Withdrawals...updating withdrawals...I'm posting this during class...zomg I missed this! XD and DUDE! SO. MANY. REVIEWS. I love you all! =) Here's chapter 9
A Demonic Guardian Angel
Chapter 9
Expression Through Music
"What're you doing here?" Marshall asked quickly wiping his face dry.
"Can't I come to check up on my son?"
"I've been on my own for six months and you haven't so much as called. What are you doing here?"
"Doctor Petrikov said that it would be with in my best interest as a parent to come check up on you." So it hadn't even been her own thinking to check up on him, someone had to tell her to…
"I'm fine." Marshall said sitting up and swinging his legs over the side of the bed.
"Marshall every entry along with doctor Petrikov's notes are sent to me every evening. According to him you've fallen into a depression and from what I've read I don't doubt it. Now you're going to get dressed and you're going down stairs and you and I are going for a walk to talk about what's going on."
"We're going on a walk?" Marshall asked skeptically.
"Yes Marshall a walk you're as pale as a ghost and sunlight will do you some good." His mom said in a serious voice with her arms crossed.
"A walk…heh…ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME KILLED!? Seriously how do you keep forgetting this!? I'm your son and you can't even remember this one very important thing about me!" Marshall ran his hands through his hair groaning in frustration. "You know what? Even when he's dead Dad's there for me more than you are! Even though he's gone I can feel him with me and I know he listens to me when I speak to him, but you… You're the one who needs daily freekin Psych appointments not me! God I wish I'd have never been born." He growled burying his face in his hands as he tried to calm his anger.
"Yeah? Well that makes two of us." His mom snapped, and just like that he'd lost the ability to breathe and quickly looked up at his mother unable to hide the pained hurt look on his face as he stared at her. She'd covered her mouth with her hand and her eyes were wide with shock and regret from what she'd just said. "Marshall I-I didn't mean-
"Just get out of my house." He said in a defeated voice as he hung his head, it was true, even his own mother didn't want him.
"Marshall…"
"Just get out." He growled glaring at the dark haired woman who stared haughtily at him.
"Marshall it's because of me you have this house. You can't throw me out of it."
"You signed for it because I was under age the second I turned 18 it became mine. My father paid for it with the money he left for me and it's because of him that I'll never have to worry about where my next meal is coming from or where I'll stay or live. Because of my father I want for nothing. There's only two things I want in this world and one of them is for you to just leave me alone."
"Fine then. And the other?"
"It's none of your business."
"Whatever, I tried to help you in every way I could but you only prove just how much of your father's child you are."
"Like I'm insulted to hear that?! I'm proud to be my father's son! I'm proud to have his name. Don't you ever forget it! He taught me to have respect for everyone, and the only reason I have any sort of respect for you is because you brought me into this world, but that's just it, you birthed me, but you never gave me my life, you never showed me a parent's love like he did, you never showed me music or art or what it means to be loved! For years more than anything I wanted to know what it felt like to have you love me, but every time you were nothing b ut a disappointment and a waste of my time. I should have known better! A demon would love its child more than you love me and I swear if you don't get out I'm going to stand outside until I burn to death, which will only take about an hour and if you don't think I will try me."
"Ok, I understand, I get it-
"Do you!?" he shouted breathing heavily, all of this was just too much today.
"Yes Marshall I get it, I'm leaving but when you're ready to talk-
"Like that'll happen."
"You have my number." Turning on her heel Marshall watched as she stormed from his house only walking from his room when he heard the front door slam shut. With a sigh Marshall made his way down the stairs and grabbed an apple from the fridge. He'd get a doctor's note from Simon tonight, the man already promised him one for missing school...he wasn't going back to normal hours, Marshall had decided to start night classes instead. Heading back upstairs Marshall flopped on the bed again and his eyes caught the cell phone as his brow furrowed, he didn't know he had a voicemail. Grabbing his phone he dialed the number and entered his password and was greeted with a voice that made him grin for the first time in more than a week.
"Marsh! Dude I've been trying to remember your number for forever! They took my phone and gave me a new one with a new number and all that dumb stuff. I really really miss you Marshall. But the foster family they put me with is really nice. I'm in Carver, same state ummm it's Swisper street I believe, we're the only yellow house with a white picket fence. It's cheesy I know but this place isn't so bad Marshall. If you could come visit me down here that would be awesome. I miss you…ummm hold on and I'll give you my number for this dumb cell phone, most of the time I just want to set it on fire." He could hear her rustling around until finally she recited the new number for her cell phone, then the house phone which it seemed that she'd called from. "I really miss you Marshall, I hope you call me soon…I miss hearing your voice Marsh, and I really really miss you. Bye." Hearing the message Marshall was grinning from ear to ear. Suddenly an idea popped into his head and grabbing some of his dad's old recording equipment he set up his dad's guitar and began playing it, singing the song he'd written for her.
