(A/N) DUDES! Hi! :)

Heheh, so here's chapter 13! I hope y'all are enjoyin' this story so far!

There'll be much more... if you want O.o haha! Well, even if you don't... too bad xD

So, these next chapters are gonna have a little more emotion in 'em. So, eat my completely out of character junk... (._.)

So anyways, read, review and ENJOY! :3

Sorry for any mistakes peeps!

Disclaimer- Sorry, I'm too busy sobbing in my sleep to tell you if I own Adventure Time or not... :'c

The sun was slowly rising from it's slumber, and the human lazily sprawled himself out onto the bed, still fully asleep.

As was the Vampire Queen.

Too tired to realize that their legs were intertwined and their arms were tangled with the other's.

Their faces were only two inches away from each other.

Finn could feel her soft, cool breath tickling his face, and her hair slapping his forehead.

Yet he didn't stir.

To his dismay, it only soothed him more and he fell into a deeper sleep.

If that was even possible...

Marceline would usually pop up at a pindrop due to her superior senses, but this time she didn't.

She just wanted some stuffin' rest! Was that too much to ask?

Apparently it was, because at the same moment, they shifted positions and their heads came crashing into each other.

"OW! GEEZ!" they both shot up from bed rubbing their bruised forheads.

"Finn! I'm gonna KILL you!" she reached for him with her free hand, but they both paused in realiztation as they noticed their positions.

Their gazes returned to each other flatly.

They didn't move for a few moments, but only glared at each other with very flustered expressions.

"Finn?" she seethed, "If you don't get off of me in two seconds, I'm gonna rip you in half!"

"Geez!" he shrieked as he pulled away from the queen and scooted as far back as he could. "Y'know, gettin' ripped in half totally whomps Marceline! Can't ya just slap me or somethin'?"

She towered over him and muttered, "Oh, I'll slap you alright-"

"Goodmorning, I just wanted to check in on- guh!" the cone stood at the door with a very confused expression crawling on her face, "Oh my..."

The position they were in now was worse than when they woke up.

I mean, Marceline was practically on top of him saying she's going to 'slap him'.

What do you think that messed up cone's going to think?

Marceline hopped off of him frantically, "No no no! It's not what you think-"

"Oh don't worry! It was my fault I intruded. Um... get back to your... fun..." she backed away slowly and shut the door.

"FUN? FINN! OH MY-"

"Uh..." the cone entered again, "Would you mind keeping your shouting levels down? You don't want everyone to know about you two, do you?"

"WHAT? Nothing's going on between us! I'm just- I'm just- UGH!" she clapped her hands over her face frustratingly and then slowly slid them down and licked her lips, "I think I see a delicious treat standing in front of this door. Don't you Finn?"

"Oh! Uh..." Finn stammered, "Yeah. Totally...?"

"Eh heheh..." the cone backed away again, "Bye!"

She slammed the door behind her.

"Ugh!" Marceline grunted, "How could she think something like that?"

"Well-"

"I didn't mean I wanted you to to explain smart guy!"

"Woops..." he clapped his hands over his mouth.

"Let's just get out of this dump and keep lookin' for the core." she suggested.

He nodded, and they headed out of the room.

When they passed the cone, Marceline hissed at her, "Nothing was going on!"

"Sure..." the cone waved her hand in a 'go on' fashion.

Marceline growled and was about to jump at the cone when Finn grabbed her arm, "Marceline! Stop it! Forget about it. She's just a dumb ol' ice cream cone anyways..."

The queen glanced back distastefully as they exited the hotel.

"Geez. I'm glad to be outta there." she moaned and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Yeah... me too." Finn agreed.

"Okay, c'mon Finn. Let's go over..." she stroked her chin, "There."

She pointed to another door portal to their left.

And they stalked into Ash's tenth memory.

Ash's Tenth Memory...

"Hmm..." Marceline glanced away from the boy for a few moments, "Finn?"

"Yeah?"

"Um... Well..."

"What?"

"Well, y'know... I just wanted to... chill for a bit..."

"Uh... sure! Why not?"

"Great, 'cause I just need to talk to someone right now..."

"Somethin' wrong?" he raised his hand slightly.

"No no... I just wanna talk." she plopped herself on the grass and tapped the area next to her, "Sit."

"Uh, okay..." and he sat next to her so that their shoulders brushed against each other.

"I know this is a little... erm... personal, but... About Bonnie..."

"What about her?"

"You like her... don't you?"

Finn ran out of breath.

He didn't know how to respond to something like that.

He wasn't even sure about it anymore.

"Well... I-I dunno..." he shuffled his feet.

"Do you, or do you not?" she snapped.

"I-"

"Finn, I've heard she turned you down a lot..." she twirled her fingers around her hair, "Made ya pretty messed up huh?"

"W-what?"

"When Bonnie rejected you. It messed you up, didn't it?"

