Star vs Evil; The Story of Red (Prequel to The Dark Magic Series)

ANOTHER STARCO SHORT STORY: THE SOUL MATE SPELL

This is requested by and dedicated to Alla926
Thanks for the request!!!
ON WITH THE STARCO

POV MARCO
"Hi Jacky!" I wave as she rolls by on her skateboard. I'm standing at my locker, leaning nice and cool against it.
"Oh hey Marco!" She waves back. "What's up?" She goes in a circle and stops in front of me.
"What's up... mean... I... What's... Nothing... Up I... Like..." My voice squeaks and I throw my hands over my mouth. I smile awkwardly from under them.
She looks at my confused, then shrugs and skates off. I slump and slam my head against the locker.
"OW!" I screech and hold my now throbbing head. "Why did I do that?" Depressed, I slide down, my back against the locker and I fall. I watch as people walk by, not knowing that the boy in the floor was having the second worst day ever. The first maybe leaps and bounds worse than this one, but this was still in second.
"Oh hey Marco!" Ferguson walks by, his shirt still to short for his body.
I glare at him.
"Hey you guys!" Elfanzo (did I spell that right?) walks up to us
I glare at him too.
"So I was thinking we go to Brittany's party!" Ferguson smiles. "It's open invite and since it's Brittany there will be plenty of babes!"
"Sound alike fun!" Elfanzo throws his hands in the air to show his approval. I stand up, still depressed and turn to walk away.
"What do you think, Marco?" Ferguson elbows me playfully. "Wanna go pick up some chicks? I know you're still single and ready to mingle!"
"Yeah buddy! Ladies love a man with a distinguished look!" Elfanzo pulls on my red sweatshirt. "You got this whole color thing down.
I grit my teeth, "your shirt is too small and your voice is annoying!" I turn and stomp off. About ten seconds later, guilt comes around. Just because I'm mad at myself doesn't mean I should abuse my friends too. I turn to see they are gone and I pull up and sweatshirt over my head and walk off. Alone.
The whole day, everything seemed less colorful. The hallways, the classroom, the grass, Star's hair, my sweatshirt. Star's narwhal dress, Janna's hat, Star's horns...
When school was finally over, I walk home without saying a word. I open the door to see my parents cuddling and I don't even make a comment. With my bag slowly making its way from my shoulder down my arm, I fall onto my bed as soon as I get upstairs.
"What did I do!?" I think. "I'm so stupid!" I flop onto my side and stare at my dresser. Why did it have to be so hard. I really like Jacky so why was talking to her so hard!? Maybe i should just forget all about her.
"Hey Marco!" Star beers as she bounds in, wearing an oversized mustache. "Heard about what happened today so I put on this!" She smiles.
"People are talking about it?" I throw my head against the pillow a few times. "Uuhhhhh..."
"Oh Marco." Star sits next to me, wand leaning against her knee. Hold on wand? WAND!
"WAND!" I cheer and stand up on my bed.
"Marco, did you hit your head on that locker one to many times?"
I glare at her, "no."
"Then what?"
"You can use your wand to make me more confident. Be able to talk to Jacky without messing up!"
"Uh... Well..."
"Cmon Star!" I grab her arms. "I hardly ever ask for anything. Please!" I shake her back and forth.
"Fine." She gets up and walks away, feet dragging. "But I am NOT responsible if anything bad happens."
"Like monster arm?"
"Like monster arm."

POV STAR
Marco and follows me into my room. I pull out my magic instruction book and flip through it.
"Why are there post-it's sticking out of it?" Marco asks as he sits on my bed.
"They mark important spells." I flip to the next marked page. "Oh here it is!"
"Here is what?" Marco asks.
"The spell you wanted." I push the book under his dangling feet. "It allows you to speak your heart to the person you truly love."
"Really!" He stands up. "That's perfect lets go!"
"Uh... Marco?" I grab my wand. "Are you sure you want to do this?
"Yes!" He gives me a thumbs up. "Let's do this.
I sigh, "ok..." I point my wand at him and recite the spell. He is hit by a ray of hearts and pink beams.
"Uhh." He groans from the floor. I run over to him.
"Marco?" I shake him. "You ok?"
"Star?" He opens his eyes and looks at me. "What's up?"
I laugh. "Oh Marco!" I smile. "Yay you're ok!" I jump up and down on the bed.
"Yeah," he smiles at me. "I am." He stares at me, like he's day dreaming.
"Uh Marco?" I stop jumping. "You ok?"
He exhales. "Yeah. I just never realized how pretty you look while jumping."
My body freezes and my cheeks turn red. "Oh uh thanks chum, buddy, amigo, mate, uh... And other words that means friend!" I smile and stop bouncing, but he doesn't stop staring. I walk to my dresser and take out my PJ's.
"Hey Star!" He gets up and walks over to me. "I need to tell you something."
"I NEED TO GET CHANGED FOR BED AND SO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW!" I demand and push him out of my room.
"But-" he starts. After I slam the door, I pace.
"That spell, I must have recited it wrong. Yeah Marco can't actually have a crush on me. That spell makes you talk about how you feel to your true crush. Maybe that spell does the person you look at- no it says right here that it's your crush. Maybe I recited it wrong-nope I said it right. Maybe the spell doesn't understand the difference between best friends and crushes. Yeah that's totally a thing. Mmhmm I got nothing to worry about!"
"Star." Marco knocks on my door. "I really need to talk to you!"
I scream.
"Star you ok?"
"Mhm!" I start to run around my room. "I'm just peachy. Don't worry I'm fine! Just go to bed. I'll see you tomorrow and stuffs!"
"Star can we please talk now!?" Marco pleads.
"No. No we can't." I jump into my bed.
"Star listen," Marco takes a deep breath and I wince. "I-I want you to..."
"Yeah..." I face palm myself and groan.
"I to confess my love."
"YEAH!?!??" I try to stay calm.
"To confess my love..." I can hear his head bang against the wall. "To Jacky."
"Huh?" I open the door and we him standing there.
"Yeah. Tomorrow at school an you help me talk to her?" He almost seems to wince at every word.
"Sure," I think for a second and then punch his arm. "Friend."
"Friend." He smiles and walks away. I sigh with relief and fall back onto my bed.

POV MARCO
"You tried Marco." I say to myself. "It was worth a shot." I fall onto my bed. "I guess I'm just not ready to tell Star how I feel. Although, putting a fake romance spell in there was a good idea, I have to thanks Glosseric." I lie on my back, restless.
"Hey Star," I whisper to myself. "I really like you. More than a friend. And I hope you can forgive me for trying to deceive you the other day. I needed a way to tell you. But now I'm confident I can tell you now. No tricks:
Star Butterfly, I love you." I yawn and curl into my side.
Right before I fall asleep, I can almost hear Star say, "I love you too."