Fionna hung up the phone and ran downstairs. Marshall Lee slept soundly on the couch. She walked over and shook his arm.
"Marshall. Get up its important!" Fionna said frantically. But much to her disdain he waved her off with a grunt. "IT'S BLAZE!"
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?" Marshall Lee yelled without getting up.
"Blaze is at the hospital. We need to get down there!"
"What happened?"
"I don't know but he said get there quick." Fionna said. "I'm gonna go get ready. Give me like five minutes."
"Alright." Marshall Lee pulled his jeans on and his red and black plaid shirt. Slipping his red shoes on, he looked up as Penny came downstairs.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"Somewhere where naughty little brunettes can't go."
"Cut the crap dick head and give it straight." Penny snapped. Marshall Lee, taken aback by this, sends a glare her way.
"You do know that I can tell Fionna and Finn that you aren't some innocent little girl. That you're a she-devil pretending to be one." Marshall Lee threatened in a low voice.
"She won't believe you. Finn especially won't. I'll make sure of it."
"Try me."
She didn't believe a bit of his BS. They both knew that she had Marshall under her thumb. Because one, she could tell the authorities that he's staying with them and two, she had this little kid gig going on. Finn wouldn't believe a drop of his crap.
He stood up and walked around her and grabbed his bass. "You're a little badass you know that?" He said irritated. She puffed out her cheeks and kicked his leg.
"OW! WHAT THE HELL!?" Marshall Lee yelled grabbing his leg. "You little-"
"FINN! FIONNA! MARSHALL LEE HIT ME!" Penny cried out laying down on the floor like she was in intense pain and pitching her left cheek so that it was red. Finn and Fionna came running downstairs and looked at the scene before them.
"Are you okay Penny?" Finn asked. "Where are you hurt?"
"You can't hit little girls dude. That's like kicking puppies!" Fionna said. Marshall Lee stood in shock at how gullible they were. They actually thought he'd hit her.
"What!? She hit me in my leg!" Marshall protested.
"Uh huh, and then why are you holding your bass up like you hit her with it and she's on the floor?" Fionna asked.
"I-" He put his arm down and sighed. "She did that herself! She's got you guys fooled and you don't even realize it!"
"Marshall do I look like I was born yesterday!?"
"I don't know! You tell me!"
"My cheek is red from where he slammed his bass into it." Penny sobbed.
"What the hell is wrong with you? That's sick!" Finn said shaking his head.
"SHE'S LYING YOU IDIOTS!" Marshall Lee yelled.
"Oh so now you're calling us names!?" Fionna yelled.
"Fuck this! I'm going to the hospital to check on Blaze." Marshall Lee said walking towards the door.
"How are you even gonna get there if you can't drive!?" "Ever heard of walking!?"
The door slammed shut and they continued to help Penny.
Marshall Lee walked towards the hospital shaking his head and kicking a stray soda can with his good foot.
' How can Fionna be so oblivious to that stupid little girl shit!? I know she knows better!' Marshall thought. He walked up to the bus stop and walked inside when the bus pulled up. He handed the driver a dollar and told him where he planned to stop. After getting his receipt he walked to the back of the bus and grabbed the railing to keep steady.
He was about to pull out his phone when he heard a girl crying in the seat next to him.
She had sickly pink hair with rosy cheeks. Her purple eyes were watery with tears as her eyeliner washed away with them.
He couldn't help but wonder why she was upset, he was just that kind of dude. Wouldn't hurt to know right?
"You okay?" He asked sincerely. She looked up at him and immediately he recognized her.
"I remember you. You're my older brother's friend right? Marshall Lee?" She said.
"Used to be his friend. The guy practically avoids me like the plague now. Says I'm to rowdy for his taste or whatever. And he's too stuck up. No offense."
"None taken." She said with a small laugh. "You probably don't remember me. Does Bonnibel ring a bell?"
"Yeah I remember you. You used to sit on the back porch when Bubba, Blaze, and I used to play football when we were younger." Marshall Lee said.
"Yeah. I used to have this huge crush on you." Bonnibel said with a laugh.
"If only things were as good as they were back then." Marshall said. "So why were you crying?"
"Oh. I forgot you saw that. My father just passed."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. Those were actually tears of joy mixed with sadness. The man was a lunatic. He was trying to force me into going to Yale next year. Could you believe that?"
"You're smart. You can go go whatever school you want anyway. You're in the magnet program."
"Thank you." Bonnibel said blushing profoundly. Marshall Lee smirked and shook his head.
"Still crushing on me huh Bonnie?"
"Oh shut up." Bonnibel looked through the window.
"You got a British accent going for you now?"
"Yeah. I spent a year in England as an exchange student to learn a new culture. Wasn't too different." No one said. She looked away from the window. "So where are you stopping?"
"Hospital. Blaze has some stuff going on down there. Fionna never told me why though. She and Finn are kind of mad at me right now."
"Finn!? As in Finn Mertins!?" Bonnie asked.
"Yeah why?" Marshall asked.
