Diaz plan for grandbabies SVTFOE AU (COMPLETE)

Chapter 1

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"How about a family movie night tonight?!"

Marco didn't think much when his mother stated her plans for the evening. "Okay, sounds good! What movie?"

Marco felt a twinge of suspicion when his father grinned mischievously in response to this. "Oh, the movie is not important. But your mother and I wanted to try out this nice little independent movie theater. They have big comfy seats, and they even let you drink beer in there!"

"Oh...okay, cool. So when should we-"

"Oh, you know, I was thinking of taking the day off early from work. You and Star should just...head to the theater yourselves after school. Your mom and I will meet you there."

Marco narrowed his eyes. Something seemed off, here. Marco's father grinned back at him as innocently as he could while his mom sang a little song under her breath and brewed some coffee.

"Okay," said Marco, deciding they weren't up to anything. "I guess we'll see you guys there."

"So what sort of movie are we seeing here, Marco?" Star was fanning herself with her wand. They had just made it to the movie theater, which had been an hour walk away from their school, in the hot sun. Marco was beginning to feel more and more like something was out of place.

"Uh, I dunno. I guess we'll decide when we get there. My parents just wanted to check out the theater, I guess."

The theater itself was very, very small, and didn't seem to do much business. It was, apparently, a renovated older theater, everything done up in a very retro art deco style. There was only one counter where they could purchase tickets and snacks both. He decided to check out what movies were playing.

"There's only ONE screen here," said the bored clerk, a pudgy twenty-something of indeterminate gender with obnoxiously colored hair. "And we're playing 'Rose's Passion.' Next showing in twenty minutes."

"Passion?" said Marco doubtfully. That sounded like a romance movie. "Man, Star, I don't know. Do you like romance movies?"

"Marco," Star said, as serious as Star ever got. "I LOVE passion. C'mon. I'm a very passionate person. ABOUT EVERYTHING."

"Okay-"

"EVERYTHING."

"Yeah, but I don't know if I want to watch this with my PARENTS-"

Just then, Marco's cellphone beeped out his text indicator. It was his father, telling him that he couldn't make it after all. But that he and Star should watch the movie anyway. And then a smily face. And then a winky smily face. And then some japanese-style smily face that communicated an emotion inscrutable to Marco.

"Fine," said Marco wearily. "Two for Rose's Passion, I guess-"

"And a popcorn. Oh my god, Marco, they have a machine that makes it in front of you. You get to watch it pop. GET A LARGE. GET TWO LARGES!"

Rose's passion was an independent film of limited release, apparently, with a story that Marco found frankly a little dull. Rose was an American who took a year in Europe before she went to college. She met a guy - Victor - in the UK and spontaneously decided to travel the continent with him. It struck Marco as a little too convenient - who makes that kind of a decision on a whim? Rich people, apparently. The movie was full of a seemingly endless parade of side characters, some of them Rose's friends from the US, one of them her ex, some of them just colorful characters she met on her travels. Marco wasn't exactly opposed to romance, but it struck him as not really that well put together. He mentioned as much to Star, but she was apparently enthralled by the story. He guess that she could kind of relate to Rose and maybe just found it a bit more interesting.