"Janna get this cat off me!" Screeching, I roar at her flailing about, my ears ringing from the loud screeches of the cats having been thrown into the sky thanks to Star's spell.
"Hold on I'm trying!" Janna assures me as I feel her leg on my stomach as she attempts to peel the cat off my face, the creature stubbornly refusing, making me hiss as Janna tosses the cat aside. Relieved, I cradle my face groaning at the sore stinging sensation all over my face, noting faint slits of ruby red threatening to stream down, making me groan.
"You okay?" Kelly asks me.
"I'll be fine." I grumble my eyes enlarging at the familiar blaring lights of blue and red, hearing the shrieking siren.
"Great the popo is here…we got to go now. If I'm caught here one more time its back to juvie!" I hiss.
"Juvie? What's that?" Curious, Kelly questions.
"A question for another day." Smoothly, I answer.
"This is the police! You punks better be having a study group up there!" Loudly, the police officer calls out using a megaphone.
"I've never read a book in my life!" Tucker calls out.
"That's it, I'm calling your parents!" Angrily, the officer growls.
"Hah I don't have parents!" Proudly, I declare at my one up hands on hips.
"You have Mr and Mrs Diaz…" Dryly, Janna reminds me making my eyes widen.
"…Crud." Deflated, I grumble.
"Everybody, run for it!" Tucker, the idiot jumps off roof with wingsuit.
"Whoa." Amazed, Star whispers in awe as I join her side.
"Yeah he's been working on that for weeks, good on him it works considering his weight." Impressed, I nod my head watching his fleeting figure vanish.
"Hey, Star? I had a great time tonight. I think we could have an awesome summer together." Smiling, Oskar offers.
"Yeah, maybe we could." Nervously, Star laughs, playing with a piece of her blonde locks.
"Give me a call." Smiling, Oskar tells her and walks away.
"Good-bye!" Cheerfully, Star waves him off.
"You did it, look at you and you didn't even go into one of your weird fantasies or fire any weird spells. Who's the best wingman? That's right me! Or would it be wing woman?" Curious, I question myself humming in thought of it, feeling a smug sense of pride flow through me.
"Good work, Star." Smiling, Janna praises him.
"Great work." Kelly agrees.
"That's some fine work." Ponyhead compliments her.
"Ew, gals, stop! You know, maybe this summer thing won't be that bad." Embarrassed, Star smiles hopeful.
"We're off to a pretty great start already!" Brightly, Starfan smiles.
"How are you even carrying all of them?" Amazed, I raise a brow at Starfan holding a huge circus of cats.
"Yeah. I guess there's just one thing to take care of…" Sighing, Star glances at me as I nod, the two of us heading back to the Diaz household.
"So you went to Juvie? What is a juvie?" Fascinated, Star questions.
"It's sort of like saint Olga's…" I begin not sure how to describe it.
"Saint Olga's…" Horrified, she opens her mouth to scream only to meet my stern glare silencing her.
"No. Don't. No screaming." Sternly, I order her.
"Sorry…but seriously how did you survive?" In Awe, Star questions me.
"I just did." I simply shrug not sure how I did I just did but after that experience it made me realize maybe being ordinary isn't so bad. Don't get me wrong I love being a punk rock sort of gal, the bad boy well girl version but I don't want to go to jail and I don't want my job offers to be closed off. So, I have to do what I can now to make up for it.
"What did you do to get into it?" Curious, Star asks me.
"Well I did a few rallies…" I shrug.
"Rallies?" Surprised, Star raises a brow as I chuckle at the memory.
"Yeah they may have gone out of hand, Mr and Mrs Diaz weren't pleased, but it was fun especially the graffiti." Fondly I smile at the memory.
"You ready to do this?" Concerned, I question Star when seeing her stare at Maroc and Jackie feeding each other peanuts? I don't know…
"I got to do this." Seriously, she tells me.
"Yeah but you have like 45 to 60 days to tell him." I offer.
"It's best I do it now, get it out in the open. The quicker I do this the faster we can get over it you know." Softly, she smiles.
"I know that I just…be careful." Gently, I whisper making her smile softly at me and go on ahead.
"Okay, now do me. Ahhhhh..." Jackie opens her mouth for Marco to throw the food in.
