Sorry for taking so long. Just got lazy :p
Star POV
I blast a spell behind me as I jump over a rock. "Cupcake Blast!" A stream of magical cupcakes pelt a pursuing monster. He falls to the ground. I keep running, Marco right by my side.
"In here!" He shouts as he opens the door to the back shed. I dash inside, Marco following close behind me. Once we're inside, he slams the door shut and pushes a metal shelf up against it. Monsters slam on the door from the outside. Marco begins rummaging around the shed muttering to himself.
"This is all my fault... what a fucking terrible idea..."
I frown. "Marco what did..." I'm interrupted by a monster tapping on the window. I close the blinds and continue "What did you do?"
He ignores me and pulls a bust off a shelf. He examines it before giving it to me. "Hold this for a sec. We're going to build some armor."
I try talking to him again "Marco..."
He walks over to a workbench in the back of the shed and throws off his leather jacket, leaving him in a white tank top. "Where's the blowtorch..." something slams the shed from the outside, causing stuff to fall from a shelf. The blowtorch falls right into Marco's hands. "Found it." He pulls a welding mask over his face and begins torching something on the workbench.
"Marco... Marco Diaz!" Yelling seems to have finally gotten his attention. He pulls off the mask and turns to me. "What is going on?"
He sighs. "Remember when I had that really shitty day?"
Flashback
Marco POV
I wake up and rub the sleep out of my eyes. Sitting up, I look towards my alarm. 7:55 A.M.
"Shit! Bus is here in 5 minutes!" I jump out of bed and throw on my clothes. Once I'm dressed, I run out of my room and hurry down the stairs. On my way down, I trip and tumble to the bottom. 'Smack!' My face slams into the wall at the bottom of the stairs. "Damnit!" Blood drips from my nose, but I don't have time to plug it.
After taking a few seconds to regain balance, I run out the front door. Right as I get out, the bus pulls away from my stop. "Oh come on!"
I run to catch up. "Wait! Stop!" I yell as I bang on the moving bus. Somebody at the back of the bus rolls down their window. It's a kid named Alfonzo.
"You look like your in the zone man!" He says laughing.
"Stop... The... BUS!" I say through heavy breaths and a bleeding nose.
He gives me a thumbs up and yells to the driver. "Hey stop the bus dude!"
The bus screeches to a halt, and the retractable stop sign swings outward. I don't slow down fast enough, and end up slamming my face for the second time that day. I fall to the ground and rub my eye. It's swollen, and most likely purple. "Ugh... shit..." I mumble. above me, the bus door opens and the driver steps out and looks around.
"Who's punching my bus? What kind of person does that!" He turns around and closes the bus door.
When I finally manage to stand up, the bus starts pulling away and I'm dragged with it. I look to the door and see why. My jacket is caught in it. As the bus picks up speed, so do I. I sprint at full speed trying to keep up with the bus. It's no use. I lose my footing and get dragged for a few seconds before my jacket rips and I get flung into a pile of trash.
As I lay in the trash, a boy on a bike pulls up. "Hahaha!" He laughs at me. I flip him off and he rides away.
I eventually make my way over to school. As soon as I get there, I'm blinded by a flashing light. Once the flash is over, I see it's a camera. "Happy picture day!" Says the girl who took the photo.
"Picture day?! It's fucking picture day!?" Great. My picture will show me with a ripped jacket, dried blood on my face, and a black eye. I continue walking towards the school when I'm confronted by the last person I want to see.
"I came here to give you a black eye Diaz, but it looks like I don't have to!" Jeremy says laughing.
"Piss off Jeremy, I'm not in the mood." He doesn't piss off. He instead keeps following me.
"Everyone's going to think you're such a loser!" He taunts.
I turn towards him "I said... PISS OFF!" I stomp with my right foot to emphasize my anger. 'CRACK!' I look down and see a broken skateboard under my foot. Skateboard... Oh no.
"Marco... you broke my skateboard..." I look up and see Jackie looking pretty disappointed.
Jeremy starts laughing. "Jackie I- I-" she cuts me off.
"It's cool. I'll live with it." She picks up half the board and leaves looking annoyed.
"Well looks like my work here is done Diaz!" Jeremy says smugly.
present
Star POV
"Marco I know you had a bad day, but what does that have to do with anything?" I ask as I help him tighten a clamp around the head of the bust.
