Fionna felt the wind rush through her hair. The thrill of finally learning to ride a bike was enough to make her just keep riding until she met the edge of the world with a single spin of her wheels.

"There you go Fionna! You got it! Keep going!"

The encouraging sound of her older brother Finn was enough for her to follow along with his statement.

But the front wheel of the bike caught a rock that sent the six year old flying. She landed on a pile of trash bags that a neighbor had carelessly left sitting beside their trashcan. Fionna felt a sharp pain on her elbow and looked down to see a long deep gash that left a trail of blood down her arm. She gritted her teeth as Finn came running up.

"Hey you okay?" He asked taking a look at the wound.

"Yeah but..." Fionna hadn't needed to finish her sentence as her ten year old brother sprayed the blood off of her elbow using the bottle he carried around in the first aid kit he always brought when the went outside. This wasn't the first or last time she'd hurt herself when they played around. Fionna breathed through clenched teeth as Finn poured a cap full of peroxide on her cut and put a band aid to top it off. Just like their father used to do to their wounds, Finn leaned down and kissed the bandaged cut. Fionna laughed at the gesture but was cut off by the snoody voice of their foster mother Ms. Heidi.

"What do you think you two are doing?" She scolded.

"I was teaching Fionna how to ride a bike." Finn said in a not so polite voice also.

"Well I hope you two plan to clean this mess up! I don't suppose you want to tell Mr. Washington that to repay him you two would mow his lawn for the next year. If I keep you for that long." the old woman said with her jowls swaying as she spoke.

"Yes Ms. Heidi." the siblings say together.

"Good. And finish up your laundry when you are done." and with a final insult, the rather round old lady went up the road to her home.

"She looks like a bull dog." Fionna laughed as she stood up on the curb.

"Yeah. Her cheeks are as saggy as her boobs." Finn said joining in. He picked up some of the mess with his sister. When they finished, he pushed his bike up the hill to their foster home with Fionna walking beside him.

"Fionna."

"Huh?" Fionna said looking up from the lunch table at Marshall Lee.

"I asked if you're okay."

"Yeah. I'm just thinking...about junk." Fionna said tugging on her bangs.

"Like?" Marshall asked.

"Like the past...I wish I could change what happened to them."

"What?"

"Well...it's...never mind it's stupid." Fionna said wishing to drop the subject.

"Fionna nothing you've said in the past to weeks we've hung out has been stupid. Whatever's bothering you just let it out." Marshall Lee says.

"It's just...I just wish I'd has more time with my parents before they died."

"How'd they die?"

"My mom passed from breast cancer when I was only four. As a family we were close. We used to climb the trees in the back yard. Finn would challenge me to see who could hang upside down from the trees the longest. By the time we finished one round it'd be nightfall. Mom would call us in for dinner. We would always wait until every one was at the table. Afterwards we'd tell adventure stories. I'd always tell about adventures with me and Cake. When it was bedtime, Dad would always take Mom to the lake behind the house. They'd bring a radio and dance to their wedding song. Me and Finn would watch from my bedroom window as they danced at the edge of the water. At the end of the song, Dad would sway Mom in a dip and they'd kiss like people did in romance movies." Fionna said. She tried to hold back tears filled with despair and misery and the love for her mother.

"Then bad things started happening. Mom got sick and was diagnosed with breast cancer after Christmas. We would visit her at the hospital. Those three months Dad would bring a bouquet of red roses for Mom. I'd sneak Cake in just so Mom could stroke her fur because Mom loved my cat just as much as I do. Mom would braid my hair and always added on a rose in the center. The night before she passed she spoke to me alone. She told me that she wanted me to have a happy ending no matter what happened. Even if everyone was dead and gone I had to have hope. To seek the bright side of things."

"And your dad?" Marshall asked really listening to every word she spoke.

Fionna sighed with a single tear sliding down her face. "Daddy didn't cry when he got the news of Mom's death. He was just pale and silent until the funeral. When he saw her in the open casket he broke down like a baby. Finn cried with him. Me...I was the closest one to Mom. We...we had everything planned out in life. But when I saw her in that casket I...I couldn't cry. And I hated myself for it. I know now that I couldn't bring myself to do it because I was young. I wasn't like normal kids. My parents had taught me to seek the thrill in life and to love everyone. Since that day I had. I thought that...if I was more vibrant and hopeful that nothing bad will happen to our family again. But then it started all over again. Dad started getting sick and was diagnosed with heart disease. He took all of his medicine and was cheerful and pretended that nothing was wrong. But...Finn and I saw it. We weren't just going to shut it out either. The day he fell out near Finn I'd cried at the emergency room. He told us that everyone has a destiny. You never know yours until it's too late. He said that Mom's was to fall in live with him and give birth to me and Finn. His was to let us know about ours. When he died, the foster system took over our lives. And it wasn't the same ever since."

"Fionna." Fionna looked at Marshall Lee and suddenly regretted telling him. He was going to pity her now. She heard about the awesome life he had from everyone in school.

"I don't need your pity Marshall." Fionna said sternly.

"Fionna I don't." Marshall Lee said.

"Yeah you do. I've heard about the awesome life you have. How your mom is the mayor and you have your own band and that you're rich. I don't need your pity guy!"

"Fionna those are all lies." Marshall says getting frustrated.

"What?"

