AN#1: Please keep in mind that the characters are aged up quite a bit. In the show Marco is 14 and Jackie is the same age, 10 years later they'll be about 24.

Other pairings? You'll find out who's who and who's with who as you read on.

Also, I recommend that you listen to Sarah Geronimo's song 'Maybe This Time', as I don't want to incur another warning/notification about adding song lyrics to my stories.

Enjoy!

~~~~~(Maybe This Time)~~~~~

(Marco)

Marco Ubaldo Diaz was in Echo Creek University in his usual class room, lecturing his students about how to properly analyze a person's psychological problems.

The 24 year old professor was wearing a pair of dark brown pants, a white button up dress shirt and a chocolate brown wool vest that had a light brown ring in the middle. He was also wearing a pair of rectangular shaped glasses. (AN: Yes, I know it's a Marco's Phd outfit from 'Sleep Spells', but I couldn't think of anything that would've suited him better)

Just as Marco was about to end his class, he felt a vibration in his left front pocket. He had an incoming call.

Marco ended his class just as the bell rang. As his students shuffled out of the classroom, Marco pulled out his phone and answered the call.

"So," Marco said to Janna over the phone. "Next week is Echo Creek High's class reunion?"

"Yup," Janna replied. "I can't believe you forgot, I know how busy you are with your Psychology thing and all, but didn't you even check your emails at all?"

"Well," Marco said scratching the back of his head. "I have been overworked lately, between the University and my office; it's been hard juggling my students and my patients."

"Save your excuses MD," Janna said. "You know where the school is. One week, see ya there."

As Janna hung up Marco stared down at his phone. His wallpaper image was of a girl with blonde hair that had an aquamarine streak in it.

"Jackie." Marco whispered.

The 24 year old psychology teacher sat back down in his chair behind his desk and let out a sigh. "I just wish things had been different between us."

(Line Break Quote: "I really starred this one up.")

(Jackie)

Jackie Lynn Thomas was at a skate park with her friends, 4 guys and 5 girls; one guy was holding a video camera and was recording the gang performing cool stunts.

Jackie walked up to the guy holding the camera and held the camera steady in front of her face.

Jackie was wearing a white long sleeved shirt that had dark green sleeves and collar. She was wearing a pair of dark blue thigh high shorts and black leggings. She had on a pair blue rimmed running shoes and was wearing a purple helmet with a blue sea shell painted on the side.

"Hey everybody," Jackie said as one of the skater dudes behind her let out a loud 'Whoop'. "It's me; your favorite skater girl, JT. Me and the gang are just gonna do some random board tricks and skate around for you guys, hope you enjoy."

Jackie and the other skaters dropped their boards on the ground and started skating along the rails, half-pipes and obstacles around the park.

At one point Jackie and another skater girl pulled out video cameras of their own and started recording the rest of the group.

Half an hour later Jackie, was standing off to the side with a smart phone in her right hand pressed up to her ear.

"Jackie Lynn Thomas," Janna said on a call to her best friend. "You are not missing this class reunion for anything else, got that?"

"Yeah, yeah," Jackie replied. "I promised I'd be there, and I never break any promises we make."

"Good," Janna said. "I have to go, Star and I still have a few more things to care of here at ECH. See ya soon, bye."

"Bye." Jackie said as she hung up. On the skater girl's phone showed the image of a brown haired boy wearing a red hoodie. "Marco." The blonde whispered. "I just wish things had been different between us."

Jackie put her phone away and went back to group, she walked up to the girl who was recording and held the camera steady in front of her face. "I hope you enjoyed watching," Jackie said. "And remember to please like, comment and or subscribe to our channel, this is JT, out."

Jackie turned to her friends. "You guys can keep rolling for a while, I got something to do. Bye guys."

"You got it."

"See ya JT."

"We'll keep ya covered."

(Line Break Quote: "Who invited Helios?")

(Janna)

Janna Young (my name for her since she doesn't have a last name in the show) put her phone and nodded to Star Butterfly who had her arms crossed.

"So?" Star asked.

"They're both coming," Janna said. "Now remember, we need to keep them away from each other until Jonathan calls for the couple's slow dance, alright."

