Marina walked into her house trying her best to act completely normal. After entering the kitchen, she slowly sat down at the table with her parents.

"Marina! What the hell is your deal! Now you're high?" Her mother screeched.

"I am not high." Marina shook her head.

"You reek of weed and your eyes are blood red!"

Marina laughed.

"Honey, just try to relax. Maybe she's going through something." Henry told her.

Her mom glared at him.

"Adam has a new girlfriend and he's pregnant." Marina quickly tried to change the subject.

"Oh honey.. I am so sorry." Her mom's attitude quickly softened. Marina couldn't believe how easy that was.

"Just dealing with that, it's been really hard." She lied.

"I'm so sorry baby. Just please be careful with what you are doing."

"I will momma." She took a slow bite of her food, her hand shaking.

Kenny PoV

Kenny sat on his bed trying to process what just happened in the last few hours.

First of all, the fact that Marina knew about him dying this entire time. He couldn't believe how long she had hid that, he mentally reminded himself that he needed to talk to her about it another time. When she was completely sober.

He also couldn't believe the word vomit that the weed created. He had never been so turned on in his entire life and he didn't know if it was him or the pot. When she moved to get off the bed his heart was slamming against his chest and he was basically gasping for air. He wanted to touch all of her. Kenny thought he'd be the one blowing her mind but the way her lips moved against his, he was pretty sure he was the one who had his mind blown. His threat to make her compare him to everyone else for the rest of her life, might have backfired on himself.

Over kissing. KISSING! They kissed at the party, why was this different?

Kissing was something he was good at, but it never made him feel whatever that was.
He couldn't get it out of his head. Kenny laid back on his bed with a huff, he stared at his ceiling.

That morning they climbed into Stan's car as usual. Kenny admired her ass in the skinny jeans she had on.

"Morning guys." Marina sang happily.

"Morning." They groaned.

"Tomorrow is Friday and we can game! Aren't you guys excited?" She asked.

"Yeah, should be fun." Kyle yawned.

"Why are you guys so tired?"

"We were up late fucking your mom." Cartman told her.

"Funny." Marina huffed, Kenny quickly reached over and squeezed her leg once before letting go, trying to tell her it's not worth it.

"Seriously, were you guys doing something?"

"Fighting some asshole on WOW. Kenny was already asleep somehow, so we had just the 3 of us and we got murdered big time."

"Sorry guys. Got high and fell asleep." Kenny chuckled.

Wendy was talking to Marina from the time she walked into the door until they went their separate ways for first period.

Kenny was impatiently waiting to talk to her. His leg bounced wildly as he sat in his seat. She finally sat down in her seat beside him.

"You know the drill guys. Write your essay then start on your other 3 chapters."

The room instantly got loud as everyone was discussing last night's chapters with their partners.

"I didn't read the chapters last night did you?" She whispered.

"No, I was distracted." He whispered back.

"Guess our essay should be on why we didn't read the chapters." She smirked up at him.

He found himself wanting to just grab her and kiss her again.

"Orr we could ditch and go somewhere private, so I can grab that ass again." He winked, still maintaining his whisper to keep at least Stan from overhearing.

"Bold. I like it."

"I figured after our boldness yesterday I don't really need to hold back on what I am really thinking." He grinned.

"Oh, I finally get to see what a fully flirty Kenny is like?"

"You have no idea what's in store."

"Maybe I'll finally really see why girls drop their panties so easily."

Kenny's eyes were on her lips again, her minty breath was intoxicating as she whispered in his direction. He didn't understand what she did to him. Usually he made girls weak, and sure he had a weakness for girls, but not the way Marina had him. He would beg her, and his number 1 rule was never to beg. If she's not in it, move on. But he would chase this girl down. And he knew feeling this way was so wrong and could so easily cause their friendship to end.

"You don't already see why they drop their panties so easily?" He joked.

"I mean I can kinda see it. But I also know you. Some of these girls barely know you and are just like, 'I'm here and I'll be naked in a minute.' Ya know what I mean?"

Kenny laughed, "I guess so. I'm a little shocked you don't already see it after last night."

"About that.. I have to admit, I am kinda glad my phone cut us short." She smiled widely.

"What? Why?"

"Because we still have this sexual tension and you have to admit it is so hot."