He grabs a hacksaw and begins sawing the head off. "Keep your panties on I'm getting to that." A monster punches through the wall next to Marco's head. He ducks under the arm as it tries to grab one of us. He takes the bust out of the clamp and holds it out for the monster to grab. The monster rips the head off and pulls it outside.
Marco inspects the now headless bust. "Thanks a lot!" He says smiling as he pushes a shelf to cover the hole in the wall. "I was so bummed out, but you did everything you could to cheer me up."
Flashback
Marco POV
After such a garbage day, all I wanted to do was sit on the couch and watch TV. My bummed out behavior didn't go unnoticed though, because Star had been trying for the last hour to cheer me up. She first put on a mask trying to get me to laugh, then she juggled, which she was surprisingly good at. The last thing she tried was pulling stuff out of a magic hat. That was pretty boring too until she pulled out a huge fish and accidentally got swallowed by it. Man, I had never seen the proper princess of Mewni look so ridiculous before. It was so ridiculous, that I ended up laughing. Star began laughing to once she saw me happy again.
"You look ridiculous!" I say as I laugh.
"Well I am in a fish." She responds giggling.
Present
"And then you met Justin..."
Flashback
Star POV
I had just gotten done with cheer practice, and was leaving the gym, when I accidentally bumped into someone. I fell to the ground and dropped my bag on the floor, causing books to spill out. Normally I would've been slightly annoyed, but that was until I saw who I bumped into. He was tall, blonde, and well built with hypnotic blue eyes.
"I'm so sorry! Let me help you with that!" Said the boy as he scrambled to pick up my books. I too began picking up the books and storing them back in my bag. As I placed my hand on the last book, so did the boy. When we touched, I looked into his eyes and felt a fluttering feeling in my stomach. He put the last book in my bag, then helped me up.
"I'm so sorry... Star, is it?" He asks me
"Star Butterfly. And don't worry about it..." I say smiling, waiting for him to respond with his name.
"Justin. Justin Armberg."
"You play football right? I'm fairly certain I've seen you on the field while we practice."
"Yep. In fact I'm heading there right now so I don't have much time to talk." He says with a hint of sadness on his face.
"Well how about this. I give you my number, and we can talk on the phone later." I say as I pull out a piece of paper and a pen.
He smiles "That would be awesome!" I write my number and give it to him.
"Talk to you later Justin!" I call to him as he walks down the hall.
Present
Marco POV
I empty out a bucket of paint as Star bites her wand with a love struck look on her face.
"Hey are you done fantasizing over there?" I ask
She snaps back to reality, blush filling her face. "I couldn't wait for him to call..."
Flashback
Star POV
The first thing I did when I arrived home was find Marco. He was sitting at the kitchen table with his feet up, and had his phone in hand.
"Hello Marco. May I borrow your phone?"
He raises an eyebrow. "For?"
"I'm expecting a phone call."
"Uh... sure? I guess." He hands me his phone. "Who's calling?"
"Justin is going to call me!" I say giddily as I hurry up the stairs.
"Wait, you'll be on the phone for fucking hours then! Use the landline!" He says hurrying after me.
"I'm sorry, but it's to late! This is the only number he has!" I enter my room and lock the door behind me.
Marco sighs from the other side. "Fine, just don't go snooping around on there!"
I sit on my bed and wait. I cant do anything but sit and wait for that phone to ring. A few minutes later, it does. I answer it as soon as it rings.
"Hello?"
"Sup Marco. I got like 8 gallons of lighter fluid in my car, are you ready for this?" I hear Oskar ask from the other side.
"Oskar, its Star. Can you please hang up I'm expecting a call!"
"Umm... ok? Don't tell anybody about this lighter fluid stuff though!"
"Yeah sure! Bye-bye!" I hang up the phone and continue waiting.
The day goes on, and I still haven't heard from Justin. I've wasted the past 6 hours waiting for him to call, and still haven't gotten anything. Did I do something wrong? Did he forget?
Present
I sigh. "I guess I'm not good enough for him"
Marco rips a price of duck tape and starts strapping my feet to his homemade armor. "You kidding? You're like the coolest girl in Echo Creek." He rips another piece and puts it over my other foot.
His compliment makes me smile. Something from the outside bangs into the shed and knocks stuff to the floor, including me.
"Anyways, you were so down after that. It was my turn to cheer you up."
Flashback
Marco POV
Looking into Star's room, I see that she is laying facedown on her pillow. It really bummed me out to see her so sad, and I was going to make sure she got better!
My first plan didn't go so well. I put on a clown mask and surprised Star in her room. That made her more scared than happy.
