To New Things?

Chapter 15: Family Gatherings (Part 2)

Marco stood in the lobby, wearing his black prince suit, and shiny crown. He checked his watch again. 7:55pm. He paced the lobby and sighed.

"Come on Star! Where are you!?"

"Here!"

She came out of the elevator, with 2 suitcases and her phone in her mouth.

"Finally! Your parents are gonna be here any minute!"

She set her bags down and sighed, taking her phone out her mouth.

"Marco relax, okay? What's got you so nervous?"

"Why aren't you? We gotta go over our plan."

"There's no need for that! Just do what we did the first time."

"Star it's different than the first time okay? I'm meeting your whole family this time! I gotta make a great impression!"

"And you will!"

She walked over to him, straightening his tie.

"Just be yourself. Cause my parents already like you. And i do too."

"Y-You do?"

She smiled.

"Of course! I was up in Oskar's room freaking out! But then I remembered: I got this! Because as long as you're by my side? We're fine remember? Perfectly fine."

"There's the perfect couple!"

They looked over to see Star's dad. She ran to him, hugging him.

"Dad! It's great to see you!"

"Ah! You too, pumpkin! Oh! And there's my boy!"

He shook Marco's hand, as Star smiled. Marco smiled nervously.

"Hello Mr. Butterfly! G-Great to see you as well."

"So how bout we get those bags into the car huh?"

"Oh, don't worry dad we got it."

She smiled at him as he walked to the car. Star turned back to Marco and smiled.

"Let's go. Boyfriend."

She smiled a little, grabbing her bags. He followed her as they walked out.

"Mom! You remember Marco."

"Of course! How could I forget?"

Star's mother, Moon, embraced Marco in a hug, and helped them put their bags in the trunk. They all hoped in the car, and drove off.

"Psst.."

Star whispered. Marco leaned over and looked at her.

"So how'd you get out of your family thing?"

"Oh, our game of flags was postponed so I was already free."

"SO Star!"

They jumped at the sound of her dad's voice.

"What's been going on with you two huh? Any good news?"

"Oh! Uh... nope. Just the same old thing for us. Ya know.. heh."

"Ah young love. It's so precious!"

Moon chimed, sighing.

"So how many dates have you been on?"