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Betrayed Lies

~ Chapter 4: The Encounter ~

The sun still unapparent from the sky, crickets stopped chirping away. The rain falling down hard; hitting Marshall Lee's gray face with his eyes shut, just thinking again, while perching under a dead like tree. The tree had an almost black tone to the bark, and very few leaves remained. They flourished throughout the entire forest floor. But the once green hue had now mostly turned brown. If you stepped on one it would make a loud 'crunch' sound. It was autumn almost ending, soon the freezing weather would return with a blanket of snow. This is why the rainstorm was very sudden and hectic. It would only be a matter of a couple of weeks before the temperature would drop, then a few more weeks go by that there will be fluffy white.

He truly wished he brought his Axe Bass, but it was in his room lying against his wall, not too far off from where Fionna. Which now, he thought she'd be awake wondering where he has, but it didn't concern him too much. He knew he must get back shortly, but didn't know how to face her after finding out what he thought he knew. He was dozing off into a deep sleep, but kept waking up from a crack of lightning crossing the dark skies. The Vampire had to start flying back home before he fell into a dream where he'd find himself not waking up until the sun came up. Which in his case, would be a death sentence.

He started singing random words that popped into his head, everything he was feeling came into his verse.

"I thought I had it all figured out...my life..everything. Been in the relationship for about 8 months and still going strong. But there's something wrong,

"I try to shake it off as nothing,

But everything in me knows it's something.

Perhaps I should I go...ohhhhhohhh. *Hums*

I thought I had it all figured out in my head,

It took some time, it was so long,

But I soon realized everything I thought I knew,

Was wrong."

He knew the words that left his cold lips didn't make much sense to most people, but he knew what they meant and that's all that mattered to him. He finally opened his eyes to witness the dark forest that lay before him. Marshall slowly got is legs to stand. He figured it was about 4:00 AM in the morning, just by looking up into the sky.

As he got himself to put one foot in front of the other, he began strolling out of the forest. He knew the umbrella that he had clenched in his hand, wouldn't help. The only thing it was good for at this point in time, was getting electrocuted. He looked down at it, and then shuck his head with a smirk.

He was embracing himself for the awkwardness that would be encountered when he came face to face with a blonde girl in his house. As he walked, he looked around to his surroundings. You were unable to spot the moon or the stars; they lay hidden behind the dark dejecting skies. Like the tree he set down under, all the other trees had an ebony pigment to them. All the trees engulfed the land for miles on end. The rain was coming down in buckets, Marshall Lee was saturated in rainwater by now. It didn't seem to bother him much though, vampires don't get sick, as a mere human would in this weather. When he came out of the landscape, he took off in midair. Now floating his way home, his heart pound in nervousness, hoping, praying that maybe she'd be asleep still. But a part of him knew she was indeed awake.

~;~

Meanwhile, Fionna was wandering around Marshall Lee's house; she couldn't find him anywhere. He obviously wasn't in his slightly messy room. She then checked the living room where she had entered when she first arrived there. She peaked up at the clock and realized how late it was. It was 4:15 AM. This began to make her more anxious than before. Of course she tried the kitchen now, but there was no sign of him anywhere. She sighed in irritation as she waddled up the stairs again, she began to worry even further, Fionna didn't know if he was outside somewhere sick and injured. But then her mind rethought that theory. 'Haha he's a tough teenage boy, and he's a vampire, he'll be alight.' She tried thinking positive in her hole of concern. She went back into the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. She gasped at the horror, her hair was a jungle of snarls, She thought there could be something wild going on up on her cranium. The blonde haired girl combed the hell out of her hair just to make it look half decent. She cried horrible screams from the force she put forth onto her hair.

Finally, it looked good enough to put her hat back on. She turned around to where the towel wrack still stood, then she made her arm reach out to grasp the hat. It was then plopped onto her noggin. Her longed, eared bunny hat covered almost her entire head. But you could spot her peachy, flawless face, with her sparking baby blue eyes, and the couple of strains that went to the side of her face almost covering her eye completely. Fionna smiled at herself thinking how nice her hair turned out.

She then realized she was still wearing Marshall Lee's shirt and boxers, she blushed at the thought of it. She then quickly threw them to the side and put on her own. They were finally all dry. First was her light blue T-shirt, then her underwear, and then of course her blue skirt. At last she looked like herself, she felt wonderful, and looked marvelous as she was fixing her bangs, she heard a door open then shut. It sounded like the person was trying to keep quiet. She figured it was Marshall Lee, but to be on the safe side, she turned off the bathroom's light, and tip toe out to try and not make so much noise. When she came to the staircase, she peered at a drenched Marshall Lee in the doorway. He literally dripped with water, as he put aside his umbrella and shuck his head like a dogs to get any water off. Clearly it didn't work, he needed a towel to become some what dry again.

Fionna was a little furious that he left her to go play out in the rain, she grunted in irritation. Marshall heard her and instantly looked up with big worried eyes.

"Are you okay Fionna? How you feeling?" He asked very nonchalantly.

But all there was, was complete and utter silence; the only sound was the rain pouring outside. She just glared at him with hurt and concern, she felt the urge to cry, but quickly sucked up all her emotion. She tried acting as calm as possible, but she didn't how to respond to that statement. 'Are you okay Fionna? How you feeling?' Those words propelled all around her mind. 'Am I okay? No, you had me worried sick. How am I feeling? Concerned and confused about everything that's happened in the last twenty-four hours.' The reply in her head sounded too harsh, so she lied and said, "I'm fine." But it was spat out in a cold tone, and her eyes never looked away from his.

