Chapter 3: Flara & Marshall Lee

"Class, we have a new student."

Finn looked up from his seat with narrowed eyes. This would just be another bully, or stupid girl who lies all the time. "This is Flara Pyros." His eyes quickly opened wider. She had glorious long red hair, and freckled dotted across her smooth, pale, face. He felt heat burn in her cheeks, not only because he couldn't meet her gentle amber gaze, but because of her simple smile, even when Bonnibel sneered and Marceline bust out laughing when she said hello. Mr. Doge pointed behind Finn. "Sit behind Finn, and next to Wildberry. Raspberry, raise your hand." Flara smiled and took her seat.

"Ok class, if X and C are 22, then what is H?" Flara raised her hand. "Flara." She tapped her pencil to her chin. "64." Mr. Doge looked shocked, then smiled. "Yep!" Bonnibel snorted, annoyed, and Star Lumps whispered: "You totally knew that, B-Bubs." Marceline nodded her head. Flara heard this, but she continued to write her answers, ignoring the sadness that tugged at her heart. Finn looked behind at her, sadly, knowing she listened to Bubblegum's conversation. "She thinks she's so smart." Marceline giggled. "Totally not, Bebbles, her red hair is so dumb." Star kept going. "We should show her whose boss." "Sounds good to me." Flara at last glanced up. Finn shifted over to the back of his seat, close to Flara. He could smell her strawberry body spray, and tried to think that noticing it wasn't weird. "Excuse me, 'B-Bubs', but I'd prefer you not judge me because of my hair. Seeing yours is pink," She motioned her hand over to Star. "And yours is purple. If anything, mine is normal." Flara's eyes quickly narrowed. "Don't even think about touching my hair." She warned fiercely, then turned away. Finn swung back around to the blackboard, grinning. He could already tell this girl was special.

Lunch. Finn took his tray and walked along the pathway, until he found Beemo, with a curly-haired blond girl. She grinned. "Susan." Finn shook her hand. "Hey Beemo." He smirked, clearly his friend was wrapped up in a new game. "Oh, hey Finn." He smiled. "Have you met Susan?" The blonde-haired boy nodded. Susan blushed at Finn a bit, admiring his silky smooth hair, and bright blue eyes. Finn notice this and scratched the back of his head uncomfortably. "I-I like. Your hair." She uttered out. Finn gave her a lopsided- nervous- smile. "I like yours, too." Susan's face was red by now, and she covered her face with her hands. Beemo laughed slightly, then nudged his friend. "She likes you." His eyes widened for a second, and received an eye-roll from Beemo. "You're really dense, aren't you?" Finn shrugged. He turned his attention away from Susan and Beemo, to Bonnibel, who caught his eye. They were crowded around Flara, who was being teased and bullied. "Excuse me for a sec." He muttered. He headed over there, but someone blocked his path. "Stop! Stop bullying her" Two people stood in front of him. A boy. A boy with brown-cinnamon colored hair stood in front of him. Bonnibel snorted. "And who are you, exactly?" He stood tall and pushed up the glasses that allowed him to see. Finn recognized him instantly. CB, or Cole Bryant. He was really dumb and goofy, and he used to date Bonnibel, he had heard, until she dumped him for being stupid. He then studied really hard, and was now one of the smartest kids in school.

Flara stood up and glared at Cole. "I can take care of myself." She growled. She swiped her had across the table, and lunches fell on Star, Marceline, and Bonnibel. Star screamed, while Marceline hissed. Bonnibel stood up, smirking, and grabbed some kid's milk. Finn gasped, pushed CB aside and jumped onto the table. He let out a sigh of relief and then shut his eyes as he felt the milk cover his head. "Finn!? O-oh my glob Finn, I'm so sorry!" Finn's eyes narrowed and he stood up, gripping Bonnie's jacket then wiped his face off. He smirked. "It's fine, bubblegum, thanks for the napkin." She screeched, and ran away to the bathroom. Flara glared at him, her face red, then grabbed Finn's hand, then rushed to the nurse's office.

