So here is Starcoweek day 1, now I know that Starco week was about, two weeks ago, but seeing as I'm goin on a break I was hopping that these could tie over my readers for the time being. I also know that I filed this as complete but I will update this the next time something for Starco week comes around. Next on the list of explanations is that my beta has not read over this so expect spelling and grammatical errors galore. And lastly, all of my starco week submissions thus far take place on the same time line BUT there are not in order, if you want the chronological order than here it is, Day 1, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 2. I did not partake in day three, sorry.

Disclaimer: Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters belong to Daron Nefcy.

Best friends

Marco stormed into the house with his hood over his head and his eyes down; he had finally managed to drum up the courage to ask Jackie out, not even as a date, and she had just told him that she knew about his feelings for her and that he should get over her. She wasn't mean about it, she said that Marco was a sweet guy but she simply wasn't interested in him. Being soft didn't help though, Marco felt like his heart was just torn apart right in front of him and felt like a complete fool because Jackie knew about his feelings.

"I should have known." He said as he marched into his room and threw himself onto his bed. "I mean I was practically drooling right in front of her, I must have been the biggest creep in the history of creepizoids. I can't believe I ever even thought it would be possible for me to have a thing with her, I mean what do I have? I'm just some kid with barely any friends and no redeeming qualities." Marco dug his face into his pillow as he continued to insult himself. "I don't even look good, I mean I wear the same type of hoodie every single day, I have absolutely no sense of style." He continued to dig his face onto his pillow as the tears continued to flow. "I'm nothing but some stupid safe kid!"

Star, who had been following him since he left the school, was watching from the doorway and felt this was partly her fault; a few weeks ago she had fallen out of love with Oscar after he had gone out with another girl and just this morning questioned Marco if he really had feelings for Jackie because he never made a move. She had asked this because she wanted to go out with him, not as a date, she didn't want to date right now, but she did want to hang with Marco in a way that was more than two friends that hang all the time. She began to slowly make her way over to Marco and Sat down beside him causing him to open his eyes. "You know none of that is true." She said as she placed a hand on his back. "Your sweet, smart, you are amazing with karate, you're always handy in a pinch, you're a true friend, and so much more."

"Don't try and cheer me up." Marco said from his pillow. "You were right earlier; I should have just gotten over her."

"I didn't mean it like that." She explained as she placed her hands on her lap. "And I didn't … I shouldn't have asked it in the first place."

"No." Marco replied as he placed his face back into his pillow. "I shouldn't have been so passive, maybe if I had asked earlier then I could have saved myself a few days of looking like an idiot … or maybe a few years."

"That's not what I meant." Star said as her expression fell. "But I guess it doesn't really matter anymore."

Marco's turned his head slightly to look at Star, he saw her sad expression and felt guilty for making her cry and decided that he wasn't going to let his bad day spread to his best friend. "Don't be like that." He said as he got up and sat next to her. "It was going to happen sooner or later … it's better that I got it over with." Star didn't seem cheered up by this in the slightest; she only looked off to the side as regret began to overtake Marco. "Don't be so upset Star I … I'll get over Jackie soon enough and then everything will be back to the way it was." She still didn't respond and a lone tear began to run down her face, just as it was at her cheek however, Marco caught it on his finger and Star looked over to him. "This is about Oscar, isn't it?"

Star sighed. "Kinda … it's because of him but he's not the reason."

Marco scooted closer to Star and tried to maintain his composure, he had no idea why but his heart began racing and he began to sweat a little. "So … what was the reason you sked me if I still loved Jackie?"

Star shook her head as she placed her hands by her sides. "It doesn't matter anymore."

"I don't." Marco replied instantly earning him a shocked look from Star. "I don't love Jackie anymore … now tell me what you want?"

Star was left in shock, she didn't expect Marco to react like that, she didn't really expect any reaction from him at all but she soon smiled and laughed. "Oh, it's nothing … I just wanted to know … if you wanted to go on a …" She bit her lower lip and braced herself. "I wanted to know if you wanted to go on a date with me but that's pointless now, isn't it?"

Marco's jaw dropped open as the gravity of his actions finally hit him, Star, his best friend, had only recently had her heart broken by her crush and then she tries to ask him out but instead he asks out someone else. "Oh my god." He said before covering his face with his hands. "Oh my god, I am such an idiot!" He threw his hands down to his sides. "And I asked out Jackie right in front of you."

"I don't want to date." Star said with a laugh. "I am in no mood for dating, I wanted to know if you wanted to go on a date."

Marco froze as he looked at Star. "You mean … like … a date … with your best friend?"

She nodded. "Yeah but that's pointless now so never mind it."

Marco stared in front of himself and bit his lower lip. "Why is it pointless?" Marco asked as he grabbed her hand causing her to tense up. "I actually think it's a great idea … I mean if you're still interested."

Star froze for a moment before smiling. "Sure thing, just name the place."

"I know just the place."

Marco took her to a new Italian restaurant that was a short walk from their house, they had a lot of fun talking about new monsters, their next adventure, and Marco even joked about them sharing a plate of spaghetti but Star said she had seen that movie and laughed at him. When they got home the two of them stood in front of the door with their arms wrapped around each other's shoulder. "That was a great idea." Marco noted. "Really helped get me out of my funk."

"Glad I could help my best friend." Star replied as she roasted her head on his shoulder.

Marco laughed slightly as the two of them stood there in awkward silence. "So … it was an interesting first date to say the least."

"Not first date." Star said as she looked at Marco. "A first date is a date is the date that makes two people a couple, this date didn't make us a couple so it's not a first date."

"So it's a regular date then?" Marco asked. Star nodded and Marco looked off to the side. "So seeing as it's a regular date … should it end like a regular date?"

Star smiled and wrapped her hands around the back of Marco's neck. "If you insist." Before Marco could protest or ask, Star slammed her lips against his causing the boy to tense up before relaxing into it. Marco could feel the softness of her lips as he wrapped his arms around her lower back and pulled her deeper into the kiss, it wasn't long before they were completely intertwined as if they were of one body. After what felt like forever, Star slowly pulled back and their lips stuck together for only a moment before slowly separating. Their bodies were still intertwined and they could still feel the other breathing heavily. After a moment, Star giggled and gave Marco a coy look. "You know Marco, we are still only friends so there's no need to get so excited."

It took Marco a moment to realize exactly she was talking about but when he did he instantly separated from her and turned around with his face as rad as his hoodie. "Ohhhh my gosh." He said as he caught his breath. "That was embarrassing."

Star laughed then wrapped her arms around his upper torso and placed her head right next to his. "Are we still best friends?" She asked.

Marco looked at her nervously before responding. "Yeah." He said weakly.

"Then all is forgiven." She said with a smile. "I'm going to go inside and in case you need to spend some more time out here then I'll be in my room."

Star released him and went inside leaving him alone with his thoughts. Marco wasn't sure what to think about all this, his emotions were in a wreck, he didn't know if he wanted to be closer with Star or if he was happy with what they had now but one thing was for sure, he wanted another date.

Now to get to work on putting up the next one, see you soon.