Gold Testament: Yeah I wasn't planning on doing Tom x Jackie. That doesn't sit right with me either.

3xplicit: Well I can safely say your last request might be coming sometime soon. But it's honestly a lot of pressure when people expect me to put out great chapters and I don't know what made the last one so good. It might be rushed, I think it's moving at a reasonable pace.

Note: Aye boys and girls, I got another one for you - this one is my longest one yet I think, 2.6k words :D

EDIT: Had to reupload a few hours later because wasn't, again, putting the story to the top of the list and so people weren't seeing it - apologies.

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The two spent the rest of the day together, wandering around the shops – Star had been more hyper than usual when walking around, probably just happy that they had sorted out their differences and kind of, sort of decided that they liked each other. But Marco always had trouble when confessing his feelings for anyone, it was most likely because he didn't want to hurt anyone by expressing how he felt in the case that they didn't feel the same way. As far as Marco was concerned right now, the fact that Star has always been a bit air-headed and says some things that she doesn't fully comprehend what they mean – she said 'We're Starco' out of friendliness and not romantic interest. On the other hand, we have Star who actually knows exactly what she meant and wants Marco to be her romance. Boy, these people sure don't make love easy, but when is it ever easy?

Once they had finished walking around they decided to stop off at a burger place to grab some food, the time was about 4:30PM, "Hey 'member when we tried eating 50 burgers between us because we got bored?" Marco reminisced, this earned a laugh from star that could only be described as 'girly', it puzzled Marco for why it has elicited such a reaction when she'd usually just say 'Oh yeah, that was pretty dope.'

When they entered the burger joint aptly named "Boris' Burgers and Buns" or just 'BBB' for short. The atmosphere had completely changed from what it was outside, from a cold, dark, miserable sky that rained depression down on to the city, to an atmosphere that couldn't quite be put into words. The atmosphere when you go into a fast food place, the air was delightful and tingly: Inviting, could be the word.

The smell of herbs and spices melted through the air and into their noses, they both took a deep breath when entering the building.

Finally, it felt free. Free as in there were no expectations or social norms that had to be abided when entering this establishment, you came in – ordered some greasy, high calorie, high fat food and sat down to enjoy a delicious, but unhealthy meal. The joint acted as a beacon of warmth in the bleak month known as Winter.

"Where do you want to sit?" Asked Marco while scanning the environment for any free places where they could plop down.

"Oh how about over there!" Star said while pointing to a small two-person table in the corner of the room next to a window, however, a few moments later she had noticed that there was already a beefy man walking over to that spot; it was the only free spot too. So in a moment of panic and need (sort of), she grabbed her wand and moved some water that laid on the floor a few feet away from the man underneath him, consequently, giving his feet the challenge of gaining friction on water: He didn't succeed, and he came toppling down with a *badump* which shook everyone up, they all stopped and looked over the man who just looked down at his food which had spilled everywhere, sauce was plastered to him and his drink had drenched his trousers. It took him a moment to realise what had happened before he took a second, looked at himself, and shouted "Mother f****er!" At the top of his lungs.

Now, while I said that there weren't any rules per se, there was one that went unspoken: Don't curse in a family environment. Regretfully, it meant the man was asked to leave by an employee, he begrudgingly walked out, mumbling under his breath and headed towards his vehicle. During this entire debacle, Star and Marco had quietly slipped under the radar and made it to the seats, they both sat down and started giggling at what she'd just done, then Marco started impersonating in a very slow and masculine tone, "Oh no! My food! Ahhh!" This only made Miss Butterfly laugh with even more intensity, at this point the other customers around them started to look over, but the two didn't care. They had each other after all.

After Star had finished her laughing fit, Marco asked her what food she'd like to eat – she ordered the good old cheeseburger with extra cheese, I seriously think she has a problem with cheesy stuff, but I digress. Marco went for a simple beef burger with tomato ketchup and lettuce. When he went up to collect the stuff he had noticed that it was in fact Alfonzo who handed him the food. "Oh hey Marco, I thought you were in Mewni, what you doing here?" He asked, genuinely curious in what his friend had been up to and why he hadn't called him.

