AN: That one word in the last chapter was supposed to be unfazed, but for some reason my computer put emphasized. Idk.. The song is called "What Makes You Beautiful" I don't have any credit for it. And on a side note: Shout out to Bamsauce! X)

Fionna blushed and punched Marshall on the shoulder as she walked by. She didn't know how to respond, and things were only getting awkward. Retreat and regroup seemed like the best thing to do.

Prince Gumball glared at Marshall, while Marshall had a huge smirk on his face. Prince Gumball snorted.

"Did you have fun fooling me into thinking that you too had sex last night?" Prince Gumball asked disgusted.

"What makes you think nothing happened?" his smirk widened.

The prince did not want to answer the question, so he answered with a question.

"You are going to the music party, yes?" his voice holding no pleasantness.

"You betcha gummy. Wouldn't miss it. Like Fi fi said… we worked hard…ALL night." His voice trying to convey more.

"You should know that I am only allowing you to come for Fionna. This party was planned for her, because she loves music." His voice started to turn on that candy prince charm again.

Fionna had rushed upstairs to get her hat, and she came to where the ladder space connected to the downstairs to listen. Marshall Lee, being the Vampire King heard her there. Though her breath was silent, her heart beat was unmistakable.

'Time to show her what her candy prince is really like.' Marshall smirked.

"Why are you here gummy worm? Don't you have more plans to make for the party? What do you want?" he antagonized.

"To tell you I intend to spend the evening with Fionna without you around. You are invited to the party, and you can sing your silly little songs. But you stay away from Fionna. Though this party is meant for her; it's for me and her. Not some immature gothic vampire. Tonight is my time." He didn't make his words harsh. He laced it with the charming tone he plays on. Prince Gumball was not a fool. He knew to not speak loud, because Fionna could be listening somewhere in the house.

Marshall raised an eyebrow at the candy prince. "Are you serious?" he laughed in his face. "What makes you think she will want to be around just you? Fionna makes her own choices. She chooses to hang out with me." His voice amused.

"You can "choose" to not be around her. Are you worried to leave her with me? Afraid she'll see I'm a better man?" Gumball challenged.

Fionna couldn't hear everything that was being said. She heard the last thing Marshall said, and then Gumball's response. She didn't know how to feel. Gumball was acting like it was a competition. This was her decision. Not something decided over a battle fought and won by the two of 'em. His lack of respect for her feelings angered her. The way Gumball was speaking to Marshall was out of line as well.

Marshall scoffed a cough towards the candy prince. "I am not going to treat her like that, prissy boy. If you want to have her attention, be a fucking man you pansy."

Prince Gumball's eyes shot daggers and his face contorted repulsed. "I believe I do conduct myself as a man. I actually rule my kingdom." His voice snobby.

Fionna was even more pissed off now. She wanted the pink prince gone, but she couldn't out right correct him. She was eaves dropping on their conversation. An idea struck her. Make him jealous and not want to stay. Plus… she was getting in that weird mood again. Like, wanting to tease. Maybe it was the two being jealous of the other, and Gumball did deserve it for being rude.

Fionna jumped down instead of using the ladder to announce her presence. The guys stopped talking when they heard Fionna. Both looking at her while she walked up acknowledging her presence. She approached them sweet and innocent like.

"Hey Mar mars. Did you still wanna have breakfast and jam some more? I'm kinda really hungry, and you promised me strawberry pancakes right before falling asleep." She said standing beside him and poking his side. Marshall looked at her with questioning eyes, and she winked at him. Marshall smirked with a mischievous face.

He fully understood what was going on. 'You're being a tease!' "You remember that small detail, eh?"

"What? You didn't think I would forget the vampire king offering to cook breakfast, did you?" she said playfully sticking her tongue out at him. Marshall made a feigned pout face making her laugh.

Gumball clearly did not like watching them and cleared his throat rather loudly. They both looked over at him. "Well, I must be getting back to the castle. Fionna, if you don't mind, call me when you get home or stop by. I have something I'd like to discuss."

