Alone in this world

Chapter 20

A happy visit

Later that day, Marceline was in her hospital room watching TV. She had been up for a while since she was expecting Finn to come visit her. She was so excited for it that she woke up a little early than expected, she's been up since and of course she was very tired but also very bored of waiting for him to come around. Despite being a little drowsy; seeing Finn gave her strength to endure the day and the checkups with the doctors. As time went by, she started to lost hope and grows impatient. She sighed as she flipped through channels, trying to break the boredom but it wasn't working like she hoped.

"Well, he's not coming; better just go back to sleep." Marceline whispered

She was really looking forward to seeing him it looks like he's a no show for today. Marceline laid back on the bed and slowly closing her eyes.

"Miss Abadeer?"

Marceline shot up in her bed and looked towards the door. She saw the nurse from yesterday standing at the door.

"Um, yes?" Marceline responded in a low voice.

"Are you going back to sleep?" the nurse asked.

Marceline shook her head. "Um, no just you know- resting my eyes."

Nurse looked at Marceline and sighed, she shrugged and stepped aside. Marceline's face lit up when she saw Finn come in with roses. Finn looked at her and practically towards her, throwing his arms around her and hugging her tightly. Marceline's sides hurted from the impact but she didn't care; Finn was here and that means everything is okay.

"Your late, hero." Marceline giggled.

"I know I know but my boss was giving me hell." Finn pulled away and gave her a kiss. "But that's why I got you these."

Finn showed her the roses, they looked in perfect condition. Marceline smiled and gave them a whiff.

"Their lovely Finn and enough for me to forgive you." Marceline chuckled.

"Here you go miss Abadeer, put them in this." The nurse said as she came up to them with a vase.

Marceline thanked her. The nurse nodded as put the vase on the end table next to her bed before putting the roses in it and leaving. Marceline loved roses when she was child; her mother was a florist and usually bought beautiful flowers for the house. It liven the place up and for Finn to buy these was truly something.

"They look lovely Finn, now when visiting hours are over; I always have something of you here with me." Marceline smiled before chuckling. "God that sounds so cheesy."

Finn chuckled. "Yeah but its sweet."

"Oh Miss Abadeer, you have more guest." The nurse said as she re-entered the room.

Marceline looked at the nurse confused; she looked at Finn who was more or less confused as she was. They turn back to the door, their mouths opened wide and their eyes wide and full of disbelief.

They saw Marshall Lee and Fionna, holding hands; a sight they never thought to see. They knew each had feelings for each other but they just thought it was a platonic thing rather than romantic- they are wrong.

"Marshall- you and her? - Together? Uh-"Marceline didn't know to put this.

"Fi? Is it true? About- this?" Finn didn't have any luck making sense of this either.

"Oh grow up you two; two people can shift feelings if they feel like it." Marshall scoffs.

Fionna smiled and rolled her eyes. "Yeah guys, what are you? Three years old?"

Finn and Marceline grinned and chuckled. "Maybe?" Marceline said in a girlish, high-pitched voice.

Marshall and Fionna groaned as they walked over to Marceline's bed. Marshall sat on the bed while Fionna sat in a chair.

"So Marcy, are you going to tell me how you ended up with-… all this?" Marshall said as he gestured her patched up face.

"Oh, well…." Marceline gulped and sighed. "Bonnie happened. She- got kind of jealous and roughed me up pretty badly and stuff. Don't worry though, I'm going to be fine in a couple of weeks or so."

Marshall has been a master at hiding his emotions when he feels like he should, because now he would be going on a murderous rampage again but knowing his sister, she would never let him do that. She never liked violence unless it was necessary but hearing how she ended up here was just so- aggravating, he just wanted to punch that stupid Bonnie's face in. he tried to calm himself down as he didn't want this visit to be sour.

"Well, it's good you're getting better. Don't know what I'd do without my better half." You chuckle and give your sister a noogie.

Marceline squeals and tries to get out his grip but he doesn't let go, Finn and Fionna watch in delight as they twin lovers become kids again. They giggle as Marceline finally got out of Marshall's grip and started to tickle him but she had to be very rigid and steady in her movements due to ribs but that didn't stop the fun. After a long while of the twins playfully fighting and tickling each other, Finn had to step between them and calm them down.

"Okay you crazy kids; let's not get too out of hand." Finn chuckled as he separated the two.

Marshall panted as he tried to catch his breath. "Yeah whatever Finny boy."

Marceline and Marshall chuckle before backing away from each other, Fionna sitting next to Marshall and wrapping her arms around him. Rocking slowly, chuckling and rubbing noses together as Finn and Marceline exchanged looks at each other.

"So, how'd you two get together?" Finn asked as he scratched behind his head.

"Yeah Marshall, what about Greg?" Marceline asked, remembering he was in a relationship already with him.

Marshall and Fionna stop, they exchanged worried looks. They didn't know how to tell them, they can't just say what Marshall did last night. How are they going to anyways? They would freak, Marceline probably won't handle the truth of her brother being a murderer and knowing Finn with his heroic stature- he would turn Marshall in; they would never be together if Marshall gets the life sentence or death row. They feared that much but they can't bear to lie to their siblings and best friends then again; what choice did they have.

"Well, we kind of you know-"

"We had sex." Marshall cut Fionna off.

Finn and Marceline's eyes grew wide, confusion found their faces again while Fionna's face was a bright shade of red. They all turn to Marshall, Finn stricken with confusion while Marceline rolled her eyes at him. Fionna punched Marshall's back and glared at him coldly. Marshall just shrugged at her.

"Yeah, we kind of were out of it a few days ago. We drank too much and one thing led to another so yeah….don't worry we used a condom and stuff." Marshall explained the not too obvious lies.

