Marco's Guide to Nachos

"Marco!"

Star Butterfly ran around the whole house in search of the brown haired boy. She was balancing a plate of what looked like nachos. "Marco!" She called out again passing the living room doing so. A quick glimpse of her friend caught her eye making her turn back around and bolt into the room.

"Oh hey Star-" He was quickly shushed by Star's finger that appeared pressed against his mouth. "Just try one!" The hyperactive princess cut in shoving the plate of her own nachos in his face. Marco hesitated for a moment and looked over at his friend. "You made your own nachos?" He questioned cautiously. He never smelt any smoke; she must have used her magic.

"Yep! I loved yours so I thought, why not make my own?" Star twiddled her wand in her free hand and brought it up to her face to blow on it. "With my wand it only took seconds and I had a plate of nachos right at my finger tips! You know how useful this will be?!"

Marco couldn't help but agree with Star. It would definitely save some time whenever the duo wanted some nachos. "Let's see how these taste." With that Marco popped a chip in his mouth. Almost instantly he spat it out coughing. "That was terrible!" He hacked trying to get the taste out of his mouth.

Star's mouth dropped. "Really? Let me try." She took a chip and ate it as well. She chewed a bit before stopping; her face quickly twisted in disgust. "Ughhh you're right." Her voice sounded disappointed as she put the plate on the table.

"Unlimited nachos would have been so useful!" Star sulked slumping in a chair. "If I knew how to make my own, I would make them all the time!"

Hearing this caught Marco's attention. "So you wanna learn how to make your own? Well, you're talking to the professional. Maybe I could show you how." This sparked some interest in the blonde girl. She bounded up close to his face with a never faltering smile. "You'd really do that?!" She wrapped her arms around her mute friend and jumped with joy.

"Well what are you waiting for?! We have nachos to make!"

Marco didn't have time to even answer back as Star took his hand and dragged him into the kitchen with her. She placed Marco behind a counter, placed a chef hat on his head and stood right across of him.

"Alright chef Marco, educate me." The princess was very serious about this. Nachos were her favourite Earth food! She needed to know how to make them so that she could whip up a batch herself instead of always depending on Marco.

"Whoa whoa hold it! Nachos aren't as easy to make as you may think. It takes discipline to learn the art of the recipe that has been handed down the Diaz family for generations! Before you can even think about grabbing a pair of oven mitts, you need to know basic kitchen safety." Marco spoke pacing around the kitchen. Star had a notebook and it looked as if she were taking notes on everything the boy was saying.

"Alright the first thing to kitchen safety is to always keep long hair tied back. You wouldn't want your hair in the nachos right Star?" The blonde princess quickly used a spell that put her hair in a perfect pony tail. Who knew that spell would come in handy some day?

"Next is to always wash your hands before handling food." Marco led Star to the sink and they both scrubbed their hands and made them clean under the running water. "Okay now that that's done, always have a fire extinguisher near you. Your oven could burst into flames at any moment. You need to be cautious."

Star lit up. "Well luckily for us, I have a spell that could help us with that! Cotton Candy Fire Extinguish!" Pink cotton candy shot out of Star's wand and right in Marco's face. He wiped it off with lack of amusement and the young princess just awkwardly laughed it off.

"That's great Star. Now that we're done covering basic kitchen safety, we can start with the first step of making nachos." Marco said and walked over to the cupboard to fetch a bag of tortilla chips. "Yay!" Star clapped her hands together in anticipation. They were finally going to begin the first step!

"Could you get a pan? That's where we are going to put them on."

"Pan? You gotcha!" Star skipped out of the kitchen for a moment before skipping back with a confused look on her face. "Uh where do you keep your pans?"

Marco instantly face palmed.

Step one: Laying out the chips!

"Alright Star, it may sound pretty easy but it takes some talent to- wait when did you open the chips?" Tortilla chips were already spread neatly on the pan leaving Marco seriously wondering how he did not notice Star doing that. "I thought I could try to do it on my own, sorry Marco!"

