Kenny PoV
It had been about a month now, nobody brought up that night again after that weekend. Marina was different though. Her parents were slowly hating each other, even Kenny could see it. Her life was starting to remind him of his. Kenny felt like he was watching her become more careless every day. He was genuinely starting to worry about her.
Kenny looked at the classroom door multiple times, they needed to write their essay. Kenny shook his head as he tried his best to write a good paper. "She pulling this shit again?" Stan asked.
"Apparently." Kenny sighed. Marina wasn't at home this morning, and they had no idea where she was.
Marina walked into class and handed the teacher a note before sitting next to Kenny.
"Sorry." She told him as she slid the paper over to her desk. She smelled like vodka.
Marina grabbed his pencil and started reading over what he wrote. She laughed, "I love it. So cute."
"Were you drinking?" Kenny whispered.
"I really like this part here." She pointed it out on the paper, she started to read it off.
"I know, I wrote it. Are you drunk right now?" He asked.
"No." She rolled her eyes.
"Where were you?"
"I met a guy last night. Went to his place. I drank last night and then somehow missed my alarms this morning."
Kenny nodded slowly, deciding it was better to just keep his mouth shut than try to talk to her about anything serious at the moment.
The bell rang and they moved on to their next classes, Kenny didn't see her again until lunch. When he sat down at the table she was looking at her phone. She didn't look away from her phone as everyone else sat around her either.
"Why are you on Tinder?" Wendy asked her.
"Best way to meet guys quickly." Marina laughed.
Wendy gave her a small smile and looked away.
Cartman talked the rest of the time, Kenny didn't even know what he was saying, his attention was on Marina and he was going to make sure he rode home with her after school.
In his final class with Stan, Stan dropped his stuff on the desk next to him. "Dude, ride home with Marina and talk to her. We are all worried about her."
"I was planning on it." Kenny nodded, "She's like, out of control now. She got drunk last night. You should have smelled how bad she smelled like liquor this morning."
"Is this all because of that night?"
"No, I think it is her parents too. I went to their house for breakfast this morning. They aren't even talking right now. It was so awkward and then Marina didn't even show up, which made it worse."
"Damn, that sucks."
"Yeah." He sighed.
Kenny caught up with Marina after school, "Hey beautiful, I'm gonna ride home with you." He fell in line with her footsteps.
She smiled over at him, "Okay!"
They reached the car and he opened the door for her.
"Thank you?" She laughed.
When he got into the passenger side she looked over at him with a strange look, "You okay?"
"Yea, why?"
"What's with the chivalrous shit?"
"Just trying to be a nice guy!" He shrugged.
"I see."
"So I had breakfast at your house this morning." Kenny told her casually.
"How did that go?"
"Very awkward."
"Yeah they were screaming last night. Over my dad apparently being too loud at everything he does."
"I'm sorry."
"It's practically like I live in the McCormick household."
"That would be drunken fights and those are much worse. They are sometimes fighting over things that entirely make no sense." He sighed.
She giggled.
"You okay?" He asked.
"You know I hate it when you ask me that question." She shook her head.
"Just worried about you..you came into school either drunk or hungover this morning and now you're on Tinder? To what, find more guys to sleep with?"
"Are you actually judging me right now Kenny McCormick? Biggest man whore in the school?"
"Marina, I am all for people getting laid. Very last person to ever judge right here. But do it responsibly babe."
"I am responsible." She snapped at him.
"No Marina. You're not." He snapped right back, "We are still in high school. You shouldn't be getting so drunk while you're sleeping with a stranger and then coming into school late."
"You might be able to 'dad' Karen around, but you're not going to do that to me."
"I'm not acting like a dad Mar." He sighed, "I'm just a concerned friend. I just want you to be careful. You understand that right? Like you remember why you need to be careful right?"
He watched her roll her eyes, "Obviously I am careful Kenny. I remember why. And I am always careful now."
