Warning: This chapter contains heavy subject matter such as rape, abuse and other topics.

Marco's POV

"Marco? Marco? Marco, you with me?", Jackie said waving her hand in front of my face. I was completely aware that she was doing it, but I was too stunned to respond. She wanted to kill herself. It took a while for the realization to sink in, but once it did, I couldn't get the thought out of my head.

"W-Why?", I asked stuttering over my words, "Why would you want to do that? You have so much to live for."

Jackie rolled her eyes and said, "Stop lying to me. I have nothing to live for. I'm ugly, stupid, and fat. No one would miss me if I killed myself." She had completely ignored my question.

"Jackie, answer me.", I said putting my arm on her shoulder. She turned away from me and stayed quiet. "Jackie, I'm here for you. You can tell me anything. I won't judge you.", I said turning her toward me so I could look into her beautiful eyes that shined like diamonds. God damn her eyes are amazing.

She started to tear up a bit, "God dammit this is harder than I thought. Why am I always so nervous around you?", she asked rhetorically. That statement caught me off guard. Was she really always nervous around me? If she was, them she did a damn good job hiding it.

She finally wiped away her tears and said, "I can't take it anymore Marco. I can't go on another living with my parents. They're gonna rule my life and I can't stop them." I was about to say something, but Jackie put her finger over my mouth and continued, "And every time I go to school, I feel like everyone is staring at me, like they no my secret, like they know that I cut myself, like they know that I have abusive parents. I try to act normal and fit in, but I'm dying inside. I can't go on pretending like I'm okay when I'm actually dying inside. I don't see myself getting better, do you?"

She removed her finger from in front of my mouth and said, "I don't think I can get better, so what's the point of even trying? I'm done with trying, I'm done with getting help, I'm tired of pretending to be a happy little Jackie, I'm tired of being raped by my parents, and killing myself is the only way to make it all stop."

There were visible tears running down her face as she told me her reasons for planning her death. I'll admit, I had absolutely nothing to say. The one time I actually wanted to open my big fat mouth and I can't do it.

"See?", Jackie said sounding like she was about to sob, "You don't have anything to say because you know I'm right."

"No", I said, "I have nothing to say because I'm trying to recover from the shock. Jackie, I've loved you since kindergarten, and I would've never suspected that underneath your angel like outside, was a girl like you."

"A girl like me?", Jackie asked.

"A girl that deserves the world, but instead gets treated like she's nothing. Jackie you are ama-" I was cut off by Jackie slapping me in the face as hard as she could. It wasn't hard enough to knock me on the ground, but god damn it stung.

"Will you stop with that?", Jackie asked holding her hand as if the slap hurt her to, "I hate being given false hope and you just keep trying to tell me that I'm amazing. I'm not. I'm a waste of space. When I'm gone no one will miss me."

"You're wrong", I said, "I would miss you. Star would miss you. Janna would miss you. Leah would miss you. Hope would miss you. And I would certainly miss you. I would be devastated if you died. I love you Jackie. I really fucking love you. I know you have no hope for the future, but let me try and give you it."

"But why?", Jackie said sounding soulless, "Why do you want to help?"

"Because I love you Jackie.", I said getting closer to her. I never thought I would do something like this, but I knew that it was the perfect time to do it. I cupped Jackie's cheeks and kissed her on the lips. It was the greatest feeling of all time. I was finally kissing the gorgeous Jackie Lynn Thomas.

Jackie's eyes were wide at first, but then she closed her eyes and started to kiss me back. Her participate only made the kiss even more incredible. Jackie's lips tasted like candy dipped maple syrup. Oh god it felt amazing. Jackie got bold and slipped her tongue in my mouth making the kiss even more intense. The kiss lasted for a few good seconds before we finally broke it. There was nothing but a string of saliva connecting us.

Jackie wiped her mouth and said, "That. Was. Amazing."

I nodded, "It was. Was that your first kiss?"

"Yes", she said with a goofy smile, "Was I good?'

