So I've come to a realization of sorts, this whole writing the story before posting it thing is obviously not working for me so I've decided to pull my once a week updates and from this point forward, I will be rushing this fic to its conclusion so that I can be done with it. The reason for this is … well … had I worked on this while I posted it, I would have realized sooner how few people were interested in it and would have spent my time in something that more people would have liked. Anyway, let's get the reviews over with.
Heavybond56: No, this story is actually about to get complicated. I should know, I had to double check my work a number of times while writing it.
Disclaimer: Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters belong to Daron Nefcy.
Marcus and Faith are my OC's
Beta read by Sabrina06
(No one's POV)
(The next day)
Marco was downstairs staring outside the window trying to get his mind off his best friend.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Star asked catching the boy off guard.
"Wha? Uh … no, just … waiting for everyone else, that's all."
"Well they'll be here soon enough, you don't have to stand by the window the whole time."
"Right." Marco said as he stepped away from the window. "Say … Star … you don't think Janna invited Jackie, do you?"
Star opened her mouth to respond but wasn't entirely sure who Janna invited, in all honesty. Jackie would make things awkward for both of them, thus making Star's actions much less out of the ordinary; but she would never want to do that to Marco and she knew Janna wouldn't do that either, would she? "I'm sure Janna didn't invite Jackie, I mean … seriously, what are the odds of that?"
"Too high for my liking." Marco replied.
Before Star could respond, there was a knock at the door causing Star to rush over and throw it open. "Marcus!" Star exclaimed as she pulled him into a hug before noticing the girl who was standing next to him. "And you must be Faith." The girl in question was a little shorter than Marcus, with a pink hoodie, baggy pants, and mid length messy blond hair that covered her right eye and part of her left eye barely showing its blue color. In addition, she was propped up with forearm crutches and there was a burn on the right side of her neck. "Marcus told me a lot about you, but he never mentioned how beautiful you are." Star stepped out of the way allowing Faith to step into the house.
"Awe, that's sweet of you." Faith replied as she began moving into the house. "But you don't have to lie."
"I'm not making it up, I think you look gorgeous."
Faith smiled at Star before turning around to address everyone. "Well, all that aside, today is the concert!" She exclaimed with glee before freezing, with a concerned look on her face. "I'm dressed okay, right?" She shifted her weight to her left side and quickly brushed her hair out of her right eye, almost hitting Marco with one of her crutches but allowing Star and Marco to notice that her left eye was green, a different color than her right. "I mean I've never been to a concert before so I have no idea what I'm supposed to wear."
"You're fine." Marcus reassured as he closed the door behind them. "You're drastically over thinking this if you ask me."
"You've never been to one either Marcus." She replied.
Star stepped between them and placed a hand on Faith's shoulder. "You're fine, if anything, I'm the one who's outfit stands out because I'm the only here not wearing a hoodie." Faith looked around at both the guys in the room before looking back to Star who was wearing a light blue sundress. "That doesn't matter though, because I have something I'm preparing that will make all of us match."
"Wait a second." Marco began as his voice filled with hope. "Are you making more concert Tees?"
Star turned to Marco with a furious look on her face. "Don't spoil the surprise!"
"Did you seriously make concert tees?" Faith asked as she moved towards Star. "Because that would be the most amazing thing ever."
"I'm almost finished, I only need to know who Janna chose as our sixth and I should be able to finish them before we get there."
"Speaking of which." Marcus began. "Any idea when they will arrive?"
As if waiting for someone to ask, the doorbell rang and Star rushed over hoping it was who she thought it was. "Janna?" She said as she threw the door open. What she saw wasn't exactly who she was expecting, sure, it was Janna, but with her was quite possibly the last person she expected.
"Hey Star." The demon prince known as Tom greeted. "Long time no see."
Star forced herself to maintain her smile as she grabbed onto Janna's sleeve and dragged her into the house. "I need a word with you."
The rest of the group watched in confusion as Star dragged one of her best friends upstairs leaving Tom with the rest of the group. "So." Tom began. "Is anyone going to introduce me to the new faces?"
Meanwhile, Star and Janna were in Star's room, were Star was chewing out Janna out. "You invited Tom?! Of all the people of any dimension, Tom?!"
"I said I would invite someone who would make the way you act not so suspicious." Janna replied. "If anyone thinks you're acting weird then you can just blame it on his presence."
"That's not the point." Star replied. "If Tom finds out about my feelings for Marco then he'll kill him, or worse!"
"You don't put enough faith in him. And if that is true then simply don't let him find out about your feelings for Marco." Janna replied. "It's not like you plan on telling Marco about your feelings for him."
Star opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. Janna did have a point, Star had no intention of ever telling Marco about how she felt; which means that this was actually a better idea than she initially thought. She still thought that it was a bad idea though. "Fine." Star said in defeat. "But you have to help me finish up the Love Sentence concert Tees."
"Whatever." Janna said with a shrug. "Before we do that though, seeing as you don't plan on laying a claim on Marco, would you mind if I asked him out?"
"What?"
"I mean you do have good taste, he is a fine catch after all."
