Bet you all are surprised this chapter is out so early, huh? No? Okay. Well I figured since the chapter was done might as well post it. Especially since i'm going to be out of internet for a few days. (Which, by the way, I will probably be writing a ton during. So yay! More Chapters!)

I should also add that I will be releasing two chapters at once the next time around. Chapter 6 is just a flashback dedicated to events that are revealed later this chapter. I figured since this is an apocalyptic AU, i shouldn't just spit out a chapter thats not zombie related. I'm sure you're here for the zombies, not the college flashbacks. So Chapter 6 & 7 will be updated at the same time.

I will have a few flash back chapters scattered here and there, mainly just as filler chapters. Also to possibly explain some blank spots in each characters past. (Not all will be Pre-Virus either!)

I've talked enough already, i'll let you actually read what you came for now~

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Chapter 5: At Rest

Bonnibel came running into the cafeteria, leaving her group in confusion as why she was in such a hurry. After barging through the door she stopped to catch her breath before straightening out her back and looking at everyone in the room. Marceline came in running after her, but stopping as she saw all eyes were laid on her. Well, only Finn, Jake, Junior, Rain and Piper. The others were nowhere to be seen.

"Whoa, slow down, what's the hurry?" Jake approached the two.

"Where is everyone? We need to have a group meeting, I think I've just discovered something." Bonnibel panted.

"Uh, they are all out back digging. Phoebe wanted their help, she's been kind of bossing everyone around since you guys left. Well, all except Cinna."

"Cinna? Did something happen to Cinna?"

"Oh you sure have missed a lot." Jake chuckled. "He said he had a head ache and asked to go lay down. Pheobe didn't like that, so she forced him to do some work. Not soon after he threw up everywhere so we sent him to his room to rest. He's been sleeping since."

"He's useless, I don't know why you let him stick around." Phoebe interrupted the conversation, scoffing at the thought of Cinna. Bonnibel looked up from her view of Jake and saw the rest of the group entering the cafeteria. She bit her tongue to hold back from arguing with Phoebe.

"Everyone take a seat. I have a few things I need to discuss. Things that are keen for our survival." Bonnibel took a seat at the end of one of the tables. She motioned for Marceline to sit next to her. Everyone gathered around and claimed their own seats around the table. "First things first, Many of you didn't really get the chance to meet Marceline." Bonnibel placed her hand on her friends shoulder. "She saved my life yesterday. She didn't plan on staying but she is now a part of our group. I trust you will treat her with respect." Bonnibel shot her eyes in Phoebes direction and glared her down. "And with that, If there is anything you need at all and can't find me, you go to her, okay?" Marceline was taken aback from this, slightly concerned if she could be trusted even just with a little bit of authority. Everyone seemed to be okay with it, as they all nodded in agreement. Well, all but one.

"You've got to be kidding me." Phoebe scoffed. She crossed her arms and shook her head in disbelief. "You expect us to just trust this girl none of us even know? She's the reason Fionna is dead and you just let her be in charge? You don't even know her!"

"Phoebe, how about you calm down and remove that stick from your ass." Bonnibel spat. "I can obviously trust her with my life, considering she did save it, which is more I can say for you." She shook her head, leaning her elbows on the table. "I didn't just meet her either. We were friends quite a lot time ago so shut your mouth and think before you talk." Marceline bit her lip to hold back a short laugh, but it managed to escape through her nose. She was impressed by how she could throw someones words back into their face.

Phoebe glared at Marceline. Not just glare, no, Marceline could feel the flame flashing through her eyes. Phoebe was not happy. This was definitely one of those moments where if looks could kill, Marcleine would be dead on the floor right about now.

"Now if you are done whining about my decision Phoebe, I'd like to move on to a more important matter. Something that concerns all of us." Bonnibel closed her eyes and took a deep breath before continuing. "I think we may all be infected." The room fell silent. Everyone looked frightened, some eyes were popping out of their heads. She thought she should probably continue before everyone panics. "It's only a theory, I don't have enough proof, but it is a possibility. I think the virus may have mutated to become airborne. But, I don't think it can take control unless we die. So as long as you are breathing and alive you are fine."

"How can you be so sure?" Jake asked Bonnibel, you could tell he was worried by the shakiness of his voice. Bonnibel then went into detail about everything. She told everyone about Neptr, she spoke about her old home and her family. She continued, not sparing any details of what happened, the note she read, how her parents almost infected her and got to Fionna, and she made sure they knew her parents were not bitten.

"That's utter bullshit." Phoebe spat. "You expect us to believe that? Come on, that's impossible." Phoebe stood up. "Thanks for wasting our time, Princess. Now if you'll excuse us, we have a body to bury thanks to your friend over here." Phoebe nudged her head in Marceline's direction.

"What is your problem?" Finn chimed in, standing up along with Phoebe to stop her from walking away. It caught her attention for sure. For everyone else, they were surprised Finn had said anything at all.

"What is my problem?" Phoebe scoffed. "What is hers!" She pointed towards Bonnibel.

