Marco went up to the edge of the concrete basin that held a stream running through it that the doctor had told him his friends had gotten off to. He looked down to see Tom approaching the ducklings that were in a box with Jackie standing by him seemingly lending moral support. Star watched from the land side of the duo a little nervously while the momma duck watched from the river side with predator eyes. Marco smiled at the scene hearing Tom try to talk to the ducklings but his smile fell when the ducklings cowered into a corner cheeping in terror. Momma duck reacted to that and flew up to Tom biting him on the nose making Tom step back cursing and swatting at the duck on his nose. Star immediately leapt forward pulling the box back behind her and pointed her wand at Tom hissing defensively with Jackie pulling the duck off of Tom as best she could. Marco made to leap off of the side to the water's edge in case if Tom snapped but froze when Tom backed away from the group slowly until he turned and walked away with his head down. Marco slid down the side bank to where Star was and put his hand on her arm lowering her wand while speaking to her.

"Easy there Star, Tom has complete control over himself right now." Star shook her head with her going from cat-pupil yellow to their normal green and spoke softly.

"I… yeah he's ok." Star shook her head again turning back to the ducklings and picking them up out of the box. "Don't worry little guys he's not to going to hurt you." Marco smiled and looked up in concern as he saw Jackie move towards Tom who was now sitting under a bridge with his back to them.

"Um Star," Marco got Star's attention making her look up. "I need to talk with everyone in the group about something. Do you mind if we…" He gestured towards Tom with Star nodding slightly and sighing as she accompanied him. As they got close they heard Jackie speaking with Tom.

"Dude, everything ok?" Tom sighed and rumpled something in his hands Marco recognized as his shirt Star gave to him.

"You guys should go on without me; I'll only slow you down." He held up the shirt towards himself showing everyone behind his back that it was conveniently torn over Tom's face. "I destroyed your board, tore Star's shirt, and traumatized a family of ducklings; and that was just me going about normally. I just ruin everyone's fun and destroy everything I touch." Marco glanced over at Star who he saw was holding the ducklings close to her like stuffed animals with a look of conflicted sadness on her face.

"Look dude don't worry about the skate board, my uncle owns the company that makes those things." Marco blinked at Jackie's words realizing he never known that despite how often they had hung out. "Star's shirt was too small for you so I'm only surprised that it took this long to tear." They glanced up at Star who nodded looking to the side a bit guilty. "Also Tom, I enjoy talking to and hanging out with you even if no one else does cause you're a pretty chill guy now that the little demons are disappearing and you have control over yourself." Jackie pushed back her hair revealing her ear had six piercings in it, two were safety pins and one was through the ear twice, again showing Marco something he had never noticed about Jackie until now. "I mean that duck bit your nose and you didn't light up; that's progress man." Marco chuckled nodding at that as Jackie turned back towards the ducks. "But I do think you still owe these guys an apology man." Tom nodded and sighed moving to the momma duck and kneeling on the ground looking at her beady eyes with nervousness before speaking.

"So… yeah… sorry about that. I know I didn't have control at the time… but… that's no excuse. I should… be more careful and considerate of others… when I act. So it's ok if you don't, you know, understand and all that but… just know that I'm sorry." As Tom stumbled over his words the duck's look seemed to go neutral as she stared at Tom.

The ducklings began cheeping prompting Star to put them down where they rushed to their mother's side staring up at Tom as well. As everyone watched this odd stare off the momma duck gave a single solitary quack at Tom and waddled over to the river jumping in. The ducklings peeped at Tom a little before following their momma and began swimming downstream with everyone watching them go. After a minute of this Jackie turned towards Tom and put her hand on his shoulder smiling at him warmly with Tom speaking up.

"So… where do you think they've gotten off to?" Jackie giggled and replied.

"Oh most likely some marsh where they can live without anyone dropping in on them from the sky." Tom chuckled at that with Marco chuckling along getting Tom's attention making him speak up.

"Oh Marco, didn't see you get here." Marco chuckled rubbing the back of his head slightly before replying.

"Yeah, finally got back. Also I've been thinking and I want your honest answers here… are you guys really ok with going as a group to the concert?" He looked at Tom and Star in particular with a serious face. "Because you guys seemed hesitant to go as a big group because if you're not ok just say so." Star seemed to be hanging her head to conceal her face while Tom looked at Star nervously before speaking up.

"Well I just don't want to impede anyone man and… you know…" He nodded towards Star with Jackie and Marco both nodding in acknowledgement at what happened between the two in the past. "If everyone is ok with me I'm good but if not…" Tom was cut off by a small sob coming from Star's direction making everyone focus on her.

