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Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait! I know I told you that I had this planned out already and I did, but with my kind of brain, things always want to pop in and out, go up and down, change all around. So I had to tweak it a bit from my original thought for this chapter because of that. Plus, school started up again for me soo. Anyway, this is the sixth chapter! Coming to an end soon, I'm just not sure HOW soon. And because I made you wait so long for it, this chapter's got extra extra juice, little more than Chapter 2. But that should be no problem for you guys because you guys are AWESOME and I love you all. Just as I promised last chapter, there is FinnxBubblegum rollercoasters in this so hold on to your seat cuz HERE...WE...GOOOOOO!

This is Chapter 6

Finn awoke to the sweet smell of bubblegum, overwhelming his senses. He opened his eyes to see that his face was only a couple inches from that of an unconscious Princess Bubblegum. He stared at her rosy lips. They were just so close, it was so easy. He took a deep breath and sighed "….Too easy."

Realizing how heavy he must be, Finn quickly got up. He ran his fingers through his hair, picked her up and put her in what he guessed was his parents room. The thought of lying next to her, teased at his mind, but instead he went into his baby room, to look at more of his stuff. He took a look at a small mirror, gaging his appearance. "Guess I missed that electrical projectile just by an inch." he thought as he touched his still- 19-year-old face. "Peebles looks pretty okay too….." He put the mirror down. The moment he had with her unconscious body downstairs, crept back into his mind, begging to be thought about, dealt with. He tried his best to push the thought away, but it swiftly took over, his mind going a blur.

Finn soon found himself back in his parents room, staring at the still sleeping Princess Bubblegum. "Talk about sleeping beauty." he thought. He leaned in towards her gorgeous face and his lips quivered as she exhaled deeply, allowing him to literally feel the sweetness of her breath. He had to, even if it were only a peck, it would quench his thirst. As he slowly puckered his lips, readying himself for his secret plant, Princess Bubblegum slowly opened her eyes. She quickly sat up, bumping the two parties' heads and lips together shortly. Both groaned in agony, as Finn shied away to the haven of a near bookcase as PB the same, only she moved to the bookcase on the opposite side of the bed. They stared at each other as both felt the ghost sensation of the other's lips upon their own, knowing that the other felt it too. It seemed as if the room had grown smaller, chokingly so, and the minutes had stretched to days. PB stood in a daze as she watched Finn circle the bed so that he stood in front of her. He stared at her as he slowly reached out to cup her cheek. And with the slightest touch from Finn, PB snapped back to reality.

"Uhh, we should get back to the castle. The candy citizens are probably worried of my whereabouts." PB quickly said as she gazed at the sunset that lied outside the window. She hurriedly left the room, leaving Finn and his hand hanging there, deprived of her warmth. Finn bowed his head slightly, but followed.

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The two reached the Candy Kingdom with very few words spoken to each other. As they walked through the candy streets, getting closer and closer to the castle, the awkwardness grew. Finn removed his disguise and returned it to the disguise room, whilst PB went to her lab to write down her understanding of the time machine.

"Wow…." she sighed. She was so surprised, shocked; she was at a loss for thoughts. She slumped into a nearby chair, completely astonished, staring off into space. On the other hand, Finn couldn't stop pacing in his room.

"I'm so stupid, so stupid! Why did I try to kiss her?! What's wrong with me!? This is just gonna be awkward. What am I gonna do? Jake's going to notice, and he'll ask. He'll probably laugh at me for failing so hard. WHY DID I TRY TO KISS HER! WHY GLOB, WHY?" he screamed to the ceiling. He sighed, throwing himself on the bed and stared at the ceiling as the awkward scenes played in his mind over and over again. He squeezed his eyes shut, scolding himself for being so dumb. "She probably won't talk to me ever again." he thought as he dozed off.

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"Why do you avoid me? What's your problem with me?" Finn asked angered. He and PB appeared under one of the castle walkways. PB answered "I don't have a problem with you Finn. Why would you think that?"

