Chapter 2: Tell me the truth

A/N: Quick not before this chapter starts. This is a starco story most definitely, but it is going to be jarco for a little bit before anything happens between them. Trust me, its gonna kill me too. Anyhow, thanks for reading my story, enjoy!

Marco woke up to the sound of his alarm, it was time to get ready for school. He turned his alarm off, but instead of getting up all he could do was lay there and stare at the ceiling. So much happened yesterday, I hope star's ok he thought. He knew she was a tough girl, but even star had to have her limit. He sat up with a sigh and walked into the bathroom. Like any other morning, star was there getting ready for school. Marco stared at her from the doorway "Good morning star." He said. She turned and gave him a weak smile "Good morning Marco." She returned. He could see that her smile wasn't genuine, it was definitely still bothering her. "Star can we talk ab-." "You should get ready for school, I know you don't want to be late." She interrupted. She had this far off look in her eye, almost as if she was just running on autopilot. Marco couldn't think of anything to say, she walked right past him and out the door. He thought about chasing her down, but he figured he'd just talk to her later when they had more time. He sighed and got in the shower what am I going to do? He wondered. He washed himself off and brushed his teeth, the whole time trying to find a way to sort the whole mess out, but came up with nothing. After he got dressed it was 20 minutes before class would start. Usually he liked to be there super early so he could prepare for Jackie, but everything was off today, he didn't even really care about school at all, he just wanted to make star feel better. He jumped out of his window, using his magic to carry him to school in seconds. It seemed like he was there before star too, she wasn't at her locker like normal. "Marco!" he heard a gentle voice say from down the hallway. She was rolling around on her skateboard like always, and she was just as amazing as the day he'd first seen her back in third grade. Jackie Lynn Thomas, his crush of 7 years. Something had changed about their relationship ever since the sleepover all that time ago. After Marco admitted his feelings, something inside Jackie just clicked, she started to see Marco as a man rather than the safe boy she always knew. They started stopping more to talk in the mornings and having conversations at lunch too, they were even on a regular texting basis now, it was more than Marco ever could have hoped for a few months ago. As much of a man as he was though, Jackie knew Marco would never make the first move. He was shy, but she found that incredibly adorable about him. The date last night was amazing, all monsters and magic aside, so Jackie figured she'd take the next step ahead. She just hoped she got to tell Marco before anyone else talked to him about it. She rolled up to him and kicked her skateboard into her hand "Hey there Jackie, what's up?" he greeted. She took her helmet off "Well, I wanted to talk to you about something. Our date went really well last night, except for the whole monster bit at the end, right?" she asked. Marco nodded his head, that was probably the best day of his life so far. "Well…" she was blushing, Marco noticed she was twirling her hair with her fingers and she wouldn't look at him directly. "I did a thing." She said simply. Marco smiled "A thing huh? And what would that be?" he asked. Marco noticed everyone was staring at them and whispering to each other. What are they saying? He wondered. Some cheerleaders were even off in the corner giggling. Whatever it was, it seemed like everyone but Marco knew about it. "Uh, Jackie? You mind telling me what's going on here?" Marco asked. Jackie was still looking flustered, but she had to let him know eventually. "Well, I kinda already told everyone we're a couple." She admitted. Marco blushed a couple? Me and Jackie? His mind started to wander as he thought about all the things couples did together. They went on dates, hung out all the time, hugged, kissed, and… other things. That last thought made Marco's face burn red hot. How many times had he imagined doing those… things, with Jackie Lynn Thomas? Now it was a possibility if they stayed together long enough. His mind escaped into more graphic detail and he didn't even notice his pants started growing. Jackie did though, and even though it was embarrassing she stepped in front of Marco to block it so no one saw. "Hello? Earth to Marco?" she said. "What? Oh, sorry, I got lost in thought for a minute." He admitted. She smirked "What kinds of thoughts were you having Marco?" she asked, pointing down at his twitching zipper. Marco's blush came back in full force "I… uh… that's not what you think Jackie." He tried. "So what is it then? You gonna tell me you were hiding a banana in your pocket?" she giggled. "Exactly! See you know what's up." he laughed nervously. "You mean your thing Marco?" she asked seductively. Marco never knew