I had been working on this story off and on for a while now, usually just writing things when an idea crossed my mind. I'd always randomly go back and reread and add things. I wasn't going to ever post it, but recently I figured why not.

I finally started reading other fanfictions on this show and I did not realize how similar many of the stories are. I can't even express how hard I have laughed at realizing almost everyone has also written up a party scene, though in many they are in high school so it makes sense.

I was going to edit a lot to make it much different but I also didn't want to take from the story I had already built.

Marina and her family, as well as a few random kids in the high school are the only characters I have created on my own.

I am heavily editing and rewriting parts of this story after deciding I wanted to change a couple things. If you have already read it. It may have changed.

This first Chapter feels like just dialog but it is just a set up for the story, I have never posted any of the fanfictions I have ever written and I also have never posted on this site before and I am still trying to figure this format out, AO3 is much easier lol! I also still have not fully figured out how to make my paragraphs not seem to just flow right into the other with no space, so I apologize on that. Even when I try to do what it says to, it still seems not to stick.

I hope you enjoy!

Senior year.

Monday marked the start of Marina's final year of high school. She was ready to be done and hopefully get into the college she wanted. Somewhere, really anywhere away from here.. But it felt bittersweet, she didn't want to leave her friends. She wanted to be able to just take them with her and see them all every day like she has since the 5th grade. She tried not to think about it. Avoiding it like she avoided thinking about anything that slightly stressed her out. Was it healthy? No. She knew that. She didn't really care though. Marina wanted to finally have fun her senior year, thinking about sad things wouldn't help her accomplish that. She had already made the decision to go into this school year with an "I don't give a shit" attitude.

She heard her phone buzzing behind her as she threw her blonde hair into a pony tail in her bathroom mirror, admiring the tan she got over her summer vacation. She wished she was still at the beach, smelling the ocean and feeling the hot sun on her face. She closed her eyes and rubbed her hands over them, regretting not discussing her cousins invitation with her parents to just move there and finish her schooling out in California. She sighed as she went over to her bed and picked her phone up, it was the group-chat she had with her 4 of her best friends.

KB

Meet at bus stop in 15

Marina smiled at her phone. She missed the morning bus stop rides. Now they all rode to school together in 1 car. They didn't even really have to, they just didn't want to lose their tradition of seeing each other every morning before school. She threw her shoes on and a hoodie since the sun was setting and headed out just a little late. She didn't want to be the first one there and she knew her friends were never really on time for anything.

As she got closer to the bus stop she realized they were all already there.

"Wow, did you girls learn time management this summer or something?" She called out as she got closer.

"We got jobs." Her friend Stan deadpanned.

"We have just been waiting on you." Her other friend Kyle told her.

"I'm sure. I can't believe that even Kenny beat me." She joked, shoving her hands into her hoodie pockets, she was finally used to the weather getting colder faster here, especially when the sun went down, but her hands were not.

"Hey, shut up." Kenny chuckled through a small whine.

"Ew the girl is here." Cartman scrunched up his face.

"Shut up fatass." She smiled and he smiled back.

She passed the bus stop sign and stood next to Stan, she couldn't help but beam at how they were standing side by side, facing the other side of the street like they always used to. It felt like home.

"How are you doing?" Stan asked, looking over at her.

"Yeah, you ran away to your aunt's house for so long we thought you were gonna move there." Cartman cut in, leaning forward to look at her past Kyle and Stan.

"I'm much better. I found myself while I was there." Marina told the boys.

"I'm just glad that huge asshole is not controlling you anymore." Kyle nodded.

"Me too! I'm so happy we don't have to hang out with him anymore. He was so fucking lame." Cartman rolled his eyes.

"Yeah he was." She sighed, remembering her ex-boyfriend always needing to be with her because he thought she was going to sleep with her best friends or something.

"I just feel like I can finally be the me I want to be. New year, new me." She smiled at the thought, staring at the field across the street.

"That's what you say in the beginning of the year, not school year." Kenny told her.

She leaned forward and looked at him across the other 3 boys and flipped him off, "You know what I mean. I don't have a boyfriend controlling who I can be this year. I am going to finally do whatever I want to do."

"That's a first since high school started." Cartman laughed.

"You're right." She nodded looking at the field again, "How was your summer's?"

"We worked all summer." Stan told her again.

"Ya, I got that." She laughed.

"And we trained for football." Kenny added.

"Except for Kyle, because he's a lazy jew." Cartman laughed at his classic joke.

She remembered the first time she stood here, he called Kyle a 'jew' and she was so shocked. She had felt so bad for Kyle. But then she realized it was just an ongoing joke between them and Kyle never actually got mad.

"Shut up, fatass." Kyle retorted, as usual, "I play lacrosse, you know my mom went crazy about me wanting to play football."

"We remember." The rest all said in unison.

"Besides video games and a couple parties, that's all we did really." Kenny shrugged.

"How lame." She smirked.

"Lame?! What did you do at your aunts that was so much better?" Stan asked.

"My cousin Lacey and I went to the beach almost every day, met cute guys... pretty much daily. I got this super sick tan. Oh! Annnd I learned how to surf."

