Chapter 10:

Homecoming

Marci's POV

"You have to wear a dress! It's Homecoming!" Bonnibel's hazel eyes went from pleading to begging. She's been bugging me for a whole week about not wanting to wear a dress.

"I'm going to be on stage, sweating and rocking out on my axe. I don't see the point in wearing a dress." I kind of like seeing her overreacting for little things like this; I guess I could wear a dress, but I'd be letting her win too easily.

"Come on Marci it's just one night." Her voice lowered, "You know, easy access for me." She whispered in my ear and ran her hand up my thigh. Mind you, we were eating lunch with Finn, Jake and Lady and I had just taken a big gulp of my water.

Water came rushing up my nose and I went into a full out cough attack. Finn, of course, found this hilarious and Lady yelled something to Bonni in Korean.

The wonderful sound of her giggling filled my eardrums, "I'm so sorry Marci, really, I am. I didn't mean for that to happen."

After a few minutes passed I finally composed myself and tried to wipe most of my spit water from the table. "You're starting to get brave." I leaned in towards her ear, "Don't worry, we'll fix that tonight." Her cheeks blushed so red that everyone at the table noticed.

After we finished our lunch Bonnibel had to continue her schedule pressed day. We had to subside our afterschool hangouts and before school visits, with the exception of me driving her to school, for a week. I missed her like crazy; this was her first cameo appearance at lunch and it wasn't for very long.

I walked her to the Student Body Room and my heart just didn't want her to go. "What time can you come over today?" I whined like a little kid, she gave me a little smile but no response.

"Come on, you can get ready at my place."

Still no word from the gorgeous girl in her pink blouse and short white skirt.

"I'll wear a dress."

"REALLY!?" Her eyes beamed with happiness, and she couldn't help but hold on to my hands.

"Hahaha, is that all it was going to take to get you over to my house?" I laughed, knowing this wasn't true.

She shook her head before she spoke, "No, but I wanted to surprise you."

I looked at her confused, "Surprise me with what?" She held up two pink sheets, they were early dismissal slips. "You mean?"

"Yeah, forget about 6th and 7th hour I'll be waiting by your car at 1 pm, is that okay?" Her eyes stared into mine; I had to agree with Finn, she is the raddest girlfriend ever.

However I was still confused as to how she was able to get away with approved dismissal slips for the both of us. "Yeah, but how did you manag…" The bell cut me off before I could finish my sentence.

Bonni gave me a quick hug before the hallways flooded with teenagers. "I asked your Dad." She turned into the Student Body Room and the door closed shut behind her. My mind was searching for a reaction but it never processed.

"...My Dad?" I blinked hard a few times then walked away to my 5th hour Band Class in a daze.

The whole time in band class the room was buzzing with conversations: Who's going to Homecoming with whom? What after parties sounded better then the other? And the rest were set on Finn, Jake and myself.

Most questions were about what style of music we chose to play and others were seeking a place into our band.

My attention stayed on the clock and I let Finn and Jake take over the questions; the whole hour passed by so slowly I just wanted to get the hell out of the classroom.

Once I heard the bell ring I made sure I was the first one out of the room and into the parking lot.

Bonni was sitting on the hood of my car with one of her legs bent and her attention was on a composition notebook resting on her thigh; there was no one else in the parking lot as I walked over to her quietly. With the way she was sitting I could see slightly down her shirt and I caught a glimpse under her skirt. I must've stood there with my mouth open like an idiot for a while because Bonni's laughter finally broke me from my trance.

"Are you ready?" My flustered appearance didn't help when I tried to act so calm.

We got to my house in a flash, and I helped Bonni get her things from the back of my car. I couldn't wait to see her in her dress tonight, also to perform but most of all to come back here together.

Everything was settled in my room and Bonni was already sitting on my bed. I removed my red and black striped sweater and lay on my back horizontally; my head was on her lap and one of my arms dangled off the foot side of the bed. She ran her fingers through my hair, I let my eyes roll back and enjoy the relaxation.

"Marci?" She spoke softly.