"Tom?" Star dropped her wand on the ground and, with her head still pointed down, stepped up until she was right next to Tom. "I… guess you've come… pretty far huh?" Tom gulped at this nodding with Jackie and Marco watching in tense silence as Star took a deep breath. "I was… hesitant despite what… everyone was saying about you. But… after seeing all this… I guess I should say…" Star inhaled and exhaled deeply and shakily. "I forgive you Tom for what you did to me." Tom stared at Star almost awestruck as Star looked up with blueish-green eyes that had tears in them. "I… miss you Tom. You were a great friend and… I want that friend back but… I'm still not sure if it's really you…" Tom nodded speaking in a quiet voice.

"I get it Star; I hope I regain your trust enough for that. *sigh* Awkward reconciliation friend hug?" Tom began reaching out but stopped mid-stretch. "No wait, maybe too soon for…" Star immediately began crying and reached out grabbing Tom into a hug that made Tom's bones creak. "*Gahhhh* Star, too tight too tight!"

"Sorry!" Star immediately lessened her grip with Tom returning the hug.

Marco smiled at this and looked to Jackie who was also smiling at this and nodding to Star with what looked like respect. They stood there by the creek for a few minutes until Tom and Star backed away from each other with Tom speaking up with a nervous smile.

"If it's not too much trouble with you I'd like to say this is going to stay platonic no matter what. Looking back on it I just don't think it would have worked out as strange as it may sound." Everyone chuckled at this with Star nodding and smiling with her eyes going back to normal. "So, you guys ready for this concert?" Everyone let out a cheer as Jackie spoke up.

"This is gonna be awesome man." Marco smiled feeling slightly overwhelmed at all the baggage that had been dropped off thinking to himself, 'Nice that everyone is getting along, now to see if another shoe drops.'

"Looks like a full house tonight man; as expected." Jackie smiled broadly with the group nodding in agreement.

After Star had poofed up a replacement shirt for Tom and skateboard for Jackie the quartet had gotten to the concert rather uneventfully. Tension was at an all-time low during their trek there and Marco noticed Star and Tom had opened up with each other talking about things in a way he and Star typically did. Marco smiled at the thoughts of that and the coming night ahead seeing the crowd mill about getting into seats. Some of the people cast them strange looks at the fact that a demon and a lizard girl were a part of their group but most people either waved good-natured or just ignored them. He looked to the stage getting pumped for the songs but his musing was interrupted by a shaking on his sleeve by Star.

"MARCO!" Marco looked at Star who was pointing to a food cart. "Can I have money for funnel cakes!?" Star smiled as Marco groaned slightly. Of all the snack food on earth, aside from his nachos, Star loved funnel cakes the most for some reason.

"Well Star the concert's about to start, want to wait till after…" Star interrupted him with pleading eyes.

"Can I have money for funnel cakes!?" Marco stared at the beautiful purplish-green shade Star's eyes had gone feeling lost in them for a second before he snapped himself out of it.

"You know what sure, I still got money left over from Mewnipendance day." Marco reached in his pocket and pulled out a wad of cash Star took drooling at the moment.

"Thank you Marco, I will pay you back for this!" Star leapt away running off to the food stand on all fours with Tom commenting on this as he chuckled.

"That's Star alright, will never pass up a chance for munchies." Everyone chuckled with noise coming from the stage. "Oh, it's starting. Let's get moving people." They got to their seats as fast as possible with action coming from all around the stage.

The stage was set up to look like a prison wall with actual razor wire at the top for added effect. Prison dogs began barking trying to intimidate prisoners while a prison siren started up. Floodlights began moving about the audience getting everyone's attention before settling on the stage. As they watched the stage flooded with smoke from fog machines as a gruff voice called out over a speaker.

"Warning, we have a breach with potential escapees. This is not a drill, repeat this is not a drill!" The wall on stage exploded in a controlled fashion with more fog billowing out followed by the band Love Sentence.

"Yeaaahhh, way to make an entrance!" Marco called out with others echoing his thoughts and words throughout the audience rather loudly.

As they watched the members of the band seemed to actually be trying to escape the cops who began coming on stage trying to subdue the band. At first it looked like a desperate game where the band had no chance but then a song started playing that made Marco and Tom perk up.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil OST - Awesome Feeling (Extended Cut) ( watch?v=YuIuPE59E4I)

"OUR SONG!" Tom and Marco then began to sing the song as the performance unfurled.

Awesome feeling, nothing's gonna take us down.

At first I turned my head but then you really turned my day around.

The band members, who were originally looking out for themselves, began working together to avoid the guards with one outright distracting the guards for the others.