"Nothing. So do you mind if I come with you? I haven't spoken to Blaze in a while nor Idris."
"I don't care. He'd be happy to see you anyway."
They both got off at their stop and headed inside. After signing in they went to the second floor to room 203. They walked in to see Blaze with an orange cast in his wrist and Idris huddled up in a blanket with a bandage on her left cheek.
"Whoa, did you guys get hit by a bus or something?" Marshall Lee asked trying to lighten the mood. Blaze looked up at Bonnie.
"Sup Bluebell."
"I can not believe you're still calling me that." Bonnibel said taking a seat in one of the guest chairs.
"What's up with the accent?" Blaze asked.
"England for a year."
"Oh."
"What happened to you guys? You look terrible?" the pink haired asked.
Blaze sat for a solid thirty minutes telling the sorrowful tale. Bonnie appeared sick to her stomach throughout. Marshall Lee just shook his head in shock and appeared somewhat angry.
When he was finished, Idris was in tears. She sobbed softly into the covers draped across her shoulders. Bonnie hugged her. "I'm so sorry you had to go through that Dris. You didn't deserve it." She said softly with a few tears streaking down her face.
"I saw it coming! I should have...said something!" Idris sobbed. She turned to Blaze. "Its all my fault!"
"Come on sis. No it's not." Blaze said reassuringly.
"The man's locked up Dris, you'll be fine." Marshall said. "Where's your mom anyway man?"
"She wasn't home. The police contacted her when she was leaving her friend's house." Blaze said.
"She's down at the station." Idris finished.
"Would you all like a ride there? I live two blocks away. I can run down there real quick if someone accompanied me." Bonnibel offered.
"Sure."
"I'll go with you." Marshall Lee said standing.
"Then it's settled. We'll be back in a few minutes. We can all go to my place." Bonnie stated.
"You sure your folks won't be mad since its practically early in the morning?"
"Nah, Mom's out of town with my grandmother and Bubba is sleeping over at a friend's house. The house is mine."
"Alright. See you in a minute." Marshall Lee said to the twins walking out of the room behind Bonnie.
They walked out of the hospital into the early March morning. Bonnie wore a pink sun dress with pale pink leggings. Her white short sleeved jacket that stopped a few inches below he chest matched her white combat boots. She obviously didn't blend in with the night. At this Marshall Lee chuckled softly.
"What?" Bonnie asked when she noticed this.
"You're dressed for the day. You stick out." Marshall Lee laughed.
"It will be morning in a couple of hours. I'll be fine, it's just..." She glanced at her pink wrist watch. "Four in the morning."
"If it makes you happy." Marshall Lee mumbled. They turned a corner and walked down the street where the rich people lived. "Now that you're back, what high school do you plan to go to?"
"I don't know. I have a choice now. Public school will suffice perfectly." Bonnie said with a shrug.
They walked up the driveway of her three story house. Marshall Lee noticed a figure in the corner of his eye. He turned to see Bonnie look up at the boy across the street. He had sandy blond hair and was built, yet the same height as Marshall Lee.
"Hey Bonnibel." He shouted over. He walked over to his car.
"Hello Mark. It has been a while." She replied digging in her satchel bag for her keys.
"You caught the accent in England huh?"
"Yeah, it suits me." She said.
"I'll see you later." He said getting into his Mercedes Benz.
"Bye." She shouted as he drove off. She turned to see slightly irritated Marshall. "What?"
"Is he a friend of yours?" He muttered as she opened the door.
"Yeah why-" Realization struck her, causing her to smirk. "Marshall Lee Abadeer! Are you jealous!?"
"Pfft! No! I just don't like him is all." He said turning away from her.
"Ha. "
"Shut up."
She walked into the kitchen and got her car keys off the key rack. They walked back out and got into her white Ferrari. It smelled sweet like candy. Then again, she smelled always of the sickly sweet scent.
She started the engine and drove down the road. It was then that she truly noticed the cast on Marshall' s foot and wrist.
"What happened to you there?" She asked.
"Motorcycle accident." He simply said.
"Only you would." Bonnie said shaking her head playfully. "So about this Finn. Did he ever...mention me?"
"No why?"
"We used to...we used to date before I left. He was crushing on me and I finally realized that I loved him too. Then I had to go to England and...He just..we just started fighting and I eventually broke up with him. I was always so mad at him for the stuff he said, that by the time I got on the plane to leave, I realized that-I still love him."
"Whoa. Well he isn't seeing anyone that I know of. You'll be alright." Marshall Lee said.
"Do you think he'll still like me with this accent and how I've changed..." Bonnie said quickly.
"I still think you're awesome Bonnie. You'll be fine."
"Thanks Marshall Lee. So how's your mom?"
...
Bonnie noticed the anger written across his face. His eyes showed a hint of sadness. Had she passed away?
"She's not dead is she?" Bonnie asked.
"I wish. At least the pain will hurt lesser than the one I'm feeling now." He said.
"What happened?"
