Not sure If i need to put this, but Drug Use warning halfway through.


Marina woke up to the sound of her alarm. At some point he must have buried his face into her neck because his nose was pressed up against it and she could feel his deep breathing tickling her skin. She could also feel something definitely poking her butt. "Kenny. Wake up." She nudged him with her elbow. He sniffed and held her tighter. "Kenny?" She spoke a little louder.

"Hmm?" He hummed in question.

"We need to wake up."

"Mhm."

"Are you even awake?"

He didn't reply. His phone alarm started blaring and he jumped, reaching around to grab it and shut it off.

"Oh my God! I am so sorry Marina. I didn't mean to hold you that tight. And I also didn't mean to have a hard on."

"It's okay." She told him as he leapt out of his bed.

Marina decided to just run into her house and change clothes since they were going to meet the guys there anyway. She ran in the front door, up to her room and changed quickly, grabbing the stuff she needed for the day and ran back out the front door.

"Bye honey!" She heard her mom yelling just as she shut the door.

The two of them got into the car which was completely silent. The entire way to school nobody said a word. Which was really unusual, but she welcomed it after going through all of that yesterday.

Once they got there Marina went straight to the bathroom to get ready.

Bebe walked in, "Hey girl, I just wanted to say thank you for yesterday. Clyde and I made up last night."

"That's good." Marina smiled at her through the mirror.

"Did you wake up late today?"

"No, I wasn't at home last night."

"Did you go to Wendy's?"

"No. I don't really want to talk about it. I'm really upset with my parents right now."

"Okay. Well I'm here if you need anyone to vent to okay?"

"Thank you Bebe."

Marina made it into first period before the bell, she would have been late if she had decided to try to change her hair out of the messy bun. The day seemed to go by quickly, she spent most of it being quiet. In her head about her parents. She was still trying to figure out what to do.

The Boys had practice but she didn't, so Wendy gave her a ride home.

"You doing okay Mar? You seem really distant today."

"Just stuff with my parents. I also confronted Kenny yesterday about me knowing that I danced with him."

"What did he say?"

"He said he understood that I was drunk. And that it is okay for me to hit on or flirt with him because he does it to me."

"So he wasn't, like, uncomfortable then?"

"Guess not. Said he's used to girls flirting with him."

"He isn't wrong." Wendy laughed.

Marina laughed too.

"You okay with your parents?"

"I should be fine. I don't really want to talk about it."

"You could have came over last night. Bebe said you were getting ready in the bathroom this morning. That you stayed somewhere. Hopefully not a hotel."

"If I tell you, you can't tell anyone."

"You know I won't."

"I stayed at Kenny's."

"Wow. Your parents must have really done something bad. Did you guys... you know?"

"No! Nothing like that!" Marina shook her head, maybe too quickly.

"Doesn't he like never have girls over?"

"I'm the first girl to ever see his room besides his sister."

"Wow! Look at you." Wendy giggled, pulling into Marina's driveway.

"You going to be okay?" She asked.

"I think so."

"Call me if you need me."

Marina nodded before telling her bye and grabbing her stuff.

As soon as Wendy left, Marina got into her car and drove straight to her dad's grocery store. She walked into the front door and continued through the store until she got to the employee doors. Pushing them hard, causing them to slam against the walls behind them. She stormed over to her dad's office. She almost didn't knock but decided against it. Knocking 3 times, she heard a "Just a minute. In a meeting." She crossed her arms in front of her, tapping her foot.

Finally the door opened and a younger woman in a store apron walked out quickly heading toward the store floor. "Are you actually kidding me dad?" She asked out loud, moving toward his doorway and slamming his door shut behind her.

"It is not what it looks like." His eyes were wide.

"Dad! I'm not a fucking idiot!"

"Don't cuss at me Marina!" He suddenly furrowed his brows and snapped at her, standing up.

"Don't cheat on my mom Henry!" She snapped back.

He glared at her.

"Sit down!" She demanded.

He sat down slowly. She went to sit down and changed her mind when she wasn't sure if it was clean. "Did you tell mom yet?"

"I actually decided that I am not going to. Because if your mom finds out, she will want a divorce and she won't be able to afford that house alone as much as I wouldn't, and so we will have to move. And who knows if we will be close to your friends anymore. The other option would be that your mother may even move out of town. I doubt you'll stay here with me. So you'll leave everyone behind." Her dad smirked proudly.

"I could tell her."

"If you do, then those are your circumstances."

