Authors note: Fuck power outages! I had this chapter written but then the power went out and I had to start all over again! Ultimate first world issue.

I woke up lying on what I thought was the most comfortable pillow on earth, but I woke up to find out that I was actually sleeping on Marco's body. My head was on his chest and we were covered in a white blanket. I could feel his chest go up and down as he breathed. I was completely shocked by this, I don't even remember how we got in this position. All I remember is that we were watching tv in silence and I dosed off.

As embarrassing as this is to admit, I didn't really wanna leave this position. Marco's muscular body felt so nice and comforting, not to mention that we're lying on one of the comfiest couches ever, so I closed my eyes and stayed there for at least ten more minutes. The only thing stopping me from staying there even longer was the smell of bacon coming from the food room.

I slowly got up so I wouldn't wake Marco and made my way to the food room. Inside there was a woman flipping pancakes. She wore a green skirt and a pink shirt. She had long brown hair that was a bit brighter than Marco's.

The woman noticed me and greeted me with a friendly smile, "Why good morning, would you like some breakfast?", she asked.

A big smile appeared on my face when she offered free food, "Yes please ma'am. My name is Star", I said introducing myself.

The woman put some sausages on the fryer and turned back to me, "So you must be Marco's girlfriend huh?", she said.

I blushed hard when she said that, "N-No it's not like that. We were watching television and I ended up falling asleep on Marco's shoulder. Nothing romantic happened at all last night?"

"Really?", the woman said sounding like she was a bit let down.

I shook my head, "Nope. I don't even think Marco would be up for that kinda thing anyway, he told me last night that he was an introvert and he prefered to be alone."

The woman smiled, "That's my Marco, he's a nice boy but he won't socialize with anyone his age."

Star smiled when said the words 'nice', "He is a very nice boy, he found me injured and bruises in a bush and he carried me here and fixed my wounds. Then he let me stay here after I was afraid to leave."

The fact that I was afraid to leave the house confused her, "Why were you afraid to leave? And why were you lying in a bush with bruises all over you?, she asked.

My smile disappeared when she asked that question, "Um, let's just say that I had an unfriendly encounter with a vile person. Could we please not talk about it?", I said not wanting to relive that awful experience.

The woman nodded, "Of course, now, you wanna help me fix some eggs?", asked.

The smile returned to my face, "Heck yeah I do!"

As I look at myself in the bathroom mirror. I wonder how my mother continues to live with the fact that she gave birth to a hideous monster like me. I think about this every time I see my own face, even if it's only for a couple of seconds.

My hair, it was dry and lifeless. My eyes, they looked like the eyes of a dead person if you held it's eyes opened. My arms were skinny and muscleless, it looked like a simple feather could knock me off my feet.

The only good thing I can say about the disgrace that is my face is that Star took away all that extra unneeded ugliness from my face with her wand. You wouldn't be able to tell that I was covered in stiches just the other day. When I woke up I saw that she was gone, she probably took off before my parents came home or else that would've woken us up.

I turned away from the mirror, took off my clothes, and started up the shower. While I was in the shower I noticed something, something I always forget about, but it reminds me how much of a monster I am.

My cuts.

I used to slit my wrist in middle school after the event happened. It was my own way of punishing myself for what I did. I think I stopped around the time my final year of middle school was about to end. I stopped because I was horrified that I might end up getting caught by my mother and she would be mortified at the sight of my cuts on my wrist. They looked absolutely horrible, like I've been been cutting them with barbedwire. The simple thought of my mother witnessing me doing something so dangerous to my health was enough to make me stop, but of course, I still had the scars

After I got out the shower I grabbed and put on my, "I kissed a ninja" shirt, my black jeans, and my red hoodie. I grabbed my bookbag from the room and walked down the steps; the smell of bacon and pancakes was coming from the kitchen, but I didn't feel like eating anything.

I was about to head out the door, but a certain voice stopped me. "Morning Marco!"

I turned around and saw Star holding a plate full of pancakes, sausages, bacon, and eggs. The site of the food made me feel sick. Not because it was bad looking, but truth be told, I really don't enjoy eating that much at all.

"This is for you", Star said handing me the plate, "I helped your mom fix it, she's the sweetest by the way."

