Valentine's Day quest (Final part)
It was almost eight o'clock and the boyfriends and girlfriends hadn't seen the other yet. Everyone had spent the day either sleeping or getting ready for Gumball's ball tonight.
"How do I look?" Cake asked Fionna as she heard her sister walk down the stairs.
"Algebraic." Fionna smiled. Cake had a red bow around her neck and was holding her red pack, which was filled with presents.
"Oh. My. Glob." Cake said as she turned around to see Fionna.
"What?" Fionna asked, running her hand through her hair. Cake's stare was making her feel self-conscious.
"You look so cute!" Cake exclaimed as Fionna laughed uneasily. Fionna had on a light blue dress that ended four or five inches above the knee. It had a loose U-shaped top with ¾ sleeves and her black flats. Her hair was out of its bunny hat. It had been cut, so instead of dragging on the ground it was now touching the back of her neck. Fionna wore her green pack and a white bunny shaped barrette in her hair. "Trying to impress anyone in particular?" Cake teased
Fionna blushed "What? No!" She quickly defended.
"Um-huh." Cake teased with a knowing smile
"Cheese Louise…We better go." Fionna sighed
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Marshall Lee fumbled with the wrapping paper. The sticky tape had gotten him to mess up a couple of times, especially since he used his axe-bass to cut it. After getting dressed, in his red tank blue jeans and red boots, and swinging his axe-bass over his shoulder, the vampire king grabbed the four presents he bothered to get, with Fionna's on top, and headed out his door.
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"Oh! Where is the music?" Gumball fussed as some guests began to arrive, yet the musical act was nowhere in sight.
"Sire! Sire!" Peppermint maid came yelling frantically
"What is it Peppermint? What?" Gumball asked concerned as the mint woman heaved
"The musical act has called to cancel!" She informed sadly
"What!" He asked, more in anger than shock.
"It seems like singer's girlfriend dumped him and now he's down in the dumps."
"Oh no!" Gumball exclaimed.
At that moment, Fionna and Cake walked in, in time to hear Gumball exclaim. "What's wrong PG?" Fionna asked
"We have no music." He stated
"Don't worry. I bet you'll-… Cake?" Fionna asked looking at her zoned out sister
"Hotness!" Cake finally exclaimed running over to her beau. Cake purred against his embrace.
Gumball and Fionna couldn't help but smile at them. "Who's your date?" Fionna asked looking back at Gumball, trying to distract him while she thought of a solution to his problem.
"My what?" He asked facing her
"Your date." She laughed a bit
"Oh…umm… I don't have one." He said realizing. "I don't have a date." He smiled, blushing because he felt stupid. How do you throw a ball… but don't get a date?
"I'll be your date." The ice queen's voice said from behind the two
"Ice queen!" Fionna said putting her hands on her hips "You said if we invited you, you'd be cool."
"I am! I am!" The ice exclaimed. "I am just offering to be Gumball's date. I mean I don't have one either…" She grinned Gumball's way. He shuffled uneasily.
"Hey." Marshall Lee said as he floated by.
Ice queen paled at the sight of the vampire king. "I… I g-gotta go." She stuttered looking down and stalking away, looking back once to Marshall Lee then away.
"What was that?" Fionna asked with a slight laugh.
"Don't ask." Marshall Lee said shuddering. Gumball laughed knowingly. "Here." He smiled and passed her the gift.
"Thank you!" She smiled, and with her other hand reached into her pack for his present.
After the long search for the right presents, she handed Marshall Lee and Gumball theirs. "Thanks." Marshall smiled back
"Thank you." Gumball said, "I'll go search for yours." Gumball walked away.
"Open it." Marshall Lee said
"Oh, you didn't have to get me anything." Fionna said as she started to peel the wrapping paper
"Hey, you have no idea all that I went through to get you this. You better open it!" He said pointing at her and smirking
"Sheesh… alright." Fionna laughed as she tore through the paper. "Oh thanks dude!" She fist bumped him with a grin. "This is so mathematical!" Fionna saw the cartridge thing and the label Gumball had printed on it. "Did you… get this from Gumball?" She laughed "Is this why ice queen-"
"We will never speak of yesterday." He clamped his hand over her mouth "Its history."
He felt the corners of her mouth jerk up. "Okay… open your present." Her voice came muffled from behind his palm.
