When two souls meet

Chapter 7: What now?

                                                                     Monday January 13th 3:07PM

     As Marco packed his bag from his last class, he couldn't help but think about how smoothly Oskar got Star wrapped around his finger today. In literally one minute, he got closer to Star than Marco had been able to in two days. What was his secret? His looks? His hair? "UGH!! What does that guy have that I don't!?" Marco asked himself as he walked toward his Dorm Building, looking around at the people walking around the campus. He saw people talking to friends about plans for that weekend, or what they had done over Winter Break, some people were holding hands, Marco had to quickly look away, just the thought of holding Star's hand sent a shiver down his spine. As he arrived at his building, he climbed the stairs to his floor, dropping his bag off in his room and getting the keys to his truck, assuming that Star would want to buy furniture for her new room, it would come in handy. He closed his door behind him, heading back downstairs and waiting for Star in front of the building.

After about 10 minutes, Star turned the corner, walking toward Marco with a big smile on her face. He was sure that it had something to do with Oskar and his smooth talking to Star. Before he was even able to ask she squealed, almost as if someone had just squeezed her sides by surprise, "Oskar asked me to dinner on Wednesday night!!!!!" Star was beyond excited, it seemed she may really like Oskar, but why? All he had was his hair and his.... "HIS GUITAR! That's got to be his secret!" "I'm going to drop off my bag then we can go, okay?" Star headed inside, glancing back at Marco as she opened the front doors. "Okay, I'll be... right here." He said a bit softly, watching her walk to the stairwell and heading up to the third floor. Marco quickly pulled his phone from his pocket and texted Janna, "I figured out Oskar's secret to all these girls! It's the guitar. He's already gotten Star to agree to dinner with him Wednesday!" As he hit send, Star walked out of the front doors, Marco looked up and quickly slid his phone back into his pocket. "Sooo, ready to go then? It should only be a few minutes to drive there." Star nodded and followed him to the parking lot behind their building, Marco unlocked his truck, opening the passenger door for Star, she smiled and thanked him, getting in as he closed the door after her, he checked his phone and saw that Janna had texted him. "Bro, I DOUBT that's his 'Secret Weapon'. And tell Star to be careful, you know the rumors about Oskar, they might be true." Marco sighed at the last part of Janna's text, sliding his phone back into his pocket and getting into his truck, driving to the "Dorm Store."

                                                                                     8:42 PM

"Finally, that's everything" Marco said as he flopped down onto Star's new couch, closing his eyes and relaxing, as Star flopped down next to him, he looked over with a smile. "You should be happy I was here, how else would you have gotten this couch up here?" Star just rolled her eyes and looked at Marco, "I'd have gone to your room and told you that I needed help and you would have helped me, Simple." Marco chuckled and looked around the room, he liked the way Star had made her room a purple theme, it wasn't his favorite color, but it was hers, so he was fine with it. "So what makes you think that I'd have just dropped everything to come help you?" He asked jokingly. Star looked at him with a smile, almost that she was able to read his mind of all his secrets. "Because you and I are friends, friends help each other when they need it. And plus, you'd do anything to look better than Oskar." Marco was shocked, had she read his texts? or did she actually read his mind? He gave her a bit of a look, not truly sure how to respond to her, after a moment he almost whispered, "How did you.." But before he could finish his question, Star interrupted him. "Marco, I'm a girl. I can tell when someone is jealous of something. or when someone is into someone. There's this..... look they get in their eyes. Get it?" Marco simply nodded, not able to speak since he was still processing what Star had said. She looked at him a bit awkwardly now, not sure what to say. "Soooo........ What now?" She asked him.

................................................................................................................................................................I'm really sorry for such a short chapter this time, I've been super sick while trying to write this, but I'll make it up to you in Chapter 9, promise.