Marina PoV
Wendy helped Marina get into her dress. It was a short, red satin low cut dress. The bottom had a tulle layer with random red sequins that sat above the satin, making the bottom poof out perfectly. All four of the girls had spent the day together, getting their hair, makeup and nails done. Marina was glad that Nichole was able to come with them. They had all been pretty close up until Nichole started dating her last boyfriend, who didn't trust her to hang out with anyone. Knowing what that felt like, Marina felt pretty bad for her. They bonded over it while working on the float earlier in the week.
Wendy and Bebe went downstairs to grab some waters and snacks, Marina helped Nichole zip up her dress. "Soo.. Kyle huh?" Marina asked, smiling at her through the mirror.
"I know we all talked about how sweet it was earlier, but like, do you like him?"
"Do you like Kenny?" She asked with a smile of her own.
"Kenny is my best friend." Marina laughed, "Don't change the subject."
"I might like Kyle." She winked.
"Do you think you'll hook up with him tonight at the after party? He's single now."
"Depends."
"On what?"
"How I feel about it later." She smirked. "Do you think you'll hook up with Kenny?"
Marina leaned forward closer to Nichole's ear, "I already have." She whispered.
"What?" Nichole whipped around, "When? Besides when you were younger."
Marina smiled, "We did it again at Clyde's party."
Nichole was about to say something else when Wendy and Bebe walked in.
"So what are you guys planning to wear to the party tonight." Wendy asked.
"I'm just going to change into some jeans and a cute top." Bebe shrugged.
"I also brought jeans and a cute top." Marina added.
"I'm wearing leggings." Nichole told her.
"I think I might be wearing leggings too." Wendy agreed.
The girls took some pictures together before the guys showed up. They were at Wendy's house, she had the best back yard out of their group. Of course most of the other parents showed up to take pictures. Even Kenny's parents came. But that wasn't surprising, because most of them were planning to go to Stan's parents afterward and drink together. Marina's dad also came, along with Liane. Cartman and Heidi finally arrived as well. "Sorry I didn't come get ready with you guys. We were doing some stuff." She blushed.
"You look gorgeous!" Wendy told her.
"Thanks!"
Kenny walked up to Marina, he had the box of their flowers in his hands. She smiled at him.
"You look good." She whistled at him.
"Don't I rock this tux?" He held his hands out and spun around.
"You clean up well McCormick." She laughed, "Already a hottie, but damn, you're like a CEO hottie in that thing."
He laughed with her, shaking his head.
"Seriously! You're going to make girls pass out."
"I've been to dances before, Marina." He gave her a look before he opened the box.
"In a button up with a bow tie and a vest?"
"I guess you're right. So.. here are the flowers I got."
He tilted the box downward for her to see the corsage and boutonniere. They were gorgeous, there was some white and orange, with red roses.
"Wow!" She breathed out, she definitely didn't think Kenny would do this good.
"I know there isn't orange in your dress. But I thought it was a very pretty flower and the lady told me she could mix it in. I hope that is okay."
"It's perfectly fine." She smiled up at him.
He pulled hers out and she took the box from him with her free hand before he began sliding it onto her wrist.
She pinned his to his jacket, stepping back to admire her work, she nodded in approval and smiled.
"You look incredibly beautiful by the way." Kenny told her.
"Thank you!" She winked, he smiled and winked back.
They lined up to do the classic dance pictures. Marina was smiling, but all she could focus on was Kenny's warm hands on her waist. It seemed like the pictures were taking forever. "We aren't idiots. So make sure if you do anything, use a condom tonight." Randy Marsh called out. "Randy!" Sharon smacked his arm.
"My child better not!" Sheila Broflovski reprimanded.
"Come on! Don't act like we all didn't have sex with someone at our Homecoming dance senior year!"
"He's not wrong!" Stuart McCormick cut in.
"Your son has been sleeping with the entire school since Sophomore year. You don't get a say in this." Sheila sighed.
"We didn't encourage it!" Carol McCormick told her quickly.
