Adventure Time High; Senior Year.
Chapter Four: Forgotten Books.
It was the second tuesday of the school year, and everyone was still talking about the new blog on . The Blog became more and more popular, it seemed like over night it got hundreds of follows. Unlike other blogs, this one had no comment box and no author. Everyone seemed to be waiting for something, anything to be posted. Finn was sitting in science class when the update finally came. The author of the blog posted two things, the blog name, and an assumed alias. The Blog was now called; "The Sweet Gossip." and the author posted her name as 'Ghost Girl'. This brought even more traffic to her blog page. It seemed like everyone was talking about The Sweet Gossip, and the more it was talked about, the worse it would get. At first the blog was all about trashing all schools (except for North-SkyLand Academy), but the more popular it got, the farther the blog expanded. Now Ghost Girl was writing about drama that was normal kept private between schools, like the latest break-ups and make ups. Everything was public, from rumors to secrets, nothing was kept private anymore. Stacy wanted to make a blog countering The Sweet Gossip, but had nothing to go on. No one could fight it, no one had even be near SkyLand. How were they suppose to counter something they knew nothing about? The more private they tried to make things, the faster it would be discovered. Everyone was in a state of fear, never knowing whether or not they'd be the next victim of The Sweet Gossip. Finn was so zoned out thinking about it, he didn't even realize that the lunch bell had rung.
Everyone sat down at the usual lunch table, and took a moment to look around the rest of the cafeteria.
"Good Glob." Stacy sighed. "Would you just look at this mess The Sweet Gossip is causing?"
"We need to do something to distract from this mess." Rebecca Raspberry was sitting with the rest of them today, usually she sat at the table of cheer leaders. "Stacy, work your magic."
"I don't get girls." Dash sighed. "I also don't get this blog thing. Is it really that big of a deal?"
"Yeah," Marshal said tapping his plastic spoon on his lunch tray. "Can't we just ignore it?"
"It's too late for that!" Rebecca exclaimed. "Everyone's totally reading into it!"
"We need a new trend." Stacy was scrolling through some social media news feed. "But what?"
"Glob!" Rebecca said suddenly. "You know what's been spreading like wildfire over at North Mountain and Yellow Cross high?"
"That job trend?" Stacy raised an eyebrow. "Yeah I read about that."
"Job trend?" Princess BubbleGum looked confused. "Since when was getting a job a hot trend?"
"Since a bunch of minor celebrities have been getting common jobs. It's become a totally hot fad, but no one in C.K High has really been about the job scene." Rebecca Raspberry suddenly stood up. "I'm going to go put together a job board. We need this distraction."
"You really think that will work?" Marshal didn't sound convinced. "Seems like a long shot."
"It may be a long shot, but it's worth a shot." Rebecca said, and Finn couldn't help but admire her a little bit.
"She's right." Princess Bubble Gum looked up from her laptop. "A new trend is just what we need right now. A positive one. Maybe people will get so busy posting about their new job, it'll take some attention away from The Sweet Gossip blog."
"Who knows, maybe it'll be fun!" Marcy sounded oddly enthusiastic.
That was the day the job trend started, and it had worked perfectly according to Stacy's plan. The new trend drew attention away from the blog, and for the while being, everything was peaceful again. At least, it was for everyone else. It only took a matter of days for all his friends to find jobs that fit them perfectly, but Finn was finding a hard time finding one that suited him. Marshal-Lee worked at a cafe on the corner of main-street, working behind the till and making the coffee's. Finn had visited Marshal there before, it was called the 'Warm Cup Cafe' and Finn was actually surprised the first time he visited Marshal there. Finn was use to seeing Marshal in black ripped jeans and red plaid shirt, dressed like the typical bad boy, but for work he dressed completely different. A black collared, button up dress shirt, and black dress pants, all underneath a tan colored apron with the cafe's logo in white on the front of it. Even Finn had to admit, Marshal cleaned up nicely. Working only three shops down was Prince Gum Ball, he worked at the 'Sweet Swirl Ice creamery shop' . Marcy and Flame Princess both got a job working at 'Hot Topic' working behind the counter and working the floor. Princess BubbleGum worked at the library at the end of the street, shelving books, and Stacy got a job at 'Urban Crown-Fitters', A clothing store that only sold the most expensive designer clothes. Flame Prince worked at a auto-repair shop, assisting senior workers in fixing up cars and trucks- story was he first tried working at a pottery shop to harden the clay like a helm, but seeing as he was like a bull in a china shop he didn't enjoy working there. Dash was working at a small store on the other side of the street, called the 'Sun Glass Hut', Glob knows how much he was spending there on a daily basis rather than making money. Finn was the only one out of his friends who couldn't find a job, and with the job trend spreading so fast, he was running out of options. Nothing really interested Finn, which left almost all of the other kids in C.K high to get hired.
