Thursday, February 23rd

The place felt so empty without Marceline's presence. An eerie absence of guitars and musical interments splayed out across the living room floor along with sheets of music and guitar picks.

She was away for the next two days, taking lessons from the head director from one of the big Texas universities. Bonnie couldn't quite remember the name, as Marceline quickly rambled about it as she ran out the door with her bags and her nicest bass.

From what she recalled, it was short notice and this was the only open time slot within the next few months. Thus this mess in the living room wasn't something Bonnibel could necessarily be upset about.

Of course while Marceline was gone the next two days Bonnie wasn't scheduled to work. Then again, she could probably ask to be scheduled, but it was unlikely. She'd then be working a lot of overtime as is.

So what was there to do? She was nearly done with her slab experiments, but couldn't work on it because Braco was also out of town for convention.

Rain was volunteering with her sisterhood sorority and she wouldn't hang out with Finn by himself. Not after the awkward conversation when they went camping last.

Jake was working all week.

She thought maybe she would have coffee at work but deemed it lame for her to go to work on her day off. Even if the coffee was really good...

There was nothing left to do besides a few classes to attend within the next day.

Her parents...was she able to call them? They hadn't talked since Christmas. Why would she after the despairing words that came out of her fathers mouth? It was atrocious.

Bonnie knew well enough that her mother had different views, and was actually relieved to find out that Bonnie was now dating someone 'for once', as she put it. Still, it broke her heart knowing there was a tear in her household simply because of her dating choices.

Bonnie sighed, collapsing on the couch, looking straight up at the ceiling. She could drink and invite someone over...maybe Rain was free after her fundraiser, whatever the hell it was. Maybe.

God she hoped so...


After fsix shots of rum and a can of Marceline's 'bitch drink', Bonnie was already over her heels drunk in the living room. Rain hadn't drank much. Then again, she didn't like to mix alcohol and hemp. Or at least that's what she remembered from when she asked.

Admittedly, it was weird to see her smoking. It would have been oblivious of her not to know that a stoner like Rain would be smoking. None the less, she didn't see it often.

The color of the ceiling lights irritated Bonnie's eyes and seemingly lit the room a yellowish color. She didn't notice until now how annoying it was in the palely lit room.

"How are you guys?" Rain finally broke the silence, just as a puff of smoke escaped her lips in wisps.

Bonnie tried to concentrate on Rain's words, but it was hard to stay focused with the light bothering her eyes. "Marceline and I?"

Groggily looking at Bonnie with a side glance. Rain nodded, pouring the rum bottle into a shot glass for her.

Bonnie shrugged, taking a gulp of water to ease her upcoming hangover. "I think we're good. She's finally opening up to me, which only took her forever." She exaggerated.

Waving a hand around, and taking a drag of her blunt with the other hand, Rain coughed and insisted. "Be patient. It took her a year and a half before she told me anything about what happened with her mom, or her trust fund, or why she lives with Simon. Anything of importance, really."

"Her what?"

Rain squinted, obviously not able to comprehend what she had asked. "What?"

"Did you say she has a trust fund?"

Rain laughed at herself, finally putting out what was left of her blunt in an ashtray. "Oh yeah. She's rich, Hun."

"I knew she had money passed down..." Bonnie shook her head, taking a drink of water to calm her nerves.

"3 million."

Immediately Bonnie started choking on her water and coughing it up onto the coffee table in front of her. "What the actual fuck!" She yelled in between coughs.

"Right?" Rain threw her hands up in the air, unblinkingly staring at the ceiling. "Like I wouldn't even go to college at that point. I'd just buy a nice house and live comfortably with my money."

"God," Bonnie whispered, covering her mouth. "How did I not know that..."

"The real question is: how did you not see it coming? She has a God damned Hellcat. That thing is worth like 60 grand at least. Not to mention how she's able to pay for this place of yours."

Bonnie glanced over at her friend, inquisitively. "What do you mean?"

"You make 16 an hour right?"

"Uh, yeah-"

"Well," Lady interrupted. "You bring home give or take 18 hundred for full-time hours. And you gotta spend money on food and whatnot. This place is at least 2.5 grand. You know that, right?"

It all started to make sense. "Oh my God..."

"Now that's some messed up shit." Lady laughed.

"Oh my God." Bonnie repeated, unable to help herself from plunging straight into a panic attack. "She's been paying for everything. God, I'm so fucking dull." Bonnie swiped her can off the table, letting the clear liquid spill onto the wood floor.

Lady sat up, rubbing her friend's back in accordance to what she always did in these situations. "Sorry. I thought you knew. I see now why she didn't tell you."

Bonnie couldn't help but shoot her friend a look, not that Lady would notice, she was too far gone to be reached tonight. "It's fine, Lady. I think I'm going to bed."

"Alright, Imma watch tv for a little while. Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere."

"I didn't think so, but alright. Feel free to anything in the fridge. We're not stringent on money or anything..."

Lady gave a wide smile and a thumbs up, heading toward the kitchen while Bonnie stumbled to her room, taking the bottle of rum with her.