"I am almost 18. I have enough friends that I can couch surf and stay places until school is done."

He glared at her.

"I'll keep it a secret. Since it is obviously not a 1 time thing.. But I have some demands first."

"I might be able to help with some."

"No. You'll help with all. First, I want you to give Stuart McCormick a job here. And not fire him if he's ever drunk."

"Impossible. I'd have to."

"No, you don't. If he's making a scene, take him to the back and make him work back there or calm him down. Let him sober up or something. But you won't fire him! He can stock and clean, doesn't have to work register. But you're going to give him a job. The man needs it and so does his family. And you're going to give him a full time position and pay him as such. Second, you are not ever going to get on my case for anything. No curfews, I can drink all I want, do what I want to do. And you're going to have my back if mom tries to discipline me for any of it. I'll have over who I want to. Even boys."

"You are my daughter and still under my roof and my rules."

"I'll just tell mom then." Marina pulled her phone out.

"No." He jumped up.

"I knew that whole speech about not telling her wasn't just for me." She stared at him trying to figure it out, "You lose something without mom don't you?" Marina smiled evilly.

He didn't reply.

"Okay so you will do what I want then. Bye daddy, see you at dinner later."

Marina pulled into Kenny's driveway. She rang the doorbell, looking around either side of her as she waited. She hoped he was home by now, she didn't even text him first. The door swung open and Kenny leaned casually against the door frame, "Whats up?" She asked before he could even speak.

"Just about to light this joint up, get super high, and forget about dumb shit." He held it up proudly.

"Can I join?" Marina stepped toward him.

He looked from his joint to her, "You sure?"

"Yes!" She nodded. He moved out of the way so that she could come in, she didn't even wait for him before walking to his room.

Marina had only ever gotten high one time. But she was pretty sure she was ready for it. He shut his door with his foot and locked it. "Once you start in on getting high, there is no backing out." Kenny told her as he lit it, "You gotta wait to sober up. Have you ate anything today?"
"Lunch."
"I hope that's enough for you then." He let out a single huff of a laugh.

"I know how it works Kenneth.. I've been high before." Marina laughed.

"When?"

"The edibles at Craig's party."

"I forgot all about those." He chuckled as he lit it up.

He took a long drag, passing it to her before exhaling it in her direction, coughing a little. Marina knew she wouldn't be able to take that long of a drag, she didn't smoke cigarettes like Kenny did. She took a quick breath and let it out. "Oh no baby girl." He chuckled, "That isn't going to get you high. Suck it in and then inhale again, then let it out."

"How do I know how long?"

"I'll hold it and pull it back. When I pull it back, take a deep breath and then let it out."

Marina nodded. Kenny held it up to her lips and she sucked in until he pulled it away. She breathed in once more and let it out, choking. "There you go. I always say if you don't choke at all, you aren't really getting anything."

Marina laughed through her cough, "Sounds kinky."

He nodded and laughed before smoking some himself.

They were about half way through the joint and she was definitely feeling it. "Should I stop?" She asked, her voice sounded far away, and slower than she had intended.

Kenny shook his head, "Nah sweetie, we are in it til the end."

"Will I forget about my dad being a dick?"

"Hopefully. Probably. If not, you'll think more clearly about it. About anything actually."

She took a really long drag and then she coughed really hard. "Daayum. That's my girl!" Kenny took a really long one as well. Also coughing. Marina laughed, and then she realized she couldn't stop laughing, this caused Kenny to start laughing along with her.

"How much is left?" She could barely ask through her laughter.

Kenny laughed harder, "Halfway from halfway."
"A quarter?"

"If that's what it is." He wheezed.
Marina found this to be hilarious for some reason. And then started laughing so hard she fell off the bed. Which ended up making her laugh more. Kenny was also still laughing as he was trying to pull her up. As soon as she got up she turned her head and took a hit of it, between his fingers, blowing it in his face. His laughter ceased immediately.

"Oh my God.. You are so hot right now." He breathed. She winked before sitting back down on the bed. He took another hit before sitting down, crossing his left leg in front of him and keeping his right leg over the edge of the bed, he handed it over to her again.

"This is so much fun!" She sang. "I don't know when I've ever felt this good!" She handed it back to him.

Kenny laughed again as he smoked and then started holding it out for her. She grabbed his wrist and smoked it from his fingers again. She took it from him as she breathed it out, "Smoke it from mine." She pushed it up to his lips, Kenny took a long drag and went to pull back, "Not yet!" She told him. He tried to do more but then started laughing and choking. She laughed with him, falling forward, her bun hitting him in the mouth.

