Round 2! Enjoy!
3 months later.
"Show me how to use the wand!" A maniacal voiced screeched.
A sigh was heard.
"Look as I've been telling you, I can't merely show you. You have to concentrate." Glossaryk rubbed his temples.
"You're a worse student then Her Majesty" he muttered. A glowing green shard was pressed to his throat.
"You will show me how to use the wand and the spells. Or", Ludo growled, " great harm will come to Star Butterfly and her her mother." Ludo's spider and eagle loomed Glossaryk's peripheral.
He was backed into a corner.
"Fine, then lets begin..."
Forgive me Moon and Star he thought...
Marco Diaz had just returned home from another date with Jackie.
It had been...alright.
"Stop lying to yourself Diaz it was horrible and you know it." He groaned and flopped on his bed.
Things had been strained whenever they went out, or even talked.
No sooner had he closed his eyes then an intense heat filled the room.
His eyes popped open and he was greeted by a rather fiery Tom.
"What," he growled, eerily calm, "What did you do to Star."
"What?"
"Don't play dumb Diaz. Explain to me why our best friend is half of what she used to be?"
"What do you mean?" Marco sat up.
"I mean exactly what I said! She's thrown herself into queen training, won't talk to anyone." Tom had simmered down some.
"Dude cut the flames you're burning my rug.," Tom cut off the heat, instead sitting in the window, " How do you know all of this? Did you see her? If she won't talk to anyone how did you talk to her?!"
"I saw her today." Tom said, shocking Marco, "There was meeting between kingdoms. The children of the leaders are required to attend as one day we'll be the ones in charge."
"You saw her?! Is she ok?!" Marco stood up.
"Not exactly. Dude she seems, broken. She sat there the whole time, didn't make a peep. Took notes. She didn't even speak when my dad suggested we start dating again to unite our Kingdoms."
"He did what?!" Marco almost fell. She was back with Tom?!
"It was crazy. She just sat there." Marco grabbed Tom by the shirt, forgetting who he was dealing with.
"Did you come here just to rub it in that your dating her? I swear if you take advantage of her in this numb state- she lost Glossaryk! I will hurt you."
Tom calmly removed Marco's hands.
"Dude I stepped in and said that wouldn't work. I actually have a girlfriend,"
"Oh."
"I came to you to see what was wrong with her."
With a sigh Marco told Tom the story.
"Wow, you were a jerk." Was all he could say when Marco was finished.
"I know! And know I have no idea if it can be fixed! I don't even know her final thoughts of me! She won't answer my messages, I finally stopped trying to text and call her!" Marco yelled, frustrated.
"Um, well I guess if I see her I can tell you?"
"Yes, please, I'd owe you big!" Marco threw his arms around Tom.
"No problem, um buddy." he awkwardly patted his head.
Remembering who he was hugging Marco let his arms drop.
"So uh, this girlfriend, is that why you've sort of vanished these past few months?"
"Ha, yea. She's a handful." Tom smiled fondly.
For some reason a strange, bitter jealousy filled Marco. Weird, he thought.
"Well I gotta go. I'll be by sometime. You drop by too. Don't be a stranger!" With a wave Tom hopped into his chariot and disappeared.
Marco felt a headache coming on.
Turning his phone off he tried to sleep.
His dreams were filled with sad blue eyes and broken hearts.
6 months later.
Star Butterfly cradled her head as she leaned back into her throne.
6 months. 6 months and she had no found no sign of Glossaryk. Magic training wasn't the same without him. And queen training...
That was a whole other mess.
She stared out the window at the familiar pink sky.
If she squinted she could imagine blue...
Blue with white clouds and green grass.
Anything to distract her.
She smiled thinking of when her life was full of distractions.
No stop, focus! She thought.
"Focus on your History Star, a good queen knows her country's past." She said aloud. She tried to read the book but the words blurred and her headache grew stronger. She closed her eyes.
Another distraction enters her mind, this time a face.
A face with floppy brown hair and big brown eyes with the cutest little mole.
6 months and she still misses him.
She hadn't contacted him. Glancing at her purple cell phone she wonders if she should try.
Try and tell him how she feels.
She wrote him a letter but she has no idea if he even read it.
It hurt still. She tried to delete im from her life but pictures were still on her phone. Haunting her, hurting her.
