A/N: Wassup Everyone! After the long wait, I'm back with another update! Hope y'all enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN SVTFOE! ONLY THE PLOT! Carry on :)
It's now after school, and we see Marco leaning against his car as he is listening to music on his phone. Marco looks at his phone as he gets a text from Jackie.
'Dude where are you?'
Marco grins as he replies
'At my car waiting for you, of course.'
He would quickly get a reply from Jackie.
'Ok, I'll be there in a second just getting something from my locker.'
Marco would then text her back a thumbs up to Jackie and go back to listening to his music. As we do that we see Jackie Lynn Thomas at her locker with her friend Leah, who has changed her appearance to that to a specific bombshell bubble gum smacking psychotic as she has changed her hair from brown to blond with the end of each ponytail colored. The right end is dyed pink while the left is blue. It amazes some as even her figure is similar.
"So you finally giving him a chance eh?" asks Leah as she is sucking on a tootsie roll pop
"No it's not what you think Leah, we are-"
"Just chillin like buds." says Leah as she cuts off Jackie with an annoyed sigh "Man you sound like a broken record girl."
"Well, you always ask me the same question" retorts Jackie "So I'd figure if you give me the same question I'll give you the same answer."
"Whatevs," says Leah as she twirls around the tootsie roll pop "So if Marco were to say, start to talk with some other chick, you're telling me you would be cool with it?"
"Yep I'll even support him and help him out," says Jackie in a matter of fact tone "Because that's what—Why are you even bringing this up, Leah? What is your deal?"
"Well you never know what could happen," says Leah "I mean we are all growing up and lately Marco has been catching some of the other girl's eye as of late….including mine."
Leah made sure she said that last part under her breath to make sure Jackie didn't hear her but she failed as Jackie seemed to have heard her
"What was that?" asks Jackie making sure she heard what Leah just said
"….I think I like Marco" grins Leah as she looks out to the hall as if to hide her face
"Wha?" says Jackie as she is shocked by Leah's words "When did this happen?"
"Look it doesn't matter when it happened. I only need to know where you stand in this, because if you and Marco got something going on then let me know. If not, I don't wanna hear anything from you if I go after him."
"Whoa…." Jackie was taken aback by Leah sudden confession. She didn't know how to react to this, and it became quiet between the two friends. Jackie has known that Marco has been a topic among the girls at Echo Creek high as he is a genuinely kind-hearted individual who happens to be pretty attractive. Or at least that's what she heard from a few sidebars of girls passing by as they walked through. Absolutely not coming from her thoughts at all, absolutely not.
Even when the trio of friends would hang out Jackie would see the number of looks that were directed to Marco. It never bothered her as she thought it was well deserved. She just didn't like being caught in between of a misunderstanding with the ones in pursuit of the Hispanic. Which is why Jackie is speechless as she is found in an uncomfortable situation with her good friend Leah; that is until the teen began to burst into laughter.
"Oh my god Lynn Thomas! Did you really just fall for that?!"
"Huh?"
"I'm joking girl...well about me liking Marco that is" grins Leah as she puts her hand on Jackie's shoulder "I just wanted to see how you would react."
"haha, hilarious" the sarcasm from Jackie was pretty visible for all to see.
Leah seemed like she was about to say something else before she hears her phone ring and she quickly picks up the call.
"Oh hey, yeah I'm with Jackie. Mhmm yeah, I'll be there in a minute. Ok, see ya there, bye."
"Who was that?" asks Jackie
"Oh, that's Todd, a boy that I started talking to not too long ago. He's nice I guess."
"Uh oh is Leah going to be off the market?"
Jackie did her best girly girl impression
"So like, what are you two like, about to do?" asks Jackie as she nudges Leah
"We're about to catch a movie and hang out probably" shrugs Leah "He's different I guess. For how long? That's what I'm trying to find out."
"Come on Leah all guys aren't the same"
Leah could look at Jackie like she should know better
"Okay, Jackie; one, that's something that only guys should be saying and two, they are all the same cuz they are trying to do something to stand out which usually has them end up doing what? Looking just the damn same!"
