She made her way towards the table the two of them share. And she was told beforehand that once she takes a seat at a certain table, it will be permanent. Unless she made a request and the teachers thought it was a good enough reason for her to change her seat.

She sat down quietly next to the raven haired girl, who was eyeing her warily and gripping the edge of the table tightly, her knuckles were turning white! Bonnibel looked around, and noted that each table had another one glued to it in the middle of the classroom, unlike her row and the row across from hers.

Marceline was basically glaring at Bonnie now, she had taken all of her notebooks that were scattered around and moved them to her side of the table. The blonde was at least grateful for that.

The other girl was beautiful, Bonnibel noted. She was still very pale, and dressed in clothing that probably made her burn up, but she was pretty nonetheless. And she smelled good, the blonde sniffed, it was like sweet cologne or maybe a perfume, but it smelled masculine so it was probably cologne. Bonnie took another look at Marceline, she had broad shoulders, and her biceps seemed muscular, even from under the jacket she was wearing. Bonnibel licked her lips and kept staring at Marceline, thoughts racing, when she heard the other girl chuckle, then she turned around and stared at Bonnie with her dark brown eyes. Wasn't she glaring at her just a second ago?

Marceline just chuckled again before staring down at her notebook, taking a pen and doodling what Bonnie thought was a bat.


When Bonnie was on her way home, she thought she could start working on the project their science teacher gave them. True, she and Marceline had to work on it together, but she decided to start on her own and wait until she and the raven haired girl had a 'warmer' relationship before she talked to her. After all the project was due in a month, and they had plenty of time.

Still, Marceline didn't seem hostile. And she wrote down notes during the lesson, Bonnie was pretty sure delinquents usually didn't even attend classes, let alone take notes. Perhaps the others misjudged her, perhaps they were told to stay away and they simply did. The blonde felt guilty now, Marceline seemed lonely, and it's not right to shun someone for no obvious reason.

As Bonnie turned the knob to the front door, she confirmed her suspicions of it being unlocked. That meant that one of her parents was home, and it was only 3:30 PM so it was still light outside, they would lock the door when it was around 6 PM. The blonde was shocked, however, when she cast a glance at the couch in their living room. Leidi was there, and when she noticed Bonnie she stood up and gave her a hug. Her mother called out from the kitchen that Leidi said she was her friend, and that was why she let her in.

"We're hanging out today at a café about half an hour drive from here, and I thought I could invite you, I heard there's a band playing there tonight." Leidi said, smiling as always.

Bonnie looked at rainbow girl apologetically, but when she opened her mouth her mother emerged from the kitchen, drying her hands, and said: "I think you should go, Bubblegum. I'm happy you've already made friends, and I'm sure you're doing just fine at school, so have fun."

The blonde sighed and blushed at the nickname when Leidi looked at her and laughed, it seems she'll have to go because she was pressured now by both her mother and Leidi.

"Fine." Bonnie said, crossing her arms. Leidi squealed before pulling her into a hug and telling her how excited she was to play dress up.


When Bonnie and her friends entered the café (minus LSP), Bonnibel noted that it was quite big, and even though it had many people inside, the space wasn't cramped.

The gang chose a big enough booth and sat down, each of them ordering something, Bonnibel ordered a strawberry milkshake, which arrived shortly after.

From their booth, they could see the small stage, but it was dark. There was music playing, indicating the start of the performance, but despite that, the stage was still dark. Bonnie thought it was because of a simple mistake, but no one was moving to fix the 'mistake' and so she concluded that it was intentional.

The music playing was random notes coming from a bass, and they still sounded beautiful, the player was skilled. After a few seconds of messing around it settled on the bassist playing the same chords over and over before a girlstarted singing:

The scarlet looks so tasty,

I can't shake my ruby craving,

Don't wanna be the worst,

but I can't control my thirst!

Oh, I'm..I'm seeing red, that's what I said,

I'm seeing red!

The singer's voice was smooth and husky, but it still sounded feminine, the light around the stage was on now, and Bonnie and her friends could clearly see who was there:

Marceline

Jake scowled, but kept whatever he wanted to say to himself and kept on watching, his nose wrinkled in disgust.

I'm sorry, friend, you cannot trust,

This is the end,

For my blood lust is,

Just too strong,

It feel so wrong,

But then it feels so right!

Maybe just one bite...

