Hi guys! Just to inform you all I'll have the mid-season finale at this chapter! The book all together will have 15 chapters but I'm just letting you all know this now seeing as I'll take a small break coming Christmas and come back the day after!

I need some rest and I feel like I've been dedicated to writing too much. Plus I'm no robot lmao. Well enjoy!


"Again Star! I'm really really sorry for missing the hangout yesterday!" Tom said, respectfully bowing and I laughed at his performance. I almost feel bad because I texted him that I hadn't forgotten and that I'd never forgive him for bailing on me yesterday, but I was playing.

But this is Tom, I should've been more considerate seeing as he already felt some sort of way when I told him Marco and i hung out instead. Seriously, this guy is insane, but he's cute and makes up for it so I guess that's that.

We were in drama class with Mrs. Eclipsa who had set up a few things for each group to perform a Romeo and Juliet skit. The group consisted of me, Tom, Kelly, Pony and of course, Marco himself. Janna didn't take this class anymore since she traded it for another gym class, which was alright because that was Janna and there was no stopping her at her athletics.

"Soooo, I think we have to go over this skit one more time just so I understand it clearly." Kelly brought up and the others nodded.

"Yeah Star, this stuff seems kinda confusing. Did you mix the roles?' Marco asked and I happily nodded.

"Yup! Eclipsa said that we have to make our own Romeo and Juliet skit sooo, I mixed things up a little. There's Scarface Toth, who is portrayed as Juliet, whose family hates the Francis family, which is where our Romeo, Joseph Francis, comes into play. There's the two mothers that despise each other, Jules Francis and Scarlet Toth, and Scarface's adviser and trusty friend Dusty." I explain as they all understand a bit better.

"Ha, so who's Tom is he Dusty?" Marco joked, even earning a small chuckle from Pony and Kelly.

"Nonsense Marco, you're Dusty. My adviser and most trusted companion." I say and Marco sighs.

"Why don't you just make me a squire? It's kinda the same when you think about it." He perks up and I shake my head.

"Because in this story, Scarface's family isn't as rich as Joseph's." I tap his head and he rubs it defensively.

Kelly looked at the script and smirked while reading it.

"Heeeey Star, it says here that there's a small kiss scene right after the two mothers compromise." She mentions and I blush lightly.

Pony and Kelly oohed while I covered my face in embarrassment. Really?! If anything I'm already nervous, I can't take a break for nothing! Marco cleared his throat to catch everyone in the group's attention.

When he did, his pretty brown eyes widened, then he continued what he was going to say.

"Hey I hate to ruin the fan girl fest over here, but Eclipsa said we have about four minutes so I think it's about time we start running through this now." He said and we all nodded in agreement.

Which is what we did. We ran through the entire thing, with Pony and kelly in costume and pretending to yell and be angry with each other. They're acting was amazingly on point when they drove me and Tom away, and Tom's acting was by far the best. I did get butterflies in my stomach when he was behind me and put his hands on my hips for the Titanic-like scene and we pretended to fall in love, even though for me it was real. Him holding me like that was so refreshing and unbelievably calm, I wish it lasted forever.

Sadly it didn't, and we had to move on to the scenes when I asked Marco for advice on love and he played his part as the funny fool and my adviser perfectly. We all kinda laughed at his performance as if he was made for theater, and he somewhat was built for it and made for it. Then we got to the finale when me and Tom had to both commit suicide to conceal our love and drink the fake poison, since we were portraying Romeo and Juliet. Yes, there was a kiss, but Tom and I kinda shyed it out and just had a long and warm hug to end it.

And boom! We were all done and practiced out, and I gotta say it went pretty well. We went next after a few kids who also did pretty nice but I had a feeling that ours was going to top all of them. I gave Mrs. Eclipsa the extra script so she could be our narrator and we all got into place.

She spoke. "Once upon a time in the land of Mewni, there were two royal families that disliked each other to the core. The Francis and the Toth family. They had their ongoing feud for many many generations and it never changed. One day, both of the leading ladies, Scarlet Toth and Jules Francis, were arguing about the issue the families were facing with debt and inflation."