Finn nodded. "O-okay, that's- good for you ha-ha…"

"Yeah…I don't want to be an auntie yet." Marceline sighed and laid back.

"Oh yeah I know! I man like- I'm only 16! I can't get pregnant or my mom would kill me!" Fionna was flushed and embarrassed but she managed to cover the lie as well.

Marshall looked at the clock on the wall and got up. "Well it looks like it's getting late, me and Fi have to be somewhere so see yes."

Marshall said as he took Fionna's hand and led her out the door. Finn and Marceline watched them leave and continued watching the door, even after they left.

"Well- that was…" Finn trailed off.

"Strange, yeah I know." Marceline finished for him.

"I just- wow." Finn was too shocked to even make proper sentences.

"I know, I mean- Marshall was always a whore but wow, I never thought he'd just go with a good girl like her." Marceline said.

"What do you mean by that?" Finn asked, obviously curious about Marshall.

Marceline shrugged. "Well, he was always into bad girls. You know the smoking, sluts, and delinquents. He never went for a good girl ever; he told me they were too stuck up and prideful. Guess that was the reason why he always went back to Ashley…."

Finn's eyes widen. "Wait, who's Ashley?"

Marceline flinched, cursing herself for mentioning her name. She sighed; the damage has been down so she might as well continue satisfying his curiosity. Marceline leaned up, grabbing Finn's hands in her's.

"Well, if you want to know about her, I would have to tell you about me and Marshall's past…thing is; can you deal with what I am about to tell you? Will you still love me even after you know this dark secret?" Marceline squeezed his hands.

Finn took a moment to respond; he nodded his head and brought her hands up to his chest. "I promise you, I, Finn Mertens shall never think less of you for what you done in the past. I will always be thy hero for you; my radical dame." He bowed his head as a knight would to a royalty.

Marceline smiled, Finn was so sweet and innocent. Totally from the other side of the tracks then she was from. Marceline gripped his hands tightly.

"Well, when I was 13 I started hanging out with the wrong crowd with Marshall. We hung around this gangster wannabes that acted like the blacks in movies. They were very racist and wrong but as a kid, I didn't know better. I and Marshall were looking for a place to belong and to cope over out mother's death so we went with this crowd. By 15, I started dating this guy named Ash; he was a sweet street magician. He always did magic tricks for me and always visited me when I was grounded. He was sweet and kind but- that all went to hell." Marceline paused and caught her breath.

"He started to be abusive, physically and verbally. He always told me I was ugly and said to buy more makeup to make myself prettier. I was so hopelessly in love with him that I went with it. I-…I lost my virginity to him because I thought he loved me but- he didn't I kept defending him and staying by him side for the longest time…Until he stole my favorite teddy bear Hambo and sold it for a magician's wand that was nothing more than a cheap knock off. I broke up with him." Marceline paused again, feeling guilty for telling Finn this.

Finn was shocked but he didn't say anything. He was taught to not think less of people so he can handle this but- this Ash guy was making his blood boil. He tried his hardest not to show his anger to her.

"After the break up, Marshall helped me through it. Everything was fine, that was until we turned 16. Marshall started going out with Ash's twin sister Ashley, she was just as mean as him but she was extremely bitchy and promiscuous. She was always acting mean to me, calling me names and everything. Marshall didn't do anything about it because he was so in love with her. He let her do it because he wanted to keep her and didn't want to make her angry with him. I didn't know what she did to him but he was different. He smoked weed, sold drugs and even developed an attitude." Marceline choked, she didn't want to continue but she forced herself to.

"He didn't want to hang out with me anymore. It hurted, every time I went to go pick him up from her house, she would be yelling at him, hitting him and calling him down. I never saw him cry like that. She was abusing him to a point where he was crying, it hurted to know that. I tried to tell him to break up with her but he kept saying she was just moody about her period. I didn't buy it. The abuse grew and grew to the point where Marshall would come home with bruises and cuts on his body." Marceline started to cry, she let go of Finn's hands and wiped her eyes.

Finn was frozen with fear, he never knew. When he saw Marshall, he just seemed so strong and chill; with this new knowledge- he can understand that he was hiding this. He furrowed his eyebrows.

Marceline wiped her eyes and cleared her throat to continue. "He broke up with her one day and I was happy, I was glad he was out of that nightmare but- he kept going back to her. I tried to stop him but he kept saying she was the best he'd ever get. I tried to help him but it never helped. It stood on the side lines as she abused him again and again. I prayed for it too end, days went by and then my prays were answered. Ashley died in a car crash with Ash in a coma. The nightmare ended for us. We continued our lives without them, Marshall's scars started to heal and we start to be happy for once." Marceline smiled as she wiped a tear away.

Finn blinked before scooting next to her and wrapped his arms around him.

"I- wow…that's so sad…I probably shouldn't have asked." Finn felt so bad about making her do this.

"No, it's okay. I needed to get that off my chest anyways, don't feel about it. The nightmare of the Aldrich twins are gone. We're free." Marceline wrapped her arms around him and smiled.

"I'm just happy we found kind souls like you and Fionna. You were a big help to us. We both have someone that loves and cherish us. You both have helped us." Marceline started to cry again but it wasn't because she was upset- she was happy.

Finn smiled, he never knew he and his sister helped them. It was cheesy but he figured they were their guardian angels.

"I'm glad about that…"

I'm sorry about not updating but i hope this chapter makes it up to you guys.

more chapters will come soon but i am rather tired so in like 8 hours or so, i'll get up and start writing again

stick around because family drama is starting in the next chapter.

-A