She was right, it was, and it was really fun. He did have a worry deep down, that once he finally slept with her again, he wouldn't be into the idea anymore. And he didn't know what would happen after that.

"What are we going to write?" He changed the subject.

"I say that we just write about what we read here in class and then say we both had something come up last night."

"Good idea." Kenny nodded.

Marina PoV

Marina tried to write but she couldn't focus, all she could think about was Kenny grabbing her and how his hands felt. How they were right next to her, she watched his hands flex around his book as he watched her write. She did finally finish whatever she could and they turned it in at the end of the class. They didn't see each other until lunch. Kenny sat directly in front of her. Wendy was already beside her.

"Hey ladies." He smiled.

"Kenny." Wendy nodded.

Marina winked at him.

"Marina, did you bring shorts for cheer today? We are giving out the shirts later." Wendy asked.

"Yes!" Marina smiled at her.

"You're in a really good mood today. What happened?" Kyle asked.

"So is Kenny. Did you two finally bang it out last night?" Cartman asked.

Marina and Kenny laughed.

"I got high last night." Kenny told him.

"I'm just in a good mood." Marina shrugged.

"Just because people are happy doesn't have to be for sexual reasons, Cartman." Kyle rolled his eyes.

They finished cheer practice, Marina just grabbed her bag afterward, knowing that the guys were already done with football practice and waiting.

She ran out to the car, Kenny got out to let her in. "Damn girl that ass in those shorts." He commented as she got in. They all laughed.
"I swear it's like she has a personal plan to kill us all with her sexiness." Cartman joked.

"Soo..I just read that the game isn't going to be out for another week. Apparently it's not ready." Stan told them.

"I hate when they pull this shit!" Cartman grumbled.

"What are we going to do now?" Kyle asked.

"Hopefully someone will throw a party or something." Marina shrugged.

"Nobody ever has parties this close apart." Stan shook his head.

"Why are you all of a sudden ready to party again?" Cartman asked.

"Because I want a good reason to get wasted again." She sighed.

"You okay Mar?" Kyle asked.

"Just peachy Kyle. You know me." She forced a smile.

He gave her a look but didn't say anything after.

Stan dropped Kenny and Marina off.

"Wanna come in?" She asked.

"I think I can do that." He followed behind her.

"I'm going to go change real quick."

Kenny PoV

He headed into the kitchen as she went upstairs. Looking into the fridge and freezer to find a snack. He really appreciated the Morrison's. It wasn't that he wasn't comfortable with the guys' families, but he definitely never felt like he could just go into their houses and start eating their food. Natalie used to constantly tell him to just grab whatever he wanted, and he would still ask first. Until she got mad at him for asking when he knew he could have anything they had there. Marina had told him once that she wanted another child but her dad said that their one was enough. Now that he was thinking about it, he was realizing that her dad was an ass most of the time.

"We have some pizza rolls if you want some." Marina's voice pulled him out of his head.

"Really?"

"Yea, in the freezer in the garage. I'll go grab them." She quickly headed into the garage.

Marina poured some ranch into a small bowl, and once the pizza rolls were done he put the big plate between them on the table.

"So we need to have a talk."

"About?" She asked as she popped a pizza roll into her mouth. She gasped and spit it out into her hand, "That's hot!"

Kenny raised his eyebrows, "Yeah they're fresh." He deadpanned.

"I wasn't thinking."

"Sooo. We need to talk about that thing that we talked about.."

"We talk about a lot of things Kenny. Be more specific."

"Do you remember what you said to me last night when you were high?"

"Are you trying to talk about the kissing?"

"No. No." He wanted to just say it, but he had never talked to anyone who knew about it before, "Death?"

"Ohhhh. That you are basically immortal?" She whispered, even though they were the only ones there.

"Yes. We need to talk about that."

"We sure as hell do. I didn't know that you knew."

"I definitely know. Before you moved here it happened all the time."

"I have questions about it for sure."

"I have questions for you!" He told her.

"Okay. You first then."

"Well first of all. When it happened the first time. What was the next day like? And when did you realize it kept happening?"