It was already Friday, another week had flown by and the hype over the Sweet Gossip blog was lessening. Finn was exhausted, between school studies and trying to figure out who was behind the sweet gossip blog, he was running on empty. Taking his time, Finn walked down to the Warm Cup Cafe, deciding if he was going to be up for the rest of tonight job searching, he should probably grab a coffee first. The cafe was busy, the only table left was one in the back corner. To Finn's surprise, it wasn't full of high school students, more middle aged people. Finn didn't see anyone he knew in the cafe other than Marshal, who was busy in his uniform running coffee's out to people, smiling and being polite. When the rush hour died down and most people finished their coffee and left the cafe, only Finn and a few people were left. Finn had a different waiter, she had her hair pulled into a high pony tail and would smile and blush every time she walked by Finn's table. Finn lazily drank his coffee, too busy reading his newspaper to flirt back with the waitress. Only when his waitress and another girl who worked behind the counter started stocking a shelf full of coffee beans next to him did Finn listen to what they were saying.
"See that hot guy over there?" The one with the blonde pony tail clearly wasn't interested in Finn anymore.
"Was that a pun?" A girl with short brown hair cut just bellow her ears giggled. "He's a fire elemental, he's really good looking!"
"Yeah, that's Flame Prince." The girl with the blonde pony tail bounced up and down.
"Flame Prince?" The brunet gasped. "Next inline to rule the Fire Kingdom of Aaa?"
"Yeah, that's him." The blonde said, and both girls paused to size up Flame Prince as he walked over to an open table and took a seat.
"Do you think I should go flirt with him?" The girl ran her fingers through her short hair, and looked to the other waitress.
However, the girl in the ponytail was giving her friend a look of sympathy. "Sorry, you might as well just give up now. He comes in often, but he only ever sits in Marshals area."
"Friend from school?" The brunet sighed.
"That's what I thought too, but he tips Marshal really well and he comes in almost everyday." The blonde suddenly had pink rushing to her cheeks. "I'm starting to think they're something more."
Finn drew his attention away from the gossiping girls and glued his eyes to Marshal. He was handing an older woman her coffee, running back to grab her a few napkins. Marshal hadn't noticed Flame Prince yet, and had walked back to ask the other guy behind the till something. Finn could hear them clearly since the cafe was somewhat quiet.
"Yeah, just remember the order in which they're stacked." The other guy was saying to Marshal, suddenly looking over his shoulder and smiling. "Looks like you have a customer."
Marshal glanced over his shoulder and finally noticed Flame Prince, color rose to his cheeks and he suddenly bent his head, he said something to the other guy that Finn couldn't catch from the distance he was sitting at. Suddenly snatching the notebook from the counter Marshal made his way over to Flame Prince.
"What can I get you?" Marshal said dully, and Flame Prince smirked, only making Marshal look more mad.
"Is that anyway to speak to a customer? Tsk." Flame Prince set down his cellphone and grabbed Marshals hand with the pen in it. "If you want a good tip, you better start smiling, Marshy."
Finn wanted to watch more, but felt that it would be rude. Whatever was going on here would be brought to light soon enough, since now nothing kept a secret. It felt wrong watching Marshal and Flame Prince talk, in a somewhat private manner. Glancing over his shoulder one more time before he left, Finn couldn't help but smile a little bit. Whatever was going on between Flame Prince and Marshal, it was cute. Cute, but none of his business. Letting out a heavy sigh, Finn made his way back down main street. He had checked the job board at the Warm Cup Cafe, but nothing seemed like a suitable job. Finn knew he didn't want to work in retail, dealing with a large amount of customers on a day to day basis. Finn was a hero, a people pleaser, just not in that department. He wanted something easy, something simple, something that wouldn't be annoying. Grabbing a newspaper, Finn decided to head home. Job hunting was a lot harder then it seemed.
