Fiolee

Chapter 8

Warning: Fionna is 18 in this!

Weeks went by and the wedding was here. It was the 8th of March and the wedding was days away. Fionna was nervous, Marshall was happy and calm, and Gumball was busy with all the décor. It was crazy at the Candy Kingdom, the halls filled with traffic of decorators and planners. Every time Fionna and Marshall tried to go see what was going on, Gumball would hurry them out with a quick, "There isn't room."

Fionna was sitting, or rather floating, above her and Marshall's couch. She was thinking of the wedding and what it might be like. She hadn't seen any of what PG was planning and she hadn't really listened when Marshall planned the wedding with Gumball. She thought about the reception next. Did they plan a reception? She thought. They probably did. They planned everything else anyway...

She looked completely zoned out when Marshall came over to her. "Fi, what are you doing?" he asked, confused by her blank face and hunched over body.

She snapped out of it quickly, hearing her fiancée. "Yeah? Huh? Oh, I was just... thinking about the wedding... I don't know what the plans are so I'm trying to think of what it might be like."

"Yeah, sorry. Me and Gumball did take all the fun out of it for you, didn't we? We just got carried away with all the planning..." He gasped slightly, not enough for Fi to notice it at all. Did I just say too much?

"Yeah, what was all that about? I thought the bride was supposed to do all that junk," Fionna asked him.

Shi- "Oh, uhh... I... Umm... I guess I should probably tell you..." Marshall took a long breath in. "Me and Gumball have planned a wedding before, so it brought back the memory and we just... Well, the wedding was... ours. Me and Gumball used to date- heck, we were engaged! But then we had a fight and we broke up. That's why it's normally so awkward for us to be around each other..."

As he looked up at Fionna, he wasn't surprised by her face. She was showing confusion and surprise on her pale face. "So... You and Gumball...?"

"Yep. I guess I should have told you before now but it wasn't really relevant. There wasn't much purpose in knowing. It was just one of my past relationships..." Marshall answered.

"You could have told me. I would have understood- I do understand. It's fine. Did you think it would upset me, you dating one of my friends?" Fionna asked.

Does she really not get this? "Uh, no I thought it would upset you that I've dated guys." Marshall answered honestly.

"Marshall, you should know me better..." Fionna said, looking into his eyes. He melted at the sight of her blue eyes staring into his own. "And how does that work anyway? You dated a guy- or guys- but now, you're marrying me, a girl."

"Well, it's not that complicated, Fi. I'm bi. Bisexual is when you are attracted to males and females. Sometimes it's equally; sometimes it's more one gender than the other. I like equally but that doesn't matter because I'm spoken for now," he smirked at the last part. Didn't know I was going to have to give a whole lesson on my sexuality to my fiancée.

"Darn right, you're spoken for!" Fionna said as she pounced onto him and kissed him lightly. "I love you, you know."

"I know."

The night before the wedding, Fionna went to stay at Gumball's. They were sticking with the tradition of its bad luck to see the bride before the wedding. So she arrived after dark, around 9pm.

"Hey, Gumball," Fionna said.

"Hello, Fionna. Are you ready for our 'sleepover' tonight?" Gumball asked. They were calling it a sleepover because, well, that's exactly what it was. She was sleeping over; they would talk about the big day (night) tomorrow, probably bake stuff and gossip. It was really like having a girl as a best friend instead of a boy. He didn't act like a boy very often...

"Yes, man! So ready for the awesomeness," Fionna replied. She had had sleepovers at PG's before. They were always so fun!

"Okay, let's get your bags upstairs," he said as he called for Peppermint Maid. She took all Fionna's things to Gumball's room. "So, you want to watch a movie?"

"Heck yes!"

They watched Heat Signature, which probably wasn't the best choice since Gumball was so scared; he clung to Fionna the whole time. He jumped and screamed more that she had the first time she watched it (which wasn't that much).

After it ended, Gumball calmed down some and was no longer tense. He let go of Fionna, which he had wrapped himself around completely. His arms unwound from her upper torso and his legs unwound from her waist. It probably would have been awkward if someone walked in because it didn't look that great...

"Are you okay, PG?" Fionna asked.

"Y-yeah… That was pretty scary, huh?" He answered shakily.

"Umm… Not really…" Fionna saw the embarrassment on his face. "But maybe it's because I've seen it so much," she said quickly.

"Oh, okay" PG said, "Moving on… What would you like to do now? Talk? Bake? Gossip?"

"Oh, I don't really mind what we do. You decide."

"Okay…" Gumball began to think of what to do. "How about bake? But the question is what to bake… Hmm…"

"How about cookies? That's simple. I can't really bake as well as you anyhow." Fionna said.

Gumball blushed. "Oh, stop… I'm not that great… Let's make chocolate chip cookies!"

"Alright!" Fionna loved chocolate chip cookies.

So they went to work, baking and talking. Most the talking was Gumball instructing Fionna how to make the cookies.

"I could give you the recipe, if you want. Marshall Lee loves chocolate chip!" Gumball said, realizing as soon as he said it that he had slipped up. "I mean…"

"It's okay. I know." Fionna told him.

"He… told you?" Fionna nodded. "And you don't mind?"

"Why would I?" Fionna asked.

"Well, we were together… I would have thought… it would be awkward if you knew I guess…" Gumball seemed very surprised by her reaction. He expected her to freak out or something.

"Nope, it's behind us, I suppose."

"I still love him," Gumball said without thinking. He clasped his hands over his mouth as soon as the words left his lips.

"What?" Fionna stared at him.