I was flat out confused and jolted by the fact that Star was still here. "Um. don't take this the wrong way but, what the heck are you still doing here?", I asked her.

Her smile didn't dim, "Well first, I wanted to keep my promise and tell you why I ran away from home, and two, I smelt bacon."

I sighed, "I guess I can't fault you for that. Go put your clothes on, you can explain to me why you're here while we walk to school."

Star's smile turned into a look of bewilderment as she tipper her head to the side, "Uh, school?", she asked.

I facepalmed as I realized that Star probably didn't have school where she was from. "School is where people on earth go to learn about earth culture so they can become super smart.", I explained.

"Ooooooh, I wanna go!", she said jumping in the air.

I rubbed my temples, she was really giving me a headache, "Well if you really wanna go, get your clothes on and I'll take you there."

"Ok I'll be right back!", she then dashed upstairs to get her clothes from the laundry basket.

I sat down at dinner table and layed my head down. If Star was gonna follow me around all day and be this obnoxious, then it was gonna be a hell of a long day.

"You know, you could at least nibble on the bacon." I turned and saw my mother with her arms crossed giving me a look. I sucked up my pride and took little bites of the bacon ignoring the sickening feeling in his stomach.

His mother sat in the chair next to him, "You know honey, that was a nice thing you did for that princess girl.", she said.

After I swallowed the disgusting piece of bacon, I faced my mother, "She told you she's from enough planet?", I asked.

She nodded, "I said that I wished I had a better oven and then she made the oven golden."

I turned and saw that our old oven that barely cooked food had been replaced by a golden oven that looked liked it belong in the kitchen of the richest man on earth or the king of the universe.

"I don't think she happened to tell you why she ran away from home did she?", I asked.

My mother shook her head, "Nope. when I asked she said she wanted to tell you first." A smile formed on my mother's face, "This girl really likes you Marco, can you please be friends with her?"

I rolled my eyes, "I don't want friends mom. I'm perfectly fine with being by myself."

"I know that marco, but me and your father both agree that it's not healthy; you need to have some social interaction, you can't just sit by yourself all day. Could you at least try and be friends with this girl?"

I sighed and pushed the plate full of food away from me, "Fine, but I'm not making any promises."

My mom smiled and hugged me. I heard Star come running down the stairs and into the kitchen, "Marco, I'm ready to go to the house of learning", she said jumping up and down.

I groaned and grabbed star by the hand, "Let's go Star." We started to walk out the door. "Goodbye !", Star said waving goodbye to my mother.

"Goodbye kids, have a fun day at school", my mother called back.

Not likely

I smiled widely as I felt the warmness of Marco's hand on mine. As much as I was enjoying it, I was curious as to why he was doing it. I mean we weren't a couple, and he made it pretty clear that he didn't like being around people, let alone have physical contact.

So, I just had to ask, "Marco, why are you holding my hand?"

He turns to look at me for the first time sense we left the house. I noticed that his adorable brown eyes had a certain sparkle to them. It was so rare for him to look at me that I never noticed you.

"You said you were attacked in the street correct?" I nodded. "Well I'm holding your tightly just in case we see the person that attacked you. If he tries to hurt you again I'll protect you."

He faced forward again which was good because I didn't want him to see the massive blush on my face. The tone in his voice showed that he wasn't just trying to act tough, he was dead serious about protecting me.

"I'm so lucky to meet the nicest person on earth. I'm so grateful for everything you've done for me Marco, thank you." with that I kissed him on the cheek. My cheeks grew red as my lips touched his soft warm cheek. My lipstick actually left a mark on his cheek. His eyes grew big and I could see that his face was red even though he was facing forward.

I giggled and I started to skip as we walked along. "I guess I should explain why I left home now right?" Marco nodded till not facing me.

I sighed, "Well to make a long story short, I found out that my parents planned an arranged marriage of me when I was two, but they never told me about it. When I found out I was practically being forced to marry someone I didn't love, I ran away."

I turned back to Marco assuming that he would have questions. "What was wrong with this guy you didn't wanna marry? Was he rude to you?", he asked.

