Following the events of Lady and Peebles...
Bubblegum didn't know what to do. It had been days since she'd last seen Marceline, and she missed her vampire dearly. It had been a few days since she and Lady had rescued Finn and Jake, and in the process kicked Ricardio's sorry heart-shaped butt, and also informed Jake of Lady's pregnancy.
To say that all heck broke loose after that announcement would be an understatement.
In the ensuing drama of trying to get Jake to breath and stop hyperventilating, and stopping Finn from bouncing off the walls in his excitement, Bubblegum hadn't gotten the chance to see her favourite vampire. But truth be told, even though she wanted to see Marceline dearly, she was still feeling a slight sting of hurt from the argument they'd had, right before Bubblegum had gone off in search of Finn and Jake.
Marceline had wanted Bubblegum to stay put in the castle, and not go traipsing off into the unknown looking for the boys. The Vampire Queen had offered to go looking for the missing adventuring duo herself, and she had practically ordered Bubblegum to remain behind while she went searching.
Of course, telling Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum that she couldn't do something, was the exact opposite thing that Marceline really should have done. Usually the vampire queen knew this most important of facts, but her mind was so focused on keeping her Bonnibel safe from whatever harm had befallen Finn and Jake, that she didn't really stop to think about how her ordering the Princess around would be taken.
It started a mini war of words, and ended with Marceline leaving in a huff of anger and extreme agitation, and Bubblegum even more determined to prove that she too could be an 'adventurer' and go out and rescue Finn and Jake.
And she had.
And she'd done it in butt-kicking style.
But she hadn't seen any sign of Marceline since their fight, and Bubblegum was getting worried. She really hoped that Marceline wasn't now avoiding her, and essentially punishing her for running off to save the boys.
She had proven that she could be the hero too! She'd proven that she could take names, kick pa-too-ty, and do it all in the name of Science!
She'd hoped that she would have been able to come back, tell Marceline all about what had happened, and make the vampire proud of her...
But Marceline just...wasn't around. And as Bubblegum lay on her soft bed tightly clutching her pillow, she gently tugged on the edge of the rock t-shirt that held so much history between her and Marceline. A slight sniffle escaped her as she buried her face further into the pillow, and hoped with everything within her that Marceline really was just avoiding her on purpose, and that nothing bad had actually happened to her...
Oh, Marceline...Bubblegum thought to herself as she gazed forlornly out of her open bedroom widow, into the cloudless night sky above.
Where in Ooo are you...