"I'll call you when I get home." She replied smiling.

With that the candy prince walked to the cave opening and called for his bird. Once he was out of sight Marshall looked at Fionna with great fascination. Fionna looked at him seeing his expression and broke out into laughter. It didn't take long for the vampire to join her.

"Fi… that was absolutely priceless! I didn't think you had that in you!" Marshall said still laughing in between words. He looked at Fionna with new found admiration.

"Well, he was being a butt, so why not?" She giggled. "Besides, he's the one that rejected me before. Why should I jump into great effort for his attention or act like a hopeless puppy? For all I know he could be wanting me now because I don't like him that anymore. I mean, I don't think I do."

Marshall looked over at her slightly surprised. Fionna had confessed that she didn't like Gumball like that. She was growing up, and her thinking and hormones were starting to catch up. Fast. He liked it. He liked it a lot. Marshall stood there zoned out for a minute.

"Marshall? You're being creepy, dude!" Marshall looked over at her and she giggled.

Marshall blushed and ran a hand through his messy raven hair with a smile. 'Wow…. that was embarrassing. She caught me daydreaming about her.' "Hey bunny, how about I make you those pancakes?" he said trying to play cool.

Fionna looked at him with bright eyes. "That sounds math! Need any help?" she asks in a voice that sounds doubtful of his cooking skills.

"Are you trying to imply I can't cook?"

"I remember that time you tried to make cupcakes when I was sad…."

"That was one time! Give me another!"

"Ummm… how about that time you caught soup on fire…" she laughed at his pout face.

Marshall sighed. She did have a point. His cooking skills were a little rusty. But hey! He's a vampire. Vampires don't normally cook food. Marshall blushed a little sighing again. "Alright bunny! But try not to make a mess!" he said winking walking inside.

Fionna blushed remembering when she spilled spaghetti all over the floor. She walked inside swinging the door closed. In the kitchen Marshall was already pulling out the stuff needed for the pancakes. Fionna looked in the fridge to see what else Marshall had.

"Since when do you have eggs?"

Marshall didn't want to admit he secretly kept food for Fionna, so he decided to make her feel silly.

"Since I can drink red. Food coloring in the cabinet." He said in a duh tone.

"Oh.." Fionna felt silly now and decided to quickly switch topics. "Soo, that thing with Gumwad….. care to share about that? It looked like we.. did, ya know." She blushed.

Marshall smirked. "You didn't help making it seem otherwise. You wanted him to think so too? You care to share?" Marshall sounded pretty full of himself.

Right then Fionna took an egg and smashed it to the side of his face. Marshall stopped what he was doing and snapped his face to Fionna; his mouth open in shock. Fionna started to giggle. Marshall began to smile.

"You've done it now, bunny." He said as he took a handful of the pancake batter and threw it in her face.

That was all it took for an all-out food battle. Food was all over them and the kitchen. The kitchen table was turned over for cover. Behind it was Fionna with two eggs she still had. Marshall turned invisible and started to float over her. She was covered with food, and her white bunny hat was stained red. He smirked as he began to pull off her hat. Fionna flipped over reached up and grabbed him so quickly he crashed right on top of her turning visible again.

"Gotcha!" Fionna yelled as she smashed both eggs to the sides of his head laughing wildly. Marshall smirked and smashed the strawberry he had into her face laughing with her. They laid there with Marshall on top of her unmoving laughing for a couple minutes. When it quieted down they stared at each other for a moment.

"You have egg on your head, and now it's all in your hair." Fionna chuckled.

"It's not all in it."

Fionna reached up and rubbed her hands all into Marshall's raven black hair spreading it.

"Now it is!" she laughed her eyes shining.

Marshall looked at her face. "You have strawberry all over your face!" he hollered spreading it from her right cheek all over.

"Hey!" Fionna playfully protested.

