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"Okay, guys, food court and then a movie?" Elle looked around the group, waiting for somebody to object to her proposal for a split second, before continuing, "Alright, great, we're all in agreement. I want Taco Bell."

That indicated that she'd broken up with Brad yet again; Elle only ate fast food when she wasn't dating her occasional boyfriend. Fionna confirmed as much when she whispered in Bonnie's ear, "She's comfort eating because Brad is with Melissa this week."

"Thought so," Bonnie stepped onto the escalator after her, Finn jumping on behind her looking extremely enthusiastic at the mention of Taco Bell. "Excited for food?"

"And the movie. Best part of shopping." Finn answered with a grin. "I am pretty hungry though. It'll be nice for Jake to stop being so hangry."

Bonnie cast Jake a glance. He was further up the escalator, arm around Lady's shoulders, a rather irritated frown on his face which he forced into a smile when he caught her looking. She laughed, and as they wandered into the busy food court, commented, "You'll have to direct me on what to get. I've never had Taco Bell before. It's not really a big thing in England."

"You've never had Taco Bell?" Finn looked at her like she'd just strangled a puppy. "Okay, I'm ordering for you. We have to get you a crunchwrap."

"I don't know what that is, but I'll try it." Bonnie shrugged, watching as he nodded and sprinted up ahead to relay that and his order to Jake. "So much energy. I don't know how you deal with it."

Phoebe shrugged. "He calms down when he's not around people. It's like the more people there are, the more energetic he is."

"Ah, the wild species known as extroverts," Bonnie commented, doing her best David Attenborough impression. "The antithesis to the quiet introverts."

Fionna laughed and looked at Bonnibel rather pointedly. "I think I've met one of those before."

"I don't know what you're talking about," Bonnie answered, pulling out a chair at the big table Lady had claimed. She sat down next to her and smiled, looking at the small queue at the Taco Bell that Finn and Jake had joined. "The boys are being chivalrous and getting the food, then?"

"That's probably the reason they'll use," Lady conceded, "but I know that Jake just wants to steal little bits before bringing it over. There's always a suspiciously small portion of nachos."

Bonnie hummed. "I'll wait to decide how horrific of a crime that is until I actually try the food."

At the thought of food, her stomach rumbled. All she'd had for breakfast was a crumpet and a cup of tea, and they'd been shopping for hours now. Maybe she'd get some popcorn at the movie. She had some jellybeans in her bag that she could snack on, but they were for the movie.

"So," Lady flashed her that smirk, and Bonnie knew she'd be asking something about Marceline just from the look on her face, "how come you didn't invite Marceline? Didn't want your friends to see you being all cheesy with your girlfriend?"

"I don't see her every single day, you know," Bonnie said, though it was near enough. "Anyway, she was working today."

Unconsciously, Bonnie checked her watch. It was ten past three, and Marceline had told her she was finishing at three today. Perhaps she could skip on the movie and go and see Marceline. Or invite her over. Yes, she was fairly certain that Peter would be out all day. Plenty of time for her to... enjoy Marceline's company.

"I just still can't believe you're dating Marceline."

Bonnie rolled her eyes rather obviously. Elle had said that at least ten times a day since finding out Bonnie's relationship status, and while Bonnie understood it would take some time to process, she thought that after a month and a half since learning that information, it would've sunk in.