Kelly and Pony got in front, starting off their part. Kelly, playing as Scarlet, was pretending to yell at one half of the classroom as they followed along. Pony, playing as Jules, marched up to Kelly beginning their conflict.

"Excuse me! But you and your work is in the way of my construction and I'm going to have to ask you to move it Scarlet!" Pony said in her mightiest voice. Kelly scoffed.

"Sorry Jules, but unfortunately this property was given to me and I will use it whether it's blocking you or not!"

"Ugh, of course. You snobby middle class-ish Toths sure do love to get in the way of everyone's way."

"Well I'm no arrogant and sloppy Francis that barely pays attention to detail!"

"Why I never!"

They continued to go back and forth till there was a fake fight and Kelly broke it up, making a compromise to not cut paths with Pony unless one of her people were to cut in the middle and interfere with her family's peace. Pony nodded in agreement, wishing just the same. Then it cut to Tom's scene were he went to the market ran by his family and was getting fawned by girls, thanks to the girls in our classes by playing so nicely. Then he spotted the only one who seemed to stand out but was covered up by all the clothes so she wouldn't be seen. None other than Juliet, or uh, me.

"Why little maiden, why cover your face?" He says in character. Oh my goodness, he doesn't even need to be in character for me to fall all over him.

I went on. "Because, I do not belong to this family and I have betrayed my own kind. But our markets do not have what the Francis markets have."

He moved some of the cover from my face and saw that I was in fact, Scarface. He asked me so nicely why I had been here and I told him again fully. I'm not even sure if Tom was acting his nice attitude or just plan out being himself, but it was so nice no matter how he did it. Some of the audience loved our performance as we pretended to spend the entire day together and did that little Titanic-like pose and pretended to have a moment of love at first sight. I had that weird feeling that I'm always feeling when I'm with Tom, and cut the pose a little bit short.

It got to the point when I pretended to go up to my room and Marco, who played as my adviser came along. I laughed at the way he entered the stage and he stayed in character perfectly. I pretended as if I was in need of some love advice and Marco gave it to me straight, his voice so sincere and kind, all I could do was smile. I was so proud of him because I knew this is something that he'd tell me as himself. Just be true, and do what it takes to have what you want, even if you'd die for it. The crowd fell in love with Marco, as we hugged and that was end of our scene. However our hug was a little bit longer seeing as Marco didn't let go. When he did, he looked at me with those pretty, big brown eyes and then shook his head patting my shoulder.

That was weird, but he played it off well so that's all that matters. It was now the last scene, Tom and I ran up to each other.

"Joseph!" I exclaimed. "I don't care what your mother threatens to do to my family, she can have them! I'd rather be with you and you alone."

"Scarface, I love you and I'd die with you and for you no matter the case!" He exclaimed as well, pulling out fake little poison bottles. Of course they were obviously small empty clear bottles guys, don't be crazy.

"What are these?" I say, all dramatically.

"These are bottles of poison we must take in order to keep our love sacred forever and ever." He said handing me one. We crossed our arms so that he'd be taking the bottle I had in my hand and the one he hand in his. We were nearing the kiss scene, but I'm guessing that we're going to do another hug like we did for practice.

I nodded my head, getting back in character. "I love you forever Joseph Francis."

Tom's sincere look came, as he stared at me and our eyes locked.

"I love you too…." he said as his voice got lower for only me to hear it. "Star Butterfly."

Before I could question what he said, Tom did the most unthinkable thing in the entire universe. He kissed me! He kissed me in front of the ENTIRE CLASS! Some people were filled with oohs, awws, and even cheered for the ending scene. I however, had my eyes wide open and still shocked by this action. He's kissing me! He's REALLY kissing me! I can't even believe it! I don't even wanna believe that this is happening! Lord, please. Heaven are you up there?

He pulled away before I could get comfortable enough to kiss him back. Darnit! My only chance, and it was over already right before my own eyes. He looked over at me and smiled that freaking cursive bunny smile as my cheeks, no, MY ENTIRE FACE WAS RED! We pretended to take the poison and fell on the floor. Kelly and Pony did their part to be in shock of our death and came to an agreement to no longer fight and get along with one another.