Star nodded her head. "I know what the plan is Janna, we both want Marco and Jackie to be happy again."

Janna nodded her head as well. "This plan has to work, we've been scheming for the past three months. I just don't want to see it fail."

"It'll be okay Jan," Star said. "Besides, we've got plans B and C in case anything does go wrong."

Janna nodded her head. "You're right; now let's get this show on the road."

Star picked up a clipboard and started shooting off orders to other workers in the school.

(Line Break Quote: "Marco, you…broke my skateboard…")

(1 week later)

(Marco)

In his two storey suburban house, Marco Diaz sat on his bed staring at his closet. The psychology professor was debating what kind of outfit to wear to Echo Creek's high's class reunion.

Marco let out a sigh as he stood up and walked over to his desk, he opened one of the drawers and pulled out an orange sea shell necklace. He sat down and stared at the item for a few minutes.

"Jackie." Marco whispered.

Bad memories. That's what they were, nothing but a slew of bad memories that never seemed to go away. At some point they may have seemingly disappeared, but no, they remained hidden in the deepest depths of Marco's subconscious.

With all the skills Marco possessed in the field of Psychology, he knew that closure was the only way to help ease the pain of the memories he held.

But how? How could Marco obtain closure? The class reunion? He could finally meet with Jackie there and lay to rest every negative thought and emotion that plagued him.

But was she even going to the class reunion? Maybe she had other plans. Marco very well knew about Jackie's YouTube channel, in the videos that she posted, Marco noticed that Jackie and one of her friends, one of the skater boys, seemed really close. And why not? Marco was a little jealous of said skater boy. His name was a little vague since in the videos none of the skaters in the group used their real names, they only nicknames.

TK, that was the boy's nickname, he had shoulder length hair that was a dark shade of strawberry blonde. He had a nice smile and a fun, easy going attitude, plus, he was an expert skater, something Jackie deeply admired.

Marco often wondered what their relationship was outside of the videos.

Shaking his head, Marco stood up and walked over to his closet and pulled out his tuxedo.

(Meanwhile on the other side of town)

(Jackie)

In her rather spacious 7 room apartment, Jackie Lynn Thomas crossed her arms and stared at a simple aquamarine colored dress that lay flat on her bed. It was a simple figure hugging piece that had a v-neck and cut off sleeves, it reminded Jackie of a Greek style dress that she often saw in museums.

Wanting to get her mind away from the dress, Jackie turned her head to the right and stared at a black skateboard that had red wheels. It was a gift from Marco. The item was meant to replace the board that he had accidentally stomped and broken when they were still in high school.

Jackie still remembered the day when Marco mustered the courage to give her the board on her 15th birthday. It was a day filled with great memories that Jackie cherished to that very day.

Those memories were of the greatest she ever had, Jackie just wished she had more.

Sometimes Jackie would rather try and force all her bad memories away, but they always came back. There were some days that she wished never happened in the first place.

Jackie was suddenly brought out of thoughts as she heard a knock on her front door.

"Coming." Jackie said as she made her way to the door.

"JT, it's me Tracy."

Jackie opened the door and welcomed her skater friend inside. The young man was wearing a pair of tattered jeans, a black Metallica t-shirt, pair of black running shoes and he had a backpack slung over his right shoulder. His shoulder length blonde hair was tied back into a loose pony-tail

"So how's it going?" Tracy asked.

"Still undecided," Jackie replied. "I'm not even sure if he's gonna show up."

"Marco?"

Jackie nodded her head.

"Well, he is a Psychology teacher," Tracy said. "A hot one at that."

Jackie rolled her eyes. "Geez, TK, I thought you had a boyfriend."

Tracy nodded his head. "That can't stop me from fantasizing you know."

Tracy walked into Jackie's room and marveled at the dress that was laid out on the bed. "This would look so fabulous," He then picked up the dress and draped it over his body. "On me of course."

Jackie laughed. "I bet it would."

"Anyway," Tracy said as he put the dress back down on the bed. "You can't be so negative when it comes to your love life."