"You were amazing. My god, I've never felt so good in my life.", I said in amazement. That was her first kiss? How has a girl as beautiful as this never kissed at least one guy before? That is just a crime against humanity. "Look, I love you, but I don't wanna rush into a relationship with you yet.", Jackie said, "I'm too scared to be in a relationship."

"I understand, but let me give you hope and give me a chance to make you happy, please.", I said practically begging.

Jackie kissed me on the cheek and said, "Okay. I'll give you a chance to show me hope."

I smiled and grabbed her hand, "You won't regret this my emerald, I'm gonna turn your whole life around."

Star's POV

"So if you use the restroom in the street, you get arrested?", I asked.

"Yep", Janna confirmed.

"That's outrageous!", I said.

"I know right? If I wanna pee on a fire hydrant, then I will pee on a fire hydrant. I don't care what the law says.", Janna said crossing her arms.

Hope groaned, "This is the most disgusting conversation I've ever had the displeasure of hearing. Please stop this."

Leah chuckled, "You think that's disgusting? That's weird coming from the girl who wanted to-" She didn't het to finish her statement as Hope quickly covered her mouth. "I thought we were going to keep that between us?", Hope asked rhetorically.

I was about to ask what was going on when I heard a voice that sent a chill down my spine.

"Where's Marco."

I would recognize that voice anywhere and I hoped that I would never hear it again. I prayed that I was wrong and turned around. Sure enough, it was Jeremy. The evil boy that hurt me. We all cringed at his scared face. He had a line of weird black things (stitches) on his forehead, his eye was purple (he has a black eye) and he had bruises all over his face.

"Didn't you hear me? I asked where Marco was.", Jeremy said. His voice was not intimidating anymore, it was weak and raspy. I stayed quiet as I was still scared of him. His voice might have been weak, but he was still strong and powerful.

Janna, being the boldest of all of us, spoke up, "We don't know where he is, so why don't you just go away you jerk."

Insulting him might not of been the right move as it only angered Jeremy. He didn't do anything rash, but the look on his face showed that he was getting angry. "I-I just wanted to give him this note.", Jeremy said showing us the envelope in his hand. His voice was shsky as if he was trying not to yell.

Janna raised an eyebrow and said, "Fine. Give it to me and I'll make sure he receives it.", she said holding her hand out.

Jeremy looked like he had trouble trusting Janna, and honestly, I don't blame him. In the short time I've known her, I've learned that you can't trust Janna with the simplest of request. Janna noticed this and groaned, "Oh for fuck sake just give it to me you idiot."

That "idiot" insult really struck a nerve because in a blink of an eye Jeremy had a fist full of Janna's shirt and had her up in the air. Everyone in the food eating room was looking at Jeremy and Janna, but no one did anything. They were too afraid. Jeremy could beat Janna into a bloody pulp, and Janna knew it, but there was no fear in her eyes.

"If I were you, I would watch my mouth before I get serious hurt like blonde over here", Jeremy said pointing to me.

"Yeah, keep beating up on innocent girls, that'll earn people's respect", Janna trying to break free from the evil boy's grip.

Jeremy chuckled evilly, "I don't need people's respect, I need people to fear me like your dumb blonde friend.", he said once again pointing at me.

"What did you just call her?", we heard a voice ask.

We all turned around and an angry Marco standing there with Jackie Lynn Thomas standing behind him. I got behind Leah for I was scared of Marci when he was angry. His face had the look of a Mewni gobkac (the Mewni version of a bear) after it has witnessed a hunter kill it's baby. Jackie looked like she was just as scared as I was.

Jackie grabbed his shoulder and said, "Marco, calm down. Remember what happened last time?" Her words fell on deaf ears. Marco took her hand off his shoulder and walked toward Jeremy. The evil boy saw this and put Janna down.

"Did I just hear you call Star stupid?", he asked getting closer to him.

"You heard me. What are you going to do about it?", Jeremy asked practically daring Marco to do something.

Marco stopped when he and Jeremy were face to face, and then he said, "No one insults my Star. No one."