"Drinking with a stranger that you're having sex with isn't careful Marina. You stay sober for that shit. You don't drink anything with them and you go home afterward. Fuck Mar, you should even be making sure that they are sober and stay sober. You don't ever know what kind of person someone will turn into when they are drunk. I'm not trying to be a dad to you. I am just trying to keep you safe in your hoe adventure that you are so adamant about having. I don't even know how many people I've slept with, but I have never once been accused of doing anything wrong other than not calling again. But that's because of my code, and that should ALWAYS be followed to keep yourself and the other person protected. I don't give a shit how beautiful and willing a girl is, I will turn her down if she is not as sober or as drunk as I am. Just like when you were throwing yourself at me and I told you 'no'. As much as I just wanted to just pull over and fuck you in all of the ways you were wanting, I didn't because of the code! If you are going to sleep around then you need a code you should be following. Be smart about it, not stupid."
"I'm not even sleeping around that often!"
Kenny gave her a look.
"I'm serious. I have been going on a lot of dates, and not all of them end in sex."
"You've been going on dates? I thought you wanted to be single?"
"I do. But that doesn't mean I can't go on a date, eat good food, and meet new people or get to know some people who I knew but never talked to. I've actually been doing more foreplay than sex. In fact, some of them were so poor at the foreplay I didn't even want to sleep with them." She smiled.
"Damn." Kenny was impressed, "Poor kid all my life, and I never once thought about just going on dates and eating food."
She glanced over at him, "Kenny, they pay for the meal. These girls would want you to pay for their meals. Also, I thought you said one time that you hated when they just kept wanting to talk about things you didn't care about."
"You're right. I didn't think about that. Well shit."
Marina laughed, and Kenny joined in.
"Hey, do you wanna hang out tonight?" He asked.
"I would love to but I actually have a job interview in 2 hours."
"Are you serious? Where?"
"Mia's Pizzeria, it's connected to the mall."
"That's a little far isn't it?"
"Yeah, but Red said that the son owns it now and he will literally hire any girl that he finds attractive, he doesn't even care if you don't have any job or serving experience."
"Well that's awesome then! What made you want to get a job?"
"I feel like my family is on thin ice that is about to break at any minute and I don't want to leave South Park. So I need to make money."
"Your mom find out yet?"
"No but they are just like.. not in love anymore. They are constantly annoying each other. So everything the other one does ends up starting a fight."
"I'm sorry. It really sucks hearing parents fight all the time."
"Yeah." She sighed, pulling into her driveway.
Marina PoV
Marina put on a cute dress and headed to the mall. She wasn't sure what to wear for a restaurant interview. When she got there she walked into Mia's Pizzeria. "Hi honey, can I get you a table?" The hostess asked.
"Actually I am here for an interview."
"Okay, follow me." The girl started walking to the back, "Fair warning, Jerry is a pervy guy. So if that offends you, then you might want to leave before the interview."
"I'll be fine."
"Okie dokie." She smacked on her gum as she opened the door to the kitchen.
They walked through the kitchen until they reached a back hallway, she turned right and at the very end was a closed door that had an old Plaque on the door reading 'Mamma Mia'.
The girl knocked 3 times, "Interview is here." She said loudly.
"Okay just a minute." He called from the other side.
"Probably a girl in there. Good luck. You're cute though, you'll get the job." She winked.
The door opened and a waitress rushed out fixing her ponytail.
Marina could see a man sitting at a desk, "You can come in." He told her without getting up.
Marina first noticed that he was maybe early 30s, he didn't look very old at all. Not the most handsome though, he wasn't creepy looking, or ugly in any way, but he definitely wasn't someone she would go after. Not even if she were 30.
"Jerry." He held his hand out, staying seated.
"Marina." She hurried around a chair and shook his hand.
"Shut the door for me will you, Marina?"
"Sure!" She turned around and walked over to shut the door, then she moved to take a seat in one of the chairs.
"So do you have a resume?"
"Oh um I actually haven't worked anywhere yet, I didn't bring one I am so sorry."
He laughed, "I am kidding. It's a restaurant. You didn't even need to dress up like this, you could have come in wearing jeans and a t-shirt."
"Oh." She laughed nervously.
"So you need a job Miss Marina?"
"Yes sir."
"Well, you look like you would do well working up front. As a server. You think you would do well being a waitress?"
"Yes sir."
"What makes you think you will do well?"
Marina didn't really know how to answer that, "I um.. Well I am really good at dealing with and talking to people."
"And you have a pretty smile that lights up a room." He added.
Marina suddenly didn't want to smile. Usually she would glare at someone who said something like that, but she wanted a job.