I moaned in response with my eyes still closed; I was in such a relaxed state from her fingers raking through my long black hair.

There was a small pause before she continued, "Do you think you can bite me again?"

This time I opened my eyes, I don't think I heard her correctly. "You want me to bite you?"

"Well, actually can you just give me another hickey?" She looked down at me; it wasn't a joke she was serious.

"But if I bite that's okay?" She nodded in agreement. Oh Glob, she was really getting me worked up.

Her pink cotton blouse was tossed to the side of my bed and she willingly removed everything else. I soon followed her lead; I was excited, but mainly scared. I couldn't help but wonder if I just couldn't control myself with her.

She put her arms around my neck and brought me down to the bed. I went around to the other side of her neck just to avoid causing her any discomfort. My lips kissed the soon to be victimized area and I ran the tip of my tongue against her sweet smelling skin.

Her entire body shivered and I could see the little strawberry blonde hairs raise on the back of her neck. The low sounds of her moaning drove me insane, I wanted to dive it and just get at her neck, but I needed to learn control. Her hands ran down my back and they caressed the soft skin on my bottom curves.

I sunk in my mouth, gentler then the last time, and I proceeded to suck on the side of her neck. Bonni squirmed a little, trying her best to maintain her composer. Her teeth began biting her bottom lips and she gave out short sharp grunts. I sucked a little harder and her moaning matched the intensity of the attention I was giving her.

Whatever little control I had was lost when Bonnibel trailed her fingers down between my legs. I could hear her moaning, she made these cute little noises and every time I felt I needed to ease up she would whimper a little 'no'. She managed to find my sweet spot and I totally lost it. Eventually I had to force myself off and make sure I didn't over do the hickey. It wasn't as bad as the last time but she was willing to let me continue.

"Are you sure you're okay?" I turned my attention to her supple pink breast; this time I heard a different sounding moan come from her diaphragm.

"Mmm-hmm"

My mouth found its way up to Bonni's soft warm lips, Bonnibel laid flat on her back and I mounted over her. Once again my attention was turned to her tender, already raw, neck. The sucking and kissing was matched by the way she bucked and grinded against me. We managed to find the 'right spot' and couldn't break away, my sucking eventually turned into biting and her little grunts became loud moans.

We simultaneously came and I could feel her go limp beneath me, I could barely hold myself up with my arms, and my body was shaking from the intensity we both experienced. Before I got the courage to look at the damage I had done, Bonnibel pulled me closer against her body.

"I can't be biting you this hard all the time," I finally looked over and saw the molds my teeth made on her skin, "I'm sorry babe."

I take such pleasure in biting her but then I automatically feel guilty once it's over and done with.

"I must be a weirdo for really liking this huh?" She ran her fingers against her new mark and smiled in my direction.

"No, it's really great you enjoy it. I just… I can't control myself with you, it's reckless and dangerous." I put my head down to her shoulder still trying to catch my breath.

"Then we just have to compromise on the amount I can received and how often, is that okay for you?" She began to run her fingers through my hair again and I melted in her hold.

"You're amazing, you know that?" My head left from its comfortable position and my lips kissed her cheek.

After we were able to stand again we decided to call Lady over so she could help Bonni with her make-up since it really wasn't my category. I hopped into a warm shower and came out with solid black tank top and navy blue boy briefs. Eventually I got myself into a red plaid flannel, I left the shirt unbuttoned and I pushed the sleeves up to my elbows. I was supposed to wear denim with the outfit but Ham decided they'd make a good bed, so instead I put on my black skinny jeans with holes.

Bonnibel worked her way down to the lower level with her things. Lady rang the bell right as we both got our clothes on. I opened the door for her and she greeted me in her tongue. She walked over to Bonni, who was pulling out her make-up and her dress.

"MARCELINE!" Was the only word I could make out as Lady yelled; she pushed Bonni's head to the side to revile my new mark.

They argued for a few minutes and all I could understand were Bonni's answers. "No it doesn't hurt… Well of course she does… Ugh, No Lady, you took that the wrong way… It's mutual we both enjoy it. Are you going to help me out or not?"