"She signed me up for therapy and practically said that she didn't want me. That she wished I hadn't even been born. That hurt coming from her. I thought she still had a little drop of love for me left. I guess I was wrong." Marshall Lee said with a shrug. He wanted to be nonchalant about it, but Bonnie could tell he wasn't all there.
"Oh Marshy she still loves you. She's your mom. Mom's have to love there kids. There programmed that way." Bonnie said softly.
"Not her. She practically wants me as her pawn. She wants me to 'Be the mayor and take over LA like her.'" Marshall Lee said using his fingers as air quotes.
"But that doesn't mean that she doesn't love you. Parents just want their kids to grow up like them and be successful. That's all she wants. She doesn't hate you."
"Whatever."
Bonnie sighed and drove into the parking lot of the hospital and headed inside with Marshall Lee closely behind her. They went back to the room and checked the twins out. On their way back down they ran into the strawberry blond that was their mother. She looked them both up and down and brought them in for a hug.
"Oh Dris! I'm so sorry you had to go through that! I should have left him sooner! And Blaze..." She pulled away and put a grateful hand on bis shoulder. "Thank you for putting that fucking bastard in jail. He's been abusing us for too long. I couldn't be anymore thankful."
"I thought you hated us?" Blaze asked confusedly.
"I never did. I was just too scared to stand up to him. And when I did he'd hit me. It just so happens that my friend is a lawyer. I'm divorcing your father and getting us a new home. The house holds to many bad memories."
"Finally!"
The strawberry blond pulls then in for a hug with years falling from her eyes. Bonnie, not wanting to spoil the beautiful family moment, taps Idris on her shoulder and let's her know they are leaving. They walked out into the early dawn and drove down the road.
"So where did you say you live again?"
"LA Beach Apartments." Marshall answered.
"Got your own place now huh?" Bonnie asked.
"Nah it's just that a friend of mine won't let me leave until my casts are gone and I'm completely healed."
"Oh, here we are then." Bonnie said pull in into the parking lot. They walked up the steps to the second floor and knocked on the door.
After a few seconds, the happy go lucky blond Marshall Lee had come to love appeared in the doorway.
"Marsh I'm sooo so so so so so sorry to not believing you. We finally realized she was lying after realizing that if you did hit her with your bass, here face would be broken. Finn kind of put her on punishment. I'm sooooooo sorry Marshall!" Fionna said hugging him tightly.
"Its alright blue. No hard feelings." He said pulling away from her. Fionna' s eyes darted to pink headed girl beside Marshall Lee. "Who's this?"
"Oh, Fionna, this is one of my closest friends Bonnibel. Bonnie, this is the girls I was talking about, Fionna." Marshall Lee said.
"Hello." Bonnie said with a smile and a polite wave.
"We've met before haven't we?" Fionna asked.
"Yeah, I used to go out with your older brother when I stayed in Phoenix with my dad."
"Oh yeah! He was a wreck for a few days ad he You guys broke up. He still talks about you every now and again."
"That's good to know. Is it okay if I talk to him?"
"Sure. The third room on the right upstairs."
"Thank you." Bonnie said walking in behind Marshall Lee.
Marshall Lee sat down on the couch and let's out a long sigh. Fionna sat down beside him and watched him play his bass.
A knock on the door made Finn sit up in bed after trying to get a few extra hours of sleep. He got out of bed and pulled on a decent pair of pants. His shirt was no where to be found. Not like he needed one, it wasn't the president at the door anyways.
He got up and opened the door and came face to face with the love of his life.
She hadn't changed. The same sweet candy smell still radiated off of her. The same long bright pink hair fell past her shoulders and stopped somewhere behind her back. The same purple eyes that yearned for thrills and excitement stared back at him. She was there. Bonnie Woldimichael actually was standing in front of him with her mouth agape.
"Hi." She said in a British accent. It suited her. It only made his heart flip even more.
"Hi." He managed to say. He felt a lump form in his throat. He was always like this around her.
"I've missed you Finn."
"I-uh...I missed you too."
"I'm-" She walked into his room when he move out of the way to let her in. She sat down on the edge of the bed and he followed suit. "I'm sorry about leaving you. I knew your past and how you didn't need another heartbreak. I was selfish." Bonnie said.
"I'm the selfish one Bonnibel. Me. I know you were only doing what your father was telling you to do. I was being selfish and I shouldn't have yelled at you for it. It just that I was in love with you." Finn said with his cheeks tinged pink like Bonnie's.
"The truth is Finn...I'm still in love with you. I realized that the whole year I was in England. I couldn't get you out of my mind. I got butterflies just thinking about you. Those little petty crushes I used to have on some of the guys meant nothing to the feelings I get when you're around me." Bonnie said with her eyes shining.
"I...I still love you too." Finn said pulling her in for a hug. When he pulled away, their eyes met. Only a few inches separated their faces. Finn closed the gap by pressing his lips on hers. She tasted of candy and was sweet. Bonnie never felt so happy with him. They were together again.
Nothing could change that.
So sweeeet!
I love romance! Especially since I'm in love myself now! No more depression! A week is enough!
See ya!
~nevermore543