Monday.
Today was the day.
Today Marceline had to complete one of her two conditions in order to date Bonnibel and the younger girl had no doubts her crush could do it, but she was feeling a bit guilty herself. That Saturday night after their talk on the swings, the two had played around on the old jungle-gym and ran around chasing each other, they laid out on top of the senior's car. Bonnibel was showing her the different constellations, telling her their legends, and also explaining what exactly made up a star to begin with. All the while she had excused the close contact between her and the older girl, the warm arm was wrapped around her shoulders and brought her closer into a cuddling position.
Her face became a light shade of pink as she stared absentmindedly into her locker, she could hear LSP and Talasi talking about some band that would be playing that weekend, but at the moment she couldn't care enough to actually listen. However her other friend, Lady, had realized the pink haired girl just staring at the dull metal before her and placed a hand gently upon her shoulder. Bonnibel jumped a bit before looking at her friend who's expression was of concern.
"Bonnibel, are you alright?" asked the blonde.
"H-Huh?"
"I asked if you were alright, you seem a bit out of it today."
"O-Oh.. Yeah.. I just have a lot on my mind I guess is all..."
"Anything I can help with?"
Bonnibel knew she should keep her mouth shut about her secret, but she was at the point of worry, stress, and guilt that she was about to burst if she didn't get any advice about what she was doing. After a quick glance over to their two friends, she closed her locker and pulled Lady along into a different hallway. Her main focus was to find somewhere quiet so they could talk and she could actually think. She was actually so stressed that she didn't even notice that she pushed past the very senior whom she spent, as cliche as it sounds, a literal night under the stars with. Marceline looked at the pink haired girl rather confused before taking another sip of her coffee and returning to the conversation with her brother about their next show.
Finally, Bonnibel pulled Lady into the hallway of her first period class and gave a loud sigh before she began to pace about, her friend clutched tightly onto her books as her expression grew more into worry.
"Bonnibel.. What's going on? Are you in some kind of trouble?"
"Yes? No? I don't know! UGH! I can't believe myself honestly!"
"What happened?"
The pink haired girl finally stopped and looked to her friend.
"I can trust you right, Lady?"
"Of course you can!"
"No. I mean like.. REALLY trust you? Like to the best of friends extent even if we've only known each other a short time?"
"Of course! But if it's honestly something that's bothering you you know I won't judge you or say anything!"
"I know, I know! This whole situation has gotten me under such pressure that my own judgement is off and I don't know what to do!"
"Just tell me, please.. If it's something I can help you with then please let me!"
The pink haired girl gave took in a deep breath before clenching her jaw tightly shut along with her fists, her eyes shutting tightly before she breathed out her words slowly.
"I.. I may have made out with Marceline and I may have a crush on her..."
When the junior only heard silence she slowly opened one of her eyes, she was expecting maybe a disgusted look but was met with a look that said 'that's it?'.
"Please feel free to tell me how bad of a person I am!" said Bonnibel as she relaxed her hands.
"But you're not," shrugged Lady before her expression relaxed, "you're not a bad person at all."
"But.. But Luella... She.. I..."
"You may feel like you're a bad person for liking Marceline, but it's quite obvious that she doesn't have interest in Luella. Only you."
"Wait.. what?"
Lady giggled before putting her hand upon her friend's shoulder and speaking.
"If you couldn't exactly tell, Marceline is NEVER thrilled when Luella wants to speak with her. Her eyes kind of go into a dark brown when Luella is near her, but with you..."
"What? What about with me?"
"Her eyes honestly become lighter. She smiles a lot more, she laughs more, she's honestly a different person with you than she is with anyone else. I don't really know her that well, but from the past three years that I've been here and the past three years I've seen her around Luella and dating Ash? I haven't really seen her act the way she does with you."
"You're just picking on me now." Bonnibel said as she crossed her arms and blushed.
"No! I'm serious! Look into her eyes when you see her next and then look into her eyes when she talks to Luella. There's a major color difference in her iris' and the way she acts. She's open and relaxed with you, she's guarded and annoyed with Luella. Pardon my honesty and language, but Luella honestly didn't have a chance in fucking hell to be with Marceline to begin with."
