Authors note: Hey guys, this is my first fanfiction so please be gentle with me. I know I made some mistakes so please help me out by pointing them out. I also want some CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Please review, favorite and or follow. There are more chapters to come.

'Star vs the forces of evil' does not belong to me and I make no such claims.

Chapter 1: A tear in the night

"That was amazing!" she said as she ran into the living room. She and her new best friend had just beaten Ludo and his henchmen. Marco had surprised her, when Ludo first showed up, thought the portal, Marco had been the first to react to his attacks. The 'safe kid' had disappeared in front of her, being replace by this new Marco. She honestly liked the new Marco better.

"Is it always going to be like this?" Marco asked breaking Star out of her trance.

"Honestly… Yes, I think so." she responded with a slight frown. She had just arrived to earth but she already knew that people generally didn't like to be placed in danger. "I'm sorry, I'll leave. I don't want to cause trouble," she mumbled lowering her head.

"What are you talking about? That was awesome, I've never had that much fun," Marco assured her, gently placing his hand on her shoulder. When Star raised her head to face Marco time seemed to slow 'she's beautiful,' was the last thing Marco thought before he lost him self in Star's piercing light blue eyes. His hear beat had suddenly sky rocketed, his breathing deepened. His mouth ran dry. He just stood there without blinking, without moving. He was brought back by Star's movements, she had averted her sight, rapidly looking around the house never directly at him. When she did manage to look back at him her cheeks were tinted with a light shade of red her heart shaped birthmarks were a deeper shade than they were before. Realizing he had been caught staring, Marco felt the warm rush of blood to his cheeks. "We should get ready for bed," Marco stated, breaking the uncomfortable silence that had suddenly filled the living room. They stood from the sofa, 'when did we sit down?' He wondered, and lead the way being followed by Star. "What about my room?" He asked as they approached the first door on the right.

"What about your room?" She questioned back. She only receive, what she thought to be, a look of slight annoyance from Marco. "… Right, your room. I… I don't know how to fix that, I can try tomorrow… I'm so sorry." Hey eyes where filled almost to the brim with tears.

"Star, don't worry about it. You can try tomorrow." He said with a warm smile. Seeing that smile Star's knees weakened for a second.

"Yea tomorrow, I know! You can sleep with me," She shouted with a smile. The sudden realization of what she said hit her and her cheeks once more lit with a shade red. "I mean, you can sleep with me in my room. No, I mean you can sleep in my room." By the time star finished her cheeks were redder than a tomato.

"Ok, I'll go get ready in the bathroom. I'll meet you in you room," he stated with a slight grin still amused by Star's antics. Star nodded and walked to her room, Marco went back down to the laundry room to find something he could wear. He dug through the freshly washed clothes and found his checkered pajama bottoms, he dug deeper but failed to find any shirt he could wear to bed. 'Great,' he thought. 'What am I going to do now.' He searched the pile of laundry once more but still found nothing. After a few more minutes he relented and moved on to the garage to retrieve his sleeping bag and an extra pillow, he then went back upstairs and headed into the bathroom. After a quick shower he dressed and walked towards Star's room, stoping only at the door. He knocked a few times and waited for a response.

While Marco searched for his clothes down stairs, Star finally gave into her week knees and sat on her bed. 'What's happening to me,' she wondered. The feeling in the pit of her stomach had been there since she looked in to the warm chestnut brown orbs that were Marco's eyes. She felt something she had never experienced in her home planet, Mewni, and when she realized he was looking at her the same way she was looking at him she couldn't help but blush. Now sitting on her bed she decided to get ready for bed, Marco would be back soon and she didn't want to cause any more embarrassing moments between them. She opened the trunk that carried all of her belongings and searched for her sleep wear only to realize that, in her rushed packing, she had forgotten her usual pajamas. Instead in front of her laid a semi-transparent nightie that covered only to her mid thigh, and for her bottoms she had a matching set of boy-short knickers. 'I guess this will do,' she though in slight frustration at her self. A few minutes after she finished dressing she hear Marco knock at the door "Come in," she said. What ever she was expecting to see when he walked in was completely wrong, Marco was wearing his pajama pants and nothing else. Star couldn't help but look at Marco's well defined chest and abs 'guess Kung-fu really does pay of,' she though the sight of him like that, with his pajama pants rode lower than his hip line, made Star's Heat beat spike. When she managed to calm herself and tear her eye sight from Marco's chest she noticed he was caring a rolled up blanket "What's that?" She questioned.

"It's called a sleeping bag," he replied as he laid said sleeping bag on the floor. "we use the when we go out camping." Once he adjusted the sleeping bag he looked back up to see Star, who was covered by the comforters, "Do you need anything?" Marco asked Star just shook her head. "Ok, well… good night," he said as he turned of the lights and laid in his sleeping bag. Within a couple of minutes Marco was out cold and the only sound he made was a low snoring, almost like a purr. 'He sounds so cute like that,' she thought. 'No, You've got to stop thinking those things,' she mentally chastised herself. But alas, that was a hopeless endeavor. When Star saw Marco without a shirt, that feeling in the pit of her stomach had returned except this time it was at least ten times stronger. After a few minutes of thinking what that feeling meant her mind drifted into other, more serious, things. Star was utterly alone in this dimension she didn't have her dad, her mom, or her friends that realization caused tears to start poring down her eyes. Her soft cries must have woken Marco because she heard him ask, "Star are you ok?"

"Yes, I'm fine" she answered with a cracked voice.

"Star, what's wrong?" He questioned as he approached her bed.

"Nothing," she replied wiping her tears.

"Please, Star, tell me what's wrong," he asked with a worried look.

Seeing that Marco wouldn't give up until she told him she answered as a single tear drop slid down her cheek, "I'm alone. I'm alone in this dimension my parents are back in Mewni, I've got no one."

Marco gently cupped her face and wiped the tear way with his thumb. " You know that's not true," he reassured. "You have my parents and me… you'll always have me." He comforted, gently running his fingers trough her long blond hair. He stayed the for a few more minutes until he was sure she had fallen asleep. He slowly stood up from her bed, trying hard not to disturb her.

"Marco, please don't go ," she quietly begged.

"What?"

" please, Marco, stay with me," she implored.

"I can't, what will my parents think?" He stated. Seeing that Star was, once again, on the verge of tears Marco relented "Ok, just for tonight," he stated. He then lifted the bed sheets to get in and froze when he saw what star was wearing. It was nothing more than a bra with a flimsy and see-through material that had ridden up her tights and was now only covering her upper stomach leaving her light pink knickers in plain sight. Marco being a man of his word, and not wanting Stat to see the effects the nighty had on his male anatomy, quickly laid on the bed as far away from Star as he could manage without falling down.

They silently laid for a couple of minutes facing each other. "Thank you Marco… good night," Star said breaking the silence. Seeing that Star was lightly shivering, Marco cautiously moved closer to Star, hoping his body heat would warm her. Star approached him as well, placing her head against his chest and cuddling closer to him. Marco wrapped his hands around her waist, unconsciously, pulling her close to him. Star looked up to face him and smiled, she lifter her head and placed a chaste kiss on his cheek, both blushed furiously, then returning to were she was before. Marco's anatomy was now at full attention 'God I hope she doesn't feel it,' he mentally implored. Star fell asleep a few minutes later, listening to Marco's heartbeat. She felt safe with him, in his arms nothing could hurt her. Marco placed a small kiss on her forehead and dosed of thinking only of how comfortable it felt to have her in his arms.