Author's Note: Originally I combined this with the next chapter, but then I decided to split them up. So this one is short, but I still hope you enjoy it!

Star Error V

The next morning before classes began, Star joined the other A-Listers in the hall near their lockers.

"Did you guys see the picture I sent yesterday?" she asked with a whine.

Dash, Kwan, and Paulina exchanged confused looks before turning back to Star.

"Yeah," said Dash. "We saw it."

"Then how come none of you responded?" Star put her hands on her hips.

"Well." Kwan scratched behind his ear. "Honestly, I just didn't get it. I mean, I don't understand why you sent it."

"Yeah, me neither," said Dash.

Star scoffed. "What do you mean, you don't understand?"

"It's a cute picture of Danny." Paulina unlocked her phone and pulled up the photo. "But yeah, I don't get why you sent it either."

"His freckles are glowing in the picture!" Star practically shrieked. "Did you not see that?"

"Of course we saw that," said Kwan. "But it's obviously fake."

"Yeah, why are you trying so hard to prove that Fenton's freckles glow?" asked Dash. "You're getting a little obsessed."

"Fake?" Star sputtered. "You think I faked that picture?"

"Well, it's easy to do," said Paulina. "There's a Snapchat filter that does exactly the same thing, gives you these really pretty sparkling freckles."

Paulina opened the Snapchat app on her phone and pointed the front camera at Star. Glittering freckles dappled Star's cheeks on the screen, twinkling as she moved her head.

"Okay, but that's not the same," said Star. "Can't you see how that's digital and this is real?" She pulled up the photo of Fenton on her phone. "Can't you tell the difference? Look again, come on!" She pouted. "Getting his freckles to glow again wasn't easy, you know."

"So you went out with him just to try to prove to us that his freckles glow?" asked Kwan.

Star reddened. "No, I didn't go out with him, I just—"

"Yeah, what exactly were you doing with Fenton yesterday?" asked Dash.

"I wasn't doing anything—"

"I totally recognize that background," said Kwan, looking at the picture on his phone and then showing it to Dash and Paulina. "That's that one cafe near Sadako High. Station 11."

"Yeah, you're right," said Dash. "Cafes are a prime date location, Star. Why else would you be there with him?"

Star gritted her teeth. "That's not it! We were—"

"You went on a date with Danny yesterday?" asked Paulina. "Oh my gosh, why didn't you tell me? When did he ask you out?"

"Would you just listen—"

"He asked you out and you said yes? Really?" said Kwan. "I mean, I know you and I aren't a thing anymore, but I didn't think you'd downgrade that much."

"I didn't—he's not—" Star huffed. "He just asked me to tutor him! That's it! I was tutoring him in math yesterday."

"But you usually tutor math in one of the classrooms," said Kwan. "Why would you go to a cafe to tutor Fenton?"

"It was a date," laughed Dash. "It was totally a date."

Star began to retort but stopped, suddenly aware of the other students in the hall. Many were staring at them, murmuring and whispering with each other. Star Rainsdon? And Danny Fenton? Danny and Star? Star and Danny? The chic and the freak? They're an item? They're a thing now? They went on a date last night and made out and now they're together?

"It wasn't a date," said Star. "I could never—he's such a—that's not what—"

The bell rang. The students in the hall began to move again, shuffling past, still whispering and looking at her, some giggling.

"I have to get to class," stammered Star, running away from the rest of the A-List, ignoring even Paulina's calls for her to wait.