Marshall Lee removed his hand from her mouth and ripped through the paper Cake had spent so much time to wrap. When he saw what it was, he was literally speechless. His eyes seemed to tear and he looked at her with such…tenderness and gratitude it knocked the wind out from her. He didn't speak. He only pulled her into a hug… so sweet she couldn't believe this was Marshall Lee… her Marshall Lee. "Thank you." He finally mumbled.
"You're welcome." Fionna mumbled happily, as she hugged him back.
From the distance, Cake saw Fionna and Marshall Lee hugging. "Awww!" She exclaimed happily. "I love valentine's day." Cake said to Monochromicorn as she proudly held the yellow orchids her boyfriend gave her and playfully patted the catnip he attached to it. "Do you like the music box?" She asked looking back at her beau
"Yes. It's beautiful." Monochromicorn stomped "Like you."
"You are just the sweetest." Cake sighed dreamily as she kissed Monochromicorn
Slowly Gumball walked over to the two. "Happy Valentine's day." He said laughing at their dreamy expressions. "Mo-chro, thank you for the present. Cake, thank you also. I hoped you liked the royal tarts I was able to acquire for you."
"Yes. They were delicious." Cake smiled
"Hey guys." Fionna said as she and Marshall Lee walked, or floated, over to them. "Lord M., your Teddy bear…" Fionna said as she passed him the bear with the bow on its head. Then she looked at Gumball and smiled. She had given him his present earlier. "PG I hoped you liked the magic seeds" She smiled
"Yes. Thank you Fionna. And here is your royal tart." Gumball gave her the food.
"Thank you Fionna." Lord Mo-chro gave her the blue lilies.
"They're beautiful." Fionna said happily
"Thanks to Gumball's gardening tips my flowers bloomed early this year." Monochromicorn stomped
"You're welcome." Gumball smiled
"Here." Marshall Lee passed Gumball, Cake, and Lord M. the remaining three gifts he had.
Marshall Lee couldn't help but crack a smile at the surprised faces of Cake and Gumball. "Thank you Marshall Lee. These are for you." Lord M. stomped
"Well, bro, I have no idea what you said but I'm thinking these are for me. Thanks." Marshall smiled and took the red roses. He only admired them for a second before sinking his fangs into one, draining its color. Now a single white rose stood amongst the others.
"Wow." Gumball stated
"Yeah… wow." Cake said
"What?" Marshall Lee laughed
"You gave me a color-less strawberry for Christmas… I didn't think you'd bother today." Gumball said looking at Marshall Lee.
"Same here." Cake broke in
"You really have been surprising me lately." Gumball said opening the box to reveal one of Marshall Lee's demon daggers
"For… protection." Marshall Lee said when he saw Gumball's confusion. "Lets just say I had a small taste of dealing with ice queen yesterday… you need this." All five laughed
Cake opened her box to see catnip. "Sweet." She grinned as she banged her two bags of catnip together.
"Sire, the people are getting bored." Peppermint maid rushed over to inform.
"Oh dear." Gumball sighed
"What's wrong?" Marshall Lee asked
"The musical act cancelled on me…" Gumball sighed "And since I thought I'd have a musical act all night I didn't set up any music… it'll take me forever to set it up with all these people in the way."
"Say no more." Marshall Lee said with a smile, "I'll distract them. You, Fionna, Cake, and Monochromicorn set up." He floated over to the stage. Gumball nodded, ecstatic, and rushed the gang off to find his musical supplies while Marshall Lee rocked the guests. After seven songs… thankfully they got the music set up and Marshall Lee could step down. "Took you long enough." Marshall Lee teased
"Thank you." Gumball said to him.
Marshall Lee nodded and grabbed Fionna's hand. "Wanna dance?" Fionna only nodded before being led away.
"Cake?" Mo-chro stomped and walked away with Cake. The music began to play, a dance song. Gumball sat back watching how his friends danced, relieved that the party had gone well and well…happy, when it hit him. He had thrown this party… but he had no date. He started to look around the room… even LSP had a date…Whom would he have asked anyway?
"Nice party." The soft female voice said from beside him.
Gumball turned to face her when he saw it was none other than one of his candy subjects… Candy Cotton to be specific. "Thank you." He smiled at the cotton candy girl and looked back to the dance floor.
"Would you like to dance?" She asked, her voice was soft as cotton candy… and sweet. When Gumball faced her, her head cocked slightly to the side. Her pink and purple cotton candy hair cascading off her blue shoulders. Her dressed seemed to be a star patterned cotton candy stick.
"It would be an honor." Gumball smiled before sticking out his hand to meet hers. He led her towards the dance floor to meet his friends.
And everyone had a happy valentine's day. ~