"You never seemed to stop it."
"Let's not fight guys. They will do what they want to do anyway. We just need to tell them they should be safe in any of their decisions!" Gerald Broflovski tried to ease everyone. Sheila shot him a glare that he ignored.
"Exactly, let's just go to the Marsh's and have fun tonight. Let them be teenagers a little while longer. Teenagers do dumb shit. We all were that age before." Henry agreed, Marina smiled at her dad, she didn't expect him to say that.
"You also don't get a say in this! Not only did your wife leave and suddenly the Cartman's move into your house, but I heard recently your daughter was the one who got Kenny started on his little whore run." Sheila continued.
"Mom. Please stop." Kyle begged, blushing bright red.
"Excuse me? My wife leaving and the Cartman's moving in is my business. And I will not stand by and let you talk about my daughter like that. That had to have been a rumor. Kenny and Marina have been best friends since we moved here. They are more like brother and sister! Don't speak about her like that again!"
Marina silently prayed it would just be let go.
"Sheila, I think that's enough." Sharon added.
"My son will not be going to this dance if they are having sex there!"
"Mom, you know me. I am going to this dance with my friend. Please stop making this awkward for me while we are standing in front of her. I had no intention on having sex with Nichole, please stop this."
"Fine. But if I find out that you did, I am grounding you until college!"
"Yes ma'am."
When they were finally done, they all climbed into the cars and headed toward the hotel the dance was being held at right outside of town. Kyle and Nichole were in the back of Marina's car. Kenny was sitting up front with her. They sat in an awkward silence before all of them burst into laughter.
"I had no idea my mom even knew some of that." Kyle shook his head.
"I didn't know she was that in with the town gossip."
"She goes to the only salon in town. Everyone knows that they all know the town gossip up in there. The lady that she see's always tells her the new stuff." Kyle chuckled, "Sorry if she got you in trouble."
"The only one who's going to be in a lot of trouble tonight is you if you can't keep it in your pants somehow." Kenny laughed.
It went silent and Marina wished she could hit him.
"It sounded like Stan really wanted you guys to come with them." Marina told them, trying to break the awkwardness.
"I really didn't want to be in the car with any love birds tonight." Kyle sighed.
"Me neither." Nichole agreed.
"Did Lacey ever text you back?" Kenny asked.
"Yup. It was bad."
"I'm so sorry." Nichole told him sadly.
"It's not your fault. Really. She was not the girl I thought she was. At all. Sure, she was pretty, but not everyone who is pretty is a good person. I had a crush on her as kids, she definitely changed since. Not for the better."
Marina looked into her rear view as Kyle looked out the window beside him.
"Well I'm glad that you are able to come with me. I didn't have to spend homecoming alone or with a stranger." Nichole spoke in a hopeful voice.
Marina and Kenny looked at each other at the same time. She moved her eyes back to the road with a smile on her face.
"Me too."
They waited in line to get the alcohol check done. Once they got inside they found their friends in the large ballroom. It was decorated in a Fairytale theme. They found a table to put their stuff down. "We need to get pictures in the photo booth at some point!" Wendy told them.
They all agreed.
"Let's Dance!" Bebe pulled Clyde to the dance floor.
Stan grabbed Wendy's hand and they talked quietly before walking off.
There was an upbeat song playing through the speakers, and a lot of people were already out dancing. Marina suddenly realized that she had never danced with Kenny while sober before, nervousness crept over her.
"Punch?" He asked.
"Yes please." She nodded as she sat down at the round table with Kyle and Nichole.
Heidi and Cartman had already headed out to dance.
"Hey guys!" Butters yelled as he passed them, a girl was holding his hand and practically running behind him to keep up.
They all responded to him.
"Was that Lisa Burger?" Nicole asked.
"I think so." Marina nodded.
"She looks so different without her glasses." Kyle added.
"She really does!" Nichole agreed.
Marina nodded, Kenny set her cup down.
"Is it spiked?" She asked him.