"Oh I don't know I guessed since whenever I tried to get close to you in a romantic way, you pushed me away. Oh I'm sorry, in your world, does that mean you like me? Because in normal people's brains it means you don't." Finn replied getting increasingly annoyed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you think that I didn't like you." PB responded sadly

"And what about now? Before I guess I could kinda understand because you are 18 and I am 14, but I am a year older than you currently. What's stopping you and me from being together now? What is so wrong with me that makes me undate-able to you, huh?" Finn asked utterly furious.

"No, it was never like that Finn. That not the reason why I can't date you. There's nothing wrong with you Finn. You're perfect in every way." PB pleaded.

"OH really then why don't you want to date me?" Finn questioned. PB had trouble answering "Well I…."

Suddenly the Cosmic Owl appeared "Hey Phil are you down there?" he said as he peered over the balustrade he had perched himself on. PB looked around confused and quickly responded "I do apologize, Cosmic Owl, but there is no one of the name Phil present under this bridge." The Cosmic Owl replied "Oh okay" and flew away.

PB looked back at Finn who had his arms crossed "Well?"

PB stammered "Uhhh… ummm.. I…" Finn cut her off "You know what? Save it. I'm done with hoping for something that just won't ever be. Goodbye Princess Bubblegum." He walked over to Flame Princess who had popped in out of nowhere "I'm going to be with the person who ever since we met had a thing for me and wasn't afraid to show it." PB began to cry.

"No, Finn. WAIT….. Please!" she pleaded with Finn, who had looked pained. Flame Princess quickly said "No, he waited too long for you. You ruined your chance." A burst of flame shrouded the two and as it disappeared, so did Finn and Flame Princess.

"Finn, noooooooooooo! Please!"

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PB awoke extremely startled in the lab as Finn's pained face burned her eyelids. "Oh no…. The Cosmic Owl was there!" she thought as remembered the events in the dream. "Finn…." she felt a twinge in her chest. "It would probably be best to avoid any awkward moments with Finn. Those are most sure to lead us into a discussion of what happened yesterday, which will surely bring up the 'relationship talk' I had in my dream." she decided. At that, Finn abruptly came in, as PB noticed that in her daze, she hadn't locked the lab yesterday.

"Uhhh… Hey Princess." Finn said as he averted his eyes, fumbling with his fingers.

"Hi Finn." she replied quickly, trying her best to hide her uneasiness. Silence became loud and overpowered the room as its two inhabitants couldn't look at each other. Finn broke through "Sooooo, aren't we going to do the cell activity tests?"

PB answered "OH yes! Yes, I completely forgot about that. Thank you for reminding me, Finn. Right this way." She lead him into a back room of the lab where a medium-sized machine attached to a magnifying scope was sitting on the table.

"Uhhh, what is that supposed to do Princess?" Finn asked slightly apprehensive.

"Well all it is going to do is take rapid instant pictures of cells on your arm and then it will comprise those photos into a video of what they are doing at the rate that they are supposed to. This will also have to be done daily but the results should be back by the end of this week." PB responded reassuringly. They soon got started.

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Over the next few days, PB did her daily tests and a few others on Finn. Other than that, the two didn't really interact with each other. PB was usually in her lab, acquiring all of what she might need to start preparing an antidote, while Finn mainly walked around the castle or stayed in his room, since he was forbidden to see anyone else until the end of the week. Jake came by a few times to check on Finn, so he wouldn't be lonely, but didn't stay too long because he had to help Lady with their cornpups. On the final day of the week, Princess Bubblegum had gotten the results of the tests and called Finn and Jake into her lab to discuss them.

"Hey Jake, Finn. I haven't really talked to you over the past days. How have you been?" PB asked warmly

"Umm, pretty boring. I haven't been able to do anything fun. Just walking around here or doin it up in my room. Not much. How were the results?" Finn responded dryly. The time the two had not spent with each other, allowed for their relationship to simmer down, back to somewhat normal again, though memories still played in each respective mind.

"Yeah, I want to go out, adventure it up with my homie again. These last few days been horrible." Jake provided.

