I woke up the next day immediately anxious. Lilly was coming over today. Bonnie and I went through our regular morning routine and it's all I could think about. My ex-girlfriend and my current girlfriend were going to be in a room together. That just sounded like a complete nightmare. I felt like I couldn't calm down waiting for her to get here. If I was able to walk I'm sure I'd be pacing across the floor. We heard a knock on the door and Bonnie got up to answer it. I was so nervous I felt like I was going to vomit.

"Hey, I'm Bonnie! Nice to meet you."

"I'm Lilly. It's nice to meet you too."

Hearing her voice shot me right back to high school when I first saw her. The memory was so vivid. I was sitting in the back of my class with one headphone in trying to ignore everyone and everything the teacher was saying. She was late and all the other seats in class were taken except for the one next to me. Her long red hair was curled that day and she was wearing a hoodie with one of my favorite bands on it. Her eyes were like emeralds and she had cute little freckles splashed all over her face. When she walked back and sat next to me I had to try very hard not to drool all over my desk.

Bonnie walked in with Lilly trailing behind her. She looked just as stunning as the first day I met her. The only thing changed was her hair, which was once down to her butt was now cut short, just barely getting past her chin. Her face lit up when she saw me and she ran over and gave me an awkward hug.

"Marceline it's been so long!" she whispered.

"I know, it feels like it's been 20 years." I replied.

She let me go and plopped down in the arm chair next to the couch. Bonnie took the seat next to me and rested her head on my shoulder. It kind of felt like she was trying to mark her territory.

"So, where's Marshall? I haven't seen him in forever." She asked, looking around my house.

"He's out running errands. He should be back soon." Bonnie said.

Lilly glanced at her for a second and then her eyes quickly returned to me.

"So, what happened to you? You've gotta tell me everything!"

"It was kind of traumatic so she might not want to tell it." Bonnie interjected.

Lilly's eyes never left me but I saw a twinge of annoyance flash across her face for a brief second. I didn't understand why Bonnie was acting like this. Normally whenever she met someone new she was so sweet and charming but this was just odd. Maybe her jealousy was getting the best of her.

"No, it's ok. I feel comfortable telling her. My ex-boyfriend attacked me at my work parking lot at knife point and forced me to get in my car with him and drive. He made me pull over and let him drive and then he told me he was going to kill me then himself up in the mountains and while we were driving up there we got in a car accident. We crashed through a barrier and rolled down the side of the mountain. He was thrown from the car and he died."

Lilly's jaw dropped and she grabbed my hand. "I'm so sorry, that's terrible! I'm glad you're ok!"

"It's ok. I survived that's all that matters."

"Thank god."

She held my hand for a couple of seconds and squeezed before letting go. I could feel Bonnie's eyes burning a hole into my face. Oh yeah, I was gonna hear about that one later.

"How long have you two been together?" Lilly asked, gesturing between Bonnie and I.

"A few months." Bonnie snapped.

"That's cute. How did you meet?"

Lilly had an odd smirk on her face so I knew she could tell Bonnie was hating this. You could have cut the tension in the room like a knife.

"I went to her art show with a friend of mine and met her there. It was basically love at first sight." I cooed, turning and kissing Bonnie on the cheek.

She beamed but Lilly's smirk disappeared. I guess she didn't like that answer coming out of my mouth. Both of them were acting like jealous little middle school girls and I was already annoyed by it.

"Are you seeing anyone?" I asked.

"Nope. I just got out of a relationship about six months ago and ever since then I've just been doing my own thing."

Bonnies phone rang and she got up off the couch.

"It's my mom. I'm gonna go outside and take this." She said, giving me a kiss on the cheek before walking out the front door.

I watched her walk out and then turned to Lilly. She looked like she was holding back from something she wanted to say.

"Where do you live now? Are you-"

"Marceline I'm still in love with you." Lilly blurted out.

"Excuse me what?" I gasped.

She nodded urgently and grabbed my hand again.