"Oh I'm just here for Christmas, you got invited to the Diaz party right?" Marco replied, while earlier it may have not been obvious, the Diaz family party was kind of a big deal round that neighbourhood and to friend families, it was a pretty massive party that'd usually go on until Christmas morning, just celebrating the fact that everyone was here.

"Well yeah but I wasn't going to go since I thought you were in Mewni, how come you haven't called?" Ooops, Marco had completely forgotten about calling Alfonzo or Ferguson, he decided to come up with a quick white lie.

"Er, actually I was meant to remain a secret until the party when I'd be unveiled to all of you guys and everything." He made himself sound like some sort of antique about to be auctioned off. It did it's job of getting Alfonzo to think he wasn't ignoring him. Since Alfonzo was on the job he had to be quick about finishing up his conversation with Marco or else the other customers would get annoyed. They wrapped up their conversation and Marco walked back over to Star with the food in hand.

25 Minutes Later

Both of them couldn't eat another bite, little pieces of lettuce and bread bun were torn apart and scattered along the dish they were both eating off, they both leaned back into their chairs and patted themselves on the stomach at a job well-done.

They had finished their drinks off and headed on back to Marco's home now. The time was about 5:05.

20 Minutes Later

When the two entered the Diaz household it seemed like no one was home, until they walked into the lounge and found a pampered up Rafael Diaz who had make-up on to make his cheeks look extra blushy, as well as a Santa suit on, to which he was presumably going to wear for the party. "Oh hey Kids, Marco – your mother is in the backyard setting up the lights." Rafael informed.

"Thanks dad, I'll go help her now." Star and Marco then proceeded to move into the backyard where they saw Angie struggling to get to a high enough point where she could hang up the lights. "Star do you want to – ya know…"

"Oh yeah, sure, no problem." With that said she gave her wand a swift movement and said "Like Thomas Midgley I command thee, hang yourselves up like a Christmas tree!" (Was that a bit dark?) The lights, as if by instinct began to propel forward and tie themselves up around the gate and down the clothing line. Then the plugged themselves into the nearest outlet and lit up the garden like a scene from a movie.

"Ah!" Shouted Angie as she had no idea that Star was back and to her, the lights just began to wrap themselves up and turn on, this fear she had just taken on was enough to throw her off balance, therefore, making her fall of the chair she was using to get up. She landed with a thump and began to cradle her back.

"Oops! Mom are you alright?" Marco ran over to help his mother up.

"I'm sorry Mrs Diaz are you okay? I didn't know it would scare you so much." Apologised Star while helping get her up.

"No I'm fine, don't worry – just a little bit sore is all, why don't you two go and watch a movie and let your father and I handle the rest?" She pleaded in a voice that said 'I don't want to hurt your feelings, but you're just going to be in the way.'

The two apologised once more and began to walk away back into the house. Once they were in they took off their shoes and ran up the stairs into Marco's room, Star hadn't put her room back onto the house yet and so the only place they could relax would be in his room. After they entered Marco suggested that they watch a couple film to pass the time until the party, it began at 9PM with the time being 5:30PM. The first one they watched was an action/comedy, the action was more so for Marco who enjoyed the massive budget and explosions, the comedy was for Star who was always up for a laugh and found it funny when something cliché would happen. The second one was a mystery/detective film, similar to the Sherlock Holmes films, the two would often play a game when watching one of those where they'd make predictions during the film and see who would be the closest to e.g. 'Who did the murder?' Or, 'What was the murder weapon?'

8:30 PM

At this point it was very dark outside, from Marco's window you can see the soft glow of the Christmas lights warm up his ceiling. When the final film finished they both decided that they should get prepared for the party, Marco put on a white shirt with yin yang cufflinks, black smart pants and some pointy shoes – he was never really sold on pointy shoes because they tended to hurt his feet after a while but he decided that it was a special occasion and therefore it'd be fitting for him to wear them.

Star put on her pink dress and did her hair up like Queen Moon, she had some beautiful crescent moon ear rings in and wore some similar coloured high heels that pushed her just up past Marco's height. She had also put on some slight make-up, but not enough to overdo it. More so just to test out the new ones that came out while she was away on Mewni.

