
III
Star
I was sitting on my bed, knees pulled to my chest, staring at my feet. Marco promised I told myself. I heard a knock at my door. Marco? Mrs. Diaz walked in. Oh...
"You okay Star? You've been in here all day!" She asked. "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just Marco has been hanging out with Jackie a lot now that they're dating. It seems like he's forgot about me." I sighed.
"I think you're overreacting." She sat down next to me. "He has been gone for three hours and he promised he would help with my homework."
"I could help, if you want." I nodded. Mrs. Diaz reached down and grabbed my textbook. "What page?"
Time Skip
Marco
I walked inside. Yes, I admit, i shouldn't have followed with Jackie and put the sticky note on Star's locker. "Hi Star, I'm home now!" I called. "Hey Marco," she replied glumly. "You okay?"
"Yes Marco, I am completely okay. You made a promise that you would help me and yet you stay out until almost 9:30! Don't even bother to help me now, your mom helped instead." She walked upstairs. It was thuds then a door slamming. I was out longer than expected...
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