The sad thing was that she still had these feelings for him.
And she hated herself for it.
God she missed him.
She missed Glossaryk.
Tears dropped onto the arm of her throne as the young princess buried her face in her hands, the hearts on her cheeks becoming broken once more.
He missed her.
It was all he could think about when he tossed and turned at night, between dreams of his teeth falling out and Star being sucked into that black hole.
He missed little things about her. Like how her cheerfulness filled a room, or how excited she got about nachos. Heck he even missed her messiness.
Even the laser puppies were sad, well the laser dogs now.
He kept them all, anything to remind him of Star.
His parents hadn't done anything with her room and he often spent his time in there.
Today though, he was going to attempt to go out with Jackie. They were going to go to dinner to celebrate him getting his license.
With a sigh he got up from his bed where he had been laying.
"Well, I guess I should get dressed Fang." he said to the laser dog curled up on the floor.
Fang looked up at him, yawned, and went back to sleep.
"Me too, dog."
Marco rifled through his closet, sure he had a nicer shirt somewhere. Pushing past a hoodie he heard a crinkle.
Pausing he pulled out an envelope from the pocket.
To Marco Ubaldo Diaz it read, with a heart over the i and a star in the corner.
He had never read her letter.
He held it in his hands for a moment before sliding his finger under the flap.
"Should I?" he asked Fang. The dog didn't even budge.
"I'm going to take that as a yes." Marco settled onto the floor next to Fang and began to read
"Dear Marco,"
...
The ringing of his phone startled Marco out of his trance.
"Hello!"
"Hello there yourself." A female voice laughed. Star?!, "So are you still picking me up for dinner?"
Jackie. Dinner!
Marco totally forgot.
"Oh my gosh Jackie, I'm so sorry. I'll be there in-" a quick glance at the time" 10 minutes."
"See you then babe." Marco quickly got ready, tucking Star's letter in his pocket, still mulling over the words.
He didn't even realize he was at Jackie's until she knocked on the window of his car.
"Oh sorry!" He unlocked the door. Usually he would hold her door open but he was too distracted.
"No problem." She tossed him a smile as she climbed into the car. She leaned over as if she meant to kiss him but he quickly started the car and headed to the restaurant, missing the look on his girlfriend's face.
Dinner passed in a daze for Marco. Next thing he knew he was telling Ferg, Alfonzo, and Janna goodbye and holding the car door open for Jackie.
"Hey how about a walk?It's a nice night and we haven't gone a date in awhile." Jackie suggested.
"Oh, um sure." He smiled, thinking to take her hand.
Jackie smiled back and they strolled down the sidewalk.
After several minutes of walking and silence Jackie spotted a bench.
"How about we sit and talk?"
Marco nodded.
They sat and several more minutes of silence passed before Jackie spoke again.
"Are you ok?" she put a hand on his knee, causing him to jump.
"What do you mean?" he asked, trying not to draw away from her.
"It's just-" Jackie bit her lip and looked away before continuing, "You seem so distracted. You've changed. Tonight you've ignored me and you didn't seem to have fun tonight. So as you're girlfriend I'm asking if you're ok." concern filled her eyes.
"Sorry, just. I miss Star." Jackie frowned.
"I we all do."
Marco felt selfish, he forgot. They were her friends too.
"Has she contacted you?" He asked.
"Nope. You?"
"No."
"Did you ever read her letter?"
"Yea, um tonight actually."
"Wow. What did it say?"
Marco turned away.
"I'd rather not say.."
"Oh." Jackie absentmindedly played with her necklace.
More silence.
"Maybe we should head home." She suggested.
"Yea, it's getting late." Marco agreed. They stood up.
Suddenly Jackie pulled him close, threw her arms around his neck, and-
Was kissing him.
It didn't take long for Marco to realize he wasn't kissing back.
It didn't feel right.
Slowly Jackie lowered her arms and pulled away from him.
She gazed at him with big eyes.
"This isn't working is it." She softly said. More statement then question.
"I don't think so." The words were out of his mouth before he could stop himself.
Jackie sagged against him.
"I'm sorry." Marco whispered.
"It's ok." She put her head on his shoulder briefly before standing up straight.
"C'mon. I'll drive you home."
Silence.
"Ok."
2 Chapters I'm on a roll!