Author's Note: Hey Peeps I put a huge drama bomb in so I hope you guys love it. Oh in the last chapter I put a little '*' next to the word bro-ship and I spazed out and forgot to put something at the bottom it is a combination of the two words bro and friendship for those who didn't know which I'm 100% sure all of you smartie pantses knew.
Fionna's P.O.V.
Marsh and I walked to the house together after seeing one of Marshall's 'parent' individually. We were about to go inside when we decided that we should go get his stuff from his place and we started the walk over there.
"So how did Simone take the news" he asked
"She took it well, she seemed to think we were dating or something." I blushed and saw Marshall blushing as well and he scratched the back of his neck "Strange huh?"
"Yeah" awkward silence
"So how much stuff do I need to move." I asked the tension in the air was thick enough that you could take a knife and cut through it
"Not much, just a lot of instruments and some furniture, most of my clothes and junk are already over at your place." he said in his usual voice
"Sweet then this shouldn't take too long." I said smiling
"Yep." he smirked deviously and I could tell what he was thinking.
I put my hands on my head to protect my bunny headband.
"Not today Marshall Lee!" I dashed away full speed
"Oh don't underestimate the Vampire King my little bunny!" he yelled chasing me down
Soon he had me pinned down on the grass and was tickling me to death again.
"Uncle, UNCLE!" I screamed after a few seconds of this torture "Damn you for knowing one of my weaknesses!"
"So there are more?" he got a devious look on his face
"You'll never know!" I said trying to catch my breath
"I am so much faster than you. You knew that I would catch you so why try to escape anyways?" he grinned down at me
"Eh it was worth a shot." I shrugged, well I shrugged the best I could under Marshall's grasp "You know for a skinny kid you sure are heavy."
"It's all muscle, babe." he said and I blushed when he called me babe "I think I deserve a reward for catching you don't you think." he smirked down at me and placed a gentle kiss on my cheek
He quickly jumped up with a smirk and a slight blush and took off running to his house. I just sat there like and idiot touching my cheek.
"Woah" I breathed
Marshall Lee's P.O.V.
I gave her a kiss on the cheek and took off running I was so embarrassed that I actually did that. Where did this sudden burst of courage come from? I started being more... myself, I guess when I met her. I had never been the one to open up and be myself I didn't even do that around my band mates and they seemed to notice it. I watched from a distance as she sat up and touched her cheek.
"Woah" I heard her say and I decided that I should go and help her up or she would be there forever.
"I know that melted you so can we get back to helping me move?" I joked but if she could see my face she would see I was scared out of my mind. She jumped up immediately and the top of her head hit me full on the face.
"Ouch!" I heard her say
"Ahh! My bread and butter! Fi, you really gotta stop jackin' up my face." I was holding my whole face
"That's what you get for scaring me" she defended but she still came over to check on me "Are you okay?" she had genuine concern in her voice
"Yeah I'm fine. How 'bout you if the pain meter in my face is correct your head must hurt like hell." I smirked
"You got that right." she muttered
"I have some ice packs in my fridge so you can put one of those on your head and I'll put my face a bowl of ice okay?" I said I knew her seeing me dunk my face in ice would cheer her up
"Fine but then we have to get to work." she said trying to be serious but she cracked a smile
I helped her up and we were back to normal.
Simone's P.O.V.
I looked at Heather we had decided to follow the young ones and see what they were up too. After we saw Fionna run away protecting her precious headband and Marshall chase after her we both erupted in giggles.
"So this is the famous Fionna. She's cute and it seems that Marshall is especially sweet on her." Heather said smiling
"Yep she is a pretty amazing girl, did you know she landed five senior girls in the hospital after they tried to beat her in a fight and at the arcade downtown where Marshall Lee performs she took down seven grown males for trying to hook up with her?" I asked her and she looked at me then out the window and stuck her thumb in Fionna's direction with her mouth agape. I just nodded
"Remind me to pay my respects when I actually meet her." Heather was still shocked and I just chuckled
"Simone! Look what happening!" she poked my arm in a frenzy
I looked out the window and Marshall had tackled Fionna to the ground and was pinning her down and tickling her again. Finally we saw Marshall stop tickling her and they seemed to be talking about something then Marshall bent down and kissed her cheek!
