Remarking on how well it came out and how things started to go back to somewhat normal with Marco. Hanging out, learning more about that game his friends were playing, and even making a Warrior Princess as her first character. There was a photo of Star holding a wand that Marco made for her, which she still had to this day.
Then Janna taught her about how to perform magic tricks, like how to make comic books disappear. After all the fun the store became a new place for them to hang out on their free days.
Though one day the group had an interesting conversation close to the end of his first year of college.
"So how did the senior prom go for you guys?" Ferguson asked.
No one could really recall the night due to the punch being spiked by a certain someone among the group.
"Huh?" Was all he got from the group as they went about their business.
Janna was silently reading a comic with Star while Marco and Alfonzo were busy coming up with ideas for their game's next campaign.
Janna was the first to answer, "Oh I blackmailed Marco into taking me... seeing how someone was out of town that night…"
Marco gave her a dirty look, just hinting at Jackie always put him in a bad mood. Even after that argument in his front yard. Jackie was able to sink her teeth back in him…
"I wasn't a senior yet!" Star sighed but shortly received a comforting pat on the back from her friend.
"Don't worry, neither is his mom!" Janna pointed at Ferguson.
"Screw you too Ordonia!" A touchy subject much?
"What are you guys talking about?" Marco finally noticed the commotion.
"Eh, the prom?" Janna replied before going back to her cell phone reading a story.
Alfonzo asked, "You still didn't have one man?"
"Not everyone can be fantasy and married to their date like you." Ferguson hissed… really touchy subject…
"I still haven't met this Pixie Empress he keeps going on about. Think we would get along?" Star chimed in.
The heavy set boy rocked his head, "I don't recommend entering a friendship with a level thirty-seven man-eater"
"Are you still upset about that?" Alfonzo could never get an inch without someone bashing on his girl.
Ferguson crossed his arms, "What do you think"
"Sooooo what I miss? I'm trying to get into the Welcome Home Fanfic but you guys are running it for me…" Janna looked back up.
"Apparently Ferguson is still upset about that time Alfonzo's date ate him during their last adventure." Marco replied.
"I like her already!" Janna loved to poke fun at everyone, just more with Marco.
Needless to say, this ended up causing a small fight between Janna and Ferguson. Fortunately, Alfonzo and Star held the two apart before things got ugly. Then on the way home, Janna remarked on how much stronger Star has gotten for being able to hold back the college student.
"Hehe yeah, I've been using the school's gym whenever they give us free time during class." That and she wanted to return the favor and throw her crush around.
"Better than me, I just used that time to look up more stuff on the supernatural." That won't be changing anytime soon.
"Cool as always but could I ask you a question?" Star asked the older girl.
"Shoot." As Marco followed behind them in his own little world.
"Do you like him?" Star quietly asked.
Janna got in closer "What?"
"Marco and the whole going to prom with him business, do you actually like him or was that just another one of those things about appearances?" She had forgotten all about it until now.
"We've known each other for years, since when have I cared about what other people think?" Janna replied waving off the comment.
"Wait so does that mean?!" Did she?
Though Janna quickly puts a finger over her mouth to silence the girl, "Look… don't worry about it… really "
Star nodded while inside her mind she was having mixed feelings again about the whole thing. Hoping that Janna and Marco didn't date each other after that night while another part of her was just screaming over the latest gossip.
Star was looking back at that prom night… there were no photos on it and that was a big red flag to her…
While Star found it kinda of hard to sleep that night as she kept thinking up different scenarios about what could happen to her friend and her childhood crush?
Remembering how she ate breakfast at breakneck speed so she could check up on Marco first thing in the morning. Unfortunately learning he didn't return home that night but called to let his parents know that he was staying at friend's place.
Star sighed in relief thinking he must've crashed with Ferguson or Alfonzo. Her future self-cringed when she remembered that moment and how much her younger self-was looking forward to a positive day.
However once she finally met up with everyone at the school entrance it became clear as day that something happened. Seeing how Marco and Janna were smiling at one and other while Ferguson and Alfonzo just looked at them with tilted expressions.
Could Marco have really cheated on Jackie when he was dating her? Star never really found out what happened but things changed with those two after that.
