On Wednesday Clyde and Bebe sat down at the lunch table.

"Since it is now October we need to discuss the annual Halloween Party. Thinking of having it at my family's rental in the mountains again. My cousins and I talked about it, but we would need some help with money."

"And decorating." Bebe beamed next to him.

"We have a bunch of Halloween Decorations that we probably won't use because my dad always hated that my mom was adamant about putting them up." Marina told them.

"Why don't you do a door fee?" Stan asked.

"That actually wouldn't be a bad idea." Clyde nodded.

"Is this a strict entry again?" Kenny asked.

"Yes. Gotta invite people that we know won't ruin the place."

"We are going to rent the house for the weekend and we are going to have the party on the Saturday before Halloween. I was thinking that us girls could go up there Friday night and decorate for the party. We could even stay there for the night if we want." Bebe smiled, nodding at the girls.

"Yeah that should be fine." Marina nodded in return.

"I don't mind. We need to make sure we ask Nichole and Red too." Wendy added.

"Works for me." Heidi grinned at her.

Marina was doing her best to forget about Kenny. It had only been a few days, and she wasn't really doing much other than going to school, work and going home. She hadn't really seen her friends much, she was doing her best to keep herself busy and away from him. So here she was hiding that she was smoking pot on a much more regular basis. It was about the only thing helping her get any sleep. Theresa was luckily able to help her. She knew her friends would definitely be opposed to it.

When Saturday came Marina was supposed to meet up with the girls to go costume shopping. Wendy swung by to pick her up before getting the rest of their friends and heading out of town to the nearest pop up halloween store.

"So do you guys have any idea what you are wanting to be this year?" Nichole asked.

"Cartman and I talked about being a sexy nurse and doctor." Heidi giggled.

"I thought about being a sexy nurse, but I think I am going to be either Alice in Wonderland or Poison Ivy." Bebe smirked.

"Like cute Alice or sexy Alice?" Marina asked.

"Uhh sexy obviously. Halloween isn't fun if you don't get to dress like a complete slut. Judgement free day."

"You dress like a slut on a daily basis Bebe." Wendy laughed.

Bebe mocked offense and smacked the back of her arm, "Shut up." She laughed with her.

"I was thinking about dressing up in a sexy school girl outfit and getting some square glasses." Nichole smirked.

Marina turned around and winked at her, "Trying to play some kinky fantasy games with Kyle?"

She shrugged and the girls started screaming, "Nichole has a freaky side! I love it!" Bebe squealed.

"What are you thinking Marina?" Nichole asked, changing the subject.

"I'm not really sure. Something cute obviously." She laughed.

"Stan and I are going as skeletons." Wendy told them.

"Ooo, that's cute!" Marina smiled.

She felt like she was looking all over and still couldn't decide. She had 4 different costumes in her hand. The girls went into the dressing rooms. Marina tried on the Cinderella costume first.

"Are we going to be asking each other's opinions?" Marina asked, rolling the white thigh high stockings up her legs.

"I hope so." Wendy sighed, "I'm not sure which one of these looks the best, they have too many skeleton options.

After trying them all on they all finally made their decisions, Marina was going to be Red Riding Hood, Wendy was wearing a body suit skeleton, Bebe was going to be Poison Ivy, Nichole was going to be a sexy "geek", and Heidi was going to be a nurse.

She had gotten home after work the following Thursday, her dad and Liane seemed to be out. They were going out to the local bar fairly often with some of the other parents in town. Marina shut the door to her room and got into the top drawer of her dresser, pulling out the small box hidden under her clothes.

She popped the tabs open and took the top off, the smell of weed filled the room quickly. She realized she forgot to light some incense. She ran over to the small shelf by her bedroom door and put a new stick in, lighting it quickly.

She turned some music on and went back to what she was doing, putting some weed in the small bowl. She shoved her window open and sat down on the floor beside it, lighting it up and taking a long inhale.

"Caught." A familiar voice sang behind her, she jumped in surprise and whipped around just as Kenny was leaning back casually against her closed door.

His arms were crossed in front of him, "Cartman got a call from Heidi and I heard you come home a little bit ago, so I figured, 'Why not go say hello to good ole Marina?' And boy oh boy, I was not prepared for this surprise." He smirked.

"Surprise." Marina sang awkwardly.

Kenny laughed.

"Before you judge me-" She started, but stopped when Kenny held his hand up and shook his head.

"-I don't want to hear anything else until you give me a hit before Cartman comes looking for me." He crossed the room.

Marina reached up and handed it to him, he quickly put it up to his lips and lit it.

"Blow it out the window!" She moved out of his way and stood up. He fought the cough as he handed it back. She instantly started putting it away.

Kenny choked and turned around giving her a look.

"What?" She asked.

"Where are you getting that from?"

"I have other friends besides you guys."

"Yeah, but that's not Tegridy. That tastes exactly like the weed I've been getting from Jordon. Are you still screwing him?"

"Uh no. The one time was bad enough. I haven't even been back to his apartment. My friend helps me get it and I pay her." She told him casually as she sat on the edge of her bed, crossing her leg over the other.

"Theresa?"

"Well I was trying not to name drop her. She's kinda breaking the law, ya know."

"You're like, close to Theresa?"

"Yeah! We have been, for a while, she works at my dad's store. We have a lot in common."

"Really?"

"Yeah, and we both have had the Kenny Special" Marina giggled.

Kenny smiled sarcastically, "Fuck you."

"Kenny?" Cartman called from the other room.

"Coming!" He called back, his eyes not leaving hers, "Don't start smoking too much of that." He pointed toward the dresser.