My cheeks went red and my heart started to pound crazy fast against my chest. Did he just call me his Star? I wanted to smile so badly, but considering the situation that I'm in right now, I don't think that would be appropriate.

Before Marco could even raise his first, Jackie grabbed his shoulder once again and said, "Marco, please don't do this." The worry in her voice was extremely present.

Marco sighed and said, "Fine. Just get the hell away from Star, Jeremy."

Jeremy smirked, "I'm not here for your little friend, I'm just here to give you this." Jeremy handed Marco the letter and the brown haired boy inspected it.

"What is this shit?", Marco asked, his patience wearing thin.

"This is a letter from my father", Jeremy said, "It says that if you ever assault me, insult me, or disrespect me again, my family will take yours to court. And since I assume you can't understand that, it means my family will sue yours if you ever harm me again."

I wasn't quite sure what all that meant, but the gasps coming from Janna signalized that it wasn't good. Marco just stared at the envelope for a couple of seconds before tearing it in half. He threw the pieces on the ground and stomped on them. Jeremy's eyes went wide as he saw Marco disrespect the message from his father.

"Listen to me and listen good Jeremy", Marco said looking into Jeremy's eyes, "I don't give a fuck about you, your family, or the power you have, so you can take your lawsuit threats and stick them up your ass."

Jeremy's eyes went wide as Janna was trying (and failing) to keep her laughter silent. "Who the hell do you think you are talking to me like that? Do you know who I am!? I can see it that your mother and father will never work in this town again! Is that what you want, Diaz?", Jeremy threatened.

Any normal person would back down at this point, but Marco wasn't normal. Marco did an odd gesture and said, "Fuck you, you fucking cunt."

Everyone in the food room gasped as Jeremy jumped on top of Marco and started raining down punches on him. The punches seemed like they had no affect though as Marco was able to summon enough strength to lift Jeremy off of him and above his shoulders and throw him over to another table. Everyone was shocked. How on earth did Marco pick up a guy twice his size without even breaking a sweat!?

Jeremy's back was obviously injured as he was rubbing his back and groaning in pain. "You wanna give up yet?", Marco asked. I prayed that Jeremy would quit, I didn't like seeing Marco like this.

"Fuck you!", Jeremy yelled at him. He jumped up to attack Marco, but the red hooded boy moved out the way and Jeremy hit his head on the ground. Marco preceded to kick Jeremy in the stomach with all his might. The kicks seemed endless and they didn't seem like they would end. When Marco finally stopped kicking him, he backed up and asked, "Do you quit yet?"

Jeremy started to get back up, but he his stomach was obviously hurting, he could barely hold himself. Jeremy opened hisouth and body said, "Fuck you and your family you stupid border bandit. You and your family will be hearing from my lawyers."

I had no clue what a "border bandit" was, but everyone was shocked at when Jeremy said that. Marco was incredibly angry now. He ran up to Jeremy and kicked him in his private parts. Jeremy screamed in agony as he fixed on his back clutching his crouch. Marco's assault continued as he got on top of Jeremy and started to rain down punches like there was no tomorrow.

I closed my eyes so I couldn't see the punches, but it was no use as I could still hear them. They sounded like a huge gold hammer ringing the gold Mewni bell at dawn, and they wouldn't cease. I just wanted it to stop. I hated violence and hearing it was probably worse. I also hated that Marco was the taking part in said violence. I didn't love scary, angry Marco, I loved caring, nurturing, loving Marco.

"Marco! Stop it!"

Marco's POV

"Marco! Stop it!"

I looked up at the source of the yell that snapped me out of my murderous state, it was Star. She has tears streaming down her face, "Please stop Marco.", she said begging.

I looked down at Jeremy's face, it was covered in blood and his his breathing was heavy. I looked around me and saw everyone in the cafeteria looking at me like I was a monster. I looked over to my..."friends" and saw that they were also terrified. Hope was hiding behind Leah who was just as scared as she was. Janna was, surprising, really freaked out. I've never seen her scared before. And finally, Jackie. Jackie also looked like she was afraid of me.