"I thought you said you refused to ever surf after that one movie." Cartman interjected.

"Um when the instructor is a super hot surfer dude, how could I turn that down?"

"Were there hot surfer chick's too?" Kenny asked excitedly.

"Are you kidding? Of course!"

"Damn. I'm jealous."

"Yeah. If I thought they were hot, they're probably even hotter in your book." She laughed.

"So you just met hot guys and went to the beach?" Kyle asked.

"We partied, and hung out and stuff. Shopped. Got a whole bunch of new outfits for the year. You guys might not even recognize me tomorrow." She joked.

"The hell happened to you?" Cartman asked, "You go to Cali having only had 2 real boyfriends in your life and come back having daily boyfriends? I thought you were shy!"

They all laughed.

"Fuck you Cartman!" She giggled, "I'm not a slut like Kenny over here. I didn't sleep with all of them or something. I do have standards. Most of the time we just hung out with guys for the day. Never to see them again after."

"Just not like you is all." He continued, "Thought it was funny to hear words that Kenny usually would be saying coming out of the innocent one of the group."

Her mouth dropped open and she whipped her head in his direction, her ponytail swinging around and falling over her right shoulder, "I. Am. Not the innocent one! Kyle is!"

"Usually I'd agree with you on any jokes against Kyle but right now I can tell you that is not true. It is definitely you. Sure you can talk some shit and stand up for yourself. BUT! Up until maybe now, after your slut summer. You have probably only actually had sex with like two guys and they were your boyfriends. You usually go for a completely natural look and you wear one piece bathing suits anytime we swim." Cartman replied.

"I am not innocent."

"You kind of are." Stan cut in.

"Seriously? I just don't always discuss my personal life with friends."

She looked over at Kyle and he shrugged, raising his eyebrows and smiling with his lips shut. She knew that he knew she was right. He was the innocent one. He was the sweet one who didn't do wrong, who always thought logically. He didn't make silly mistakes like the rest of them. If he dated someone he was serious about it and he was extra sweet to her.

Then she looked down to Kenny who looked over when he heard nobody talking, she was glaring at him.

"Kenny?" She asked, "Am I innocent?"

"I mean." He winced a little, "You are pretty innocent. And you were worse when we first met you. We have kind of helped you out of it some."

"Really?" She crossed her arms.

"You're innocent compared to us." He nodded.

Unbelievable. He, of all people knows I am not!

"First of all. Before this summer, I slept with more than just the two boyfriends I had. The amount of guys I have had sex with is not something I need to report to Cartman, or anyone really." She moved her gaze from Kenny to Cartman who was refusing to look anywhere but ahead of him, "Second. I didn't wear make up often because both of my ex boyfriends didn't want me to look more than just natural. It was not because of me wanting to be pure or whatever. AND the bathing suit situation was because my mom wouldn't let me buy two pieces since I was always swimming with boys around."

"So you suffer from innocence forced on by others." Cartman laughed.

"She's so cute when she gets all defensive like this." Kenny chuckled, "First of all!" He mocked.

"I have experience." Cartman joined him.

"With three people!" Kenny dramatically held up 3 fingers while laughing.

"How do you know it was only 3?" Cartman asked.

"I was just making up a number, since she's so offended that we think she only slept with 2 guys." Kenny shrugged, his eyes moved to hers and he looked away quickly.

She rolled her eyes deciding to ignore them, "Are you getting us at the usual time again Stan?" She asked.

"Yeah I'll swing by Cartman's, then Kyle's and then Marina's house. Kenny you're still going to be meeting there in the morning right?"

Kenny told him that he would be. He was within walking distance of her house.

Since they all got their license, Stan was the first one with a car, specially since he lived much farther away now at the farm. The order of pick up was just because of who was on the way, the only issue was that Kenny's street was just off of the street they all lived on. Marina lived on the corner, and Kenny lived around the corner on the opposite side of the road, a couple houses down and across the railroad tracks. It wasn't a far walk, but it was easier to just go straight to school without having to turn down Kenny's street.

"How is Wendy doing? I haven't heard from her much this summer." Marina asked Stan.

"She is good. I don't know if she told you but she broke her ankle a month after school and she was in a cast for basically the rest of the summer. She just got it off a couple days ago. She was saying she wanted to hang out with you before school but she had so much to do. I'm sure she will be excited to see you again tomorrow."

"Wow that sucks! I'm excited to see her too. How's Karen, Kenny?"

"She is good. Starting freshman year and I think she is really excited. She has a boyfriend now." Kenny answered.

"It's Ike." Kyle added.

"Ike and Karen!?" Marina exclaimed, putting her hands together happily.

"Ya he better not break her heart." Kenny sighed.

"If he does I'll break him myself!" Kyle nodded.

"You guys meet any lovely ladies this summer?" She asked them.

"I am talking to Anna at school." Kyle answered first.

"You already know I met many lovely ladies this summer." Kenny smirked.

"But did any of them stick out?" Stan asked.

"Nah. Never do."

"Cartman?" She asked.

