Marina PoV
Marina's hand reached blindly for her phone as it blared throughout her dark room. She finally opened her eyes to see it illuminating from the floor. She groaned before leaning over the side of her bed and grabbing it, shutting the alarm off. Swinging her legs over the side, she headed straight to the bathroom. Turning on some music, she began getting ready for school. She threw on her new favorite leather leggings and a low cut grey shirt and then headed downstairs.
"Good morning honey." Natalie greeted her.
"Morning mom." She smiled, grabbing a water bottle from the fridge.
"Your makeup looks pretty. Do you want me to make you something to eat for breakfast?"
"Thank you. Not today."
The front door opened and Kenny rounded the corner into the kitchen.
"You need anything to eat Kenny?" Her mom asked.
"No thank you."
"Supposed to be nice out today. Maybe you guys can all do some warm weather activities?"
"I have to work tonight unfortunately." Kenny sighed.
"Oh well that just stinks."
Marina laughed, "Aw, you won't be able to see any of the girls tanning."
"It's a real shame." He smirked.
Stan texted them that he was there, and they headed out the door with their stuff, yelling bye to her mom behind them.
Marina scooted into the middle of the back seat next to Kyle and Kenny followed behind her.
"Morning losers." She smiled, Stan groaned in response.
"What's your deal?"
"Wendy. Apparently, he is very sore today." Kyle told her.
"Ohhh." She laughed.
"That's my boy!" Kenny chuckled.
"She choked me." Stan added.
"That's my girl!" Marina cheered.
"Wait in a good or a bad way?" Cartman asked.
"Very, very, good way. But my body is so sore from all of it. Probably the best it's ever been."
Marina looked at the road ahead of them, proud of her friend for taking her advice. As if Cartman could read her mind, he spoke up, "Must be taking advice from the Dominatrix back there in her leather pants."
"I'll whoop your ass Cartman, and not in a sexy way."
"Any way you'd whip me would be sexy." He sighed as if he were daydreaming of it.
"I mean she could choke me any day and I'd thank her." Kenny added, shrugging.
Cartman laughed, turning around and fist bumping with him.
"Who? Wendy?" Stan asked quickly, still lost in his own head.
"Nah, miss leather pants." Kenny joked.
"You guys are dumb asses." Kyle sighed.
"Right! I'm sitting right here." She rolled her eyes.
"Well maybe don't dress like you want us to say something." Cartman laughed.
Marina's jaw dropped before she glared, reaching up and smacking him on the back of the head, "You need to learn quick, that a woman should be able to dress in whatever makes her feel good about herself! And that she shouldn't be treated any differently than the next girl wearing something completely different."
"You need to learn that guys don't give a shit about this feminism stuff and it doesn't matter how many times you girls say it, we will still feel how we feel. Obviously you wanted a comment made because you wore it." Cartman turned to look at her.
Marina felt a rush of rage run through her, her face heated up quickly.
"Okay, Cartman. It's not funny now. Stop." Kenny cut in fast before she could open her mouth, most likely realizing how angry she looked.
But, it didn't stop her, she gritted her teeth, the words coming out of her mouth like knives, "Maybe I wore this because I like how I feel in it. And now I will make damn sure I continue wearing things that make me have to prove a point that you need to learn to respect women!"
Cartman started laughing, "Oo I am shaking in my boots Marina. I'll respect women when I choose to. And I won't whenever I don't want to."
"Cartman, that's enough." Kyle interjected.
"Fuck you Cartman." Marina's voice was cold and quiet, "This is why you continue to be single. Because you are such a fucking selfish asshole."
Cartman glared, "Yeah, well.. You're single and you've changed your look because innocent little Marina was always cheated on for being too prim and proper."
Marina leapt forward in a fury, Kenny reached over and quickly threw one arm around the front of her and the other grabbed onto her hip. Kyle grabbed her arm closest to him, with her left arm she was shoving Cartman in his face as best as she could while being pulled back.
"BOTH OF YOU STOP!" Stan yelled.