PB reported sadly "Well it's just as I feared. In the beginning I thought, what I got from the Aura Visualizer was normal, as everyone has a little dark in them, no matter how small it is, which in Finn's case is so tiny, I had to use a magnifier just to be able to see it. But he also had another small black spot which, I didn't think anything of. But as the days went by, I noticed that it was getting bigger. The cell activity tests didn't paint a better picture, in fact they explained why. The growing black dot is not a marking of Finn becoming evil, as I tested for this and it showed he is more morally just than before, it is a mark that Finn's cells are reproducing and dying too quickly, which is depleting all of his energy sources. He has enough stored to last him a few weeks but after those weeks he will deplete all of his sources of energy and will have to be on bed rest to restore them. He'll be like regular Finn, then become vegetable Finn, become regular Finn again…. it will just be a non-stop cycle."

Jake looked gloomily at Finn slightly teary-eyed "A vegetable? My bro is gonna be a vegetable?"

PB shook her head "Not necessarily Jake. I just would have to figure out an antidote/invention from what I mentally gathered on the workings of Finn's uncle's time machine and what I could makeshift into an age defyer here. I should have it done way before he becomes a vegetable."

"Okay, but uhh Princess, would it be okay for Finn to go out and have some fun now? Now that we know what's going on and he has plenty of energy?" Jake innocently asked. Finn looked down, twiddling his fingers but made a slight side glance at PB. He really was getting tired of seeing the same thing everyday.

Princess Bubblegum went into deep thought and said "Normally, I would say no. But with the fact of Finn having plenty stored up, I'd say he can go…."

Finn and Jake simultaneously screamed "YESSSSS!" as they high-fived each other. Finn exclaimed "WHAT TIME IS IT?"

PB interrupted "Now hold on, men! He can go as long as he doesn't stress his system too much. We don't want to use up his weeks' worth of energy until he has one day left now do we?" Finn and Jake shook their heads as they replied unhappily "Nooo."

"Oh don't look so sad guys. I am sure there is fighting or adventures you could do that don't require so much. Finn's pretty hardy too." PB tried to cheer them up

Finn replied feeling somewhat better "I guess. What time is it, Jake?"

Jake exclaimed "ADVENTURE TIME! I'll be extra-excited for the both of us." Finn and Jake quickly left as they went on another exciting search and find of entertainment.

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Finn really wanted to see Jake's cornpups, but Jake decided against it because he wanted his kids to see the actual age Finn first. So the two adventurers decided that the best 'toned down' adventure and or fighting was the daily fight with Shark and Science Cat that Finn occupied himself with when Jake was usually out with Lady. Jake called Lady to make sure it was okay with her and when it was, the fight commenced. Shark and Science Cat seemed to have gotten smarter since Finn's disappearance. They were quite a handful but not so much, that Finn and Jake could have a convo while they fought them.

"Soooo, how's PB?" Jake said as he clapped his giant hands around Science Cat, squishing him. Science Cat quickly made an elixir and poured it over the sides of Jake's hands, causing them to turn into dog-eating snake heads. Jake stretched his hands as far away from him as he could and began battling Science Cat again with his feet.

"Lately, I wouldn't ….really… know, she's been trying to find stuff that could help in making an…. antidote for me. Or avoiding me. I can't really tell which is which." Finn shrugged as he made stab and slice attempts at Shark. Each missed as the now more agile Shark, dodged all of them.

"Why would… she… avoid you man?" Jake managed to say as he did his best to escape the death potion that Science Cat had started splashing towards him.

"Well uh… we went to my house…. with my uncle's time machine…" Finn began as he made an effort to slice Shark's arm, he succeeded. Jake paused "I knew I saw you guys…" Science Cat quickly took advantage of Jake's recess and kicked him in the face then poured a potion on him that made Jake turn into a fairy. He laughed at his work.

Jake responded as he blushed furiously "I'll get you…you… patoot."

Finn replied somewhat embarrassed for his fairy friend "Yeeeeaaaah. Anyway…we went there so she… could get an idea… on why I ended up like… I am now." He slashed more of Shark, which was easier now, because Shark had started to lose his steam.

"Yeah, and?" Jake replied as he tried to use his fairy powers against Science Cat but all efforts were futile because the fairy powers did nothing bad.

"Well the same thing happened when me and you were there. A blue light came out of the machine and went right for Bubblegum. I saved her but I also knocked her out so I took her upstairs to what I guessed was my parents room…" Finn finished as he finally sliced Shark's head off. He stuck his sword into the grass and sat down. Jake finally turned back into a dog, so he proceeded to slash Science Cat's head off with his sword hand and sit down by Finn. "I TOLD YOU I'D GET YOU SCIENCE CAT!... Alright, bro, keep goin."

