Author's Notes: Hey guys! Here's short story I wanted to start that's probably going to be just a few chapters long. This one won't take me that long since I already know exactly what to type for the next chapters. Enjoy the fic!
Star crushed her empty milk carton in her hand as she angrily stared at a couple across the lunchroom.
It was lunch time in Echo Creek Academy and Star had spotted Oskar and his new girlfriend, Jade.
"What does she have that I don't?" she muttered angrily stabbing her food with her fork.
"Hey, relax Star," Marco Diaz said as he put a hand on her shoulder, his other hand holding a sandwich. They were both sitting at the lunchroom where he currently was listening to her vent about her frustrations.
Star growled before swatting his hand away.
"Relax?! She's taking my sweet Oskar!" she yelled pointing across the room where Oskar was being spoon fed by Jade.
Marco shook his head. "Star, I'm sure you can find a better guy than Oskar. Why do you like him so much anyway? I mean, you barely know him."
Star looked at him dead in the eye. She hastily whipped out her magic wand and waved it around. Suddenly, all the food on the table disappeared, including Marco's precious sandwich.
"Star!" Marco yelled. "That cost me-" his mouth shut instantly after he saw the annoyed look Star was giving him.
She raised her wand again and cast a spell, causing the table to be completely covered with tons of scrapbooks and journal entries.
Marco sat there in awe. "Star, what is-"
She quickly grabbed a scrapbook and flipped it open.
"These are all the times me and him spent together," she explained as she furiously swiped the pages.
"Look here's me listening to him 2 months, 3 weeks, and 5 days ago!" she said pointing at a picture.
She flipped the page and pointed to another picture. "And this one was 5 days after that last one! He was one inch closer to me than he usually was!"
"Oh and this one is one of my favorites! This is when he serenaded me with one of his own songs!"
Star blabbered nonstop as she flipped page after page of her 'moments' with Oskar. As Marco watched her crazily flip the pages, he grew very confused. Every single picture he saw looked practically the same as the last, Oskar sitting on his car strumming his keytar while Star stared at him dreamily from a distance. He didn't think Oskar even noticed her in the pictures. Now that he thought about it, who was actually taking the pictures? He decided not to bring that up.
As she finished her rant, she raised her magic wand and made all the objects on the table disappear.
"Now do you get it Marco?! Me and him are perfect for each other!" she waved her arms frantically.
Marco rolled his eyes. "Sure Star. Whatever you say," he said as he got up from the table. "I'm going to go grab another sandwich and some milk," he said pointing in the direction of the lunch lady.
Star nodded at him in as he walked away. She then propped her head on both her arms and stared in Oskar's direction. She was convinced that deep down, he actually liked her. After all, she was his biggest (only) fan.
Hmm... How do I get him to realize that he likes me? she wondered. Suddenly, an idea popped into her head as her cheeks temporarily turned into light bulbs. She looked behind her to see Marco happily walking back towards the table with a new sandwich and more milk in his hands. She grinned mischievously.
Perfect she thought.
"Oh heyyyy Marco!" she called to him in her usual bright tone.
Marco raised his eyebrow and gave her a confused look. "Uh Star, are you okay?"
She gave him a dazzling smile and batted her eyelashes at him. "Of course I am silly! Why wouldn't I be?" she exclaimed.
He looked at her, still unsure. "Well just a second ago, you were kind of upset about-"
"Psh!" she said flipping her hair. "That's all in the past! You know what they say on earth: Life goes on!"
She grinned at him, all the while look at Oskar out of the corner of her eyes.
Marco gave her one more suspicious look and shrugged before sitting down. It was hard to tell what Star was thinking sometimes. He placed the milk and took the sandwich in both his hands. He closed his eyes and took a whiff of the delicious sandwich he was about to eat. Normally, school lunch was pretty bad, but sandwich days were days he would always look forward to. He was usually able to make his own custom triple bacon beef burger that made him drool with anticipation.
He savored the moment as he imagined what the sandwich would taste like with his eyes closed. Hungrily, he slowly began to open his mouth to take that delectable bite of his food. He quickly bit down, expecting to taste happiness incarnate. Weirdly enough, all he tasted was air. He opened his eyes to see that the sandwich wasn't in his hands.
"What the?!" he looked at his hands, unbelieving the sandwich could've just disappear like that.
"Where did my sandwich go?!" he turned his head to face Star. "What happened to my-"
He gasped. To his horror, he saw Star eating his precious sandwich.
"YUM! THANKS MARCO FOR BUYING ME A SANDWICH! YOU'RE SO THOUGHTFUL!" Star said loudly while chewing on bits of his precious food, unaware of the look of sheer terror plastered on Marco's face. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Oskar glance her way and mentally cheered to herself. In her mind, her plan was working out pretty well and she had gotten him to notice her. In reality, everyone, including Marco, was staring at her.
"STAR!" Marco cried out "MY SANDWICH! YOU'RE EATING IT!"
If it was any other person, Marco would have karate chopped their face off. No one got in the way of Diaz and his sandwich. Well, except for Star because he was pretty fond of her. Still, he felt pretty shocked when she continued to eat his food.
Star ignored his comment and visible scooted over to where she sat right beside him and leaned on his shoulder.
By now, Marco was just completely confused. "Star, what are you doing?" he said. He had grown accustomed to her constant touching but leaning on him and acting all flirty was definitely not normal.
"What do you mean?" she giggled as she leaned even more into his arm.
"Er well your sort of..." he started trying to explain that she was acting all weird. Then he thought about it a little more and remembered that she was a princess from another dimension. "Nevermind," he shook his head as he grabbed the milk he had bought and started sipping on it, all the while enviously look at the sandwich while Star consumed it.
They sat quietly for a few minutes, finishing their food while people gave them weird looks. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Star turned to him and yelled.
"OH YOU LIKE ME MARCO?!" she shouted."I LIKE YOU TOO!" she tackled him into a hug. "LET'S GO ON A DATE!"
Marco and 5 other people spit their drinks out. He looked down bewildered at the girl next to him. Star's eyes were wide and shining but deep down, they seemed to plead with him. Marco didn't know what was going on, but he could tell Star was asking him to play along for whatever reason. He thought about it for a moment then closed his eyes and quietly sighed to himself.
There better be a good reason for this he thought.
He opened his eyes and hugged her back. "Y-yeah sure!" he said with fake confidence. At first, he was surprised by his reaction and blushed a tiny bit.
Suddenly, Marco whispered into her ear. "We're going to have a little talk later," he said menacingly, hugging her tighter.
She gulped and continued to hug him, definitely not looking forward for when she had to explain.
Author's Notes: Well hope you enjoyed that! I'll be updating the other stories as well later on. See you later!