"Well, what about Marco? Is he the same too?"
Leah paused for a second before she replies
"Nah he's a special case,"
"Well, then what about Todd?"
"I'm hoping he's a special case too because I would love to be proved wrong again."
"So you are trying to get yourself off the market!"
Jackie couldn't help but smile as her good friend is trying dating for a change.
For a while, Jackie began to worry about Leah because it seemed that if Leah wasn't with Jackie and the gang, she was by herself and rarely tried to interact with others. She didn't notice it at first, until this past summer when she and the girls went to a party. During the party, the skater would catch glimpses of Leah just posted at the wall by herself not even trying to get involved. Hopefully this Todd guy well help put herself out there and enjoy herself more.
"No! At least not yet" grins Leah as she sports a faint blush on her cheeks "It's a wait and see approach."
"Well, I wish you two the best Leah. I gotta go and meet up with Marco."
"Thanks, see ya, and same goes for you and Marco."
"I'm telling you it's not like that," says Jackie as she begins to skate off.
We see Marco outside still waiting on Jackie as he just listens to all the songs on his phone. Marco feels a presence steadily coming towards him, so he decides to lift his head up, and when he does, to his sure bit of luck, he sees Jackie Lynn Thomas riding her skateboard towards him.
"Sup bud" smiles Jackie
"Yo" grins Marco "So you ready?"
"You bet," says Jackie as she kicks up her skateboard and walks to the passenger side of Marco's ride.
It still amazes her when she steps into the car. She has ridden it a few times since she has gotten closer with Marco and Star.
But for someone like Marco to have such a rad ride sometimes makes her realize that even a loving guy like Marco has a side like this too. She starts to wonder when this side of him came to the surface. Whenever it did, she's happy that it occurred as it really showed that Marco was more than meets the eye and she was glad to be one of the few people to see it.
The two did what usual friends do when traveling somewhere together, talk about their day, and other things. It was cool and relaxing as the two were on their way to the festive venue known as 'The Works'
The two got to 'The Works' in no time flat. Marco is the first to get out as he also brings out his backpack which is filled with fliers as he goes around to open the door for Jackie.
"Wow such a gentleman" jokes Jackie as she grabs Marco's hand and led out of the car
"Anything for milady," jokes Marco as he plays along with Jackie as he even takes a bow
The two head into the amusement center and start to pass out the fewmni party fliers to all the females they see as they had fun together.
As they did so, Marco got a few looks from females who by the looks of it seem to be single, as well as with their partner. Looking at all this happen made Jackie chuckle as she gives Marco a few nudges.
"Well look at you" smiles the blond skater girl "You seem to be getting quite the looks around here,"
"Aww cut it out Jackie, it's only because me and you are together."
Jackie arched an eyebrow after hearing the latino's comment wanting to listen to an answer from him,
"What's that suppose to mean exactly?"
"I mean I know I have grown and all but look at you Jackie, who would've thought you could get any cooler and still be gorgeous in your way."
"Aww, Marco you sure know how to make a girl feel special."
Jackie could only smile after hearing her good friend think highly of her in such a way.
"But I think you give me too much credit,"
"How is that?"
Marco couldn't help but arch an eyebrow as he gives Jackie a skeptical look
"I'm not all that cool Marco; I'm human like everyone else. I just have a better understanding of things and to be honest, I got you to thank for it."
"Really?" Marco didn't know what to say after hearing he is partly responsible for Jackie's development
"Yeah, you are one of the few who cares about me for who I am. You accept all of me sincerely. Ever since we were little, I always saw you make a goof of yourself time and time again."
Marco cringed as he remembers some of his 'not so cool' moments in the past.
Let's say that if we had footage to show you it would already be in the custody of a certain Filipino and she would be dangling it over his head on almost any given occasion when she wanted to blackmail him, and he would have no choice but to do her bidding
"But, you always got yourself together and kept it pushing, and I've always admired that about you, Marco,"
Marco could grin as he rubs the back of his head and playfully punches Jackie in the arm
"Aww stop it you got me blushing over here."