"I wish there was alcohol I could sneak in there for you. I was afraid to bring anything since I was getting an airport security pat down out there." Kenny laughed.
She giggled as she took a sip.
"Do you wanna go dance at all?" He asked.
"Sure!"
He held out his hand and she lightly took it, standing up. He led her by her hand into the crowd of students dancing. As soon as he found an open spot he turned and spun her in a circle. This was probably the first time they danced together, sober and their bodies not touching other than keeping their hands linked so that they wouldn't somehow get separated by the dancing crowd. She had to admit that this was already the most fun she had at any school dance she had been to. Adam never wanted to really dance unless it was a slow song. She was laughing as Kenny was doing funny dance moves, they eventually un-linked their hands and joined in on doing the usual line dances.
Kyle and Nichole joined them at one point, dancing with them for a bit. The four of them decided to go try to get in the photo booth together. They stuffed into the small space, the guys sat on the seat and the girls had to sit on their laps. Once they finished Kenny and Marina talked Kyle and Nichole into going in and getting some by themselves, they agreed if Kenny and Marina went in after them.
"Don't look at them when they print out." Nichole told them as she closed the curtain.
"Then don't look at ours when they print out either." Marina joked.
"Deal!"
Marina and Kenny laughed as they entered the photo booth again. Marina sat down first and Kenny followed, sitting to her right. "What do you want to do first?" He asked softly.
"Just a normal picture." She leaned toward him, smiling into the screen, she hit the button and the countdown began. Kenny smiled beside her, leaning toward her as well.
"Let's do a laughing picture next." She told him, Kenny nodded and reached forward pressing the button. She closed her eyes and made herself laugh.
She heard it take the picture, "Did you laugh Kenny?" She asked.
"Yes, I did a posed laugh." He smiled, "What next?"
"A silly face." She reached forward and pressed the button, Kenny blew his cheeks out. Marina couldn't help but find it cute. She hated to be cheesy, but she quickly leaned over and kissed his cheek, causing the air to escape his mouth.
"How original." He laughed, rolling his eyes.
"Shut up. What should we do next? It's your turn to pick. We have one more."
"Can I kiss you?" He asked in a whisper, "You look too beautiful tonight to pass it up."
Marina swallowed, nodding as her heart rate picked up. Kenny reached forward and tapped the button before moving his hand to the side of her head, his thumb resting on her cheek as he met her in the middle and their lips pressed softly together.
Marina felt like all of the air left her body, goosebumps spread all over her body. She opened her mouth slightly to deepen the kiss, Kenny followed.
She didn't want it to end, but it needed to, people were most likely waiting, and she wanted to make sure she got the printed pictures before anyone else could grab them. They broke apart and Kenny's eyes lingered on her lips before he put his hand down. "We should um.. get our pictures." She breathed.
He nodded before getting out and then helping her get out.
As soon as they printed Kenny picked them up and shoved them into the pocket of his tux.
"Hey I wanted to look at those." She laughed.
"Later." He smiled.
"You guys ready to go dance some more?" Kyle asked.
"Yes!" Marina cheered.
They returned into the crowd and started dancing again.
"Marina!" Bebe yelled as soon as she spotted her on the dance floor.
"Hey Bebe!"
"Come with me to the bathroom. Nichole, come too." She turned around and walked away.
Marina and Nichole looked at each other before following her.
She glanced back at Kenny and Kyle who were walking toward the table.
Bebe held the door open for them. There were some girls in there fixing their makeup. A couple stalls were filled, the handicap stall was open and Bebe headed right toward it, looking at the bottom of every stall as she passed it.
"What are you doing?"
"Making sure everyone in here is a student. I couldn't find Wendy either so I'm looking for her shoes." She told them as she went inside, motioning for them to follow her in.
Nichole shut the door behind her and locked it. "So what are we doing in here?" She asked Bebe.
Bebe reached into her small purse and pulled out a to-go tampon box that looked like it could hold about 5. "Hold this." Bebe handed it to Marina.
