Reflection

Chapter 5

It was the next morning and Star was still sulking in her room. She felt so ashamed of what happened. She was willing to do anything to get her best friend back

Then there was a knock on her door. "Coming!" She got up from her bed and answered it. It was someone she wasn't expecting

"Tom?"

"Hey, I got your text. You wanna talk about it?" She gestured for him to come in. They both quietly sat down on Star's bed. She didn't know what to say but Tom broke the silence

"So, what happened? Why did he suddenly leave?" Star sighed deeply and closed her eyes as she began to speak

"It was my fault. I was being totally reckless and I let his parents die." She was trying to hold back tears but it was useless. She felt them slowly roll down her face. She looked down at her feet and clenched onto her pant leg. "I should have listened to him. Now he may never speak to me again."

Tom gently placed his hand on top of Star's. "Hey, look at me." He pulled her head up by the chin and they made eye contact. "It'll be okay. There was nothing you could've done. Let's just try to move on and focus on what to do now." The princess smiled at him in reassurance. Tom slowly began to lean in and pucker his lips. However, Star put her hand in between their faces to block it

"Nice try demon. I appreciate your concern but I'm not that desperate."

"Ahem, right..........sorry." There was awkward silence for a moment. Neither of them knew what to say until Tom had an idea

"I got an idea! How about we sneak out of here tomorrow morning and try to find Marco?"

"Wait, really?! You'd help me find him?"

"Well I know you'll sneak out eventually. If I can't stop you then I might as well help you."

"You know me so well." They both giggled and hugged. Star began thinking of a way to reach Marco. Then a light bulb went off. She gasps

"Wait a minute." She stood up and began rummaging through the drawers of her nightstand. Suddenly she felt something cold and hard. She found them

"Bingo! Lucky for us, he completely forgot about his dimensional scissors. So starting tomorrow, we are going dimension hopping." Tom nodded firmly at the princess holding the scissors

"Okay, meet me at the front gate of your castle at 7am. And make sure to wear a disguise so your mom doesn't catch you."

"Oh, I won't need to worry about that. I was planning on sneaking out the window."

"But there's still guards outside."

"........Right. Okay I'll wear something." They waved goodbye to each other and Tom made his way back to the Underworld