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Chapter 5: Aftermath
Bubblegum decided half-way to the nurse that it may not be the best idea to put Marceline and Ash in a room together after the fight. Instead she took Marceline to the girls' bathroom so she could tend to the other girl's wounds by herself. She quickly sent Gumball to get a first-aid kit from the nurse's office with various things the Bubblegum would need to care to Marceline's wounds. Fionna was sent with him while Marshall went to get Marceline a new shirt from Marceline's locker. Rowtag and Serafina went to their classes with Finn, there was no need to have everyone miss class because of this.
Marceline hadn't said a word since they got there; instead she just stood there while Bubblegum waited for the promised kit. Bubblegum looked over to notice Marceline wouldn't meet her eyes.
"I got the kit," Gumball stated as he handed it off to Bubblegum, "Fionna headed back to class and the nurse said to bring Marceline to the infirmary when you're done so that she can double check and give you two notes to get back to class."
"Thank you Bubba," Bubblegum said as she took the small kit. She turned back to the black haired girl, who had yet to say a word. "Marceline, take off your sweatshirt and undershirt, their covered in blood."
The other girl's ears perked at this command, a smirk managed to make its way to her face.
"You want me to strip for you Bonnibel~" Marceline flashed the girl a grin as she raised an eyebrow. Bubblegum blushed as she pouted at the other girl.
"Do you or do you not want me to treat your injuries?"
"No need to get touché" Marceline added as she did when she was told and took off the red hoodie and black undershirt, leaving the pale skinned girl in her black bra and jeans. "Better?"
Bubblegum snorted as she stepped forward and begun to clean the cut on Marceline's temple, figuring the cut must have come from being slammed into lockers during the fight. One the cut was clean she moved down the girl's face to the cut on her lower lip.
"Ow"
"Don't move," Bubblegum scolded lightly as she placed her other hand on the opposite side of the girl's jaw to keep her from moving around too much. She dabbed at the cut with the cleaning substance on a large cotton pad. Marceline winced lightly as Bubblegum held the pad there to try to stop the bleeding. "It might be more beneficial to your health if you didn't get into these fights."
"That's no fun."
"You cut your lip pretty bad…wow no wonder your teeth are really sharp." Bubblegum noted as she noticed the other girl's sharper K9 teeth. "Almost makes you look like a vampire."
"Runs in the family,"
There was a few moment of silence, Bubblegum moving the cotton from Marceline's lip every few seconds to see if the bleeding was slowing down. Marceline studied the girl before her, How her hair wad dyed a particular color of pink, her baby blue eyes focused on the task of stopping the blood flowing down Marceline's face the shorter girl had to stand on her tip toes in order to be eye level with Marceline; the pinkette smiled as the blood stopped flowing down Marceline's lip and she focused on the cuts on her arms from the barbed wire.
"Here's the shirt" A voice called from outside the bathroom.
"Thanks Marsh," Marceline called as Bubblegum retrieved the material from the male Abadeer twin. Marshall nodded before heading back to class by himself. Bubblegum continued her tending to the other twin's arm.
"You're very lucky. The cuts are not very deep."
"Yeah, whatever"
"Don't give me that"
"What?"
"That stupid attitude that you and your brother get when you're pissed off for some reason; you better listen to me and listen to me very clearly. I will not be spoken to in that rude matter and I expect respect from you rather than hot."
"Yeah, sure thing princess," Marceline replied with a roll of her eyes, she really didn't feel like being yelled at. Not after her fight with Ash.
"Why get into such a fight anyway?"
"I told you, for fun."
A heavy sigh filled the air as the pink haired girl pinched the bridge of her noise in order to try to fight off some of the frustration that was sure to be building, "Why don't you talk to me? I mean really talk to me or anyone for that matter."
"We're talking now."
"No we're not, you are not talking rather you are trying to get me to stop talking to you about this fight."
"So what is that a problem for you princess? I don't want to talk about it and that's it."
"As student body president all the students are my concern and I am concerned for you and for Ash."
"Why the fuck would you be concerned about him?" Marceline snapped turning quickly to face the other girl. "He's a total jackass! Why are you standing here defending him?"
"Because what I saw was two people beating on each other but I also saw blood from both of you. You hurt him pretty badly and he tried to walk away. You went after him Marceline. As far as I can tell you were the one who wanted the fight to happen and I need to figure out why because I need to keep all the students here safe."
"So what I'm on probation now?" Marceline asked as Bubblegum finished wrapping Marceline's arm before backing up for a moment to allow to girl to put her shirt back on. Marceline examined her arm for a moment, noticing the expertly wrapped bandages.
"Why must you act like such a brute," Bubblegum asked as Marceline slipped her clean T-shirt over her head, "I know deep down your not like this for no reason, but I can't help you if you don't want to be helped."