Jackie was this… intense. In his head she was cool, calm, and sweet, but she was so much more and it was showing. "I'll take it as a complement, but I want you to know Marco, we won't be doing those things for a while, I'm not that kind of girl." She stated. Marco nodded "No I know that, it's just my imagination goes crazy on me sometimes, thinking about a beautiful girl like you." he said. She smiled "Well now that you understand me, I want you to understand something else." She said. She turned around and backed up, pushing Marco's thing up with her butt. Marco groaned, but only loud enough for her to hear. "Jackie what-" "Shhh." She interrupted. She started moving her butt up and down, grinding against the outside of Marco's zipper. Marco was moaning, but he quickly covered his mouth and closed his eyes, this was too much. "We may not do those things for a while, but I'm still gonna tease you Marco." She whispered. She stopped grinding against him and turned to face him. "Well I hope I'm allowed to do the same." He flirted, putting his hands on her hips. She giggled and loosely draped her arms around his neck "You can try." She taunted. This confidence he has now is really hot she thought. It was funny, just yesterday was their first kiss and now it was like they were playing chicken for who would be the first one to make a move in their new relationship. Marco decided that for the first time in his life, it was gonna be him. He swooped down and captured her lips in a passionate kiss. Jackie was caught off guard, she never expected Marco to be so bold, but damn if she wasn't about to enjoy it. She shut her eyes and melted into the kiss, tightening her hold around Marco's neck. Jackie's lips were so warm and soft, Marco never needed to taste another set of lips to know these ones were the best. Maybe waiting for something did make it so much sweeter. He had been this bold already, so, why not go a little further? His hands slid from her waist down to her butt and he gave it a little squeeze, causing her to jump a little and yelp into their kiss. He could feel her smiling as she came back for more kisses and he grabbed a handful this time, causing her to moan instead. This feeling was intoxicating, hearing her moan and yelp in response to the things he was doing, knowing he was giving her pleasure was the greatest feeling in the world. That was, until the school bell rang for first period. They broke their little make out session instantly. "Oh crap! Marco we only have like three minutes to get to class!" Jackie said. Their class was easily halfway across the school grounds, no way they'd make it in time. She gave Marco a look of remorse "I'm sorry I made you late Marco, I know you always like to be on time." She said. He touched her face "Yeah I do, but it's worth being late if I'm spending time with you silly." He said, smiling. She smiled softly, he was so sweet. "But we aren't going to be late either." He stated. "What do you mean?" she asked. "Well I do move faster than lightning you know." He laughed. Jackie instantly felt stupid, how could she not remember that? It had literally happened last night and she had forgotten about it already. "Thats right, you use lightning magic now don't you?" she giggled "You get more impressive each day Marco." Marco blushed "I'm nothing special, but we should get to class." Jackie stopped him "Before we do though, can I put my board and stuff in your locker?" she asked. "Sure." Marco said. He opened his locker and she put her things inside. After closing his locker Marco swept Jackie off her feet, bridal style, and took off toward the classroom. He made it there in a fraction of a second, all Jackie could remember was being picked up and suddenly they were in front of the classroom door. "Whoa." she said. "Yeah, it comes in pretty handy sometimes, especially when I'm fighting monsters." Marco stated. "I bet." she giggled. He let her down but she kept one arm around his neck, the other rubbing his chest. "My hero." she kissed him and entered the classroom, taking the seat next to his like always. When he entered the classroom he saw star sitting in her seat, she was staring out the window with the same far off look in her eye from before. Marco sighed and sat in his seat, while he was off having fun with Jackie star was still suffering and there was still nothing he could do about it. He felt so bad, not just about the book and Glossaryck, but about not telling her about his training and his powers. He could've told her right after his training was over with, but he didn't want to hurt her feelings so he figured it would just be his little secret. All that went out the window the second he knew she was in trouble though, there was no way he was going to sit by and be useless, never again. Jackie passed him a note. 'Why're you so far away?' he smiled and wrote on it 'You're literally right next to me.' he drew a laughing face next to it and passed it back. He got the note back a minute later 'Thats not close enough.' she had drawn a kissy face next to it.

