and lunged at the pair of icy monarchs. Ice Queen smiled coolly. She raised a hand, and Benny was frozen in solid ice.