"What are you talking about? She just lost her best friend. Hell, we all just lost our best friend, and yet nobody is causing a problem except you." Finn places his hands on the table, leaning loser to Phoebe. "You've done nothing but boss us around and causing problems for everyone else. And you know what? I'm pretty sure we are all sick of it." Phoebe was taken back by Finn. He'd never spoke to her like that before, he's never spoken to anyone like that before. He's always so sweet and thoughtful to everyone else. He had never been so worked up before. Bonnibel stood up next to Finn. She placed her hand on his shoulder, giving him that look that he should sit down and that she would handle it from here.

"Phoebe," Bonnibel took a deep breath. "If you don't like how things are run around here, then leave. Nobody is making you stay. Go right ahead, we aren't stopping you. I'm sure you can find some other group of survivors that'll listen to everything you say, because we sure won't. You're not in charge here." Bonnibel turned to the side and held her hand out in the direction of the double doors of the cafeteria.

Phoebe kept silent. She was conflicted on what she should do, and you could sure tell it by the look on her face. She looked around to the other survivors, examining each and every one of their expressions. She knew nobody would stop her from leaving. And it was true, mostly everyone in the group had been done with her attitude for a while now but dealt with it anyway.

"Fine." Phoebe balled up her hands into fists. "If that's how everyone feels. I'll leave in the morning." A small tear formed in the corner of her eye as she quickly turned around and left the cafeteria. Once again the room was silent. Nobody knew what to say after that.

They soon brushed over the recent event and continued on with Fionna's burial. Each one got to share a few good memories they had with Fionna and get some closure. Well, as much closure you can get now a days. A little while later they finished upm a few survivors parting ways to do their own thing for the rest of the night.

"I'm going to my room for the rest of the night." Bonnibel whipped a tear from her eye. "I wish not to be bothered." She made her way back into the school and would soon fall asleep in her own 'room'. Finn turned to Marceline, who had been awkwardly standing in the back the entire time.

"Hey, I promise things aren't normally this… dramatic. I guess we are all just a bit tense from losing Fi." Finn patted her back before walking away, following behind Bonnibel. Marceline stood outside for awhile. She took a seat on an old bench that had been placed near the back doors. It gave her time to think about things and watch the sun set. She always admired the beautiful colors of the sky when the sun went down. It calmed her in a way. Even when the world is like it is, there are still some beauties left. Beauties like sunsets and not having to pay bills anymore, beauties like Bonnibel too.

Her thoughts wondered on about Bonnibel for awhile, until the sun was gone and the stars were out. It was about time she'd go inside, and maybe check on her dear friend, see if she's doing okay.

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"Knock knock.: Marceline whispered as she poked her head through the classroom door. She'd hope not to wake Bonnibel, just in case she had been sleeping.

"I said I didn't want to be bothered." Bonnibel groaned, turning on her side to see Marceline.

"I know, it's just me." Marceline walked inside the room without waiting for a response from her friend. She closed the door behind her. Bonnibel sat up and leaned her back against the rigid wall. Marceline took a position next to her, leaning her back against the same wall. "You seem pretty stressed man. When was the last time you got laid?"

"What? Why would you be asking me that? You're so gross." Bonnibel blushed.

"No really. I heard this thing where sex is known to relieve some sort of stress. So, how long has it been?" Bonnibel groaned again and hid her face in her hands.

"I don't know like, two and a half years ago?"

"Oh, scandalous. Now I'm gonna be gross and ask you all about it. C'mon, gimmie details girl." Marceline laughed as she crossed her arms.

"Seriously, Marceline?" Bonnibel turned her head to face the woman beside her.

"Oh of course. I wanna know all about Bonnibel's last sexual encounter." Marceline smiled wide, scooting over so she was now facing Bonnibel. She crossed her legs and rested her elbows on her knees, placing her chin in between her hands.

"You're disgusting." Bonnibel rolled her eyes. Marceline continued to stare at her, waiting for her to talk. "Ugh, fine. It's not that interesting though." Marceline smiled in content. "I was in college. I had this friend, well, more like acquaintance that kept pestering me to go to this dumb party. I of course got very drunk. I don't remember anything just that I woke up the next morning in some girl's bed. I don't know who it was. She was snoring really loud, I'd assume she was just as drunk as I was. I ditched before she woke up because I had class." Marceline stared at her friend almost dumb founded before she broke out in a fit of laughter, which confused Bonnibel very much. "What's so funny?"

"That's priceless. I never would have imagined you to be the one to have drunken one night stands." Marceline continued to laugh as she whipped a tear escaping from her eye.

"It was one time!" Bonnibel acted almost offended. "I didn't even want to go to the party." Bonnibel crossed her arms and lowered her eyebrows at Marceline, whom was still laughing.

