The next day the junior stood in front of her gym locker mirror, bobby pins in between her teeth as she fixed her bun. She wasn't quite sure who over heard the two girls or whether Marceline told someone, but the news of the older Abadeer twin getting rejected spread through the campus like wild fire. She couldn't walk into a single class that day without hearing someone talking about it. Even now as she fixed her hair she could hear a few girls behind her talking about what had happened.

"You're joking!" exclaimed one girl.

"I'm serious!" said another.

"Do you know how they rejected her?" questioned one.

"I heard that they plain flat out said 'you're not my type, buzz off'."

Bonnibel couldn't help but chuckle softly as she continued to listen, she didn't think she was that harsh when she rejected the older girl.

"And no one knows who it was?!" asked a girl.

"No one at all. They're like some sort of mystery person!"

As another bobby pin was put into the pink hair and set into place, her smile grew a little deeper. She wasn't a mystery person, she wasn't some person of the night whose beauty and charm stole the heart of the senior, she wasn't some jerk who thought that the girl wasn't good enough for her, she wasn't someone older who couldn't be with the girl, but that's how people thought her out to be whenever they gossiped about the subject. She was just a girl who, being the person she was, rejected the older girl for two main reasons.

1. A friend of hers has had a crush on the senior for a long time and wants to be with her.

and

2. She wasn't going to be someones rebound. If Marceline wanted to actually be with her, she had to prove that she would be more than just a fluke. That there was actually something there worth trying for.

It's not that Bonnibel thought highly of herself and demanded a whole lot, she was just very cautious when it came down to romance. She's always been that way. She's not willing to jump into something unless someone shows her it's actually worth pursuing, she's never had her heart broken or been in a relationship for that matter, but she wasn't one to let her down walls so easily either. That's just who she was.

She put the last bobby pin in her hair, sprayed some perfume on, grabbed her backpack, and headed towards the doors. She knew lunch was going to be interesting, but she was lucky enough to have history right before. She had a chance to only settle in mild gossiping before the entire school had a chance to sit down and talk about it.

Finally, the bell rang. Bonnibel wasted no time rushing off to her next class, she pushed past other students as she rushed to her locker. Upon arriving, she held her lock in her hands and turned left once, then right once, finally another left landing on the number 12, and the lock popped open. The junior suddenly stopped as she opened her locker, she wasn't sure why she was rushing herself when she knew she had a few moments left until her class actually started. Maybe it was the fear of actually seeing her friend? She wasn't quite sure.

She herself knew she didn't let her friend down so hard yesterday, but maybe the gossip was finally catching up on her. After she had said no Marceline did question it for a bit, but she didn't push anything when she decided to leave. They hugged and the senior just left. It wasn't like what everyone was making it out to be. She didn't tell the senior to 'buzz off' or 'I can't love you my darling because blah blah blah'. She just simply said 'No.' and when questioned she just said 'there are reasons it's not meant to be the way you want it to be.'

She could somehow feel guilt rising in the pit of her stomach. Bonnibel knew herself that she was possibly developing feelings towards the older girl, she wasn't ruling that out, but she knew it couldn't happen. She knew she had to be the good friend and back off, she knew LSP had deep feelings towards her friend and that she shouldn't even be thinking about having any sort of romantic feeling as well. She hated how science has yet to figure how to fully get rid of emotions such as these, but she knew she could fight them off as best as she could. She grabbed her notebook and decided to head off to class, at least rest her head for a bit.

When she turned however, after closing her locker, she bumped into something rather hard and ended up dropping her notebook.

"I'm so sorry about that I didn't mean to-"

When she looked up, it was the very senior she was trying her best to avoid. Her eyes a bit darker than usual and her expression a bit tired, but still the older girl was nice enough to bend down and pick up her friend's notebook before handing it over.

"Thank you."

"No problem."

The two girls stood there awkwardly as other students passed by, neither knew what to say once again, they didn't want to make the situation any worse. So, Bonnibel thought, why not make small talk and see where it goes from there? She glanced down at her friend's hands and found the perfect topic.