And with that, the entire thing was over and the class clapped and cheered for us as we bowed. Eclipsa gave us all an A and say our performance was the greatest out of the class and had everyone excited and we all thanked her as the bell rung for sixth period. I was still flustered after what Tom tried to pull, in fact, Kelly and Pony made it worse by teasing me about it and all I did was get more and more flustered.

Why did Tom do that?! Was there any specific reason as to why?! We didn't even practice it and he threw me completely off guard! With all this frustration, I didn't even notice Marco standing next to me by my locker. I nearly jumped at his appearance and then sighed.

"Too many surprises today God! Any more surprises before I lose my mind or sanity?!" I exclaimed.

"Still pretty ticked about drama class huh?" Marco chuckled as I glared at him with my red, flustered face.

"Not ticked, just FLUSTERED! Marco whhhhhy did he have to do that?!" I exclaim. I hate to be taking my frustration out on Marco like this but, Marco is my friend he'll understand.

"Well, you have a crush on him Star I don't really see what the issue is. In fact, that for sure tells you how the nerd feels about you." He states as a wave of realization hits me.

Hey, he actually hit a good point. All this time I was so worried about how Tom felt towards me and now I know. If he didn't feel some way towards me he wouldn't have kissed my in front of the entire class. We would've down what we rehearsed and had a normal hug, but no. He kissed me and it sparked up my entire world. I needed answers as to why though, I couldn't just leave it at that.

My phone buzzed and I saw that it was Tom. I hesitated to answer it at first, but it was probably important.

Bunny Lucitor: "hey, can you come to the rooftop of the school? i wanna talk about what happened in drama today.."

I clutched the phone to my heart, forgetting that Marco was there. I turned facing his look of concern.

"He wants me to meet him at the rooftop of the school."

"Well, there's your chance. I think you should take it Butterfly the guy is waiting after all." Marco advised. I really did wanna go but, I was so scared of the outcome. Will he yell at me? Be happy with me? Ask me out? I don't know, it's just going to be an emotional rollercoaster I know it.

Marco grabbed my shoulder and I looked back at him. "It's now or never Butterfly. He's waiting for you upstairs right now. You either take that chance now or lose it forever."

Wow. When did Marco get so smart? EIther way it goes, he's right. I need to take this chance. I looked back up at Marco, holding his hand and giving him a reassuring smile.

"Thanks Marco." That was the last thing I said before I ran down the halls, not looking back.

Marco's POV

"Thanks Marco."

That was the last thing she said to me before running down the halls to go get what she deserved. A real chance at love. I sighed, turning over and heading down to the cafeteria, near the table with Kelly, Janna and Pony Head.

They were all continuing a previous conversation and I chuckled while walking towards the table while they spotted me and waved. I sat down, engaging in their conversation.

"Hey guys, what you lovely ladies discussing about?" I tried to bring up and Kelly was the first to bring it up.

"We're talking about that new exchange student from Italy over there at that table by himself. He looks so sad, but so cute at the same time." She said pointing to a table with some kid. He wasn't fat but he was chubby and he had a red and black varsity jacket on with some baggy gray pants and checkered vans like Tom's.

"All the girls have been looking over at him and I wouldn't blame em. He is cute as ever." Pony Head brought up and I chuckled lightly.

"Well, if he's cute and all how come none of you went over there to talk to him?" I say and they all shrink in their seats.

Janna was the first to say it. "We're scared he doesn't speak our language. You know, since he's from Italy."

Wow, stereotypical much? If they're like this towards that poor new guy over there I'm scared how they were towards me. The guy doesn't even look that bad, in fact he kinda looks nice.

"Hey, where's Star? We need her since she's the only one with guts to talk to the new guy." Janna brought up and I kinda held back from answering. However, they all looked at me for answers since I was the last one with Star so.

"She's up on the rooftop with Tom." I say and they all do this annoying squeal that could darn near hurt my hearing.

