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"How could you do this to me?"

Star looked heartbroken, to say the least. She clutched her chest as she asked the question, her eyes filled with disappointment and disbelief.

Marco scratched the back of his head with a sheepish expression.

"Star, I'm sorry... It's nothing personal, you know. That's just what people do," he uttered uncertainly.

"Well, apparently people are just really thoughtless, greedy creatures." Star crossed her arms. "Because I would never do such a thing to you," she said complainingly, as she poked his chest. She then turned around on the couch with a fierce expression.

Marco sent a helpless look to his parents, sitting across the table, but they just shrugged in response, not sure how to explain the entire situation to Star.

"Star, I-" he began, only to be immediately silenced by her offended look.

"Traitor," she said in a dead serious tone, as she looked directly at him.

"Star..." he pleaded. "But think... I kinda... warned you." He noticed his mother sending him an "this-is-not-a-good-time-to-bring-it-up" look, but he ignored it. He knew that in spite of appearances, in most cases, Star could be convinced by reasonable explanation. He put his hand on the princess' shoulder, but she was still facing the opposite direction.

"I told you that we," he said, pointing at his parents, "often quarrelled because of it. I checked many times if you were sure about this, and you insisted you were."

Star faced him, her eyes narrowed and her lips pursed.

"Alfonzo and Ferguson once called it 'the family bonds destroyer', not without reason," he said, and managed a small chuckle. Star's expression softened slightly.

"Okay, I admit, you were trying to convince me to choose something else," she said reluctantly. "But... still..." She pointed at the table. "That was not nice," she said, her lips turning down at the corners.

"I know. I'm sorry," replied Marco. "I thought you understood the rules."

"Okay, I might have overreacted." Star finally stopped being huffish and smiled slighly. "Are we cool?" she asked, motioning for a hug.

"Of course," he replied, leaning in and embracing the girl. As always, they made up quickly, and that's what they both valued so much about their friendship.

They jolted as they heard a loud snap, only to see Mrs. Diaz looking fondly at the phone screen.

"Mom!" Marco exclaimed. "Why do you always do this?" he asked with exasperation.

"I'm sorry sweethearts, but you two looked so adorable," she explained, while tapping the screen at a crazy pace. "There! Sent."

"Mom..."

"Okay, okay..."

Marco faced Star again, noticing she was amused by the whole situation.

"So, anyway," he said, to sum up. "Everything's okay?"

"Yes," Star replied with a chuckle, then started collecting the tiny houses from the table, as she was now officially bankrupt.

"But we are never, ever playing Monopoly again."

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