The first half of the day went by pretty fast, Marco and Jackie were passing each other notes during all their classes and none of the lessons seemed too hard, not to mention it was Friday so the day seemed to fly by. The bell sounded for lunch and all the students flooded into the halls. Jackie managed to find Marco in the sea of people "Hey Marco you wanna have lunch together?" she asked. He really did want to have lunch with her, but he was more worried about star than anything else, she had been in the back of his mind all day. She hadn't talked to anyone since the day started, she barely talked to him on her way out of the house this morning. He knew she was broken inside, she probably wanted to cry her eyes out all day long, but Marco had taught her a long time ago that it was a rule of thumb never to cry at school. Of course that led to him having to explain what a rule of thumb was and it was a whole gigantic mess, but she eventually understood. In the entire time he'd known her star had never been this antisocial or quiet, and that was saying something for all the things they had gone through together. He held her hands "I'd love to Jackie, but I need to talk to star. Something is seriously wrong with her and I need to know what it is." he explained. She nodded "Do whatever you need to do Marco, I know she's really important to you." Jackie said. Marco smiled, he was glad she was so understanding. "Thanks a lot Jackie." he gave her a quick kiss and ran off to find star.

After bolting around the campus for about two minutes he found her sitting alone on the roof of the gym. He flew up there and stood behind her, not sure of what to say. She knew he was there, but she didn't say anything either. They stood in each others company completely silent, this was a delicate situation and Marco wanted to handle it carefully. "Star I was serious about what I said last night, we'll get your book back and Glossaryck too, you don't need to beat yourself up over it." Marco said. She huffed "You really think thats all this is Marco?" she asked. She stood up and turned to face him "I cried over that last night, I know I can get my book back no problem, but this morning I woke up and realized that my supposed "best friend" lied to me!" she yelled. "Star listen-" "No YOU listen Marco" she interrupted "You told me we could share anything and everything with each other, you told me we were best friends, you told me there wouldn't be any secrets between us, but then out of nowhere you show up using magic lightning? Are you serious Marco?" she screamed. Marco didn't know what to say, she was completely right to feel this way, he had lied to her and it was clear he had hurt her, but he didn't know what to do to make it better. "Star just let me explain." he said. "There isn't anything to explain Marco, you lied and now nothing will ever be the same. From now on I'll always have to question our trust, what kind of best friends need to do that?" tears were streaming down her face, but she didn't know why, she was more angry than sad right now. Marco stepped closer, he wanted to hug her and ask for forgiveness, to promise that this would be the first and last time he would ever do something like this. She backed away "Don't you dare come near me!" she screamed furiously "You're nothing but a liar and a promise breaker!" she had to bite her lip to keep from sobbing, there was no way she could be rational right now, she needed to go home and think. She jumped off the roof and ran as far and as fast as she could away from Marco, she couldn't even look at him right now without feeling incredible anguish in her heart. Marco was stunned, he had never seen star so upset before. He could see the hurt in her eyes, the hurt that was caused by having someone you trusted so much in the world make you feel like you couldn't be trusted. He had done this to her, made her insecure and unstable with just one lie. Thats how much our friendship means to her he thought. He was tempted to cry himself, but he couldn't let it happen right now. He decided he'd talk to her later tonight like he had initially planned, maybe some time to cool off was something they both needed.

