Hey guys... It's been a quite a while, hasn't it? I'm really, really sorry about that. The tablet I've been using broke, so I couldn't upload any more chapters. The only way I can write this is my friend is letting me use a tablet he recently bought. This honestly really sucks, because I had some really great ideas that I wanted to come to fruition (some fellow writers know what i'm talking about:)). The good news through all of this is that I'm getting a new tablet soon (if everything goes according to plan). Hopefully, I can do all these ideas soon. Well, that's enough out of me. Let's get started!

As the excited teens began to run towards the sparkling blue water that was calmly hitting the shore of the beautiful beach, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz walked behind them and smiled. They were happy to see all the kids so excited. Well, most of the kids were excited. There was one kid that stuck out like a sore thumb in the group of excited beachgoers.

Marco walked slowly behind the pack, his face looking down and his hands in the pockets of his swim trunks. His mother and father looked back at him, concerned. As they walked towards him, Mrs. Diaz put one hand on her son's shoulder.

"Sweetie, please tell us what's wrong. If you talk about it, it could help you," she said in a soothing, but concerned tone.

Marco responded to this by putting on his best happy face. "Oh, no. I'm fine, really! I just didn't sleep well last night, that's all."

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz looked at each other, not convinced. Noticing this, Marco quickly said, "You know what? I'm gonna go hang out with Justin. See ya guys!" Marco then quickly walked away from his parents, hoping they will stop worrying about him.

As he was walking, he saw Star playing in the water. She was splashing Alfonso and laughing, looking like she was having the time of her life. Marco couldn't help but smile, so glad to see her having a good time.

However, her smile quickly faded when he saw Star swimming towards Oskar. He was sitting on the shore, playing with his keytar (of course). As Star tried to get his attention, Marco felt this humongous wave of jealousy and anger spread through him.

'Why doesn't that idiot realize he's the luckiest guy in the world?' Marco thought to himself, his fist clenched. He then tried to calm himself, realizing he was fighting a losing battle.

'I lost. I lost my chance with her,' Marco thought to himself, holding back tears. Nothing was stopping this feeling of jealously and anger. Marco closed his eyes, trying to take his mind off it. He tried thinking about the beautiful beach he was on, his plans for the summer, his favorite video game, anything to calm him down. Nothing was working. That is, until he thought about Star. Not Star the friend, not Star and Oskar... just Star. Marco thought about her light blue eyes, her golden blonde hair, her killer smile... everything about her was perfect to him. He sighed, finally able to calm down and think clearly.

That is, at least he thought he could think clearly. An idea popped into Marco's head, one that seemed uncharacteristic of himself and seemed pretty... well, stupid. However, he was love-sick, and any idea that regarded Star made sense to him.

Marco quickly walked over to Justin, who was lifting some weights that he brought with him. Whenever he got the chance, Justin would work out. This was going to work perfectly with Justin's plan.

"91... 92... 93... 95... Oh, hey Marco! What's up?" Justin greeted, lifting up a 30lb dumbbell repeatedly.

"Hey. Do you mind if I borrow one of you weights?" Marco asked with a determined tone to his voice.

"Yeah, sure. Here you go," Justin replied, handing Marco a tiny 2lb dumbell.

Marco shook his head. "No, I mean that one." He pointed behind Justin, and when he saw what he was pointing at, he looked both shocked and unsure.

"Uh... are you sure, dude?" Justin asked. Marco gave him a determined smile.

"Absolutely," he replied.

All the other kids continued to play in the water, having the time of their lives. As Ferguson was floating using his inflatable tubes that he brought with him, he noticed something that was happening at the shore.

"Oh, no," he said to himself.

Soon, everyone had their attention turned towards the shore. They were all confused, asking questions amongst each other.

"What's going on?" Jackie asked.

"What the heck is he doing?" Janna asked.

Marco struggled as he pushed a long metal pipe with 100lb weights at each end towards the other kids. After he was able to put it where his "audience" could see it, he then stood up straight, his face serious and stern. Justin watched from afar, shaking his head.

"He's a dead man," he said to himself.

Marco looked over at Star, who looked back at him with a puzzled expression. He then bent down and put his hands on the metal pipe.

"Oh, crap," Sabrina said, putting her hands over her mouth. Star looked over at her, confused.

'OK, strength. Don't fail me now,' Marco thought to himself. He was beginning to realize the ridiculousness of his plan to impress Star, but he was in too deep. He had to go through with it.

With the confused teens (and parents) watching, he put all of his strength into pulling the weight off the ground.

Unfortunately, it did not go according to plan.

Marco's hands slipped off the pipe, and with the amount of strength he was using to try and pick up the weight, he was thrown back, landing hard on his back.

Everyone gasped and ran towards the fallen Marco. He groaned as he slowly got himself up.

"Marco, what are you doing?" Janna asked.

"Yeah, I mean that thing is twice your weight," Alfonso chimed in. He then looked Marco up and down. "Maybe even three times."

Star still looked at Marco with a confused expression. "Why were you trying to lift that weight?"

Marco looked down with no response, his face turning red in embarrassment.

Star then threw her head back in realization. "Oh, I get it now." Marco, Ferguson, and Sabrina looked at her, shocked and terrified (on Marco's end).

Star then frowned and pointed at Jackie. "You were trying to impress your girlfriend. I understand." She then began to walk away.

Marco then gently grabbed Star's arm. His mind was going a mile a minute. "I wasn't trying to impress... her."

Star looked him in the eyes, looking slightly annoyed. "Then why did you do it? Who were you trying to impress?"

Marco couldn't comprehend his own thoughts anymore. Nothing made sense except for one thought. One thought that was screaming inside his head. He knew it wasn't going to go over well, but, like before... he was love-sick.

Without a moment's hesitation, without a single additional thought, Marco leaned closer to Star and kissed her.

Everyone gasped, even bigger than before. Star was so surprised, her eyes were as big as dinner plates.

After a couple more seconds of kissing, Marco released and looked Star in the eyes. He then ran away quickly from Star and the others.

As everyone watched him run and continued to be shocked, Ferguson broke the silence and said, "Well... that escalated quickly."