Saturday, Feb 24th

Marceline was hesitant to walk into the door when she saw an unfamiliar Jeep wrangler in the driveway. With how late it was, it gave Marceline a good reason to worry about who was inside at this time of night.

Bonnie was an amazing time manager, so there was no way she would forget about when Marceline would be back from her trip.

Turning the doorknob, she found Lady on the couch wrapped up in multiple blankets with tissue papers surrounding the couch and coffee table. She was fast asleep and somehow able to ignore the rerun of the main menu screen.

Smiling, after her set her duffel bag and bass case down, she turned the TV off and quietly made her way into her room.

The first thing she saw was a bottle of rum on Marceline's bedside table. Only then did she see Bonnie splayed across their bed in only a t-shirt and a pair of Marceline's boxers.

Unsure of whether to be worried, she climbed into bed next to her girlfriend, tucked her in as best and she could, whispering "Goodnight Princess." before turning out the lights.


Tuesday, Feb 28th

Ever since Rain blurted out Marceline's secret, Bonnie was patiently awaiting for Marceline to fess up. But as time continued, it seemed as if that wasn't going to happen. And as much as Bonnie wanted to let that go, she couldn't. This was a big thing. To have finances like that, and for Marceline to maintain a job she didn't need just to hide the facts of her finances seemed more than ridiculous of a notion to her.

It wasn't as if Bonnie didn't understand why she would keep it from her, as a lot of people would use her if they knew. However, Bonnie wasn't like that. She had a job for a reason. And she would never of thought of using her like that.

Bonnie doodle in the margins of her notebook, just thinking through it all. What happened with Ash finally made sense.

"You okay there?" Braco asked from beside her.

She had almost forgotten that she was in the same class as him. It practically escaped her mind every class time until she saw him.

"Yeah, just lost in thought." She gave a convincing enough smile for him to exchange one back.

"Alright, just making sure. I was going to lunch if you wanted to join."

Bonnie shook her head. "Probably a bad idea. Plus I start work in two hours. I need to take a shower, get ready. All that fun junk."

He only nodded, fully understanding her reason to decline his offer. "No worries. See you at lab tomorrow."

She waved as he left the classroom with the rush of others trying to get out.

The day after that point went by no faster, as her thoughts often overcame her. She was even spacing out at work, messing up orders, forgetting the regulars names. It was as if it were tearing her up. There was no reason for it to. After all, it was only a good thing that Marceline was more financially stable than she anticipated. Then again, it was a secret that she was keeping from her.

The door chimed as Bonnie's back was turned away from the door. She was making a smile latte, but kept spacing out on where she was in the process.

She placed the lid on, sure that she did everything correctly and turned to the counter, seeing Rain patiently waiting there.

She called the name on the cup and rushed to greet her friend. "Hey, are you looking for Jake?"

"No, silly!" She smiled. "I came for you. When do you get off today? I thought we could use another girls night."

"Only about thirty minutes left. Do you want me to get you something while you wait?"

"Medium Chai Latte."

"It's on the house. I'll get it out for you in a moment."

Rain gave a nod and sat over at an empty table, staring at her phone. She was wearing a matching outfit today, a plain black and white baseball tee and some long black basketball shorts. It was pretty monochrome compared to her usual, flamboyant and colorful style.

Bonnie hummed to herself as she made the final drinks of her shift. Not too long later, she was leaving work with Rain.

"Was thinking we could go back to your place, just sit and talk."

"Fine with me. Marceline works until 10 tonight."

"Mm alright."

It seemed like Rain also had something on her mind. She didn't ask until she closed the door to her house. "What up with you?" Rain demanded with volume she only expected from Lillian.

Taken aback, Bonnie just blinked at her question. "I uh..."

"Don't play dumb. You've been out of it since I told you about Marceline's secret. What is up with you, Bennett?"

Bonnie crashed on the couch, looking up at the ceiling, lost in thought again. "I just don't get why she hasn't told me."

"Can you really blame her?"

"No, of course not I just...thought she'd trust me enough with something like that."

"She does trust you. Don't think she doesn't. It's just that money changes people. It changed her and Ash's relationship."

Bonnie glanced over at her friend who was standing over her. "I figured out that much, but I'm not Ash. Obviously."

"All I can say is that you just have to wait until she's ready to tell you. Can you do that for me?"

"It's driving me mad, Rain."

"Don't let it. She'll tell you when the time comes. You just have to be patient. Okay?" Bonnie managed to nod before allowing herself to breathe for a moment. "Good, now," Rain helped her sit up. "Let's go do something fun, yeah?"

Bonnie managed a nod. "Lead the way, Captain."


Review Time!

Travesty-Girl: Well in Adventure time Bonnie is known for keeping secrets. So...maybe? ;P

Princesssensei: It always bothers me a lot when writers throw in useless chapters, and when they don't develop their characters. People go through life experiences and go through tremendous growth and change. It's not realistic for someone to be the same person after going through different trials and spending time with different people. We constantly change, as of out work. Hence character development is an absolute must.