"Well…uhhh… while we were in there," Finn gulped and then sped through "I tried to kiss her while she was resting but then she woke up and we slightly kissed but she didn't say anything about it and now it's just really awkward between us." It took a moment for Jake to understand what Finn said, he said it so fast, but when he did, he said "Have you tried talking to her about it?"

"NO man! Things got awkward… really awkward." Finn said as he scratched his head.

Jake calmly responded "But if you don't talk to her about it, it will still be awkward."

He sang in a country voice "You gotta talk it out, to make it better. Talk it out and eat some cheddar. And if you don't make it better, she will never make you another sweater!"

"Alright man. I'll talk to her when I get back, which…" Finn said as he glanced at Shark's and Science Cat's somewhat headless bodies. Then the two headless, were no longer headless, and ran off into the bushes to prepare for the fight again, tomorrow.

"…is right now. Shark's and Science Cat's heads usually grow back by 5, so I should probably be getting back to Candy Kingdom now." Finn finished as he walked in the direction of Candy Kingdom.

Jake shouted "Alright, Finn. Remember what I told you. Make it better." Suddenly Marceline floated out of a window of the Tree House. "Heeeeyy, Jake."

"Oh hey Marci…. Marci! Where'd you come from?"Jake said surprised. Marceline looked at him slightly annoyed "Really? Do we really have to go over this again? Anyway, what happened to Finn? Why's he all….older?"

Jake explained everything that happened to Finn and the reason why he had to keep her from seeing him up until now. He apologized for lying, protecting his neck out of fear that she might try to suck out his blood. "Jake, relax. It's okay. I kinda knew something was up anyway, because you were acting so crazy. Hmmmm, now that Finn's older, Bonnie is probably completely in love with him now."

"Well I don't know. Finn said that she's been avoiding him. I told him he should talk to her about it." Jake answered casually. Marceline smirked "You want to go see how that 'talk' is going?" Jake nodded eagerly. They decided to hang back for little bit, just to make sure that Finn would get there without seeing them and were off.

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Finn walked around the kingdom for a while until he saw PB talking to one of her citizens under a castle walkway. "PB!" he yelled as he fast-walked towards her. He wanted to make haste but he didn't want to look too eager. When he finally got over to her, she pardoned the citizen and warmly greeted him "Hey, Finn."

"I need to talk to you." Finn said sounding a little more urgent then he wanted to. PB quickly replied "What, Finn?". Then she realized. "Oh, no" she thought.

" I know what happened at my house was a little weird but we should at least talk about it. You know, to make things clear between us?" Finn pleaded.

"I suppose we should." PB looked down nervously. She knew where this was going to go, and she didn't like it.

"Okay, so you know, what happened there? Why did you just leave?" Finn asked curiously. PB fumbled with her hands a little bit before she answered "I told you. My citizens would have been worried. It was getting late."

Finn quickly replied " … I don't believe that. If that were so then you would have realized that sooner. Even before we left, you would have told them that you might come back late, so then they WOULDN'T worry. What's the real reason?"

PB fumbled some more "That IS the real reason, Finn. What reason would I have to lie to you?" Silence filled the air once again, as Finn thought about her answer. He still wasn't satisfied. He became slightly angry "What is your problem with me? Am I not good enough for you?"

PB became wide-eyed "No its nothing like that!" Finn answered back becoming more angry by the second " Then what is it?! Why is it so hard for you to admit to this?" He gestured between himself and Bubblegum. The two stared at each other, Finn imploringly so. PB felt like he might have been reading her mind, that maybe he could see in her eyes her reason, but after a few moments, instead, he kissed her. Completely surprised, PB froze for a few seconds but soon melted into the kiss as it became increasingly more passionate. Finn begged for entrance to her mouth, which she granted, as the two's tongues fought for dominance. Tears began to fall down PB's face as the kiss came to an end, seeming a lot longer than the 10 seconds it lasted. Finn looked at her inquiringly, as more of her tears fell to the candy sidewalk below. She covered her mouth, and wailed "I'm… I'm sorry…" as she ran to the stairs, up to her room. He stood dumbfounded and he quickly became angry, hitting the nearby wall and storming off to his room.