I slipped away to my room and grabbed my axe bass; I tuned the strings and played a few songs just for warm up. My effort to avoid the girls so they could have their 'girl talk' worked; they settled their difference by the time I made it down the stairs.

I stood there staring at Bonnibel all dolled up; the sides of her sundress moved easily as she turned to me, she gave me a half smile and greeted me. Her dress was mainly white, but all the trims and designs were that nice shade of pink the clouds fill up with when the sun comes up.

"Wow you look great" I moved over to her and wrapped my arms around her waist, "You look great too Lady" I stated while my eyes were locked on Bonni's as we stood in the middle of the floor holding each other.

Lady said something under her breath and Bonnibel gave her a little glare. I chose to ignore it this time, there was no use in fighting with Lady, and she meant a lot to Jake.

Once Hambo was fed we made our way to Finn and Jake's place. We arrived just in time to find everyone still packing away their instruments.

Bmo was trying to move the mixing board single handedly and I bolted to him after I parked my car.

"Need a hand macho man?" B's face was slightly annoyed but happily gave in to the extra hand.

"Yeah, thanks." He brushed off the dust from his turquoise dress shirt and removed the wrinkles from his white tie.

"You okay?" I could tell by his facial expression that he wasn't too sure about going to a high school dance.

"We're going to a dance, with older people. What am I supposed to do when you guys get on stage to play? I won't know anyone there." He leaned against his amplifiers and placed his favorite aqua headphones around his neck.

"Well you have me," Bonni came from behind me and leaned against the speakers with B, "Maybe you can dance a few songs with me?" Her hands folded in front of her lap and B tried to fight back the blush.

"Yeah, that'd be pretty awesome." He looked away smiling.

We could hear Neptr yelling at Bmo from inside the house; Bmo was about to sprint toward the house but halted before he left our sight, "Oh, by the way, you two look great."

Off he went into the tree house.

"You're too nice you know that?" I walked over to Bonni and gave her a quick peck on the lips; she shrugged and I couldn't hold back my smile.

"Come on everyone, let's rock the heck out of this dumb Homecoming!" I couldn't have asked for a better night, everyone cheered and packed everything into my car and Jake's truck.

Bonni put on our first Neptr produced CD and off we went to the Royal Court Country Club where in an hour 3,000 students will be dancing to our music.

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Bonni's POV

The sun began to set when we reached the Royal Courts. Marci and the band unloaded their things into the main hall and I wandered off to the nearby gardens to watch the sky blend the beautiful tones of orange and pink.

A nearby stone bench greeted me happily and I took a seat facing the hills were Marci and I occasionally disappeared into. I couldn't let the stress build up in me, this was the night I spent months preparing for and so much has happened since then.

My mind trailed off to Marceline, the beautiful girl I found hiding under the bleachers in gym class, and all the things we've already experienced. I smiled at the thought of her, but soon the smile subsided, I began to think about the rest of the year.

This was the first school dance of the year, I've gotten away with not going to the mandatory football games and getting a month off of AP Chemistry, but pretty soon the work is going to pile up. Meetings, study groups, projects, and mandatory occasions; after sorting things through my head I became overwhelmed.

My heart fought my sense of reason, trying to find a schedule to match my needs and wants.

"But I need Marci" I swore under my breath and felt the urge to cry, until I heard feet shuffling in the grass.

"There you are, why aren't you inside? …Hey are you okay?" Marceline stood in front of me, her eyebrows furrowed and her eyes looked worried.

"I'm just trying to relieve stress. How's everything indoors?" I pushed myself from the cold stone bench and walked beside my lover.

"Well why don't you see for yourself?" She held open one of the double doors and push back a velvet red curtain.

I gasped in pure awe; the room was glowing with twinkling lights that ran across the ceiling. Tables were covered in navy blue and white sheets and the flower centerpieces brought it all together. Half the room was a dance floor, and all along the walls food was being set in place.