I scoffed, "Rude to me? Try batshit insane. He wanted to make me fall in love with him forever using a potion he made from his blood! And after that my parents still want me to marry him! And on top of all that they don't even think I'm responsible enough to become queen!"

"What a scum bag. You're parents are really insensitive for forcing you to marry him.", Marco said.

"Thank you!"

"Well I think my parents will be fine with you living with us, just stay out of my room."

I nodded, "Ookie dookie!"

We approached a large two story building that was painted yellow. There were kids me and Marco's age sitting on benches. I was ecstatic to see other kids my age besides Marco. Hopefully these kids are as nice as him.

"Is this school?", I asked. Marco nodded, "Yes, unfortunately."

He led me into the building where even kids were. I was astonished by how big the building was on the inside. The school had a skyline in the roof so I could feel the incredible earth sun on my skin. I looked around and saw other kids socializing with each other. I even saw couples kissing and holding hands. It reminded me of me and Tom, before I found out that he was a scum bag.

I looked back down to see that Marco is still holding my hand. I blushed again. I loved the feeling of his hand on mine.

"Hey Marco!"

Marco stopped dead in his tracks. His normal emotionless face now turned into a look of nervousness. I was just confused. I turned and saw that two girls were approaching us. I became so excited that I was gonna meet other people, so I put on the friendliest smile I could and waved to them.

"Hello!", I said.

As soon as I heard an angelic voice call my name, I stopped dead in my tracks. I knew it was Jackie Lynn Thomas. I just prayed to god that Janna didn't tell Jackie about my face.

"Hello!", I heard Star say. I sighed and turned around to see Jackie and Janna. They both smiled warmly at me and then looked at Star.

"Hey Marco, who's this chick?", Janna asked.

I turned to Star, "This is Star..um", I stopped when I realized that I didn't know her last name. Luckily, Star saved me by whispering her last name in my ear.

"Girls, this is Star butterfly, she's new here.", I said.

Janna raised an eyebrow, "Butterfly?"

"That's right! The butterfly family has a rich history.", she said proudly.

"Well it's nice to meet you Star, I'm Jackie and this is my friend Janna.", Jackie said. "So, are you two dating?", she asked with a smirk.

I felt my face get red hot and I started to stutter, "N-N-No w-we're j-just friends."

"Then why are you two holding hands?", Janna asked also with a smirk on her face. I looked down and saw that I was still holding Star's hand and I quickly let it go. We looked at each other and I could tell that we were both blushing hardly.

"I-I can explain", Star said, "We met after I was attacked in the street. He found me crying in a bush and he took me to his home, bandaged up my bruises, and let me sleep at his house for the night. When we were walking to school, he helded my hand just incase we saw the person that attacked me and he tried to hurt me again."

I leaned over and whispered in her ear, "They didn't need to know all of that." She just giggled.

Jackie and Janna looked at Star in disbelief for a few seconds before turning back to me.

"You really did that? That is so sweet!", Janna said smiling. I was startled by her outburst; before I could say anything, Star joined in in praising.

"I know right! He's such a great guy!", she said hugging.

I was even more flustered than I was before and I couldn't even form a complete sentence. I looked at Jackie who was chuckling. I mouth the words "Help me."

She rolled her eyes and said, "Hey Janna, how about you go show Star the vending machine."

I gave her a weird look but before I could say anything, Janna gasped, "Oh my god you have to see it, they have actually chocolate bars in it!"

Star's jaw dropped, "Chocolate! Please tell me it's free."

Janna grabbed Star's hand, "Oh it's not free, but I'm gonna show you how to get free chocolate everyday."

As the two walked away I could here Star say, "This place just keeps getting better and better!"

I sighed and sat down against the school wall, Jackie sat down next to me.

"She seems nice.", Jackie said.

"She's insane.", I deadpanned, "If I have to spend the whole day with her I'm gonna be dead by the end of it." I turned to Jackie who had a smile on her beautiful face, "I know you don't mean that. I saw the way you were holding Star's hand, you didn't wanna let go."

I rolled my eyes and looked away from her, "I was holding on tight just in case we saw the little fuck that attacked her and he tried something. You can't be too careful when there are dangerous people on the street.", I said.