Bubblegum turned and walked out of the bathroom leaving Marceline by herself. "I don't think a trip to the nurse is necessary, I suggest you go to your class and stay out of trouble."
Bubblegum turned slightly before leaving to see Marceline's reaction. The black haired girl stood there with her back to her, head slightly lowered. Bubblegum felt a moment of guilt but pushed the feeling away and continued out the door and down the hall. She couldn't help the other girl if Marceline didn't want to help.
But help with what?
Bubblegum suspected the girl of having some sort of dark reason for the way she acted. She had so many different traits. She was a puzzle or a large mathematical equation that needed to be solved.
And Bubblegum wanted to solve it.
_F_
"Hey Bubblegum," Fionna called as the blonde noticed the pink haired girl by her locker at the end of the day, "How's Marceline is she OK?"
"She's fine…frustrating, but fine," Bubblegum commented as she placed the remainder of her books in her backpack.
"Marshall was really pissed about her getting hurt; he was saying that if he ever caught Ash doing anything to his sister again he was going to knock him out." Fionna explained, "I've never seen him like that."
"Those two," Bubblegum started as the two walked down the hallway, "I really don't understand. Ash walked away and Marceline went after him. It was such an aggressive move on her part. I just don't understand."
"Those two sure are a mystery." Fionna giggled, "They're so radical and cool to be around. But, then they turn and do something so out of the box."
"I really wish we could learn more about them," Fionna commented as they walked out the front of the school building to meet up with Gumball, Rowtag, Serafina, and Finn. "If only there was a way to get them to hang with us."
"It took us a week to get them to sit with us for lunch." Bubblegum commented as they reached the rest of their group.
"Marshall and Marceline" Rowtag guessed as the two nodded, "Yeah, Gumball was talking about them a second ago."
"I was saying how I don't think I trust the two of them. Their actions today have been quite unpredictable." Gumball stated calmly, "But then you see how friendly they are to Finn and Serafina…they can't be too bad but"
"They confuse you too huh?" Fionna asked as the two males nodded, "Same here, we just can't get a reading on them. I was just saying that maybe we should get to know them better."
"And then Marceline can punch you out?" Gumball asked shaking his head, "This is what I mean, I can't predict them. I don't know what they might be capable of."
"That does make it difficult." Bubblegum agreed.
"But Marceline and Marshall are so cool" Serafina interjected.
"Yeah, Marceline wouldn't punch Fionna! She's a radical dame who loves to play games." Finn added with a smile.
"I know!" Fionna jumped up, "Let's do a study session at their place!"
"What?"
"Where you not listening to us Fionna?"
"Come on! You two are the ones that said that we shouldn't judge them so harshly the day they got here. So why should we start now." Fionna asked before she noticed the two black haired twins walking together, she ran up to them before the two pink haired teens could stop her and stopped just before the two. Greeted by confused blue-green eyes,
"Hey Marshall, Marceline," Fionna greeted causing a smile to form on Marshall's face.
"Hey Fi, what's up?"
"We're doing a study session tonight but we don't have anywhere to study." Fionna lied lightly as she brushed blonde hair out of her face, "We wanted to know if you wanted to study with us and maybe use your place to study for today's session."
The twins looked at each other,
"Our place isn't very big" Marshall started,
"That's fine! Please, we really want to get to know the two of you." Fionna asked flashing Marshall her baby blue eyes hoping that he would be the one to give in. She noticed Marceline roll her eye at this and turned to the female twin. "Please Marcy,"
Marceline rose an eyebrow at the nickname only her brother used on her, blue eyes bored into her darker blue-green ones asking for the permission to use their place as their meet up spot. Marshall laughed lightly under his breath at the stare off between the two. Marceline was stubborn; he knew she wouldn't be the one to give in. But Fionna there was persistent.
"Why at our place?" Marceline asked rather moodily, Fionna paid no mind to the twin's bad mood as it seemed to be due to her fight earlier that day.
"Why not?"
Another twitch of the eyebrow, Marshall laughed at his twin and patted her on the back before turning to Fionna.
"Not a big deal, you can come over." Marshall stated as Marceline whipped her head around to face him with a shocked face. "See you at five? We can cook dinner at our place if you guys want. Abadeer hospitality,"
"Abadeer what?" Marceline asked before Fionna ran back to the other excitedly.
"Come on Marcy, we need to start making some friends here." Marshall stated as the two continued their walk home. "We can just hide the pictures and stuff we don't want them to see."
"Fine, but only because clearly you like this Fionna girl~" Marceline teased with a smirk. Marshall rolled his eyes at his sister.
"Glad you're in a better mood"
AN
Sorry for it being so short guys, but I have limited access to a computer right now and wanted to give you guys something since it's been a while since my last update!