She leaned back quickly, "I'm so sorry." She placed her free hand where she hit him.

"It didn't hurt." He laughed harder.

She took another hit and then held it to his mouth another time. "If by some chance, we ever ended up getting married in the future, we should totally do hits off of joints instead of cake because this is fun." She giggled.

Kenny choked before he could even take a good breath. "I would totally do that." He spoke through the smoke.

"It's almost gone." She pouted. She watched his eyes go to her lips.

"The fun part hasn't even started yet. Wait until you're done and you just feel." He told her slowly. He took it from her hands, and held it up to her lips.
"Tell me when."
"Now." He whispered.
She inhaled and breathed out, looking up at him under her eyelashes. His cheeks turned red and he let out a shaky breath.

"Did I just turn you on?" Marina blatantly asked, she meant to just think it, but when she heard her voice she surprised herself.

"Oh God yes." His voice was deeper and husky. She leaned toward his hand and slowly took a deep breath, trying to be sexy this time. It was short lived, she choked bad. Kenny burst into laughter before putting it up to his lips and taking the last long drag. He put it off to the side, onto something on his nightstand.
"What do we do now?" She asked.

"We enjoy it."

Marina stood up, walking over to the closet, looking at what he had in there. The familiar fabric of purple and green was on the very end. "Mysterion." She said under her breath, rubbing the material between her fingertips. Behind it were the ones he had over the years. "You still wear this?" She asked, her voice sounding weird to her ears.

"Sometimes." He stood up, walking over to the closet.

"Mysterion." She made her voice low trying to sound like him.

"Mysterion." He said back in the actual voice he used.

She giggled before sliding the broken door along the carpet, and the working door to the other side. He had an old really big dresser on that side of the closet. "Nosy?" He asked.

"Yep." She told him proudly, before turning around and looking at his room. "I gotta say, the crayon written 'Kenny' by the bed is literally the cutest thing I've ever seen. My mom would have killed me if I did that." The mention of her mom made her feel sad, she sat down on the ground right where she was, and then laid on her back, looking at the ceiling. The room was silent, Kenny watched her. "I've already been trying to be who I want to be." Marina spoke toward the ceiling.

"I know." Kenny replied, laying on the floor a little ways away from her, looking at the ceiling as well. Completely ignoring how random that was, she was thankful for that.

"Now I'm gonna do what I want to do." She sighed.

"Good."

"No fears. What do I have to lose? My family is one sentence away from falling apart and there is nothing worse than that."

"Dying is worse."

"Kenny don't say that." She sat up and looked over at him.

"I'm just saying."

"Besides dying or someone dying." She told him with a straight face, "The only fears I'll allow myself to have."

"I've died." He told her numbly while staring at the ceiling still.

"I know." Marina sighed.

Kenny sat up quickly and looked over at her. She gave him a small pursed lipped smile.
"What?" Kenny stood up, looking down at her, "What do you mean, you know?"

"The first time it happened I was a mess. But then I realized nobody remembered or remembered what happened. And you kept coming back. I thought I was the only one who knew so I didn't say anything and I just went with whatever story the guys were saying. Not even my parents knew."

Kenny paced, his hands on his head. "How many times? You saw me save your life?"

Marina sat on her knees, "Every time I was around. And yes. But I didn't think you were remembering you were dead so I didn't say thank you. I guess I can say it now though... Thank you Kenny for saving me."

"You haven't wondered why or how it happens?"

"I believe there are mysteries in this world and it isn't my job to solve them all."

"Is it hard to watch?"

"It's gotten better now that I know you'll be back tomorrow. Stop pacing."

He sat down on the bed and looked down at her. She crawled over to him, sitting back on her legs as she put her hands on the tops of his thighs, "Don't freak out. I'm not freaking out." She told him calmly, "Let's think happy thoughts. Want to listen to music or watch a funny movie?" She was desperately hoping they could get off of that topic, she hated thinking about the times she watched him die.

"Music." He told her. She turned the radio on and scrolled until she found something she liked. She slowly danced over to him, pulling him up. "Why did you want to dance with me at Tokens party?"

"What?" She asked, "You started dancing with me, I was dancing alone at first."

"Well actually, at first you were dancing with someone and when they saw me they ran away."
Marina laughed.

"I meant what you said in the car, that you were picturing me while you danced with the guy who was actually me."