"W-who told you that?"

"Listen Finn, you're pet isn't that good at keepin' his mouth shut."

"Brother. Not pet. Brother."

"Whatever."

"So he told you about-"

"Yep. The alone time you used to spend with Bonnie's hair? Yeah. He did."

"Oh... but that's over... I mean... she doesn't like me like that... so I really have no chance with her..."

"Oh... I see... Do you still have feelings for her?"

"Well, yeah. As friends." he pondered, "But she just sees me as a silly boy..."

"Well, as I said before... I for one, think you're pretty great. You're not a silly boy. I think you're pretty hardcore." she smiled.

"T-thanks..." he forced a grin.

He felt all weird talking about his feelings like this.

Especially with Marceline...

"What happened to you Marcie?" he suddenly asked.

"What? What're you talkin' about?"

"You're always pushing people away... I mean... When you thought I was gonna ask you out, which I wasn't! You seemed pretty protective of yourself, as if I was gonna... hurt you or somethin'..."

"No, Finn... I just... ya see... I've lived a very long time Finn..."

"Yeah, I know that."

"And, in my life, a lot of people that I cared about have hurt me. Lost my trust..." she trailed off, "And you're a pretty close friend so, you apply to this."

"Yeah?"

"So, I didn't wanna get too close with you, so just in case I let my guard down... you wouldn't cause me any pain..."

"Marceline... I'd never hurt you."

"I know you wouldn't but-"

"Marcie, I... I can imagine how so many heartbreaks must've felt... I mean, I should know..."

"Yeah..." she filled her cheeks up with air and then let it go, "Ya know Finn... I like this."

"Like what?"

"I like how you can relate to me... No one else ever has. No one knows how it is to live forever... and-"

"Forget who you even are." he continued her sentence, "I know. I heard you singing when Jake n' I were in your closet..." he trailed off.

"Oh... right..." she hid her face with her hair.

"And you mentioned not having any friends too..." he started, "Well... I'm your friend aren't I?"

"Yeah, of course you are Finn. I said this a few minutes ago, didn't I?" she turned to face him again, "I just... didn't know at the time that you'd mean this much to me. I just said I didn't have any friends 'cause... I felt like you'd betray me... and that you weren't my real friend... y'know?"

"Well... I am now... right?"

"Totally."

And they sat for a few more moments in silence, under the rising sun.

Her hair whirled gently in the soft breeze, and her face lightened like he'd never seen before.

She looked almost as peaceful as she did when she slept.

It was wonderful. Just like she was.

"It feels amazing to be in the sun and feel no pain." she said, "I sometimes wish I was a mortal. Like you. A human. I mean, I used to be, but... now I'm not..."

"So you used to be human? Not some sort of freaky mutant thingy?"

"I-I guess not... not like I am now..."

"Oh, no! Marcie I didn't mean that you're a freaky-"

"Yeah, I know what you meant Finn..."

"I meant everyone in Ooo! They're not human, they're some sort of human mutants or somethin'. Not that it's a bad thing, I mean, they're all tops blooby!"

"Yeah, I know Finn... but y'know that I feel like some sort of freak sometimes... well... not around you. The only exception..."

The only way he knew how to respond to that was to smile.

"Finn... I think... I think if you weren't in my life, I'd probably turn evil or somethin'. I mean, it took you quite a while to come into my life dude. You should've been born faster. Maybe then I would've lived most of my life in happiness rather than pain..."

"Lemme tell ya... I would if I could. I mean, and a life without you would be totally boring! Especially with PB and her sciencey junk..."

"Haha! Yeah, she can suck the life right outta you. That's one of the reasons why our friendship didn't work out so many years ago..."

"What happened anyways? PB just told me that you were too 'dark' and 'excluded' from the real world."

"Yeah. That's a way to sum it up. It's just that our differences were too much for her to handle I guess... I don't even remember where we went wrong, but oh well right? It's in the past... At least our differences aren't too much for you." she smiled warmly.

"How did you two meet anyways?"

"Well, I've been around for a much longer time than her. That's for sure. It was at a science convention. I thought her experiments were pretty great, and that's when we became friends. She would always do things that she wanted to do rather than what I wanted to though... And whenever we got to do my things, she would hate it. That's when things went out of whack between us. We'd always argue about what we should do n' stuff, until one day, we reached out limits, and our friendship was over..."

"Oh..." Finn pondered, "How old were you when you guys met?"

"Well... It was so long ago, I don't even remember Finn..."

"Oh... I think it'd be pretty awesome to live forever though! I mean, you always make it seem likes it's totally righteous!" he cried enthusiastically.

"Yeah. It has it's perks... but there's only one thing about living forever that... that I hate... a lot..."

"And what's that?" Finn scooted closer to her unconsciously.

She sighed, "Finn... It's just that, as you age and get older, I stay the same... and you mean a lot to me... that's where I messed up..."