"Oh gosh! It's becoming real! They're gonna date! I keep hyperventilating but I can't stop I knew this day was coming and I'm so happy about it!" Kelly exclaimed and Pony Head did the same. Janna didn't make that reaction thank goodness, and I was sitting right next to her. However, she didn't really look all too happy. In fact, she looked somewhat ticked.

I guess I could understand somewhat. I didn't wanna let Star go to Tom, for some reason I just wanted her to be mad at the darn nerd forever and ever. But, why? She's been having me feel weird ever since we started tutoring together and it's crazy. She boosted up my grade, helped me realize what real friends are, and she help me start over my messed up life.

But that's not a crush right? I hope it's not. She's just been there for me and if she wanted to leave she could anytime she wanted to I wouldn't really care. After this whole thing between us is over, I bet she might even forget I existed and we'll go back to our roles of not knowing each other. But it's weird, because I don't want our friendship to end. I want us to be closer, or get closer and I wanna stay her friend.

But every time I hear that word 'friend' I feel like something is punching me in the stomach. Like, I want to keep that warm bright smile on Butterfly's face all to myself and never lose sight of it or her. I wanna hold on to her one day. Just one day.

I nudged Janna's arm and mouthed 'It's okay' to her because I know Tom and Star dating might cause one thing. She's scared she'll lose the only close male friend she has to Star, and I feel the same for Star. But in the end, we're just friends and nothing's ever going to change that. She gave me a side smile and mouthed 'Thank you' and I gave her a smile back.

Cousins stick together after all. Guess I did get closer to some other people during this time. Learning from Star has helped me out somewhat so I gotta take at least some big steps. I rose from my seat, looking over at the empty table with the new guy and walked over.

Pony Head and Kelly were too engaged in talking about Tom and Star to notice, and Janna was the only one wishing me luck and watching me as I moved over there.

I sat across from the guy who was just eating some stuff he packed and on his phone. It took him awhile to look up, but he finally did eventually. I smiled, giving him one of Star's best smiles.

Let's just hope my italian side is still ringing and still well.

"Ciao signore!" I say and the guy perks up a little bit.

"Ciao, but no need to speak italian for me I speak english as well." He says and I sigh in relief. I figured, why else would he transfer to an english school?

"Pft, yeah I figured. My friends were worried to talk to you because well they thought you only spoke italian." I say and the guy laughs.

"That's weird, why would I transfer here if I only spoke italian? I could've easily just went to an ethnic school." He laughs off and I laugh with him. Hey, he's pretty cool.

"Heh, well welcome to Oak Park. I'm Marco." I introduce myself and he shakes my hand.

"Nice to meet you Marco, I'm Ferguson." He greets as well. Hm, that's not a bad name.

"So Ferg, what brings you here to Oak Park? The rich economy, the programs, or the babes you were told that attend this school?" I say.

"Mm, the programs. The orchestra program in general, ha." He answers honestly.

"Oh, you play an instrument? That's pretty cool what do you play?"

"The piano! It's been my first love ever since I was born. Something that's been with me through thick and thin. I played it for my entire family once and I even won a recital with my awesome piano skills." He praised himself and I chuckled, clapping for the guy as he praised himself.

"Well that's pretty cool man. I never knew your first love was a piano. I always thought your first love had to be a person."

Ferguson waved his hand at that. "Aw nonsense! Your first love can be anything really. It's just something you treasure and cherish. Do you have something or someone you treasure or cherish Marco?"

That's a good question. Did I have something I treasure or cherish? Well nothing in particular that I treasure but someone...I had to think about that. Of course it's my mom and all the struggles she's been going through as a business woman, but that doesn't count I'm always supposed to love my mother no matter what. I had to think on that question, but I know I couldn't leave Ferguson hanging with no answer.

I shrug. "To be honest, I've never felt like that about something or someone. I don't even know what love feels like."

"Oh well that's easy! It's an overbearing emotion you get for one person. You'd fight for that person, you'd die for that person, you know a Romeo and Juliet thing."