The two continued their time together by getting on every attraction that was there to offer at the amusement park that most definitely includes roller coasters. Which at first Marco wanted no part of but because he didn't want to let his good friend Jackie down he sucked it up like a man and endured. By the time they rode all the rides they had already distributed out most of the Flyers, and after doing a few rounds at the arcade, the primary objective was completed.
As they walked around, side by side as they were having a great time, Marco looked down at his phone and saw that he had a few missed calls from Star. He then looked and saw that it was a quarter to 7.
Yeah, Marco and Jackie didn't want the fun time at the works to end. But Marco decided to do one more thing before they head out.
"Hey Jackie..." says Marco as he points out to the Go-karts racing sign "I wanna do that before we head out."
The two close friends head over to 'Burn Rubber Xtreme Racing' Go-kart area to race.
"Hey, Marco you sure you wanna do this? I mean you can back out of this before you get embarrassed" Jackie couldn't help but tease Marco "You know with your motion sickness and all,"
Jackie along of all of Marco's clique know that he was able to overcome his motion sickness after chasing Hekapoo in her dimension. But she knew talking about his past ailment would strike a nerve
"Oh really?!" says Marco with some bass in his voice as he looks at Jackie as if she has just questioned his livelihood
"Yeah really, I mean don't let all this fun we've been having to fill your head with delusions thinking that you would actually beat me."
And that statement from the skater what's the straw that broke the camel's back as Marco rushed over to one of the employees, grabs them by their collar, and said with determination and fire in his eyes,
"Get me a kart STAT!"
Jackie could grin as she puts on her safety equipment as she follows Marco. The two teens now in their karts and ready to race grips on their steering wheel itching with excitement as they hear a countdown.
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LET'S GET XTREME!
As soon as the flag is waved, Marco, Jackie, as well as the other racers blast off like a bat out of hell to start off the race.
Star's POV
I don't know why but I feel a slight bit of goosebumps flowing all around my body, and when I usually get those it means chaos is near. But then again fewmni parties do tend to get wild, so maybe that's why they came up out of nowhere. Anywho time to contact Haze and get everything sent here!
After sending a quick text, a giant black portal opens only a few feet away from me, and I see Haze as well as a few lizardmen and sloths coming in with all of the items I bought from quest Buy.
BACK TO THE RACE!
With all of the racers halfway done with the first lap, Marco and Jackie, as well as a few other racers, are neck in neck as they are reaching the starting point to begin the next lap. Right as they make the last turn before beginning lap two, the colossal intercom came on, and a deep voice came yelling
BRING OUT THE PIES!
It was at that point people in the crowd started throwing pies at the participating racers. Most of the racers were able to dodge them as the pies weren't being thrown at a high clip but unfortunately for a few some were hit dead in the face and drifted off course.
Marco and Jackie though looked to be in the zone as they bob and weave through all the incoming pies that seem to be aimed for them as they began their 2nd lap. But alas there were more surprises in store for our fellow racers as obstacles that you see in Mario Kart. But Marco and Jackie kept their cool and went through the obstacles with ease. Some would say too much ease.
It won't be exaggerating if someone says the two looked like two racers off fast & furious movies with how fast the two were going on the track. Some people were so amazed at the two racing they stopped what they were doing and decided to watch till the end. It is a ten lap race, and there are 12 racers for this course, and both Marco and Jackie are in the lead as they are reaching now doing the final lap. As the two are going through twists and turns of the course, Jackie is able to get ahead of the Hispanic
"Bye bye Marco!" shouts Jackie as she accelerates past Marco only to see her attempt fail as the Hispanic quickly catches up with her
"Sorry Jackie not going to be that easy" grins Marco as he wags his index finger at her
The two at the end of the race in a tie as they cross the finish line. As the laugh as Marco and Jackie get out of the go-karts, people give them a round of applause, and it confuses the two why they are doing so.
"Um what is going on?" asks Marco "And why are they cheering for us?"
"Yeah I would like to know too?" chimes in Jackie
The two are then approached by a man who seems to be in his early 40's, and there is something about the man that says "I Run This!"