"Tracy, dude," Jackie said. "We talked about this before; I don't have a negative outlook on that."

Jackie crossed her arm and stared out the window. "Besides, I'm not even sure if Marco will show up to the class reunion or not."

"He just might," Tracy said reassuringly. "And if he does, it might a good time as any to patch things up with the guy. You need closure from what happened."

Jackie didn't say a word and simply just looked out the window.

(Line Break Quote: "Marco Diaz! What did you do?")

(Star)

That night, as Echo Creek's former students arrived for their class reunion, everything was a buzz.

Friends were meeting up for the first time again and old faces were smiling and showing so much enthusiasm it felt like just like another regular day of high school.

And for Star Butterfly, the feeling was mutual. She could almost feel the vibrancy of the alumni that were streaming in one by one.

Star had been put in charge of handing old students their name tags. The princess was sat behind a table. She was wearing a red dress similar to the one she wore during the blood moon ball.

She already had the pleasure of meeting some of her old friends from the past.

Ferguson and Alfonzo, they were quite a surprise. Mainly because they had made big names for themselves, as fitness instructors.

Apparently Ferguson nearly suffered a heart attack due to his excess weight, and Alfonzo was so scared at the thought of losing his friend. When Fergusson survived, he and Alfonzo stared going to a gym on a regular basis, mainly it was Ferguson who would train to lose weight while Alfonzo stuck by his side as a support coach.

However, as Ferguson started losing weight and started gaining muscle, Alfonzo became a little self conscious about his own skinny frame, so he started training alongside Ferguson as well.

From there the two then started up a YouTube channel and slowly got big after Ferguson told his life story about surviving a heart attack. Their channel now had over 400,000 subscribers and counting.

Other students also changed over the years.

Justin, the school's former jock, became an NFL superstar athlete.

Sabrina, the once jinx and clumsy cheerleader, became an acrobat.

Frances, the school nerd, became a leading science professor.

And many more. Star was just so surprised at the people who were once her classmates had changed so much in 10 years.

But the biggest change that Star had seen that night was Brittney Wong. It was unbelievable; the once bratty high school rich kid had turned into a Philanthropist and had even hosted a few charity drives. No one really knew why, but if they had to guess, it probably had something to do with Brittney's family going bankrupt 4 years ago.

As Star continued to wait for more alumni to show up, she received a phone call.

"What is it?" Star asked, immediately knowing it was Janna.

"I'm here with Jackie, any signs of Marco?"

Star looked around. "Not yet, but I'll keep you posted."

"Good, remember we have keep them apart until the song."

"Gotcha," Star said. Suddenly Marco walked in through the Gymnasium's door. "Marco's here I'll call you in a bit."

Marco walked up to Star and Smiled.

Marco was dressed in a slim fitted tuxedo, complete with a bow and silver cuff-links. His hair was still the same, combed to the side.

Star stood up and ran into Marco's arms, giving her best friend a hug. "It's good to see you too Star."

"How long's it been since we last saw each other?"

"3 years I guess," Marco said. "I think we were helping a new kid move into your old bedroom that time."

"Oh yeah, now I remember, what was his name again?" Star asked.

"I think it was Nick or Nico, I can't remember quite well."

"Well," Star said as she picked up Marco's name tag and pinned it to his chest. "There ya go, I think you're the last one to arrive."

Marco noticed that there weren't any other name tags left on the table.

"Come on," Star said dragging Marco inside the gym. "Let's Party!"

~~~~~(Maybe This Time)~~~~~

AN#2 Can anyone please answer me this question. Why do I keep writing new stories when my other fics haven't even been updated?!

AN#3 Okay so, I originally indented for this to be a one-shot, but I kept dragging out and adding to the story so much that it ending up becoming like this. It'll probably span 4-5 chapters, I can guarantee that. But you'll have to bear with me on this, I'm really not in a good state of mind right at this moment, considering it's almost the weekend and I really need to catch up on my sleep. But, hope you enjoyed reading, If did, please fave, follow, and review.