"Uh, hey, Marco? You got a sec?" Shyly, Star approaches.
"Star?" Marco walks away from Jackie, her mouth still wide ignorant of Marco's departure.
"I'll do it." I sigh as Marco smiles grateful at me passing me the food to chuck into her mouth making her blues meet my yellow. I simply point at the two as she smiles in understanding as we continue the game of throwing food into one another's mouth.
"What? Mom, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No!" Horrified, Star stares at her mother lurking in the shadows, a portal floating between the two as Moon reveals the sad truth of Star's departure to her.
"Yes, I'm afraid you have no choice in the matter." Sternly, the queen informs her daughter.
"You sent me here, and I didn't have a choice, and now you're just telling me to leave?" Lost, Star scowls at her.
"Star, this is different." Patient, Queen Moon tells her.
"Mom, I've learned that I get to make choices here. I chose to fix things with Marco!" Star scowls at her mother.
"Star."
"I'm choosing to have a crush on Oskar, I guess." Baffled, Star sighs.
"Star."
"And apparently, there's this thing called "summer", where you just don't go to school!" Lost, Star gawks.
"Star."
"So, I'm choosing to stay here with my friend...and I'm not changing my mind!" Stubbornly, Star refuses.
"Star!"
"WHAT?!" Angrily, Star snaps at her mother.
"...Toffee has returned." Grimly, Moon reveals the truth as Star's eyed widen in horror.
"No. No, no, no, no, no." Heartbroken, Star picks up a picture of her, Ash and Marco and gazes at it sadly.
"I'm sorry, Star, but you need to leave…" Her mother tells her.
"I need two minutes." Sighing, Star bows her head as Star goes back downstairs...
"Oh, hey Star, you okay?" Surprised, I raise a brow when feeling a pair of arms wrap around my form, stopping me from going to the bathroom as I free my brow at her sniffling.
"Hey, hey what's going on?" Confused, I question Star placing my hands on her shoulders as she sniffles.
"I have to go back…" Upset, Star whimpers clinging to my jacket.
"Back to Mewni? I guess that uproar did more than I had thought. Be careful Star." I mutter.
"Yeah…It's an order." Sniffling, she whimpers.
"But…tell Marco at least." I reason as she nods.
"You're not angry?" Surprised, she brushes her tears away.
"It's out of my hands Star if it's the queens orders, then we should follow…I mean she has done a lot for us," I reason making Star smile sadly as she turns to face Marco.
"Mmm…. Marco!" Loudly, Star screams out making me flinch as all eyes turn to Star.
"Loud." Frowning, Ponyhead points out.
"Star?" Astounded, Marco raises a brow at Star then glances at me only to see my grim expression.
"Marco, we need to talk. Just one last time." Sombrely, Star smiles.
"Is everything okay? You shouted pretty loud. Everybody's just staring at us." Worried, Marco points out.
"Yeah, I know. But some stuff just came up, and I've only got a little time." Star begins.
"What? Why? We got the entire summer." Lost, Marco frowns glancing at me for answers only for me to gesture for her to continue.
"Marco, I don't know how to tell you this, because you and Ash are my best friends." Star sighs.
"Star?" Frowning, Marco exclaims.
"...And that makes this super weird because..." Star begins her voice turning high pitch.
"What's wrong?" Worried, Marco questions her.
"...Because I... I... I do have a crush on you!" Star reveals making everyone gasp.
"Who called it?! I called it! Boom! I called it." Pompously, Ponyhead celebrates.
"Not now Pony!" Annoyed, I scold her.
"But I was right!" She argues.
"Read the room." I grumble facepalming as my hues dart to Jackie seeing her staring in stunned shock. Janna and I glance at her reaction.
"I didn't want to admit it because I know you don't feel the same way, and I thought if I just pretended the feelings weren't there, they'd go away. But they haven't. I have to leave Earth, probably forever, and I couldn't go without telling you the truth…" Honestly, Star confesses the truth.
"Uh... I, uh..." Slack jawed, Marco blinks trying to register the rush of information.
"Good-bye! Good-bye, everyone!" Crying, Star lunges up the stairs.
"Star!" I call out Marco following after me as we enter her room, only for our eyes to widen to find the room reverted to normal and no Star in sight…Star had gone and gone for good…