"Well, um..that's good. Why are you up so late?" He asked a tiny bit nervous hoping her response wouldn't be so cold like that last one.

Her eyes still remained glued to his as she thought of so many ways to go with that question. She decided to play it all nice and innocent due to the way he put the question. She got the impression that he was nervous, his voice was slightly shaky.

"You said I'd wake up in the next 8 hours or so after taking the medication, right? Well here I am, I was looking for you when I awoke. Where were you Marshall Lee?" She asked very subtle and profound. Playing it all out 'nice nice.'

You could sense a slight hesitation from him, as he looked around the room thinking how he does not want to be here to answer that question. Her eyes where still piercing through his, she was guessing this made him even more nervous. Despite it all, he managed to make out, "Yea, I remember..I was just out. Bu...but I'm glad you're feeling better." He was trying so hard not to lie to her, so he stretched the truth out as much as possible before he would be completely lying. He hoped to Glod that she would just let it go from there.

"Oh I see, just 'out' uh?" Her look of innocence became a mixture of despair and anger. Her stare with him began to break apart. He suddenly spoke seeing her facial expression change, "Sorry I left you, I didn't mean to leave you. I should have stayed here and taken care of you while you were ill."

She suddenly became infuriated by that statement, she didn't need to be taken care of, she wasn't a child, she was a young women. Without even thinking she yelled, "I don't need to be taken care of. Who the hell do you think you are? I can take care of myself!" She suddenly gasped in horror at what she had just screamed out. She glimpsed at his face. He had his head cocked in both complete disbelief that, that just came out of her mouth, and a little hurt after everything that he did for her.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean it...I think," She yelled out again in sorrow.

"You think? Well, it's either a yes or no. Did you mean what you just exclaimed just seconds before?" He said with this serious face. He didn't care that he was soaked from head to toe, he started walking toward the stairs.

Fionna had realized this quickly and said, "I kind of did, but then again I didn't. But if you can give me a good reason where you were then maybe I'll forget all about it," Her voice was now all innocent again, hoping he'd not be so angry at her statement. He suddenly stopped dead in his tracks and looked up at her in turmoil. It ate him alive so deeply he wished he could tell her. But then again he made a promise to Prince Gumball, and now he was dealt with the fact she loves him. It wasn't like he could tell her he knew. He wasn't even 100% sure if it was even true, but again, he can't break the promise he made to his boyfriend either. Marshall Lee growled in frustration as he looked away and put his fingers on his temples as if a headache was going to grow.

Fionna's eyes got wide in concern, she was about to say something but he spoke first. "I went out for a walk; it stopped raining before, after you fell asleep." He started floating towards her up the stairs.

She knew he was lying, at least a bit, he barely ever went for a walk not unless it was raining pretty hard, or he was beyond tired, and even then he would rather fly around. And he just said it wasn't raining, and if he was that tired he could have just stayed here and took a nap. She sighed in anger, but calmed down just a bit to where she could speak without bursting out like before.

"Well okay, perhaps I did mean it. Just the way you stated it. You know me, I'm Fionna the Human, I'm a strong fighter," She said completely disregarding what he said just before. She didn't want to deal with any kind of conflicted at this time of the morning. As she thought about it, she looked up and saw it was 4:46 AM. Then of course she rolled her eyes.

"Oh well sorry..I didn't mean to. I just wanted you to be okay. You are my bestfriend and all," He whispered to where Fionna could hear him ever so faintly. He made his way at the top of the staircase where Fionna was standing; suddenly every memory came rushing back from that dream. Hearing the words come out of his lips made her angry, but the memories of the dream made her blush. The timing on that couldn't be anything short of horrible.

"...why would you lie to your 'bestfriend' then?" She whispered in a faint voice where only she could comprehend.

The Vampire King had a confused expression but said, "What did you say?"

She had her lips zipped up like a zipper, as she completely avoided all eye contact. But she could sense his stare, he was about to talk again, but Fionna pushed him aside. She dashed down the stairs and opened the door looking out into the vast land saturated in rainwater. She didn't want to be here at the moment, she heard a familiar deep tone echo her eardrums saying something.

"Where do you think you're going missy? Are you trying to get sick again? I won't always be here to give you medicine," He snapped in a bitter voice. She could have turned around and slapped him in the face, she could have turned around just in general and go back to sleep in his warm bed. But she ended up going the more perplexed way, outside. Her mind wandered, with slight hesitation she decided. Without a moment to spare, she raced bolted outside. At first startled by the sudden cold water hitting her, but continued to run away from him as fast as her legs would take her.

Marshall Lee then ran down the stairs as well as outside. He could barely see her, but was just on her trail until he tripped over something. A bunny hat. He clenched this in his hand jerking his head back and forth, realizing she had gotten away. He figured that for sure she was on her way to her tree house, so he took a short cut he knew there. Now flying across the sky he soon could spot the house very faintly, but well enough to land close by. He entered the the house looking around, making sure there wasn't any intruder among the dwelling. He put down the hat on the coffee table and laid down on the couch, he was completely exhausted from everything he'd came across in the last 24 hours. But he knew it would be ten minutes or so until she'd stumbled into the house. Marshall Lee tried staying aware of his surroundings, suddenly there was a dark shadow that really didn't form a specific person he could recognize. His eyes shut before he could do anything.

He went to sleep.

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