As Ferguson said that, we both spotted Tom and Star, walking in with their hands held. She raised his arm in the arm and exclaimed "We're dating guys!" as Pony Head and Kelly squealed, running over to them and hugging them. I felt like I was punched in the stomach entirely, like my world was somehow snatched away from me and I was entering a nightmare I could not escape from.

Tom and Star are dating. Tom and Star are dating. Tom and Star are dating.

So what? I was happy for her, she finally got the happiness she deserved. So why was I so concerned and why was this random feeling in my chest here?

"Uh, Marco? You okay dude?" Ferguson says which takes me out of my thoughts.

I nod. "Yeah man I'm fine."

He looks over at Star and Tom and then back at me like he knows something I don't.

"Hey, you look so defeated. Is it because the girl you like is with another?" He says and my eyes grew wide. What? The girl I liked? Was he referring to Star, because I don't like her. Not like that...at least. I don't know.

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know how I feel right now Ferguson. I feel like I was punched entirely in the stomach as soon as they came out you know. Like I feel like I'm gonna lose Star now that she's dating Tom and we're not going to be as close as we are and-"

He put his finger up to my mouth to shush me, even though he could've told me to shut up. But I would've pummeled him to the ground.

He continued. "If you're feeling this way Marco, that means you like her."

My eyes grew wide. No way. That's not true, but then again, that could definitely explain this feelings I keep getting in my stomach. That I like Star. I like Star.

That's crazy.

Because I like Star.

She's the thing I cherish and treasure. Now I'm going to lose that. Ferguson slowly moves his finger from my mouth as I stare at him, still in awe of my wave of realization.

"She's the thing I treasure and cherish. She's the thing I love."


Star's POV

It's evening and it's finally time for the cypher. I wore my classical two buns, a oversized light brown shirt,well it was a dress but I call it an oversized shirt, with a plaid red shirt tied up on my waist, some lace black stocking and black tims for the occasion. Hopefully I looked pretty enough to impress someone, some meaning Tom.

Goodness, he confessed to me and it was literally the most heartfelt thing I heard which made my Friday. Well after he confessed I surely did confess back to him and we shared a loving kiss towards the end. It was all so unexpected but so nice. Afterwards we went downstairs to see the girls and tell them the news and as expected they were thrilled.

Marco wasn't at the table at the time since he was talking to some other kid who looked new, but he did do a little wave and I gave him a thumbs up in advance. Now it's cypher time. I was a bit nervous seeing as I'm going to be singing the song Tom wrote in front of a lot of people, but Tom's going to be playing the piano up there for me so I gotta sing for him. Also considering the fact that he's my boyfriend now so.

Tehe, it's kinda gonna get hard calling him that, but it makes me so giggly and girly inside. Today is just such an amazing day, probably one of my favorites out of all days. I stood backstage with Kelly, Pony, Janna, and a few other kids who were getting prepared to join the cypher circle.

Janna was involved in the first one, write after some kids killed it, she went right in a transitioned her rap right in the mix of it all. She right too, her rap was pretty cool. It fit perfectly and she had flow with every word she spoke out. When she ended with 'peace!' she dropped the mic and the crowd went wild, demanding for an encore. We continued clapping for her as she came back to us with all the energy in the world.

"You were amazing Janna!" Kelly exclaimed, hugging Janna tightly.

"Hell yeah girl that was lit! Since when did you learn to rap like that?" Pony asked and Janna shrugged her shoulders.

"Dunno, but I told you guys it was gonna be amazing!" She said and we all rushed over to give her a big old group hug.

"That was pretty amazing Janna." said a much lower voice and we all turned to see the owner. Tom and Marco were both walking up to us, Tom with flowers and a medium sized bear and Marco with just, well himself and that new kid.

Tom was wearing a leather jacket with black and white checkered button down shirt in it, black jeans folded down at the bottom and his natural checkered Vans. Marco had on what he had on today, a long smoky red trench coat with a big hoodie, a white shirt in it, some dark bluish green ripped baggy jeans and his usual black chucks.

The new guy just had on what he had on earlier, and seeing him standing now he was about Marco and Tom's height, he was just to their shoulders.

I walked over to them both, Tom hugging me by my side and greeting me with a kiss, giving me the gifts he had in his hand.

