"The Jerk Theory chapter 4 and ACTION!" Keila says into her camera as she enters a house blasting music with different colored strobe lights and people flooding the place. She goes through the front door and steps into the living room; this place is packed with people talking and drinking out of red cups. She walks up the stairs, out double doors onto a balcony dodging all the party goers. From the balcony you can see a huge pool and people swimming and sitting on the sidelines. She turns left and goes down the stairs; she spots Marshall with his ukulele singing poolside to a group of people sitting and standing around him.

Na na na na, oh oh
Na na na na, oh oh
Na na na na, oh oh

When the leader of the bad guys sang,
Something soft and soaked in pain,
I heard the echo from his secret hideaway,
He must've forgot to close his door,
As he cranked out those dismal chords,
And his four walls declared him insane.

I found my way,
Right time, wrong place,
As I pled my case.

You're the judge, oh no, set me free,
You're the judge, oh no, set me free,
I know my soul's freezing,
Hell's hot for good reason, so please, take me.

Na na na na, oh oh
Na na na na, oh oh
Na na na na, oh oh

Three lights are lit but the fourth one's out,
I can tell 'cause it's a bit darker than the last night's bout,
I forgot about the drought of light bulbs in this house,
So I head out, down a route I think is heading south,

But I'm not good with directions and I hide behind my mouth,
I'm a pro at imperfections and I'm best friends with my doubt,
And now that my mind's out, and now I hear it clear and loud,
I'm thinking, "Wow, I probably shoulda stayed inside my house."

I found my way,
Right time, wrong place,
As I pled my case.

You're the judge, oh no, set me free,
You're the judge, oh no, set me free,
I know my soul's freezing,
Hell's hot for good reason, so please,

I don't know if this song is a surrender or a revel,
I don't know if this one is about me or the devil.

I don't know if this song is a surrender or a revel,
I don't know if this one is about me or the devil.

You're the judge, oh no, set me free, oh no
You're the judge, oh no, set me free, oh no
I know my soul's freezing,
Hell's hot for good reason, so please,

Na na na na, oh oh
Na na na na, oh oh
Na na na na, oh oh
Na na na na, oh oh (You're the judge, oh no, set me free)
Na na na na, oh oh (You're the judge, oh no, set me free)
Na na na na, oh oh (You're the judge, oh no, set me free)
(You're the judge, oh no, set me free)

Keila leaves before he finishes the song to go over to the bar where the rest of their friends were. Jake and Guy were the only ones there. Finn was doing cannonballs in the pool and Bongo was somewhere picking up girls.

"Hey what's up guys?" Keila asks.

"I'm about to go break in the dance floor. Wanna come?" Jake says.

"Hell yeah." Keila says as she high fives him. Marshall finishes his song and you can hear clapping and cheering. Afterwards, He walks over to the bar to meet up with his friends.

"Yo what's up dudes?"

"Jake and I are gonna hit the dance floor. You down?"

Before he could respond, Bubblegum comes up to them.

"Hey you were really good." She says smiling.

"Thanks. Guys, this is Bubblegum. Bubblegum, this is Jake, Keila, Guy and Finn and Bongo should be around here somewhere. Anyways, nah I have plans." Marshall answers as he walks off after finishing his sentence.

"You coming?" He says to Bonnibel waiting for her to catch up.

"Bye!" She says to the group with a wave and follows Marshall.

"Oh well. Wanna go Guy?" Jake asks. Guy doesn't say anything, instead he just shrugs and the dancing duo take that as a yes dragging him onto the dance floor.

"Let me show you how it's done!" Jake yells.


The two got into Marshall's car and before he started the engine he looks over to her.

"How do you feel about heights?"

"Heights? Um I'm actually really scared of heights." She says getting a little nervous. Without another word, Marshall starts the car and drives off. Every minute Bubblegum got more and more nervous. Eventually they made it to a building with glass walls and inside you can see a giant gray wall with colored rocks on it. People were climbing and repelling down and Bonnibel knew exactly what was happening.

"Rock climbing..." She says with a gulp.

"Yeah! I love rock climbing. But don't worry you won't get hurt. I'll be there." Marshall says trying to comfort her. They go inside and Marshall goes to the front counter where a very tall, built, woman was on her phone.

"Hey Susan. Two, please." He says pulling out his wallet.

"Ooo two this time. Who's the lucky date?" She says as she takes the money from his hand and puts in unto the cash register and prints out two tickets. He points back to Bubblegum who's just staring at the wall in fear.

"Oh hey! Bubblegum!" Susan yells as she waves towards the pink girl. Bubblegum immediately looked to the source of the noise and smiled when she found out who it was. She walks over and greets the cashier.

"Hey Susan. I forgot you worked here."

"Yeah. I didn't think I'd ever see you around here."

"Oh well as you can see I'm kinda forced to be here."

"I'd hate to interrupt but how do you two know each other?" Marsh asks because at this point he's totally confused.

"You know she goes to our school right? She's captain of the weightlifting team." Bubblegum asks a little in disbelief.

"Really? Oh well you know me. Never gave a shit about sports." Marshall says with a shrug.

"You like sports. You told me you like basketball." Susan chips in.

"Yeah... I don't like school organized sports. I don't like school." Marshall says as he walks off towards the wall.