I could feel her hypnotising eyes looking at me. I turned my head back around and sure enough, she was still looking at me with those amazing eyes of her. She had a look of admiration on her face. "You know", she began, "She's right, you're a really nice guy for helping her."

I blushed and said, "I-It was nothing special when you think about it, I just did what any other decent person would've done."

She grabbed my hand and looked into my eyes. I was stunned as I looked into her eyes. "You might be right about that, but that dosen't take away from the fact that what you did was awesome and dare I say it, heroic."

I had no idea how to respond to this. This is the most affection I've ever gotten from a girl, and it was from Jackie Lynn Thomas no less. With nothing else to say I go with the boring, "T-Thank you J-Jackie that means a lot."

"No problem Diaz", Jackie said. She looked very sharply and said, "I see that Star kissed you on the cheek, she must really be grateful."

I didn't say anything as I was to busy staring at Jackie's face even though she wasn't looking into my eyes anymore. I just couldn't believe the fact that the most beautiful girl in the world was sitting so close next to me and I go touch her hand. A loser like me actually gets the privilege to touch Jackie Lynn Thomas' electrifying skin. It was a truly unworkable thought on paper, but here it is helping.

I felt her move her thumb across my cheek to make a rubbing motion, I assumed that she was wiping Star's lipstick of my cheek. I looked around and saw that no one had noticed me and Jackie doing this weird act, which was a good merit, we would be getting weird looks from students and possibly teachers. Jackie noticed that I was staring at her and she blushed in alarm. I'm not sure why though, she must be used to boys staring at her, she was absolutely gorgeous after all. We sat there staring at eachother for a few more seconds until we saw Janna and Star running up to us with their hands full of chocolate bars.

When they reached us Star sat next to me and handed me three chocolate bars, "Marco, did you know there's a vending machine here where you can get free chocolate?!", she asked.

I shook my head, "No, how do you get the free chocolate? Don't you need money to get it out?"

"Normally you do", Janna said, "but this is the oldest vending machine known to mankind, all you have to do is kick it very hard and you get free chocolatey goodness. Now enough talk, dig in guys."

Everyone started to eat their chocolate bars while I just sat there, eyeing the one in my hand. The very thought of this stuff in my mouth made me feel even more sick than the thought of that horrid bacon in my mouth. I don't like food, and chocolate was the absolute lowest of them all. The color of it reminded me of dog shit, the smell of it smelled like rotten potatoes mixed in with a bit of skunk spray, and the taste, god damn the taste, it was absolutely awful. It taste like milk mixed with earth, and as you can bet, that's a bad combination. The only good thing chocolate is good for is killing those fucking dogs.

I turned to Star and gave her my chocolate bar, "You can have it Star, I'm not a big fan of chocolate." That was the understatement of the century. Everyone stopped eating and looked at me like I was insane.

"So, you prefer to be alone, you don't pig out on Taco Tuesday, and you hate chocolate?", Janna asked listing off only a small amount of my problems.

"He also hates puppies.", Star added. I facepalmed as Janna and Jackie look at me like I just killed one of Star's precious puppies. I leaned over to whisper in Star's ear again, "They didn't need to know that."

"You, hate, puppies?", Jackie asked. She sounded like she just received the shocker of her life. "How on earth do you hate puppies? They're so adorable."

I looked down and avoided eye contact from her, "I don't really wanna talk about it." She obviously wanted to talk about it more, but she reluctantly respected my wishes and dropped the subject.

Finally, the bell rang meaning it was time to head to first period.

"Bye you guys, we'll catch up with you later.", Jackie said as she and Janna walked away. I waved goodbye to them while Marco just stood there watching them leave. When the two girls were completely out of our sight, Marco started to walk off and I quickly followed.

"Those two were super nice, but I must ask Marco, you said that you were an introvert and you prefered not to have friends, so how did you meet them?", I asked.

He turned to me with his beautiful brown eyes and said, "Jackie~sigh~took me to the nurse after I was beat up. While we were there she mentioned that she always notices me by myself and away from everyone so she offered me a chance to sit with her and her friends. I accepted and we're friends now, simple as that."

I gave him a quizzing look, that story didn't add up. Why would he accept some random girls invitation to join her and her friends for lunch if he didn't even know her?

