As the bus rolled into the school parking lot, and the students began making their way off, one thing still bothered Luigi. 'Why did she stand up for me?' he thought. 'We just met, so we barely know each other.' He would have continued his train of thought, if it wasn't for the fact that the moment his feet touch the ground, a football hit him squarely in the side of the head. Luigi was in a daze, and wouldn't have known who had thrown the ball, if wasn't for a booming laugh that he had known all too well.

"Nice catch, Nerd." The owner of the voice said through his laughter. Luigi looked to where the voice came from and saw the meanest bully he had the misfortune to know. Butch Kooper, nicknamed Bowser, was the self-proclaimed king of Kingdom High. Everyone, including the teachers, were afraid of him. Well, everyone except Mario. Kooper and Mario had a rivalry ever since the football coach made Mario the team captain instead of him. What made things worse between the two was the fact that Mario started dating Peach, who, at that time, had just became the head cheerleader. Since Kooper couldn't beat up Mario, due to the fact that the coach threatened him by saying he'd get kicked off the team if he tried, he turned his attention on Luigi.

Luigi was just about to get up to his feet, when Daisy ran over to help him. "Are you alright?" She asked with genuine worry in her voice.

"Yeah," Luigi replied, appreciative of her helping hand. A hand, which he might add, that felt smooth and soft.

"What the hell is your problem!?" She snapped at Kooper, shocking anyone who heard her into silence. Even Kooper was surprised by her sudden outburst. Playing it off, he walked up to her, nonchalantly.

"Listen," he said in a cool but menacing voice, "you're probably new here, so I'll explain how it works." He moved in close to her face with a wild look in his eye. "I run this school. And nobody, not you, not your loser boyfriend, and not even his dumbass of a brother can do anything about it. Got it?"

"Is that so?" Luigi began to fear for Daisy. She was, at that very moment, playing with fire. Kooper had no problems hitting girls, because at that moment, he swung out at her with a closed hand. However, Daisy shocked everyone even further as she grabbed Kooper's fist in one hand and his elbow in the other, and, with her feet planted firmly in the ground, swung the rather large seventeen year old boy over her head, and into a bush that happened to break his fall. As the other students watched what happened in silence, Daisy walked over to an extremely stunned Luigi, picked up his backpack, and smiled before handing it to him while saying, "Walk me to class?" Luigi couldn't fathom what had just transpired. Here was a girl, who acted kind a sweet to him, and she had just brought down the goliath of the school. She was more than she appeared, which in turn gave Luigi mixed feelings about her.

Luigi spent most of the morning giving Daisy a tour of the school, showing her where each classroom was, so to prevent her from getting lost. As he explained everything to her, he couldn't help but notice that she was hanging on to every word. It kinda made him happy that she liked him that much, until what Kooper called him came to mind, making him stop dead in his tracks. Daisy immediately noticed this and turned to look at him. "Luigi?" She asked with concern. "Everything okay?"

"Um, Daisy," Luigi began, "do you remember what Kooper said?"

"Who?" That's right, Luigi never introduce him.

"That guy you just flipped over your head," he explained, "which, if I may point out, was very cool."

"Oh, that guy." As soon as she said this, Daisy remembered what he had said and her face started to turn red. "Listen, just don't let it get under your skin. It's not like a nice guy like you would ever want a girl like me."

"What makes you say that?" Luigi had never been called a nice guy. At least not by anyone besides Peach and Mario.

"Think about it," Daisy used her fingers to list off the reasons, "I'm a tomboy, I study martial arts, and I have a lot of other quirks that I'm sorta not proud to mention." She looked down before continuing in a small voice that only Luigi was able to hear. "Plus, I'm not exactly what people would call pretty." Luigi couldn't believe what he was hearing. She actually thought that she wasn't attractive.

"That's not true." Luigi replied, making her look at him. "In fact, I think you're the most beautiful girl I have ever seen." He saw her face turn red, making her look even cuter in his eyes. "Besides, I'm practically the King of the Nerds in this school." He joked. "I mean, think about it. I'm a straight "A" student, I bump into something at least once a day, and I am the most socially awkward person in this entire school. In fact, this is the longest conversation I've ever had with a girl." Even though he was only trying to prove a point, Luigi also intended to lighten the mood. Which he had successfully done, see that Daisy was now laughing. "What I'm trying to say is, you're the first girl that's ever given me the chance. And I would be extremely happy if you…" Luigi stopped himself. Was he really about to ask a girl out?"

"If I what?" Daisy said, urging him to continue. Luigi began to sum up all of his courage from every fiber of his being. He needed to ask her this question, and he needed to do it now, being as they might not have another chance.

"If you would be my girlfriend." Luigi did it. His courageous side was doing victory laps in his mind, while his downer side pretty much shouted, 'What if she says no!?'

"Wow, Luigi," she said with a surprised look on her face. "You'd really have a girlfriend like me?"

"Like I said," Luigi explained, "you're beautiful. But you're also funny, kind, and you stick up for me. The only people who do that are my brother, Mario, and his girlfriend." Before Daisy could give her answer, the bell rang to signal everyone to start making their way to their first period class.

"I got to get going," Daisy said, "my first class is on the other side of the building. But I'll tell you what," she said with a smile, "meet me in the cafeteria for lunch, and I'll give you my answer." With a wave goodbye, Daisy ran off to her class. Only did Luigi realize, after she was gone, that this would be the first time since his very first day of high school that he had actually eaten in the lunch room. 'She didn't say we'd be eating in the cafeteria,' Luigi said to himself, 'just that she wanted to meet there. Afterwards, we could go to my usual eating spot.' With that thought in mind, Luigi made his way to his first period class, ready for another day of learning.