Authors Note: Marco isn't the only one with problems.

P.S. Season 2 is awesome! (They actually made an episode centered around Ludo watchable. I didn't think they could do it.)

Marco's POV

I'm not sure how long I lied there staring at Star. She was still dead asleep in my bed, laying on my arm. She's been asleep for over an hour now and shows no signs of waking up anytime soon, not that I was complaining. In hindsight, it's kinda creepy to stare at a girl while she's sleeping in your bed, but what else was there to do?

I didn't really wanna wake her up seeing as it seemed like she was having a really nice dream, I could tell by the smile on her face. Every now and again she would mumble something about candy and ponyheads which I found pretty weird to be honest.

This was just another example of how Star is able to make me weak. If anyone else was lying on me while they slept I would've punched them in the face and roll 'em off the edge, but this is Star, and she has power over me that no one else had. I'd let her sleep on me all night if she wanted to.

Suddenly there was a loud knock on the front door. It was so loud that it woke up Star. Her eyes opened and immediately blushed when she saw me looking at her.

She got up from the bed and avoided her gaze from me, "S-Sorry about that. Were you up for a long t-time?", she asked nervously.

"No, I just woke up", I lied.

Star stretched her limbs and rubbed her eyes. I heard the knocking again and headed downstairs. I could here Star following me, she was giggling as she did.

I turned around to face her, "Why are you giggling?", I asked.

"Oh no reason", she said giggling even more. I rolled my eyes and continued toward the door. I grabbed the door nob ready to turn it, but I had a bad feeling that something really bizarre was about to happen considering that Star was giggling like crazy now.

The knocking continued and even louder this time. I sighed and reluctantly opened the door only to see Jackie Lynn Thomas standing next to Janna who was holding six pizza boxes.

"What the hell took you so long?", Janna asked as she struggled to hold all the boxes. I recovered from my shock and said, "H-Here let me help you", as I took the pizza boxes from her and set them on a night stand.

As soon as Jackie and Janna walked into the house they were immediately ambushed by an elated Star. "Yay you both made it!", she said hugging them.

"Of course we made it, I wouldn't miss tonight for the world", Janna said equally as excited as Star.

"Wait, what are you guys talking about?", I asked. Janna turned to Star, "You didn't tell him yet?", she asked.

Star shook her head sheepishly, "No, when I came home he was asleep. I didn't wanna wake him up so I joined him." Dammit Star.

The two girls then looked at me, both of them smirking. "Wow Marco you even attract girls in your sleep", Jackie said.

"Did you forget to turn your swag off before you went to sleep? Rookie mistake.", Janna said.

I groaned and covered my face with my Hoodia so they couldn't see my blush, "Can we please stop talking about this? You never answered me, why are you here?"

Janna rolled her eyes, "We're here to party dude!" "And by party she means hang out and eat pizza", Jackie said keeping her calm demeanor unlike the two balls of energy standing next to her.

I was confused now, "You're not mad at me Jackie?", I asked.

She looked at me like I was nuts, "Are you kidding? You saved Star from getting hurt, you beat up Jeremy for hurting, and you welcomed Star with open arms into your home, how could I be mad at a guy like you?"

Her praise made me blush a bit more, no one has ever spoke to me in such a positive way before. "I just thought that you were mad at me after what you said in the nurses office."

"I wasn't mad Marco, I was worried. I was terrified that Jeremy was going to do something bad to you. I'm sorry if I sounded like I was angry", Jackie said as blush appeared on her face.

My face was even redder now. Janna must've noticed as she started to tease me and Jackie, "Oh would you two just kiss already? You're making me sick."

"Oh my god! You two would be so cute together!", Star said with hearts in her eyes.

Me and Jackie looked at each other for a split second before averting our eyes. "Can we start the party now?", Star asked.

"Hell yeah let's get this party started!", Janna said as she started playing music from her phone.

The "Party" consisted of the girls dancing to the music that was playing from Janna's phone, the girls doing each others hair, Janna teaching Star about how "earth girl stuff" (I had to leave the room for that one), Star telling them what it was like being a princess, and all of the girls watching a movie while eating pizza.

