Okay, this is something that has been haunting me for a while. I don't know why, but hey whatever. Rated for future chapters and AU. Enjoy.
18-year-olds Star Butterfly and Marco Diaz, best friends since birth, walked into an orphanage and looked around as they saw young children running around, laughing and playing. Star leaned up to her best friend and whispered, "Marco? What are we doing here?"
"I uh…I don't know Star,"
"Can I help you two?" they looked back and saw a woman who looked to be in her mid-forties with short brown walking up to them, "Are you two looking to adopt?"
Their eyes widened and Star looked at Marco in confusion and the two best friends began whispering to each other for a few minutes. The woman looked at them in confusion before they looked up at her and Star gave a half smile, "We uh…we'd like to spend some time with the kids and see where it goes from there."
"Well my name is Mrs. Hopkins and no problem, there's plenty of time to adopt," the woman turned and walked away.
Marco looked at Star and arched a brow, "Star? Do we want to adopt?"
"C'mon Marco, it might be fun having a kid running around the house," Star smiled and looked around at the kids as they ran and played, "And besides, we're already here so we might as well get to know some of the kids before we make a decision,"
Marco sighed and nodded as he felt someone tug on his pant leg. Looking down, he saw a small boy, no older than five, holding a soccer ball and looking up at him, "Hey mister, wanna play?"
Marco smirked and nodded, "Yeah, sure kid," he followed the kid away and Star smiled at her best friend before she began scanning the room of small children.
Spotting a child poke their head out of a window of a small plastic house and quickly ducked back. Confused, she walked across the room of child and up to the small house. Kneeling in front of the house, she knocked on the small door and a small, brunette girl with blue eyes looked at her, "Hi," Star smiled before climbing into the small house. The girl shyly smiled and waved, "So what are you doing in here all by yourself? What's your name?"
"My name's Megan, I'm five and I'm hiding," Star looked confused and the small girl looked at her in confusion, "Who are you?"
Star smiled and shook her head, "My name's Star and me and Marco are…"
"Who's Marco? Is he your husband?"
Star's eyes widened as a faint pink hue crossed her cheeks, "Uh…no Marco isn't my husband, he's my best friend. We've been best friends since we were babies." Megan tilted her head to the side, "Anyway, why are you…" they heard a knock and they looked back to see Marco kneeling in front of the door and Star slightly smiled, "Hey Marco, meet my little friend Megan,"
Marco looked at the small child and smiled, "Hi," Megan gave a weak smile and waved as Marco looked over to his best friend, "Hey Estrella, Mrs. Hopkins wants to talk to us," Star nodded before waving goodbye to Megan and she crawled out of the house.
The two walked across the room and Star looked back at the small playhouse before looking at her best friend with a small smile crossing her lips, "I think I know who I want to adopt," Marco looked at her in confusion, "Yeah, I mean I only had a small conversation with Megan, but I feel like she needs a family,"
"Star, we barely know her and we don't even know if…"
"We're coming back tomorrow and I want you to talk to her for a while," Marco looked at her and Star snaked her arms around Marco's left arm, "C'mon Marco, it'll be fun," Marco sighed and nodded as the two of them followed Mrs. Hopkins into the back room.
Mrs. Hopkins sat behind a desk while Star and Marco sat in the chairs in front of her as she tapped on a keyboard. She looked at the two and slightly smiled, "Okay, can I have your names?"
"Oh, I'm Star Butterfly and this is my best friend Marco Diaz," the woman looked at the two in confusion and Star frowned, "Is there a problem?"
"You two…aren't married?"
Their faces began to burn and Star shook her head, "N…no, but we live together, if that helps." Mrs. Hopkins hummed and continued to tap on the keyboard in front of her, "That won't be a problem, would it?"
"No, but normally we'd have a married couple or at the very least an engaged couple looking to adopt, but there shouldn't be any problems," the two nodded and Mrs. Hopkins went silent for a few minutes before looking at the two again, "Now where you interested in adopting a boy or a girl?"
"Well there was one that caught my attention. That little girl Megan," Mrs. Hopkins stopped typing and looked at them with a distraught look, "What? Did I say something wrong?"
"No…but…Megan, she's been here since the beginning. Her parents dropped her off the doorstep a few days after she was born. Adopting parents try to talk to her, but she just shy's away and people don't really take a shining to her and I'm afraid that she'll…"
"Crumble under the weight of rejection and have a mental break down," Marco finished and Mrs. Hopkins frowned and nodded, "We've all been there,"
"But we won't be like the other parents,"
"And I believe you," Mrs. Hopkins sighed and sat back, "I'll tell you what, why don't you two go home and sleep on it and come back tomorrow and spend a little more time with Megan," the two best friends nodded before the three of them stood up and walked out of the room.
Star and Marco walked up to the dark blue SUV and looked back to see Megan poking her head out the window. Star smiled and waved at her before she and Marco climbed into the vehicle and drove away from the orphanage.