"My dad died right in front of me too. My mom is practically hates me because I don't want to be mayor or want to embrace my wealthiness. I don't give a flip about those material things."

Fionna blushed in embarrassment for flipping out on him. "I'm sorry Marsh. I thought you were feeling too sorry for me."

"Don't worry about it blue. I know how you feel." Marshall Lee said.

"Yeah. So hey did you do that math homework?" Fionna asked.

"Nah I rarely decide to ever do anything given to me by a teacher."

"Aw man. I was hoping I could compare answers with someone so Ms. Tina wouldn't chew me out again."

"You kind of asked the wrong guy."

Fionna laughed and saw Marshall Lee's face change. She turned to see the strawberry blond she met on her second day.

"Hey Bubba." Fionna said with her eyes sparkling.

"Hello Fionna. I'd love to talk right now, but I came to talk to Marshall Lee." Bubba said. He looked at Marshall Lee with eyes full of hate. "Someone is stealing from your locker."

"What! Why didn't you stop them gummy!?" Marshall Lee asked getting up.

"First of all my name is Bubba. Second I didn't because it wasn't my place to-"

"Just shut up! I'll be back Fi." Marshall Lee said exiting the lunch room.

Bubba gave Fionna a dazzling white smile that usually super models had and sat in Marshall' s seat.

"So how are you liking LAHS so far?"

"Its pretty cool. Everyone's so nice here." Fionna said grinning at him.

"Great. I'd like to ask you if you would be happy as to let me volunteer as the new vice president of the school. Our previous one has stepped down. And all of the other qualified people who should have taken his place have refused. No one we know will try it so I thought of you."

"Oh no thank you Bubba I've only been here for half a month."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah I'm alright. Thanks for asking though."

"You were the only one I've asked that I've trusted. And I understand that you refused." Bubba said. They look up to see Marshall Lee approaching them fuming with anger.

"There wasn't anyone at my locker." He said with his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Really?" Bubba said with face concern.

"Yeah. Wanna walk to math together Fionna?"

"Sure. By Bubba." Fionna said with a wave as she left the cafeteria.

"By." Bubba said grumpily drumming his fingers on the table.

"I still don't get it." Fionna said as she and Marshall Lee walked out of the school when it ended. He'd promised to give her a ride for now on since they were cool now.

"Look you'll never get it if you don't understand what she's saying. I can't explain math to you Fi I barely know a lot about it now." Marshall Lee said to her as he approached his ride. Fionna felt her feet jerk to a stop and couldn't move. Marshall Lee turned around to look at her. "You comin or what?"

"Dude you're so math! You have a motorcycle!?" Fionna said jumping with excitement.

"Man if you're that easily impressed I'll teach you how to ride it someday." Marshall Lee said handing her a spare helmet. It was black with blue streaks on the side. His was the same only with red streaks.

"You're awesome man." Marshall laughed at her statement and cranked the motorcycle. With a loud purr of the engine, he turned to Fionna with a smirk. "Hold on for your life!"

Fionna grabbed on to his waist and let out a scream of joy as they drove out of the student driveway down the road.

"Dude! Ha! You're a total weenie!"

Fionna walked into her apartment and closed the door. She walked into the living room and smiled at the sight before her.

"Hey Jake." She said to the brown haired twenty year old sitting on the couch playing Call of Duty with Finn.

"Sup Fi! Hey I heard a motorcycle who was it?" He asked taking a sip of his beer.

"Just a guy I know. He's my bud."

"Cool. Let me know when he trusts you enough to let old Jakey get a ride."

"You need to stop drinking." She said picking up the pack of beer from behind the couch.

"Hey!" Jake said pouting.

"Finn! Make sure he only gets one beer!" Fionna said putting the pack away and going upstairs.

"Yeah yeah!" Finn said with a wave.

"Yes! That's game boooy!" Jake yelled.

"Aw man you suck!" Finn yelled playfully.

"Wanna play round too?"

"Heck yeah!"

Fionna closed her bedroom door and was greeted with a soft purr from Cake.

"Hey Cake. I'm gonna need your help with my homework again. Kay?" She asked Cake. Cake rubbed her head against Fionna's leg. "I guess that's a yes."

Fionna finished her homework around six and went downstairs to make dinner. She walks into the kitchen and huffed when she realized that they had to go grocery shopping the next day.

"Finn! Wanna order pizza!?"

"Yeah! Get the pizza money from the pizza jar!"

Fionna opened up the with pizza stickers on it and pulled our twenty bucks. "The usual?"

"Yeah sis!" Finn yelled.

Fionna called the pizza guy and twenty minutes later the three sat playing video games and pigging out on pizza and soda.

"Yes!" Fionna said when she won. She stood on top of the couch and started dancing.

"Whatever man! Come one let's play the next round!" Jake said grabbing another slice of pizza.

"Nah it's midnight man. We all got school." Finn said turning the game off.

"Yeah I forgot we got that test." Jake said grabbing his orange hoodie. He walked over and ruffled Fionna's hair. "'Night kid."

"Ha ha yeah. By Jake." Fionna said.

"Hold it down man." Jake said fist bumping Finn and heading out the door.

"Yeah I'll see you later." Finn said.

Fionna put up all of the pizzas in the fridge. When they finished clean it up, they headed to their bedrooms for the night.

Woo I finally finished!

Took me a while on the back stories and stuff.

But I finally finished.

The next chapter will be more about Marshall Lee

#nevermore543