What happened last:

After sustaining critical injuries, Finn the Human was rushed to the emergency room in the candy kingdom. After some time, he was patched up with only a few major injuries. Despite the terrible situation, Finn and Marceline finally have some time alone to themselves.

Marceline ended up staying by Finn's side for the rest of the day and into the late evening, talking with him and joking about random stuff. She knew that he would probably get lonely so she decided that she would keep him company. She wanted to be with him anyway.

M: "…so then this guy runs away from me all like, "Ahh! She's gonna eat me!" and I just sat there and laughed."

F: "Oh yeah? Well, this one time, I saw Jake balancing a bunch of stuff on his nose in the kitchen and Beemo was videotaping it. So then I ran in and scared him. The kitchen was pretty much a mess for the next 3 days. It took a long time to clean up the mess."

Finn and Marceline were exchanging funny anecdotes, laughing and have a pretty mathematical time together. Then Jake ran in the room, sounding out of breath.

J: "Marcy!" Jake quickly calmed down once he saw Finn.

J: "Hey sister, I need to tell you something real quick."

M: "Ok." Marceline just kept sitting in her chair, waiting for Jake to start talking.

Jake just gave her a dumb look, and then Marcy got the idea and walked out of the room went out into the hall with Jake.

F: "Guys! I wanna know! Friends don't make secrets... or secrets don't make friends… or something like that!" Finn was sadly stuck in his hospital bed due to his condition.

As soon as Jake and Marceline go into the hallway they began talking about something serious.

J: "So uhhh… I don't know if you noticed but… It's Finn's birthday tomorrow."

M: "Oh glob! I almost forgot because of everything that's been happening with Maja and stuff!"

J: "Shhh! Finn might hear you. But I was thinking that a good present for Finn would be something that would make him feel a lot better." Jake was trying his best to whisper.

M: "…what did you have in mind, Jake?" Marcy said cautiously

J: "Well, since you two seem to have gotten pretty close since I was kidnapped… I was thinking that you could-"

Jake was interrupted by Marceline slapping Jake.

M: "Ugh!" Marceline didn't really understand why she slapped him, but she felt incredibly embarrassed that Jake would want Marceline to do… "things" with Finn and her body just reacted.

J: "What was that for?!" Jake quietly screamed, sounding incredibly irritated and confused.

M: "You don't need to know what me and Finn do when we're alone! And… how could you even have the guts to just flat out say that? That's just weird man…" Marceline crossed her arms and began blushing painfully hard from embarrassment.

J: "What?!" Jake was shocked that she thought that.

J: "No. I was gonna say that you could come with me to the Forest of Trees tomorrow to find the Cyclops and get some of his healing tears. And with you flying us there, it could take like, no time at all." Jake said, rubbing the part on his cheek that Marceline slapped.

M: "Ohhhhhh….." Marceline realized that she probably should have listened before acting.

J: "Yeah." Jake sounded annoyed.

M: "Sorry bout' that Jake."

J: "It's ok. Brother-in-law Jakey forgives you." Jake said, starting to chuckle.

M: "Aw c'mon man! PB only did that so I was allowed in Finn's room. How did you even know that anyway?"

J: "I heard PB talking to the hospital staff about it when I was looking for Lady... and I might have given her the idea. heh heh." Jake was amused with himself.

Marcy just pouted then got over it after a few seconds. She was glad he did that.

J: "Oh, and just so you know PB set up a room for you to stay here tonight or… today. She has a set of your day clothes and everything, just in case… weird. She knows about our adventure already and she's preparing a party for Finn. It should be pretty awesome."

M: "Cool. I'll be sure to thank her later."

Marcy and Jake parted ways and Marceline went back into Finn's room to tell him that she's going to stay in the castle tonight.. She also said that her and Jake are going to "help Lady Rainicorn out with something" tomorrow. She obviously didn't tell Finn about the Cyclops tears.

M: "Hey hero, it's early so I'm gonna go get ready for bed. Are you going to be ok without me?" Marceline said playfully.

F: "Well, I can't really move so I guess I can't really hurt myself so...I would hope so." Finn said, giving an honest answer.

Marceline then crawled up on Finn, getting close to his face. She made sure to keep floating so that she wouldn't hurt him. The mental image of what Marcy thought Jake was trying to get her to do with Finn was starting to get to her. Her imagination was very vivid with thoughts like this. She couldn't help but think of that time in the shower and the ecstasy that it created in her mind.

F: "Well… if you're asking like this then I suppose as long as there isn't a shower nearby, I'll be fine." Finn said, trying to sound slick.

M: "Oh ha ha." Marceline said, in her usual playful tone.

M: "But you know, before I go-"

Marceline leaned in all the way to kiss the hero boy. She made sure to press her lips up to his harder than normal to let him know that she wanted more. But sadly for Marceline, Finn's too broken to really do anything right now. Marceline understood his limitations but was still content with just kissing him for now. She also made sure that it was passionate, just like it was the night that they drank the "juice from the elder toad", only using her tongue to tease Finn.

Marceline wanted to make sure that Finn knew that everything that happened before still reflected on how she feels now. She didn't want him to think that she wanted to be "just another notch in the bedpost". Not that Finn would know what that means anyway, but that's not the point. For this whole time, regardless of being afraid to admit it; Marceline definitely liked Finn, a lot. And she could tell that it was true. She felt lighter when he was around. Her heart didn't feel like there was a gaping hole in it. Everything seemed to make sense to her, like all of the confusion in her life was finally resolved and she overall felt happier when she was around him. In such a short time Finn had gotten past the vampire's defenses and earned her trust. And now he's already on the path to her heart.

