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Rain poured down in sheets and thunder roared and students hurried out of the school and ran down the street. Star and Marco stood outside of the door of the school and watched as the rain poured down from the darkened sky. Star slightly frowned as she hugged her books close to her, "Here," she looked up and saw Marco handing his phone to her, "Call your folks and have them pick you up,"
"I have my own phone, but thank you, Marco," Star reached in her purse and took her phone and dialed a number.
Putting her phone away, Star frowned and shook her head, "My father will be here soon to pick me up, but I'm sorry, Marco, but mother and father made it clear that they will not take you home,"
"Heh, even if we live on the same damn street," Marco chuckled and shook his head, "Whatever, I could use the exercise anyways," Star's eyes widened as Marco began walking away.
Before Marco stepped into the storm, he felt a hand tug on his sleeve and he looked back with narrowed eyes, "Look girly, your old man is going to be here to pick you up, and since they won't bother to offer me a ride, I should get going before-" before he could finish, Star looked up with tears in her now wide eyes, "What? Are you afraid of thunderstorms or something?"
"I have a terrible case of astraphobia. I've had it ever since I was little," Star hung her head as Marco glared at her with narrowed eyes, "My parents always comforted me during late night thunderstorms, but it will only help slightly," Marco scuffed and looked away, "I'm sorry, Marco, I know you want to get home, but when I was little, I was staying with my grandparents and there was a terrible thunderstorm and it caused the tree in their yard to crash through the house. No one was hurt, thankfully, but I never got over that incident an-"
"I'm not going to stay with you until your old man gets here and then have to walk in this mess. I might as well start running now an-" Star's eyes widened as a deep frown painted across her lips and Marco sighed and shook his head, "Whatever…I'll stay until your old man gets here and then I'm leaving,"
"Marco?"
"It keeps me away from my parents for a while longer, but the downside is I won't be able to fee Cerberus until I get home," Star looked at him in confusion, "Cerberus is my puppy, and he's the only one I can relate to in this cold, unforgiven world a-"
"I was going to suggest that you call your parents," Marco growled and turned his back towards her, "Surely they won't allow their only son to walk home in this storm and-"
"That's fucking rich!" Marco snapped as he looked back, "Last winter, I got caught in a bad blizzard, normally I'd push through it and continue to walk home, but I was getting cold and it was getting dark, so I tried to call my folks, and you know what my old lady said? She said that she and pops didn't care and that if I managed to walk in the cold, a little snow shouldn't stop me," Star's eyes widened as Marco sighed and looked up to see the familiar SUV pull up in front of the school, "It looks like your old man is here, girly…I'll see you whenever," the two began walking out of the school.
Stepping outside, Marco turned and began walking along the side of the school as Star looked at him and frowned, "Marco?" before she could continue, Marco took his hoodie off and tossed it at the blonde girl, "Marco, what do you think you're doing? Won't you get sick?"
"Look blondie, I'm not one to give anyone my hoodie for whatever reason, but your old man will most likely tell my folks that I walked away and allowed you to shiver, and I'm not going to get in trouble because of you or anyone," Marco looked back with narrowed eyes, "Just wash and return it to me tomorrow and we won't have a problem," Star slowly nodded before slipping the hoodie on and Marco began running down the side of the school as Star ran towards the SUV parked out front of the school.
Star sat in the passenger seat and watched as rain slid down the window, a lost look crossing her face, "Star," her head snapped back as she looked at her father in confusion, "Your mother and I have told you stay away from that boy. Did he do anything to you? Did he hurt you or-"
"Not at all, father, Marco is my guide," River looked at his daughter in confusion as Star shook her head, "Mother told Principal Skeeves that it might be a good idea to have someone show me around the school for the week and Principal Skeeves called on Marco. Both Marco and I tried to explain to him that you and mother wanted me to stay away from Marco, but he insisted that Marco will be the one to show me around school,"
"I see, and why are you wearing the boy's coat?"
Star frowned as she took a deep breath and shook her head, "Marco didn't want you and mother to tell his parents that he walked away and left me cold, so he gave me this and asked me to wash and return it tomorrow," River hummed and nodded before the car ride fell silent.
Marco soaked with rainwater, stepped into the house and saw his parents sitting on the couch, watching TV. Slamming the door shut, the two adults looked up with narrowed eyes and Angie spoke, "Do you have to be so loud? And watch where you're going, I just mopped in here an-"
"Hi Marco, you look a little wet, why didn't you call? Oh, I don't know, maybe because my parents are fucking assholes!" the two continued to stare at their son and Marco shook his head, "And before you say anything, that old bat and that dwarf of a man across the street weren't going to give me a ride, even though we live on the same damn street!"
"Marco Ubaldo Diaz, you watch-"
"Watch what, old man!" Marco hissed and narrowed his eyes, "I can't wait until I turn eighteen because I am so looking forward to moving and…I'm going to be honest, whenever I have kids, I don't want you two anywhere near them. I don't want you poisoning my kids or hating them because of me!" Marco turned and ran up the stairs as his parents yelled up after him.
Marco walked into his room as Cerberus jumped off the bed and ran over him and barked, "Hey Cerberus, I'll be out in a minute to feed you, okay boy?" Cerberus continued to bark as Marco grabbed a towel and a change of clothes before walking out of the room again.
Star sat in the living room with her parents as she stared down at the hoodie Marco had given her, "You best return that to that boy tomorrow," her mother said and Star looked up, "We wouldn't want to spark an argument with that delinquent now, would we?"
"No mother, you're right," Star looked down at the hoodie once again before looking up at the house across the street as the rain continued to pour from the sky and lightning flashed and thunder roared, causing the blonde to flinch and tightly hug the hoodie close to her, "I'll return it to him tomorrow before school starts," her parents nodded before they sat in silence, not noticing the frown painted across their daughter's lips.
I was going to try and get growing, light of the moon, out of the dark or call of the wild out before this, but something happened that…that I'm not too proud of. But for now, as always, enjoy everyone and please let me know what you all think.