Jake was already home when Finn arrived, hunched over a stack of paper, muttering about how being a teacher was hard. Finn didn't bother him, and instead headed upstairs to his room. Finn realized that people had snapped up all the good jobs as soon as the trend broke in C.K high, leaving slim picking for Finn. Opening up the newspaper, Finn realized that there was even less then he first assumed. If Finn wanted to be apart of this trend, he'd need to move fast to find a job. At first it was to distract people from that stupid blog, but now it had snowballed into some big event. Finn was determined to get a job, Jake had one, and now it was Finn's turn to start pulling some weight around the house. Last years storm caused some pretty bad damages around the house, and Jake was the only one who was working his ass off to clean the place up. Jake insisted that Finn didn't worry about it since he was still a student, but a job would be a perfect way to help out. Grabbing a red pen, Finn started scanning over the job listings, and crossing the odd ones out. Where he didn't have the experience, or the job description seemed too out of character for him, Finn would cross it off the list. After a short period of time, Finn was left with a paper full of red. The coffee from before did nothing to help him, and soon Finn could feel tiredness wash over him. He ended up falling asleep with the red pen in hand.
Morning came too quick, and Finn felt as if the whole night had slipped right by him. Still tired, Finn wondered if the cafe was open yet. It was friday, but it was a Staff meeting day, so the school was closed to students. Finn also thought about going to the school to see if they would let him in to get his Chemistry book, he had a test on Monday that he wanted to study for. It was somewhat overcast today, and Finn threw on a hoodie, just incase it rained on the way. Main street was quiet, and Finn guessed that most people were sleeping in, bad weather always made everyone in Ooo slow down. After another failed job hunt, Finn was feeling discouraged, and exhausted. Walking over to the cafe, Finn checked the little sign on the bottom of the window. They just opened a little under an hour ago, and it was empty. Empty, but open. And Finn needed coffee. Opening the door, the bell that usually chimed on entrance was silent. A small paper sign on the counter read; 'Bell broken! :( please ring this one for service!' A small silver bell like in a hotel sat next to it, but Finn waited. Scanning over the menu, Finn wondered if he should try a drink with more caffeine in it than usual. Deciding on an expresso, Finn put his one hand in his coat pocket, and with his other hand, reached for the bell. The tip of his fingers were just about to press down on the cool metal when he heard a loud thump. It came from the back room, down the hall way to the left of him. Finn didn't move. Finn didn't press the bell. He just stayed quiet. Had someone fallen? No, that wasn't it. Heavy breathing and soft moans, it was faint, but it was there. Leaning back a little, Finn peered around the corner. The moans escalated a little, followed by a stern; 'hush'. Pulling his fingers away from the bell, Finn took three steps towards to the wall and stopped, and peered through the doorway.
Flame Prince had Marshal pinned against the wall, holding Marshal to the wall by his wrists. Face buried in Marshals neck, it was clear Flame Prince wasn't here for a coffee. Instead, he was busy kissing Marshal up and down his neck, causing Marshal to squirm and sigh, even the occasional moan. Marshal has his work apron on, but it wasn't tied in the back- it seemed he was interrupted. Suddenly Marshal began speaking softly, begging for Flame Prince to stop, his voice shaky. Taking a few steps back, Finn turned around and gave the bell on the counter one final look. There would be coffee somewhere else. Somewhere not here. The other coffee shop had limited menu, their coffee was shit, but at least it didn't have two of his friends trying to get to second-base with each other in the back room. Finn wasn't really sure how to feel. It was clear Flame Prince and Marshal had something going on, but whatever they were doing, they wanted it to be a secret. Sighing and putting his head in his hand, Finn couldn't help but feel a little conflicted. On one hand, it was great that they made each other happy,- or, at least lustful- but now wasn't the best time to be hiding a secret. The job trend got attention away from the Sweet Gossip Blog, but that didn't mean 'Ghost girl' wasn't still reporting every little thing that happened at C.K high.
Heading to the school, Finn took a sip of his coffee in a foam to-go cup, in which it made it taste even worse, and knocked on the door. A janitor in grey-blue overalls answered, his headphones pulled down around his neck.
"No school today." Was all he said before going to close the door.
"I know." Finn said quickly, before he got shut out. "I'm just here to grab a textbook."
"Go for it." The janitor said around his unkept mustache.
