A/N: Aaaand chapter 2. I'm just on a roll lately, and I feel so summery, sadly now that summer is over I'm craving a vacation, hah. Well, at least I get to write my favourite, wacky teens going on one :D and what an exciting one it is.

1 am. Even though the stifling heat of the day sizzled out a while ago, soon after the sun went down, you could still feel a mellow, warm breeze flowing over the city.

A cloudless blue, millions and trillions of stars illuminating the skyline. It's one of these nights that gives you a clear mind and an open heart, much to my dismay.

My best friend and I are walking home from prom, slightly intoxicated. "I had a really good time tonight, Marco. Thanks for being my date." Star says, her feet sinking into the dewy grass she's walking on with every step. High heels dangling in her hand she gives me a halfdrunken smile.

"Thanks for saying yes to my proposal." I reply, stepping closer to wrap my arm around her shoulder, partially because I felt like i have to support her as she was stumbling, but also just because i want to.

Star sinks into my arm, burying her head into my shirt, then she deeply inhales.

"You smell good. What cologne is that?"

I let out a small laugh. "You're curious tonight arent you? It's some fragnance by Lacoste, i'm not sure of the name, my dad gave it to me after graduation."

"It's really nice." Star looks up at me, with an expression I can not quite decipher.

She pulls me even closer, as we're making the final steps towards my porch.

Letting go for a second so I can turn the keys, she's still eyeing me, not letting me out of her sight. I can feel nervousness building up in the pit of my stomach as I step inside the house. Something is definitely going on.

I turn around to face Star who's now inches away from me, her eyes half lidded, a daring spark in her gaze.

She puts both of her hands just below my shoulders, grinning widely.

My heart is shooting up from 0 to a 100 in a matter of seconds, hammering against my chest.

"Star?" I stammer out, trying my hardest to sound calm.

"I know you like me." She whispers. "I've heard you talk about it to Janna in the hallway the other day when I was sneaking out of biology."

God. Why did i HAVE to discuss such personal matters in school. I'm such an idiot.

Before I can make up an excuse I can feel her cold lips pressed against my pulsing neck.

Blood rushes to my face, my cheeks flaming up as I let it happen.

She wants this? She's going for this...She INITIATED this...

"S-Star, is this a...good idea?" I mumble, trying to withstand the temptation. We are both drunk.

"Dunno if it is, but it feels nice, doesn't it?"

I can feel her hot breath as she's placing more and more kisses onto my neck and shoulder, playfully tracing her tongue over my skin, she definitely wants a reaction.

Fuck it.

I wrap my arms around her waist, picking her up slightly as I'm leaning fully against the wall in the hallway.

Her eyes shoot open in surprise for just a second. "I didn't know you had this side to you, safe kid! I'm impressed!" She giggles, though I silence her by simply smacking my lips onto hers. She melts into the kiss, her hands finding grip in my hair.

My palms wander over her thigh, giving it a light squeeze, I never thought I could touch her this way, never thought she'd want the same.

Marcoooo. Marco, heyyy...wake up sleepyhead!" I could hear a faint voice repeatedly saying my name as I slowly came to my senses.

"Huh?" I blinked a few times, rubbing my head. My whole body felt sore as hell.

"You were gone for ages, dude." Star said, looking down at me.

My eyes flew open when I realized I was leaning against her shoulder, I quickly propped myself up and cleared my throat.

"How long was I asleep for?"

"For nearly the whole flight. You dozed off like half an hour after take off."

"I slept for 13 hours?" I asked in shock, no wonder I felt so rough.

Star nodded slowly. "Yep, and you said my name a couple of times in your sleep as well."

God.

I slapped my palms against my face, this vacation went off with an embarrassing start.

"Sorry, Star...i don't know why I did that." I mumbled, my hands still covering my brightly flushed face.

"What did you dream about?" Star asked, turning her head slightly.

"Oh uh...just about the trip, really. You know, us hanging out and stuff, nothing special." I lied, though it didn't sound very convincing, the princess simply shrugged.

"That explains it then."

I wish it did.

"Guys, check out the view!" Ferguson interrupted and for once, I was glad he did.

We directed our eyes to the small window, and he was right. The sight was simply breathtaking.

"This is it, man. We're finally here!"

He and Alfonzo simultaniously put their fists up loudly chanting. "Rio! Rio! Rio!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We will be landing approximately in 15 minutes. We kindly ask you to put your seatbelt back on, and bring your seat into an upright position. Thanks for choosing Delta airlines. The crew and I are wishing you a safe journey and a nice stay in Rio de Janeiro."

Star and I exchanged a happy smile. We've been excited for too long.