I was about to question him some more but the second I opened my mouth to do so, Marco grabbed my hand and started to lead me to our next destination. All of the questions I was going to ask disappeared from my brain as the realization that me and Marco were holding hands again took over my mind and it was the only thing I think about. Around us kids were either holding hands, talking with friends, tapping on an odd looking device, or walking with weird looking white things in their ears.

"Where are we going Marco?", I asked.

Unfortunately, he didn't look at me with his beautiful eyes when he responded, "We're going to my first class, it's where we begin the learning of earth culture." I was beginning to get really excited now, I couldn't wait to learn about earth.

Marco and I finally made it to our destination: History class. We sat in two odd looking chairs in the back of the classroom. This room, at least to an outsider like me, looked like a freak show. The big table in the front of the classroom had a weird looking ball on it. It was the weirdest looking ball I had ever seen. Most of it was light blue, while the rest of it was covered in these odd looking shapes. The surface on the shape part of the looked bumpy and uncomfortable. It didn't look like anything you'd want to play with. Why on earth would anyone have that on their table?

The rest of the classroom was just as weird. The seats were little chairs with little pieces of wood elevated in front of them. The walls were covered in pictures of what looked like ancient tribes that excisted long before the earth people I've seen so far. There were also pictures of weird looking islands that I couldn't recognize.

I looked over to Marco who looked like he was going to fall asleep, but before he could dose off a woman came into the weird room.

"Hello everyone, sorry I took so long, I needed to get our worksheets for today.", the woman looked at the back of the classroom and noticed me, "Oh I see we have a new student."

Every human teen looked back at me. Some girls my age waved at me and I waved back.

"Would you like to come up and introduce yourself to the class?", the woman asked.

I looked over to Marco as if asking if it was okay. He read my mind and he nodded. I went up to the front of the classroom and put on my biggest smile, "Hi, I'm Star Butterfly and I'm a princess from another dimension."

The students and teacher laughed for some odd reason; I just laughed along awkwardly.

"Would anyone like to ask Star any questions?", the woman asked the earth teenagers.

A blonde boy raised his hand, "Yeah, can princess here poof up a dinosaur with her 'wand'?", he asked.

Once again, everyone in the room laughed for some reason. I ignored them and focused on the boys desk, even though people continued to mock me and laugh at me. In the corner of my eye I could see Marco glaring at the students a death glare.

"Don't worry Marco, I'm going to be fine.", I thought.

In the blink of an eye a flash of red light lot the room and when it all went away everyone saw a purple baby dinosaur with wings on the boy's table.

"AAAHHH!", he yelled as he jumped out of his chair. The baby dinosaur was jrooling all over the boy's table and it looked at all the earth humans like they were food. I saw that it was probably about to jump on someone so I quickly poofed up a cafe to keep it from hurting anyone.

"H-How d-did you do that?", one of the human girls asked.

I gave her a weird look, "I told you, I'm a princess. This wand can poof up anything in the known universe. Duh."

After this everyone started to crowd over me, "OMG that's so cool!"

"Can you teach me how to do it!?"

"You are amazing!"

"Can you turn the school into a bouncy house?"

"Can you bring my puppy back to life?"

"Can you make me super smart?"

"Oh my god your hair is so pretty! What do you use?"

"Do you have a boyfriend!"

Even though I was loving the attention, I was worried that Marco would feel left out. I made my way threw the crowd to get him, but I saw that he had fallen asleep at his table. I smiled and went back to my admiring crowd, even though I kinda wish I was snuggling up next to Marco.

This is basically how the next 3 classes ended up, the teacher would ask me to introduce myself to the room of human teens, I would announce myself as a princess, someone would doubt my ability, I would prove them wrong, and I would suddenly be the most popular girl in the world while Marco slept in his seat.

Although I enjoyed the attention, my favorite part of the day would have to be inbetween classes when Marco would teach me about school, even though I didn't really pick up the information because I was either too busy enjoying the sound of his voice, staring into his beautiful brown eyes, or enjoying the warmth of his hand. So in conclusion, it's been a great day.

