Marshall's POV
It was the middle of the night when I heard knocking at the door. I opened my eyes to look around the room. I only see my room in darkness. I see the blonde girl lying in my bed. I smile at the thought of what happened only a few hours ago. I run my hand through her golden locks. My thoughts are interrupted with another knock at the door.
I get up and float my way down to the first level of the cave. It was around 3 in the morning. I don't understand who would want to come see me now especially at this hour. Fionna was the only person who had the guts to come to these parts of Ooo. Her and maybe Gumball but he would just send one of his subjects.
I discreetly move the curtain to see who it is. My stomach quickly tightens and I see bleach blonde hair. I move away from the window and weigh out my options in my head. I don't know why Ashley would be here. She never leaves the Night O'Sphere. She hates it out here. Plus, she knows better than to come visit me at all. We had an agreement. I go over there when I need to and if she has the nerve to call me, she could just pick up the phone. There is an even louder knock at the door and I have no choice to open. I didn't want Fionna to wake up. That was the last thing I needed.
"What the fuck are you doing here!" I whisper loudly and close the door behind me.
"Oh c'mon, don't be that way. Like you're totally not excited to see me right now?" She takes a step closer to me and reaches her hand out to touch my chest. I cringe and take a step back.
"Ashley, go home."
"What's your deal? This is quality delivery service, dude." Her voice starts to get louder and I put a finger over my lips signaling her to keep quiet.
"Any louder? Just go home, please. Now's not a good time." I nudge her towards the stairs but resists.
"Not a good time?" She looks past me at the house and back to me again. "Oh, I see. Marshie's got company?" She says coyly as she walks past me and attempts to open the door.
I fly as fast as I could in front of her and block her from coming in. This bitch was really starting to piss me off.
"Stay the fuck away from here! Go back to the Night O'Sphere now!"
"Geez, I've never seen you get this worked up. Who could it be, who could it be?" She tries to dodge past me but I was definitely not letting that happen.
"None of your business. Turn around and leave."
"Marshall, don't be so fussy. C'mon, it'll just be a quickie. If you want, whoever you have in there, we could turn it into a three way." She snakes her arms around my neck and leans in close.
I hear the door click open behind us.
"Hey, what's with all the yelling?"
I turn around to see Fionna at the door. She was rubbing sleep from out of her eyes. I stand there to watch her face fall. Her blue eyes widen to shock and confusion. I push Ashley off as quickly as I could with giving it a second thought.
"Oh, uh, sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt."
She runs back inside and up the stairs. I was mentally kicking my teeth in.
"Damn it, Ashley! Leave! Now!" I yell and punch the wall startling Ashley.
"Oh my Glob. Don't tell me you just got it in with little Miss Puff n' Stuff, did you?" She says surprised with a smile on her face. I never wanted to choke out anyone this much until now.
"Geez, it's a miracle she even let you touch her. So much for standards, huh?" She scoffs.
My coagulated blood is boiling! I get within an inch of her face and my eyes were red. She strains her face back and nothing makes me happier than to see her in fear.
"Leave. Don't make me say it again."
I hear the door shut loudly behind us. I turn around and Fionna is fully dressed and out of my flannel. Her backpack is strapped on and she's clutching the straps tightly.
"Didn't know you had plans later. Don't let me cut in." She walks right past me so fast I could barely make out what she was saying.
"Fi, please don't go. Please! Let me explain this." The desperation in my voice got the best of me. I didn't want her to go. All I could think of was this was such bad timing. I honestly didn't know how to explain this but saying something was better than nothing at all.
"Yeah, stay with us, Goldie Locks. Maybe we could double date." Ashley laughed and was only making it worse. I shut my eyes hoping I was just imagining this. I open them and still see Fionna's eyes on the verge of tears.
"You forgot to mention that your ex was back in your life. I thought that she was banished out of all the nearby dimensions." Her voice was strained.
"Is that what he told you? Way to make me sound like a total criminal, Marshie! That bail was lifted off me years ago!" Ashley looks down and examines her nails carefully.
Fionna takes a step towards me and lowers her voice. "I know that you flirt with me and you think it's funny and everything but you didn't have to lie to me. About Ashley, about your 'heart being with me.' You didn't have to be such a dick about it."
I open my mouth but nothing comes out.
"And if you tell anybody about what happened tonight, you'll wake up with a sun roof come 6am. I already want to forget everything that's happened."
My heart dropped to my stomach. It was dark out but I could still manage to see a tear escape Fionna's eyes.
"Fionna. Please. It's not what it seems." My voice couldn't hold up anymore.
"Whatever, Marshie." She spat out with so much distain in her voice, just the sound of it pushed me away.
I wanted to go after her and explain but I knew she wouldn't believe me. I had already broken her trust. No matter how I explained it, she wouldn't like it. She would only see me as some heartless monster. She would only see me as a jerk who tried to get in to her pants. That's not at all what it was. For the first time in my thousand years of living, I come to reach something so unreachable and watch it slip away through my finger. But I have nobody to blame but myself. I chose to not tell Fionna how I felt about her. I had to wait this long and I have yet to still tell her everything. I chose to deal with her rejection by going to Ashley. I chose not to cut all ties with her when I should have. I chose to lie to her so I wouldn't be the one responsible for shattering her illusions.
How I wanted to go after her so badly. But I feared that I would only make it worse. I just kept going in circles over and over in my head on how to deal with it. The same conclusion of Fionna never trusting me again kept coming up as the same result.
I turn around to walk back inside. I walk up the stairs of my porch and push the door open. Just as Ashley was about to say something, I grip her throat.
"Come here uninvited again, I'll kill you." I let her go without breaking eye contact between me and my front door. Without a word she flies off. Of course I felt bad. I was feeling bad about a lot of things. But at this particular moment, I didn't care.
I shut the door behind me and I walk across the living room. I don't even bother to float. I climb up the latter and on to the floor of my bedroom. I trudge across the room and sit on my bed. I pull the blankets numbingly over my head and lay there. Regret washes over me letting it continue to numb the rest of me. Everything had escalated so quickly I couldn't believe it. I turn over and force my eyes shut hoping to fall back asleep and forget all of this. My nostrils fill with the scent of Fionna's skin that was left on the pillow. The numbness grows stronger as it vibrates through me while I quickly doze off into darkness.