That was the breaking point. Everyone knows what a monster I now, so to get away from their staring, I ran out of the cafeteria and out of the school. I ran out of the doors and ran like the wind. I wanted to get far away from the school, but a angelic voice stopped me. "Marco wait!"

I turned around and saw Star running as fast as she can to catch up to me. When she finally did I hugged her as tightly as I could and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lose my temper like that. I don't know what got into me." I was lying out of my ass. I knew exactly what had gotten into me.

Star hugged me back and said, "It's okay. Just, please, never do anything like that again. I really hate violence."

I nodded and said, "Of course."

"As uncomfortable as that was to watch", Star said starting to blush a bit, "I do appreciate you slapping him around a bit for calling me dumb. And, what exactly did you mean by, 'your Star?"

I blushed a bit and said, "Well, I've taken it upon myself to protect you. I don't want anything to hurt you. You are truly too innocent for this messed up world and I want to make sure you're okay. You're amazing Star and I'm gonna protect you like you were my very own princess, same with the others. I'm not gonna let anything her any if you."

Star's face was completely red after what I told her. Her face was almost as red as Jackie's after me and her kissed.

"Aaaaaaawwww", we heard someone say behind us. We both looked behind us and saw the girls standing there, their cheeks were red as tomatoes. Jackie had her mouth coveted signaling that she was probably the one that said "aw."

"That was so sweet", Hope said dreamily.

"Did you really mean that Marco? About protecting us?", Jackie asked.

I nodded nervously, "Yes. You guys are the only friends I've ever had in my life. I'd be devastated if something were to happen to any of you." While all of that was true, there is still one factor in why attack Jeremy as viscously as I did, but I can't tell them that. I'll never be able to tell them that.

"T-Thank you.", Star said. Before I could reply, she kissed me on the lips. This time a chorus of "aahhs" came from all the girls. I was shocked by the action, but after some encouragement from Jackie of all people, I started to kiss back. The kiss was absolutely amazing, it was just as good as my kiss with Jackie, maybe even better. Also, I've never noticed before, but Star's mouth is surprisingly normal. Seeing as she's from another dimension, you'd expect there to be something different about her mouth, but it's completely normal and magical.

When the kiss finally broke, I was almost completely out of breath, while Star looked like she was ready for another kiss.

"I've wanted to do that for a long time", she said with a smirk.

She noticed how out if shake I was and saud, "Are you really out of breath. That kiss wasn't even that long "

"I've only kissed one other girl besides you Star, and it only happened today. Forgive me if I'm not a not a fucking professional.", I said sarcastically.

Star's eyes went wide and she said, "You had your first kiss today? And it wasn't with me."

One of these days, and I don't know when, I'm gonna learn to shut my fucking mouth.

"Who'd you kiss before me?", she asked raising an eyebrow. I looked at Jackie which caused everyone else to do the same. Jackie's face became even redder and she looked away from everyone. Soon everyone understood and Star squealed. "Are you two dating now?", Star asked excitedly.

"Not yet", Jackie said, "We still have to think about a few things."

"Like what? You thinking about if Marco's di-", Hope thankfully covered Janna's mouth before she could say anything disgusting. And for the record, it's big.

"We need to get back to school before we get in trouble for walking out of school.", I said grabbing Star by the hand. She blushed again as we all started to walk back to school. As we were walking to school, Jackie looked back and blew me a kiss making me blush darkly.

William's POV

It's been days and no one has seen any sign of Star Butterfly, and let's just say that Tom is not pleased. I was in the bedroom of the Queen and King once again and they were talking to Tom and his father. It wasn't a pleasent conversation to listen to.

"This is unacceptable!", Tom yelled not trying to hide his anger at all, "I want my princess, and your armies are doing a terrible job at finding her!"

The Queen, also angry, grabbed Tom by the shirt, looked him in the eyes and said, "Don't you yell at me you spoiled brat. We have tried our best to find her."

