Ch. 3 episode 3

(Marceline's Point of view)

The next two days went by really slow. I tried to help Finn meet new people that could potentially join the drama club. However... No one wanted to. Bonnibel found one person, a sophomore girl, so there's four people now. Finn was starting to look depressed as more and more people turned him down. Some didn't even bother to look at him, while others laughed in his face. Those that laughed weren't laughing for long because I'd bury their face into the ground. Finn never stopped smiling when he'd ask though, he was full of energy and determination. I started to feel jealous because I'd have given up a long time ago.

"Hey guys, check it out. Here's the girl." Bonnibel told us excitedly.

"My name's heather," she told us.

She was a red head. Wow, wasn't expecting that... oh who am I kidding, I wasn't expecting Bonnibel to convince anyone period!

"I'm Finn. Nice to meet you." Finn said with a bow.

I got a good look at her eyes. They were a deep silver, almost mystically. She wore almost a schoolgirl outfit just a longer skirt. Not only that but she had a blue scarf on. The heck? Its not even cold out, its 80 degrees for pete's sake! I ignored it though. If she's going to help us, then that's fine with me.

"Hey there you guys!" I know that annoying voice anywhere, "I heard your inviting people to join the drama club and I'm interested. Me and my lumps will dominate the stage!" Lsp yelled.

"No. We're not letting you join. Especially since your boyfriend likes to pick on Finn." I told her as Finn hid behind me again.

"That's not my fault plus, its against the rules to discriminate against other students." she told us.

"Maybe if you weren't so glob awful, maybe we'd let. You do know that everyone thinks your a joke right?" Bonnibel asked.

"They do not!" Lsp yelled.

"Yes they do! Purple looks awful on you! Heck, anything would! Instead of being so selfish and vain, maybe you should actually TRY to not be an eye sore!" Bonnibel yelled.

Lsp started to tear up, "Oh, Whatever! I didn't want to join your stupid club anyways! Wah!" Lsp cried and ran away with Brad close behind her.

"Woof. Bonnie that was nice." I told while giving her a high five.

"huff huff. Yeah. I feel great. Huff. I told you not to call me that." she told me.

I shrugged, "Too bad. You don't tell me what to do." I told you.

"I can tell you where to stick it." she joked.

"Woah bonnie. Baby steps. At least take me to dinner first." I laughed.

We all started laughing and called it a day. We went to the roof to talk about what we should do next. Heather was a Sophomore that also wanted to be class president. She said that if she does then she'd help revive the club. Finn seemed happier now that we have Heather. One more person but can we get a few more I wonder. A month passed and we didn't find anyone. Finn's confidence slowly started to dwindle until.

"Sure. I'll join." a woman said.

"Really?" Finn asked.

"Yeah. It'll be a lot of fun." she answered.

I watched as Bonnie put a hand on Finn's shoulder, "See, told you we'd find someone," Bonnie told him.

"Marceline! Come with me to my office now!" a teacher yelled.

I followed the teacher to his office and sat in front of his desk. He sat down and started to type into the computer. His angered face softened as he finally reached the file he wanted. He turned to face me and I swallowed a lump in my throat.

"You probably know why I had you come here. In the past month you've skipped 27 periods." he told me.

"Last I checked its a monthly thing. Plus I'm not seeing anyone." I joked slyly.

He exhaled, "I'm going with you to see your father. We need to talk about your behavior at school." he told me.

"He doesn..." I started.

"No excuses. Now let me grab my..." he started.

When he turned, I ran out of the room before he could notice. I ran and ran until I was sure he couldn't catch up. I was gasping for air with sweat going down my face.

"You ran away didn't you?" Finn asked.

I looked up to seeing a frowning Finn, "N-no. I have no idea what you're talking about." I lied.

Finn started pulling me roughly as I tried to free my hand. Eventually I gave up and started walking beside him when we found the teacher.

"Well well. Thanks to you, I get to do my job." he told Finn.

Finn nodded, "You can let go now." I told Finn.

"No way." he told me.

"What? You don't trust me?" I asked.

"Nope." Finn told me.

I almost fell over, "Wow. Our friendship is booming. Next you'll bring me into police custody." I said mostly to myself.

Finn made me walk and I started to feel uneasy as we approached my house. Eventually we got there and Finn finally let go of my hand. I looked inside for my dad but he was nowhere to be seen.

I came out, "Sorry, looks like he's not here." I told the teacher.

Finn was gone, "Hm. Then I guess I'll just have to wait for him. I'll wait all night if I have to." he told me.

"Great! I'll go see if I can find my old man!" I told him started running.

"Wait! Gah..." He yelled.

I ran away just like at the school until I reached a bakery. It was open and I was going to enter when I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Ran away again." Finn asked.

"Aw, crabs." I muttered.

Finn grabbed my hand to drag me but then Jake opened the bakery doors, "Hey Finn! How was... gasp." he noticed Finn grabbing my hand.

"Um... its not what it looks like?" I told him.

"Yeah. I'm dragging her back home because a teacher wants to talk to her father!" Finn unintentionally yelled.

"Great, why don't you tell the whole neighborhood." I muttered.

"Hey, she could be a potential customer Finn. Let her at least look around our bakery." Jake told Finn.

Finn shrugged, "Alright," he agreed.

I walked into their bakery to notice that it was nice. Much nicer than my old workplace or home. Most of their bread was gone which means they must get good business. The room smelled nice too and Jake's wife greeted me with a warm smile.

"Wow. You have such a nice bakery." I complimented.

"Thanks. It did pretty well today. Would you like a roll? Usually we charge a buck but for you I'll charge 2 dollars!" Jake joked.

"heh heh heh. No thanks." I said.

"Honey, be nice. Charge her a dollar fifty." she said.

"Greaaat. A family of comedians." I said to myself.

"Well, she saw our bakery but I really need to drag her back to her house." Finn told them.

"Alright fine. Hope you two have fun." Jake waved us off.

We walked back to my house... ok, Finn dragged me as we went back to my house. I really didn't want to be there right now. Especially when knowing my dad was going to be there. However, I sucked it up and walked beside Finn. He eventually let go, much to my surprise, and we walked together. Eventually we were on my street.

"Marceline is 19 years old and can make her own decisions. That is final," I heard my dad say.

"But Mr. Abadeer, your her father." I heard the teacher complain.

"Yes, but Marceline is Marceline. What I have to say on this does not matter." He said.

My dad walked past him, "But Mr. Abadeer..." he started.

"Well... now you know what he's like. He doesn't even consider me as his daughter. We're like strangers now." I explained to Finn.

The teacher walked past us disappointed, "Oh..." was all Finn said.

Finn went home as I went inside. My dad was at his table as usual and I went to my room. Hours past and suddenly I heard banging. It was one of those nights where my Dad gets drunk at home. I don't know if he does it on purpose or not but I never get any sleep. I just laid there trying to ignore the banging and yelling. I couldn't stop him even if I tried because of my right shoulder. Eventually he left the house and I drifted to sleep.