A/N: I'm thinking this will be a few chapters. Two or three. We'll see.

Edit: Just kidding! It'll be as long as it wants.

It was just a harmless prank.

Well, actually, it was a dare. It was none other than Marceline Abadeer's precious twin brother who came up with the brilliant idea. And Marshall Lee knows his sister well. She never backs down from a good dare. The others agreed and egged Marceline on. Mostly just Jake and Ash. But even LSP was up for seeing this dare in motion. She was hoping it would cause some drama amongst the friend group, something it had been lacking for the past couple of days. Finn was the only one against it the entire time.

"Marceline. Don't do it. Seriously." He insisted. He put on his most serious face, a rare sight.

"Okay. Finn doesn't want me to do it. Any more objections?" Marceline grinned. Oh, she was more than willing to go ahead with it. She couldn't back down from a dangerous, juicy dare like this one.

"Marcy, you know Fionna and Cake would be against this too!" He pleaded. He then turned to his best friend. "And you, Jake, what about Lady? She'd kick your butt just for going along with this dare, let alone triple dog daring Marcy. "

The three girls Finn mentioned, as well as Bubblegum were at a meeting for some committee they were in. It would take at least half the lunch hour for the girls to finish with the committee and meet their friends at their usual lunch table in the cafeteria of Ooo High School.

"Calm down, homie!" Jake said, putting his arm around Finn. "We all know you're just mad cause you've still got a thing for Bubblegum."

"What?!" The blonde boy blushed. "No way, man. Not anymore, I'm totally over her. It's just not right to do that to her, no matter who it is. It's just not right. Help me here, FP."

Flame Princess was at a personal struggle. The boy was too oblivious to know, but she had been crushing on Finn for months now. Why was he so attached to her anyway? He keeps insisting he's over his crush, but then this kind of issue comes up and she doesn't know what to believe. Well, this dare may be just what Bonnibel Bubblegum deserves.

"I don't know, Finn." FP said, offering the boy a small smile. "I'm curious as to how this turns out. Aren't you?"

"No way." Finn moans, putting his head down for a few seconds. He lifts it back up. "Not you, too! Curious or not, people shouldn't play with the feelings of others." Flame Princess doesn't know whether to smile because of the irony, or smile because her hero is so righteous.

"Geez, chump. This ain't up for debate!" Ash speaks up. He puts a hand on Marshall's shoulder. "This guy here dared Marcy to do it. So she better do it. Am I right?" He looks to Marceline.

"Yeah, man. Not backing down from this now, or my name isn't Marceline the Vampire Queen!"

Fionna, Lady, and Cake hear a (mostly) collective cheer from their usual table as soon as they enter the cafeteria. As they make their way over there, their friends quiet down and shush each other.

"What was all that noise for, guys? Sounded like cheering." Cake says, setting her stuff down on the table.

"Uhhh…" Marceline tries to think. She looks over to Finn. "Finn! He uh…burped the ABC's! It was pretty amazing." The others nod in agreement. Fionna looks to her little brother. He seems off. Normally, he's receptive of such praise. But he just looks flustered.

"Marcy, Finn could always burp the ABC's. Since he was 8."

"Yeah but this time he burped them backwards!" Jake offers quickly.

"Well…I'm proud of you, bro!" Fionna genuinely beams with pride. Marceline, now feeling nervous, looks over to her.

"Hey um…where's Bonni?"

"Oh! Bubblegum will be here in a few minutes. She just needed to talk to the committee advisor." Lady says. After kissing her boyfriend, Jake, on the cheek, she and the other girls walk over to the line to grab some food.

"All right, chumps! Don't say anything to them. They can't know! Got that, Finn?" Ash threatens.

"Yeah," Marshall says, headlocking the younger boy, "better keep your mouth shut!"

The girls are just about coming back with trays of food when someone hisses to Marceline, "There she is! Go for it!" Before she knows it, she's on her feet. She stares at Bubblegum, who's making her way to the table. The pink haired girl makes eye contact for almost five seconds before breaking it by looking down at her feet instead. She looks up again. Marceline's eyes are glued to her. Something doesn't feel right.

"Hi, Bonni!" Marceline cheerfully greets her.

"Um. Hi…Marceline." Bubblegum feels it. This is odd. Marceline slowly steps closer to her. They're hardly a foot apart. "Can I…sit down?"

"Uh. Yeah! But I need to tell you something first." Marceline swallows. Now that she's up so close to Bonnibel, she can't remember why she ever agreed to do this.

"Okay…" Bubblegum says slowly, "What is it?"

"I…umm. I…" Marceline's voice cracks. She nevertheless puts her hands on the other girl's shoulders. "Listen, I…" She looks over to her brother and Ash, who signal for her to continue. Jake gives her a thumbs up. LSP is on the edge of her seat. She looks back at Bonni. The girl's cheeks are super flushed now. There's utter confusion in her bright, beautiful eyes. Marceline can feel her own face heat up. Now or never. She swallows.

Bonnibel opens her mouth to speak, but her words are muffled by Marceline's mouth suddenly crashing into her own.

She finds herself resisting for a second, but then her eyes start to close gently. Marceline's lips are cool and soft. Although at first tense, her body loosens and feels like a puddle. Her heart soars. She wraps her arms around Marceline's waist.

Marceline didn't expect this. She didn't expect getting nervous. She didn't expect an open-mouth kiss. And she didn't expect Bonni to be so receptive, let alone return the kiss. Not that she's complaining. Bonni's arms wrap tightly around her. She pulls the other girl by the shoulders closer and deepens the kiss even further. Her tongue slips into the other girl's mouth. She tastes like bubblegum, but sweeter.

Both girls run out of breath before their mouths break apart. Panting, they both stare at each other in awe, still in each other's arms. Most of the cafeteria is now quiet. Bubblegum speaks first.

"Marcy, I…!" But she's cut off.

"Dude! Did you see that?!" Following that one statement from a far-away spectator, the rest of the cafeteria explodes in an excited buzz. Bubblegum realizes only right then that there is an audience present. The two girls break off eye contact with each other to look at their friend group.

Ash, Marshall Lee, and Jake are laughing their heads off, slapping each other high fives. Bubblegum catches Ash say something like, "So hot!"

Fionna , Cake, and Finn are in utter shock. Lady Rainicorn looks anxious, her hands clapped to her mouth. Flame Princess is also worried, almost guiltily.

"Ohhh my glob Melissa! Drama bomb! You will not believe what happened," LSP is shouting into her phone.

The kiss had already left Bubblegum breathless. Her panting turns into ragged breaths. She swivels around. All eyes are on her. She can't escape them. She looks back to Marceline. The pale girl is speechless. Slowly, her mouth turns into a grin. A questionable grin, but a grin nevertheless. Angry, hot tears well up in Bubblegum's eyes.

"Y-you!" She hiccups. Her breath is still ragged. Her hand tenses up.

Marceline doesn't even see that hand as strikes her hard against her cheek. It's a stinging blow that sends her face flying to the left. The sound of the strike is loud enough to stop the chattering of most of the cafeteria, especially the chattering of the friend group.

"You're the worst." She says quietly, no stuttering this time.

Before Marceline can speak or even comprehend what just happened, Bonnibel turns and runs out without looking back.

Lady Rainicorn is the first to snap out of the trance. She hits her boyfriend over the head for his inconsideration, pushes past Marceline, and runs after her best friend to console her.

A/N: Also, this was written while I couldn't sleep. So feel free to point out any grammatical errors or discontinuity.