"Aw for me?" I say and he nods, the famous bunny smile appears.

"Yeah, all for my little Starship." he said, kissing my cheek and I giggle in response. I hear a cough from Marco and I turn to see him.

"Hey Marco, what's with the trench coat?" I ask and he blinked back.

"Really? That's the only thing you notice?" He says and I raise an eyebrow. I look over at the new guy and a wave of realization hits.

"Ohhh, hi! Nice to meet you. I'm Star!" I say and he smiles, shaking my hand.

"Oh nice to meet you too! I'm Ferguson! I'm an foreign exchange student so it's fine if you don't know me or if I seem new. I transferred here from Italy." He says and my eyes widened.

"Woah! Italy? That's pretty cool! It's nice to know Marco made a new friend." I say and he nods.

Tom chuckled. "It's nice to know Marco can actually make a friend. You know, one that's not one of your friends."

Marco glared, but then shook it off and made a crooked smile instead.

"It's nice to know that Tom acknowledges something that I can do, I respect that. Thanks Tom." he said, patting Tom's shoulder roughly. Oh boy, I really do hope these two get along, or else it'll be hard for me to handle.

"Well, I'm gonna go do some practicing for the people who plan on heading out. See ya later Starship." He says and we share one last kiss before he heads in the back of the bay where all the band members were.

I sigh, and Marco just pretends to gag a little bit as I laugh.

"What's going on with you and Tom? You two need to get along, at least for my sake." I say and he blows a raspberry.

"Star, I care for you, but not enough to get along with that nerd over there." He says and Ferguson nods in agreement. I sigh in defeat.

Oh well, it's not like that'll matter anyway. As long as they don't kill each other that's all that matters. So the next circle of people go, which are a bunch of lovey-dovey couples singing together in duets. It's so cute, this one couple sings a slower version of "Never Gonna Give You Up" and everyone aws at the performance. Tom and I shared a few glances as well, him getting a chance to look at me when he had the chance and I waved.

I love him so much. Now I no longer have to hide my feelings because he is now my boyfriend. Someone who's kind, funny, prepared, and always looking out for others before himself. I'm glad I met Tom, that's the only thing that's keeping me in control ever since I've moved here and I hope we last together forever. I mean yeah, I'm glad I made the friends I have too as well. Pony Head and her partyish attitude and her clothing advice, Kelly and her wise romantic advice along with some life lessons, and Janna with literally her fun spirit.

Then there's Marco.

Well I don't really know what he is to me. He's like a good friend to me I suppose. I mean he's definitely changed from when I first witnessed him, arrogant, sly, and ignorant. He isn't really like that anymore in fact, but some of those personalities are lurking in him somewhere I know they are. But he is changing, he even made a friend without me pestering him. Now that's saying something. Still though, hearing what my mother told me at dinner, about her and dad being hooked up the way me and Marco were.

Could that happen?

Ha. Not a chance! Just the thought of Marco liking me makes me laugh, he'd never fall for me in that way, he's capable of falling for someone like Pony or maybe Jackie again. Wait, no not Jackie again. I don't want him with her again after all the drama they've been through, just for him to find someone more worthy than her. I hope he does, and I hope she's lovely.

The second circle finishes, leading to the third circle, which is the one I'm in and I start first. I exhale slowly, walking up to the stage as everyone stares at me. Okay, now those butterflies are slowly starting to form again as I see all eyes on me. I hear a small noise from behind and turn to see Tom giving me the thumbs up, showing me his spectacular bunny smile that reassures me as he starts to play.

I close my eyes and start to sing.

"Sweet love, sweet love
Trapped in your love
I've opened up, unsure I can trust
My heart and I were buried in dust
Free me, free us
You're all I need when I'm holding you tight
If you walk away I will suffer tonight"

The room still gets quiet, but I know everyone has their eyes wide open on me, watching me sing every word. I've never sang in front of a crowd, and this is all new for me still, but Tom's calm piano playing helps soothe it. It's as if he's guiding me through it all.