"That was literally the longest flight of my entire life." Janna huffed, stretching her back.

"Saaaame." Jackie sighed, resting her chin on Jannas shoulder.

"I can't feel my legs." Ferguson whined.

"I need to sleep like...right now." Alfonzo chimed in.

I didn't have enough energy myself to do a group huddle and motivational speech, so Star was the only one taking initiative.

"Oh come on guys...we're in Rio! The stars are dancing, the moon is shining, we've been on a 14 hour flight...yeah I agree let's get to the hostel."

And so we grabbed our bags and called a taxi, our long day of travel soon to finally end.

We spent most of the drive sleeping or silently admiring the landscape and the vivid nightlife of the city. Rio has such a nice charm to it, while I was extremely exhausted, I could still feel the vibrant atmosphere.

After half an hour we finally arrived at the hostel, we checked in, ready to collapse onto our beds and sleep off the jetlag.

"So uh...what are sleeping arrangements like?" Jackie asked.

"Well, We all booked double rooms, so that makes me and you, Fonzo and Ferg aaand...Star and Marco. Right?" Janna wondered, raising a brow at me and my best friend.

"Yup!" Star nodded enthusiastically,grabbing my wrist.

I could feel the heat rushing into my cheeks again. God, this had to stop, I need some damn composure. She's my best friend, nothing more.

We all grabbed our stuff after saying our goodnights and made our way to our respective rooms.

I turned the keys and opened the door with a slight screech, Star barging into the room, throwing herself onto the bed.

"Can you believe it? We're finally here! I couldn't ask for a better vacation. All my friends and my bestie traveling to one of the most beautiful places here on earth. Chilling, grilling, exploring and just having fun. That really is the greatest graduation present your parents could have ever thought of."

I gave her a small smile, sitting down on the bed as well.

"It's going to be awesome. Oh, sorry by the way, I didn't know our rooms wouldn't have seperate beds. Maybe we can ask the lady at the check in desk to give us another room or..."

"Stop it, Marco." Star waved her hand nonchalantly. "It's not a big deal, we've slept in the same bed together before. It's not like anything is gonna happen."

I gulped. "Right, right. You're totally right. Sorry." I started unpacking and putting my neatly folded clothes into the wardrobe, Star already undressing right before my eyes.

"S-Star?!" I choked, she made it harder to forget about promnight with every second I spent with her, and she didn't seem to care.

"Relaaax." The blonde chuckled, pulling her nightshirt over her head. "See? All done."

It was the same nightshirt she used to wear four years ago, though now it only reached down midthigh when it was way beyond knee length back then.

Her pale thighs were glistening in the dim light of the moon as she crawled into the bed and patted the empty space next to her. I was hesitantly reaching for my pajamas.

"It's really hot Marco, you sure you wanna sleep in these thick nighties?"

She had a point, even though it was night I could feel myself sweating already, so

I sighed and gave in, kicking off my pants and getting into bed next to her.

See, that was my issue. I didn't know if she was giving off mixed signals, with the way she was so open and comfortable with me seeing her half naked, the way she teased me, I even felt like there was more physical contact now than before prom, not in a romantic way but still. We were even closer than before.

Then again, she never initiated anything more than that, either. She'd never kiss me on the mouth or go even further. The morning after prom, she told me that she enjoyed the night and that she had the same feelings, that making out with me was one of the things she really wanted to do before going back to Mewni. Because she liked me in that way, but there was apparently no future for us since we both had very different duties we were bound to.

Ugh. I hated how she was right, it was still unfair though. She knew it would be hard for me to accept it, to let her go. Especially after she admitted to reciprocating my feelings. She let me have a taste of heaven, and then took it away. How was I meant to deal with it? How did she deal with it?

"Goodnight, Marco." She whispered, kissing me on the cheek and nuzzling into my chest. Great. This is exactly what I mean. Do best friends sleep like this? I highly doubt it.

I reluctantly wrapped my arms around her. I didn't want to, to make it easier for me.

I wanted to tell her to turn around and sleep on her side of the bed, and just stop playing around in general.

But on the other hand, I also really wanted to hold her...and that part overpowered anything else I felt.

I let out a heavy sigh before closing my eyes, at that point I decided I had to have an extensive talk with her very soon.

Aww, poor Marco. He's in such a complicated situation, even I feel bad for him! Oh, young love.

Lemme know what you think, guys! Its interesting writing these two in a more saucy way, its fun to think about how theyd go about that stuff in canon, yknow? Id love to see some canon 18 year old Starco on the show sometime, not in a sexual way, just in general. that'd be dope!