Step two: Grate some cheese!

"You got the cheese?" Star nodded and held up the cheddar cheese in her hands. "Good. Now this is pretty simple. All you have to do is take the cheese grater and gently swipe the cheese against the grate up and down. Like this." The brown haired boy took the cheese from Star's grasp and gently did the following, until a small pile of cheese formed into the container. "Oooh! Lemme try!" She snatched it away from him and grated the cheese a little more aggressively. It didn't really matter as long as the cheese got grated.

Step three: Cut up those ingredients!

"This is one of the most dangerous steps so you need to be super careful." Star ignored Marco's cautious comment and grabbed out a knife. She looked at it with gleaming eyes as if she were memorized. "Uh...on second thought maybe I'll be in charge of the chopping."

Step four: Layer like a pro!

"You'll like this step the most! All you have to do is sprinkle some cheese and ingredients on the first layer. Two layers is the way to go. Don't hesitate to pile the ingredients on because the more the better!"

"You got it Diaz!" Star then started to delicately sprinkle some cheese on and the following toppings:

-Tomatoes

-Onions

-Olives

-jalapenos

She also added another layer of chips as Marco instructed and plopped more toppings on, finishing it off with cheese.

Step five: Put the masterpiece in the oven!

"You made it to the final step. Well done Star! Most people don't make it this far and you didn't even make one mistake!" Marco congratulated the magical girl and she smiled warmly. "Thanks Marco! Now what do I have to do?"

"I already preheated the oven so all you have to do is put the pan in the oven. You'll need to wear these." Star excitedly squealed at this. "You're letting me wear the oven mitts?! This is so cool!" She took one and slipped it on one hand with a never faltering smile. Once they were both on, Star took the pan in two hands and steadily made her way over to the hot oven. Marco opened the door for her so that she could slip it n without any troubles.

Once the nachos were in the oven, all the duo had to do was wait.

Step six: Let them cool and enjoy!

A loud 'Ding' was heard which indicted that the nachos were done cooking. Marco turned off the oven and took the nachos out to cool. Of course he didn't forget to wear oven mitts! Safety was a must.

"Mmmmh! They look great!" Star reached out to grab a chip but Marco slapped her hand away. "Not yet Star! They haven't finished cooling down yet!" Star nodded understanding that they were probably very hot since they just came out of the oven. She just couldn't wait to dig in and see if the lessons paid off.

After a couple minutes, Marco told Star that they were okay to eat now. Not waiting another second, Star jumped out of her chair and booked it to the counter where the nachos were cooling down. The pan was now a perfect temperature to touch so it didn't burn her hands.

"Oh Marco these are going to taste amazing!" Star sang in a chipper tune and began to walk over to where Marco was sitting. To be honest, Marco couldn't wait either. He was pretty proud of Star for making her very own batch of nachos. Maybe she was finally warming up to Earth cultural.

The sight of what was right near Star's feet brought Marco back to reality. Going into panic mode, he shot up from his chair and yelled out for Star's name.

It all happened in slow motion.

Star's foot slipped on the tortilla chips bag and her feet flew out from under her. Star grabbed onto Marco but they both ended up on the floor. The nachos followed them, exploding all over the floor and covering the two teens.

"I guess we missed the cleaning step." Marco groaned looking around the disaster of a kitchen. All of their hard work was spread all over the floor. The five-second rule couldn't work in this scenario.

Instead of being upset, Star grabbed a chip that was stuck to Marco's sweater. It still had a few toppings on it so she took it and ate it. Marco noticed this and grabbed a chip that was stuck to Star's dress, eating it as well. The nachos tasted great without a doubt.

"Not bad chef Marco. I think we make a pretty good team."

"Yeah, I guess we do."

A/N Sorry for the long wait! The winter break is here so i'll finally have some time on my hands!

Thank you and I hope you enjoyed!