(aye so I have been having some really bad depressive episodes recently. ah, they just kinda hit me full swing this time...they were manageable for a while there but right now its really kicking me to the ground. I decided to write a lil since it seems to be the only thing I am good at, plus it helps me feel a bit better. I hope you enjoy, thanks for sticking around.)

Marina was in her room touching up her hair and makeup. She brushed on some more eyeshadow and applied some more lipstick. Stepping back she brushed some stray pieces of hair back to their place. She looked at her full reflection and smiled lightly. It wasn't very often she felt confident in her own skin.

Peabody decided to take a night for Marina and himself to have a nice little date night. Vanessa volunteered to take care of Sherman for the night so 'the two lovebirds could have a nice night' as Vanessa put it.

Smoothing down her dress slightly Marina grabbed her coat and purse and walked out of her bedroom. Sherman and Vanessa were sat on the couch playing a card game. As she walked past the couch she caught Sherman's eye.

"Ms. Marina! You look very pretty!" Sherman said with his usual big smile.

Vanessa turned around slightly to catch a glimpse of her friend. Her usual smirk plastered across her face. "Daaang girl! That dress looks nice."

Marina returned a crooked smile and rolled her eyes at her friend. Laughing slightly she began to put on her coat. "Thanks you guys. It's definitely stepping out of my comfort zone but I quite like it."

"I think Mr. Peabody is gonna like it too." Sherman commented with a playful tone.

Vanessa looked back at Sherman. "Yeah maybe a little too much." She teased smugly. "Remember Marina. Use protection."

Marina felt her her face heat up. She walked over and whacked Vanessa with her purse. "Don't say those kinda things around Sherman!" She scolded.

"What does that even mean?" Sherman asked to himself.

Marina just shook her head at her friend. "I am going to leave. Please don't taint this child."

"Im not going to taint anyone Marina. He's in good hands." Vanessa said, leaning back into the couch and crossed her legs.

"I probably should of gotten a baby sitter for you." Marina said quietly as she turned away and headed to the door.

"I heard that." Vanessa teased.

Marina chuckled at her friend as she walked out of her apartment. She closed the door behind her and locked it. She made her way down the stairs and to her car. She got in her car and made her way to Peabody's penthouse.

Once she got to the building she made her usual journey inside and into the elevator. She bounced on her toes as she waited for the elevator to finish its climb. Once the elevator arrived and made its usual 'ding' she heard Peabody call from another room.

"I will be out there in one minute!" He called.

"No problem." She called back. She paced around the living area and felt herself begin to get hot from her coat. Even though she knew she would have to put her coat right back on, she decided to allow herself have some cool air.

As Peabody made his way into the living area her came across Marina removing her coat to reveal a dress. A very form fitting dress. He felt his breath catch in his throat. Marina never wore anything like that, he almost didn't believe it was her. He closed his eyes and took a breath and opened his eyes again, it was definitely her. The black dress wrapped tightly around her curves and made her look extremely elegant.

Peabody was so caught up looking at Marina he didn't even notice that she turned around to face him.

"Oh, hello Peabody. Do you like my dress?" She asked innocently, placing her hands on her hips and swaying slightly. She giggled at herself.

"Like? Marina...I love you in this dress actually." Peabody said, almost breathlessly. He walked up to her and placed his hands on her hips and brought her close.

Marina smiled and looked up into his green eyes. They both leaned in and gave each other a light kiss.

"Come on let's go!" Marina cheered. She put her coat back on and grabbed Peabody by his hand.

When they walked out of the building they made their way towards the restaurant a few buildings away. Marina leaned closely to Peabody and sighed happily. Everything seemed right. That was until...

"Damn, baby! Come over here with those hips and let me show you a good time." An oddly familiar voice called.

Confused, Marina snapped her head up and looked over to where the voice was. She couldn't help but gasp slightly when she saw who the man was.

She immediately put on a death glare and ground her teeth. The man seem surprised when he saw Marina's face.

"M-mars?" He stuttered.

Something in Marina snapped as she jerked away from Peabody's secure grasp. She stomped over to her old friend, Nathan.

"I told you years ago to never call me that again. What the hell are you even doing here anyways?" She growled as she pointed a finger at him.

Peabody, obviously confused, walked over to Marina. "Mari, who is this man?" He asked, concerned.

Marina didn't break her glare from Nathan's eyes as she growled out, "This isn't your battle."

Peabody was taken aback, as Marina was usually so timid, however he didn't dare to cross her right now.

Marina stood straight up and put her shoulder's back. "Ok so listen here, you asshole. Not only did you just sexually harass me, which is more than enough a reason for me to be pissed, but you permanently damaged me. Do you know how much it fucks a person up when you trust a person for so many years and they just toss you away because they didn't find you good enough? No. You wouldn't. I'm not over exaggerating when I said you ruined my life, Nathan."

Nathan darted his eyes around to look at the people staring at Marina berating him in the middle of a busy city.

"Do you know how many times I tried to commit suicide because of you? Remember in 10th grade when I didn't show up for a week, if you even noticed, that was because I was in the hospital because I attempted suicide. So thanks for that. Not to mention I have major trust issues because of you and that is just piled up upon my other mental illnesses. So how about you drag your greasy self back to Georgia and get out of my life." Marina spat out with pure enragement. With that she smacked him across the face and walked off.

Peabody watched as she walked ahead and then turned his head to face Nathan. He looked at Marina in a predatory way as he stared at her swaying hips. He looked over to Peabody.

"I bet she is great in bed. The feisty ones are." He said in a raspy voice.

Peabody felt rage bubble up inside of him. His hands balled into fists and swung it and hit Nathan right in the jaw.

Fixing his suit's sleeve as if nothing happened he cleared his throat and looked down at Nathan.

"Whoops, could of sworn I saw a bug there." He muttered smugly with a smirk.