Cartman was laughing, "Mar you know I love you. I was just messing with you because it's so cute when you're angry."
"Cartman!" She sighed, "It didn't feel like you were just messing with me."
"I promise. I was just fucking with you to make you all feisty and angry." He continued laughing.
She reached up and shoved his shoulder, "It wasn't funny."
"I thought it was." He smiled.
"You are ridiculous." Kyle huffed.
When they parked, Marina leaned forward, fixing herself in the rear view mirror. She could see Cartman out of her peripheral, staring at her intently. And she could see Kenny in the mirror, looking down at her ass. Uncapping her lipstick, she ran it smoothly over her lips.
"Stop it before I literally attack you with my mouth." Cartman rasped.
She turned to face him and winked, "This mouth?" She asked, puckering her lips. He nodded in response.
"I don't know if you could keep up with me." She smirked.
"I could at least attempt it." He winked.
Marina shrugged, "Wanna try it out?" She asked seductively.
He swallowed hard, he nodded slowly and moved to lean toward her and she backed away laughing.
"I guess I deserved that." He shook his head.
"Can we all stop drooling over Marina and go into the school now?" Kyle asked.
"Hey, I'm not drooling over her." Stan defended.
"I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about the slut here in the back and the deprived up there in the front."
"Fuck you Jew." Cartman answered.
Kyle shoved his shoulder from behind his seat.
"Ey!" Cartman jerked his body around swatting his arm in Kyle's direction, Marina leaned back out of the way, butting heads with Kenny who was leaning forward. "Ow!" They both cried out in unison.
"Guys cut it out! Why are we all intent on hitting each other! I don't have the energy for all of this today." Stan sighed, turning the car off.
Marina was laughing almost the entire way to her locker. One or more of the guys must have been giving everyone a look because every boy that went to look at her quickly turned around. She assumed it was Kyle. What she didn't know was that it was actually Cartman.
In first period they sat in the same seats as the day before, only this time each desk was paired with another one. Causing Kenny and Marina's desks to be attached.
"Where is Wendy?" Marina asked Stan.
"She is going to be late." Stan answered.
"Wow you guys must have really been getting busy last night." Kenny added.
"I don't even know where it came from, but I feel like we just started dating again. It's awesome. I can't remember the last time my entire body felt this sore."
Marina and Kenny laughed.
The bell rang, and the teacher walked in, "Good morning class. I know most of you have taken this class in hopes of an easy A. It is a literature class, so we will be reading most of the time. We are going to do something new this year. Instead of taking a quiz we will be writing an essay on the chapters you are assigned for the night. Every day we will spend the first part of the period having a discussion with the person attached to your desk. You are going to write a joint essay about the chapters you read the night before and about your discussed thoughts and opinions on what you feel or think the writer is either portraying or talking about. Also writing about character development and changes. Send someone up from each attached desk to grab 2 of the book we will be reading right now. Which is the Fountainhead."
They all had gotten their books, and Marina started reading it as soon as Kenny gave it to her. Kenny slouched in his seat, opening the book, but she could tell he wasn't actually reading anything.
"You okay?" She whispered.
"Yeah just thinking, sorry." He whispered back.
"About what?"
"You in those leather leggings." He smirked, but she could see his eyes were actually sad.
"Funny.. You're okay though right?"
"Yeah. My parents were yelling about my brother last night and I was just thinking that I hope he is okay."
"I'm sorry."
"It's alright. Not your fault." He gave her a small smile before turning his eyes back to his book.
Wendy and Marina headed from their class to lunch, "Hey guys." Alice fell in step with them.
"Hey girl. How have you been?" Marina asked.
"I'm really good. Just trying to figure out what to get Token for our anniversary. Every year I'm asking myself, `What do you get a kid who gets everything he wants?"
"Take him to do something fun." Wendy told her.
"Yeah I just feel like we have done everything."
"I'm sure you haven't done everything." Marina winked.
"Go to Victoria's secret and get something sexy and make that his gift." Wendy giggled.
"That is actually a good idea!"