She partially smiled.
"Come onn, let me see those pearly whites again!"
She forced herself to smile, wanting to punch both him and herself.
"Okay, you got the job. I have a pretty strict uniform policy. I don't know if you have noticed that my waitresses are pleasing to the eye, I expect you to come in with at least some makeup and hair in a ponytail or a bun. You will need to wear a pair of high-waisted skinny jeans. We have a box of different shirt sizes, just grab about 3 of your size, don't grab bigger than your size. I am not trying to sexualize you. But I know that since I have changed this clothing and makeup policy, my sales have gone way up, and my restaurant is never empty. You will also get very generous tips working here. Do you have a problem with any of that?"
"No sir. I think I can handle it fine."
"Are there any days that you will have an issue working?"
"I am on the cheer team at school, we practice Mondays and Wednesdays, and we have games on Friday but sometimes Saturday."
He wrote some notes with his pen, "So, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays, and most Saturdays you will be free?"
"Yes sir. I can also just let you know what Saturday's the games are on to prepare you."
"That would be perfect! So. Do you want the job?"
"Yes!"
"Good. Then we can start filling out some paperwork. But I have to ask first, do you know why your parents named you Marina?"
She laughed, "My parents were trying to have a baby, and apparently they had sex on a random yacht in a marina and got pregnant with me. Apparently the name of the boat and the name of the marina were terrible names, so they just named me Marina."
"Hilarious, I love that."
Friday, Marina woke up and got ready for the day. She wanted to just skip and sleep. When she got downstairs, Kenny was sitting at the table talking to her mom about how Football was going. Marina grabbed something to eat and ate it quickly, trying to finish before Stan showed up. They had no game that night, so she was going to ride with them.
He honked twice when he got there and they ran out the door.
Marina climbed into the car and Kenny followed.
"Have you guys checked your phones?" Cartman asked.
"Not yet." Marina answered, pulling her phone out.
She had a text from Clyde.
Unknown Number
This message is from Logan D, Clyde D, Derek J. and Trent D. Black Light Glow Party this weekend! Saturday Night. My cousins and I just found out that our family owns a large vacation cabin in the mountains that they rent out. We are putting our money together to throw a party there. It is a bit of a drive, if you come, plan to stay the night. There will be RULES for this party, we are anonymously renting this weekend, if our parents find out we will not be able to do this again. Don't be the asshole who ruins it! We want no cops or emergency services to be called, no attention drawn to the location period. Only the people who have received a text are invited. ABSOLUTELY NO plus ones. Bring as much alcohol and food as you want. Bring any games you want to play. Maybe bring a blanket and don't bitch if you have to sleep on the floor. There will be Tegrity weed provided. Nobody is allowed to leave after drinking. We will know, don't lie. There will be people moderating the party. Someone will be at the door, you must show your phone that you received this text and the address text. They will tell you the emoji to send in return and to get in, the phone must receive it. You will get a hand stamp showing that your phone was checked. Someone will be manning the bar area to watch for people who are too drunk. If you appear too drunk you will get a bracelet. If someone has a bracelet on, they are no longer allowed to have anymore alcohol and they are off limits for sex. If you are caught having sex with someone with a bracelet on, even if you have one on as well, your ass will be kicked, your keys will be taken from you, and you will not be allowed back inside. Don't be a douche bag. Remember that this is in the mountains about almost an hour out of town. And it will take about 30 minutes or so for emergency services/police to arrive, don't do stupid shit. Don't get yourself hurt. And don't let someone get so drunk they need to go to the hospital, if your friend seems to be too intoxicated, don't be a dumb ass, get them a bracelet. If this works out, we can have some awesome ass parties here! It is extremely secluded! Looking forward to seeing everyone! DRESS COOL! The house will probably become hot!
"Well shit that was a damn essay." Kenny laughed as soon as he finished reading.
"Seriously! But it seems like it should be fun!" Marina added.
"Lacey got a text this morning as well. So that means that people from her school will be there. But not those guys. I forgot to tell you that Erica and her friends exposed them and now nobody will even talk to them."
"Good." Marina and Kenny replied at the same time in the same tone of voice.
"Are you guys able to make it?" Stan asked.
"Yea I should be good to go."
"Me too." Kenny agreed.
"Sweet!"
