Chapter 3

Fionna's P.O.V.

When I got downstairs it seemed as if cake had frozen the room over, she was giving Flame Prince her special version of the cold shoulder, oh poor flame prince

"oh...uh cake I-," I said but was interrupted by the phone ringing

"I'll get it Fi," she huffed "hello...yes...yeah...sure...really!? I would love to! Yes...no...yeah! Ok I'll be there soon!" cake was getting very excited with the person on the phone, and obviously she had been invited somewhere.

"hey cake who was that?" I said sitting down at the table and grabbing an orange out of the bowl "you sure did seem excited...wait lemme guess was it-," I was cut of by her.

" It was Mochro! And guess what! He wants to take me on a date in an hour! Oh, oh, oh I better get ready!," she said frantically and ran up the stairs.

"oh...ah, well then I should probably take you home because nothing interesting is really going to happen, except that she's going to freak out and junk so let's go," I said smiling at Flame Prince he looked at me with his mouth a little open then upstairs and nodded.

"Bye Cake! Good luck with lord Monichromicorn!,"

"Thanks!," she yelled from upstairs. Would you like me to take you home right now? I asked

"yes please that would be fine," he answered back politely

"do you mind if I call you FP?," I asked him. I always made up nicknames for the princes, like Breakfast Prince for example his nickname BP, or Prince Gumball for instance...Prince Gumball...I wonder what he's doing right now, I wonder if he ever thinks about me like I do, or maybe...He just thinks of me as a sister.

"A Penny for your thoughts princess?" FP asked me interrupting my thoughts, which was good because then I would've gotten all bummed out.

"ummm...hmmm... Sure, I was thinking about my crush...," I said dazed

"oh...you have a crush?,"

"yeah but he won't notice me...," I said " I try so hard to act perfect around him and all he does is treat me as his sister,"

"Well maybe you should just give up on him," FP suddenly said

"wh-what?," I stuttered, suprised

"I know...I know a guy who would be perfect for you," he said stopping and staring at me. He was a good foot taller than me.

"hahaha your funny FP but I-I doubt any guy could ever like me," I laughed nervously I knew all my insecurities showed on my face, he saw that and he looked sad, almost guilty for bringing up the subject.

"um, l... I know this really nice strawberry field not far from here would you like to go there?" I felt bad for making him feel guilty when it wasn't even his fault so I had to make it up to him.

"sure! I haven't eaten strawberries in so long!," he replied his glow returning to its regular brightness. When we got there someone was already there, it was a dark figure holding an umbrella.

"hey it's Marshall! MARSHALL, MARSHALLLL OI MARSHALL!," I shouted He turned and started waving at me. I saw FP seize up and saw his hands clench and unclench. Marshall came floating over and waved at only me but ignored FP.

"hey Fi can I talk to you?," he said taking a quick glance at FP then leaning up close to my ear "alone." I looked at FP with a look that said sorry and walked with Marshall we walked a good 15 yards away from FP, who was now kneeling and messing with a trail of ants.

"ok look Fi I know your not gonna like this but...you should stay away from Flame Prince." he said

"um...excuse me?," I asked a little baffled at what I had just heard

"Fi he's not sane," he said taking my hand

"how dare you... HOW dare you, I can choose my own friends thankyou very much," I yelled, I saw Marshall cringe but I didn't care I yanked my hand away from his and he flinched. "it's not like you know him or anything!," I yelled I felt tears in the corners of my eyes. Why did it hurt so much to yell at him like this? Why did his words make me feel so safe? Why was I so pissed over just something like this? All of sudden I felt warm hands wrap around me.

"come on Fi my back's hurting I think we should go," I heard Flame Prince say. I looked up at Flame Prince he was staring at Marshall his face angry and serious I politely nudged FP's hands off of me and started walking away I looked behind me and saw Marshall staring at me his face contorted with sadness and anger. All of sudden I realized what I had done and felt horrible.

"Your crying princess,"

"stop calling me princess, I'm nothing close to that, just call me Fionna." I said looking at the ground I felt hot tears running down my face. I don't know why but if anyone said anything bad about my friends it always made me so sad and angry it was my duty to protect the princes of the land but it was also my duty to protect my friends.

Marshall-lee's P.O.V.

what have I done. I knew I shouldn't have said that to her.