Bubblegum rolls her eyes and Susan notices.

"Hey don't worry about him. That's just how he acts; he's actually really nice." Susan says

"So I've been told." She says sulking off towards the dreaded wall.

"Also don't worry. He comes here a lot and I've seen him. He's good." Susan says to her before she walks off.


They get hooked up to the harnesses and to the rope pulley attached to the wall.

Marshall climbs up a few steps but notices Bubblegum not moving. He extends his arm and hand to her.

"Trust me." She takes his hand and climbs to his level.

After about 30 minutes Bubblegum was just as good as Marshall and she was having the time of her life. The rush of overcoming her fear made this date a thousand times better. They even had a race to the bell at the top, which was super close, but in the end Marshall beat Bubblegum by 0.2 seconds.

"That was amazing!" She says as they leave and walk towards the car.

"You were amazing. See. You conquered your fear." Marshall says.

"I know! I never knew rock climbing was so fun. But tell me. What's your biggest fear?"

Marshall doesn't answer but instead stares into Bubblegum's beautiful eyes and leans down closing his eyes expecting a kiss but after a second or two he opens his eyes and sees Bubblegum in front of him with an unimpressed look on her face.

"Rejection." He says, making her laugh as they both get into the car. The drive home wasn't as awkward as he thought it would be after that embarrassing incident.

"So tell me about yourself." Bubblegum says out of the blue.

"Uh what do you wanna know?"

"Anything. Where were you born, favorite color, what you wanna do in the future. Anything."

"Okay... Let's see. Born and raised here in Ooo, my birthday is October 31st, on Halloween, my favorite color is red, and I want to be in a famous band and make music as a career. Your turn."

"My favorite color is pink, I was born here too but spent a few years in Germany, my birthday is in the spring, and I want to be a scientist more specifically a chemist."

"Wow that's nerdy." He says teasing. She replies with a laugh and a small punch to his arm which actually held some power. Eventually after a little small talk, they made it to Bonnibel's house. They said their goodbyes and Marshall drove home. Once entering his house he's greeted by his poodle, Schwabl, and calls Keila. After a few rings she picks up sounding a little groggy.

"Hello? Marshmallow?"

"Haha yes. Why do you sound like you were sleeping? It's like 9:30."

"Ugh Jake and I had a drinking contest after you left. Guy drove us home thankfully."

"Damn. Sounds like you had a blast." He says as he pets Schwabl and sits on the couch.

"Yeah but how about you? Judging from the time I guess you didn't get lucky huh?"

"Nah, I didn't really try, but I think this one's different."

"Mhmm."

"Like she wants to be a scientist."

"Mhmm."

"She's different and I like it. She knows what she wants and she goes after it. I've dated so many girls in the past year or so, basically the whole school, and I've lost all respect for girls really. I mean except you." Marsh said as he got up to go to his bathroom. He goes into the medicine cabinet and pulls out a tiny clear bottle along with a needle.

"Mhmm."

"This whole Jerk Theory thing has made me see what girls respond to and it's stupid. But she doesn't respond the same way. I respect it. A lot. I can't remember that last time I felt that for a girl." Marshall takes the needle and plunges it into the little bottle. He fills it up to the line and flicks it a time or two.

"Hey can you count me down, K?"

"1...2...3." She says in her 'I need sleep' groggy voice.

On three, Marshall sticks the needle into his thigh and pushes down to inject the clear super soldier serum into his system or at least that's what he likes to call it. The rush that comes with the shot is a feeling like no other. Nothing can ever top it. He cleans off the needle and puts everything back.

"Thanks K."

"Yeah... You know you should really get over your fear of needles."

"I'm not scared of needles. I'm scared of using the needles. Like I don't wanna hurt anyone or do anything wrong."

"Marsh you've been taking T shots for almost two years. I'm pretty sure you know what you're doing." She says laughing a little.

"Yeah yeah. Anyways what do you think of her?"

"I mean. I don't know much about her, but from what I've heard and noticed about her earlier tonight is that she's super smart, really nice, cute and sassy. So basically your dream girl."

"Ugh I know. Thanks Keila."

"No problem. I'm always here for you. By the way, you should hook up that friend of hers with Jake. I've seen him check her out a time or two."

"I mean I can try. I don't even know her name. I kind of just refer to her as rainbow. I'll find out what I can. Thanks K. I'll let you sleep now."

"OH THANK GOD!" Was the last thing he heard before hearing the click of his call ending.


Bonnibel calls up Lady as soon as she get into the house. She answers right away with a "How'd it go?"

"Wow hi to you too."

"I'm sorry. Hi. How'd it go?!"

"It was fun. It wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. He needs to work on his manners but overall I thought it was really fun." Bubblegum says as she goes up the stairs into her room and flops into her bed.

"What'd you guys do?"

"We went rock climbing."

"Really? You're terrified of heights!"

"I know. It was scary at first but it became fun with him."

"Ooo I love it. When are you going out again?"

"Next Friday. I would've gone out earlier but I didn't wanna seem too easy. Did I seem too easy?" Bonnibel asks now panicking a little.

"You're asking the wrong girl. If that was his friend, Jake, I would've jumped in the car." Lady says with a laugh.

Then the two talked until one of em fell asleep.