My next plan was a bit more extreme. I 'borrowed' a shopping cart from a local store, attached fireworks to it, and hauled it to the top of Stars tower.
"Star, up here!" I yell to her.
She lifts her head up and looks at me. I light the rocket at the back of the cart. It's go time. As the fuse gets shorter and shorter, I begin to regret my decision.
"What am I doing!? This is crazZYYYYY!" The rocket explodes before I can get out of the cart, and launches me through the air. I slam into walls, shelfs, and weapon racks, creating a mess. Fireworks explode everywhere and shatter Star's aquarium. I fall into the waves of water spilling from the tank, and drift to the bottom floor. I stop right next to Star's bed.
"Ta Da!" I say with a weak smile.
She just sighs and turns away from me.
I pick myself up, and am about to leave when I spot Star's wand on her desk. Then it hits me. Nothing makes her happier than when she's kicking monster ass!
Present
"Please don't tell me you did what I think you did."
"Oh I did" I say with a smirk.
Flashback
In the backyard, I cut open a portal with Star's scissors. I then set the bait, a fishing pole with Star's wand tied to the end. I toss the wand into the portal, and within seconds I've got a bite. A red, two-headed monster jumps through the portal chasing the wand.
Perfect! "Hey Star! Come see this!" I yell to her window.
Suddenly, a horde of monsters begin exiting the portal. Tons more than usual, and they look ready to kill. "Oh shit. I may have fucked up on this one..."
Present
"So you brought these monsters here to cheer me up?" Star asks grinning.
"Yeah. I just didn't expect an entire army. Don't worry though, this armor should keep us covered." Just as I finish speaking, the roof is ripped from the shed, and a large hand yanks me outside. All of my armor falls off behind me.
"Marco!" Star shouts as she quickly exits the shed and her armor.
Star POV
I quickly run out of the shed, leaving my armor behind. I see Marco being held in the giant hand of an alligator monster. He's of course putting up a fight.
"Put me down bitch!" He yells as he attempts to kick the monster.
All around us is an army of monsters. Like Marco said, there's a ton more than usual. I turn to the leader. "Hey leader guy, what's with all these new monsters?"
"The names Ludo! And thses are the same monsters I always have!" He yells back at me.
"Um... Are you sure I ask?"
"Yeah I've never kicked this guy's ass in the past," Marco says pointing at the monster holding him.
"You've never met Man Arm? What about Spike Balls?" Asks Ludo.
Me and Marco both shake our heads.
Ludo looks frustrated. "You know what, it doesn't matter! GET THE WAND!"
The monsters charge at me. I shoot a rainbow fist that hits Man Arm in the face. He drops Marco, who then runs over to back me up.
I zap monsters with magic while Marco punches and kicks monsters behind me. I spring into the air and cast a spell "Honey Bee Tornado Swarm!" Bees spill from my wand and sting the monsters.
I really do feel better! "Marco you were right! I don't even care about Justin anym-"
Marco's phone begins ringing. I scramble to find it. Yep totally over Justin. I look at the caller ID. It's him!
"Marco! It's him, it's him!"
"Well... Answer... IT..." he says while struggling to fight a monster.
I push answer and put it up to my ear. "Hello?"
"Hey Star it's Justin! I just got home so that's why I didn't call earlier."
"Oh it's fine!" I say as I shoot a monster with a rainbow fist.
"So what are you doing right now Star?"
I duck under a punch "Oh not much. Just hanging out with Marco!" A bear monster runs up to me and roars in my ear.
"What was that?" I hear Justin ask.
"Just give me a second," I pull the phone away from my ear. "You monsters are so rude! I am not going to let you ruin this phone call! Syrup Tsunami Shockwave!"
Syrup erupts out of my wand, and engulfs all of the monsters. As it clears, I see all the monsters stuck to the ground, and unable to fight.
I smile and put the phone back up to my ear. "I'm back Justin!"
"Hey I was wondering if you'd want to hang out sometime?" He asks.
"Yeah sounds great!" I say almost squealing from excitement.
"Cool! Talk to you later Star!"
"Bye bye!" I hang up the phone, My heart fluttering.
As the monsters slowly retreat back to their portal, Marco walks up next to me. He's also covered in syrup.
"Thanks Marco! You did know how to cheer me up!" I pull him into a hug. Bad idea.
"Um Star? I think we're stuck."
I try to pull away, but it doesn't work. "Heh... my bad."
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