A/N: I tried making this chapter long. I hope you guys like it! Remember to leave a review and maybe some ideas?
My alarm had woke me up the next morning. I turned to look at the time, 7:30. I groaned and eventually got out of bed, brushed my hair, tied it up in a pony tail and slipped on a pink tank top, a pink hoodie and some pink shorts. It was only Tuesday, and I had to work every day this week. That means less studying for me, sigh.
The day went by rather fast, I had gone to class, and then headed to work around 1pm. I couldn't help it, but I just couldn't get Marceline out of my mind. Why was I so intrigued with this girl? I only met her yesterday… I guess I just liked how mysterious she was, kind of like when you start an experiment not knowing anything about the variable, but you can't help but go on thinking of the outcomes you could have.
I glimpsed up at the clock, and sighed as I saw it was only 4:35. Work couldn't go any slower today, could it. Why was I so anxious to get off work? My thoughts were interrupted as a customer walked through the doors. Glimpsing over at the door from the corner of my eye I saw her. Marceline… I felt like my heart skipped a beat as I saw her walk in. Ugh why was she here, why is she doing this to me.
She looked over at me and gave me a big toothy smile, flashing me those canines again. Glob dang it, was I blushing again? I looked away, taking an empty coffee cup off a table, walking passed her to take it to the kitchen. She had been wearing this black band t-shirt, with grey skinny jeans, converse, and her leather jacket. I assume she always wore that.
I checked my hair making sure it wasn't messed up, even though it wasn't I fiddled with it anyway to make it look nice. I got the nerve to go over to the table she was at to see what she wanted. She smiled at the sight of me walking over and I started blushing.
"Good afternoon, Marcy. What can I get for you?" I asked, she could probably tell I was nervous by my voice cracking.
"Oh, so I'm Marcy now?" She winked at me. She WINKED. Glob. Butterflies were having a party in my stomach. "Anyhow, I'll take another strawberry cake." She rested her elbows on the table, sitting her chin on her hands.
"You didn't eat it last time though..." Why would she be ordering another strawberry cake if she didn't even eat it the first time?
"Hm? Oh, yeah yesterday. I'm not a fan of sweets."
"Then why order a cake if-"
"I like strawberries." Marceline interrupted, then winked. I was blushing again, wasn't I? I turned away, getting her the strawberry cake and bringing it out to her. She ate the strawberry right away, took out money to pay then stood up.
"When do you get off work?" She looked down at me. She sure was a lot taller than me.
"Um... I think 7 today. Why do you-" I stopped talking when she winked at me again, giving me her smirk then turned to leave. This girl was definitely something else… and when she smiles at me like that, I just go insane. I don't think anyone has ever made me blush this much.
I continued on with my day, not once going a second without having the tall mysterious Marceline in my thoughts. It wasn't until I was about to leave work did I notice it had been raining. Glob Dangit. I thought. All I have is the hood from my jacket, and that won't keep me dry enough to get home… Sigh. I glared over at the clock that told me it was 7:01. I have to walk home in this.
"Tree Trunks, I'm heading out! I should hurry so I don't get to wet from this rain. See you tomorrow!" I pulled off my apron and hung it up, pulling up my hood to cover my head.
"Alright, sweetie. Stay dry!" I laughed at her comment. There's no way I'll be able to stay dry in this. I took a step outside, and looked around. I sighed in disappointment when I didn't see Marceline waiting out here like last night. Thankfully the café had a small ledge over the front door so I could stand out there and not get wet as I thought of the quickest way home. I glared up at the sky, noting to myself that there's no way in glob it will stop raining anytime soon. I sighed as I took a step out onto the sidewalk, and that's when everything went downhill. A car roared passed on the road as if they were in some hurry, driving right through a puddle, getting dirty water ALL over me.
"Glob damn it!" Normally I don't use such language but I was mad. This was my favorite jacket, why! I sighed, and started walking home. There was no point in running if I was already soaked from head to toe. I heard clicking of footsteps behind me ignoring it thinking it was someone unimportant, but then an umbrella appeared over my head, and a familiar voice spoke out to me.
"I'd hate for you to catch a cold, princess." I stopped walking and turned around, never was I so pleased to see her in my life. She was giving me that smirk she always does while holding a black umbrella over my head. You couldn't have been here with that umbrella 3 minutes ago, I thought. "But it seems I may be too late."
"You think?" I rolled my eyes. She handed me the umbrella and told me to hold it. She took off her leather jacket, then her band t-shirt. She had been wearing a grey tank top underneath the shirt, and it hugged her torso perfectly. I felt myself start blushing as she took off her shirt, then handing it to me as she took back the umbrella and put her leather jacket back on.
"You need to stay dry, put this on." She smiled. Wow, she actually is letting me wear her shirt? I struggled to get out of my soaking wet hoodie, then slipped on her shirt over my pink tank top I was wearing underneath it.
"You look cute in black" she said as she winked down at me, taking my wet clothes. I started blushing. She then walked me home again, but this time we sparked up a conversation. She asked me about my family, and if I had any siblings. I told her I never really met my mom, and my dad died when I was 16 so I have been on my own since. I mentioned Tree Trunks had taken me in and cared for me since. She just giggled at the name Tree Trunks.
"What about you, Marci?" I asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Do you have any family or siblings or..." I saw her look down so I stopped mid sentence from avoiding awkwardness. "Sorry, I didn't mean to-"
"Nah It's fine. I'm an only child, never knew my mom either. My dad is alive but he's… an interesting character. Never really cared for me much growing up because he was always so involved with his work. He is the CEO for some huge company, I dunno. I mean he's my dad and I love him till death, but we don't really talk much. He will send me a letter every now and again asking how I'm doing but he never visits." She paused, I noticed her swallow hard like she was about to cry. "Even as a child I never saw him, because I lived with my Uncle, Simon. But when I turned 16, Simon went crazy and ended up getting arrested or something, so I've lived on my own since then." She then looked up and over to me. "Don't even get my started on the time my dad ate my fries." She laughed a bit, trying to cheer up the conversation.
"I'm sorry, Marceline. You didn't have to tell me that if you didn't want to." I felt guilty for making her tell me those things, but I couldn't help but giggle about the fries.
"It's fine, bubblegum." She then smiled. "It's not a big deal. Except for the fries." I smiled back at her and we walked back to my apartment in silence, just listening to the rain fall on the pavement.
Once we had gotten back to my apartment, instead of turning to leave she faced me.
"I like walking you home, Bonnibel."
"And I enjoy your company, Marceline." I smiled up at her. I was blushing again, wasn't I?
"I'm going to do this every day. Wait for you outside the café, then walk you home." She smiled, holding the umbrella over my head. "I hope you don't mind."
"I don't mind at all, I will look forward to seeing you every day after work. Oh! Your shirt, I'll give that back to you tomorrow."
"Nah. Keep it. Consider it a gift." She giggled, handing me my wet clothes.
"Thank you Marceline, for helping me keep dry and walking me home."
"Don't mention it." She winked at me, then turned to walk away. I watched her walk away before unlocking my door and slipping inside. I kept smiling to myself as I got ready for bed, not even bothering to take off my gift from Marceline. I slipped into bed, smiling into my pillow and drifted off into my peaceful slumber.
A/N Again I hope you guys enjoyed, i'll try to get the fourth chapter out soon, i'll probably type it up tomorrow since I already wrote it down on paper. Remember to review, because like I said this is my first fanfiction and the reviews will help me out a lot! Thanks xx