The two best friend walked through the front door of their home and they walked into the kitchen. Star leaned on the counter and watched as her best friend began cutting vegetables, "Marco?" he looked at her in confusion, "Do you think we're doing the right thing in adopting Megan?"
"Star we're both eighteen so we're both old enough to make our own decisions," Star sighed and nodded, "Anyway, when are we going to tell our parents and the others?"
"After we adopt her, this way no one can talk us out of it." Marco hummed and nodded, "Okay, it's decided, we'll adopt Megan and introduce her to everyone after," Marco nodded again as he continued to cook dinner for the two of them.
Star and Marco sat on the couch in the living room, watching TV. Star leaned up against Marco and Marco wrapped an arm around her and lightly rubbed her back as the two best friends slowly drifted off to sleep.
The dark blue SUV drove up to the orphanage and Star and Marco stepped out and saw Megan looking through the window with a small smile on her face before she turned and walked away, "Well let's go inside," Marco nodded and the two of them walked up to the door.
The two stepped into the playroom of the orphanage and looked around before Star lightly nudged Marco and pointed to the playhouse, "She's probably in there. Go talk to her," Marco sighed and nodded before walking up to the small playhouse.
Marco knelt in front of the playhouse and lightly knocked on the plastic door. Megan looked up and Marco half smiled, "Hey Megan, my name's Marco Diaz, we sort of met yesterday while you were talking to my friend Star,"
"Yes," Megan nodded and Marco looked around, "Are you guys going to adopt someone?"
"Uh we're thinking about adopting," Megan frowned and nodded, "You know me and Star used to have a private place like this?" Megan looked at him in confusion, "Yeah, we had our own private club, but why do you hide in here and not playing with the other kids?"
"No one wants to be my friend, so I just hide here," Marco frowned and nodded, "Do you have any friends?"
"Yeah," Marco half smiled, "There are my three buddies Oskar Greason, Tom Damon and Blake Shelton and their girlfriends Salina Poinback, but a lot of people call her Pony Head for some reason, Jackie Thomas and Janna Ordonia and of course there's Star, probably the most important person in my life too," Star was kneeling outside the small playhouse with a small smile on her face and tears slipping down her face, "She and I have been best friends since we were babies." They heard a knock and they looked back and saw Star poking her head through the small down, "Hey Star, what's up?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are taking the kids out for ice cream and they were wondering if we wanted to join them," Marco nodded as Megan climbed out of the playhouse and Marco followed her.
Star and Megan sat down at a table while the other children began running and screaming. Marco looked at the two and slightly smiled, "Okay, what do you guys want?"
"You know I only like strawberry ice cream," Star smiled and Marco nodded before the two of them looked at Megan.
Megan looked at them for a moment, "Uh…mint chocolate chip," Marco nodded again and turned around and walked away, "He's nice,"
"Yeah, he is," Star smiled and looked back at the young 5-year-old girl sitting across from her, "So tell me about yourself Megan,"
"Oh…I like to color and play in the playhouse at the orphanage," Star frowned and nodded, "I don't know what else. No one at the orphanage wants to play with me,"
"I know Megan," Star sighed as Marco returned to the table and handed them their ice cream before sitting down next to Star.
The kids ran into the playroom of the orphanage and began running around, laughing and playing. Megan stood between Star and Marco when Mrs. Hopkins approached them and smiled, "Megan, why don't you show Miss Butterfly and Mr. Diaz your room?" she looked at the two 18-year-old best friends and saw them staring at her in confusion, "It's sort of a tradition we have here. The kids will show adopting parents their room." The two nodded and followed the young girl up the stairs.
Megan opened the door leading to her room and led Star and Marco inside. The two looked around, "It's not much, but I don't care," they looked at Megan and saw a small frown crossing her lips, "No one wants to adopt me so…"
"We're going to change that today," Megan looked up in confusion and Star slightly smiled, "Megan…we'd like to adopt you…if you want that is," Megan's eyes widened as she felt the tears build up behind them and she ran up to Star and hugged her. Star sighed and rubbed the top of her head, "It's okay baby girl, we're going to talk to Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins and with any luck you'll be coming home with us." Megan nodded and the three of them walked out of the room.
The SUV pulled up in front of a simple house and Megan looked out the window in wonder, "It might not be much, but it's home," she looked up and saw Star and Marco unfastening their seat belts, "Anyway, let's give you a tour," Star and Marco got out of the vehicle and Star opened the back door and took Megan out of the vehicle before the three of them walked up to the house.
After giving Megan a tour, the three walked into Star's room and Star lightly smiled, "You'll be sleeping with me tonight and first thing tomorrow we're going to get you your own bed, so clothes and a few other things you're going to need,"
"Okay," Megan half smiled and the three of them walked out of the room and down the stairs.
Here's the first chapter. Like I said, it's rated for future chapters and this is an AU. As always enjoy everyone and please let me know what you all think.