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It had been a week and a half since she called Marshall and honestly Fionna was really really bummed that he hadn't called or texted or at least left her a message. It was Saturday and as she lounged around the house her foster mother Ellen called for her and Immediately Fionna hurried over.
"There you are Fionna, you have mail, this just came in for you."
"I have mail? But nobody knows that I'm here…" taking the package Fionna felt her heart skip a beat the address on the package simply stated "big yellow house with white picket fence on Swisper street." Hurriedly she opened it and pulled out a DVD. She quickly glanced at her foster mom.
"There's a DVD player in the family room." Nodding Fionna hurried down the stairs, Ellen following after her at a much more reasonable pace. Fionna skipped every other step and narrowly avoided her foster father who was grabbing a drink from the mini fridge, the TV was on some kind of CSI type show but Fionna paid no mind looking around until she found the DVD player putting the disk in. Ellen entered the room just as Steve swapped the channel so the video could be seen. When it finally played they watched as a scowling face messed with the camera and immediately Fionna laughed seeing her friend's face. Finally he set it up.
"All right let's get this evil thing recording…wait a sec…son of a…*sigh* whatever." He said with a shrug. "Looks like you've got bloopers now. Hey Fi, you're listening to and seeing the totally awesome and crazily handsome Marshall Lee. Miss me yet?" he asked with a grin as he rubbed the back of his head. "Heh, you probably do because I sure miss the hell outta you. So yeah I wanted to send this to you before I called you so you could have a copy of the awesomeness I've created. But before you experience the Marshall magic let me tell you how it came to be. So I missed my appointment after you left and my doctor came to visit me instead cool turn around huh? So he talked and he said some stuff that I'm not really gonna go into but he made me realize something. Fionna the reason I felt the way I did when you left is because I actually like you, shocker huh?" Marshall said with an anxious laugh. "But what I'm trying to say is that I really like like you…but you know that I'm better with music so I wrote you a song, so I hope you like it because this is how I feel about you." He said reaching over for his guitar as he began strumming a melody.
"Oh Fionna, I know this love is new,
I barely know ya
And I've fallen over you.
It's the way you do, the things you do
That made me fall in love with you
Fionna, are you in love with me too?" hearing this the blonde beamed her face tinged pink, and closing her eyes she listened to the song imagining that he was here singing the song to her for just a moment before opening them again to watch as he continued singing.
"She had a cat named Cake and a little bit of this
And it's all she needs to live
I got a little bit of love and a rent-a-kitty here
And it's all I have to give
Now I'll try to show her
That I'm never letting go!
Oh Fionna I know this love is new,
I barely know ya
And I'm falling over you
It's the way you do, the things you do
That made me fall in love with you
Fionna, are you in love with me too?
I'm in love with you, are you in love with me too?" The chords of the guitar slowly faded out and once again Marshall spoke, though now his face was a bit pinker. "Like I said and now I'm just being complicated, that song said for me what I can't say, so even though I said it I hope you understand the song and I'm hoping you feel the same way because you have my heart guts and I hope I have yours. Call me when you get this ok? Laters." He said with a wink to the camera, just before he could shut it off Marshal began yelling.
"Ahh ahh! Demon spawn! Cut it the hell out Cake! Dude your cat's evil!" he shouted snatching the orange and white cat around the middle. "There you go say hi to Fionna before I stuff and mount you on my wall as a trophy you wench." Marshall said in a sickly sweet voice holding Cake towards the camera
"Merowr?"
"Ok you said hi, happy? Now be gone!" he said tossing the cat gently to the side. "I look forward to hearing from you Fi." He said with a smile as the video went black.
"Oh Fionna that song was beautiful!" Ellen said with a beaming smile to her foster daughter who was grinning like a fool.
"You know he sounds and looks very similar to his father he could probably remake a few of his songs and have them be a hit." Steve said thoughtfully. Fionna dug through her pockets pulling out her phone scrolling until she reached Marshall's name and hit call listening as it rang twice before it was picked up.
"Hey, I was wondering when you'd call me."
"Marshall, I love the song, I love the video, and I…I think I'm in love with you too…" she said softly into the phone. "l miss you so much Marshall…And if you ever threaten to stuff and mount Cake again I'll kick your buns into next week!"
"Hey I'll say it all day because for you to 'kick my buns into next week' you gotta be here to do it." Fionna could just hear the smirk in his voice, and for the first time since she moved she smiled a genuine smile.
Yay for chapter 9! This one made me happy! oh and I have BIG plans for the next chapters! Mwahahahahah we'll see someone again really soon until then later guys!
Oh and the song that Marshall sang is just some of Dakota by a Rocket To The Moon with the words tweaked a bit to fit the situation. It's mostly the chorus but it fit wonderfully.