Author's Note: I decided to post another one because of the long wait. This is a very mushy chapter, sorry, but it needed to be done. :P So, here's chapter 7!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gorillaz.

Chapter 7: Skipping Stones

"Hey, 2D? 2D?"

"Are you an alarm clock now, Star?" I asked, sitting up next to her.

"Well, I have woken you up twice, haven't I?"

"Yeah, but it's alright with me," I said, still a little drowsy. I looked at the sun, and it was beginning to set.

"How long have we been out?"

"No clue," she replied, "I was just really tired. Being possessed is actually pretty tiring."

"Yeah, it must be," I said, putting my hand on her back. She was still shaking. "You don't have to be scared anymore. Del's gone."

"I know, I'm just still a little frazzled, is all," she said, leaning on me. I wrapped my arms around, comforting her.

She still didn't stop shaking after a couple minutes, so I eventually whispered in her ear, "You're still shaking."

"I know. Can we just sit a little longer?"

"Yeah, but then I'm gonna figure out a way to calm you down."

"Okay," she said, leaning back into me and closing her eyes. We both watched the sunset, just content with observing all the colors, or being near each other. Or both. I was both.

She closed her eyes, looking relaxed, but she still shook. "Star," I said, softly, "I'm gonna go get something."

"Come back soon," she mumbled. She was trying to relax, but I know she couldn't do it. I walked off to one of the bushes (yes, there are a couple weird bushes here) and picked up a box, and I brought it back over to Star. She was staring at the water now. See? Can't relax.

"Take a look at this," I said. I opened the box and showed her.

"Rocks?" she asked, when He looked inside it.

"No, stones," I said, picking one up and turning it in my fingers, "skipping stones, actually."

"Why are they in the box?" she asked, as I gave the stone to her.

"While I was waiting for you to come, I gathered some after I skipped a couple." I looked at her expression, which was pretty confused, and added "I was out here a while."

She smiled. "I don't think they'll be of much use now. I can't skip stones."

Perfect. That's just what I wanted to hear. "I'll teach you, then," I said, helping her up. I walked her over to the ocean, setting the box next to me. I picked up a stone, and assumed my position. "You bend down, like this, and hold the stone between your three fingers, like this, and you throw it sideways," I threw it at the water, and it skipped a couple times, "like that."

"I... don't think I can do that."

"I'll help you."

I picked up a stone, handed it to her, and stood behind her and put my hands over hers.

"Now you bend down, hold the stone, and throw!"

The stone skipped a couple times, then fell in the water. "Look, it skipped!" she said, jumping up and down.

I laughed. "Yeah, it did." She looked at me then, smiling.

"2D?"

"Yeah?"

"Del was looking for your percussionist, Russel. He said he was here to see an old friend. And he's not here. Where is he?"

She asks a lot of touchy questions, doesn't she? "He's... also dead."

"Oh... I'm sorry. Do a lot of people die around you guys?"

"Not necessarily. He didn't come here, because Murdoc didn't invite him to Plastic Beach. So, also because he was dealing with depression... he sent us a letter saying that he was... leaving us by jumping into the ocean, and we never heard from or saw him again."

"I'm really sorry."

"It's fine. Well, no, it's not. I miss them both, and if they were here, Gorillaz would be better," I said, getting angry, whipping a stone at the water that only skipped twice, "because I wouldn't be stuck here with Murdoc and Cyborg Noodle."

"What about me?"

"You don't like being here either, Star, and it never would've been this way if they were alive."

"2D..."

"Being here sucks, Star!" I threw a stone into the water, and it didn't even skip. I didn't want it to, anyway. "You don't know what it's like, being away from your family for a good portion of eleven years! And you're trapped here, with people who don't like you at all..."

"2D," Star grabbed my shoulders and made me face her, just as I was about to throw another angry stone into the water, "I know it was terrible, being locked in your room, or trapped in a band for nearly eleven years, and living with your friends dying. But, even though I was possessed and everything, I have no regrets, exept for Noodle and Russel dying. I don't mind being here, 2D," she looked me in the eyes, "because I have you."

She then wrapped her arms around my neck, leaned up, and kissed me. I returned it and the embrace. If you've never been kissed before, you should try it. I mean, sure, I've kissed before this, but it was never this... pure. It just feels like it was meant to be. It's a true love kiss. That kiss that comes near the end of fairy tales. I'm just hoping my fairy tale doesn't end too soon.

We broke apart, even though I didn't want to at all, and I looked at the rock in my hand and laughed. "Look, Star," I said, showing her the stone.

"It's a... heart," she said tenderly, picking it up. She smiled. "I have an idea. Do you have a knife?"

"Umm... no? But this is Plastic Beach, the island of junk, so there must be something here."

"Yeah. Hey, maybe this will work," she said, picking up some glass. She then turned to me, and asked, "Real, or nicknames?"

"Nicknames," I smiled.

She then intently carved something into the stone. After she was done, she blew the shavings off, looking happy with her work, and handed it to me. It read "2D + Star". I smiled at her.

2D?" she nearly whispered.

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

She looked me in the eyes, and I could tell that she was serious. My heart leaped in my chest.

"I love you too, luv," I said, spilling every ounce of feeling I had in me at the moment. I even called her luv. I don't do that usually. I really only used to call Noodle that, since she was like my sister.

"Luv," she giggled, "that's cute."

I blushed. "It's an endearing term."

"I said it was cute," she smiled, "I don't mind it or anything."

Then we kissed again. When we broke apart, she was smiling, and I was, too.

I yawned. It had been a really long day, not to mention extremely eventful.

"Hey, Star? It's late, and I don't really think I can stay awake much longer."

"Me too. We could sleep out here."

"I'd rather be inside, with the Boogieman and everything."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

So we went inside, took the lift to our level, and then I noticed I was still carrying the box and the stone.

"Do you want this?" I asked, offering the stone to her, but she closed my hand around it.

"You keep it," she smiled, "I'll see you in the morning. Goodnight, 2D," she said, and she walked into her room.

"Goodnight, luv," I smiled, walking into my room, putting the box on my dresser and the stone on top of that and laid down, not bothering to change. I closed my eyes and immediately fell asleep dreaming of me and Star again, but this time, I was happier than normal, because there was a good chance that she was dreaming the same thing.

TO BE CONTINUED