Chapter 3
It was a regular day, the girls from Ooo and Aaa where at Princess Bubblegum's castle and the boys were at Gumball's. Each one of the pink royals was having a sleepover.
The girls, dressed in their pajamas, were watching, a movie, and eating snacks while chatting. Over the past couple of weeks, it had become a tradition for them to hang out and talk, as it had become for the boys. It did take Marshall Lee and Marceline a while to admit they enjoyed the activity as well. Princess Bubblegum was the first to admit her feelings. Marceline was teasing her about the amount of time she and Gumball spend together. "C'mon your Gumminess just admit you love him" Bubblegum was blushing wildly and Fionna and Cake were laughing at her attempt to act serious. "I guess not all of us have the same talent for nonchalant looks like Marcy and Marshy give when we tease them." Fionna teased and laughed louder when Marceline began to blush as well. "I already told, there is nothing going on between me and Marshall Lee" She crossed her arms over her chest and bit her lip. "Right" Cake teased and began to laugh with Fionna. "Anyway this isn't about me; it's about Gumball and Bonnibel here." She defended and pointed to the Princess with her thumb. "What? We can't tease you over your obvious crush on Marshall Lee but you can tease me over my friendship with Bubba?" Bubblegum asked obviously teasing Marceline. Marceline lay on Bubblegum's bed and folded her hands over her tummy. She fiddled with her fingers and bit her lip "Ill admit it if you do." Fionna and Cake stopped laughing and sat upright. They looked from the vampire Queen to the pink Princess, expecting. "Alright" Bubblegum sighed. "I like Bubba as more than my friend… I just don't know how to go about talking to him about such things." Marceline sat up "You know Bonnibel, for a genius, you're pretty stupid." Marceline grinned and Bubblegum just rolled her eyes. She knew not to take Marceline seriously. "Well, Ms. Vampire queen, ready to admit your love for the Vampire king?" Bubblegum teased and all the girls in her room broke out laughing at Marceline's blush stained face. Marceline flopped back on the bed and grabbed a pillow. She pulled the pillow over her head "Alright. I love Marshall Lee" Her muffled voice was almost unheard but all three girls broke out in grins. When she took the pillow off her head, she saw Fionna's smug grin. "What the hell are you grinning at? We all know you like Finn" Marceline teased. Now it was Fionna's turn to blush. With her bunny hat on, and her face tomato red, she was quite a sight. "What?" Her voice sound like a whisper. She stared at the two girls and the cat. "I- I don't like Finn." She blushed harder. "C'mon baby, don't think you can fool me. I know you like him." Fionna glared at Cake and stuck her tongue out. "Baby, just admit it." Cake continued as the two older royals grinned at Fionna. After a while of coaxing Fionna sighed "Alright. I like-like Finn." She looked down. "Well that's three confessions" Grinned Marceline and looked at Bubblegum. When Cake looked at the older royals, she knew what their wicked grins meant. "No, no, no. I do not like that mutt." She narrowed her eyes and held her nose high. "Cake don't pretend now." She looked up to Bubblegum's implying eyes and shook her head "I am not pretending. I do not even like him as a friend. The only reason we talk is because we were both dumped and our sibling like each other." She winked at Fionna who blushed. "Finn likes me back?" She whispered. "Does he like you back? Do you need to ask baby? I can't believe you girls haven't noticed that they all like you back. Like seriously Marceline, Marshall is goo-goo over you and Princess, Gumball is in love with you." She looked at the three girls blushing and smirked. "What about you and Jake?" Fionna broke the silence. Cake sighed "Just barely friends" She smiled weakly and the other girls decided to stray from the subject although "He likes me back" was racing through their minds, and with out knowing a similar situation happened in Gumball's room.