Her tone could make a dragon pee its self, but Tom, was somehow unfazed. "Oh please, your obviously not trying if you can't find a teenage girl. A dumb teenage girl at that.", he said as he spit in her face.

I was so angry about the fact that Star was once again being insulted, I almost didn't notice that the Queen throw Tom across the room. Almost.

As Tom's head hit the floor next to me, his father gasp and ran over to his son. "You listen to me", The Queen said physical seething, "You might be a demon, but no one spits in my face. Nobody!"

As Tom's father helped him to his feet, he said, "I apologize for my son's behavior", he glared at Tom, "I raised him better than that." Not enough to teach him that he shouldn't try to get his significant others to drink his own blood though huh? Did you forget to teach him that? I wanted to say that, but I couldn't. The repercussions would be disastrous.

Tom dusted himself off and said, "Yes, I apologize. I don't know what came over me. I guess the stress caused by this whole search has finally caught up to me." I rolled my eyes at his obviously fake excuse. He was full of crap and he knew it.

The King sighed, "It's time we face facts. We've been searching for five days. She hasn't been found on the globe. I think it's time to declare her as dead."

My jaw dropped when he said that. He didn't even sound like he cared. He sounded like he was talking about a goldfish that perished as he was on vacation. How could he speak about his daughter potentially dying in such a monotone way?

The Queen groaned, "I knew that she would end up like this, I just thought it would be on the same day she became queen." Unbelievable. These people really don't care about their own daughter.

"So, who am I going to marry now?", Tom asked. This bastard didn't care about the girl he was going to marry. Un-fucking-believable.

"I don't know and I don't care. Get out of my castle. I have a funeral to plan.", the King said.

Tom and his father nodded and left the room and presumably, the castle. As soon as they were gone, the queen sat on her bed and sighed, "You realize that we're going to have to have another baby right?'"

The King nodded, "Yes, yes I do, but not now. I'm too tired from the search.", he said. The queen nodded in understanding, "Let's hope our new child doesn't end up like the old one."

That was it, I couldn't take it anymore. I started to walk out the room, but the Queen stopped me. "William, where do you think you're going? You haven't been ordered to leave yet.", she asked.

I should've just told them off then and there, but I was too much of a coward to do so. I swallowed my pride and said, "I'm starting to feel sick. May I be excused to use the toilet?"

The King cringed, "Absolutely not. I don't want any peasant puke in my toilet. Go ahead and go home."

"Thank you, your majesty", I said swallowing even more of my pride. I left the room feeling disappointed in myself. I wanted to give my boss the pinkie finger (Mewni version of the middle finger hand gesture), but I was too afraid of what would happen.

I'll be honest, I'm kinda glad that Star isn't here. If this is what she was living with, she deserved a million times better.

Marco's POV

The school day was now over and Star and I were walking home. Star is going on about how me and Jackie are finally gonna become a couple while I was rubbing my head in pain. I love Star, but listening to the gregarious blonde girl go on and on without stopping can give anyone a mild headache. Even with the mild headache though, I still enjoy listening to Star talk.

Somehow the sleepover, which was only meant to include me, Star, and Jackie, became even bigger when Star invited Janna, Hope, and Leah to the sleepover as well. Well, at least my parents will be happy, I'm actually hanging out with people now.

"I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure you and Jackie end up a happy couple by the end of the night", Star said for what felt like the six hundredth time.

I groaned, "Star, I want me and Jackie to become a couple more than anything, but she's scared. Forcing it isn't will probably do more harm than good." There was no use in pretending that I didn't want to be Jackie's boyfriend, I already kissed the girl.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that", Star said smugly, "I saw the way Jackie was looking at you when we were heading home. She's totally crazy for you. Although I don't blame her."

"Why are you always showering me with praise?", I asked, "I'm not that great."

"Are you kidding me?", Star asked bewildered, "You are the best guy I know. When you're not beating up people and being scary. It still surprised me that you're not surrounded by girls twenty-four seven, even after Jackie explained it to me."