"I was talking to a girl and it didn't work out."

"As usual." Kyle laughed.

"Ey! Shut up Kyle. I was really nice to this one she was just weird!"

"Right."

They stood in silence for a minute or so.

"Anything else new?" Stan asked the group.

"Not really significant." Kenny replied.

"Well I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow?" Stan asked.

"Yes."

"Bro. Get me some of your dad's plants." Kenny told him.

"Maybe dude. I'll let you know."

"Bye guys!" Marina spoke up, starting to head to her house.

Kenny caught up to her, with his hands in his pockets he hit her back gently with his elbow.

"Hey loser." She laughed.

"I missed my best friend all summer." He pouted.

"I missed mine! How were things here, really?"

"Really pretty normal. Though, I saw Adam drive by you house I don't even know how many times. And your mom invited me over for dinner a lot."

"Yea my mom kept telling me she was having you over... So funny, Adam used to get so pissed at how much my mom liked you."

"He was a jealous ass."

"He was a lot more than that."

"I'm really glad you finally had the balls to break that off. You were letting too much go and if you weren't going to break it off, I was going to break him after finding out about the cheating on you."

Marina smiled up at him.

She was close with all of the guys and some of the girls at school. But specifically the guys, they lived the closest to her and she saw them the most when she was too young to drive to her other friends houses. She also met them first when she moved into town in 5th grade, and they helped her out her first week. Kenny lived the closest. And from the very second day of school he waited for her outside of her house and walked with her to the bus stop. As time went on they became very close. Kenny was the poorest, of course Cartman never let him forget that. He never turned down help though, and never made anyone feel uncomfortable when they wanted to help him, Marina always admired him for never being too proud. But that was probably because she wanted to help him constantly.

Marina and Kenny definitely had this unspoken big soft spot for each other. The other guys definitely picked up on it and picked on them a lot, but they didn't let it bother them too much. She did have a slight crush on him when she first moved into town, but she never told a soul.

Marina also wouldn't admit it but she definitely found Kenny to be the best looking of the group. But that was everyone's opinion. Kenny used to wear a big parka that was always zipped up and over his mouth, his voice was constantly muffled and he never took it off. Eventually he outgrew it when he had his growth spurt in the 7th grade, and his mother had gotten him a new coat. This coat didn't zip up enough to cover his face. The very first day he went to school after that, all of the girls at school were drooling over him. Some of them really didn't even know what he looked like until then, some people didn't even recognize him. And after that, they all wanted him. Most of the girls didn't even care if he used them for pleasure and not for love. Which was the case almost every time. Though he hasn't been a total man whore, he did have girlfriends every now and then, and he was never a cheater. But he never made it more than a few weeks with a girlfriend.

Marina didn't think the other guys were ugly though, Stan was pretty attractive, as well as Kyle. Even Eric Cartman got a bit better looking after he lost some weight. He wasn't a top 10 but he was definitely not at the bottom of the radar anymore. Still an asshole though.

Stan usually wore some type of backward ball cap or a beanie over his black hair. Kyle cut his fro down and styled his hair. We actually jokingly called him Archie after Riverdale came out. Cartman was still not a lanky dude by any means, but he did fill in with big muscle due to football. And he found a good way to style his light brown hair, that actually fit his face. Kenny always had his hood up when he was wearing a hoodie, so his blonde hair almost always looked wild and messy. But on occasion he would style it and make everyone's hearts flutter.

"Whats up?" He broke her from her thoughts.

"What?" She asked.

"What are you in your head about?"

"Just thinking about school tomorrow."

"Worried about Adam?" He asked.

"Not really. I'm sure he's enjoying his new girlfriend."

Kenny chuckled, "Well she's definitely not as pretty as you." He nudged her with his elbow again.

"Oh I can completely agree with that." She laughed, hating that her heart started racing at him calling her pretty.

"See you tomorrow?"

"Yep! Bright and early! Last year of school!" She turned and went up her driveway and into her house.

Wendy T

Hey Beautiful! I effing miss u! Do u want to stay the night and we can get ready for school tomorrow together?

Me

Yes! Let me tell my mom!

Marina yelled down to her mom to let her know and then pulled the group chat up with the guys.
"Let Kenny know I bought him a back to school package." Her mom yelled back.

She always wanted to make sure he had things he needed. She had wanted another child but her dad never let her have more than just Marina. She always took every chance she could to spoil her friends.

Me

My dudes. Dont pick me up tomorrow, ill be at Wendy's in the morning.

Kenny.. my mom says that she has a back to school package she wants to give you.

SM

Cool. Tell my girl to call me also!

KM

Wen will ur mom just adopt me?

EC

Kenny if she adopts u then u won't be able to sleep with every girl in our graduating class because it will be incest!

KM

Shut the f up Cartman! I respect Marina and u know that..

And I am not trying to sleep with every girl in our graduating class. I just like sex lol

Me

LMAO

SM

He better not sleep with every girl in our graduating class. Wendy is mine.

Marina shoved her phone in her pocket and started packing to go over to Wendy's house. She couldn't wait to try out her new look tomorrow.