Bonnibel gasped at her friend, "I've never heard you swear before!"
"I swear! I just don't feel the need to all the time!" blushed Lady as she held her books tighter again.
"So, I'm really not a bad person for all of this?" asked Bonnibel as the bell rang.
"Not at all! People can't help the way they feel towards another. You like her and she likes you, Luella likes her and Marceline.. she just doesn't particularly care for her. However, I'd try to make it a point to keep it hidden from LSP, she has her way to get information about anything and anyone. Just keep it hidden long enough until she gets the point about how Marceline feels and gives up so that way you two can hopefully be together."
"Thank you so much, Lady!" the pink haired girl hugged her friend, "You're honestly an amazing best friend!"
"Best friend already? Moving a bit fast aren't we?" teased the blonde.
"I.. You.. We..."
"At least treat me to lunch first! Make an honest woman out of me!" laughed Lady.
"Oh you!" Bonnibel blushed and tried her best to hold back her smile as she crossed her arms.
"Hey, what's so funny, Amiga?" asked the senior as tugged on her backpack strings and walked up to her crush.
"I'll leave you two alone, find me later Bonnibel!" said Lady as she waved over shoulder and began to walk to her class.
"That girl..." the junior finally relaxed and shook her head with a smile.
"So, what was so funny?" asked the senior again with a smile.
"Oh, nothing. We were just talking about..."
As Bonnibel trailed off she had remembered what Lady said and looked into the taller girl's eyes, sure enough the hazel coloring became much lighter and the twinkle in her eyes shone brighter. She could feel a blush creep it's way onto her face and her heart thudded against her chest as she held onto her light blue pencil skirt.
"Talking about...?" questioned the taller girl as she cocked an eyebrow.
"Oh. N-Nothing important!"
"Secrets don't make friends, Bonnie!" joked her friend.
"Oh like we don't already have those." said the pink haired girl as she walked to class with a smile.
"Hey, me liking you wouldn't be a secret if you'd just date me!"
"I'll date you when you prove yourself to me and-"
"And tell Luella, I know. I'm gonna tell her at lunch, I've already got it all planned out." said the senior as she and the younger girl walked into class and sat down in their seats.
"Oh, really?"
"Yup! Don't underestimate how truthful this old gal can be!"
"Just don't be too harsh on her alright?"
"She annoys me, but she's still your friend. I'm not gonna make her cry I'm just going to tell her the truth like you told me to."
"And you'll be nice?"
"I'll be nice."
"Promise me?"
"I promise you, I'll be as nice as I can be when I let someone down."
"Alright. I'm trusting you to do this."
"Hey, I want to be with you don't I? I told you I'm gonna do my two conditions."
"The second won't be so easy." smiled Bonnibel as she pulled out her notebook.
"What's the point in life if you get everything thing you want just at the drop of a command? I wanna prove to you that I am worth the chance like I said, you're a special girl and I want to show you that."
"Marceline..."
The younger girl could feel a blush creep upon her cheeks again as she stared at her crush, the older girl gave a sweet smile before pointing to her own cheeks.
"You've got something pink on your cheeks."
"OH YOU!"
The senior laughed as Bonnibel began to throw paper balls at her, she tried her best to swiftly dodge them and throw them back, but before she could throw the first paper back Mr. Petrikov walked in and told the older student to just 'throw it away and not make a mess of his class even though he appreciates her actually being on time.'
With a sigh of defeat the older girl threw the 'weapon of war' away and sat back down with a huff. Her hazel eyes glancing over to her crush who stuck her tongue out and gave a small laugh before she stuck her own tongue back out and chuckled softly as she crossed her arms. As her eyes gazed back to the board ahead of her she could feel her heart beat quicken against her fist.
She was determined to tell Luella how she honestly felt so that way she could be with Bonnibel. She only had to be patient for a few more hours and then her second condition would begin.