"The first time I saw it was when you and I were playing in that warehouse and you slipped and fell. I got my parents, they called the ambulance, when they got there, they picked you up and called your parents. Obviously, I came home after and my parents were being so sympathetic and I cried myself to sleep. Then the next day I woke up and I told them I didn't want to go to school because of what happened yesterday. And my parents were confused when they told me that you didn't die and that we both came back and said we found a dead homeless guy in the warehouse. I thought it was weird, and figured I dreamed it due to the trauma of finding a dead man. The second time it happened in front of our friends and I cried that night. My parents again comforted me. The next day I asked to take off school and they had no memory of me even crying the night before, and when I said you had died, my mom said I must have had a bad nightmare. I thought it was strange because I knew I saw this and definitely was awake. But when I went outside to go to the bus stop you were waiting there for me and everyone greeted you like normal and had a completely different memory of the day before than I did. I let it go until it happened again, and then that time I walked downstairs and you were eating breakfast in my kitchen. I knew my mom could see you, so I knew you weren't a ghost. When we saw our friends, they had another story again. I started realizing that I was the only one remembering you dying. You didn't say anything about it so I just assumed you didn't know you were dying and coming back to life. When I started thinking that you didn't know about it, it actually made me feel better that you probably didn't feel any lasting pain."

He nodded slowly, eating a couple more pieces of pizza rolls.

Marina popped one into her mouth, letting out a sigh.

"Can I ask some questions now?" She asked.

"Go for it."

"Couple things I have always wondered, do you feel pain when it happens or the next day? How do you come back? Do you just wake up at home or somewhere else? Are you ever a ghost? Like can you still see us all after you die? Like the reactions? Do you know what caused this?"

"I do feel pain when it happens. Shit hurts dude. Next day though, I do not feel it because when it happens I have a new body."

"Wait what?" She choked on her food.

"I found out that my mom gives birth to me every time I die. They put me in my bed as a baby and then I am weirdly my age the next morning. Believe me, that talk was so awkward to have. Weird enough, there have been a handful of times that I was gone for more than just a day. I still don't really know how that happens. Only one time was for a long time. And it's too much to get into, but my friends remembered me dying. But then when I came back, they just asked me where I had been, as if I wasn't just dead for a while. The other times it was more than a day, it was maybe a couple days to a week, enough time to have a funeral. But when I come back, nobody remembers at all. I was able to see them those times, and some of the other times I can see everyone but I am obviously dead. Sometimes it just goes black and then I am waking up the next morning remembering dying. Somehow, I grow into whatever age I was when I died overnight. Completely new body every time. And the reason this happens is because my parents were part of the Cult of Cthulhu for free beer or whatever, before I was born. And then when they had me it was like this."

"So crazy! If nobody remembers, then why do I?"

"I don't know. That is my biggest question as well. But neither of us are going to have the answer to that right now."

"True."

The door to the garage opened and her mom stepped in.

"Hey mom!" Marina quickly put on a smile.

"Hey baby. Hi Kenny." She kissed Marina's head as she passed and then ruffled Kenny's hair as she passed him. "Making chili tonight if you wanna stay."

"I would love to stay, Natalie but I promised Karen I would take her to the mall and get her a new outfit."

"Can I take her to the mall and get her a new outfit?" Marina asked quickly.

"If you want to. I can give you the money for it."

"No." Natalie cut in, "Use my card Mar."

"Seriously don't, I was saving up to do this for her. I want to get it for her."

"You keep that money so that you can do something else nice for your sister. I would love to help you get your sister some new clothes. It would make my day."

"I don't want you to have to do that."

"Kenneth McCormick. Let me buy your sister clothes! I only have one child when we could afford 3 or 4. Let me buy her clothes, and even you if you need some."

She put her card on the table in front of Marina.

"Thank you Natalie. I'll repay you somehow."

"You repay me enough by being a good friend to my daughter. I always feel like she is safe having you around."

"I try." He nodded.

Marina PoV

Marina drove them over to Kenny's house. "I'm sorry if my mom embarrassed you at all."

"She didn't. Honestly, I know it is going to sound so cheesy but it makes me feel good when your mom like, 'moms' me. Like it feels nice to have an adult make you let them help you sometimes. Like parents are supposed to be able to do. She makes me feel..." He looked up as if trying to find either the words or how to say it, "I feel like loved I guess. Like she doesn't want to take no for an answer because she really genuinely wants to help, and she doesn't ask for anything in return."