After the knighting ceremony, Marco waited for the call to come in for his dinner with the Butterfly's. He waited for weeks for his letter. It was nearing the end of November before he asked for some help.
"Why haven't I got a letter yet, Pony Head?" He asks her, sounding heartbroken. "I'd think by now that I would get one, but nothing"
"Marco, you know the odds, what are you going to do if you lose?" Pony asks him, he just rolls over and pets a laser puppy.
"I don't know, can you talk to her?" Marco asks her. "I just want to know."
"Marco, Star has been busy these past few weeks" Pony tells the boy. "I haven't even seen her yet." Pony sees she isn't helping things. "Look, if it makes you feel any better, the reason why she hasn't talked to you is because the other suitors are probably trying to impress her, because you did nail that, and got knighted." Pony assures him. "Maybe you are last, because you spent that day with Star. The other suitors got placed ahead of you."
"I guess, I need to do my homework, Pony, I'll talk to you later." Marco gets up to cut the mirror off and falls asleep in Star's bed, Dreaming about them dancing.
"Goodnight, and thanks for the hat!" Star shouts, she is wearing a old west dress and 10 gallon hat. "That was fun!"
"Yes it was, Star!" The king tells her. "Although I wish they had more food than beans!"
"Yeah, at least it's better than the pirate guy! all they had was biscuits and fish!" Star looks a little queasy. "Not the best on a boat, am I right?"
"I guess so." The queen clears her throat. "So far, we have seen eighteen out of twenty suitors home worlds and traditions, The last two are ones you are familiar with, The Underworld, and Earth."
"Oh, great, do we need to see those worlds?" Star asks. "I've had a lot of experience in them!"
"Yes, Star, we do. We can't pick favorites." The queen tells her. "We have the demon prince scheduled for next Friday, and the knight for Saturday, send out the letters to them!"
"Friday and Saturday, sounds good to me!" Star says with glee, marking the days on the calendar.
Star looks at her calendar and sighs. "And it's only Sunday? It's going to be a long week."
"Marco!" Mrs Diaz shouts to her son upstairs. "Hurry up, you're going to be late for school!"
"Hmm?" Marco looks at his alarm clock. "Nine o'clock! I'm going to be late!" He jumps out of bed and gets dressed, brushes his teeth grabs a comb, works on his hair downstairs, grabs some toast and runs out the door. "It's ten after! If I hurry, I can make it!" Marco sees the school in the distance. "I'm going to make it! I'm goin-" He trips and a large thud is made. "Almost there!" He reaches the door to the school. "I mad-" The bell rings, Marco looks disappointed. A little kid approached him, wearing a Hall monitor sash.
"Well, well, well, If it isn't Diaz!" The kid sneers, Marco recognizes his voice and looks down at the kid.
"Jeremy!" Marco hisses "How did you become a hall monitor? I thought only upperclassmen had that privilege."
"Oh, they do!" Jeremy writes something down and hands it to Marco. "But my family is rich, and our principal isn't above bribery. Have fun in detention, see you in karate!"
"Hello, degenerates!" Skullnick screeched. Marco is sitting in detention at Star's old desk, he knows it's her's because her name is carved on it. "You are here because of your mediocrity, laziness, and stupidity." Skullnick grabs a bucket of chicken and starts eating it. "So I want you to work in pairs for this weeks detention."
"Ok, now who do I want to pair up with?" Marco looks around the room, He sees Alfonzo and Ferguson have paired up with each other, leaving him the odd man out.
"Hey Diaz!" Marco turns and sees a Girl in a green beanie hat. "Looking for a partner? I'd be glad to pair up with you." She cuts him a sly grin.
Marco looked around the room, seeing no other option. he sighs "Sure, Janna, why not?"
"Great, I look forward to working with you," She winks at him. that's what Marco doesn't like about Janna, She flirts with a lot of guys, including him.
"So, what did you do this time to get into detention?" Marco asks. Along with flirting, Janna is also known to be a troublemaker, and wears her slips as a prize.
"I shoved the little freshman hall monitor into a locker after he threatened me." Janna boasts.
"Did you let him out?" Marco asks. The thought of his enemy in a locker brought joy to him
"Somebody did, or else I wouldn't be here." Janna doodles on her desk. "But he was in there at least three hours."
"Nice," Marco laughs "That little brat deserved it! High five!" Janna high fives him and joins his laughter.
"I didn't think you liked harassing people, Marco? What's the deal between you two?"
"We go to the same karate dojo, he is my arch-enemy" Marco tells her.
"Your arch rival is a kid? Man that is hilarious!" Janna chuckles
"Get to work!" Skullnick shouts.
"I don't think you gave us a assignment, Miss Skullnick." Marco tells her.
"Well, maybe if you wern't making goo-goo eyes at each other, you would have heard me!"
"Ok, Sorry." Marco pleads "Now what are we doing?"
"A project on what you plan to do after high school!" Skullnick points her fingers at them.
"Wait, which one of us?" Marco asks.
"That's for you to decide!" She yells "And stop flirting! You're making others uncomfortable!"
"Yes Ma'm!" Janna grabs Marco "I won't say a word to you again!" She forces Marco to kiss her in front of Skullnick.
"Wahhhh, Why can't I have that!" Skullnick cries. she runs out of the room bawling. Marco pushes Janna off of him.
"What the heck, Janna?" Marco asks her, she gets up and dusts herself off.
"Sorry, Marco" She packs up her things "But I had to leave soon, but I needed to get Skulls out of the room." She waves him goodbye. "Call me later, and we can work on our project!"
"Ugh, It's going to be a long week." Marco sighs.
"Marco, there's a letter for you!" Mr Diaz shouts. Marco runs downstairs and grabs it.
"Who is it from? Star?" His mother asks. "What day will they be visiting?"
"Saturday, according to this letter!" Marco admires. "I get to see Star on Saturday!"