The last part about Jackie got my attention, "You asked Jackie why girls don't like me?"

Star nodded, "Yes. She told me that here on earth, good guys like you don't always get the girl. Which is ridiculous."

I shrugged, "Well, that's just how life works here on earth. Earthlings suck. I'm surprised our species hasn't died out yet."

Star giggled, "Oh earthlings aren't that bad. Almost everyone I've met so far is really nice and smart. Well, except Jeremy and that fake magician."

I decided to ignore the "fake magician" part because it would just confuse me. "So, I've never been at a sleepover before? What do you do?", I asked.

"It's just a casual hang out with friends accept with sleeping", Star explained with a smile.

"I guess I can handle that. As long as I don't have to talk too much.", I said, "Although considering my luck I'll probably be forced to."

As we approached my house, I took a deep breath as I saw that both of my parents' cars were in the driveway. It's not that I don't want to see my parents, but I'm not sure that they are gonna allow me to have a sleepover. Star came up with the whole sleepover idea without even considering what my parents would think.

I opened the front door for Star and let her inside. When I entered the house the first thing I noticed was my mother cleaning the couch. She turned around and saw me and Star and gave us a smile, "Hello kids. How was school?"

Before I could answer, Star did it for me, "It was awesome! Marco fixed a relationship, defended my honor in a fight, and Marco had his first kiss!" Honestly, if this girl wasn't so awesome, I would be really pissed off right now.

My mother's jaw dropped, clearly shocked at everything Star just said, especially the last part. "You fixed a relationship?", my mother asked.

I nodded.

"You defended Star's honor in a fight?", she asked.

I nodded once again.

"And, you finally kissed a girl?", she asked. "Well he actually kissed two. He kissed Jackie and then he kissed me.", Star said correcting herself. God dammit Star.

"Is all of this true Marco?" I nodded confirming everything she had heard.

Without even realizing that my mother had even moved, I was suddenly unable to breath and I felt like my spine was being crushed. It turned out that my mother wasn't trying to suffocate me, but she was actually hugging me.

"Oh my god! I never thought I would see the day!", she said applying more pressure in the hug. Just when I was starting to lose conciseness, my mother finally let go of me and let me catch my breath.

"Oops, sorry sweetie.", my mom said sheepishly. I gave her a thumbs up signaling that it was fine and I started to climb back to my feet.

"What's going on down here? We all turned around to see my father. He was obviously confused as to why I was breathing heavily and barely able to stand. My mother ran up to him and said, "Danillo, Marco got his first kiss today!"

My father's confused face turned into into a face full excitement. "My boy is becoming a man!", he said as if we were about to have a celebration. My dad looked at Star and said, "So, are you the girl who stole my son's heart?"

I blushed and face palmed. "Oh I wish", Star said, "He kissed a girl named Jackie Lynn Thomas. She's super pretty." I'm gonna have to pay Star to be quiet aren't i?

"So Marco, when are you bringing your new girlfriend home?", my mother asked.

"Well, I actually wanted to ask you about that. I was wondering if I could have a sleepover tonight?", I said.

My parents' eyes went wide and they said, "Of course! You finally have friends?"

"Yes. Four to be exact. Five if you count Star.", I said.

"And they're all pretty girls", Star said. I mean, she's not wrong.

My mother squealed like a little girl, "I'm so happy! I can't wait to meet them!"

"I wish I could meet them, but I have to go to work. I'll try to come home early so I can meet them tomorrow.", my father said. "That's alright dad", I said. I didn't really needed him and mom freaking out my first friends.

"Oh I'll make some snacks.", my mother said going into the kitchen. "Are we really your first friends?", Star asked me.

"Yep, turns out being an anti-social asshole doesn't really make you an approachable person.", I said.

"Watch your language young man!", my mother called from the kitchen.

Star grabbed my arm and said,"C'mom Marco let's get ready for the sleepover." I didn't have a chance to respond as Star rushed me upstairs and into my room. She started going through my closet.