"I'm sorry," was all Gumball could say.

"What did you say?" Fionna asked again.

"I… still love him… Marshall Lee… I'm sorry…" Gumball looked down at his lap.

"Does he know?"

"Yes… I told him…"

"And?"

"He loves me still… But not the way he loves you…" Gumball started to cry.

"I'm sorry," Fionna said as she hugged him.

"Y-you know… I-I'm pre-pretty j-jealous of you… You-you have h-him all to your-yourself… I envy you, Fionna…" Gumball cried into her shoulder and spoke through tears.

"Jealous? Of me? Gumball, you shouldn't be jealous, you'll find someone that will love you just like Marshall did."

"N-no… I l-loved and st-still love M-Marshall more th-than anyth-thing… I don't know i-if I will ever f-find a man like h-him…" he was starting to cry again.

"You will, I know you will." Fionna said.

"O-okay…" Gumball stopped crying and they finished the cookies.

All night they did typical sleepover activities and had lots of fun. They watched more movies, ate junk food, talked, gossiped, did makeovers so-to-speak, and everything else. They fell asleep late and slept in till about noon. PG woke up to his alarm clock. He blinked the sleep away and looked around. His room was a mess, much too messy for his taste. Next he saw Fionna lying in bed with him, under the covers in her pajamas. He wasn't phased by this because this was always how they slept at sleepovers. They knew nothing would EVER happen between them so they just slept in the same bed.

"Fio-nna," Gumball said groggily, "We have to get up." He nudged her and she groaned.

"No, I'm sleeping."

"Fionna, you're getting married tonight."

That was all Gumball had to say. Fionna's eyes flew open and she looked at Gumball. "Oh no, we better start getting ready!" She floated up and across the room, flying back and forth, not knowing what to do first.

"Okay first, you need to go take a shower. Make sure you wash your hair too!" Gumball yelled after Fionna, who was already in his bathroom undressing.

Fionna took a shower and washed her hair thoroughly as Gumball said to. She got out of the shower 20 minutes later. Gumball gave her a robe to put on after the shower. When she came out of the bathroom, Gumball already had a station set up with a hair blower, a flat iron, makeup, and so many other things…

Fionna looked at him; she didn't think he was going to be doing this… "Gumball… You know what you're doing right?"

"Of course! Now come sit down, I need to dry your hair so we have enough time to straighten it and style."

It took a half hour to dry her hair well enough so the flat iron wouldn't fry it. After that, Gumball let it sit for about another half hour before using a flat iron on it. Straightening Fionna's hair took about the same amount of time it did to dry it. After he had her hair straight, he started to French braid her hair.

"I didn't know you could braid hair…" Fionna said.

"Hmm? Oh yes, I used to braid my sister's hair. Your hair is much easier though, since you have real hair and not bubblegum hair." He chuckled.

"Oh, right! Princess Bubblegum, I nearly forgot… I bet it was fairly hard to do that." Fionna giggled as well.

"Yes, very hard… But it still looked lovely!" Gumball smiled at the memory.

"I'm sure. I hope my hair will look just as well. And I'm sure it will since you say you're so good." Fionna smiled.

Gumball blushed. "Thanks, Fionna." And he went back to work on her long hair, reaching down half way to her back.

Once her hair was done, he got out the makeup. He had pink eye shadow and black eyeliner for the eyes, a light blush (Very light, she was a vampire after all. Her skin tone is no longer pink…), and loose glitter. He started on her eyes. He first coated the eyelid pink and went with a light (very light) pink above the lid, which was barely noticeable. Next he used a white highlight pencil under the brow and smudged it in lightly. He next put on the blush, applying to her cheekbones very lightly. After that he put some glitter on a small brush and put a bit on her cheeks, across her nose and below her eyes.

By the time the makeup was done, it was 4pm. The ceremony was at 6pm. All she needed was to be in her dress. Gumball got the dress out of his closet where they agreed to keep it.

"Okay, you have underwear on?" Fionna nodded. "No bra?"

"Nope, just how you said." Fionna said.

"Good. Take your robe off; we need to get you in your dress so I can get ready."

Fionna didn't think anything of it as she dropped her robe. She knew he wouldn't do anything or say anything.

Gumball unzipped the dress and helped Fionna step into it. Once she was stepped in, he raised it to its proper place. He had her turn around so he could zip her up and she was done. She looked beautiful! Her dress was sleeveless with a tight corset top. The skirt of the dress flowed down to the floor. It was such a pretty look it was unbelievable…

"Okay I have to go get read, you just stay put. If you sit down, be very careful not to wrinkle or stretch the dress. Please, you look beautiful and that how I want Marshall to see you." And with that he left. At about 5:40pm he came out.

"Okay, I'll call Cake. She has to be here to give you away." Gumball said. He made the phone call and hung up. "She is here and will be up in a few seconds."

Cake was there so fast it seemed like it was the second after Gumball told Fionna anything at all.

"I'm here, baby!" Cake shouted.

"Okay we have to be down and ready to walk in," He checked his watch, "10 minutes. It's 5:50. We need to go." Gumball said.

They walked down as fast as they could without Fionna messing up her makeup or hair. They were there at 5:58pm. Perfect.

The music started and Gumball (who was the Maid of Honor) went first. Cake and Fionna went after him as in all ceremonies.

When they were there Fionna couldn't focus on all the words. She was lucky to be in time for "I do." The ceremony was over and Marshall kissed her.

We're married! Fionna and Marshall thought in unison. They were beyond happy. They were in pure bliss…