Summary: Well, mostly this is just a Marina/Twist story. I use my 2 year old as an excuse to watch the show. This is my take on how actual high school students would act around each other… although, I haven't been in HS for a few years now, I think it'll be accurate! :D Enjoy!

Marina sat at her desk listening to Miss Piccolo's annoying voice drone on and on. She tapped her pencil and twirled her soft red locks around her fingers. 'How much longer?' she thought as she began to daydream about the upcoming show at the Groovy Smoothie and what she would wear. She would have a drum solo again, which she hadn't done since they performed "Stomp the House". She and Twist had been working tirelessly throughout the week working on the performance which was going to be full of rhythm and rapping. She loved to sing but she never got too many solos in that area since Kiki was overly talented. She didn't have anything against Kiki, she just wished that she would be able to lead their ensemble more.

"Psst!" Marina jumped at this sudden break in her thoughts. She turned around and saw Kiki and Shout whispering about something or the other. They were probably working on how to upstage her and Twist. She rolled her eyes and looked the other way. She saw Twist drumming his fingers to the beat of their new song and nonchalantly holding a folded piece of paper towards her. She took the small note in her hand swiftly and felt goose bumps forming on her skin as she opened it and began to read:

Hey!

I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go down to The Good Note with me after class is over. I have a couple records in mind for our performance and want your opinion. Will you have time?

-Twist

Marina quickly scribbled down a yes on the bottom part of the note and threw it back to Twist discreetly. She didn't show how excited she really was on the inside. Nobody knew how she really felt about him and she wasn't about to shout it from the roof tops. For a long time, she saw Twist and Shout as brothers. She could go to them and talk to them and really be herself, but over the past few months she came to realize that Twist was more than that to her. Firstly, he was such a great guy. He was a goofball, yes but he was also kind and underneath all his jokes and weird comments, he was intelligent and talented and knew just how to make her feel special when no one else could. Secondly, he was so damn good looking. His eyes were a gorgeous dark blue and his smile could make anyone's day… especially hers.

All the girls wanted to be with him but he was always coming up with excuses not go on dates with them. Later, after the girls had thrown themselves at him, he would text her messages like… "They just don't get it. Music's my #1 and I'm not gonna let some chick get in the way of me being the best MC possible." These texts were one of the reasons that she hadn't told anybody about her feelings. She didn't want to be rejected by him and ruin their friendship. What would happen to the Fresh Beats if she did that? She'd never be that selfish.

20 minutes later, the bell finally rang.

"Hey Marina! Wait up!" Kiki was walking towards her tucking some sheet music into her bag. "Where are you off to in such a hurry? I thought maybe you could check out some new choreography Shout and I have been working on."

"Oh! Well, shit Kiki, Twist just asked me to help him choose some of the last records that he's going to be using at the Groovy Smoothie this weekend. But uh… maybe I can come by your room later and check them out?" Marina's hands began to sweat. She really didn't want Kiki to invite herself which she so often did. She really wanted that alone time with Twist.

"Oh okay. Are you going to Reed's?" Kiki asked with a big smile on her face. This girl was perfect, down to her neat bangs and white shiney teeth. She chuckled inwardly and quickly shook it off. She didn't want to feel that way about someone who was supposed to be her best friend.

"Yeah, did you need something from there?"

"Well, I needed some new strings for my violin but I think I'll just go later. I kinda want to hang out with Shout if you're busy." Her cheeks turned a little pink before quickly fading away. Marina smirked knowingly.

"Have you told him how you feel yet?" She knew she was being a hypocrite by encouraging her to go after Shout but she didn't want to seem like a bad friend either.

"Well… sorta? I asked him if he wanted to hang out at the Groovy Smoothie alone and talk about maybe dating." She turned red again and had a shy smile.

"Oh, my God! Well what are you doing talking to me then? If I were you, I would be checking my breath, fixing my makeup, my hair! You should go tell him to meet you now!" Marina nodded her head towards Shout who was talking to Miss Piccolo.

"Alright, I'll go but if I were you, I'd be following my own advice!" Kiki wagged her eyebrows at me and skipped off towards Shout. Marina wondered, 'What is she talking about? Am I that obvious?' These thoughts were going through her head when someone poked her in the ribs.

"Boo!" Twist laughed as Marina turned as red as her hair. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah, let me just use the rest room and I'll meet you out front?" Marina was trying to act relaxed but was finding it difficult as Twist put his arm around her shoulders.

"Oh, yeah! That's cool. I can wait here if you'd like. I don't care," he said pulling her in closer into him.

"Whatever suits you!" She scampered into the girls room and quickly started fixing her hair which she'd disheveled in her boredom. She grabbed her eyeliner and quickly reapplied that and her cherry chapstick. As she was about to open the door she realized she needed to pop in a breath mint. As she looked for the small container she heard Twist on the phone…

"Yeah, she's in the lady's room right now." … "Well, I told her we were going to Reed's." … "Yeah she's got no clue."… "Well I should go, see ya!"

What was going on? Who had he been talking about and where was he actually taking her? She smiled and hoped that whatever it was, her fantasies of having Twist as a boyfriend were actually a lot closer than she first thought.

A/N: So I think for now, this'll be a Rated T fic… I'm more of a "Rated M" fan myself but I don't know if I can do that with characters that were made for preschoolers… I mean that would kinda almost be like if I made Dora 15 and she got it on with Boots…. Weird! Alright, please read and review! This is my first fic on here… and probably the only FB one. I'm probably going to go on to write Harry Potter fics. Let me know what you think! Thanks!

-Katy:o