Star vs the Forces of Evil: The Ballad of Earth-Mewni

Episode 8: Driving Mister Diaz

Marco finished combing his hair, putting the hair brush down and taking a silent moment to stare at himself in the Butterfly bathroom mirror. It was another big day for him. Today, Marco Diaz was going to go take his driving test. By the end of the day, Marco was either going to have himself a driver's license, or an embarrassing story of failure to recount later on. Either way, nothing was going to be the same for him after today.

And then came a knock at the bathroom door. "Marco?" Came the ever adorable voice of his girlfriend Star.

"It's open." He responded, and in she walked. Today, she was dressed down in more traditional summer clothing: a black T-shirt with black skater shorts & sneakers. She also had on a pink helmet, pink elbow pads, & pink knee pads. "Hey, look at you. What's the occasion?"

"Well, I figured since you're gonna be busy today, I might as well find something to do for myself. Jackie's gonna teach me how to ride a skateboard."

"Oh, that sounds nice! But wait...you already know how to ride a board, don't you?"

"That was over a year ago, Marco. And in case you didn't notice I was kind of busy since then so I kinda forgot how to do it. I'm sure it'll be easy enough to pick up again, but that's not what worries me..."

"What do you-" The moment Star's face began to turn a shade of red, he needed no further prodding. "Oh, I see."

Star began nervously twiddling her thumbs. "I mean I'm not gonna let it be a problem when I'm with her, it's just..."

"She does look good in her skater outfit, doesn't she?" In one fell swoop, he simultaneously teased Star about her crush on Jackie and inadvertently revealed his continued attraction to her. The boy may no longer have pined for Jackie the way he did for so many years, but that didn't stop him from feeling a physical attraction to her. And now Star could finally relate to how Marco felt for so long. "Is it weird that I...still think she's hot?"

"Marco, you and I make love every night and yet I'm standing here thinking she's got it going on. I don't think "weird" even scratches the surface here."

They both shared a laugh. "You sure you're gonna be okay?"

"I mean this is a lot better than the typical self-loathing, self-sabotaging, and self-hatred I've been going through, so...yeah I think I'll be okay. Hey, do you...do you think I should tell Jackie...you know-"

"What you're feeling about her?" He asked; she nodded. "Do you feel like you're ready to?"

She shrugged. "Not really, but I..." Another loud sigh as she rubbed her temples. "I really wish you were there with me today..."

"I'm sorry about that. It's not like I'll be away doing just anything." He and Star made their way out of the bathroom and towards the stairwell, meeting the Butterflies and the Diazes in the main hall.

"I still don't understand why you need a license just to drive those Earth cars."

"Because you can't let just anybody behind the wheel. Especially not someone really young and inexperienced. If we didn't have driver's licenses, we'd have little kids behind the wheel all the time crashing cars into anything and everything. Or worse, you'd have dogs doing who knows what and causing mass hysteria!"

She gave his logic a brief moment of thought. "Okay, but like...dogs driving? That would be the cutest thing ever, wouldn't it?"

"Not the point...but totally, yeah."

"Alright, but we totally have to go out to celebrate later. On me!" Star declared proudly, causing Marco to raise an eyebrow. He let out a chuckle.