I love sleeping. It was source of relaxation for me. I didn't have to worry about the troubles of life for a short while. So it really annoys me when something wakes me up like an alarm clock, or a sudden load noise, or a certain gregarious blonde haired princess.

"Wake up sleepyhead!", Star said shaking me violently.

I pushed her away from me and I glared at her, "Don't ever wake me up like that again."

Star backed away from me and put her head down, "I'm sorry.", she said in a quiet voice that was barely audible. She gave me a puppy dog look, but I wasn't going to apologize.

"Will you stop moping? I didn't even yell at you, if anything I spoke to you forcefully.", I said, but Star didn't budge. I saw tears in her eyes, they were threatening to fall down her cheeks. I sighed and wiped the tears out of her eyes, "I'm sorry I yelled at you okay? Now can we go to lunch?"

She immedietly perked up, "Lunch? We get to eat?" I nodded. "For free?" I nodded again. She formed that classic ever loving smile, "Then what are we still doing here?", she asked.

I grabbed her hand and we walked out the classroom and into the hallway. As we were walking students waved to Star and complimented her. Star had quickly become the most popular girl in town in the span of four hours. Boys were basically drooling over her and girls were asking her were she got her clothes and they complimented her on how fashionable she looked. I'm pretty sure no one even noticed her holding my hand.

When we got to the lunchroom students greeted immediately greeted Star like she was a celebrity and she waved to her adoring fans.

We got our trays and got in line, "So what kind of food do humans eat?", Star asked. I shrugged, " If you ask me, earth doesn't have a lot of great food, but I think you might like what we're having today. Where having an earth meal called hamburgers.", I said.

Star's jaw dropped and her eyes went wide, "H-Hamb-burger?"

I was pretty weirded out by this, "Y-Yes, have you heard of them?", I asked.

She comp!etely ignored my question and looked at all the people in the lunch line. She turned to face me, " How fast do you think this line will go?", she asked.

I shrugged, "I don't know, normally the lines take a while to move." Star groaned and laid her head on my shoulder, "This is gonna take forever."

That got the attention of the girl next to them, "You can cut in front of me Star.", the girl said hoping to get some friendship points with Star, seeing as she was the most popular girl in school now.

This got the attention of all the other kids in line, "You can cut me as well Star", another boy said.

This made all of the kids beg Star to cut them in line. Sometimes I wish I had people to brown-nose me. Because of everyone letting us cut in front of them, we were able to get our lunch quickly. Despite everyone begging Star to sit with them, she still followed me to Jackie Lynn Thomas' table. She was over there with her friends like I assumed she would be. She noticed me and Star and waved over to us.

" Hey guys!", Jackie greeted.

I just waved while Star said, "Hi new friend."

"Are you love birds on a romantic lunch date?", Janna teased. Me and Star's faces were once again red width embarrassment as the other girls at the table laughed at us.

" We aren't dating Janna", I said as I glated at her. "Then how come we saw you two holding hands while you were in line?", Jackie asked, "Are you still protecting her like her night in shinning armor?"

Me and Star blushed even harder. Instead of saying anything I just stayed quiet and Star started to eat her hamburger. When she took a bite she clothes her eyes and moaned with pleasure, "Oh my gosh, I wish they had these things at home.", she said, her mouth full of meat.

" They don't have hamburgers where you're from?", Hope asked in disbelief. Star shook her head, "Nope, we really need to catch up.", Star said as she took a bite of her burger. Her mouth was covered with lettuce at this point.

Jackie cringed and turned to me, " Hey Marco, could I talk to you alone outside for a minute? It's really important."

I nodded and got up from my seat. I give Star my burger and follow Jackie outside.

"Don't makeout for too long you two", I heard Janna say. I ignored her and continued to follow Jackie. When we got out the lunchroom she stopped and looked at me and in return I looked at her.

I waited for her to say something but she stayed quiet; she looked like she was trying to find the words to say. I just stood there and stared at her. I've wanted to miss Jackie for so long, I've learned for an opportunity to kiss those plu!mp lips for as long as I can remember. I just wanted to hold her in my arms and kiss her forever, but for now I must stand here restricted. Jackie doesn't know how much I would give up just to kiss her at least once.