"It helps me sleep."

"You're only doing it to fall asleep then right?"

"Of course."

"Okay." He nodded and started to open her door,

"Kenny!" Cartman called from his room, it sounded like he was heading toward her room, Kenny looked at her like he was going to ask one more thing but he decided against it, shutting the door behind him.

Kenny PoV

Kenny couldn't get back into the game. Cartman kept kicking his ass because his mind wasn't on the game at all. He wondered how much Theresa and Marina talked, and what about. He finally told Cartman he was going to head home for the night.

"Okay loser. We can rematch another time!" Cartman told him without getting up, "Shut my door on the way out!"

Kenny nodded and shut the door. He stopped at Marina's door on the way to the stairs. He tried to hear if she was moving around. He knocked and twisted the knob, opening the door.

Marina was sitting up on her bed, asleep. Kenny was going to just close the door and leave, but he couldn't bring himself to just leave and let her sleep that way. He crossed the room and pulled her covers the rest of the way down before he gently slid her to laying on her pillow. She made a noise in her sleep. He grabbed her blankets and covered her up. She looked so peaceful and relaxed. Maybe the weed was actually good for her.

He looked at her sadly, wishing so badly he was able to just curl up next to her and hold her. But he knew she wouldn't be happy about it.

Monday came quickly, everyone was trying to stay out of trouble with the Halloween party coming up, so everyone went straight home after the Football game. The guys hung out and played games at Stan's for the entire weekend. He was in one of his final periods when the teacher started announcing a new person. "Everyone welcome Braiden to the class. He is new to South Park. Be nice!"

At first Kenny didn't bother to look up, "Looks like you got some new competition." Butters whispered, as he leaned forward to be closer to Kenny.

Kenny looked over in the direction Braiden went in. All of the girls in the class were whispering loudly to each other. He couldn't see him clearly until one of the girls leaned forward.

He raised both eyebrows, one of the girls caught him looking over at Braiden.

"There might finally be someone else as hot and single as you are Kenny!" She whispered.

Kenny shrugged.

He had to admit, this Braden guy wasn't ugly at all. In fact, Kenny thought Braden looked better than him.

Kenny could care less if the girls wanted Braiden and not him. And really, the only girl he was worried about anymore was Marina anyway.

They hopped into the car after practice. Kenny was checking his phone when he saw Jordon had messaged him 5 times asking for a picture. He rolled his eyes, pulling the camera up an fixing his hair slightly.

"Are you taking a sweaty selfie?" Marina asked with a chuckle.

"Jordon needs me to send a pic. Gonna have to deal with what I look like right now."

He took a quick picture and sent it.

"Who is Jordon?" Cartman asked in a singsong voice.

"Give's me free weed if I send pictures of myself."

"What?" Kyle asked quickly.

"Kenny is helping someone catfish his girlfriend overseas."

"That is terrible." Kyle used a dad voice, causing both Kenny and Marina to start laughing.

"She's going to need the truth eventually." Stan cut in.

"But for now. I get free weed if I send selfies."

"And sometimes nudes." Marina added.

Kenny side eyed her with a glare.

"You send a dude nudes?" Cartman laughed.

Kenny moved his gaze to Cartman, "Yeah. I have no shame. I'd send you nudes if you needed them."

"Why would I need them? What if he wants them for himself and not to send to his girl?"

"Then he uses them for himself? How is it hurting me?"

Cartman stared at him for a second before nodding and turning around, "Still gross."

"You're just jealous you don't get to see all this." Kenny joked.

"We share a locker room Kenny, we have ALL seen it all." Stan laughed.

"Why do I feel like I shouldn't be hearing this conversation?" Marina spoke up again.

"You've seen it all too!" Stan told her.

"You're probably more entitled to hear this conversation than we are." Kyle snorted.

Kenny hadn't really been going to Marina's after school, she seemed to be working on the days they didn't have practice and the days they did, she was so exhausted she went home and went to bed. Not to even mention the awkwardness between them after the car ride. He was trying so hard to be normal but it was such a struggle.

He walked into his house, the living room was empty and he could hear Karen giggling somewhere. "Ike!" She squealed, both erupting into laughter.

"He better not be.." Kenny spoke under his breath.

"Karen?!" He yelled from the living room.

"In my room!" She yelled back, "Come on in!"

He raced over to her room, opening the door quickly. They were sitting together on the floor with a Nintendo Switch propped up on her chair. They each had the small controllers in their hand, they continued laughing as they both were pushing each other's elbows to try and mess the other one up. Kenny had to admit to himself that he was pretty proud of them. If he had gone to a girlfriend's house at their age, he wouldn't have been playing video games, that's for sure. He had actually never been over to a girls house for anything other than sex or if a party was going on there. Except for Marina, she was the only girl he ever casually hung out with in her bedroom.

"Hi Kenny!" Ike spoke without looking away from the small screen.

"Whatcha guys up to?" Kenny asked, leaning casually against the doorframe.

"Mario Kart!" Karen exclaimed excitedly.

"How the heck did you get in first!?" Ike laughed.

"I understand racing games." She grinned.

Kenny smiled proudly. When he was around 13, and his parents were fighting badly after they got home from school, Kevin worked at the arcade and would take them to work with him. Kenny and Karen would save their quarters and play racing games for hours.

"I'll be in my room." Kenny told them before shutting the door again.

As soon as he sat down on his bed Kyle started calling him.

Kenny pressed answer, "What's up?"

"Hey we are going to run up to the costume store tonight since the party is this weekend. Do you want us to swing by your house on the way?" Kyle asked.

"Yeah, that'd be cool."