"Marco," Star whispered to me. "I'll be okay." Bill tightened his grip around her neck. "Don't give him the wand. He couldn't possibly want anything with it. He's an all powerful dream demon. He's just trying to get to you," she pleaded.

"Marco! Don't give it to him!" Dipper yelled to me from the other side of the room. "She'll be fine!" he shouted out to me. Logically, we were in the Dreamscape, and Bill couldn't do anything to hurt Star, but I was letting my feelings for her cloud my mind.

"Bill! Don't do this!" Dipper pleaded with the demon.

"IT'S TOO LATE, PINE TREE!" the triangle shouted. "SHE'S A THREAT AND I CAN'T LET YOU HAVE FEELINGS FOR HER!"

"BILL, COME ON! WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN! GIVE IT UP! I DON'T WANT TO DATE YOU!"

"Dipper? You have feelings for Star?" I asked him quietly. He gave a nervous laugh. Bill clamped his hand around Star's neck. She exploded in a flash of blue light.

I sat up in my bed. I looked across the room. Star and Mabel were fine. I got out of my bed and saw Dipper sound asleep in the top bunk. I looked at the clock. 7:00 AM. The Shack should be opening. I tiptoed downstairs to the parlor and turned on the TV. Star Wars: a New Hope was on. I checked the calendar on my phone. Sunday. The Mystery Shack is closed on Sundays.

Gompers trotted through the door and hopped up onto my lap. He began chewing on my shirt. I watched Star Wars for an hour before Dipper walked down the stairs, reading the journal.

"Hey, Marco," he yawned. "Gompers."

"A New Hope is on," I told him and he sat down on the couch across from me. I heard two voices giggling and knew exactly who it was.

"Star, Mabel, stop trying to prank us," I told them. Ever since Mabel and Dipper's fourteenth birthday, Mabel had been trying to play practical jokes on me and Dipper.

"Aww, boo!" my girlfriend cried. She skipped into the parlor and kissed me on the forehead. I gave her a hug and she sat down next to me.

"What are we watching?" she asked groggily and put her head on my shoulder.

"Star Wars." I told her and wrapped my arms around her.

"BREAKFAST!" I heard called from the dining room.

"I made Stancakes!" Stan yelled.

"Pass!" Dipper and Mabel said at the same time.

"What's a Stancake?" I asked.

"See for yourself!" Stan told me and flung a pancake into my mouth.

"Wow! This is really good!" I said. "Wait, wait a sec," I pulled a hair out of my mouth.

"Augh!" Star said. We all burst out laughing.

"DINER! DINER!" we all chanted.

We got into the car and Star sat down on my lap. I blushed intensely as Star moved around on my lap and got settled.

"SINGING THE DRIVING SONG!" we all sang. "CAN'T REALLY SEE WHERE I'M GOING!'