Marcy then went to the main guest room in the castle and started to get ready before bed. She knew that it was going to be a long day for her and Jake tomorrow because they had to go deep into the Forest of Trees. She decided to take a shower before bed because she couldn't remember the last time she took a shower and after the whole ordeal with Maja it's been quite a while.

About 5 minutes later…

Marceline was in the middle of her shower when she heard the door to the bathroom slowly open. A normal person would not have heard anything but of course, Marceline wasn't a normal person. She just listened for any distinguishing sounds to guess who it might be before either attacking or remaining calm. Marceline was smart enough not to pull the shower curtain back to see who it was just in case it was some sort of highly trained threat. She just kept doing what she was doing, while listening intently and being cautious. She decided that she should say something as soon as she heard the bolt to the door lock after being closed. The only reason for this is because she was starting to feel some adrenaline, preparing her for fight or flight.

M: "F-Finn?"

?: "Try again Marcy." An unknown voice said.

M: "I'm about three seconds from destroying you if you don't tell me who you are." Marceline said, trying to remain mostly quiet while sounding furious.

PB: "Ok, ok! It's me Marcy. Jeez. Relax, girl."

Marceline then poked her head out of the shower curtain to see the princess. She was hardly wearing anything, just some panties and a white T-shirt. This sight of Bonnie like this shocked Marcy.

M: "PB!? What are you doing?" Marceline said, quietly yelling.

PB: "Nothing, just making sure that you have everything you need for your adventure tomorrow." PB said with an odd tone in her voice. She obviously had something going on in her head.

M: "Well… I think I'm good. I'm pretty sure I have everything." Marceline said, trying to quickly answer the princess' question.

PB: "Ok." Bonnibel said, sounding satisfied with the answer.

Marceline just looked at the bonnie for a second then slowly closed the shower curtain and continued with her shower. After a few seconds of silence and not hearing the princess leave, Marceline spoke up.

M: "So… is that all you wanted?"

PB: "Maybe…" Bubblegum said in a sexy voice.

As the princess responded to Marceline's question she wrapped her arms around the vampire's body. She was quick and quiet enough to slip in the shower without Marceline noticing.

M: "B-bonnie! What are you doing?!" Marceline said, as she jumped from the unexpected contact.

PB: "Nothing…" She said as she began lightly kissing Marceline's neck.

Marceline quickly shrugged her shoulders to get the princess to stop.

M: "No, Bonnie." Marceline said as she turned around to look PB in the eyes, while covering her exposed body.

M: "I know what you're thinking, and I'm going to have to say no."

PB: "Why Marcy? It's not like it's hurting anything…"

M: "Well, I'm sorry. It may seem like just a joke to you but I'm actually going to try to take… me and Finn seriously. I don't want to keep messing everything up in my life…" Marceline said. It was obvious that it was hard for her to say that.

PB: "But Marcy…?" Bubblegum sounded a bit sad.

M: "No butts this time PB." Marcy said, adding an inside joke to attempt to cheer the princess up.

PB: "But… don't you love me anymore Marcy?" PB said, attempting to "guilt trip" Marceline.

M: "Of course I do PB. I promised that I always would, but only as a friend. We had our fun together and we both moved on. And I moved on… I really like Finn."

PB: "True… but maybe just for tonight we could-" PB ignored the second half of Marcy's sentence. She was letting her hormones and emotions talk.

M: "C'mon PB, don't get me started." Marcy said playfully but seriously.

PB: "Ok. I guess I'll just have to get some more of that "special" candy juice next time I ask you."

M: "You're such a bad girl PB." Marcy said as she and bubblegum chuckled at the joke.

PB: "Well, have fun in the shower then." PB didn't have much else to say as she left the bathroom. If anything, she already saw enough to satisfy her for a bit. She may have wanted more of Marceline but she respected her and her wishes more than anything. Their friendship now was and forever will be a bond that cannot be broken.

Marceline had no desire to do anything with Bonnie. Their time together had already come and gone. It wasn't the best relationship ever but it wasn't at all the worst. They only worked in the slightest because they were exact opposites. They always had something interesting and weird to talk about. It was always fresh and exciting. They both usually had the same types of desires too. Also, another thing is that they oddly have the same taste in music. Marceline was to thank for introducing PB to it.

Not everything was perfect though. The biggest problem they had was that Bonnibel was a princess, a role of which held great responsibilities. She seemed to love her work more that Marceline. It was a repeat of her childhood and Marceline just couldn't take it. They ended up in a mutual agreement to not stay "together" but stay friends. They have been best friends ever since.

It's a sad tragedy when the truth is hidden behind a veil of lies and misunderstandings. It's unfortunate for Marceline that perception is reality. She never knew the real story. The pain others went through to make her happy, only to find out that the demons of Marceline's dark past would chase all her loved ones away, leaving the queen of vampires scared and lonely with no way of learning how to love the proper way. Trust wasn't something Marceline understood; she lived with the thought that anyone could get up and leave or turn against her at any moment. She always believed that everyone has a price and if you can afford it, your friends can become your sworn enemies in a heartbeat.

This should have changed the day she met Finn the Human. Would have, could have, should have.

M: "Wow… Finn means a lot more to me that I thought…" Marceline thought.

She went to bed happily with that in mind. It's taken much to get her guard down, although in a relatively short time. She's known Finn all this time but never gave him the time of day to prove that he could be much more than a friend. She had some of the most restful sleep she's had in years.

And that's the end to yet another chapter. Feel free to comment on anything, it all really helps. That goes for all of you guests too. I don't filter guest comments so please don't make me regret it. :p