Oh! wait no! must've been that tomato!

It expired like eight days ago? and it's making my mind go crazy yo.

So, I'm seeing red, that's what I said,

I'm seeing red!

I'm seeing red, that's what I said,

I'm seeing red...

The people sitting around them were clapping and cheering for Marceline, Bonnie smiled and clapped as well. But Leidi whispered that she didn't know Marceline even had a band.

The band started playing together now, the drummer who was a chubby guy with a goatee seemed like an enthusiastic one, there was another thin one playing the keyboard. He didn't seem to be doing much however, except playing soft notes through the whole thing, and finally there was a dark girl next to Marceline that had an electric guitar and was playing it while Marceline switched her bass with an electric guitar as well. It seemed that the song would only start then. The band played together for a few seconds before Marceline started humming along with the other girl and the guy playing the keyboard, then the song started:

I'm packed and I'm holding
I'm smiling, she's living, she's golden
She lives for me, says she lives for me
Ovation, her own motivation
She comes round and she goes down on me
And I make her smile, like a drug for you
Do ever what you wanna do, coming over you
Keep on smiling, what we go through
One stop to the rhythm that divides you

And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse
Chop another line like a coda with a curse
Come on like a freak show takes the stage
We give them the games we play, she said...

I want something else, to get me through this
Semi-charmed kinda life, baby, baby
I want something else,

I'm not listening when you say goodbye...

Marceline went back to humming, before she started singing again:

The sky was gold, it was rose
I was taking sips of it through my nose
And I wish I could get back there, someplace back there
Smiling in the pictures you would take
Doing crystal meth, will lift you up until you break!
It won't stop, I won't come down
I keep stock with the tick-tock rhythm, I bump for the drop
And then I bumped up, I took the hit that I was given
Then I bumped again, then I bumped again
I said...

How do I get back there, to the place where I fell asleep inside you?

How do I get myself back to the place where you said...

I want something else...

The music was slower now, but that didn't mean the song was over, Marceline closed her eyes and started singing again:

And you hold me, and we're broken
Still it's all that I wanna do, just a little now
Feel myself, heading off the ground
I'm scared, I'm not coming down!
No, no..
And I won't run for my life
She's got her jaws now, locked down in a smile
But nothing is alright,

Alright!

And I want something else...

And I want something else, to get me through this life
Baby, I want something else
Not listening when you say...
Goodbye..

The beat was picked up again, and while the rest of the band hummed, Marceline was singing,

The sky was gold, it was rose!
I was taking sips of it through my nose!
And I wish I could get back there, someplace back there,

in the place we used to start our li-i-i-ves!

I want something else!

Marceline opened her eyes and grinned, the song ending, and the crowd erupting into cheers again. Bonnie was grinning too, Marceline had an amazing voice, and played really well, even her friends admitted that.

Four songs later, and the band finished. They packed up their instruments and helped eachother outside, and Bonnie decided it was time for her to head back. It seemed her friends were thinking the same thing, because they slid out of the booth and headed towards the exit.

Jake made sure to drop everyone right next to their houses, and when he reached Bonnie's house she saw that the lights were off. Were they really so late?

The blonde bid goodbye to both of her friends before heading for the front door. And after changing into her pajamas and brushing her teeth, she slid under the covers, closing her eyes.


3:30 AM

That was what the clock next to Bonnie's bed said, 3:31 now.

It was almost four in the morning and she hasn't slept a wink.

The blonde tossed and turned until she was finally comfortable, and she stared at the window. There were two street lights awfully close to eachother, glowing red through the blurry glass, and the blonde found herself falling slowly into a deep slumber.


Bonnibel repeated the same routine every day, she would go to school, take notes, have lunch with her friends, then take more notes, then go home.

Her relationship with Marceline was gradually improving, they were speaking now, even though it was only about science.

They decided to start their project together, since Bonnie was unable to before. Tomorrow was the day Marceline comes to her house, they have two weeks to finish their project as of the next day.

When Bonnie settled in her bed that night, she looked at her window and noticed that the lights were still off, she fell asleep an hour later, hoping they would get fixed.

Claw marks.

There was claw, or nail, or whatever marks on the outside of window. There was blood as well. Bonnie was horrified, she looked at the light poles outside and they were further than she'd remembered when she saw them the other night.

She concluded that she'll be sleeping a lot less than before.