Authors Note: Well here's chapter 2! I haven't completely proof read this chapter yet, but if it needs a little fixing up I'll fix it tomorrow! The first chapter was a little lacking in the romance department, so I tried to spice it up a bit in this chapter. I'm a new writer, so reviews would be very appreciated! Enjoy this chapter!
Gumball softly smiled at Fionna, "I'll be back in a bit Fionna, I'm going to freshen up and prepare myself." Gumball walked out of the room, Fionna watched him leave, her eyes betraying her a bit. As much as she tried to protest against her thoughts, she couldn't fight them. There was still a part of her that had a crush on him. She knew nothing would ever come out of that crush, Gumball was off limits. Fionna didn't deal well with getting rejected. It took her months to even be able to smile at him again. Marshall Lee helped her significantly; he stayed by her side a lot of the time. He always knew what to say to make her smile. He might have been a bit perverted and always took things too far, but he was a good friend to Fionna. There would always be a place reserved for that handsome vampire reserved in Fionna's heart.
Finally, Gumball walked in. Fionna looked up shocked; he was wearing a pink button up collared shirt, light grey jeans matched with grey shoes. Oh glob, Fionna thought, he looks gorgeous. Fionna blushed profoundly, trying to avert her eyes so Gumball wouldn't notice, he did.
How cute, Gumball thought. He loved his little adventurer's blush. Glob, what he would give to just kiss that girl just once. He knew it was wrong, for glob's sake he was 24. Fionna had barely been 18 for a month now, it just felt so wrong. She glanced at his face, only to blush more when she met his eyes.
"S-sorry! It's just you know, I'm not used to seeing you Gumball, all… you know! Casual I guess!" She let out an awkward giggle trying to hide her embarrassment at her reaction. He smiled back at her, letting his own blush show a bit.
"Come on Fionna, if we don't leave soon it'll get dark," He started, "And I'd particularly like to get back before the sun sets."
The two set off to leave the Candy Kingdom, bringing a bear minimum of supplies in Fionna's backpack. Consisting of only two water bottles, some snack bars, Fionna's sword of course, and Fionna's black hoodie she had received from Marshall Lee for her birthday last month. Gumball slightly narrowed his eyes as he saw Fionna stuff it into her bag. There was something about her wearing clothes that another man had given her that just kind of irked him.
He sighed; he knew he had no right to be jealous. He himself had denied the girl, at her own birthday party. He pondered. He would never forget how beautiful she looked that night. She had her hair tucked in her hat as always, but Cake had forced her to wear this beautiful white gown that had shown off all of Fionna's curves. He remembered how she tried to sway him away from the party, her cheeks flushed pink and her eyes full of determination. Finally, once they were alone she had taken a deep breath and stared him right in the eyes. "Bubba..." He blushed fiercely, as this was the first time Fionna had said his first name. "I just need to say, I like totally globbing like you." Her face was bright pink, but she held her gaze tight against his. For a moment, he felt so free, so alive. Almost as if things might just work out for the two of them.
Slowly but surely his senses kicked back in and his flushed face that was filled with surprise and lust, turned into regret "Fionna… sorry but I don't feel that way about you." He would never forget her face, her big blue eyes dulled in a moment's notice. Glob, he had hated seeing her that way, especially knowing he was the one that caused her such despair. But for globs sake, he was 22 and she was 16 at the time. She was only a child-
"Yo Gummy, you coming?" Fionna called to him, bringing him back to reality. He laughed at the nickname, how unbecoming a name like Gummy was. Fionna smiled back at him, pondering what the heck the prince could've been laughing about.
The two of them finally had left the castle, after much more procrastination then Gumball was used to. The two of them small talked on the way, about Cake and just life in general. Fionna looked at her feet and smiled to herself. It was so nice for her to finally feel so natural with Gumball again, well as natural as she could be around such a gorgeous prince. Suddenly Fionna stopped.
Gumball looked at her in question, "Fionna, what's wrong?" As those words escaped his mouth he looked ahead to where Fionna had her eyes cast, and he there was, Marshall Lee, Gumball thought miserably.
Fionna's calm and reserved smile disappeared and turned into a more reckless, and adventuress side swept grin. "Marsh!" Fionna called out to her friend in excitement waving her hands towards him. Marshall grinned at Fionna deviously.
"Yo, Fi," He started, "What are you and PG doing out here in the middle of nowhere?" He kept his eyes diverted from Gumball, purposely ignoring his presence. Gumball fumed, Marshall Lee knew just how to get on the Prince's nerves.
"Gumball and I are heading out on a little adventure to go and get some ingredients needed for one of his experiments!" Fionna beamed at him, in a way that kept Gumball on his toes. Gumball could never really pinpoint what had made him despise almost every move Marshall Lee would make. He knew a part of it was the way he constantly flirted with Fionna, but he himself knew that wasn't the only reason. Him and Marshall were just polar opposites, truth be told, and there was just no mistaking it.
Marshall frowned, "You'd rather spend time with this Gumwad doing chores than spend time with me?" Fionna giggled and punched him in the arm.
"He's not a gumwad Marsh; could you please for once leave Gumball alone?" Fionna said half serious, half-jokingly. "And besides, it was actually me who asked Gumball to come out, so you can't make fun of him for dragging me out today."
With that Marshall's playful smile faded and was replaced with a furrowed brow and glaring red eyes. He quickly tried to hide his reaction and put on a fake smile. Marshall had thought Fionna was done with PG, after all the nights she had spent crying in his arms after being rejected. Marshall tightened his jaw and glared at the prince, who had obviously noticed his apparent jealously, with the ends of the prince's mouth curling into a smug grin.
Humph, Marshall thought, I'll show that prissy Gumwad. "Well then Fi, guess I'll be coming with you. It'll be dangerous for you two to go alone, not to mention I'm sure you're in need of some more exciting company."
Fionna gave Gumball a questioning look, asking for his approval. Gumball took a deep sigh, wanting to please the girl he took a hit for the team. "Welcome aboard Marshall." He stated gravely.