"Bonni look." Marci's hand pulled me lightly in front of an elevated stage; there were lights, fog machines, the amplifiers were set up and the instruments were in place. "Isn't it awesome? A real stage." I saw her eyes light up and smile ran across her face; this was her night just as much as it was mine.

I took comfort in seeing her happiness, her smile instantly made me replicate her emotion.

Once again she tugged at my hand and lead me to a table, against the food wall, that I didn't authorize. It was a table, filled with candy, jars and jars of all sorts of sweets. On the side there were scoops and bags for everyone's enjoyment, I wasn't too sure how to react, it was amazing but how did this go under my nose?

"I hope you don't mind, I asked Pepper if I could give a small donation." Marceline's hand began twirling a lock of her black hair and her eyes fixated on the floor. There were no words I could say, just a hug, she gladly accepted my gesture and gave me my favorite half smile. "I have to go, we have sound check in 5 minutes and if I'm not there Neptr's going to blow a fuse."

Just like that, she jogged to the giant stage and hoisted herself up to meet with the boys.

No more band practice at Finn and Jake's place.

Marceline won't be able to come over to my house every day.

I could feel my heart sink a little. This was not the time or place to be thinking so negatively, but seeing how sad Marci got when she couldn't see me this whole week was unbearable. Mr. Mint came over to my direction and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"You alright there Bonnibel?" He was wearing a royal blue tux and his favorite red and white striped tie, of course. I shook my head and he directed me to a back room. "What's going on Bon-bon?"

Without warning my tears came pouring out, I fell into his arms sobbing like I did when I was 5 years old. "Now Bonnibel, pull yourself together. Cheer up, you can tell me all about it."

"I don't know what to do Pepper" I pulled away from him and my hands covered my face. "I have a wonderful relationship with Marceline, but I can't keep it up. Once tonight's over it's back to my crazy hectic schedule, not to mention finals and other bigger school dances." I looked up to meet his apathetic facial expression, he was thinking of the best parental advice to give me, but dating guidance never was his strongest field.

"I suppose if Marceline cares for you as much and you say she does," he paused and put his finger on his chin, "Then a little distance won't hurt her. You aren't going to push off school just to see her right?" His apprehension was well noted in his voice.

"Of course not, I have duties and responsibilities before I…" Where could I draw the line between my passion and my love? "I love her Pepper" My head hung down and I let go of the heavy sigh that was making my chest feel tight.

"Maybe you two should take a break." My eyes looked at him once again and he gave me a little shrug. "It's worth a shot isn't it? Not one gets hurt, no one gets disappointed."

"I don't know…" I began, but was shortly cut off.

"Look Bonnibel," Mint placed both his hands on my shoulders and looked directly in my hazel eyes, "Ultimately, this is up to you. All I can do is hope that I gave you good advice and that you can make a smart adult decision." He released his grip and wrapped his arms around me; Pepper pulled away and this time his voice became a little more stern, "If you can't agree to a decision that'll benefit the two of you then please make sure it'll benefit at least you."

I tried my best to wipe the tears from my eyes and once we were done with our little talk we made our way back into the dance hall. The doors were opened and I could see that a coupled hundred students had already arrived.

From afar I spotted Ember wearing a beautiful red-orange dress, her hair was pinned back and she was accompanied by an adult; just like her father and I agreed on. Beside her was Finn, who was trying to juggle his drumsticks to impress his new crush.

Within 5 minutes the dance hall was full on student; soon after I saw Bmo walk across the stage to his mixing board, Neptr dimmed the ballroom lights and switched on the stage lights. The young adolescent looked startled by the immense crowd, he let his aqua headphone hug one ear as he put a long black hose in his mouth. When he talked through it his voice was synthesized to sound like a little boy robot, "Who wants to play video games?" The silence was broken and immediately the sound of video game music filled the air.

A loud cheer roared from the crowd and everyone began to dance. There was a cold touch that grazed my arm and I knew it was Marci without even looking.

She stood beside me holding a beverage in each hand and stayed motionless with her eyes at the stage. "Can I tell you something?"