"He did it he kissed her" Heather said in disbelief "When did he become so flirty and courageous?" she demanded
"One it was a kiss on the cheek, two when he met her." I said "She brought the real him out and he became a more outgoing young man and from what I've heard from her foster parents she was a lot more depressed when she was living with them, they are good for each other." I said I felt very emotional about now and I felt a happy tear slide down my face.
We saw Marshall run out of there but he didn't go far and Fionna sit up and hold her cheek and murmur woah. Then we saw Marshall Lee sneak up behind her and say something but we could see he surprised her because she stood straight up and they both tumbled to the ground clutching either their head or face. At this Heather and I fell on the floor laughing.
"My son sure is smooth." she laughed
"The smoothest out there!" we laughed until they died down into giggles and we watched and he helped her up and the two of walk off to his house holding hands.
"Young love." Heather sighed "Is there anything more beautiful?" it was rhetorical but I couldn't help but answer
"Nor is there anything sweeter" we decided that we were done stalking 'our' her son and his 'girlfriend' for today and we got back into the car and drove off.
Fionna's P.O.V.
We walked back to the house for the last time the only thing left to bring to my house was his piece of crap couch that was hard as, let me rephrase that, harder than rocks couch that he said he never really sat on it was more of an 'if-company-comes' couch. I asked what company he hated so much to make them sit on that couch. When we finally got it back to my, I mean our, place we put it in the living room for when we wanted someone we hated to come over, like Gumball he would be much to polite to complain about the couch and we would just watch him squirm on the uncomfortable red demon couch as I liked to call it. The idea made me laugh.
"What's so funny?" Marshall Lee asked
"Nothing really I just thought about if we had Gumball over we could have him sit on the demon couch and he would be too polite to say something and too polite to move to a different spot." I said laughing again
"Fionna you are evil. We should do just that but not now it's too soon." he said a gleam in his eye
"Anyways tomorrows Saturday so we get to sleep in and it's your turn to make breakfast." I pointed out
"Aww do I have to?" he gave me the 'look'
I looked away "Don't pull that junk on me. You know I can't fight it. And yes unless you want to starve you are making breakfast." I said and I started walking away but felt a strong set of arms lift me up and throw me over his shoulder. I squeaked in surprise. "Marshall Lee put me down!" I squealed and I saw he was taking me to the music room, it used to be an office space but we decided to turn it into a music room for Marshall Lee.
"I believe you still owe me a song, isn't that correct miss Fionna?" he said
"Yeah" I grumbled I knew there was no getting out of this one
"Here." he handed me the mic and thought about one of my favorite songs and I asked Marshall if he could get my bmo and he agreed and when he came back I plugged it into one of the amps and the karaoke version and closed my eyes.
Begging on Your Knees by Victoria Justice (Fionna, normal voice in song)
You had it all the day you told me (told me) you want me
I had it all but let you fool me (fool me) completely
Yeah I was so stupid to give you all my attention
'Cause the way you played me exposed your true intentions
[Chorus:]
And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me
Yeah one day I'll have you crawlin' like a centipede
You mess with me and mess with her
So I'll make sure you get what you deserve
Yeah one day you'll be beggin' on your knees for me
So watch your back 'cause you don't know when or where I can get you
I've set the trap and when I'm done then you'll know what I've been through
So oh, Mister Player, do you feel like the man now?
