Marco slowly opened his eyes to see Star sleeping peacefully beside him. He rolled over and looked at the clock. "Woah... 1:30 pm..."
"Hm... What was that Marco?" Star said groggily. Marco turned to meet her eyes. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. "Good morning..."
"Good morning." Marco smiled. "Sorry if I woke you." Star smiled and chuckled lightly.
"No it's fine, I was basically awake anyway." Marco felt Star pull him a little closer to her. He smiled and hugged her tight. They enjoyed the moment. Marco took this time to reflect on last night he really let his temper go. When he saw Oskar put his hands on Star he wanted to destroy him.
"Star, we should really get dressed..." Marco said looking at the clock again. He heard Star whine lightly.
"Aww... But I'm so comfy..." Marco chuckled. Star has really gotten back to her old self, though there still is some problems. But compared to how Star was before everything, annoying, easily angered, it was a big change.
"I know, I am to, but we already kinda slept in." They got dressed and headed downstairs to the kitchen door way. Star poured herself a cup of water.
Marco sat down at the table and stared out the window. "Star... Can I talk to you about something?"
Star took a massive gulp from her water then sat down next to Marco, leaning against him. "Sure, what is it?" Star said before taking another long drink.
"When did your drinking problem start?"
"PPPFFFFFFFFFFFFOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Star did a massive spit take.
"I mean I heard you yell at Oskar that he was reason but like..." Marco took a moment. "When was the first time you drank alcohol?"
Star sighed. "Well... It was around a few weeks after we started dating, at this party..."
(FLASHBACK!)
"Come on Star, its not that bad." Oskar said holding out the shot of alcohol to Star. Star was very hesitant to take it she had heard bad things about that stuff from a lot of people and so this made her see it as poison. "Oh come on babe, don't tell me you believe that crap they say about booze do you?" Oskar said putting his arm around around Star.
"No... Its just I'm not sure if I want to." Star said with some fear in her voice.
"Star I'm tired of playing around. DRINK!" Oskar said shoving the shot into her hand. Star was a little taken aback by his sudden change in attitude. He never raised his at her or anyone really. "I said DRINK now Star!"
James put his hand on Oskar's shoulder. "Dude, she clearly doesn't want to do it so-"
Oskar shoved James' hand away. "Back off! Star drink the goddamn shot or we are so over!" Star felt herself tear up a little. She felt like she didn't have much of a choice. She downed the shot, it tasted awful, she forced it down her throat. "There... see not so bad..." Oskar said acting nice all of the sudden.
Through the night Star took a few more shots and it hit her like a truck. "Y-you know..." Star slurred. "This ain't that bad. You were right..." Star said, clearly drunk, then kissed Oskar.
(FLASHBACK INTERRUPTION!)
"Gross! Why did you have to add that part!?" Marco said cringing.
"Sorry..." Star said. "Guess I got to story-telly, can I continue?"
Marco sighed. "Yeah."
(FLASHBACK CONTINUE!)
The next few parties were the same, Oskar making Star drink but upping the ante each party with the quantity and quality of the alcohol. Pretty soon it was nothing for Star to down shots at parties this made her attitude change, by a lot. Mainly because Oskar's attitude didn't change. Whenever Star wouldn't do anything he asked he'd yell at her and threaten to break up with her. So she slowly turned into an angsty teen to kinda protect herself from Oskar's angry behavior.
(FLASHBACK OVER)
Marco felt his hatred for Oskar grow. "What a jerk!"
Star nodded. "Yeah, I don't even remember why I liked him."
"Well on the bright side, you and him are done." Marco smiled pulling her into a hug.
"Yeah and I have you now." Star kissed him and returned the hug.
They looked at each other and came in for a kiss. They made out for a while before breaking it. They heard a few certain giggles.
"Are we interrupting?" Star and Marco quickly turned, their faces redder than tomatoes, to see Jackie, Janna, Ferguson, and Alfonzo standing in the kitchen doorway, snickering.
"How did you get in here!?" Marco asked/yelled.
"Your mom let us in." Janna said still holding in laughter.
"So... anything interesting happen yesterday?" Jackie asked after she managed to stop giggling.
"Well we went to a party with a few people." Star said looking back at the night.
"What happened tell us everything." Jackie said sitting down at the table.
They told them everything from the arrival to the moments of peace, purposely leaving out the part with Star getting a little drunk. Then told them about Oskar and the fight and how Star's friends helping them out.
"That guy is such a turd..." Ferguson said clenching his fist.
"I hope that douche will finally leave you alone." Janna said
"Well why don't you guys hang out with us for a while?" Jackie asked. Star and Marco agreed.
The day was fun, they walked around town cracking jokes and reminiscing about fun moments. They went down to the Chinese restaurant. They were out until sunset. Star and Marco plopped down on the couch laughing.
"Today was so much fun!" Star said.
"Yeah this feels like old times..." Marco said smiling and laughing.
They turned on the TV watching whatever was on. They felt as if everything would be peaceful, but they're troubles and drama were far from behind them.