9:00 PM

The party had officially started, the DJ had just arrived and began to setup, a few minutes later he put on some tunes but had yet to fully setup, therefore they weren't that loud: Yet. At about 9:20 the music had started going full-throttle, most of the guests were there and it was time for Marco and Star to reveal that they were back on Earth to those who didn't know. They came down the stairs, making sure to make as much noise as possible – which wasn't an easy feat considering the DJ – and when they made it to halfway the first person noticed them - Ferguson, then Janna realised that Star was back, followed by many more. They all started to welcome them back and gave them best wishes for how things turned out in Mewni.

The crowd was immense at this point and Rafael had just started his annual ceremony where he'd pretend to be father Christmas and give presents to the children of the neighbourhood, he was a really sweet person when it came to. Everyone loved this part, the gifts weren't anything amazing; they never were a super-rich family, but even so it was the thought that counted.

Once it started to get close to the next day, Marco and Star begun to get awfully tired and fed up with all the noise and shouting, eventual people passing out when sat down at tables. So they moved upstairs and onto the roof to grab some air.

"Hehe, head-ache yet?" Marco questioned, his mind had started to tell him that it needed a serious break or it'd start hurting: Bad.

"Yeah… Boy it sure is cold out isn't it?" An awkward Star tried to change the conversation to something more neutral.

"Well that's what you get for coming to Earth in December." he chuckled. A few seconds past by, and this left Marco to think about everything that has happened, realising that he forgot an important promise he made to himself. After swallowing his spit and taking a long, deep inhale.

"Star Butterfly." He started, taking Star by surprise at his sudden formality.

"Uh, yes?" She eventually choked out.

"You're the most fun, sweet and caring person I know – I don't know what my life would be right now had I not met you. You've taught me so much and given me so much, it's taken me a long time to confront my feelings but I finally figured it out,"

"I love you."

The three words were something that Star had anticipated to hear, and maybe it was slightly weird but she had even practiced this sort of scenario out in her head when trying to fall asleep in bed last night. But this was unlike anything similar to her anticipation – after these words had been uttered to her, she lost any logical thought process to her mind. She only stared into space for over a minute, slightly worrying Marco I'll admit.

"Ya'know an answer would be nice…" He said followed by another strange chuckle. Another few seconds past before Star had stopped fumbling around in her mind and replied.

"I love me too." Marco had just questioned life itself when this escaped Star's mouth.

"I mean—I love you, too… I love you, as well as you love me. Yes." The Star Butterfly, the overconfident princess that always had something to say had just stuttered every word in the sentence. The two sat in silence, not knowing what to do after announcing their feelings to one another. Until, "Say... Is it midnight yet?" She asked.

"Uh, yeah it just passed, why?"

"Well then it's my birthday."

…

…

"Happy birthday Star." He said before leaning in to give her a quick peck on the cheek.

…

"Nope." She stated.

" 'Nope'? What do you mean n-" he was then cut off by her smacking her lips into his, her tongue pleading for entrance as she pushed him onto his back. Needless to say he was stunned by this sudden outburst by Star, but he eventually gave in and let her take control of his mouth – tongues in a fight for dominance.

Marco eventually won, grabbing her, he pushed her back up so they were both at eye level, "You know, if you wanted me you could've just said." By this point Star's brain had started to catch up to what she just did and this left herself blushing. Marco, in realising that Star had just realised what she'd done, started blushing too – he wasn't quite sure how to handle it, so he just leaned in for another kiss – to which her body happily accepted even if her mind didn't know what was going on.

The two remained like this for what seemed like minutes, with each passing second causing a bolt of electricity to fly through their bodies, uniting them in both a pain and pleasure. But they had to eventually break for air, "We should… Do that more often." Star heavily panted. Marco simply nodded in response due a lack of oxygen in his body.

The two then sat down – the roof was cold, but neither of them really noticed, their bodies were both far exceeding what a normal human/mewman's should be.

End Notes: There we go, the kiss. Sorry if you were expecting more, it's my first time writing a kiss so please instruct me in reviews or tweet me - see Author Notes for details.

I hope you've all enjoyed this chapter, I think it's a pretty good one. Also, the next chapter will most likely be the last one, but don't fret - I will make a sequel so this dimension will not die!

And yes I do know Star's birthday is on Stump Day, but I already had this idea planned before I realised that, and Stump Day is essentially Christmas for people in Mewni so hey ho - I'm saying it's alright.

Anywhoo - that's all from me for now. Peace~