Returning home:
Star found herself stuck outside the Diaz home. She was trying to figure out exactly how to tell Marco's parents what happened. She reached slowly for the door handle, opening it as slowly and quietly as she could. They were both huddled around the TV, watching the news report about the school, completely silent as the reporter vaguely explained the circumstances. 'Hey...You guys.' both their heads snapped around too her, and they both rushed towards her with their arms wide open open. 'Thank goodness you're alright!' They both said in unison. Star felt comfortable in their arms, but couldn't fully relax, she was just waiting for the obvious question to come. 'Where is Marco.' Either of them would ask. Would she even be able to tell them? But to her surprise, neither did. They pulled away,
and she saw their faces. They were pained. They could already tell by Stars attitude that she didn't know about Marco, and didn't want to worsen her mood by interrogating her about it. There were no more words. Star went to her room, while Marco's parents remained downstairs.
Once Star was gone, Angie broke down crying. 'It's okay.' Raphael held her softly. 'Our son is tough. I just know he's going to be okay.' He was doing his best to hold himself together while he said this. 'You're right. He's been through tougher situations with Star, I assume.' with this, the both of them looked up the stairs towards her room. 'She's probably blaming herself for all this. I hope she's okay.
As soon as she entered her room, she decided to try and call Marco's cell, but it immediately went to voicemail. Not a good sign. She didn't want to try again. She walked to her window to stare out at the city. It looked strangely calm considering everything that was going on. She felt her emotions getting the better of her as her thoughts drifted back to Marco. She wanted to believe him and Jackie were okay, but her doubts kept getting the better of her. The only thing she could really take comfort in is that she still had her wand.
The phone rang downstairs. Angie was quick to her feet, though she was a little hesitant to answer in case it was someone calling to confirm her fears about Marco. Thankfully, it was the exact opposite. '...We have your son here. We're checking him out for injuries.' She thanked the woman on the other side of the phone wildly before hanging up and turning to Raphael. 'He's okay! Get Star we need to go see him.' Raphael didn't argue, he just proceeded to get ready to go with an over enthusiastic smile on his face. 'Star!' Angie yelled upstairs. Star appeared from her room, still looking pained. 'He's okay! Come on!' Star filled up with energy almost instantly as she bounded downstairs and out side into the car. The overall mood in the car was a good one as they traveled over the newly cracked roads of the crumbling city.