Marco met Jackie in the cafeteria, lunchtime was almost over, but he wanted to spend what little time was left with his girlfriend. "Hey Jackie." he said plainly, sitting down next to her. She had known him long enough to know the face when something was bothering him "Whats wrong Marco?" she asked, hugging his arm. He leaned his head on hers "I don't know, star is really upset that I didn't tell her about my magic. She's upset that I lied and I'll admit she has every right to be, but I wish I could just explain why so we could get this whole mess sorted out you know? She screamed at me and ran off crying, I think she went home, judging from the direction she was heading in." Marco explained. "Maybe you just need to come out and tell it like it is Marco, sometimes being brutally honest is better than trying to sugarcoat it." she said. He sighed "Yeah, you're probably right Jackie, I'm just not used to dealing with stuff like this I guess." he said. "It'll be alright Marco, I'm sure that as your best friend she'll understand where you're coming from and you guys will get past this no problem." Jackie encouraged. Marco smiled "Thanks, you know just what to say to make me feel better." he kissed her "And you know just how to be sweet without even realizing it." she said. "Mind if I walk you to your next class beautiful?" he asked. "Don't you want something to eat first?" Jackie asked. "Nah, this whole thing kinda blew my appetite, lets go." he said. She threw her food out and he laced their fingers together. They walked casually down the hallway holding hands just like a normal couple. "You know before this morning, I'd never really noticed, but you have a pretty big butt." Marco stated. Jackie busted out laughing "What?" Marco asked "That was so random dude." she said, still giggling. "I'm just saying!" Marco defended. "Relax dork, thanks for the compliment." she kissed his cheek. "You know before this morning I never knew you had such a big thing tucked away in those jeans." she said nonchalantly. Marco blushed "Well I don't know about big, but uh..." he trailed off. She giggled "You're so cute when you're embarrassed." she said. "Yeah yeah, have your fun picking on poor ole me." Marco fake cried. Jackie laughed "Isn't that the point of a relationship? To have someone you can play with and do awesome stuff with?" Jackie asked. "Yeah, someone you can trust and tell everything to. Someone you really connect with." Marco said. He knew it too, the best relationships were never serious, just look at his mom and dad, they never grew tired of each other and they had been together for almost twenty years now. "You know, I am your girlfriend now." Jackie stated. "I know, I still can't believe it. Me, THE Jackie Lynn Thomas is dating ME." Marco said. She giggled "Well I'm nobody special, but dating someone comes with special privileges doesn't it?" she asked. "I guess so, never really had a girlfriend before so I don't know what those are." Marco admitted. "Well its different for everyone, some people only cross certain boundaries after certain milestones, but some just let things come naturally." she explained. "I don't think I really need to have any boundaries, all I ever really expect is loyalty and honesty, other than that you can do whatever you want with me." he said. "Well with me you can expect lots of kisses, hugs, cuddles, dates, and having a pretty cool time anywhere we go." she said "Plus some... other things." Marco was curious "What sorts of other things?" he asked. "For starters..." she unraveled their hands and put his hand on her butt "You can touch my big butt whenever you want." she whispered. "W-what are the other things?" he asked excitedly. "Well, I might send you things on your phone sometimes, whenever I feel like it." she flirted. Marco squeezed her butt and Jackie bit her lip "I'm probably going to be abusing this privilege the most." he admitted. She giggled "I figured as much." before they knew it they were at her class and the bell was ready to ring. "Well, I'll see you after school Jackie." he said. "See ya later... babe." Jackie said. They leaned in and kissed, wrapping their arms around each other and hugging after they parted. Marco sped off to his class, eager to get the day done with.

