I DO NOT OWN SVTFoE.

The crisp air blew past a shivering Star who was sitting at an outside table at a local smoothie place. She looked around anxiously, thinking about what she was doing here, or more importantly, why didn't she bring a coat. She shivered again, but then felt a warm sensation around her shoulders. She looked up to see Marco, who had put his leather jacket around her. "I could see you were shivering."

"I didn't think you were going to turn up."

"I was considering it, but then I realised that it would be wrong to stand up such a beautiful young woman."

Marco sat down opposite Star and called over a waitress. "Mandy, I'll have my usual, and the same for Star."

"Of course Marco." The waitress walked off.

Star looked across the table Marco. "You have a usual?"

"I like to come here. Helps clear my head." The waitress comes back and puts the drinks on the table. Star reaches for her purse but Marco stops her. "This one's on me."

Marco pays the waitress and she walks off. Star takes a sip of her drink and puts it down. "Yum, it's delicious."

"I knew you'd like it."

Star took another sip and then looks at Marco sternly. "Ok Diaz, what's the deal? I come here expecting to be dating a jerk and you come out being the perfect gentleman. Is this some kind of trick?"

Marco took a long sip of his drink. He leaned back in his chair. "You want the truth Star, well here it is. I'm a bad boy at school because no one would like the real me. The insecure and slightly nerdy real me. I'd get eaten alive. So I hide myself under a leather jacket and a pair a dark sunglasses so people don't know who I really am."

Star looked concerned. "What about Jackie? You dated her for who knows how long. Does she know."

"On our first date I tried to show her, but she wanted bad boy Marco. She threatened to leave unless I upheld the image."

"Why did you decide to show me?"

"Your different. I knew you didn't like bad boy me, so I thought you might appreciate the real me."

"Well I do appreciate the real you. And I think the world will to."

"We'll have to find out won't we?"

Marco and Star lifted up there drinks and clinked them together. They then finished there drinks and left. As they Marco walked Star back to her house, a pair of eyes watched them from the bushes. "You think this is over, well it's only barely beginning. I will have my revenge on you Star Butterfly."