"Congratulations you two!" says the man as he displays a cheery smile
"For what?" asks both Marco and Jackie
"Breaking the record of course," says the man as he points up to a big Jumbotron which has Marco and Jackie's picture's as well as the time they finished the race photo which is pretty outstanding.
"You didn't know?" asks the man as he sees the surprised look on the two teens face "Well, either way, you two deserve this!"
The man proceeds to give both Marco and Jackie a big trophy that has their name on it as well as two cards that had the park's logo and their name on as well.
"With this, not only can you come and race anytime you want but you also have complimentary fast passes that will let you go ahead of the lines in all of our attractions" smiles the man
"Whoa this is-" says Marco
"Rad!" finishes an ecstatic Jackie as she then hugs Marco into a tight embrace
"Looks like your girlfriend likes it" smiles the man as he and the crowd watches
"Huh!?" exclaims Marco who begins to be bashful as he tries and fails to clear up the misunderstanding
To make matters worse Jackie kisses him on the cheek and hugs him even tighter which silences the teen as he blushes profusely as he stammers like Patrick and SpongeBob when they discovered Manray.
"Shush Marco we just got to play the part, and we can nail these cool perks" whispers the blond skater
Marco could only reply with yet more stammering before he receives a slap to the face from, himself.
Inside the head of Marco
As you would expect nothing but pandemonium is happening inside the head of our Latino protagonist. Multiple versions of Marco are either trying to put out fires or sorting through file cabinets vigorously with desperation in their eyes while a group of Marco's emotions, Anger, Happiness, and one who seems to be suffering from puppy love are at the main controls.
"Oh my damn." is all Anger can say as he and the group look at the monitor
"See?! What did I tell you Anger?! There's a chance that-"
Happiness would not be able to utter another vowel as Anger grabs hold of Happiness' throat.
"SHUT. THE. HELL. UP!"
"Love is such a wonderful thing~," says a love-stricken Marco as he looks at the monitor.
"NO, IT'S NOT ROMANCE!" snaps Anger as he looks at Romance with daggers in his eyes "Do you know what this can bring for Marco boy here?"
"Romance, duh," says the love-seeking Marco looking at Anger like he is an idiot as he points back to himself to make his statement.
Anger though wasn't pleased with Romance's answer as he grabs the romantic alter ego by the throat.
"NO, YOU DUMBASS! THIS LEADS TO MISUNDERSTANDINGS, MISUNDERSTANDING LEADS TO DRAMA, DRAMA LEADS TO BROKEN HEARTS, AND DO I HAVE TO REMIND YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO BOY WONDER HERE WHEN HIS HEART GOT BROKEN LAST TIME?!
Romance's demeanor drops after remembering the last time Marco was put into a situation where his heart was broken. Before they realized it, depression Waltz into the conversation.
"Yeah, I remember that very clearly almost like it was yesterday. Even I was shocked with how far gone Marco was and I was manning the controls."
"Okay okay I get what you're saying, I can't be trying to give our main guy false hopes as it can lead to major problems. But acting Stone Cold and rude isn't going to do anything with his relationship with his friends."
"You got to admit Anger, Romance is right. You got to have balance when it comes to a healthy friendship."
Even though it pissed off Anger to his most inner being, both romance and happiness are right. All anger could do is sigh and nod his head
"Aww young love, it's something ain't it?"
"Um yeah it's something" chuckles a nervous Marco as he looks back at Jackie
While the 'couple' took a photo commemorating their big feat they didn't realize that from not too far away they were being watched by a hooded individual who is standing on top of one of the roller coasters.
The figure takes out a cell phone and takes a picture of the two and does a quick text message with the newly acquired picture as an attachment with a caption that read,
'Unexpected Rival?'
The figure then took out a pair of dimensional scissors from their back pocket and exits to another location and right at the nick of time as the figure would've been by the incoming rollercoaster.
A/N: I wanted to say sorry for the lateness on my updates I've just been struggling to keep up with the fics as I deal with life and all but I won't ever stop until the death of me. That's a promise! Just might be late with em tho :D Thanks for reading and please review. Any suggestions can be put down as a review or you can PM me. Until next time PEACE!