She finally turned her focus to me and saw me staring. We were in the same situation we were in earlier. We were once again frozen and blushing at the sight of each others faces. I'm not sure if she was staring at me because she was embarrassed, or maybe, just maybe, she found me attractive as well.

"So, Janna told me about your…encounter with Jeremy", she said. I would've said something, but I didn't know what to say. I couldn't deny it.

Jackie continued, " She told me that she saw you bleeding heavily from your eye. She said she thought that Jeremy might've been responsible for it."

I finally responded, "She's right, me and Jeremy had a little fight, nothing major."

"Nothing major my ass Marco", Jackie said almost hestaricly, "You need to stay away from Jeremy, he's really dangerous and you don't know what he's capable of."

I rolled my eyes, "He's not dangerous, he's cowardly. He only picks on people smaller than him. He's just a pathetic spoiled brat who can't beat up anyone bigger than him."

The expression on Jackie's face didn't change, "He's a coward that beat you horribly. Marco I hate Jeremy more than anyone in this school, but I know there's nothing you can do to stop him from hurting people. Just please stay clear of him Marco, I don't want you to get hurt."

I would've continued to protest but Jackie looked like she was about to cry. I sighed and nodded, "Fine, I'll stay away from him."

Jackie smiled and hugged me. I was taken aback by this, I didn't know how to respond to this, it was rare that I got hugged by a girl that wasn't my mom, and by rare I mean it never happened.

When we separated we just stared at each other awkwardly. Neither of us knew what to say.

"So", I said breaking the silence, " We should probably go back inside now."

Jackie smiled nervously, "Yeah we should."

I opened the door for her and she walked inside giving me a wink as she did. I blushed and followed behind her like a dog. The first thing I saw when I entered was Star at the table and next to her was a pile of hamburgers.

Jackie gasp while just stood there in disbelief. Star noticed us and waved us over. When I sat next to her she immediately started talking to me in a elated voice, "Marco, they gave me free hamburgers!", she said.

I rubbed my ear a little bit and responded to her, " Why?"

"Well when I finished my hamburger I was upset that I didn't have any more to eat, so a bunch of human teens gave me their food.", Star explained with a mouth full of burger.

Janna was a little annoyed, " They were faunting over her like she was a celebrity."

Hope was baffled, "I don't understand why they did that, are you rich or something?", she asked Star.

"Oh you don't know do you?", Star asked. "Know what?", Hope asked.

With a flick of her wrist Star conjured up a blue crown that appeared on Hope's head. Everyone at the table gaspec and looked at Star completely discombobulated. They were looking at her as if she had turned purple and sprouted wings.

" H…How the hell did you do that?", Leah asked hiding behind Janna.

"Star's a princess from another dimension, she ran away from home because her parents were forcing her to marry someone who she didn't love", I explained.

The girls were quiet for a second until Jackie broke the silence, "That…is…so…awesome!"

I stopped her before she could even start kissing up to Star, "Don't you start, I've had enough of people kissing Star's ass for one day.", I said getting really annoyed.

Star giggled, " I think Marco is starting to get jealous girls." The other girls laughed but I ignored them as best as I could.

The rest of the lunch period consisted of the girls conversing and asking Star what it was like on another planet. In the corner of my eye I could see boys literally drooling over her. I just stayed quiet and I would occasionally take little glances at Jackie.

Suddenly the bell rang and it was time for fifth period. Star grabbed my arm, "Marco, can you walk me to class again?", she asked.

Despite the girls at the table giggling like little school children, I nodded my head and grabbed her hand. As we were leaving the cafeteria I heard Leah say, " Have fun lovebirds!"

I turned around and flipped her off.

As me and Marco walked out the cafeteria, I was savoring the feeling the warmth of his skin on mine. I swear it was the absolute greatest feeling ever.

We continued to walk down the hallway until Marco stopped me at a door. "Stay here Star I gotta go use the restroom."

I nodded and did as I was told. As soon as Marco entered the restroom I started to miss the feeling of his hand. I can't describe the feeling I have when I'm around Marco. When he holds my hand it just feels like he's holding onto the most cherished of diamonds so it won't drop onto the floor and break. I'm happy that I was lucky enough to find the most handsome and caring boy on earth.