"I found a man I can trust
And boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can't you see that I'm bound in chains?
I finally found my way
I am bound to you
I am bound to you"

"So much, so young, I've faced on my own
Walls I built up became my home
I'm strong and I'm sure there's a fire in us
Sweet love, so pure"

"I catch my breath with just one beating heart
And I brace myself, please don't tear this apart

I found a man I can trust
And boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can't you see that I'm bound in chains?
I've finally found my way

"I am bound to you
I am bound toooo…"

"Suddenly the moment's here
I embrace my fears
All that I have been carrying all these years
Do I risk it all? Come this far just to faaaaaall?
Faaaaaall!"

"I can trust and boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can you see that I'm bound in chains?
And finally found my way"

"I am bound to you
I am, oooooh I am
I'm booooouuuund to...

Yoooou."

Tom stopped playing as everyone cheered. They were throwing roses and so many other things and all I could do was sit there and cry. I looked back at Tom who got up and hugged me as I buried my face in his chest. I sang, I sang with so much power in me that I cried my eyes out. We walked off the stage and Pony rushed over to me, hugging me and crying as well.

"B-Fly! I did not know you could sing like that girl!" She exclaimed and Kelly came over to hug me as well.

"I didn't know either Star! That was amazing!" Kelly exclaimed and I laughed, hugging them both back. Marco patted me on the shoulder.

"Well done butterbutt. You did waaaay better than I expected. You think I'll do any better?" He asked and I playfully punched his arm.

"Of course, you got Tom playing piano for you so you're golden." I say and Tom kinda held back when I commented that.

"Woah, I'm not playing backup for him." He said and Marco scoffed. Oh boy here we go.

"What do you mean? They said you were supposed to stop until it got to the fourth circle." Marco says defensively, which is surprising that he actually cared about going.

I nudged Tom's shirt. "C'mon Tom, can you do it for me?"

"Sorry Starship I already signed out. Marco here is just gonna have to find another loser nerd to play piano for him." Tom spat, and Marco looked as if he was going to beat the crap out of him. But he held back and sighed in defeat.

"I can play for you buddy!" Ferguson said cheerfully. "Remember, I told you I was a star piano player."

Marco's face brighten up as he side hugged Ferguson and they ran up on the stage. I looked over at Tom who looked unamused. I wonder what that was all about, that was actually kinda weird to see Tom act like that.

Ferguson hit one, getting the ok look from Marco and then BAM! It was like he was entirely a whole different person. He wasn't joking when he said he was a star piano player because as soon as he played, all the crowd could do was clap along. Then Marco started to sing.

"You could never know what it's like
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use"

Holy crap! Was that Marco? I wasn't so sure when he started singing it was actually quite nice. His voice was so nice and pretty all I could do was smile and not stop my smile from getting wider and wider. Like I was some proud mother.

"And did you think this fool could never win
Well look at me, I'm coming back again
I got a taste of love in a simple way
And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away
Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind"

He then did the unthinkable, pulling out a electric guitar that was near the band bay and started playing it. Everyone cheered him on as the band joined Ferguson who was rocking it on the piano. It was as if this was the true meaning of a cypher, everyone rocking out while taking turns and singing. Pony, Janna and Kelly all cheered for him as he rocked the house and made the cypher more exciting than it already was.

He looked over at me and had those big pretty brown eyes wide open and excited like he was an excited little kid. He smiled this adorable wide smile and I couldn't help but giggle. Being on that stage made him feel like a little kid again.

"Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I'm still standing! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
I'm still standing! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

The crowd went wild. Cheering for Marco on and on as he and Ferguson bowed respectfully, leaving the stage. The ran over to us and we all continued to clap just for them.

"Holy cow Marco! I didn't know you could kill like that! That was sick bro." Janna exclaimed.

"Yeah! That was lit and kinda hot I'll give you some props Diaz! You might be gettin' ya mojo back!" Pony joked and we all laughed.

"Ferguson the way you played that piano was so amazing!" Kelly said, playfully punching Ferguson's shoulder and Ferguson blushed a little bit. He chuckled lightly in defense and thanked Kelly for her compliment as we all laughed.