Star froze as her left eye started to twitch. "Are you … seriously asking … if you can go out with my crush?"
"Yeah." Janna replied before shoving her hands into her pockets. "I'm asking you if it's all right with you."
Star paused for a moment before letting out a long sigh. "I don't own him, if he says yes then … what can I do?"
"Sweet." Janna replied.
Meanwhile, back downstairs, the rest of the gang was getting acquainted with the demon prince Janna had brought with her. "So you're really a fan of Love Sentence?" Faith asked from her seat on the couch.
"Yeah, I mean I was a little embarrassed about it at first but I've grown to accept it." He snapped his fingers causing a giant hole to burn in the wall revealing his carriage. "And I've prepared my ride specifically for tonight's festivities."
"Oh." Faith said feeling a little upset. "I guess that means we're not walking then, huh? I mean nothing against your ride Tom, I'm sure it's great and all but-"
"Wait, walking?" Tom asked. "Why would you want to walk?"
"We wouldn't be walking even if Tom didn't bring a ride." Marcus replied as he stood behind the couch.
"I don't need you looking after me Marcus." Faith hissed. "And I'm a lot better at waking since I got a new piece of hardware in my leg."
Marcus face palmed as Tom and Marco shared a confused and concerned look. "Okay, first off, I am aware of the metal plate, but that wasn't put there to help you walk."
"Yes it was."
"Don't try and pull one over on me, your father went over this in detail, that metal plate is there because your leg wasn't healing properly."
"But they took the opportunity to add in support as well. I'm sure I could hold myself up, even without one of my crutches."
Marcus facepalmed again. "Okay, I believe you, but that brings me to my second point, the concert is over an hour away by car." The entire room was silent as Faith slowly turned away feeling a little foolish.
Both Tom and Marco looked at Marcus who also looked a little embarrassed himself. "Okay, maybe I went too far." He slid over the couch and into the seat next to her. "Look, I know you're improving and all, but you have to remember that those of us who aren't amazing have limitations." He placed a hand on her shoulder as she began to turn back slightly. "So when I say we won't be walking that far, it's not because I don't think you can, but because I know I can't."
"Marcus?" Faith asked softly. "Could you take your hand off my shoulder?"
Marcus was quick to pull his hand off Faith's shoulder and retreat to the other side of the couch apologetically.
There was an awkward silence about the room until Star came sliding down the stairs with Janna walking close behind. "I'm back!" Star sang as she held a pile of shirts in her hands. "And guess what I have for everyone."
"Concert Tees?" Faith asked hopefully.
Star nodded as she placed the pile of shirts onto a nearby table and picked one up for everyone to see. It had a mini version of each of their faces all lined up with Star's on the far left followed by Marcus, Janna, Tom, Faith, and finally Marco in addition to having the phrase 'Love Sentence Concert squad' above them in big bold letters. "Hand crafted, like always." She walked around the room giving a tee to everyone as she did.
"And they're larger this time." Marco said as he easily managed to get his head through the hole.
"Yup." Star said with a smile. "I made sure to make them all the right size this time, I will admit, I had to use a little magic because I didn't know who our sixth was, but other than that, completely hand made."
"Well they look great." Tom began. "Shall we be going then?"
There was an awkward silence until Janna pointed over to Faith who was still trying to get it over her head. "I've got it." She said as she struggled with the shirt. "I do this every morning, just give me a few minutes."
"Need a hand there?" Tom asked.
"I'm fine thank you." Faith replied as she finally managed to get one arm through a sleeve. It took a good four or five minutes but eventually, she managed to get her hand through the other sleeve and her head through the hole. "Phew, sorry about that." She looked over to her crutches and began to reach for them.
Janna was quick to pick them up and hand them to Faith, causing Faith to look at her with a slightly offended expression. "Here you go." Janna said without looking at her.
Faith looked at the crutches and sighed. "Thank you." She said as she took the crutches from her and began working her arms into them. "Okay then, let's get going." She slowly pushed herself to her feet and began making her way over to Tom's carriage while the others waited for a moment.
"Anyway." Janna began as she got up and took Marcus's hand. "How about you accompany me fire boy."
"Uh." Marcus mumbled as Janna dragged him over to where Marco was.
"And you as well." She said as she threw her arm around Marco's shoulder and pulled Marcus closer to throw her other arm around his shoulder. "One can never have too many guys."
Star watched Janna in disbelief as she dragged both Marco and Marcus with her, while Faith also stared as they passed her. "What the-" Faith mumbled as Janna walked both the other boys into the carriage.
"So." Tom said as he walked up to Star. "After you?"
Star looked at Tom then back at Janna and then back to Tom. "I … okay, fine."
Tom watched in confusion as Star walked to the carriage and followed soon after followed by Faith. As Faith reached the door to the carriage, she found that all the others were just standing there, staring at the inside of Tom's carriage in awe. "What's everyone staring at?" She asked as she tried to look past them, to no avail. "Come on! Let me-" She was cut off when she finally managed to get a good look at the inside of Tom's carriage. "Whoa." She whispered.
And that's the end of the chapter.
Enjoy your day and please leave your tears in the collection bucket.