And I bet you're nervous 'cause this song makes you freak out
[Chorus:]
And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me
Yeah one day I'll have you crawlin' like a centipede
You mess with me (yeah) and mess with her (yeah)
So I'll make sure you get what you deserve (yeah)
Yeah one day you'll be beggin' on your knees for me
I know I'm being bitter but I'mma drag you under
'Cause you just don't, don't deserve "Happy ever after"
For what you did to me after you told me you never felt that way
It was only just a game
(you had it all)
[Chorus:]
(And one day)
And one day I'll have you beggin' on your knees for me (beggin' on your knees for me)
Yeah one day I'll have you crawlin' like a centipede (crawlin' like a centipede)
You mess with me (yeah) and mess with her (yeah)
So I'll make sure you get what you deserve (yeah)
Yeah one day you'll be beggin' on your knees for me
I finished my song and cracked open my eyes a centimeter and saw Marshall totally stunned.
"Oh was I that bad?" I face palmed and covered my face in shame
"You never cease to amaze me Fi." he mumbled "Your amazing as good as I am at least." I was surprised
"Really?" even an idiot could tell that I was filled with doubt
"Really, how 'bout you audition in front of the band and see if they'll let you join?" he said
"Why would you want me in your band?" I asked
"Well because your awesome and the band already loves you anyways!" he exclaimed he seemed really set on this
"Except for Finn and Jake they are still scared of me." I said I didn't want to set myself up for another disappointment.
"They'll get over it." he shrugged and then pulled me into a surprise hug "Now tell me why that is your favorite song."
"It has a good beat." I lied
"Who's the liar now" he asked
"Damn, you know me to well." I muttered, but it wasn't entirely true. Though he knew everything about me he knew next to nothing about my past.
"And you know me, I'm not letting you go till I hear the real answer. I am a serious musician and I can tell the meaning behind every song. So tell me" he asked taking a softer tone
"Before when Kyle and I were dating I caught him cheating on me with another girl and I was devastated and well that was one of the many reasons I dumped his sorry ass, but I dumped him many times before and each time he came crawling back to me and I didn't have any choice but to let him back." I sighed "And then he did something after I dumped him for the last time that made me this way." I gave him a pleading look that said 'please-don't-make-me-say-anymore-it-hurts' and he just hugged me tighter and I eventually fell semi-asleep in his arms. I was asleep but I was still aware of what was going on. I felt him carry me upstairs and into my room and lay me in bed and pull the sheets over me.
"Goodnight my little bunny." I felt him brush his lips past mine and exit the room
I went to sleep smiling, I don't care if it was a dream or not but I really didn't care he had kissed me and it was nice.
The Next Morning
I woke up the next morning to the smell of my favorite breakfast: Bacon Pancakes. I sat straight up in bed and yelled
"BACON PANCAKES!" I quickly got dressed and I heard Marshall's deep chuckle
"Yep she's awake" I heard him say
"You bet your sweet ass." I hurried down to the kitchen
He placed a plate of bacon pancakes in front of me and I took a huge bite out of it.
"So you find my ass to be sweet." he smirked at me and I almost choked on my pancake
After a huge coughing fit I answered "It was just an expression Marshall Lee." I said as calmly as possible but failed epically
"Then why did you almost die from chocking on your food?" he asked smirk still present but he looked a little concerned when I almost died
"I um, I... Hey look a letter!" I dashed off and saw him shake his head.
What I saw was strange it was a letter from my old town.
"What the Hell?" I asked to no one in particular
"Fi, what's wrong?" he could tell something was up
I ignored him and opened the letter.
"To Miss Fionna Mertens,
Honey we want you to come home, we miss you and the neighbors are wondering where you are please come back. Your father and I have decided that it's time for you be with us, when you get here we can get rid of all those depressing clothes and get you back to wearing blue and your cute white bunny ears. Black so isn't doing it for us. We want the old you, please tell Dr. Petrikov that you won't be attending the sessions anymore and tell your teachers that you are going to be transferring back. We love you and we know that you don't have any friends so you won't be missed by anyone there so see you soon. Oh and if you have managed to make any friends say goodbye because you won't see them ever again, if you don't come back we won't get our check then how will be pay for your step-sisters schooling huh? You must put her first she is going to that school for the gifted kids. By the way some of your old friends came back and were looking for you they wanted to see if you wanted to hang out, but we told them that you were in therapy and needed time and we told then exactly what happened to spare you the embarrassment of having to tell them yourselves aren't we great parents? I believe that you need a lot of time to recover so we told everyone to leave you alone! This is all for the best. We love you! We expect you back the day after you get this.
