The next morning, Marni found herself stuck at a tea party with five year old Carmella and her dolls and stuffed animals. Marni certainly remembered having tea parties as a little girl but she never remembered having real butlers and maids serving real tea even to the stuffed animals and dolls. It was like an even more bizarre version of Alice in Wonderland to her and quite obviously, that was Carmella's favorite bedtime story because the whole room was decorated with that theme and the book was placed neatly on the end of Carmella's bed where a GENtern had placed it after reading to her last night.

"You know, Mellie, instead of a GENtern, maybe I could read you that book tonight." Marni suggested.

"Clean cup! Move down!" Mellie shouted. "We don't have time to wash the cups 'cause Father Time made it so it's always tea time, so we hafta move down when we've used the cup!" She informed Marni.

"I see. Well, Alice-"

"Nuh-uh! You're Alice! I'm The Mad Hatter!" Carmella insisted.

"Okay, well, Alice has to go meet the Cheshire Cat now." Marni said.

"Pavi's the Cheshire Cat 'cause he's always got that creepy smile." Carmella grinned. " 'uigi said so."

"Okay, then who's Luigi?" Marni asked.

"He's the White Rabbit now because you follow him sometimes." Carmella giggled. "Do you have tea parties with Luigi too? Because you two are in his room together a lot."

"No, Luigi found a way to Wonderland, we go there together." Marni giggled.

"Can I come?" Mellie asked.

"No, but some guy will show you the way to Wonderland when you're older." Marni promised, tapping a finger on Mellie's cute little nose. It was hard to believe that in almost no time Carmella would find her nose ugly and try to change it.

With that said, Marni got up and walked down the hall. She was supposed to spend the day with Luigi before going to see Rotti at his office, but when she was walking past Pavi's room, she saw him doing some homework. "Need any help, Pavi?" She asked, walking into the room.

"Um…yes-a…" Pavi didn't tell Marni that the reason he needed help was that he'd spent yesterday's class in a supply closet with some older girl who looked a little like Marni. Pavi couldn't help it, he was obsessed, Marni was amazing, he was in love for the first time, unfortunately he was only in love with the real Marni, not some skank who looked like her and the real Marni was thirteen years older than he was and only into men who were legal. Poor fourteen-year-old Pavi never had a chance with her.

"Alright…let's see…Geometry?" She asked, looking at the shapes on the page. "Alright, this shouldn't be too hard. Circumference is pi, that's three point one four, times radius squared, so what does that make the answer? Are you allowed a calculator?" Marni asked.

"Yes." Pavi said, holding up a calculator that had been right next to him on the bed. However while Marni talked about numbers, all Pavi could think about was the gentle swell of her breasts connecting perfectly to her slim torso culminating in the curve of her hips and also how long and well shaped her arms and legs were. She was beautiful, perfect. Pavi wanted to badly to feel her underneath him, writhing in pleasure, wanting him more than she wanted Luigi. "Um…I'll-a be right back, mama Marni…" Pavi blushed taking off his jacket and wrapping it around his waist to hide the sudden change taking place in his pants as he imagined this. He had to go take care of this or else Marni would think he was a pervert, then he'd have, if possible, even less of a chance with her.

"Um…okay…Don't take too long." Marni called after him, surprised by his sudden departure.

Luigi was currently looking for Marni so they could spend their day together like they'd planned. Luigi wasn't about to let his idiot younger brother keep Marni from him all day. He walked to Pavi's room, thinking Marni would be there and he was right, there she was, sitting on Pavi's bed looking over his homework. "Ditch the kid, baby; we can go have some real fun."

"Luigi, I can't. Pavi needs to get this homework done. You know what he's like, the poor kid isn't the most…aware of his surroundings, suppose one of his teachers is failing him and asks him for sex in return for a better grade? Wouldn't you feel bad if someone was molesting your little brother?" Marni asked.

Luigi raised an eyebrow and thought about his answer. "It'd be his own damn fault for not paying attention to the fucking lesson." He finally said. "Don't feel sorry for him, that's how he drags you in, then he takes all your attention and leeches all the joy out of your life. Why do you think dad is so miserable? Because Pavi is an attention whore."

"Luigi, he's fourteen, stop being so jealous. I'm not that kind of woman." Marni laughed. "And besides, you're his big brother; you're supposed to look out for him."

"Marni…I…" Luigi stopped for a minute, smoothing back his hair and sighing. "I think I'm really in love with you. I've never fallen this hard for any other woman in my entire life. I need you. Let's just stop talking about stupid Pavi and start talking about us for a minute."

"Luigi…I…I don't know what to tell you about us. I do, actually, love your father; I'm not just some gold digger. But…I think I love you too. I'll need to make a decision, just give me some time to think about it." Marni said with a sad smile.

"Take as long as you need, Marni." Luigi had never been a patient man, but he was head over heels for Marni, so he figured it was best to give her the time she needed to figure this out. He smiled though when Marni leaned forward and kissed him passionately on the lips, arms wrapping around his shoulders again.

"Mama Marni, I'm-a back, I just-a…." Pavi gasped when he saw Marni and Luigi making out in the middle of the hallway. It tore his heart up to see them together. He backed away and ran into his room, slamming the door behind him and collapsing on his bed, shaking with anger and sorrow as he imagined Marni with Luigi, doing everything with him, EVERYTHING. All the things Pavi wanted to do with Marni, Luigi was already doing with her.

Pavi wanted Marni so bad he could feel himself aching for her as he lay there, hugging a pillow to his chest. He wanted so badly to be old enough for Marni to love, but of course he wasn't, he was just a stupid kid, no better than little Mellie. At least that was what Marni and Luigi seemed to think of him.

"Pavi. Open the fucking door." Luigi's voice sounded outside the door.

"Go-a away!" Pavi shouted. "I don't-a want to see you!"

"Open the fucking door before I break it down and kick your motherfucking ass." Luigi snarled. Pavi sighed and got up from his bed, not wanting his door to be broken down and ruined, so he opened the door and let Luigi in.

"I'm-a going to tell papa, you know." Pavi said to him.

"Tell him what?" Luigi asked, eyes narrowing dangerously.

"That-a you're sleeping with-a Marni." Pavi replied. "You don't-a deserve her."

"You little--" Luigi snarled, he couldn't calm down, he had to hurt Pavi and as badly as possible. He slammed the door shut and locked it so Marni wouldn't come in and see him doing something so disgusting and once the door was closed he began beating Pavi. He finished with that and bent Pavi over the vanity desk. "Move one inch and I'll beat you again." Luigi threatened as he yanked down Pavi's pants then his own. Pavi screamed that he wouldn't tell Rotti if Luigi would just stop, he begged and pleaded his older brother to leave him alone and stop it, but Luigi wouldn't listen. Pavi had been bad and he needed to be punished and who was better fit to dish out punishment than the one Pavi had wronged? He'd threatened to tattle to dear old daddy like this was a game rather than Luigi's life. Well, he'd show Pavi this was no fucking game. He'd show him until the kid started crying, which didn't take too long, soon the younger boy was in tears, begging again for Luigi to stop. Finally, Luigi finished and tossed Pavi into a corner. "I fucking dare you to tell dad everything now."