She then lifted her skirt, revealing a pair of slider shorts, multiple bumps were protruding from it. She reached into them and started pulling mini bottles of alcohol out of them, handing them to Nichole.
Marina started laughing, "I fucking love you Bebe. I would have never thought to do that."
"How did you get past the pat down?" Nichole whispered.
"My skirt has so many layers to make it poofy, it's hard to feel through it."
Marina opened the box she was holding and of course a bottle was hidden inside of it too.
They stood in the bathroom stall drinking from the mini bottles Bebe brought, each having 3. Marina felt pretty tipsy when they finally walked out of the bathroom and back into the Ballroom. "How did your pictures turn out?" Marina asked Nichole.
"Pretty good. Don't let me forget to give you a set of the ones that have all of us." Nichole slurred slightly.
"I won't!" Marina giggled.
They walked up to the boys at the table, "Let's go!" Marina motioned at Kenny.
She felt much more loose after the 'shots' she took in the bathroom. She slid her hands up behind Kenny's neck and started dancing a lot closer than she had been. Kenny put his hands on her hips as he started moving in rhythm with her.
She looked up at him and he winked at her, she giggled.
Kenny's eyes went wide for a second, "Did you find alcohol somewhere?"
"Somewhere." She laughed.
The song ended and they announced that the Homecoming King and Queen would be announced after the next song, asking for the Court to find their way to the front.
"Damn it." She sighed, "I forgot. I hope I don't win. I'm starting to feel this alcohol a little more."
She followed behind Kenny as they squeezed between dancing bodies.
Marina watched Kyle wrap his arm around Nichole's waist as they got closer to the front.
"The fuck did Bebe do?" Kyle asked.
"You know what she did." Marina deadpanned.
Nichole burst out laughing, causing Marina to laugh with her.
"Homecoming Court! Wooo!" Bebe drunkenly yelled, her hand in the air. Marina could tell Bebe had already had some alcohol besides just the three little bottles.
"I really hope she doesn't win. She is going to fall off the stage as it is!" Clyde groaned.
Craig and Tweek walked up with Stan and Wendy following.
"Where were you?" Bebe asked loudly, "I was lookin' fr you!" She slurred.
"We were somewhere." Wendy grinned.
Marina stepped forward and fixed a piece of her hair that was out of place.
"Thank you. When did Bebe get drunk?"
"When she couldn't find you." Marina told her.
"You too?" Wendy sighed.
"And Nichole."
"Damn. I missed out!"
The song ended and they had the Homecoming Court come onto the stage. The bright lights on them kept Marina from being able to see the crowd. But she didn't feel as nervous as she expected to, it was probably the alcohol. She realized she wasn't listening to anything that the announcer was saying.
"If the King and Queen are not here together, they may do their dance with their dates. The winners will dance in the center of the dance floor to a special song just for them. The Homecoming King will be," He opened the folded paper, "Craig Tucker!" Everyone cheered, one of their teachers Placed the crown on his head.
"The Homecoming Queen is, " He opened another folded paper, "Marina Morrison." Her heart dropped, everyone cheered again. She held her breath as she was crowned, trying to smile without opening her mouth.
Kenny led her down to the dance floor, Craig and Tweek weren't far off, Craig high-fived Marina before turning toward his boyfriend.
Marina faced Kenny, "Congratulations." He grinned.
"I didn't want to dance with you on display for everyone." She told him as the music started.
"Just act casual."
"Kinda hard right now."
Marina looked at the stage when she realized someone was singing 'Put your head on my shoulder' live. Everyone's eyes were on the four of them.
Kenny placed his hands on her hips and she put hers on his shoulders, they began swaying back and forth. "This is so awkward." She told him, "And this is such a love song."
"I'm just imagining they're singing the "Freak" version, and it's not as awkward."
She laughed.
Craig and Tweek kissed and everyone erupted into cheers.
Marina and Kenny smiled at them.