"Don't worry, I'll help you clean it off." He said wiping her cheek slowly with his hand. Fionna blushed red enough that it was noticeable even through the strawberry. Their faces were so close, and he was laying right on top of her.

Marshall leaned into her and gently kissed her lips. They tasted like strawberries. Fionna allowed him to kiss her and she kissed back. The kiss started out innocent, but the longer they kissed the more intense it got. Marshall buried his hands into her hair, and Fionna did the same. They smashed their faces together.

Marshall was fighting the urge to grind onto her, but that made no difference. Fionna actually subconsciously rubbed her hips into his once. Even though they both had their legs straight and not parted she could feel his excitement. It excited her.

Fionna finally pulled back needing to breath, and smiled. Marshall loved seeing her hair out of her hat and looking wild. He smiled back at her. Fionna had the urge to strip all their clothes off and touch skin. Her body burned for him. Right there, she felt her heart twitter with the way he touched and smiled at her.

'Glob… I love him. I love Marshall!' She thought to herself in realization. For the first time she was truly honest with herself.

"You okay?" Marshall asked her seeing her blank out. He floated up off her.

"Uh… y-yeah. Hey, I gotta go home before Cake worries!" She got up and walked into the living room. Grabbing her guitar she took off running yelling bye behind her.

"What was that?" Marshall asked talking to himself. He sighed staring out the door she left open.

Fionna ran as fast as she could to the tree house. When she got there she hurried inside putting her guitar against the wall, and closed door behind her. She put her back against the door and sighed sliding down to the floor to sit. Her heart was pounding. She covered her face with her hands and giggled like a giddy school girl in love. She put the back of her head against the door opening her eyes.

Fionna heard someone clear their throat. She slowly looked over to where the noise came from embarrassed. There at the table sat Cake with Prince Gumball having tea. Cake's face was an expression of question and PG's was one of confused wonderment. Fionna felt herself blush so hot she thought her skin could burn down the house.

"Um, baby cakes? What happened to you?" Cake asked with an eyebrow risen eyeing her clothes and the food that covered her.

"Food fight…I won." Fionna answered and looked at Prince Gumball nodding in his direction. He said nothing, just nodded back.

"Okay, well, go clean up honey. Prince Gumball was waiting for you to come home. He wants to talk to you."

"Okay, I'll only need ten minutes." Fionna said hurrying upstairs.

Cake and Prince Gumball just looked at each other with questioning eyes. Cake asked the prince to excuse her for a moment and climbed up to the room she shared. Fionna was already in the shower by the time she got to the room.

Fionna showered humming the song she sang by the tree the day before. She felt happy knowing that Marshall liked her, but she wanted him to love her. 'Maybe he is. He obviously feels strongly for me. I'll write a song for him for the party!' She daydreamed about them being in love. Finished showering and wrapped up in a towel.

Fionna walked out to a Cake sitting on her bed looking excited with a wide smile.

"Alright honey, tell me! Who is it? Is it someone I know?" her feline sister asked.

"Wha.. what do you mean?" Fionna asked blushing again.

"Oh honey, I can tell when my little sister is in love! You came into the house giddier than a school girl. I ain't never heard you like that before." Cake's voice teasing.

"Cake! Shh.. Gumball is downstairs! And I have to get dressed!"

"Oh.. Is it Gumball! You two finally getting together?!" she asked super excited.

"Stop talking! It's not him!" Fionna said in a hushed voice.

Cake's eyed opened wider, and she covered her mouth. "Oh.. you finally realized…"

Fionna cocked her head at her sister. "What? Realized what?" She asked feeling nervous.

Cake smiled and her eyes changed into a knowing expression. "I knew that one day you two would wake up and realize it. You know I will always want what's best for you. I may not agree with what he is, but-"Fionna interrupted.

"Cake, who are you talking about?" she asked again.