All the while, Marceline and Jake had been standing outside the kingdom, heads right above the wall, watching the whole scene. Marceline turned towards Jake "You see, I told you something was going on." Jake stood agape, in total disbelief. He pondered "Why'd she run away?"

"Because Bonnie is a weirdo. I don't know and I don't care. All I know is that I was right and you were wrong. Hahaha." Marceline teased.

Jake replied "Yeah, yeah, yeah. You win big woop."

Finn started pacing in his room once again "What is her deal?! I know she enjoyed that. If she didn't she would have pushed me away right away. What could be her damage?" he yelled as he angrily ran his fingers through his hair. He tried to sit down, but he was to riled up to do so. He paced some more. After about 15 minutes, he decided he was going to find out what was going on. He went straight to her room but he knocked lower on the door so then she wouldn't think it was him. She muttered "Its open, Peppermint Butler." He slid in and walked over to her bedside. She laid on the bed, her face turned away from him. She whispered "It's nothing to be too worried about Peppermint Butler. I just found out some horrible news about Zanoits and it just makes me upset. That's all."

"Like he'd believe that." Finn alleged. Startled, PB quickly rose to face Finn "Wha..What are you doing here?"

" I know you feel the same way about me Peebles, if you didn't you wouldn't have kissed me back. I came to find out what's wrong. Why you keep pushing me away, why there can't be an us." Finn asked affectionately.

"You wouldn't understand." PB shook her head sadly. Finn took her hand and sat on the bed next to her. "You could at least give me the chance to try…"

PB went ballistic "That's the thing! I gave my last boyfriend the chance to try but it ended, blowing up in my face. Finn, you know this better than anyone, I am the sole ruler of this Kingdom! I am not like LSP or like Flame Princess or all the other princesses who have their parents to run things for them! I have to take care of EVERYTHING BY MYSELF. And to be able to do that, I can't have distractions, such as a relationship. On top of this, I can't be a great girlfriend if I am the only ruler of Candy Kingdom. I learned this when I dated Mr. Creampuff. The responsibilities of being a ruler and a girlfriend are too much to handle simultaneously. And if I have to choose between something I want and the well-being of my citizens, then I will sacrifice and choose my citizens. I didn't want to put myself in that position ever again, so I decided whenever I was faced with the possibility, to push it away as best I could. I didn't want you to have to go through what Mr. Creampuff did either. All it did was break his heart, and I would never want to do that…." She was cut off as Finn kissed her… again.

When he broke it, he rested his forehead against hers "You try so hard to keep everyone else safe and happy that you forget about yourself. And you've been doing it by yourself for so long, that you think no one can help you. I can Peebles. I can help; you don't have to do everything by yourself. We could share the wait of taking care of this kingdom... together."

"Really?" PB asked innocently. Finn nodded. He gave her gentle kisses as she exhaled deeply. "Really." He replied as he did the same. Words were at a loss, as the situation increased in intensity. Clothes had been abandoned as each were allowed to truly marvel at the other for all they were worth. As they laid beside each other on the bed, Finn said as he caressed her hair "I'm going to give you, what you deserve, for being such an awesome ruler, doing all of it by yourself, for such a long time.

Don't worry. I'll take care of you."

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A/N: OHHHHH! Got some FinnxBubblegum fluff in there! I would call it fluff mainly because I can't think of anything else it would be. But it was sure in there. But will they end up together? Sure, they are doing things persay now, but that does not mean they will be together in the end. Keep that in mind guys. Now I know this chapter was looooonnnng, but I had to make up for not posting in a while.

DID YOU LIKE THE ROLLERCOASTER?! Was it even a rollercoaster? Please tell me.

Marceline was right! I mean what do you expect from a person whose 1000 years old? To be wrong?! I don't think so. And Jake! Sweet, lovable Jake. He gives such good advice, at least when he's NOT Jay T. Doggzone. haha

Hmmm, the only hint I shall give you about next chapter is that Ice King shall make an appearance. He'll light this story up in the humor department, at least I hope so.

Until the next, yours truly,

Spazzaye