Oracle6044: His story will be revealed in this chapter.
Jordan: Yeah, I know, but I wanted to mix a few things up. Good to know.
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Marco laid on his bed and stared up at the ceiling with a hardened look on his face. He heard the door open and he looked up to see Star walking into the room with her head down. Confused, he sat up and arched a brow, "Hey blondie, is everything okay?" Star looked up with a frown, "Hey…what's wrong girly? Did my parents say something that upset you?"
"Marco…I need to know…what happened to you? Why does everyone in school and your parents think you're nothing more than a troublemaker?" Marco sighed and shook his head before looking away, "Please Marco. I want to know why people say those things about you. You don't seem like a bad guy,"
"It's a long and probably stupid story," Marco laid back and Star looked at him with a frown on her face, "I don't want to be the reason you get in trouble in school tomorrow. You might want to get back to bed,"
"No," Marco looked at her with narrowed eyes and Star looked down, "I would like to know what happened to you two years ago. I want to know what happened, Marco,"
Marco groaned and sat up, "This isn't exactly something I like talking about, but it happened two years ago when I was trying to date this girl named Jackie Thomas." Star frowned and Marco shook his head, "I had a few friends during the time, and after a poor choice of wording, one of my friends, Ferguson, turned around and began dating Jackie, end of discussion!"
"Marco," Star took hold of his hand and he looked up and panted, "Please tell me what happened. I would like the full story,"
Marco took a deep breath and frowned, "My friends, Alfonzo and Ferguson were trying to help me work up the courage to ask Jackie out. Now, I don't know if they were joking or being serious at the time, but they said that I was too scrawny to date Jackie and then they made a fucking comment on how Jackie will never bother with a safety obsessed freak." Star frowned and Marco shook his head, "I guess I processed it as a joke and I decided to return fire and called Ferguson fat and called Alfonzo a scrawny nerd who will never get laid. They fell silent and walked out of the house. I haven't seen them for the rest of the weekend and thought nothing of it."
"So…so what happened?" Marco looked at her and Star leaned closer to him, "If you had thought they were joking, why would they act that way when you decided to joke as well,"
"Well like I said, I haven't seen them for the rest of the weekend. When I went to school the following Monday, I saw posters on the walls of me with some hateful slurs, depicting me as a rapist, a twofaced friend and someone who just wants to get in bed with Jackie to name a few." Star's eyes widened and Marco took a deep breath, "At first, no one said anything, the halls were completely silent. I didn't know rather they were thinking it was just some stupid joke or not."
"So what happened?" Marco frowned and Star looked down, "I'm sorry…if you want, I can leave,"
"No, I'd rather tell you my side of the story so this way when you hear the others…you'll know the whole story and I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave," Marco took a deep breath before continuing, "So after a while, people started throwing books at me, shouting multiple slurs and everything. I went to some childhood friends of mine and hoped they would be there to support me. However, someone of the other comments that were written…well…their loyalty lies in a bunch of rumors. After being shunned by everyone in school, I lost it and started to attack anyone who decided to fuck with me. Long story short, I ended up friendless and had two weeks of detention. When I got home, instead of being there to help me, my parents scolded me. Apparently, the sick fuckers who made those posters decided to stop by the house and show them some of them. You know, normal parents will talk to their children. Mine? Fuck no, they were quick to jump to conclusions and on top of my detentions, I was grounded for a month. When they learned that I got into several fights in school, they added an additional month to my grounding."
"But…Marco, why would you sink to their level. You know that none of those rumors are true, so why would you let yourself lose control?"
"I wasn't thinking clearly at the time, and now it cost me everything." Marco stood up and Star looked at him in confusion, "You know what? I say fuck it and we skip school tomorrow," Star's eyes widened and Marco smirked, "If we go in then I'm going to up beating the living shit out of everyone there and I personally don't want those losers brainwashing you,"
"But Marco, we'll get in trouble and my parents will send me to Saint Olga's," Star frowned and Marco looked confused, "Please Marco, I don't want to get into trouble,"
Marco sighed and rubbed the top of her head, "Look blondie, if we do get caught, I'll take full responsibility. I wouldn't want you to get into trouble," Star frowned and Marco shook his head, "Look goody-goody, there's a stupid assembly tomorrow and I for one hate those fucking time wasters."
Star frowned and sighed, "Do you promise we won't get in trouble? I don't want to go back to Saint Olga's,"
"I promise girly, if we somehow get caught, I'll take full responsibility and whatever punishment they want to give," Star frowned and Marco sighed, "But if you don't want to, I'll walk you to school and then pick you up after,"
"I…I…I don't know," Star looked down and Marco arched a brow, "I don't want to go to school without my guide and I don't want you to get in trouble," she looked up with tears forming in her eyes, "Can you please come to school with me tomorrow? Please," Marco frowned and rubbed the top of her head, "Marco?"
"I'll think about it, goody-goody, but if I do decide to go to school tomorrow, I'm not going to be held responsible for my actions." Star sighed and nodded.
Some background for Marco's behavior, and the other half will be explained next chapter. Please enjoy everyone and please let me know what everyone thinks.