Walking through the empty halls, Finn felt himself getting more and more heavy with worry. Every thing was in a weird calm period now, but sooner or later, shit would hit the fan. Finn wished he knew the person behind the Sweet gossip blog, but there was no way of finding out. Finn also wished he knew who had gotten into his locker and stole his Guide to High School book, but there wasn't a trace of evidence who did that either. On top of that, North-Sky Land Academy was posing as some sort of threat to all the other schools, and there was no way of stopping that. It seemed like everything was out of his control, yet again, and he was stuck at the bottom. The secrets of SkyLand had to be revealed, sooner or later, an opportunity would arise, and Finn would take it. Nothing is 100%, he just had to wait for the chance to get into SkyLand and find that person behind the Sweet Gossip Blog and put a stop to it. Feeling less discouraged, Finn turned and walked down the science hall. To his surprise, Finn saw that he wasn't the only student in school. Prince Gum ball was walking out of a class room, but all the lights were off. He wasn't dressed in his normal pink t-shirt, but this time a black hoodie and jeans. Prince GumBall pulled the hood over his head and stuck his hands into his pockets, looking over his shoulder as he kept walking down the hall. Finn was going to call out to him, but decided he better not. It was clear Prince GumBall was hiding something, and it would be better not to call attention to it. Once Prince GumBall disappeared down the hall, Finn let out a heavy sigh. Another one of his friends, hiding a secret. Turned the opposite corner, Finn made his way down the social hallway to his locker, and hand his hand on the lock when there was a noise behind him. Looking over, Finn saw the hallway was still empty, but a chair had fallen over. Pausing, Finn wondered if someone was there, but after a minute or two of waiting, it was clear it wasn't GumBall, so it must have just been his imagination. Turning the lock and entering the three digit code, Finn opened his locker and stared inside. His fingers had just reached the Chemistry textbook when a different book caught his eye. Finn couldn't believe it. Back in it's original place, it was the high school guide. Grabbing it, Finn quickly opened it and flipped through the pages, only to find everything was intact and the same. Finn wasn't sure if he should be scared or relived. On one hand, he had the book back. On the other hand, someone had just got into his locker. Again. Without a trace. Closing his locker, Finn rushed home.
Finn knew that no one would make a point to break into his locker to take the book, only to break in again to return it without changing something. If it was, why didn't they just keep the book? Something must had been placed, changed, or removed. Laying on his bed and flipping through page for page, Finn sighed. Nothing was changed. Nothing was placed. Nothing was removed. It was the same old book he had found freshman year. The same brown leather book with neatly cursive writing, the same velvet Book mark, the same shitty inside cover that was made out of old brown paper and beginning to peel away. That's when it hit him. Flipping to the back of the book and sitting up, Finn stared down to the old brown page that was poorly sealed to the leather. The corner was folded down. Nervously, Finn pulled it farther and farther back, until it revealed that small bit of space between the leather and the inside cover. Inside it was a letter. A letter that wasn't there before.
Carefully taking it out, Finn examined the letter. It was on lilac paper, sealed with a black ribbon. Fancy black writing spelled out; 'To Finn', and with a shaky hand, Finn undid the black ribbon. If the letter was signed, Finn would know who it was who got into his locker. Yet, Finn wasn't sure he was ready to read what the letter had to say. Regardless, Finn unfolded the paper, and read the text.
Greetings Finn, you have here by been coordinately invited
to attend the Personal Butler/Assistant Audition to become
Tiffany Taffy's Personal Right-Hand man.
This is an exclusive one time invitation,
for you and you alone.
Come alone, and come prepared.
Information and one day pass bellow.
North-SkyLand- Above Ooo.
SkyLand-N.
Home address; 27th silver cloud drive.
Train station pass.
Event date; Tomorrow. (Saturday) Noon sharp.
No late entries.
One day only.
Please burn letter after event date.
Thank you.
Included in the envelope was a laminated piece of paper, a one time use ticket to and from skyland, for one day only. Finn stared at the paper and the pass for a long time before laying back down. Someone he never met before from SkyLand wanted him to be their personal assistant? A butler? So many questions began flying through Finns head. Who the hell is Tiffany Taffy? How did she know about me? Was she really the one who broke into my locker? Why me? Why take the book? Did she know the book was something I cared about? Something that I would just forget? Why me of all people...? Finn blinked up at his celling, before smiling a little. He smiled a little more, and a little more, and then broke up into laughter. He had forgotten his Chemistry textbook.
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Authors note;
So much happened in this chapter I don't even know what to re-cap. Flame Prince and Marshal-lee shipping! Whoo! First gay ship in Adventure Time High. (nose bleeds) What the hell was Prince GumBall doing. Who's this girl asking Finn to come work for her. SO MANY QUESTIONS. Not much dialogue in this chapter.
Ick. My hands are starting to get really cramped. How is this only the fourth chapter. It feels like I've written so much. *cries* - BUT BEFORE I FORGET, IN CHAPTER SIX THERE WILL BE A GAY LEMON (SEX SCENE) SO PREPARE YOUR ANUS. AND EYES. BUT MOSTLY YOUR ANUS. You have been warned.
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