A/N. they're pretty adorable so I'm putting up more
and yes, I wrote the lyrics...
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Friends with Benefits?
chapter three
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Finn let a few days pass before he sought Marceline out again, he didn't want to push things and besides, Jake thought it better if he waited - more time to think that way. So Finn talked to Marceline and then invited himself over for a jam session.
"Hey Finn," she greeted. Business as usual. No kissing. She was just holding her bass and moving aside to let him through the door. "So what do you want to start on first?"
"I don't know, have you written anything new?"
"I've got a few things up my sleeve. Not sure if you can handle it though," she replied with a wink.
"I always like your new stuff!" He stated jiggling his arms and legs.
"You got a beat?"
"Yep but wait..." Of course he had to go and bring stuff up, because it had been playing on his mind so much. "Hey Marcy, can we talk about the night of the goblin party?"
Marceline just glared at him for a moment, dumbstruck that he had to go and bring it up in the first three minutes of seeing each other. Wow. She must have really got to him this time. She strummed her bass.
"I meant what I said,
When I told you it was a bad idea.
You're a sweet kid,
And I'm from the Nightosphere.
I mean do you EVER, do you even,
Know how many relationships I've been in?
And I have a habit of picking jerks,
Bad romance is just the way it works..."
Finn's eyes widened and then he sung back to her.
"Hey Marceline,
I know it was a bad idea.
You need to have all that junk
If you want to reach a tier...
But you really, really don't
Have to keep going down that road.
If you want a good guy...
Well, I'm right here and I won't make you cry."
"I know that Finn,
But I don't even know where we would begin,
Your last relationships were really tame,
A stick of gum and a ball of flame.
You're not ready for someone like me,
Now that's the truth so just let me be."
Marceline pouted and turned the other direction, swishing her hair away from Finn.
His brow creased, especially at the way she put Princess Bubblegum and Flame Princess. Sure, Marceline was very different to them but did that mean that he wasn't serious about them? Did that mean that he wasn't ready for her? He certainly didn't think that. He was brave enough to do anything - even put his heart on the line with Marceline.
"Dude, that's where you're wrong.
We've been perfect together all along.
Girls want fun, you said that yourself,
I don't have to offer anything else,
You've just got to give me a chance,
I don't know the meaning of bad romance."
Finn reached out to her, hand gripping her forearm.
Marceline sighed and turned back to face him, a hand on the bass. She spoke to him now, taking a break from the song, being honest and direct. "Finn. You're a good guy... but that's just it. I don't need a good guy, you know messin' with my biz and stuff. You're going to get hurt Finn and I just can't let that happen."
"You're wrong. This relationship is only doomed to disaster if we let it be. I mean we've been friends for yonks and nothing has affected that. So why would it suddenly be a disaster if we were more than friends?"
She brought the hand not holding the bass up to stroke his face, shaking her head sadly. "You're really naive. Look, I admit it. There have been times where I've... entertained the thought. But that's all it can be. I love messing with you and you're fun to be around. You're different Finn. I don't want to ruin that."
Finn gulped. Putting his heart on the line sucked. "But now this hurts already and we haven't even started anything."
"I TOLD you not to fall in love with me dude." Marceline responded irritably. "Now leave."
A gobsmacked Finn stared at her for a second with those sad, glimmering eyes and then opened the door, shutting it behind him.
Marceline leaned her back against the door. She went too far this time. She led him on and created this mess. And maybe she did it because there was part of her that wanted a happily ever after with Finn. She knew she'd never know anyone like him again.
There was a sick part of her that wanted him to admit he had a crush on her, that he was crazy about her. All for her own ego really. But no matter how much she egged him on about it, messed with him, if she was face to face with the reality of a lasting relationship between them she wouldn't know what to do. She didn't know what to do!
So she went to see Simon the Ice King.
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Finn put himself out there... shoulda listened to Jake.
Next up: Simon and Marcy cute bonding