My thoughts were interrupted by an unwanted guess, "Well look who's here."

I turned around and saw evil. It was the tall blonde boy who asulted me yesterday. I stood there frozen in fear as he gkared at me with an evil smirk.

"If it isn't my little punching bag. How's that leg feeling blondie?", he taunted.

I stayed quiet, making sure I was right next to the restroom door. "Stay the hell away from me you evil creep.", I snarled.

His smirk disappeared and he glared at me, "Who the hell do you think your talking to you bitch?", he asked getting angry. He started to walk toward me and I had no choice, but to back away from him.

I saw that his hand was forming into a fist and I started to get scared. As if jaurcy (Karama in Mewni) was awarding me for doing something nice in the past, Jackie came in the hallway and ran between me and the evil boy.

"Stay the fuck away from her Jeremy", Jackie said coldly.

Hope, Leah, and Janna came and pulled me back, but I refused to go.

The boy, who's name I now know is Jeremy, smirked once again, "You really wanna try and be a hero again Jackie?"

Jackie refused to move, "I'm not gonna let you hurt another helpless girl. Stay away from Star, or I'm gonna beat the shit out of you!"

I smiled at Jackie's braveness, this boy basically towered over her, yet she no signs of fear. Jeremy looked a bit surprised by the fact that girl was so gallant, but that didn't stop him from grabbing her arm, "Will you stop trying to sound tough? I know you want me sexy.", he said.

Me and the other girls looked on in digust while Jackie tried to break free from Jeremy's grasp.

"Let go of my hand you fucking creep!", she yelled at him.

The boy just laughed as he pushed her down forcefully. She tried to get up but Jeremy kicked her in the stomach. He kicked her in the stomach and pulled her hair. He made her face him and he said, "You might wanna watch how you talk to me Jackie, or else you're gonna end up like blondie over there."

He pointed to me and all the girls turned to me in shock. Janna turned back to Jeremy, "So it was you who hurt Star? What the hell is wrong with you you fucking jerk!?"

That sick bastard chuckled, "You're damn right I did. It's not that anyone gives a damn about the little blonde bitch." He continued to kick Jackie in the stomach, we cringed as he did. I was furious now, seeing my new friend being assaulted by an evil monster and I couldn't do anything about it. There was no choice in trying to stand up against him, he towered over all of us, and he was even more muscular than Marco.

The brute finally stopped kicking Jackie and chuckled, he was proud of what he had just done, but why? How could he be proud of assaulting an innocent defenseless girl?

I looked down at Jackie and started to cry, she looked like she was in so much pain. She was covering her stomach with her arms, and tears were rolling down her face.

Jeremy turned to me and the other girls, but before he could do anything he was pushed to the ground by Marco. Before I could even process what had happened Marco had started raining down punches on Jeremy's face.

I was scared, I had never seen Marco so angry. He punched Jeremy in the eye, kicked him in the chest, kicked him in his throat and punched his head into the wall. I got a glimpse of Jeremy's face and it was practically covered in blood, you could barely make out who he was.

Marco kicked Jeremy in the head one more time knocking him out cold. Even though Jeremy was unconscious, Marco went up to him and put his hands around his neck and started to squeeze.

It didn't take a genius to see that Marco was strangling him. "Marco stop! You're gonna kill him!", Janna said, but Marco didn't listen, he only applied more pressure onto the boy's neck.

Jackie, who was now on her knees struggling to get up, noticed what Marco was doing and said, "Marco you gotta stop, he's gonna *cough* *cough*", she couldn't even finish the sentence because of her coughing.

This seemed to grab Marco's attention as he let go of Jeremy's neck and turned to look a Jackie. He stared at her emotionlessly for a moment before picking her up in the bridal position. He looked over at us, "Follow me, I'm taking her to the infirmary."

We nodded and followed him. Although I was calm now that all that was over, the though that Marco would've killed that boy if Jackie hadn't stopped him scared me.

Authors note: Sorry that ending was rushed, but I was in a hurry. Unfortunately folks, that's not the last we'll see of Jeremy and we haven't even begun to dig into Marco's mind yet, so trust me, this is far from finished.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you next time!