As you can probably guess, I was extremely bored. I just sat on the couch with my hands in my pockets and my hood over my head not saying a word. I'm not much of a party person, I even disliked my own birthday parties growing up. The highlight of this whole thing was having Jackie Lynn Thomas in my house. I never thought she would even talk to me, let alone come to my house. And besides, Jackie looked like she was having a blast. I don't think I've ever seen her smile this much.

And I guess Star having her first party on earth is pretty good. At least she's happy.

About half way threw the movie, I went to sleep. I didn't have a dream this time, it was just darkness. I woke up when Star started shaking me awake, "Marco wake up."

I opened my eyes and saw Janna, Star, and Jackie Lynn Thomas standing around me. "What happened? Is something wrong?", I asked still a bit dazed after being woken up from a deep sleep.

"I saved you the last piece of pizza", Star said presenting me the slice.

I looked at the blonde girl with a "Are you fucking serious?" look. Despite me being ticked off that she woke me up to ask me that, I politely said, "You can have it Star, I don't like Pizza."

This was followed by a gasp from the three girls, I immediately knew I said something wrong.

"You don't like pizza?", Janna asked.

"But it's so good! Here Try one bite", Star said. She tried to stuff the pizza in my mouth but I repeatedly dodged it until I finally grabbed her arm and took the pizza out of her hand.

"Stop doing that. Now.", I said sternly. She just shrugged and ate the pizza herself.

"So you don't like puppies, you don't like chocolate, you don't like parties, you don't like having friends, and you don't like pizza?", Jackie said listing off the many problems I have.

"Yep, that sounds about right.", I said.

Jackie chuckled, "Do you like anything? Or anyone for that matter?", she said jokingly. Janna and Star chuckled as well. I however, didn't take it as a joke. Did Jackie think I didn't like her? Did I give off that impression? I honestly did enjoy her company. I was grateful that she was here, but I just didn't know how to show it.

"T-That's not t-true y'know. I like you alot. I've always liked you. In fact, I feel lucky that you're even here", I said stumbling threw my words.

All the girls looked at me in shock. It was thfirst time they heard me say something that was actually nice and good hearted. I was shocked myself. I'm not even sure why I said that. I didn't mean to say it out loud!

Jackie was definitely flustered. Her face was blood red and she was struggling to say anything. I realized that I was staring at her yet again, only unlike the last times, there were two other people in the room and I'm sure they noticed.

"Have you really always liked me?", Jackie asked finally breaking the awkward silence. Her face was still blood red, but she had the cutest little smile on her adorable face.

"Y-Yeah", I said not really facing her, "I-I-I've always thought that you were cool and y-you're pretty and stuff."

Jackie's smile grew, "You think I'm pretty?"

I could feel my face heat up even more as I nodded slowly. I hoped that we would move on from this topic, but Janna, being her nosey self, wouldn't allow that, "Give her a hug Marco", she said smiling wide.

I looked at her like she was nuts, "No way."

Then Star started to pile in, "Oh come on Marco, it would be so cute!"

I looked at Jackie who was giggling while holding her arms out teasingly. I rolled my eyes and headed up stairs not even saying goodbye to the girls as I left. I heard them laughing at me as I went up. "I hate you all sometimes", I mumbled knowing they couldn't hear me.

Star's POV

"He's so cute when he's mad", I thought to myself.

I turned to Jackie and Janna who were earing the last of the pizza. "So Star", Janna started, "Was your first party on earth as awesome as I said it would be?"

I smiled, "Are you kidding? It's been awesome! Thank you both so much."

"It was no problem Star", Jackie said, "We were happy to do it, also, seeing Marco blush was hilarious." We all laughed again.

Janna got up from the couch and grabbed her bag, "Well I better start heading home, my mother will kill me if I get home late again. See you guys later." We waved goodbye to her as she walked out the front door.