"How'd you mess up by gettin' close to me?"

"'Cause Finn!" her eyes seemed to be becoming moist, throwing him off guard, "Since you mean so much to me, when you grow older n'... eventually leave me alone, it'll make me go beserk Finn! I'll go bonkers and get really emotional n' stuff!"

"...I... I forgot all about that part... Marcie... if I could, I'd never leave you." Finn stated softly.

She didn't respond though. She shifted positions and her back was now facing him.

He took matters into his own hands, and crawled up to her to meet her face.

He pushed her face up to him with his index finger and came in close.

He wanted her eyes directed to him.

"Marcie. Look at me. Don't worry about that, 'cause... I promise you, I'll stay with you as long as I can." he told her.

She only looked away, straining to keep the tears inside.

"Marcie. Don't you dare go pee pee from your eyes."

"What?" she choked.

"I said-"

"I heard you Finn, but that was... weird..." she giggled.

"But it worked didn't it?"

"What worked?"

"It made you... less sad n' stuff." he grinned.

"You're such a dork." she sniffed, "But a pretty cool dork."

"Heheh." he smiled and got up on his feet. Then, he held out a hand and asked her in the weirdest formal tone ever, "Shall we m'lady?"

She decided she would play along, "We shall."

She let her hand rest in the palm of his own and they stood up together to watch Ash's tenth memory, even if they did miss a large portion of it already.

This memory was when Marceline was possessed by that amulet her dad gave her.

"Oh yeah, n' Marcie?"

"Yeah Finn?"

"You're dad STINKS!"

"Haha! He does. But he likes you, so he won't eat your soul or anything like that." she winked.

"Well, that's nice to hear." he teased.

She lightly shoved him and said, "Let's get to the next memory. 'Cause I don't think we're even close to the core yet."

"Haha, yeah. Let's move our bootays!"

"Um..."

"I-I mean-"

"Geez Finn! Haha, you take everything so seriously!"

"Heheh..."

"C'mon kiddo." she wrapped her arm around his shoulders and walked through the next portal with him.

Many things have changed between them since the beginning of their journey. They've definitely grown closer so to speak.

Finn felt like they were tight like girly jeans now. Although, I think they already were.

It didn't matter though, he was like, best buds with the queen, and that's what mattered most to him at the moment.

And they were both sucked into another portal, to another memory.

Ash's Eleventh Memory...

This memory was finally Ash's.

It took place in that place with all the books again.

He had the same two books cradled in his arms. He looked older though.

Maybe he was already dating Marcie at the time, but kept this from her.

Further on in the memory, they found out why he had those books.

He was using her.

He didn't love her, no matter how many times he said it. He played her, and only wanted her so he could become royalty. Also to have someone who would act as his servant.

He probably found Marceline gullible enough to trick her like this. And she probably was.

She looked good on his arm.

She made him look good, because he wouldn't 'look good' on his own.

Finn glanced at Marceline, and noticed that her bottom lip trembled.

"Marcie-"

"Finn. C'mon. I don't need to see anymore lies..." she sniffed.

"Marceline." he glared right into her dark eyes, "Any guy would be as lucky as cheese to have you at their side. He was lucky, but he pushed his luck and lost you."

She smiled slightly, "I guess you're right."

"Let's go Marcie." he grabbed her hand tightly again, "I guess I'm pretty lucky to not have lost you yet."

"Yeah. And I guess, from a certain perspective," she teased and grinned, "I am too."

They strode to his next memory.

With each memory they have already passed through, they didn't want it to be the core anymore.

They just really wanted to spend as much time as possible together, and that's what this journey would provide for them.

He didn't feel like a joke anymore, and she didn't feel like a freak.

That's why they fit together so perfectly.

They made each other feel like no one else has ever made them feel before.

Even if they did have many differences, as much as similarities, they knew they had to look past them if they wanted to remain as close as they are now.

They didn't want to do anything that may strain their relationship, even if it was an attempt to raise its status...

I mean, just speakin' hypothetically here, if Finn were to ask her out or something, it might ruin their friendship. Know what I mean?

Finn finally broke down the barrier she had around her heart... well, at least he thinks he did.

He has yet to win the battle of showing her that it is safe to love and not have her heart broken though.

He knew she felt like it would happen again, even if she was convinced it wouldn't. There was still a part of her that doubted it, and Finn knew it.

How he was going to change her mind, he didn't even know himself, but he was going to try.

He was going to try everything he could to let her know she's safe in his arms.

He was going to let her know, that he would never break her heart, or leave her when she needs him most.

She's been through much heartache in her life, so it will be hard for Finn to accomplish this task.

But he was a determined, young hero, who will stop at nothing,

to win her heart.

And by heart, he means trust...

...

Right?

(A/N) There it is! Chapter 13! :D

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