The rest of the day went by pretty slow compared to the first half. His classes seemed to drag on forever, he couldn't tell if it was the anticipation of walking Jackie home or the nerves of having his confrontation with star later, either way it was killing him, he couldn't even pay attention most of the time. He had gotten caught not listening twice and almost caught a suspension for it. When the bell rang and school was over Marco ran to Jackie's class, she was waiting just outside the door for him. "Hey babe, what took you so long?" she giggled. "Girl please, I'm fast and you know it." he joked. She grabbed his hand and started walking. "You mind if I come over today?" she asked "I could really use some help with my homework." Marco shook his head "I really need to sort this mess with star out tonight, maybe tomorrow." he said. Jackie frowned, she really wanted to spend some time with Marco, but she understood, this situation had to be killing him all day long. Knowing that your best friend was mad at you was never an easy thing to deal with. "Do you wanna talk about it?" she asked. He sighed "I dunno Jackie, its a lot. You might get bored." he stated. She hugged his arm "Couples are supposed to share their problems and feelings with each other, I really want to help if something is bothering you Marco." she said sincerely. Marco was touched, she sounded like she actually wanted to listen. "Well, it started when we got back from this crazy adventure..." he explained everything to her, the start of his training, the constant lying because he thought she'd mess it up if she found out, and about not telling star even after his training was over because he didn't want to hurt her feelings. "Oh Marco. Poor, sweet, stupid Marco." Jackie joked. He laughed "Thanks Jackie." he said sarcastically. "You had to know nothing good was going to come of lying for one. And for two, you need to have more faith in her Marco. She means well, I'm sure if you just let her know it was important to you she wouldn't have interfered." Jackie explained. Jackie was right, he felt like an incredible jerk for not thinking of all that beforehand. He put his face in his free hand "I'm so stupid, I can't believe I didn't think about this before I made such a dumb decision." he said. She started rubbing his hand and leaned her head on his shoulder "It's ok Marco, we all make mistakes sometimes, I'm sure she'll forgive you. I completely understand you just wanted to spare her feelings, but sometimes you can make things worse by assuming someone else's feelings." Jackie stated. Jackie was so smart and helpful, Marco couldn't believe he had never seen this side of her before. "Thanks for the help Jackie, I mean it. It was really cool of you to listen and give me advice." Marco said. "Well what kind of girlfriend would I be if I didn't silly?" she smiled. After another five minutes they were at Jackie's front door "Well, I guess I'll pick you up for school tomorrow?" Marco asked. "Tomorrow is Saturday Marco." she laughed, pushing a free strand of hair behind her ear. "Right," Marco laughed nervously. He slid his arms around her waist and pulled her into a kiss. One of her arms rested on his chest and the other was hooked around his neck, he slowly moved one of his hands to her butt and gave it a rough grope, making her moan right into his mouth. The two made out for awhile before realizing they needed to breathe. They parted just enough to get some air "You really are going to abuse that privilege huh?" she panted "I told you so." he said, smiling. They kissed each other one final time before Marco turned and waved goodbye.

Star sat alone in her room, as she had been for the past four hours since she decided to take a half day from school. At first she had been pacing around, but now she was just sitting on her bed, super depressed about the way things had gone down with Marco earlier in the day. She knew she overreacted, what with all the screaming and the crying, but she couldn't help it. She was really hurt that Marco didn't tell her about something important like this. She thought Marco was the one person in the world she could trust, she thought they shared a bond so deep they didn't have to hide things, but now she was second guessing herself. What did I do to make him think he couldn't trust me? She wondered. She wanted to know why this had happened so badly, she just wanted things to go back the way they were before, but she didn't even know if that was possible now. She hadn't just freaked out on Marco, she had called him names and emasculated him too. "I wish I wouldn't have freaked out on him so hard, I should've just told him how I felt and we could've worked it out, but now I don't really know whats going to happen. I can't even look at him without going all crazy and freaking out." she sighed and laid back on her bed, what was she going to do about all of this? She heard a knock on her door "Star? Can we talk?" Marco asked. "Come in." she said. Marco opened the door, shutting it behind him. He stepped forward into the room, but stopped halfway to her bed. He didn't know why he was so afraid to come near her, he just felt like she didn't want him there in the first place so he