"I don't know. I wanted to see what it felt like to be one of Kenny's girls."
"You've technically already been one of 'Kenny's girls'."
"Not the same way. It was quick and we didn't see each other naked, we didn't move from the same position and we barely looked at each other. I wanted to see what it felt like to be one of the girls that got the whole deal." She chuckled.

"Why would you want to see that though?"

"I don't know? For fun!"

"Being used for sex isn't usually fun." He furrowed his brows at her.

"But having sex is." She giggled.

Kenny shook his head, laughing.

She felt her high getting stronger, making her sway a little. "It doesn't matter though. We will have sex eventually." Again, she was thinking it but it came out of her mouth.

"What makes you say that?" His voice sounded further away than it was, she was thankful he didn't just laugh at her and tell her 'no'.

"The sexual tension will get to us eventually." She couldn't believe how blunt she was being, she didn't even care. Marina sat down on the bed, her feet and legs feeling weird.

"Well, I guess since we are being honest here. When we do finally have sex again. It will be the best you've ever had and the best you ever will have. I'm going to fuck you so good that you won't be able to stop comparing every man to me for the rest of your life." He winked.

"Yes sirr." She started laughing softly, but continued into a belly laugh which started making Kenny laugh. She fell to her side, and then onto her back on the bed, "I can't breathe." She gasped through laughter.

Kenny was on his knees on the floor laughing as well, "Me too!"

She didn't know how long they laughed for, it felt like forever. She felt light headed and her stomach was hurting. "Are you serious?" She asked, her heart pounding, giggling just a little bit still. She sat up and looked down at him.

Kenny stopped laughing when he processed what she asked. "Uh. Yes." He chuckled.
"You gotta do better than that first time then. I haven't compared every guy to you after that. And I tried to forget most of it because it hurt like a bitch."
"I've gotten way better. I can guarantee that."

Marina stared at him, contemplating just saying screw it all and attacking him now. Kenny stared back and she wondered if he thought the same. She raised an eyebrow and he raised one in return. Marina physically felt the air become extremely stiff, she felt like she couldn't breathe. She could see Kenny's chest moving up and down slowly and heavily.

Saying fuck it in her head, she moved to get off of the bed at the same time Kenny stood up quickly. They met somewhere in the middle, Marina's chest bumped against his. She lifted on her tiptoes and her hands grabbed onto his shoulders, their mouths slamming together. Kenny grabbed her butt, pulling up some and she jumped up, wrapping her legs around his waist. Their mouths moved intensely and sloppily together. She moved her hands over his shoulders and held onto his back. Her heart felt like it was going to beat right out of her chest and fall on the floor. Kenny sucked hard on her bottom lip and she unintentionally moaned.

The sound of it did something to Kenny, because he stumbled forward until he ran into his dresser. Her butt fit right on the end and he let go of it and slid his fingers into her hair holding her head into the kiss. She locked her ankles behind him and her hands moved to either side of his neck. They were gasping for air between each kiss and they didn't even care. Marina sucked on his lip this time and he thrust his hips forward, tugging gently on her hair. She let out a breathy gasp. He pulled away just briefly, both of them opening their eyes and looking at each other. It was only seconds before they were back to passionately kissing. Marina uncrossed her ankles and suddenly shoved Kenny's chest making him stumble backward until he fell on the floor. She jumped off of the dresser and rushed over to him falling on her knees above him. He leaned up, grabbing the back of her head and their lips crashed together again. Kenny laid back again and moved his hands, running them up her back and sides. He sat up completely without breaking away from her and flipped them over. She squeaked and then gasped as he dropped her slightly onto the carpet. His hands moving over her stomach up to her boobs where he squeezed, she wrapped a leg around his waist pulling his hips down to hers. He groaned into her mouth. Marina barely heard her phone going off, her hands running up his back. It kept getting louder and louder until her mind wasn't so clouded by Kenny but by her phone.

"Let it go." She breathed into his mouth. He continued kissing her. It went off again and finally Kenny broke away, standing up and grabbing her phone.

"It's your mom."

"Shit!"

She answered quickly, "Hey mom." She tried to sound normal.

"Come home for dinner sweetie. I'm worried about you."

"Okay mom I'll be there soon." She hung up and Kenny helped her up. "I have to go home for dinner." She told him breathlessly.

"You're high as a kite."

"I know. I'm screwed."

"Can you drive right now?"

"Probably not but I have to be normal or they'll know. It's not a far drive."

"You should probably not drive, Marina."

She nodded, walking toward the door anyway, her legs wobbly.

"Be careful!"