"I see you bandaged up your hands like I said to."

Marceline pulled her hand up and balled it into a fist before smirking, "Yeah. Ya know, gotta follow the doctors orders."

"Does it hurt at all?"

"Just a bit. I still managed to get some practice in before they actually started to hurt yesterday. Got some good recordings done too."

"How long did you play?"

"About six hours?"

"SIX HOURS!?"

"Woah.. did I do something incredibly stupid or incredibly awesome?" chuckled the dark haired girl.

"Something incredibly stupid! I told you to relax them and stretch them out! Did you at least ice them?!"

"Bonnie, calm down.. I iced them before I went to bed.. Are you feeling alright? You seem a bit jumpy today.."

"Yes, I'm fine. I'm just stressed out because I have a test coming up, I have an essay due tomorrow, and I-"

Bonnibel felt soft bandaged hands on her shoulders before calming down and gazing into softer hazel eyes.

"Are you sure this isn't about what happened yesterday or the rumors going around?"

The junior sighed before leaning against her locker, "It's not the rumors.."

"So, it's what happened..?"

"Just the part about you asking me out."

"You didn't mind the kiss?" asked the senior as she blushed a bit.

"I didn't mind it, but Marceline like I said I can't do that. I can't give you what you want."

"Can you at least really tell me why then? Saying 'just because it's complex' isn't really telling me why."

"Well, you see I-"

"BONNIE!" a deeper voice called out beside them.

Both girls turned to see Talasi and Luella making their way down the hall, Luella seeming to beam a little bright as she saw her crush actually talking to her friend. Bonnibel waved before standing at full height.

"Another time then I guess." said Marceline as she turned away and walked towards her class.

The pink haired girl wanted to reach other to her friend and apologize for being so rude, but as she saw the girl walk away she couldn't help but feel honestly a bit saddened. She knew she hurt her friend's feelings, she knew she was slightly hurting her own, but she knew she was doing the right thing and that's all that mattered. She turned to Luella and Talasi as they made their way closer, her slight frown turning into a fake smile as they walked into their own class.

"Girl were you like, totes talking to Marceline!? Putting in a good word for me?" nudged the curly haired girl as they took their seats.

"Something like that" said Bonnibel as she opened her notebook to her homework page.

"That's just perfect! Definitely good timing too considering I'm going to make my move." said LSP with a smug grin.

"Make your move?"

"Yeah! She's gonna ask Marceline to join us for movie night this Saturday!" said Talasi with a smile.

"T-This Saturday? Don't you think you're moving a bit too fast? I mean, she did just get out of a relationship."

"Which is why it's perfect timing to finally ask her to hang out with us! Marceline is a one of a kind girl, a lot of people have had her eye on her for a while so I have to act quick."

"I still think it's just a bit too soon.." said Bonnibel as she rested her chin upon her hand, she couldn't help but think about her friend.

"Oh please, she was the one who broke up with Ash so she's obviously ready for a new relationship with someone whose sophistication and charm can woo her in!"

"And who's that?" asked Talasi.

"ME YOU DINGUS!" said Luella before sighing dreamily, "who knows? Maybe it's meant to be. Maybe we'll cuddle together while watching a scary movie and she'll realize how well I fit into her arms, she'll pull me in closer by the end of the night and maybe ask for a kiss before she leaves."

"What do you think a kiss from her is like?"

"Soft." said Bonnibel unknowingly aloud before realizing her words and frantically trying to explain herself, "I-I MEAN OR SO SHE'S TOLD ME! You know how friends are, they can act stupid and show offy sometimes." she gave an awkward laugh as she stared at her friend.

"You know.. you're probably right.. I GOTTA GET THESE LIPS BABY BOTTOM SMOOTH SO I CAN SHOW HER I WANNA GIVE HER THESE LUMPS!" half joked Luella before pushing up her bra.

