Star stood in front of her open locker unmoving as she stared at the collection of photos she had accumulated over the past few months she'd been on Earth. Most of them were of her and Marco but she had her eyes on one particular photo that she had placed onto the center. It was a photo that Mrs. Diaz, Marco's mom, had taken of them during their first Friendship Thursday where Marco and Star had fallen asleep after marathoning some Mackie Hand movies. Mrs. Diaz had told Star she couldn't help it when she saw them like that; with Star resting her head on Marco's shoulder, mouth slightly ajar, and Marco's head having rolled over to the top of her head so that his right cheek was propped up a little. Mrs. Diaz had exclaimed it was too cute of a moment to pass up and Star had to admit she was right, though really Star thought any photo of her and Marco was adorable, this one made it look like they were a couple. It was one of the reason why she placed it in the center so it would be the first thing she saw when she opened her locker. Star sighed to herself "I really have to stop thinking like that. Marco's with Jackie now and I'm just… his best friend." she started to reach in to take the photo down "I like this picture a lot but I'm only torturing myself if I keep seein-." "What are you doing?" Marco asked as Star jumped up startled and bumping her head against the roof of the locker. "Ouch!" Star cried out as she started rubbing her head "Oh man, sorry Star I didn't mean to scare you I thought you heard me call out to you when I walked over." Marco said as he reached over to rub her head as well in an apologetic manner. Star blushed slightly from the unexpected contact and the knowledge that she enjoyed it "It's ok Marco I was uh kind of lost in my thoughts. Was thinking about rearranging some of my photos." Star said as she moved back to the locker grabbing the photo, thankfully without any pain this time, and took it out of her locker. Marco glanced down to it as his brow furrowed "You're taking that one down? Isn't that like one of your favorites?" Star kept her eyes on the picture "It is but we take so many photos and I always have new favorites y'know? Just making some room for some of the new stuff." Star started to place the photo into her backpack before Marco swiped it from her hands "Hey what you doing?!" Star exclaimed surprised at Marco's sudden action. "Well, if you're taking it down mind if I keep it then? I barely have any our photos in my locker." Marco said as he kept the photo out of Star's reach. Star sighed "Ugh! Fine you can have it just make sure you take care of it because it's one of my favorites." Marco grinned back, triumphant in his battle of keep away, as he placed the photo into the front pocket of his backpack "Hey come on it's me you know I'll take care of it. Plus it's my favorite too Star." Marco said matter of factly. Star blinked "Wait it's your favorite too?" Marco nodded "Of course Star it's from our first Friendship Thursday." Star blushed slightly "Ugh Marco why do you have to be soooo sincere!" looking at Marco Star felt herself wanting to say something back but just then the warning bell went off. "Oh man we're going to be late for Skullnick's class! Come on Star we gotta hurry!" Marco exclaimed as he grabbed Star's hand and pulled her towards the direction of class, not seeing the deeping redness of Star's face or the small smile that had crept up, as she started to run following Marco's lead.

Star had faced many adversaries throughout her life, yet none have ever come as closed to killing her as this old foe has; boredom and its most loyal minion Miss Skullnick's math class. Head flat against her desk Star peered over to her left to see the first casualty of this war of attention, Janna, succumb to the enemy passing peacefully into sleep as her head hanged back, drool slowly escaping her gaping mouth. Star groaned as she shifted her gaze to the rest of her classmates who looked like they would soon follow Janna's lead, all of them struggling to stay awake, all except for Marco who was of course, scribbling notes madly on his paper keeping up with Miss Skullnick's lecture. Looking at Marco's pencil move at such intense speed and the fact that he was genuinely interested made her smile, despite her encroaching weariness, seeing the cute dork give it his all always warmed Star up. "I'll never understand how Marco can find this so interesting but I'm glad he tries so hard. Hehe I'll just take nap and have Marco explain the lesson to me later. He always does it better too." Star thought to herself, as she slowly drifted into a dream filled sleep of rainbows, swords, and red hoodie knights, not seeing a similar smile of similar intentions appear on someone else's face.

The final school bell rang signalling the beginning of the weekend. Janna, Star, and Marco walked down the packed school halls, avoiding the Fall Hall, and navigating their way to the exit. "Janna Banana you ready for some fun tonight girl!" Star exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and down, as they walked past The Janitor as he made a small mark on his notebook as Brittney fell. "Ha you know I'm alway down for some of your crazy fun Star." Janna said shifting her glance to Marco "Though of course if Marco comes I might be interested in a different kind of fun." Janna said emphasising on the word and nudging Marco. Marco shifted uncomfortably before shooting an annoyed look in Janna's direction "Yeah that's gonna be a hard pass for me Janna." Marco said as he went back to scanning the crowd, obviously looking for someone, as Janna merely shrugged "Your loss buddy. Anyway's Star what did you want to do today? We can go check out that occult store I was telling you about or maybe watch Killer Clowns from the Fifth Dimension at my mom's house." Janna said as a familiar voice called out from the sea of students to them. "Hey guys!" Jackie yelled out as she walked over, skateboard in hand, narrowly avoiding Justin as he slide past her. They all waved as Jackie walked up to Marco "Hey Marco." Jackie said in a tone that boarded on flirty. Marco smiled brightly blushing a little as he said "H-hey Jackie, you excited for tonight?" Jackie smiled back as she took his hand in hers, not seeing the narrowing stare of a certain yellow haired blonde in the group. "Haha who wouldn't be excited for some ice cream and a movie." Jackie said as she walked alongside Marco and the group. "You guys going out today?" Janna asked as she rolled her eyes at the public display of affection. " Yeah I asked Marco if he wanted to see Radical Skater 2: Too Fast and Too Furious and he said we should get some ice cream after." Jackie said as Star cutted in "Oh is that the one with the monkey who learned how to skate! Oh my gosh he's so cute with his little helmet and knee pads!" Star squealed as she remembered the commercials promoting the movie. "Yeah! Except now he has to use his skating skills to pull off a heist to save his zoo before they close it down." Jackie explained as they walked down the school steps. "Oh that's crazy." Star said as she tried to imagine how a monkey could rob a bank and then realizing she didn't know what a bank was. "Anyways," Marco said interrupting Star's concentration "we should get going Jackie the movie starts in an hour." Jackie murmured in agreement as she and Marco said goodbye to the others before splitting off towards the bus stop that would take them to the mall. Star was stilling waving excitedly at the bus as it passed her and Janna by and turned off to the right smiling brightly until it had left. "So Star you still haven't told me what you want to do." Janna asked waiting for her friend to make a decision. "Oh sorry Janna, yeah lets go watch that movie you were talking about, I don't really feel like going to an occult store right now." Star said her smile shrinking a little as she kept looking at where the bus had gone. Janna reached into her backpack and pulled her phone out "Ok cool let me call my mom and tell her where on the way then." Janna said while Star grabbed her wand and summoned a cloudy charm. Janna was still talking to her mom as she and Star climbed on and flew up and towards Janna's house. Star glanced back at Janna "Sorry Janna I know you really want to go see that store but I need some girl talk." as they speed on through the sky.