" I just want to protect you, I love you." I said to myself. I stared at where she had been standing, for a long time. I only came out for a break from making Fi's dress and it turned into this whole mess. I've ruined my friendship with her, what if she doesn't except her dress. It's only a couple scraps of white fabric sewn together so far but I've already bought all the fabric and supplies to make it. No I'm not going to give up, I am going to make that dress for her and she is going to like it! I stared into the distance like an idiot with my hand clenched up next to my face. After gathering a couple of strawberries I floated home and started working on the dress again. About two weeks and two days later (one day away from Fi's birthday) the dress was finished and my living room was littered with blue and white clothe. The dress itself had white frills in the front and in the back white cloth fell to the floor, I put a spell on it to keep it from getting dirty, there was a blue shawl that went with it and a blue bow tied at the torso. I was hoping she would take off the hat just for tonight and wear the hair band I had made for her, it had a blue bow on it and white ribbons falling at the sides. God what if she doesn't like it... After I had finished the dress, since I was the entertainment at the party I wrote a song for Fi and her only. I looked at the clock, wow, it took me a long time to write that song for Fi and it was two hours before the ball. As I was floating past the strawberry field I remembered all that had happened, I had completely forgotten about that whole event... "crud what am I gonna do?! What if she still hates me?!," I said to myself "what if she hates the dress...what if she hates the song... What if she hates me?" I said. I was scared I didn't want to lose my angel. I've never felt such pain in my heart before, I was so dazed that before I knew it I was already at the treehouse's front door. I had my hand hovering, I wasn't sure whether or not to knock, when all of a sudden the door burst open and I was on the ground being hugged to death by Fionna. "um fionna I-,"

"Marshall I'm so s-sorry, I'm really, really, really, really, really sorry I was so mean to you your my best friend and the past two weeks have been so boring without you hovering over my head I'M SOO SORRY sniff sniff," she cried and hugged me tighter.

"No Fi I shouldn't have judged him because I barely know the guy and I'm sorry, and...um...your getting my suit all tear soaked and dirty you know..." I said blushing and

pushing her off of me. When I saw her she looked so sad her eyes where red. "And plus I wouldn't have been able to hang out with you anyways!"

"how come?" she asked her eyes wide with curiosity

"you'll see," I said walking into the house "so...uh how's Flame Prince?," I asked just out of politeness

"oh him, I haven't seen him since I walked him home, but I don't think he likes me anymore... OH! Marshy do ya know what day it is?!" she asked excitedly

"why yes I do fionna," I said smiling "happy birthday beautiful!," I kissed her on the forehead for a moment she just stood there and then a deep blush covered her face.

"oh Marshall your like cake when she thinks I have a fever," she said innocently, my innocent Fionna. "you know there's a ball right Marsh? Just for my birthday! And PG decided to throw it for me! I hope he dances with me," she said suddenly dazed.

"oh yeah...I know heh, why do you think I wore this?" I said pointing to my sorta fancy suit "you know I'm also the entertainment at your party right?"

"really?! Yay that's awesome!," she said and smiled "but...I...," she said her face suddenly sad "cake never had time to take me dress shopping and all of my dresses are tattered and torn," she said covering her face with her hands

"well then...I am your fairy godmother tonight," I said bowing then producing the dress which I had wrapped in plastic, after I took the plastic off, she reached her hand out slowly and touched the dress gently she then covered her mouth with her hand.

"oh man you don't like it do you, crud I knew I should've left the bows out!" I said scratching the back of my neck.

"no...your completely wrong...how...I...I was so mean to you, d-do I really deserve this? It's... It's soo beautiful Marsh, it's to beautiful for me to wear." she said turning away

"what?...wait so I just spent two weeks working on this to have you say that? Fionna if anything your too beautiful for this dress made by an amateur, please wear it so that I can see how beautiful you are in it" I said taking her hand. When she turned, her face was bright red and her eyes were watery.

"I hope gumball thinks I look pretty in it," she said

"oh...yeah... I-I'm sure gumbutt will love it," I said a little disappointed

She took the dress and went upstairs with it I sat there on the couch waiting to see the outcome.

Fionna's P.O.V.

It was just so beautiful how could I have said such mean things to him and he still made me a dress this beautiful? I took off my shirt and skirt and carefully slipped into the dress it fit me perfectly and was really comfortable.

"Marshall it's just so beau-," I started to say when i reached the bottom of the stairs and saw that he was on the couch, fast asleep, had he gotten any sleep these past weeks?! I got a blanket from the cupboard and put it on him, it was useless to try and and wake him when he was really tired. I was about to grab my purse and leave when something fell from his hand onto the ground. It was a head band with a blue bow on it and white ribbons hanging from the sides. I took my hat off and put the head band on. I hope I looked okay, cake had left the house before I had and gone to help with the party. I looked at Marshall and then left the house even though I felt horrible about leaving him behind. I hope Gumball thinks I look pretty...