The next morning everyone was at Gumball's castle for brunch. Hellos were passed all around, but quickly an uncomfortable silence over took them all. "How did you sleep?" Gumball asked, looking directly at Bubblegum. She blushed softly "We actually did more talking than sleeping" She joked and the girls smiled. "So did we" broke in Marshall Lee. The tension in the room hovered above them heavily. "Fionna, baby why don't you show Finn those moves you learned when fighting the Lynch?" Cake edged Fionna closer to Finn. "Yeah, brother why don't you and Fionna have a practice fight?" Jake edged Finn closer to Fionna. Cake and Jake, being the ultimate best friends, wanted the teens to just get together already. Both humans blushed at their proximity but quickly nodded. "C'mon guys lets go see Fionna get her butt kicked." Marshall Lee teased. "Please, you wish. Fionna would win any day" Marceline retorted. "I got respect for Fi, I do but Finn is hardcore, he'll win" Marshall replied, "C'mon, honey, Fionna is way better. Girls are just naturally better." Marceline laughed. "Honey?" Marshall stopped. She turned and saw him bite his lip. She smirked "What? No one has ever called you honey before." He laughed and grabbed her hand. He pulled her towards Gumball's ballroom, where the practice fight would take place, and he could have sworn he felt her squeeze his hand. He turned back to see her looking down at their joined hands and blushing.
Gumball and Bubblegum where the last to arrive at the ballroom, since they took their time. On the way to the ballroom Gumball had offered his hand and they walked hand in hand and giggling at Cake and Jake arguing a few feet in front of them. They saw the vampire king pulling the queen by the hand and rushing after Finn and Fionna who where running as well. Not counting Cake and Jake, they were all smiling.
Once in the ballroom the others sat on the sidelines while they watched Finn and Fionna. Both had removed their backpacks and had their swords in hand. "C'mon, bunny!" Fionna turned to see Marceline cheering and smiled at her friend's efforts. "No! C'mon Finn!" Marshall Lee cheered.
Finn was the first to attack. He ran to her and swung his sword. She jumped high and he missed. She landed on her feet and swung her pink crystal sword, Finn jumped back in time and she missed him by a few centimeters. An amused grin crossed Finn's face "Is that all you got?" She charged at him and slashed her sword down, as he rolled away causing Fionna's blade to barely miss "not by along shot" she mused, with a grin. Cake and Jake joined in the cheering and even the pink royals began to cheer, although their cheers weren't towards one in particular. They would say "Good shot" and things of that nature.
The girl slashed at him again but Finn blocked it with his own sword. This went on for a while. Each striking only to be blocked by the other. Finally, Fionna cart wheeled over Finn's head and kicked the back of it, finally making contact. This caused the crowed to go wild. "OWW!" Finn turned and gripped his sword tighter "Sorry" She yelled back with a grin. They ran up to each other again and their swords crashed, with a loud metallic clank. They pushed on each other with all the strength they could muster, while grinning wildly and looking into each other's eyes. The two pushed back seemingly out of breath. They stared at each other and suddenly Fionna charged at him. He stuck his leg out and tripped her causing her to hit the ground. "That's for hitting my head!" Finn eagerly yelled at the grinning girl. Again, she charged at him this time to front flip over him and turn him to face her. Then tip of her sword was at his throat. "I guess I win" Fionna said huskily. A smile broke out on his face as he swept the girls legs from under her. She fell back dropping her sword next to her and before she could reach it, Finn's sword tip was under her chin. He smirked. She giggled as she looked up and kicked the sword out of his hand. It landed behind him with a clank and she lunged at him. They wrestled on the ground, trying to get the upper hand, but very much giggling while doing so. While the two humans wrestled, the crowd laughed at the attempts of the younger teens. Finally, they stopped out of breath; Fionna was on top of Finn and had pinned him down. "I win" She grinned wickedly. On the side of the room, the girls broke out in cheers. "I told you so!" Yelled Marceline as Marshall Lee rolled his eyes. Fionna smiled cutely and looked into Finn's eyes when she suddenly felt Finn's sweet lips brush up against hers. She widened her eyes and looked at him. Her shock was only momentary as seconds later she returned the kiss with closed eyes. Both humans pulled back simultaneously and got up with blush-stained faces. They turned to face the smiles of the two pink royals, who were holding hands and the grins of the vampire royals. Jake and Cake were both smirking. "About time" Both said simultaneously looking at the blushing humans.
"What now?" Fionna whispered to Finn, who held her hand "I don't know," He whispered back. She kissed his cheek and he squeezed her hand. "A-are you my g-girlfriend now?" Finn stuttered out looking into her blue eyes. "Yes." She grinned and threw her arms over his neck. Again, they kissed with the cheers of their friends in the background. The two adventurers walked hand in hand towards their friends. "One couple down, two to go" Cake whisper to Jake and saw him nod with a grin.