"Are you stupid? WH-WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?!" Flara screamed, but Finn just smiled gently. "C'mon, you were about to get milk all over your hair, and," He blushed and glanced away. "I…like your hair." Flara's cheeks reflected her hair color, bright red. "Y-Your so weird, Finn." His blushed burned brighter, but he looked at her and grinned. "You know my name?" Flara was flustered, then covered her face in her hands then whispered: "Only because she said it." Finn smiled, then held his hand out. "Let's go." Flara glanced up, then smiled. "Ok."

Flara and Finn walked down the hallway, silent. "Shouldn't you change?" She asked, rubbing her neck. Finn shrugged. "I don't mind." He coughed and shivered. Flara looked down sadly. "Here," She muttered. She took off her red jacket and handed it to him. Finn smiled, "Thanks." Bonnibel was heading towards them, so Finn glanced at Flara. She smiled and nodded reluctantly. "Flara…" Finn sighed. This girl wasn't afraid of anything, was she? Then the blonde face palmed as this red-headed girl actually approached the pink beauty. "Bonnibel Bubblegum." Flara grinned, much to Bonnie's annoyance. "Flara Pyros." The princess smirked. Flara scowled. "What's with you pouring milk on my head, I don't recall doing anything bad to you, yet." The 'yet' made Bonnie roll her eyes. "You did," She retorted, and pointed to Finn. "You stole his heart, and I liked him first." Finn blushed and stepped forward. "Hey! Don't drag me into this, I don't like Flara like that." Finn immediately regret what he just said. He looked down, but felt Flara's amber gaze burn into his soul. "He likes you, Bonnibel. Happy?" The girl whipped around, her hair like a fire, and Flara Pyros stormed off.

Fionna sat in her desk, feeling Gumball stare at her. Marshall Lee sat next to her, and placed a note on her desk.

You okay?

Fionna smiled. Although he was annoying, she had to remember Marshall did care. She took her pencil and scribbled down a reply.

Yeah. I'm just worried about Finn and Gumball's stupid sister, I mean, your girlfriend.

She wrote the last line slightly irritated. Marshall Lee shouldn't be dating a middle school kid, and the fact that Marshall was with someone irked her, and she didn't know why. She passed the note to Marshall Lee, and as he read it, a sly grinned slipped onto his face.

Are you jeaallooussss?

Fionna felt a blush creep to her cheeks, and she rolled her eyes. "No!" She whispered to him, and tossed his now crumpled paper at him. Marshall picked up the crushed sheet, and tossed it at the teacher, Mrs. Cake. The teacher turned around at that exact moment and it hit her square in the face. Marshall cursed under his breath and shoved his face into the textbook. "Marshall Lee Abadeer." Cake's voice rang through the cramped classroom. "It was Stan Lumps, I swear!" He pointed to the purple-haired boy. "Oh no lumpin' way Marshall, I took the blame too many times!" Fionna rolled her eyes at Marshall and pointed behind her. "It was Gumball!" Marshall Lee exclaimed, silently thanking Fionna. Gumball stood up. "That's preposterous!" He shouted. Stan raised his hand. "Nu-uh, Bubba! I watched you do it!" Gumball's face burned red in frustration. Mrs. Cake slumped down in her chair and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Ugh, whatever, just read pages 150 through 165 in the textbook, ok?" Marshall Lee smirked, and picked up the crumpled piece of paper off the floor. He scribbled something down, and passed it to Gumball.

Gotcha.

A/N: This was a long chapter. I'm pretty satisfied with it, but I need more Fiolee moments, because there has been a lot of SmokyBear in this chapter. Not that I mind, though. The next chapter will focus more on Fionna and Marshall, so look forward to it!

Guest: Thank you. J

Guest: I like PB too, but every story needs a menace. Hehe…

Aria: I'm sorry! I go back and forth on Fiolee and Flinn, but these first few chapters will be about Flara and Finn, because it's just hard to write about Fionna and Marshall.

Ooobserver: I can get what you mean, and I actually support almost all pairings on the show, although I can't really handle Gumball and Marshall. Anyways, Finn and Flame Princess will most likely have the more interesting plot, while Fionna and Marshall will have the quicker one, I don't know, just have trouble writing about them. Thank you for reading (and saying I have writing skills, heh!). J

Roberto: Thank you!

Dyavol: Hehe, will do!