"I wish that was the version they were singing." She told him. "I feel like everyone is trying to watch our facial expressions."
"They are. Probably trying to see if we are secretly in love with each other. The song is almost over."
"Good. I'm feeling really warm all over from the drink." She breathed out.
The song ended and a dance song came on, everyone flooded into the open space and they all started dancing again. Marina stepped back from Kenny and started doing the dance to the song. He laughed as their friends shoved their way to them.
When the dance ended, they headed over to Token's house. Kenny put her car into park and she reached up, hitting the light button to help her see. Marina opened her bag on the floor. "Unzip me?" She asked, turning in her seat, pulling her hair to the front.
"What are you doing?" Kyle asked quickly.
"Changing? I don't want to go in there in my expensive dress." Marina giggled.
Kenny put one hand on her shoulder to keep her steady and unzipped her dress with the other, she shivered as she felt his knuckle brush over her spine. She wondered if it was on purpose.
"But you aren't wearing a bra!"
"How do you know that?" She asked slowly.
"The V of your dress goes past where a bra would be."
"Oh true. Well you won't be able to see anything anyway, you're behind me and I'm going to be facing forward."
"Could you possibly unzip me?" Nichole asked Kyle.
Marina didn't hear him say anything in return but she did hear Nichole's dress unzip.
Kenny reached up and shut the light out as soon as Marina pulled her dress down her arms.
"Trying to keep people from seeing my tits Ken?" She giggled.
"Yep." He popped the 'p'.
"Wait! You're going to just change in here too?" Kyle's voice squeaked.
"I can get dressed with a dress on and not have to pull it completely off." Nichole told him in a calm voice.
Marina shoved her jeans over her legs and up under her dress before pulling her dress over her head. She quickly put her shirt on.
"Ready back there?" She turned around and looked over at Nichole.
Nichole was leaned down putting her shoes on, "Almost."
"I wish guys were able to change that easily." Kyle sighed.
"Wait, are you guys going in there in your tux's?" Marina asked.
"Well I was going to change once you guys left the car." Kyle rolled his eyes.
"Okay okay." Marina opened her door and Nichole did the same.
They eventually walked inside where the music was blasting as usual, and everyone was wildly drinking alcohol.
"Holy shit!" Kenny exclaimed.
"We wasted most of the night being sober." Someone close by that heard him, answered.
Marina watched as people were literally pouring alcohol from the bottles into each other's mouths. "The fuck did we miss?" She asked.
"Apparently we should have left the dance a little earlier." Nichole laughed.
"MY FRIENDS!" Bebe cheered, running up to them with Wendy next to her.
They both were stumbling and neither of them had shoes on, and they each had a bottle of vodka in their hands.
"PARTY IS HERE!" Wendy yelled.
Marina and Nichole laughed at them.
"Open up!" Bebe demanded, tapping Nichole's chin. She tilted her head back and poured some vodka into her mouth.
"You too!" Wendy walked over to Marina.
She did the same and Marina embraced the burn as it went down her throat.
"Kyle?" Wendy asked.
"I think I'll go make my own." He started toward the kitchen.
"Me too." Kenny followed him.
Marina laughed as Wendy made her drink more.
"We are getting shit faced tonight!" Bebe yelled.
Nichole told Bebe she was going to go make herself a drink.
"I think I am too." Marina told them.
"Okay let's go!" Bebe looped her arm into Marina's and they walked into the kitchen together.
Kenny was mixing a drink next to Kyle and Nichole.
Marina looked at the bottles on the table.
"Dude, just grab a flavored vodka and drink from the bottle. Fuck cups!" Bebe slurred out.
"Yeah!" Wendy agreed as she took a drink from hers.
"Where are your boyfriends?" Kenny asked them.
"They went to change and we lost 'em." Wendy told him, shrugging.
"Don't wander off, I'm sure they are looking for you. Just stay in here until they find you." Kyle told them.
"Yes daddy Kyle." Bebe replied.
Wendy burst out laughing. Marina chuckled watching them drunkenly laugh hysterically.
