Hello everyone, I am here today with another chapter if this fic that I'm writing. I hope you've all enjoyed it thus far because it's coming to an end soon. I don't have much else to say though, so I'll cut right to the reviews.

Robertkellett: I'm glad that you're enjoying it and I will assume that you mean that Star and Marco need to work on their communication with each other.

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Disclaimer: Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters belong to Daron Nefcy.

Beta read by Sabrina06

(Star's POV)

There were too many questions going through my head right now, and it was not helping my all ready aching head. "Marco …I … I just-"

"I'm guessing you have a few questions." He replied.

"That is the understatement of the year." I retorted. "I'm not even sure where to start."

He was silent for a moment before nodding. "I'm … guessing you don't remember much from last night."

"Let's start with that then." I replied.

"Okay … well … after you broke up with me-"

"Charro." I corrected. I had no idea what had possessed me to make such a statement but I simply rolled with it for the time being. "I broke up with Charro, not you."

"Okay … after you broke up with Charro, you went inside while … Charro stayed outside."

"You can just say you for that."

"But you just said-"

"I said I broke up with Charro." I replied. "I … I just wanted to make that distinction … carry on."

Marco shrugged but continued. "Okay, after all that, I stayed outside while you went inside. I had a talk with Jackie before deciding that it was time for me to go home, but as I made my way to the door, I saw you sitting across from the guy I punched at the ball, drinking what I would later find out was something containing a high percentage of alcohol."

"That explains why I can't remember anything, and why I have a massive headache." I noted as I looked to the side. "Wait a second, you were talking with Jackie? Did she know you were the Charro?"

"She … found out" Marco began. "I changed at the local gym but … Jackie works there and she saw Charro leaving the locker room without having entered."

"Ah … so … you and Jackie … weren't dating?"

"I'm over her Star." Marco replied. "And even if I wasn't, I was dating you … or at least part of me was, and I would never cheat on someone."

"Oh," I felt my heart begin to race again. "That's … okay … go on."

"Anyway, when I saw him with you, I confronted him and we had a brief scuffle before we were informed that we weren't allowed to fight. After that, I challenged him to a dance off, I won, he got angry and punched me in the face."

"He … oh my." I slowly ran my finger over the cut on Marco's face, somehow not noticing it until now. "Marco ..." Had it been any other kind of circumstance I would have been upset with Marco trying to protect me, but seeing as I was impaired, I couldn't be angry at him for at least looking out for me. "You got hurt … because of me."

"Ha! A lot of good I did, you were the one who threw him across the room, I simply carried you home and make sure you drank enough water to reduce the hangover."

"Hangover?" I asked as I rubbed my head. "You mean it was going to be worse?"

"Oh yeah, it could have been a lot worse."

"Wow … that's … a scary thought." We continued to sit there for a moment until I managed to come to a conclusion about what I should ask next. "So why were you sleeping there?"

"Here?" He asked. "Well ... I was checking up on you … to make sure you were okay … I guess I was more tired than I thought."

"Oh … well … it's sweet that you took care of me, I'm very grateful for that."

"It's the least I could have done." He replied. "I mean what with me … being the Charro and all."

I nodded in agreement but honestly, I didn't agree with him at all. I wasn't sure if it was denial over the fact that I had just broken up with the boy I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, or hope that I may still have a chance with him, but I wasn't ready to accept that my Marco was also the Charro, sadly, I had little choice. "So … tell me … about your connection to the Charro."

"My connection?" He asked.

"I don't know!" I exclaimed. "Why did you do it? How did you do it? What was it about? Tell me something because … because I don't know, just say something!"

Marco sighed and nodded. "Okay then, it started with the masquerade ball; you told me that I wasn't invited, but I was, so I wanted to go, seeing as you wouldn't notice me there. I went, you saw me … or the Charro, I guess, you … I think you fell in love with him." He bit his lower lip. "That was never my intention though Star, please, you have to believe me on that."

"I believe you." I replied as I looked away. 'Seems fitting that I fell in love with you twice anyway.'

"Okay then, so … I … I didn't want to lead you on like I did … I knew I couldn't stay with you but … it almost seemed like I couldn't control myself when I was Charro and… and I was … scared."

"Scared?"

"Of losing you." Marco replied. "I wanted to break things off the day we were supposed to meet in the park but …"

"I said I didn't want to be friends with Marco Diaz." I finished.

Marco nodded. "I panicked. Thing is … I really cherish what we have but … I can't make you do something you don't want. It took me some time to realize this but … I realized that being with you doesn't mean anything if it was a lie. As such, I was planning to tell you the truth yesterday but … you broke up with me-"

"Charro." I interrupted again. "I broke up with Charro."

Marco sighed. "Okay, you broke up with Charro before I could tell you … but here we are now and … here I am now … I'm sorry … I shouldn't have deceived you."

"Yeah … you shouldn't have." I replied. I could not help but feel sorry for Marco; sure, I knew it was wrong for him to pretend to be someone else, but I had also kept a lot from him, which actually caused all of this in the first place. I was at a loss, mostly on account of my splitting headache. "Look … Marco … my head still hurts so … can I have a few minutes to think this all through?"

"Huh? Uh, sure, sure." He shot up and began to take a few steps back. "I'm sorry to have bothered you with this so early in the morning … I'm … going to take a shower." He rushed out of the room, making sure to close the door behind him.

"Okay then ... what do I do?"

(Marco's POV)

I quickly left Star's room, making sure to close the door behind me. "How on Earth did I end up falling asleep?" I asked myself.

"Good morning mi hijo." I heard my father greet. "Did you enjoy your talk with Star?"

I slowly turned to him feeling annoyed and somewhat angry. "Did you know I fell asleep in there?"

He avoided my eyes as he continued. "I … may have."

"Dad! Seriously?!" I exclaimed. "You could have woken me up!"

"But then you wouldn't have known how to tell Star, this way, you didn't have to."

"Wasn't that supposed to be my decision?"

"Look at it this way mi hijo." He began as he placed a hand on my shoulder. "At least this way you're not grounded for trying to deceive one of your friends." He removed his hand from my shoulder and walked away leaving me stunned and almost speechless.

"I'm … going to take a shower now."

And so ends another chapter. I must admit, I was a little sad today but this really cheered me up, I mean I know this story has been finished for months and I have two more in the finishing workshop, and on still in the works, but I'm glad about how this turned out, so until next time, see you later!

Enjoy your day and please leave your tears in the collection bucket.