Talasi and Luella discussed more in depth about their movie night for this weekend while Bonnibel stared out the window. She did enjoy going to movie night at LSP's and having a good time with friends, but if she did accept, that would be her first real time hanging out with Marceline.. were they both ready to actually hang out after a small dent in their friendship?

As Bonnibel picked at her bowl of last night's dinner with her fork, she felt a bit distant from the rest her friends at lunch. Everyone around her was still talking about what happened and spread more rumors and lies about what they heard and who she was. She was being honest when she told her friend that it wasn't the rumors that bothered her, it was just how complex things were really becoming.

Lady, who had become her best friend in that short time, had asked her if she was fine earlier that lunch period. Although she lied perfectly, she felt a bit alone knowing she had no one to talk to about how she felt or what she should do. She tried her best last night to talk about what had happened to her younger sister, of course keeping it as simple as possible, her sister wasn't much help either. Though what did she expect from a six year old? An answer to solve her problems in a way that seemed reasonable was honestly shooting too high.

She finally took a bite of her food and began to relax a bit as she recalled her conversation with her younger sister, Goliad always seemed to know how to make her laugh when things got hard. She did appreciate that much from her sister, she did help her to get a good nights rest, but how she wished her sister was there now when Luella grabbed her arm excitedly.

"Oh my god, there she is!"

Blue eyes looked up to see Marceline and her group of friends walk in, the room which was once filling to the brim with voices became silent for a moment before more gossip was tossed around. From where the junior sat she could see clear as day her friend resting her head upon her arms against the table, she gave a guilty sigh before taking another bite of her food and trying her best to distract her mind with things that she should be concentrating on. It wasn't until Marceline had gotten up to get a soda did LSP make her move.

"Okay guys, wish me luck!"

Bonnibel watched as her friend walked over to her middle school - high school crush and talk a bit excitedly. The senior held kind of a distant expression as she listened to what the shorter girl had to say. Marceline cracked open her drink and nodded uncaring as she took a sip, her eyes looking everywhere else but at the underclassmen. Finally, something said caught the older girl's interest and she glanced down at Luella before speaking. The curly haired girl then pointed around her table and hazel eyes locked onto her friend's before glancing down and nodding a yes. Luella did her very best to contain her excitement before walking over to her table with a big smile. Blue eyes followed hazel colored ones still, their visual connection not breaking until the senior sat down and both turned away from each other.

"So?" asked Talasi with a smile.

"She said yes!"

"Who said yes to what?" asked Fia as she turned away from Finn trying to stuff a whole cheeseburger into his mouth.

"Marceline is going to be joining us this weekend at our movie night!"

"Awesome! We could always use a more movie variety in our choices besides watching The Lords of the Universe three times in a row!" said Jake as he looked at his younger brother.

"That's a great movie!" muffled out Finn as he still tried to put the food whole into his mouth.

"Anyways," Luella began before turning to Bonnibel, "so you'll be joining us right?"

"Do I really have a choice?"

"Of course not! You have to keep talking to Marceline and telling her how awesome I am and how we should date!"

"I'll try my best" said Bonnibel as she gave a weak smile before glancing over at her friend again who had managed to actually smile for the first time that day as she laughed at something her friend said.

She knew what she had to do. She knew she had to be the good friend and stay out of the way for Luella to finally get with Marceline. She knew she had to crush her own possible feelings and bury them deep within herself so they wouldn't interfere. She knew she could do all that and that way Saturday at their movie night things would be fine and everything would go back to normal.

At least that's what she was hoping for.

A/N: You guys have no idea how many times I had to rewrite this chapter before I got it to this point. It's not long and there isn't a whole lot going on, but I'm hoping to at least get some Bubbline action into the next chapter because that's obviously what you guys want right? Like WHO READS THE ACTUAL STORIES LOL. Idk I'm being dumb at the moment because I'm hungry and tired and it's like almost six in the morning where I am. ANYWHO~ lets get some hate into that review box huh?