"Can we do some shots?" Marina asked Kyle, Kenny and Nichole.
"Please." Kyle sighed.
Kyle seemed to be getting drunk faster than the other three.
"Do you not drink very often Kyle?" Nichole asked.
"I barely drink hard liquor. Usually just beer." He slurred.
They held their glasses up again and Kyle spoke up, "Wait wait." He swayed, "I wanna cheers."
"Cheers what?" Kenny asked.
"I jus' wanna say some cheers. Kay?" He looked around the other three, as if waiting for their approval.
They all nodded.
"No offense to you Mar. You're beautiful. For sure." The sound of Wendy and Bebe laughing loudly distracted them, they looked over at the two of them, they were currently sitting on the floor by the wall, talking about something.
Kyle looked to them and then back to the others, "Anywaay. I'm jus' sayin', all the girls deserved the crown. But Nichole was my Homecomin' queen tonight."
"Aww Kyle, that's so sweet." Marina smiled.
Nichole smiled widely, looking down at the floor, "Don't make me blush Kyle."
"Really. You were!" He nodded, his eyes wide as he expressed his seriousness.
"I wanna cheers now. I'm gonna be honest here. To chil'hood crushes. I liked you since I was 10, an' I really liked you even more bein in class with you this year. I really hope you like me back. If not, i's okay. Don' let this leave our circle kay?"
"To childhood crushes... I've always liked you too Kyle." She told him proudly.
Kyle smiled and looked over at them, "Chil'hood crushes?"
"I had a massive crush on Kenny when I first moved here." Marina admitted, shrugging a little.
"No way! I had a massive crush on you when you first moved here!" Kenny laughed.
"An' now you guys have massive crushes again!" Kyle held his shot glass in the middle for them to clink.
"Who said we have massive crushes again?" Kenny asked.
"Cheeeerrs!" Kyle ignored him.
Marina slowly clinked his shot glass and then the other two, she and Kenny awkwardly looked at each other.
Marina first realized she couldn't really feel her legs, and that she was sitting in a very awkward position. Slowly she opened her eyes, the sunlight felt like it was stabbing her in the head. She then realized she was on top of a body. She leaned back slightly to look at the person, letting out a sigh of relief when she saw it was Kenny, and that they were fully clothed. At some point she had to have fallen asleep while straddling him though. To her left, Kyle was sitting next to them, with Nichole sitting across his lap, her legs hanging down right next to Marina and Kenny. To her right was Wendy and Stan, Wendy was sitting sideways on the couch with her legs over Stan's lap as well. Kenny jerked awake as Marina moved a little more.
"Shh." She whispered when he opened his eyes. He looked to his left and right and furrowed his eyebrows in question. Marina shrugged.
"When did we fall asleep? What happened last night?" He whispered.
"I don't know, but I do know my leg's are completely asleep."
"You were asleep straddling me?" He asked.
"Apparently."
"Did we have sex?"
"Definitely not right here, we are wearing our clothes. But I can tell you right now that I definitely had sex with someone. I'm sore as hell down there. And everywhere actually."
Kenny closed his eyes for a couple seconds, "I think it was me. I'm also pretty sore. Could you actually scoot back just a little bit."
She moved until she slowly lowered herself to the floor, where she extended her legs in front of her, trying to get some feeling back into them.
Kenny reached over and tapped Stan's leg, he jumped and looked around.
"The sun!" He groaned.
He shoved Kyle's arm a little bit.
Kyle woke up and looked over at him, squinting at the brightness of the room.
Wendy and Nichole woke up due to the movement.
"When did we go to sleep?" Wendy asked softly, putting her hands over her eyes, "Stop moving Stan, I think I'm gonna throw up."
"Were you sleeping on the floor?" Kyle asked Marina.
"No, I was straddling Kenny for some reason."
"Naked?" Stan asked.
"Obviously we have our clothes on." Kenny told him slowly, "Can we please head home? I want to sleep in a dark room."
