It was Monday, first day back to school and Luigi Mario sighed deep into the book he was reading. He hated school. No, strike that, he loved going to school. What he hated were the jerks in his school. Okay, maybe not all of them were jerks, like his twin brother, Mario, and Mario's girlfriend, Peach. But everyone else? Yep, complete jerks to him. Unlike Mario, Luigi wasn't very popular. Where Mario was the captain of all the high school sport teams, Luigi was a straight "A" student. Mario got all of the coordination that it takes to be an athlete, whereas Luigi can't go a day without bumping his big nose into something. Mario got all the looks. Luigi would've been lucky enough to actually have a girl look at him. But such is the life of a twin.

Luigi stood outside the door of his house waiting for Mario, as well as waiting for the bus. Mario was just having a late start, as usual. Luigi was deep in thought when a sweet voice brought him into reality. "Hello, Luigi." Turning toward the owner, he saw Peach walking towards him. Peach Toadstool was the daughter of renowned business capitalist, Jonathan Toadstool. Unlike most girls with money, Peach loved the simple things in life, even though she was also the captain of the school's cheer squad.

"Hey, Peach," Luigi said in a pleasant voice. He really liked talking to her. She was like the sister he never had.

"Where's Mario?" She asked.

"Had a late start," Luigi replied before the door opened and closed behind them.

"Thanks for waiting, Bro." Mario said before turning his attention towards his girlfriend. "And good morning, Beautiful." Mario took Peach's hand and lightly pressed it against his lips, making her giggle. Luigi had just started thinking that today was going to be another long day when the bus pulled up to their stop. As soon as the doors opened, the trio made their way up. Luigi stopped when he looked towards the back of the bus. Sitting there, alone, was a girl he had never seen before. She had dark, reddish-brown hair with a daisy barrette holding it to one side, tan skin that was covered by a yellow shirt. Without even thinking about what he was doing, Luigi began walking towards her. Once there, he cleared his throat to get her attention. When she looked at him, Luigi couldn't help become mesmerized. She had the deepest, emerald green eyes he had ever seen.

"Can I help you?" She asked, with a voice that felt like honey to his ears. Noticing that she asked him a question, he became very nervous and stuttered as he spoke.

"I-I-I w-was wondering i-i-if it would b-be okay if I s-sat down?" He said, mentally facepalming himself as he spoke. "Since there's not really anywhere else to sit." Shrugging, she moved her backpack to let him sit down. "M-m-my name's L-l-luigi," he stuttered as he introduced himself.

"Daisy," she replied.

"That's a nice name," Luigi continued, "never heard it around here. Though, it's the name of a flower. Not that I hang around flower shops all day." Luigi rushed that last sentence, making Daisy giggle a little, which in turn made Luigi's face turned red with embarrassment.

"Granted, not the best introduction I've heard," Daisy said with a smirk, "but it is the funniest."

Great, Luigi said to himself, I've just managed to embarrass myself on the first day. "What I meant was," he began to ask, trying to save himself, "are you new in town?"

"Sort of," Daisy answered, "I just transferred to Kingdom High from Sarasa Preparatory Academy."

"You went to a prep school?" Luigi was surprised by this.

"Yep," she said bashfully, "sorta got kicked out for causing too much trouble." As she spoke, Luigi became more surprised. How could such a beautiful creature cause too much trouble? It was only when he heard a voice that he hated did he find the answer.

"Hey, Loser!" A nasally voice said, followed by a weird snorting laugh. Luigi looked up to see the two guys who picked on him the most. Wario and his brother, Waluigi. "Whatcha' got there?" Waluigi pointed to Daisy.

"Waluigi, this is Daisy." Luigi's voice went small. He hated talking to these guys. They made him feel weak.

"Well, hello there," Waluigi said, moving his face real close to hers, making Luigi jealous. But when she looked away and began waving her hand in front of her face, Luigi tried not to laugh.

"Jeeze, Louise," she said, making a gagging noise, "don't you ever brush your teeth." Soon, everyone around them began to snicker. "I mean seriously, you need a freakin breath mint." Soon, the whole bus burst out laughing at him. Even Luigi couldn't hold back his laughter, which incurred Waluigi's anger.

"What the hell are you laughing at, Nerd?" At that moment, Daisy reached out and grabbed Waluigi's nose between her index and middle fingers.

"For your information, he's laughing at you." She said, practically forcing him to look at her. "And I swear, if you or anyone else calls him a nerd, you'll answer to me." Her last statement was directed towards everyone on the bus. "Understood?" She forced her captive to give a slight nod, before letting him go with a slight push. As the whole thing transpired, Luigi could help but wonder at this girl, whom he's never met before, stand up for him. I think I'm in love. Luigi thought as she rejoined him in the seat.