"I do my best work on others." Wendy sighed jokingly.
"Thank you!" Alice walked away into the other end of the lunch room.
The Boys had football practice that evening, Marina was making her way to cheer tryouts. She hadn't been allowed to be on the team the last two years because of Adam and the guy she was dating her sophomore year. She was excited to be back. She changed into shorts and a t-shirt in the locker room before heading to the gym.
As soon as she walked in, she walked over to the group of girls warming up.
Wendy spotted her from the bottom row of bleachers where she sat with a mic in her hand, "Marina Morrison!" Her voice loudly echoed over the speakers in the gym, "I don't know what the hell you are doing, you're already on this team! Get your ass over here!"
"Wendy. Language." Brenda, the cheer coach sighed.
"Sorry Miss Brenda." Wendy replied but still into the mic.
Marina and most of the girls laughed as she sat in line with Wendy.
Once they were done, she got changed and went to the football field where she found Kyle sitting low in the stands.
"Hey dude." She smiled, sitting down beside him, "Finished with Lacrosse already?"
"Yeah, not a long practice. Where have you been? Figured you might have found someone to take you home."
"Cheer tryouts."
"No way!" He looked over at her with a big goofy smile.
"What? You're looking at me like my dad."
"I'm so proud of you for getting back into that."
"Thank you Kyle.. soo are they almost done or what?"
"Well, " He sighed, "Cartman pissed the coach off about 5 or so minutes before you came so now he's making them do drills."
"That's nice. Also, not surprising."
"Did you make the team?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, Wendy wouldn't even let me try out. She was so happy I was back."
"You always have a way of being good at the things you do."
"Shut up Kyle." She chuckled.
"No, really. I've honestly always been a little jealous about it. You are always able to try something and make it look so easy. Then I try it, and I look like an idiot." He laughed.
"You're good at things."
"Yeah after a couple tries."
"You're just too book smart for your own good sometimes."
"Probably. I overthink a lot."
"That is probably the only thing that ever holds you back."
"True."
They watched the team run inside.
"Guess we should head to the car and wait for them to finish showering?" Kyle asked.
Marina nodded and followed him out of the stands.
As soon as they got to the car she hopped up onto the trunk and laid back against the back window, as Kyle sat on the ground leaning against the bumper.
"Are you enjoying driving Kenny and Cartman crazy?" Kyle asked.
Marina laughed, looking at the clouds in the sky, "It does bring me a special laugh every day. Seeing them get worked up."
Kyle laughed, "It is funny seeing Cartman get all weird. We are used to Kenny being an open horn dog, but Cartman is way weaker than he leads on."
"Right it is hysterical."
"Do you really think he was messing around this morning?"
"I have no idea. Didn't feel like it." She sighed, "That dig felt real."
"Yeah. And he has no respect for women, like ever."
"Right! I think he felt bad. I hope."
"Maybe."
She sighed again, "How is Karen and Ike?"
"They're good."
"They are adorable."
"Yeah, I just hope he doesn't end up hurting her."
"I hope she doesn't hurt him."
"That too."
"Well well well," Cartman's voice called toward them, "Are you getting some rest in before you whip my ass later Marina?"
Marina sat up and lifted her sunglasses to glare at him. Kenny laughed and she jumped off the trunk, getting into the car with everyone.
"Sorry you guys had to wait so long. Cartman had to be an asshole and make the coach mad." Stan told them.
"It's okay. I had practice and Marina was in cheer tryouts."
"Oh my God Marina." Cartman moaned, "Are you trying to kill us? How will we even be able to play football with you shaking your ass on the sidelines." Cartman joked, "We are probably going to lose every game."
"Or win because she will be distracting the other team." Kenny smiled.
"Isn't that the goal?" She asked.
"Brilliant." Cartman laughed.
Marina and Kenny laughed, Kyle was shaking his head.
Stan dropped Kenny and Marina off in front of her house.
"Wanna come in?" She asked.
"I gotta get home and head into work for the evening."
They said their goodbyes and she went inside.
