The girl next door *Bubbline*

37. Healing old wounds

Marceline P.O.V
I sat nervously waiting for Bonnie to arrive at my house.
I wore black ripped jeans, plain white top and my black boots.
I had my hair straight down and some makeup on.
Today was the day that I had to face Pete. I had to face my problems from the past.
My door bell rings and walks in Bonnie.
She's wearing a light pink dress, white denim jacket and white converse shoes.
She looked so pretty even without putting hardly any effort into her look.
"Hey" Bonnie says quietly and sits down next to me.
"Hi" I reply leaning back into the sofa.
"You ready to go"? Bonnie asks me.
"Just give me a minute" I reply quietly.
We sit in a slience for a while until Bonnie grabs my hand gently.
"I'm going to be there with you, if anything does happens then we can leave straight away ok" Bonnie tells me.
"I just don't like talking about my past, especially with the whole Pete and Ash situation" I say signing.
"Sometimes it's better to talk about the past rather than keeping it in until you burst" Bonnie tells me.
"I will try for you" I tell her smiling a  bit.
"Do it for you, now come on Pete is probably waiting for us" Bonnie tells me and gently pulls me up.
"Make him wait more" I mumble.
"Marcy" Bonnie laughs and kisses me lightly.
I kiss her back and then we walk to the cafe together.

We arrive at the cafe and I stop once I see Pete.
I didn't realise how much he had grown since we last saw eachother properly.
Bonnie leads me over and she sits down opposite to Pete.
I also sit down but keep a firm glance on Pete at all times.
"Hey Bon, Hi Mar" Pete says friendly.
"Don't call me Mar" I say bluntly.
I hear Bonnie sign.
"Good to see you too then" Pete laughs.
We all fall into a awkward slience as Bonnie and Pete make eye contact.
"I'm going to get drinks, do you want anything"? Bonnie asks us.
"I will have a coffee, thanks" Pete says to her.
"Just a water" I tell her, keeping my arms folded.
Bonnie gets up and leaves me and Pete by ourselves.
"Look Mar'" Pete begins.
"I hate that" I say quietly.
"Hate what"? Pete asks.
"Mar, it doesn't suit me" I say with a shrug.
"You used to love it when we were younger" Pete says looking at me.
"Yeah used" I say bluntly again.
"Look, I'm sorry ok, I'm sorry that I kissed you. I shouldn't have done that but I couldn't hide my feelings for you anymore. I don't know if I do have feelings for you or not but I can't as you're going to get married, my Mar is getting married" Pete says sadly and grabs my hand from across the table.
"Why did you kiss me, maybe if you didn't Ash wouldn't have turned out to be such a dick, then maybe we could have still been friends" I say with anger gripping Pete's hand.
"I don't regret kissing you, what I do regret is not moving things further and becoming a real relationship, I know it's too late and I won't try anything but I just miss you" Pete continues.
"Maybe I love you" he says quietly and lets go of my hand.
I look over at Bonnie and see that she's looking at me with sadness.
"I don't want any of this stupid crap I can't take it anymore. I hate myself for the lying and cheating that we did to Ash. I know he treated me like shit but I shouldn't have cheated on him with you" I say trying to blink the tears away.
"I couldn't hide my feelings for you" Pete says quietly.
"So, it's all me to blame, only me" I say harshly brushing away the tears.
Bonnie comes and sits down next to me.
She pulls me into a hug and places a hand on my cheek.
"Its ok Marceline, we all make mistakes once in a while. Everyone sees how much pain this has caused you and they forgive you, Ash just isn't right in the head that's all, don't blame yourself for his decisions" Bonnie whispers to me.
I nod my head and look up at Pete.
I see the sadness in his eyes which he only masks it over with a smile.
Once I stopped crying, we all stayed slient, none of us wanting to talk.
"Look Marceline I will stay out of yours and Bonnie's way, I only want to protect you two from Ash, even if he isn't out of prison yet he still has people around, watching our every moves" Pete tells us.
"Maybe for a while a little space will do us good, but I have Finn to protect me when I'm at college, but Marcy only has her bodyguards which I don't think are very reliable" Bonnie replies looking at me.
"I don't need protecting like some child" I mumble.
"I know someone that you could just have around to make sure nothing happens, maybe I could ask him" Pete suggests.
"What n." I try to tell him but get cut off by Bonnie.
"That would be great thank you Pete" Bonnie says with a smile.
I only roll my eyes at this and cross my arms over my body.
"Well we must go now, hopefully we can catch up soon" Bonnie says getting up.
"Bye Pete" Bonnie says smiling.
I also get up and take Bonnie's hand in mine.
"Yeah bye" I mumble to Pete.
"Bye both of you, keep safe" Pete tells us and looks straight at me.
I nod my head and lead Bonnie out the door.
Once we are out in the fresh air, I let out a sign as we walk back to my house.
"That went well" Bonnie says.
"It could of went better but at least I got to say my part"  I say to her.
"At least it's some what sorted out now, you can finally move on without feeling lots of guilt" Bonnie tells me and stops walking.
We stand in front of eachother holding hands. I look into her deep blue eyes and I just know that I can't wait for us to spend the rest of our lives together.
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