I don't even have a reason for the long delay. I guess I just got caught up in the life of graduating and being an official adult. I'm reallyyyyy reallyyy sorry. Forgive me? (I also said there would be patronuses but I forgot so next chapter I promise)

To loafbread: YEEEES. I'm so glad you noticed the Faking It reference!

To Blues: Hmmm. Love triangle you say? Let me think about that. ;)

"Don't you see me now? I think I'm falling, I'm falling for you, don't you need me?"

Falling For You, The 1975

"Oh my god."

"God Kaila why do you keep on bloody saying that?!" Marceline asks irritably, not looking up from the book that she's reading.

"Because," Kaila says smugly, plopping down on Marceline's bed. "You're in love."

Marceline sighs, she puts the book down and looks at the clock on her bedside table. Only one hour to go before she meets Bonnibel at the library. The thought of seeing Bonnibel later sends that fluttering feeling to Marceline's stomach again. She's going to see her again, she's going to hear that annoyingly high voice again, and maybe hear her laugh. Marceline smiles at that thought.

God, I love her laugh. Marceline says to herself. Bonnie's laugh is like angels singing. Bonnie's laugh is like sunshine on a rainy day. Bonnie's laugh, Marceline decides, is her favorite sound in the world. She could listen to that laugh like her favorite song, on repeat.

"Well?" Kaila asks her expectantly, snapping Marceline out of her reverie.

"Well what?" Marceline replies, her eyebrows scrunching in confusion.

"What are you gonna do about this little predicament of yours?"

"I don't know. What's there to do? I'll just pretend everything's the same." Marceline answers glumly. Bonnibel never liked her anyway, so why torture herself some more.

"That's it?" Kaila snaps, she sits up and looks at Marceline in the eye.

Marceline looks away from her and fidgets with her blanket. "Well what do you want me to bloody do?" she mumbles.

"I was expecting you sweep her of her feet you dumbass!" Kaila says indignantly, waving her hand in the air.

"I-I can't." Marceline stammers, her eyes never leaving the blanket in front of her. "I'm scared." She admits quietly that she wasn't even sure if Kaila heard her.

Kaila doesn't say anything and after a moment Marceline feels the bed shuffle and suddenly a pair of arms are around her.

"Oh Marce." Kaila says softly. The two of them don't say anything for a while, Kaila rubs her hand around Marceline's back as Marceline lets it sink in that she's really in too deep.

"Marceline." Kaila murmurs, her head resting on top of Marceline's head. "What are you so scared of?"

Marceline leans back and shrugs, her eyes downcast. "I don't know. That she doesn't feel the same way about me?" She says, her voice cracking. She knows that Bonnie doesn't feel anything for her, she's not a fool. But thinking about it made her heart hurt.

Kaila puts her hand on Marceline's shoulder, comforting her. "Hey." She says. "I'm not a love expert or anything but I'm a hundred percent sure that that girl feels something for you."

Marceline looks at her skeptically. She stands up and reaches to her bedside drawer for her comb, just for something to do. "How can you say that?" She asks Kaila while combing her long locks.

"Because I can see it. Heck, everyone can see it. Marceline, I know you're scared. Nothing feels worse than being treated by nothing by the one person who means everything." Kaila says simply. "But if there's one thing I learned from those damned muggles: YOLO."

"What the hell is that?"

"It means You Only Live Once." Kaila replies, matter of factly.

"Sounds stupid." Marceline mutters, putting down her comb.

Kaila laughs. "It is. But it's got a point. You only live once Marceline. You got to take risks because you'll never know what will happen. If she doesn't like you, go get drunk and forget about her. If she does, kiss her and live your happily ever after. Life truly begins once you start living Marceline."

Marceline leans at her bedpost and folds her arms over her chest. Kaila has a point. For someone so annoying she sure knows exactly what to say. Was she really going to do this? Try and win Bonnibel's love? After shutting her out for years?

"I've haven't got a clue on how to start to be honest." Ugh. YOLO, Marceline.

Kaila smiles. "Well for starters you can try being nicer. You ain't getting in her pants with that sunny attitude of yours." She says smugly.

Marceline's cheeks turn red. "I'm not trying to get in her pants!" She exclaims. She grabs a pillow and throws it to her friend. Kaila laughs and ducks, the pillow missing her by inches.

"Whatever. I've seen the way you look at her. Anyway, just be nice." Kaila says, standing up. She grabs her bag by the foot of the bed and walks over to Marceline. "Don't be a bitch. Think you can get by tonight without insulting her?"

"Of course I can." Marceline replies, frowning. Of course she can get by one night without being a bitch to Bonnie. Hurting Bonnie is the last thing she wants to do.

Kaila grins and slings her bag over her shoulder. "Good. I have to go and I want details tomorrow. Okay?" She pecks Marceline's cheek and saunters out of the room.

"Where the hell are you going?" Marceline shouts after her.

Kaila turns around and grins at her friend. "Youre not the only one with a date tonight, Abadeer." She says with a wink.

Marceline's jaw drops. "Who in bloody hell are you going out with?!" She demands. Kaila just sends her another wink, and then turns to her heels and leaves.

Marceline shakes her head and laughs. She wonders who would be next put on the list of names that got their heart broken by Kaila. She looks at her clock, they managed to waste about thirty minutes.

She grabs her book on her bed and puts it in her bag. Marceline then retrieves her comb and tries to fix her hair, after five minutes she gives up and ties it in a ponytail. Then she grabs her perfume, the one that Bonnibel loves, from her bedside drawer and sprays it on her wrists.

She picks up her bag and heads out the door. If she wants to get on Bonnie's good side then she better start it with being early for once.

Time to really start living Marceline. She says to herself as she walks out the dungeons.