Love, Mom & Dad"
I was shaking and I uttered silent sobs. I just collapsed on the ground.
"Fionna?! Are you okay? Sorry stupid question of course you aren't." he face-palmed and took a deep breath trying to at least act like he wasn't freaking out.
I pointed to the fallen letter and went back to my sobbing. Why now? I had just moved in with my dream guy and Kyle was in prison waiting to be sentenced to even more prison, and I was happy and I was about to audition for a super awesome band! I looked up at Marshall Lee and he was white with both fear and rage. What did he have to be afraid about?
I heard him fall down next to me I saw a few tears of rage slip down his cheek as he held me in a strong embrace.
"I don't want you to leave." he said and that did it
"I don't want to leave either I am happy here and the only reason they want me back is for the money so they can spoil their real daughter. They don't really love me my 'mom' just uses me as a source of gossip in town and dad just uses me to do the house work and with me 'recovering' I don't have to go to school so I can be home all day working." I was full on sobbing now. He picked me up and took me to one of the more comfortable couches and he just held me and tried to sooth me.
"They are terrible parents, I don't understand why everyone wants to change who you are. I would never change you, you are perfect the way you are and you always will be whether you wear black or start wearing pink." he said
I gripped him tighter and eventually I just fell asleep again crying in his arms.
Marshall Lee's P.O.V.
When I read that letter I just wanted to rip those people to shreds. They only wanted her for money and they wanted to change her into something she isn't or isn't anymore up in the attic of our house I noticed pictures of her wearing a cute blue outfit, her green back pack and white bunny ears. I noticed that paper covered half of the pictures in almost everyone of them and I would see and arm or some hair and it seemed like another woman. It could be her step sister. Nah her step sister seems like a snoob, what if it's this mysterious 'cake' person. I'll ask her when she's ready.
I didn't want her to go. I had finally found my other half someone who understood me you actually wanted to be my friend that isn't in the band it took them a whole three months to warm up to me while for this girl it only took one conversation and we were instant friends. When she said she didn't want to leave either I was so happy and sad at the same time. We both knew she had no choice but to obey them. We were only sophomores for crying out loud sure we both lived alone but I always had my mom if it was an emergency she only had me. She trusted me more than her fake family members, hell it felt like she trusted me more than she trusted herself. I felt the same way about her, she was the only one who could calm me down when I was angry, she was the only one who could make me show who I really was, she was the only one who could get me to apologize. If she left I don't know how I could live without her. I saw how lonely and dull my life was without her, she brought happiness into my life. I couldn't imagine a world where she wasn't beside me, teasing me, yelling at me, even punching me for scaring her. I didn't want to lose her.
I noticed that she had fallen asleep in my arms again and I just held her tightly and fell asleep next to her wanting nothing more than to be by her side, protecting her, loving her, forever.
~ Time Lapse ~
I had woken up to find that Fionna and I had slept all through the rest of the day and it was now the dreaded tomorrow. Fionna was still sleeping and I could here sniffles from her sleeping form. She was sleeping with a sneer on her face she must have been stressed out about this more than I am. I kissed her forehead and saw her sneer curl into a smile. I mentally patted myself on the back and went back to enjoying the moment. Of course it had to be ruined.
"Fionna open this door! It's Mom and Dad, you didn't show up last night or this morning so we decided to come and get you ourselves." it was a males voice
I groaned and Fionna shot up fear in her eyes.
"Their here what do we do?" she was flipping out
"We could always just ignore them and hope they go away." I offered
"That's it we are coming it!" she gasped and I heard the door give way
"Hey, was that really necessary?" I asked. I really hated these people who were they to say that my little bunny isn't good enough.
"Who the he are you?!" the man I was assuming was her step father demanded
"I am Marshall Lee, Fi's room mate." I said as calmly as possible considering that I wanted to beat the tar out of them.