Awesome Feeling, we're burning bullies looking fine.

Do whatever cause it's fun, I think I will never lose my Awesome feeling.

Through some cool moves, that were obviously choreographed, the group avoided the guards and pulled the guy who distracted them out of danger.

We started out as Freindenemies, but then you opened up to me. And found that we had chemistry.

When they had reached 'safety' the group did a type of group hug and turned back to the audience and began singing real time.

And you were like oooooh-ahhh-oh. And I was like ohhhhh-ehhhh-ohhhh. White tiger's like Ohhhh-ahhhh-ohhhh. Alright!

(end music)

The concert continued for a while with people singing along with their various songs, especially Marco and Tom. Throughout the concert the band did various acting bits as they sung involving them struggling with either life on the run or in prison. Marco found this rather interesting as most bands just sung but this one acted things out as well giving them a strange performing edge over others. Eventually they got to the song 'Too Little Too Late' where couples throughout the audience began kissing. At the audience calming down Marco was finally able to check in on Star and saw her eating from a massive pile of funnel cakes while a small group was cheering her on. Marco chuckled and spoke up to Tom.

"Say man, you should see what Star is up…" Marco stopped mid-sentence however when he turned and saw Tom and Jackie kissing right next to him.

Marco's face went slack and wide-eyed with shock as Tom and Jackie broke off with shocked looks on their own faces as well. The duo stared at each other a moment as if trying to figure out what just happened with their eyes going wide. Jackie caught a glimpse of Marco staring at them and gave an eep in shock with Tom whirling around to see Marco staring at them. Tom got a terrified deer in the headlights look as he looked back and forth with Marco speaking up in a shocked neutral tone.

"Tom… can I talk to you for a minute?" Tom nodded and they broke off from a worried looking Jackie moving away from the crowd.

"Look man I am so sorry. I don't know what came over me I mean one minute we were just singing and the next my lips were on Jackie's and…"

"Go for her." Tom blinked in shock at Marco's words his face somehow even more shocked.

"… what?"

"Go for her man." Tom shook his head at Marco's words before replying.

"Dude, she's your…"

"Ex, not girlfriend, ex dude." Marco put his hand on Tom's shoulder in a comforting manner. "I could tell you two were getting rather close so this… makes sense in a way. Jackie and me are not a thing and me keeping you two from becoming a thing just because she's my ex would be rather childish. So go to her man, you're not gonna get another opportunity for a girl that good." Tom got teary eyed and sniffed a little before pulling Marco into another hug with Marco returning it. "Come on man, bring it in." After a few seconds of this Tom broke away and spoke up.

"You are the best friend a guy could ask for." Tom moved away from Marco to Jackie with Marco watching him go.

Tom whispered in Jackie's ear with her blinking in shock and looking to Marco who nodded reassuringly with Jackie smiling at him. She then turned towards Tom and moved in, a little hesitantly, for another kiss which Tom accepted eagerly. Marco smiled looking at them and felt… nothing, making Marco blink in confusion. He had been expecting jealousy for the two, bitterness at losing Jackie for good, relief that Jackie was really gone for good, sadness at what he had lost and how it was his fault, even happiness for his friends getting together; but he just felt nothing. Not even a peaceful nothing or a hollow nothing but like everything had just stopped for him. Marco sighed slightly and turned upon hearing someone approaching to see Star. She smiled as she hopped up next to him carrying a remnantal but still large pile of funnel cakes and went to speak but her face fell upon seeing Marco's blank look and went slack with shock as she saw Jackie and Tom break off their second kiss. Star put down her stack of funnel cakes and went to speak but Marco held up his hand interrupting her.

"Don't worry I'm fine with it Star, me and Tom talked it over." Star looked at Marco with a worried expression with Marco continuing. "Honestly given how those two were acting something like this was possible but…" Star put her hand on his shoulder reassuringly speaking up.

"While I'm nervous for Jackie given… well… but still, I'm glad for them and proud of you." Marco smiled at that feeling the nothing inside of him lessen and warm up ever so slightly.

As that happened a strange and powerful gust of wind pushed the spotlights a bit and swept through the audience in a gust. As Marco held himself against the wind Star smiled peacefully and turned into the wind closing her eyes and smelling it happily. As Marco balanced himself he looked up at Star seeing a spotlight had adjusted enough to put her in its edges with the wind pushing back her hair as a… strange transformation seemed to happen.

