Star wasn't sure what exactly was wrong, but something was off.

And as she paced back and forth in her room, she thought over everything, her wand discarded to the side and her hands tangled in her hair.

She'd been fine earlier, laughing with Marco and the guys over some lame joke, up until Jackie had come over and started talking with them. Then something went south, and she just couldn't put her finger on it. She groaned, pulling her headband off and tossing it across the room. What was wrong with her?

She started running through the day once more, trying to figure it out, when there was a knock on her door and a familiar face poked through.
"You know, you're gonna put a hole in the floor if you don't stop pacing."
Star instantly grinned. "Marco!" She walked the short distance to the door, pulling it open to let him in.

"Something bothering you, Star?" He asked as he walked in and sat at the end of her bed.
"I don't really know…" Obviously something was, but how could she say she didn't know what? She went back to pacing again.
"Wanna talk about it?" It was clear the boy was concerned, but Star shook her head.
"There… Aren't really words to say."
He raised an eyebrow at her, and she laughed lightly under her breath as she took a seat next to her best friend. He always had a tendency to do cute things like that. He grinned in response.
"C'mon, Star, you can talk to me."
"I know, Marco." She looked at her lap. "I just don't know what's wrong with me. I was fine until…"

Until… Marco had asked Jackie to pizza.

Star's head shot up at the realization, looking at Marco with wide eyes. He opened his mouth to say something when Star stood up.

"You have to leave."
"What? Star-"
"Now. Marco, you have to go!" She was almost in a full blown panic at this point, heart and thoughts racing to see which would drive her crazy first.
"Star, what's wrong?" Marco asked, standing, and Star turned him around, pushing him towards the door.
"Nothing! Just get out!"
"Why?!" He turned to face her just before they reached the door, standing in place, before the Princess put her hands on his shoulders and started pushing again.
"Because! I'm fine, just go, Marco!"
"Not until you talk to me, Star!" Marco threw his hands out to stop her from pushing him away completely. "Why are you pushing me out?!"
She was silent, just trying to push him out so she could sort through her mind.
Because I realized something, she thought, and she could feel the words coming to her brain and all she wanted was to make them, and Marco, disappear.

Because I think I'm in love with you.

Finally, Marco let go of her door frame, and the last thing she saw before she slammed and locked the door was his wide, brown eyes.

The blonde ran across her room to her bed, grabbing a pillow and screaming into it. There was no possible way she was in love with Marco, of all people. Sure, he was cute, and they had both grown a lot in the last 3 years she'd been with the Diaz family, but she couldn't be in love with Marco.

Could she?