"Get out" he said pointing to the door "And take your arm off of my daughter." I realized that I was holding her protectively
"No. I will not let her leave she is really happy here." I started into the mans eye's they seemed souless
"No she isn't she doesn't have any friends here and she is depressed!" he screamed
"Dude you need to stop with the yelling and junk. Okay? And she does have friends she has me and my band mates who will there for her and she is auditioning for the band." I said trying to stop him because he was making Fi upset.
He pulled her arm and dragged her to the door.
"Stop!" she screamed "I really am happy here and I want to stay with Marshall Lee!"
"Shut up we need you more than this punk." he said but the acid in his voice burned through the air
"I am not a punk I am a good friend of Fi's and if you really loved her you would let her be." I said my voice matched his evenly
"Stop calling her 'Fi' it's not her name her name is Fionna she needs to be kept safe from rift raft like you." her father said
"You don't even know him! He is sweet and he cares about me. Marshall Lee is my best friend and I wouldn't want to leave him for the world. What do you know about him? Nothing" she had tears flowing from her eyes and I wanted nothing more than to grab her and hold her in my arms but I didn't have that luxury and neither did she. She was getting farther away from me with every word that was said. He was not letting her go.
"We got a call from your best friend Bubba Gumball and he said that Marshall Lee was a threat to you and he was exactly like Kyle, we're only here to protect you babycakes." the mother put a hand on Fi's cheek and she visibly flinched at the words 'babycakes' and she sobbed some more.
"Don't. Call. Me. Babycakes." she growled "That was only reserved to her and you know that." she gritted her teeth and tried in vain to stop the tears "And Gumwad isn't my friend he's been trying to get me to date him since the first day of school. He is a stuck up prince who only wants me as his prize, not as a human being."
I growled at Gumwad's name He did this, he called them because he didn't want me to get her and because he didn't want there to be even one girl at school to not want him.
"See Fionna, this boy even growls." I rolled my eyes
"Hey I only growled because pinky called to get me out of the way." I said
"Whatever let's just get out of here." she threw her hands up into the air
"Where do you think your going?" I dark voice said
"Simone? What are you doing here?" I heard her father ask
"I'm here to stop you." she said simply
"Why in AAA would you do that we have to protect our little girl from this emo punk!" the woman said
"She is happy here it is best for her to stay here. And the 'emo punk' just happens to be my god son and he would rather die right now than to hurt Fionna in anyway, when Kyle attacked he was here and even though he got hurt he stayed by her and he pushed her away from danger. He has done nothing but be her friend and protect her from anything that would hurt her, before I stepped in he was trying to make you lower your voice because the shouting was upsetting her." she said
"But I need the money for my real daughter's schooling she doesn't deserve to go to a filfy public school." the father said
"And she has special needs." the mother added "And Fionna's government payment covers it all."
"Her only special needs are that she wants everything and Fionna goes to a 'filfy public school' and if you only took care of Fionna for the money to pamper your real daughter then I suggest that you let me take over." Simone said and Fionna blinked at her
"I would like to adopt Fionna from you two, I have never been able to have children and I kinda raised Marshall Lee, I love Fionna as much as I love Marshall. She is like the daughter I never had and I want to be a part of her life as more than a therapist." Simone said
"What if we don't agree?" they said
"Then I show the authorities this," she held up the letter Fi received yesterday and the terrible guardians paled "Now do you agree?" she looked smug
They only nodded and left. We looked to Simone who was looking at Fionna, I ran to her scooping her up in a hug.
"Marsh they almost took me, thank you Simone I could never thank you enough for that." Fionna said
"Well I know how you could thank me." she pulled adoption forms from her pocket
Fionna's eyes got wide "You mean it you really want me?" she looked so hopeful that this wasn't a dream
Simone nodded and held her arms open and Fi leaped into them and she cried but for the first time in a while they were tears of joy.
"Yes! A thousand times yes!" she yelled and Simone pulled me into a group hug