Message: Not a fan of this chapter. I didn't really put it together that well. But the next one should be pretty good and interesting. (:

Their adventuring was going nowhere. The Ice Queen was no where to be found and there wasn't any other trouble scattering about. But Marshall didn't mind. He enjoyed being by Fionna. Even though it hurts him the same knowing she would never be his. They decided to give up on adventuring and go back to Marshall's house. Marshall walked through the door and headed right for his couch. He laid out across it and stretched. He needed sleep but he didn't want Fionna to leave. She walked over and sat by him.

"So what do you want to do?" Fionna asked.

"I don't know. We could watch a movie or something. But my selection of movies is only horror. There's no comedy or romance unless you find blood and gore to be comical and romantic." Marshall said and laughed.

"Eh. I don't mind a good scary movie." Fionna said and smiled.

Marshall floated from the couch and went through his DVDs until he found the perfect horror flick. He popped the disc into he DVD player and went back to sit by Fionna. At that time she had gone and made a bowl of popcorn and got some strawberries for Marshall.

"Why thank you my beautiful adventuress." He said as he sucked the red from one of the plump strawberries.

"No problem, dude." She said as she shoved a handful of popcorn in her mouth.

Marshall couldn't help but notice how cute she looked when she was eating. It was almost amusing. He couldn't help but keep staring at her.

Fionna felt his stare and turned to look at him

"Marshall you have been staring at me all day. Why?" the young adventuress asked.

"I can't help it. You're just so beautiful." the undead king said with a wink.

Fionna turned a light shade of pink.

"I highly doubt that's why. All day you've been acting strange. What's the deal?"

Marshall looked at her longingly. Wishing to tell her of his feelings. But it still wasn't the right time. So he responded:

"Someday I may tell you. But for right now I'd like to keep things as is until I can figure out the right thing to say."

Fionna sat a moment and then looked away. She knew it was going to bother her. But she understood. So she kept quiet and watched the movie.

For a while Marshall sat there in thought.
*What will I say to her? And when will I say it to her? I can't keep pushing it away. But what if she doesn't feel the same? Or what if it ruins our friendship?*
so many questions with no answers.

A piercing scream from the t.v broke him from his thoughts.
He turned to look at Fionna again only to see that she had fallen asleep.
He smiled and floated to her and lifted her up.
It was almost 9:00. He hadn't realized how fast the time went by.
He quickly flew out of his house into the night to take the young adventuress home.
On the way Fionna opened her eyes and looked around and then up at Marshall.

"Where are you taking me?" she questioned the king.

"Home. You fell asleep so I thought it was time to bring you back before Cake begins to worry." He answered.

"Oh. Well thanks." She said with a smile, and fell back to sleep in his arms.