"Honey, I notice more than you think. I have known for a while now that Marshall has feelings for you. He always has, and I know you've always liked him. It was only a matter of time. But, you are almost seventeen, so I guess it's okay now. It's not that I think he's evil per say. I just wanted to keep my baby a baby a little longer, and I held reserve on the fact that he sometimes influenced you in a negative way. I can't deny you're a good thing for him though. You balance eachother in a way I guess. I guess Gumball was just not the right opposite for you. What you two feel, it's real. But of course I wanted you to have options open, too." She said with a wink and walked down stairs.

Fionna stood there with her mouth open watching Cake leave. "What the…? That was… freakish. I can't believe Cake would be so clam." She shook her head. Cake really could surprise her sometimes. 'Wait a minute. She knew Marshall liked me?' She shook her head again. "We will be talking later."

With that she got dressed into her usual attire. She pulled out her extra bunny hat from her drawer, and tucked her hair up into it. Satisfied it was all tucked away she went downstairs to sit with her sister and Prince Gumball.

As soon as Fionna sat down Cake announced she needed to leave. Fionna looked at her sister with eyes that asked her not to go. Cake only looked at her with apologetic eyes and smile.

"When will you be back?" Fionna asked not wanting her to be gone long.

"I'm going to the grocery kingdom for some food. I won't be long, sweetie."

"Okay. Will you get us some strawberry ice cream? And maybe some red jelly beans?" she blushed a little. Cake winked at her.

"Sure thing baby cakes."

Fionna, Cake and Prince Gumball said bye. Cake left and a short awkward silence followed. Prince Gumball was the one to break it.

"Fionna, I wanted to talk to you about the party tomorrow evening. I was wondering if you would be my date." His voice was full of charm.

"Oh, I'm sorry Gummy I can't. Marshall asked me to be his date last night. I already told him yes." She said softly.

Prince Gumball's smile lessened. Fionna couldn't help but feel empathy for him. It's not like she wanted to break his heart on purpose.

"Oh, alright." He answered trying not to sound disappointed.

"But I can always save a dance for one of my closest friends." Fionna said to try to make him feel better.

Prince Gumball smiled bigger. "I would greatly like that. Well, it's almost dark now. I'd better get back to my kingdom. I have a stack of paperwork to do." With that he got up and walked to the door.

"Alright. I'll see ya tomorrow gummies." Fionna said giving him a hug.

Prince Gumball paused and then hugged her back. As they let go he quickly pecked her lips and just as quick walked off. Fionna wiped her lips off and closed the door.

Prince Gumball thought about the situation concerning Fionna talking aloud. "Perhaps waiting so long to express my love for her was a mistake. She thought I was being a jerk back then, but she doesn't know how much it hurt me to deny her. Now it may be too late, but I will not stop until she knows how I feel."

Marshall Lee's POV:

Marshall Lee had watched Fionna leave in a hurry. He looked around at the mess and sighed starting to clean it up. He couldn't help but think about Fionna the whole time. The ends of his lips made his face form a smile when he picked up her bunny hat. He sank a fang into the red stains and they faded. His little adventuress was just so unpredictable. "Is there anything I don't love about her?" he asked himself.

With the kitchen cleaned he went upstairs and showered. Once dressed he went downstairs to jam the night away.

"You're insecure,

Don't know what for,

You're turning heads when you walk through the door,

Don't need make-up,

To cover up,

Being the way that you are is enough,

Everyone else in the room can see it,

Everyone else but you,

Baby you light up my world like nobody else,

The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,

But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,

You don't know,

Oh, oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

If only you saw what I can see,

You'd understand why I want you so desperately,

Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe,

You don't know,

Oh, oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

Oh, oh,

That's what makes you beautiful

So c-come on.

You got it wrong.

To prove I'm right

I put it in a song.

I don't know why

You're being shy,

And turn away when I look into your eye-eye-eyes,

Everyone else in the room can see it,

Everyone else but you,

You don't know you're beautiful,

Oh oh,

You don't know you're beautiful,

Oh oh,

That's what makes you beautiful."