It was just me and Jackie now. We sat there quietly for a few minutes just silently watching what earth people call a, "TV." I didn't find it very interesting so I started to think about other things. The thought of my parents appeared in my mind. I wonder how they reacted when they discovered my empty room. Were they devastated? Were they filled with regret? Probably not. They were probably happy that they didn't have to deal with me anymore.

Then I started to think about William. I never even considered his emotions. I'm not even one hundred percent sure that he found my goodbye note. And even if he did, how do I know if he even showed my parents? Does he miss me? I mean, he was the only servant I considered a close friend. Or maybe he has too much on his mind to think about me. He is married and he has two daughters, he probably doesn't think of me often even though we do talk. Who knows? Maybe it was all part of the job to him. Maybe all the conversations we had together were perfunctory.

And finally, I started to think about Marco. He was a interesting individual. Ever since he beat up Jeremy I've started to wonder about him a bit more. He is definitely hiding something from all of us, everyone can sense it, but no one says anything. He never opens up, so it will be extremely hard to find out what it is. When he attacked Jeremy I saw a look in his eyes I couldn't really recognize. It was like a mix of anger, regret, sadness, and determination. It was unlike anything I had ever seen. Marco must've had a bunch of emotions in his head when he was beating up Jeremy. Marco's emotions seemed to be running one hundred miles per hour. Whenever I look into his beautiful brown eyes it seems like he has a lot on his mind, but he decides to let it eat away at him.

I beg of you Marco Diaz, please open up to me. Please tell me what's on your mind. I know that if I knew more about you I would be absolutely fascinated. You are intelligent. You are strong. You are independent. You are thoughtful. You are handsome. I know what you are, but I don't know who you are.

Marco's POV

I really wish I didn't have friends sometimes; at least then I wouldn't have awkward moments like what just happened down stairs. After that ordeal I went back to my room and layed on my bed and stared at the sealing. I did this a lot when I was at home. It was my way of making the day go by faster. I'm bored most of time when I'm at home, nothing entertained me. I thought TV was stupid, there weren't any books in my house, and I was an only child.

There have been many times where I could've killed myself and killed two birds with one stone. I would've ended my boredom and done the world a good service by ridding it of a horrible human being that shouldn't have been born in the first place. Unfortunately my parents must've read my mind because whenever they leave the house they hide anything I could possibly kill myself with. The one day I actually decided to do it was the day I stopped cutting myself. I realized that cutting wasn't helping me at all and I just decided to end it, but when I looked for something to kill myself with I found nothing useful.

No knife, no gun, no pills, no toaster to drop in the bath, nothing. All my parents did that day was make sure I live a life of regret after the incident. Why can't they just let me fucking die?

After only a couple of minutes I start to get a bit droopy and I begin to nod off. Before I'm completely asleep though, I remembered the dream I had earlier. The image of Jackie Lynn in that horrible state flashed in my mind at that moment. Yeah, I'm gonna try my best to not sleep tonight, or ever.

I continued to stare at the sealing until I heard an odd noise coming from outside. I groaned and reluctantly got out of bed. I walked into the hallway and saw no possible source of the strange noise. I walked down into the living room and saw Star sleeping peacefully on the couch. I head into the living room closet, pull out a blanket and cover up Star's body. I tuked her in and made sure she was comfy.

I started to hear the odd noise again and it was even louder this time. I cringed when hear it. It was obvious that it was coming from upstairs. I rush upstairs and notice that the bathroom light was on. I cursed under my breath and walked toward the bathroom door, getting ready for whatever bullshit was on the other side.

When I made it to the bathroom I peared in and saw that inside was Jackie Lynn Thomas, with her shirt off, nursing her fractured ribs. The odd noise was her struggling not scream at the pain she was feeling. I silently sighed in relief knowing that it was nothing to serious, but I was a bit concerned for Jackie.

I opened the door and I asked, "Are you okay?"

She jumped and covered her breast so I couldn't take a sneaky look. Not that I would. "What the hell are you doing here?", she asked.

I stayed cooled, "Well its my bathroom and considering the fact that you sound like you're dying in here I believe that's a good reason", I said.