Bonnibel bounced her knee in anticipation, not so much the good kind, but the kind that made her think and prepare a plan in case things went bad. She knew that it was her own idea to even have Marceline do this, but could feel guilt coursing it's way through her veins. Her heart pounded loudly in her chest and she could practically hear the rhythmic beat in her ears, her hands becoming sweaty as she calculated how the situation would turn out.
The senior had told her earlier that she would talk to Luella during lunch. She felt that maybe if she did it in such an open area where everyone was there maybe she wouldn't make TOO much of a scene. LSP after all wasn't afraid to blow things way out proportion and probably turn something simple into a chaotic disarray, but the junior was told about the last time someone had told her friend they weren't interested. Let's just say that person wasn't allowed into a certain yogurt shop for two weeks and although the school wasn't a yogurt shop in the town, the school would be a far worse place to upset Luella.
Her blue eyes darted to the door as she heard it creak open, her heart stopped for a second when she saw the dark haired girl enter the room with her brother and friends behind her. She drew out a shaky breath before she wiped the sweat from her hands and went back to eating her food, she had to act casual, she couldn't let her friend have any suspicion that she knew what was going to happen. She casually leaped into a conversation with Lady who was, at the moment, her personal 'body guard' when she was unknowingly being asked if she was alright by everyone.
"H-How far away is she?" questioned the pink haired girl as she looked at her friend.
"She's walking right this way," began Lady as she took a quick glance, "just try to calm down. Everything will be alright."
Bonnibel nodded before turning her gaze onto purple haired girl who had finally noticed her crush arriving to their table, she could feel her hands beginning to sweat again as she looked at how her friend lit up in joy.
"Like, hey Marceline!" she said happily.
"Hey, um.. do you think we could talk? Ya know... alone? I won't take up too much of your time, I promise." said the senior as she rubbed her hand up and down her arm.
"Don't worry, you never take up any of my time," LSP said with a flirtatious smirk as she stood, "after you, please."
The senior gave a quick glance to the pink haired girl before turning and walking to a less busy corner of the cafeteria. Bonnibel released a breath she wasn't even aware she was holding in before her knee began to bounce again. She watched as the older girl began to talk Luella's expression progressively became upset until she solemnly gazed down at the floor before holding her own arms, Marceline gave a small shrug with an apologetic look before stuffing her hands into her jeans and walking back towards her own table.
Luella slowly walked back to her chair with an upsetting expression and proceeded to sit down. The group of friends grew quiet as Talasi placed her hand upon her best friend's shoulder with a worried look and spoke.
"LSP? You okay...?"
"She told me she didn't want me.. she told me that she knew my feelings towards hers, but... but there could never be anything there."
"Did she say anything else?" questioned Bonnibel with her best 'I didn't know about that' concerned tone.
"She just said that there was someone else that she was really into and although she does feel bad telling me her true feelings, this person means a lot to her and she wants to ensure that it wouldn't bring up any complications if I was flirting with her like I normally do."
"Wow.. I'm so sorry Luella.. will you be okay?" asked Talasi with a frown.
"Okay?" Luella turned to her friend with a wide smile, "I'm better than okay! This just proves that I'll have to show her I'm more of a woman that the person she wants to be with! I'll just show her that I'm the real catch the other other person is just a peasant compared to me!"
Bonnibel stared at her friend dumbfounded. Was her friend really that determined to be with the senior that she would proudly announce her plan to still try and be with her crush by one upping the other person? Well more like one up her because she is the other person. She honestly couldn't believe it.
"Are you sure that's such a smart idea?" she questioned still confused.
"Of course! If you want something you'll work for it right? Well I'm willing to work for her!"
The pink haired girl let out a sigh before crossing her arms and laying them upon the table. She knew her friend was dense, but not this dense. She figured that she would've gotten the hint the first time Marceline actually admitted she had no attraction towards LSP, but now, things just became a lot more complicated for her and the senior.
A/N: Sorry this one took a little bit of time to post •_• I had a tough time writing out the beginning and finally came up with that just a few days ago. I'm sorry this isn't a very long chapter, but I'm hoping to make up for it soon c: I hope you guys enjoyed it either way! Time to go start chapter 7~!