"Oh calm down, I'm just giving you a hard time Bon. That sort of reminds me of this party I was hired to play at with my band." Marceline calmed her laughter. Bonnibel cocked an eyebrow at her friend, telling Marcleline to tell her about it. "Well, I never had sex with the girl. Some annoying girl hired my band to play for her house party. She said she'd pay me extra if I managed to get this girl to cut loose, because apparently she was a party dud. At least that's what she said." Marceline paused for a moment to collect her thoughts. "We played beer pong together, which was a very bad idea on my part because she turned out to be such a light weight. After beating her a couple times I offered to drive her home 'cause she was awfully drunk. She couldn't even remember where she lived so I just drove her back to my place." Marceline started to chuckle once again at the thought of the next part. "As soon as I tried putting her to bed, she stripped down naked and tried pulling me down into the bed with her. As soon as she hit the bed though she passed out, it was quite hilarious. She had a tight hold on me though, so I couldn't get up. I ended up falling asleep and the next morning she was gone.

"It was kind of a blur, I don't remember what she looked like exactly but I do remember her beng absolutely beautiful. It was a natural beauty too, I don't think she was wearing any make up or anything. Oh, I do remember she had long pink hair, and I think her friend called her bubblegum? Which I assumed wasn't her real name of course." Marceline stopped when she noticed Bonnibel was staring at her, eyes wide and her jaw dropped to the floor. Marceline waved her hand in front of her friend's face, trying to catch her attention. "Earth to Bonnie, hello?"

"Marceline, this party you played at. Do you remember the name of the girl who hired you?" Bonnibel finally broke.

"Uh, no. Not really. I mean I think it was LSP, but that couldn't be right." Marceline tilted her head at Bonnibel, confused on why she would be asking.

"Holy…" Bonnibel's face flushed red. It was so red someone could mistake her for a tomato at this point. She hid her face in her hands as she shook her head.

"Uh, Bonnie. Something wrong?"

"No, Marce." Bonnibel looked up to Marceline, glaring at the oblivious girl. "Oh my goodness you are so thick. Marceline I used to dye my hair pink. People called me Bubblegum" Marceline's jaw dropped instanty. She was no longer confused, no she was absolutely astonished. She even started to blush herself.

"Oh my god. Wait, so…" Marceline wasn't able to finish her sentence. She blushed a bright shade a pink as she smiled wide at her friend. "How did I not recognize you from the beginning? That's unbelievable!" She started to laugh once again. "So you don't remember anything you did that night?"

"No, of course not idiot!" Bonnibel became flustered. "I thought I had sex with a stranger, oh my god."

"Oh my god, Bon. You thought we had sex? God no. I would never take advantage of some drunk girl lke that. I, unlike most people, am a gentlemen." Marceline smirked as she placed her hand over her chest.

"You don't know how relieved I am to hear that." Bonnibel sighed, leaning her head on the wall behind her. "So I never, I mean we never… oh man. I thought all this time I had a one night stand, but nope! I was just embarrassing myself and passed out in your bed." She scoffed, shaking her head. "I can't believe this." Bonnibel sat in silence as she tried remembering anything from that night. But it had all been whipped from her memory. Marceline on the other hand, could remember some things. She couldn't put together how she didn't recognize her friend however.

Marceline looked up to Bonnie, who had been intensely staring at her. This was probably the worst time Marceline could have remembered what she looked like naked. She started to blush a darker pink.

"Are you blushing?" Bonnibel laughed. She mimicked Marcleines position and rested her chin in beteen her hands, staring into her friend's eyes.

"What? No, of course not." Marcleine lied. The blush started to show darker as Bonnibel leaned closer to her. Bonnibel then rested her head against Marcelines shoulder, letting out a relaxing sigh. Marcleine repositioned her arm so it was now around her friend.

"I wish things were the way they used to be. This made me realize we took things for granted, you know? I was so mad at myself for having sex with a stranger, I cursed myself every day for it. Now that I know it never actually happened and it was just you, I sort of wish it did happen in a way. I'll never get that experience again." Bonnibel sat up to face Marceline, making awkward eye contact with those green eyes. For some reason, looking into those emerald eyes made her forget her struggled, and be free for just a moment. At the same time however, so many emotions were running through her body, she could hardly think straight.

That's when she did it. That's when Bonnibel, without thinking properly, pressed her lips against Marcleine. Marceline hesitated for just a moment, not knowing what to do. The sudden impact confused her, but she soon gathered her thoughts and returned the kiss to Bonnibel.

Bonnibel soon came to her senses and pulled away. She looked almost sorry for doing that. She watched as Marcleine opened her eyes and blushed from the kiss. Now, Bonnibel wasn't sure if it was out of frustration, stress, or just wanting to forget about her struggles completely even if it was just for a moment, but she allowed herself to continue. She leaned back in and continued to kiss Marceline deeply, and she was sure to return that kiss once again.

In that moment Bonnibel craved this close contact. She craved the affection she never got. But she had also decided this was it. After tonight she'd never allow herself to get close to someone again. After Fionna, she was done falling in love. But in this moment, just for tonight, she gave in and allowed herself the pleasure.

The two both shred the torn fabrics from their bodies almost instantly. For tonight, they would explore each other for the very first time, both hoping these walls were sound proof.

There was just one thing that went unnoticed in the darkness that surrounded them. One thing Marcleine was glad went unnoticed.