More with Janna fighting to show Marco what his girlfriend was doing… and being exile as his friend for some time…
That all changed one night…
The photo she was looking at was Janna laying her head on top of Marco's, his smile was weak until the next photo showed him yelling at her about pinching his nipples to snap him out his bad mood.
Marco put girls on hold for a short time, after dating Jackie on and off a few years, Star was the one to convince him over and over that Jackie was poison to him and she couldn't take it anymore. Some reason, he would always let the skater girl back into his life.
That wasn't good for his ego, Marco was never hurt by anyone like that and it made him feel that he wasn't worth anything to others.
It really didn't help having Jackie always telling him no one would ever love him like she did. The only times Marco would stick up for himself is when Jackie would try and end his friendship with Star.
It never worked and usually after that conversation would happen, she would end up in another man's bed. There were too many times where Star would hold on to Marco as he would cry the whole night.
No one in this world hated Jackie more than her… well, maybe Janna also, she couldn't understand why his girlfriend at the time would get such a thrill on making him feel this way. It was some sick control she got a kick out of.
The damage is already done once Marco was able to finally leave her… there was a massive scar on his left arm that truly illustrated the name Jackie on it. It wasn't his proudest moment in life…
Janna was there to stop him anytime his mind would drift off on wanting to hurt himself, but all it takes is that one time when you're all alone. Star started to reminisce the night she almost lost him again…
Depression had taken over his life quickly and there were a few close calls on him taking his life. Star Butterfly would never let that happen on her watch, she was there for him just like the night he was there to put a stop to the action with Oskar.
All her life, Marco was the strong one there to protect her or help her in the difficult part of being a young teen girl. This was her chance to repay him and to show she was more than just a childhood friend.
Janna could never let Star know but their best friend relationship had moved on to a bit of a sexual one. Nothing serious but enough about two young adults having a deeper respect towards each other and being sexual to satisfy one another needs.
This first time was when she found him on the park bench the couple would always visit, "Marco? Your GPS hasn't moved in hours and Star is getting worried…"
The voice behind him shocked him as he tried to cover his arm, "Oh… I thought I turned my phone off… sorry about that… I'm… I'm okay…" His eyes started to sting from the tears.
"I have my ways around that." She gave him a crooked grin and tried to get a better look at him.
"You must…" He rather of just been alone and Janna wasn't taking the hint.
She was able to get a better view of him, droplets of blood fell from his fingertips as he tried to hide the wound, "Marco… what have you done?"
She rushed in front of him and then went on one knee to grab the long sleeve, he pulled away, "I'M FINE!"
This wasn't the time to leave, Janna yanked his arm and pulled away the bloody sleeve to find, 'Jackie' carved into his skin, "Oh god…" Now it was her turn to cry.
He turned his head in disgust on what he did, "How… how could she? Two fucking years Janna, Princess has told me a thousand times that she no good… I… I just can't stop myself from wanting to be with her…"
"It was never my place to tell you what to do Marco… this… this isn't how a relationship is meant to be…" She pulled out hand sanitizer and tore off a piece of her shirt to clean the wound, he hissed in pain.
"But she really does love me… I know it!" Marco sounded so weak when he said that, as the words came out, his lips would quiver. He knew it wasn't true but if he told himself enough… then it had to be true, right?
"No, she doesn't bonehead… it's the power over you she loves!" Janna was sure to place as much pressure to reinforce her comment.
"Jan… Janna… it hurts… please…" His head lowered as the tears fell to the ground.
"Not until you get it through your thick skull, she driving you to… to…" She stops talking to cup a hand over his cheek into a kiss.
Marco never felt another kiss, this one was soft, warm and caring. Jackie's were so dominating, she would always take the lead and smack his hands from her face when he would deepen the kiss. Their tears were steaming together, he pulled both his hands away to cup her face and pull Janna more into him.
She was more than willing to let him take the point, how she dreamed of this day to come. Janna could feel the back of her mind screaming that this was all wrong and she shouldn't be taking advantage of the situation, but her body didn't care.
Their kiss ends with Janna pulling his hand to follow her, his head was hanging low not able to pull his eyes from the ground. The sound of their footsteps echoed throughout the night until they were in front of Marco's home.
"Jan… Janna… I don't want my parents to see me like this…" His gripp tightened around her hand.