shouldn't push it. "Look, about what happened, can you just hear me out?" he asked. Star didn't even look at him, she just sat at the edge of her bed, hugging a pillow and staring at the floor. "Look I'm just going to be up front with you, I didn't lie to you because I didn't think I could trust you star, that was never it, I just didn't want to tell you because..." he hesitated, he really didn't want to hurt her feelings, but he knew he had to speak up otherwise their friendship would be lost forever. "Because what Marco?" star asked softly. "Because... because I didn't want you to get in the middle of it." he admitted "I thought that if I told you you'd want to come with and make an adventure out of it and I just wanted to focus on my training." star didn't know how to feel about what he said, on one hand she was happy that he did trust her after all, but on the other hand she was sad because he thought she was a screw up. "I'm an idiot star, I admit it and I'm sorry." he balled his fists and stared at the ground "I shouldn't have assumed you would mess it up before I even gave you the chance to prove me wrong and I should've had a lot more faith in you as your best friend." he sounded genuinely remorseful, star could definitely tell he felt bad, she was starting to herself "I know I'm kind of a screw up Marco, but if it was really important to you I would've tried my hardest to give you your space." star said. "Yeah, I know, I should've thought about it before I made a stupid decision like that, I'm really sorry star." he said. They sat in silence for a moment, but soon something started to eat at Marco, like something was welling up inside his chest. "You aren't a screw up star, and I really hope you don't think I view you that way." he said. Star looked up from the floor and stared at him "We all make mistakes sometimes, but that doesn't define who we are. If anything, mistakes make us stronger for the experience." he said "Honestly, I don't even think that was the real reason I kept it from you, I think I just... I just wanted to be something you were amazed by for once. I mean, you're this magical princess from another dimension and you can do all this awesome stuff, but I was just some random earthling who happened to be lucky enough to cross paths with you." he said. He was blushing now, the real feelings were coming out. Star finally stood and spoke up "I'm sorry too Marco. I shouldn't have freaked out and said all those mean things to you, I didn't mean any of them, I just wanted to hurt you so you felt as bad as I did." she admitted "I mean, you, my best friend, not telling me something this important? That really hurts me Marco! You didn't even think you could trust me not to be an idiot just this once!" she yelled. Since they were being honest, she figured she'd get out her frustrations too. "Star I never meant to make you feel that way, I just didn't want to hurt your feelings." he said. "Well too late Diaz! You messed that all up the second you decided to hide things from me and break our trust!" she shouted "What happened to our bond Marco?" she asked shakily. He could see the tears starting to well up in her eyes "I thought we had something special, something unbreakable. I thought we trusted each other with any and everything, isn't that what you said?" she choked. He stepped toward her but she backed away, just like before "Yeah I did, and I really meant it star, I would trust you with any and everything." he said. "Then why did you lie to me!" she screamed, throwing her pillow at him. She was full blown crying now "Because I made a mistake star!" he yelled "And I really am sorry, I would go back and do everything differently if I could, but I can't!" he stepped toward her again, but she stepped away again too "I don't even know why you needed to go and learn magic anyway Marco! Its not like we can't handle ludo on our own!" she yelled back. "More like you can handle ludo on YOUR own!" he shouted. That stopped star dead in her tracks What did he just say? "Come on star, we all know you basically beat these monsters and ludo on your own! My karate barely did anything against those things. I was sick of you always having to come and save me because I wasn't strong enough to do anything on my own. I wanted to be more like you star. I wanted to be strong and confident in myself, I wanted to know I could actually help you instead of being in the way all the time, that was the only reason I did any of this, it was all for us." he said softly. Marco felt like he was ready to cry too, there was no way star would ever forgive him for this. He made her cry and hurt her feelings so badly, he wasn't even worthy of forgiveness at this point. He saw her rushing toward him, she was probably going to beat him to death for being such an idiot. He closed his eyes and waited for the pain to come, but all he could feel was her face and her fists resting on his chest. She balled into his hoodie, hitting him with the bottoms of her fists so lightly he could barely feel it. "You idiot." she choked "You didn't have to do all that just for me." Marco wrapped his arms around her, he felt the tears stinging at his eyes too, so he let them go freely and cried with her.