"What are you doing Star?", I asked.

"I'm finding something for you to wear so I can make sure you look your best for when Jackie gets here.", Star responded still going through my closet. Once again, Star's logic left me speechless. It was a sleepover, I didn't need to, quote, "Look my best." I don't even have a best.

"Ha! Here we are", Star said. She turned around and showed me an extremely ugly shirt that had the words, "Grandma's favorite Grandson" on it and a star in the middle.

"Fuck. No.", I said immediatly dismissing her proposal, "I'm just fine in my red hoodie."

"Aw come on, Marco. I bet you'll look super adorable in it", Star said trying to persuade me.

"I bet you think I look super adorable in this to", I said motioning to my red hoodie. "And your point is?", Star asked.

I rolled my eyes, "My point is that I'm not wearing that stupid shirt. And there's nothing you can do to get me change my mind."

(1 hour later)

"I hate my life. I really do.", I said staring at myself in the mirror. I was wearing the t-shirt that my Grandmother got me and I was wearing pink pajama shorts that my mother let me borrow. "Well, it was fun having friends while it lasted", I said.

I'll admit, I kinda enjoy having friends. All of my friends are amazing people. Jackie is obviously a no brainier, Janna is cocky and confident, Leah is care free and smart, she marches to the beat of her own drum, Hope was as sweet and delicate as a flower. And of course, there's Star. What can I say about a princess from another dimension? That statement alone makes the girl sound like the coolest thing in the world.

It's too bad that they'll never want to see me again after they see me in this retarded excuse for nighttime clothing.

"Marco! The girls are here!", Star called from down stairs, "Hurry up and get down here!"

I sighed and started to walk down the stairs. I heard the girls talking amongst themselves and what concerned me was that one of the voices was my mom. "Oh god", I mumbled under my breath.

I entered the living room and saw all of the girls sitting on the couch with my mother who was showing them...my...baby...pictures. Life, why do you hate me so?

"And this is Marco when he was five months old. You see that Teddy bear there? He used to carry that around all the time.", my mother said pointing at a picture.

The girls giggled, "Wow, who knew that Marco used to be so happy?", Janna said smirking.

"Oh he used to be happy all the time", my mother said, "He also used to sing in the boys choir at our church. I think I have a picture of that somewhere."

I couldn't take anymore of this. I stepped in front of my mother and said, "Mom could you please leave?"

My mom smiled and said, "Okay honey I'll stop annoying you. Have fun tonight. Your snacks are in the kitchen." My mom kissed me on the cheek and headed upstairs leaving me alone with the girls.

"Marco, what are you wearing?", Hope asked pointing at my shirt. All the girls giggled at my attire, including Star who has seem it already.

"Please don't ask", I groaned.

"So, what should we do first?", Leah asked.

The rest of the night is a blur for me, mostly because I spent it trying to stay awake. I was normally bored out of my mind at any kind of social event, and even though this was a social event taking place at my own house, I was still bored, but I pretended to be entertained for the girls' sake.

The activities were pretty standard. We watched a movie, we ate snacks, we ordered pizza, Hope dyed her hair black (with encouragement from Leah of course), and Star made us some of her "famous" brownies (which were pretty bad). Then Star suggested that we play a game called "Splitter Snatch", which I can only assume from the rules, is a Mewni version of spin the bottle. I had to end that game before it even started because my mother would kill me if we played spin the bottle in her house.

Throughout the night, Star was constantly whispering in my ear, "Kiss Jackie, this is your chance." I don't think she was aware that every time she said it, she wasn't exactly whispering, she was speaking very loudly. I don't think Star really gets the concept of whispering. Jackie wasn't bothered by it though, she actually smiled and blushed every time Star did it.

All in all, this night has been pretty good. Not exactly fun, but then again, I haven't had fun in a long time. Hopefully, nothing bad will happen to ruin all the..."fun."

Why do I feel like I just jinxed myself?

"Hey Marco!", Star called from the kitchen, "Can you come in hear please? I need you to state my new brownie recipe."