"I haven't been able to shake the feelings I have for you since you left. I was completely devastated, it destroyed me. I've wanted to reach out to you for years but I figured you didn't want anything to do with me. Then I saw the news about your accident and I was so worried you died and the last time I saw you we were in a fight…"

I jaw dropped and I just stared at her. What could I even say to that?

"When I found out you were alive I had to talk to you again. I had to tell you how I felt about you. I was hoping we could get back together but then you told me you had a girlfriend. But I still stand by my feelings. I love you Marceline, I always have. I want you back."

"Lilly…I-"

"I know you have a girlfriend but I know you still have some sort of feelings for me. What we had was beautiful and amazing and I know it could be like that again. Everyone else I dated after you was just a distraction. I couldn't be with them because I want to be with you. Please, give me another chance."

I pulled my hand away from her and stared at the ground. Of course I loved her. She was my first love and she would always have a place in my heart for the rest of my life. But what I had with Bonnie was unlike anything I'd ever experienced in my life, even with Lilly. I was a completely different person from the time I was with Lilly so how did she even know if she still loved me? She just loved the idea of me.

"Lilly, you need to leave." I muttered.

"What?"

I looked up at her and she looked completely shocked. Did she really think I would leave my girlfriend for her?

"You need to leave. I was fine with you coming over here when I thought you wanted to catch up as friends but you just waited till my girlfriend left us alone to tell me you're still in love with me. Clearly you don't respect my relationship and that hurts. I do love you, you'll always be in my heart but I'm not in love with you anymore. I'm in love with my girlfriend, who was nice enough to be cool with you coming over knowing our history. It's disrespectful. Please leave."

Lilly started to cry. She looked mad now.

"That's all you can say? After everything we've been through you're saying this to me?" She sobbed.

"I'm sorry."

"Fuck you!" She spat.

She got up and ran out the front door. Shortly after, Bonnie walked back inside. She also looked like she'd been crying.

"I heard everything." She muttered.

"What?"

"I heard her tell you she was still in love with you. I was going to come back in when I heard that so I stayed by the door and listened. I heard what you said back too." She came over and buried her face into my neck. "I love you so much."

I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her head. I'm sure it wasn't easy for her to hear all of that.

"I love you too."

"Did you mean it? What you said? You're not in love with her?" She mumbled.

"Yes. It took me a long time to get over her but I did. I love you Bonnibel and only you. I'm sorry she did that. I didn't think that was going to happen."

Bonnie pulled back and smiled. She kissed me all over my face and rested her head on my shoulder. I'd already been away from Bonnie once and that was a nightmare, I wasn't letting her go ever again.

"Will you marry me?" I whispered.

The words left my mouth before I could even stop myself. I felt Bonnie's body stiffen and she slowly moved so she could look me in the eye.

"What did you say?" she asked softly.

"Will you marry me?"

She studied my face for what felt like forever before a smile formed on her face.

"Of course I'll marry you!"

I grabbed her face and kissed her eagerly. She kissed me back and I could feel her smiling. We both started to cry and just kept kissing through our tears. Bonnie pulled away and grabbed my face in her hands.

"What a time to propose." She laughed.

I blushed. "I know I'm sorry I just couldn't hold it in anymore. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I never wanna be apart from you again."

"Marceline, I love you so much!"

Marshall walked through the door and immediately covered his eyes.

"Woah, guys! Please get a room!" He laughed.

"We're engaged!" I cried.

Marshall uncovered his face and grinned. "No shit? Congratulations!"

We spent the rest of the day texting our friends and family and looking up wedding ideas. The second I got the cast off we were going to go buy rings. Both my dad and Bonnie's parents offered to pay for the wedding and the honeymoon as soon as we told them. When my dad offered that I burst into tears again. Maybe he wasn't completely cool with it but he must know how happy Bonnie made me.

I missed my mom so much in that moment. I knew she would love Bonnie and be so ecstatic about the wedding. It was a very bitter sweet moment but seeing how happy Bonnie was made my heart swell. I was going to get to spend the rest of my life with this goofy, beautiful, smart amazing girl and I don't think anything in my life would come close to making me as happy as I was when she said yes