After awhile they both stopped crying, deciding instead to hold each other in a tender embrace. "I really am sorry star, for everything. I know it doesn't mean much now, but I promise I won't ever lie to you again. From now on I mean what I said before, any and everything for as long as I live." he said. She smiled "I forgive you dummy, you just made a mistake this time. As far as I'm concerned, our friendship hasn't changed at all." she said. "You don't know what it means to hear you say that star." he admitted. She pulled away from him "We do have to renew our promise though don't we? So here goes. For as long as I live I promise to tell my bestie any and everything. To share all secrets and solve all our problems together." she spoke in a powerful tone of voice. She raised her pinky "Marco Diaz, do you pinky promise?" she asked. He didn't even have to hesitate, he kneeled and locked his pinky finger with hers "I pinky promise." he said. "Than it shall be so." she said, laughing. "So dramatic star." he laughed. "Well you know me Marco, I always have to be a little extra." she winked. "Yeah, star wouldn't be star without a little flare." he said. Marco was really happy they had managed to work through this, he didn't know what he was going to do if she didn't forgive him. Star was really happy too, she didn't know if her feelings were going to let her forgive Marco, but in the end he gave her a really good reason to, not that she needed one in the first place. "Well, its getting pretty late, we should probably start getting ready for bed." Marco suggested. "Yeah you're right." star said. Marco went to his room to change into his pajama bottoms and star changed into her night gown. They met in the bathroom to brush their teeth. The entire time all star could look at was Marco's smokin hot bod, she even had to look away a few times to avoid being caught. I may have been mad at him for wanting to hide his training from me, but I certainly won't complain about the eye candy. She thought. She had to mentally slap herself, she really needed to stop having these thoughts about Marco. When they finished brushing their teeth Marco started to walk towards the door "Well goodnight, see you tomorrow morning." he said. "Wait!" star said. Marco looked back with a curious look in his eyes "Well, I was just thinking um..." star was blushing, she didn't know how to propose this without sounding weird. "What?" Marco chuckled "Spit it out star, we promised to tell each other everything remember?" her blush deepened Of course I remember you idiot! "Well I was wondering if you'd spend the night with me." she finally said. Marco was caught off guard Can I even do that? I mean Jackie is my girlfriend, is that something you're allowed to do when you have a girlfriend? It should be ok as long as nothing happens right? He was struggling trying to decide within himself, but eventually he decided there was nothing wrong with it, its not like anything was going to happen between them anyway. Marco smiled "Sure, just like a sleepover." he said. They walked to her room and Marco stood by her bed, waiting for her to conjure him up a sleeping bag or something. Instead she just slipped into bed, looking at him "Well? What're you waiting for dummy, climb in." star said. Marco blushed hard "What? In your bed? I thought I was going to be sleeping in a sleeping bag or something!" Marco said. She giggled "Whats the matter Marco? Too nervous to sleep in a bed with a girl?" she teased. Marco sighed and climbed in, pulling the blanket over himself. Star wrapped her arms around his midsection, resting her head on his chest and cuddling him. Marco was flustered, he had no idea what to do. He wrapped his arm around her carefully and pulled her close. "Thanks for this Marco." she said "I've had a really rough day and having you here with me makes me feel so much better. I think I might actually be able to have a calm sleep tonight." she admitted. "No problem star, anything I can do to help." he said. Marco smiled, he really did enjoy her company, especially when they had these little peaceful moments like this. He laid there for a few minutes, eventually he felt her breathing become slower and she started mumbling, she was asleep. "Marco..." she whispered, suddenly a smile played across her face and she snuggled up to him even more. Must be having a good dream, and about me no less the thought was enough to make him blush, but he soon fell asleep, content that the bond he shared with star remained untouched.