Her blueish-silvery hair waved like a horse's mane at full gallop and shown like liquid starlight under the spotlight framing her rounded face. Her small nose sat perfectly between her rose colored heart shaped cheek marks making her face look a very cute doll's. As she smiled he realized suddenly that when she smiled broadly without parting her lips she had two fangs pop out like vampire teeth in a strangely cute fashion. Her light grey skin suddenly seemed to gain an almost lavender hue as the light hit it giving it an exotic appeal that Marco had never realized was there. Her tail perked up and wiggled ever so slightly in the most adorable fashion as her skirt flowed in the breeze. And when Star finally opened her eyes they shined a brilliant purplish-green like a pool lined with exotic gemstones enhancing her doll like image. Star turned towards him smiling in the most peaceful way with her face of happiness and serenity suddenly giving way to concern.

"Marco are you ok?" Marco felt his face grow warm as he realized he had been staring at Star. *Throb*

The lights were put back into place and the wind died down with her eyes returning back to their normal green but still pretty eyes. 'What was… that?' Marco thought to himself feeling burnt out and nervous suddenly as he felt himself blush. He coughed trying to hide his embarrassment and started speaking up quickly.

"Oh just feeling burnt out from today is all; a lot has happened right?" Star nodded understandingly as he continued chuckling nervously. "So how many funnel cakes did you actually eat, you were gone for a solid twenty minutes and I saw you participating in an eat off of sorts." Star giggled and turned back to the concert speaking up.

"Well after I initially ordered a whole pile of funnel cakes the cart manager said that everyone needed to buy their own funnel cakes. When I told him they were all for myself he said in order to prove it to him I had to eat the funnel cakes right in front of him. As I reached the one-third point with no stopping a crowd gathered around to cheer me on with the cart guy doing the same. After the half-way point, or something like that I'm not sure, he finally told me he was convinced and let me go. As I left one cute guy even stopped me and asked for my number saying he was looking for a woman like me for a long time." Marco felt the burnt out feeling go away to be replaced by a strange and unwarranted feeling of panic as he heard a guy had been hitting on Star. *Throb pang* "Of course I told him we could be friends for now as I don't just leap into a relationship like that which he accepted. It is kind of interesting that some people are attracted to a huge appetite like that." Marco felt the panic melt away leaving him feeling burned out and confused. He wasn't an overprotective brother or father; in fact if Star had found someone she actually trusted enough to let them in her life like that, given her past with boys, he would be happy for her. 'So… why was I upset over someone being closer to Star then me?' Marco thought to himself in confusion. "Are you sure you're ok Marco?" Marco looked up again to see Star staring at him in concern moving in close.

"I… um…" He fumbled for words for a second before speaking. "I… think I'm more burnt out then I thought I was; I'm gonna head out." Star blinked in confusion.

"But we're only 1/5th or so into the concert?" Marco looked down with Star hugging him reassuringly. "I get it Marco, that kind of stuff happens to me all the time." Marco hugged her back feeling her shiver against him. "Oh you're so warm and snuggly Marco, I could hug you all day." *Throb* Marco batted away at whatever emotions were playing with him and stepped back before speaking.

"Say Star… you wouldn't mind us… sleeping together again tonight would you?" Star blinked in confusion as while she had asked him multiple times he had never asked her before smiling and replying.

"You know what how about I head back with you." She raised her hand to his lips cutting off his reply. "Oh no, you seem to have had it harder today then you are letting on so I'm coming with you. Besides, our friends are a little busy right now."

She motioned to Tom who had a goofy face on and was being held balancing on his ankles as Jackie kissed him. Marco and Star chuckled at this with Star picking up her remaining funnel cakes and shoving herself into Marco's hoodie for warmth. As they started walking home with Star munching on her funnel cakes Marco thought back to the series of events earlier involving Star. 'What was all that? Suddenly she just looked so… beautiful. *Throb* No… no no no that can't be it. You're probably just projecting after having just seen Jackie get with your best friend so you're falling back on your best friend.' He glanced down at Star who pushed up some funnel cake for him which he took eagerly eating alongside Star. 'I can't lead Star on like that if I'm just projecting emotions onto her, that's childish. Yes we do a lot of stuff that couples do but Star just views me as a bestie. And even if she viewed me as more then that… I'm not good enough for her.' Marco got an idea and smiled to himself. 'I'm not good enough yet, but I will be. I going to improve myself until I am mature enough to get Toffee's approval at the very least. Yeah, before I can find a girlfriend I must first be a man.'

Well that was a lot to unpack. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your tastes, it's not over. Time for a little 'Sleepover' people. But first, there will be some delays as there are oneshots piled up everywhere. *camera pans back to reveal the WH rowing on a sea of oneshot requests* So much to do so little time.