She turned to face him, "You want me to call Star?"
"NO…no… she worries about me enough…" If his phone was on, he would have felt it buzzing like hell in his pocket knowing it was Star.
"I don't want to be alone…" Marco didn't know if he was asking to stay with her, but knew this night could only get worse if…
"Com'on…" Janna pulled him along to her place, her mother was out of town for the week so there wasn't any worry about him spending the night.
The walk lasted a little bit as she leads him into the kitchen and removed his shirt, "Now… how long have you been doing this?"
There were several scars up his arm, "Jackie… she showed me that... this was the best way to cope…"
Now Janna was ready to put the little bitch in her place as she made her way out the room, not until he latched onto her wrist, "It's not her fault… please believe me…"
She watched as his eyes looked up into hers with so much pain in them, "Okay… I'll take care of this, let me get a few things"
Hesitantly, Marco released her to examine the fresh wound, it was so jagged with pieces of flesh barely hanging on, "This is bad…" He said while pulling out the knife that did all the damage. He didn't want it anywhere near him.
"You can say that again… you have anything planned for the summer break?" Janna had to change the subject.
"Nothing really… Princess has been going on about a movie she wants to see this week." This was good, get his mind off of Jackie and onto something better, he started to smile about the silly movie.
"I was thinking we could all hit up Bon Bon the clown séance, it's at the end of the week." She could hear him laughing now as she was getting ready to wrap the wound.
"You're still into all that stuff?" He thought her goth phase ended already.
"Hmmm, I still play with the stuff every now and then… is it too tight?" Janna takes a look at her handy work.
"It's perfect…" He flexed his hand a few times.
She deiced it was time to take off her jacket and place it on the chair across from him, Marco could see her midriff clear as day. Janna might have kept somewhat the tomboy looks, but she was growing to be a fine young woman.
"Glad I could help, you're in the mood to eat or?" She could tell he was checking her out as she made a little pose for him.
Marco couldn't take his eye off her and decided to stop staring, "Sorry about that, this night has been hell for me…"
Janna's hand reaches for his chin,"Hey, it's okay, I'm not planning to let you out my sight mister."
The not so safe kid never saw her eyes this close, there was something that just shimmered about them, "Have… have your eyes always been this pretty?"
She was giggling at the comment and got closer, "Yeah duh… like what you see?"
His non-injured arm wrapped around her waist just a bit, "Only took nineteen years for me to really look at them…"
Janna smiled as he went in for another kiss which she rewards Marco by sitting on his lap. Her fingernails would drag over his bare chest as tiny moans would slip out from them. Things were starting to pick up fast.
That's when everything came to a sudden stop with Marco pulling away, "I… I… can't do this… not again… Jackie won't-"
That was the last name Janna wanted to hear come out his mouth as she latched herself tighter on him. He couldn't fight it himself as his arms wrapped around her tight body, slowly he was up on his feet and laid the beautiful woman in his arms on the kitchen table.
Something came over him as he removed her hands from his body and lightly pinned them above her head on the table.
Marco lifts his body from hers, Janna's eyes are still shut locking the feeling into her mind.
Her eyes open looking at her wrists, "I didn't think… you would be… into this…" She was breathing deeply, either from the kiss or the excitement on what was to come next.
She saw a spark in his eyes and a smile, "Do you want me to stop?"
His voice? Just a second ago he sounded scared but now… he seemed to be in power, "Don't you dare..." She shot back her very own evil smile.
The two shared the night together… and all over her house covering various items throughout the household and their fluids.
Marco sword to himself, Jackie was never going to hurt him again as all his anger translated into sexual relief onto Janna.
While Janna did have a thing for him when she was younger, now it was just a good stress reliever to have him all to herself every now and then. This was a tricky game to play knowing how tight he and Star were.
Since things with him and his anxiety towards Jackie had been finally sorted out, it's been just like old times. With the addition of Janna popping in more often as they would hang out on the coach.
There was a night, Marco was on one end of the sofa with Star huddled tight on his chest sitting on her knees.
Janna was on the other end enjoying the company as the two older teens held hands behind the headrest.
I never meant for this fic to get so dark, but Jackie really did a number on Marco. Not many other ways to finally rid himself of her.