Jackie rolled her eyes but then smiled at me, "Good point. Could you please get me some ice. It would really help." I nodded.

I closed the bathroom door behind me and quickly ran downstairs to get Jackie some ice. I had Jackie Lynn Thomas shirtless in my bathroom. No matter what the sercumstance is, it's still something to brag about.

I brought the bad of ice to Jackie and she held it against her ribs. She smiled warmly at me again, "Could you stay with me? I don't wanna be alone."

I nodded and closed the door. It was just me and her.

"I'm sorry if I made you feel awkward with the whole hug thing earlier", she said, "I just really wanted a hug from you."

I blushed hard, "I-It's okay, I just don't hug much. I don't think I've hugged anyone sense I was ten."

"Really? You don't even hug your parents?"

"Nope. My father is barely even home most of the time and I think my mother senses that I don't like hugs, so she just kisses me on the cheek.

"Do you hug family when you see them?"

That question silenced me for a minute. It's been years since I've seen a family member that wasn't my mother or father, and there was a good reason for that, but I don't want to go into that now.

"We don't see family that much, they all live back home in Mexico", I said lying threw my teeth.

"Ok, you ask me something now.", she said eager to hear a question from me.

I didn't really have any interesting questions so I just came up with something easy, "Who's your best friend?"

Jackie rolled her eyes and chuckled, "Your boring you know that? I guess my best friend would have to Janna. We've been friends ever since kindergarten and it's always a weird day when I don't see her."

It was very weird hearing this. "I didn't know a friendship could last that long. How do know each other for that long and not get tired of each other?"

Jackie shook her head, "It's kinda hard to explain, but when you have a special connection with a person you just feel comfortable around, you start to hang out with them a lot. And if your really close, you can't imagine life without them. I assume you don't have have a best friend then?"

I shook my head "No." "The only friends I've ever had are you, Janna, Hope, Leah, and Star. Honestly, I never thought I would ever have friends that would tolerate me and my anti-social personality."

"Your anti-social personality is what makes you charming and interesting. Why else would I be shirtless while asking you questions in you bathroom?", Jackie said giving me a smile that let me know that she was sincere about what she was saying."

I blushed heavily for two reasons, one, no one has ever called me charming or interesting before, and two, I realized that she was still shirtless. I averted my gaze from her, I don't think she noticed.

"Okay, you have to ask me one more question. What do you got? The more revealing the better.", she said with a confident smirk. That smirk is the sexiest thing ever.

I thought about my next question really hard. What was the most revealing thing I could ask her? I finally came up with one, "What is your biggest secret", I asked. Sure it was cliché, but it was affective.

Jackie'sgorgeous smile faded away and she looked away from me. I felt guilty for asking the question now.

"Hey I'm sorry i-", I started to say, but Jackie covered my mouth before I could finish. She looked at me with those amazingly hypnotic eyes and said, "If I tell you about this, you have to promise that you will never tell anyone about this. Not Janna, not Hope, not Leah, not even Star. This is between you and me forever, okay?"

I nodded my head nervously. Whatever she was about to tell me must've been serious. So why was she about to tell me this? Did she really trust me this much?

Jackie stood up from the toilet seat, turned on the faucet, and ran her arm under some water. When turned the faucet off and took a deep breath before showing me her arm.

I nearly passed out from shock as I saw that Jackie Lynn Thomas' arm was covered in cuts similar to the ones on my arm.

"I...cut myself.", Jackie said refusing to look at me.

After I recovered from my shock, I pulled down my jacket sleeve and showed her my cuts. She looked at me like she just saw a ghost. We positioned our arms next to each other and examined each others arms.

"I won't tell anyone about yours, but please don't tell anyone about mine.", I whispered.

She turned her attention back to me, and oodly enough, she smiled, "Your secret is safe with me."

Author's Note: I know you have a lot of questions right now, but don't worry, we'll get some answers next chapter. Now if you excuse me folks, I have to come up with the answers to those questions.