I leaned my head on her should with my eyes glued onto Bmo, "Of course you can."

She handed me the drink and she walked over to the nearest table; I tagged along behind her examining the ballroom as much as I could from my position and then sat on the chair beside her.

"I'm really nervous," Marceline's eyes went from her cup to the floor.

"You're nervous?" I questioned her statement and she nodded before her eyes meet mine. My hand quickly found hers under the table her mood noticeably changed; her fingers fiddled in my hold and she gave a low chuckle.

"Well not anymore. So I wanted to ask before, how did you and Finn end up asking Ember to Homecoming?"

"He wanted to do something with fire." I rolled my eyes, remembering that day.

"What a psycho, is he trying to get himself killed?" She laughed playfully and let her hold on me loosen a little; she finally took a drink from her cup.

I shrugged and shook my head, "Honestly, I was a bit skeptical, but you know Finn and his cute puppy dog face he gives." My eyes widen trying to match Finn's infamous look; Marci took one look at me and almost spat up her drink.

"You have to stop doing that, my poor nose." She scrunched and rubbed her nasal cavity. I forgot we were out in public and I leaned in to kiss her little nose. We both looked around trying to make sure we remained undetected; the coast was clear.

"Anyways, I was able to sneak into Pepper's lab and pull out a few Bunsen burners. I gave them each a small portion of calcium chloride, potassium chloride, copper chloride, and boric acid to throw in the fire."

Poor Marceline, I think I stepped off to "Nerd Land" because her pretty face looked so baffled. I translated the foreign lanuage to her, "I gave them metallic salts to make makeshift fireworks."

"Wow, does that really work?" She seemed interested but then her eyes looked troubled, "Weren't you scared of being around an open flame with her?"

"Yes is does work, it's a little trick Pepper taught me when I was 7." This time I took a drink from my cup.

"To be honest, I was terrified but my concern quickly subsided when I saw her manipulating the flame; she's actually very skilled and cautious. Finn, on the other hand, almost burned his face off." We laughed and continued our little talk before Marceline got her cue to go on stage. "Good luck Babe." I squeezed her hand before I let her go.

It was amazing seeing her on stage, she was completely in her element and you could tell by the energy she gave off. I've never seen such a large crowd of people engaging with a musical performance, I guess I have, but watching the town's orchestra was nothing compared to this.

People were dancing, bobbing their heads and holding their hands up in the air. There was cheering after every song and it felt like I was at a rock concert; well my idea of what I thought a rock concert would look like.

Bmo shouted for me and I could see a few girls surrounded him, he was paralyzed and most likely a little bewildered from the fame he was receiving.

I walked over to save him and he gratefully thanked me. "Thanks a lot. So how'd I do?"

"You were amazing B!" His eyes lit up at my honest comment, and he gave me an awkward side hug, "Ready to dance?"

He nodded and off we went to the dance floor. Marci spotted us in the giant sea of teenagers and gave us a small wave.

The night continued and by the last hour I was exhausted. The entire band was on stage performing their self-made music so I decided to take a stroll around the perimeter of the grand hall.

My attention turned to the back of the room where a tall man with jet-black hair and a neatly pressed suit was leaning against the wall. I quickly approached him; his head was lowered and I could see that his eyes were closed.

"Are you enjoying your evening Mr. Abadeer?" He allowed one coal black eye to open and gave me the same half smile Marci gives me.

"Very much so," He detached himself from the wall and allowed himself to stand straight, "She plays beautifully." His eyes were in the direction of Marceline, and he gave out a slight sigh.

"She's very passionate about her music" I saw Mr. Abadeer nodded in agreement from the corner of my eye while we stood in the back staring at Marci who was giving a very proud bass solo.

"Yes. Just like her mother."

There was very little talk about Marci's mother, so hearing this was a little unexpected. I'm pretty sure Marceline would have loved to hear that.

"Thank you for the invitation Bonnibel, I should be on my way. You can never tell what will set her off you know" He took my hand gently and gave a small bow; he turned around and disappeared from the room.