I cringed as the realization that I was going to have to taste Star's awful brownies again manifested in my brain. "Better you than me", Jana said smirking. I groaned and walked into the kitchen where Star was sprinkling something on her brownies.

She looked at me and smiled, "I really think you're gonna like this recipe, I used real angel wing gloup." I have no idea what "Angel Wing Goup" is, but I'm already 80% sure it's not edible. I wanted to run out of the kitchen and out of the house, but I didn't want to hurt Star's feelings.

I sucked up my pride and picked up a brownie. You could barely see any of the chocolate (or at least, I hoped she used chocolate) on it, it was covered in what I hoped was purple icing. "Star, if I die, tell my mother I love her.", I said. I was completely serious, I really thought I was gonna die. Not that I would've mind it.

"Why would you die?", Star asked.

I ignored her question and bit into the brownie. Well, I didn't die immediately at least. It tasted absolutely terrible, but I was somehow able to keep it down. I gave Star a thumbs up signaling that I liked her brownies. Her adorable smile was the last thing I saw before everything went black.

Star's POV

Huh? That's odd. I was planning on using the sleeping powder I stole from my mother years ago, but I guess my brownies were so good that they knocked him out.

"Hey girls! I need your help!", I said calling for my friends.

The girls stepped into the kitchen one by one and they all had different reactions for some reason. Leah was silent, but her freaked out face told the entire story. Hope's face turned red and she shielded her eyes. Janna was chuckling, and Jackie was drooling. To understand what they were looking at, I stood next them and looked in the the direction they were looking.

Oh my.

Marco's butt was showing. I'll admit it, I found it hard to look away from it. It was smooth as a baby's bottom. To respect Marco's privacy, I pulled up his pants for him.

"Can you guys hep me carry him to the couch?", I asked. The girls nodded and each grabbed a part of Marco's body. It surprisingly hard to do, but we eventually got him to the couch. "How can a guy that never eat be so heavy?", Janna asked.

"So guys, you wanna know why Marco is the way he is?", I asked.

That quesion immediately perked Janna and Jackie's interest. "I, do wonder why he's such a recluse.", Jackie said. "I don't have anything better to do", Janna said with a mouth full of gummy worms.

"I would love to, but me and Hope were thinking of having some alone time", Leah said.

"We were?", Hope asked looking a little confused.

"Yes. We were", Leah said. And the Leah put her arm and around Hope and we all got the picture.

"Ooooh.", the three of us said. "Well you guys can stay down here and make a baby while Jackie, Janna and I go upstairs.", I said. Hope opened her mouth to say something, but kept it in at the last moment.

I shrugged and started to head upstairs while Jackie and Janna followed at my heels. When we made it to Marco's parents room I signaled for them to be quiet and knocked on the door, " Misses Diaz, are you awake?", I asked.

After a couple seconds of silence, the door opened and revealed Marco's mom in a pretty blue night gown. "What can I do for you girls?", she asked with a smile.

"Remember when you said that you would answer any questions I had about Marco?", I asked. She nodded.

"Well, we have a lot of questions", I said.

She nooded and opened the door to let us in, "Grab a spot on the bed."

The three of us emerged the room and sat o the extremely comfy bed that felt like it was made out of marshmallows. It wasn't as comfy as snuggling with Marco, but it was still comfy nonetheless.

"So, was Marco conceived on this bed?", Janna asked.

Marco's mother gasp at what she said."Jesus Christ, Janna! Do you have no manners?", Jackie asked absolutely disgusted.

"Humans are conceived in beds? Wow, you guys are really weird.", I said.

"Well, some humans are conceived in-", Jackie covered Janna's mouth before she cold say anything else, "Can we just get on with the questions please?"

Marco's mom sat on the edge of the bed, "So, what do you want to you want to know about my son?"

Janna asked her question first, "How is Marco so strong? He's beat up a guy tech his size two times already. Has he been lifting weights since the age of two?"

To be continued... because I love cliff hangers.