CHAPTER 4:
The next Wednesday came quickly. Mario found himself stuck in AP English with some of the worst nerds in school, but not Luigi. Fan-freaking-tastic, he thought.
AP classes completely changed. They all took place half way around the other side of the school. On the other side of school, everything changed. There weren't many humans and instead, there were only rich mixed species. Bowser's locker was nearby, but he liked to pick on the humans on the other side of the school.
A mushroom girl bounced in the room. She looked a little shorter than Mario and wore all pink. Her pink hair was tied nicely into a braid and she sat down across from Mario in the back of the room. He glared at her. "I haven't seen you around."
"'Cause I don't get around." She took a pencil out of her neat braid.
Not bad, not bad. Mario smirked, "I didn't catch your name, either."
"Didn't throw it." She smiled back at him and began to write in her planner. "Toadette."
"Mario." He turned away from her.
"You're the guy who made the killer move on Peach, right?"
He sighed. The last thing he wanted to be remembered for was that. "Yeah."
"Damn sweet moves." She nodded approvingly.
"It was seriously nothing. I was just doing a friend a favor."
"Sure…" Toadette rolled her eyes, "Not just ANYONE gets away with that. Peach would have sent a riot after you if you weren't…you."
Mario looked up at her. "I've known her since kindergarten, so I wouldn't say I expected that."
"Then what were you expecting, M?"
He shrugged. "I don't know…a reaction, at least."
Toadette slammed her hand on the desk and laughed. "If you were in the girl's locker room three minutes after you did that, you would have been pleased as heck."
"Why?" He cocked his head in suspicion.
"She wouldn't shut up about it! She kept going on and on about how she 'like totally felt his tongue in my mouth.'" Toadette recited in a mocking tone. "The last thing I need to think about before cheer practice is…that." She gagged.
He sat proudly. "I'm not saying I wasn't going for a little tongue."
"Yeah right, player." Toadette punched him playfully in the arm. "She's defiantly into you."
Toadsworth walked into the classroom, making everyone's chatter subside. Toadette sighed. She ripped a piece of paper out her notebook and quickly scribbled something on it.
"Okay, class. Welcome to AP English. This is quite the privilege to be in, so do put forth your full effort." Toadsworth began to write on the chalkboard.
Toadette tossed the crumpled note at Mario's head. He glared at her while she giggled and mouthed sorry!
He opened the note and read it quickly:
WE'RE STUCK WITH THE OLD MAN! RUUUNNNN FFFOOOORRR YYOOUURRR LLLIIIVVVEEEZZZ!
-TT
He wrote something and tossed it back at her. They repeated the pattern until the end of class, making sure that Toadsworth didn't notice.
That old fart has a horrible British accent.
-M
Tell me about it, rite? Jeeze, you're not from London, you're from here.
-TT
I like your T's. The top is just one line, it makes it seem girlier.
-M
CAUSE I AM A GIRL. IT'S MY DUTY (tee-hee, duty) TO ACT LIKE ONE! Nice M's, by the way.
-TT
Letters are nice, but you want to know my personal favorite?
-M
WUT? (can't wait to hear this one)
-TT
Double D's.
-M
NIIIIICCCCEEEE…work on it, dude.
-TT
Alright, then let's hear yours!
-M
I'm part a club. The club is called PEN15. I love PEN15.
-TT
Dirty, dirty girl. (shakes head)
-M
TEE-HEE! X3
-TT
Once the bell rung, the entire class stood up and gathered their books. Toadsworth allowed everyone to leave.
"Mario, Toadette, may I have a word?" He blocked the door with a yard stick.
The two sighed.
"What exactly were you writing while I was teaching?" He held his hand out for the note. "I can still see, thank you very much."
Mario and Toadette looked at each other as they ducked their heads in shame. Toadette put the crumpled note in Toadsworth's hand and he excused them. "I'll read this later today. Good day."
The two scurried away. Mario cursed softly and turned to Toadette. "We're screwed."
Toadette smiled. "Nope." She reached into her shirt and took out a crumpled note. Everything the two had written was on there.
Mario gasped but slowly smiled. "Wait…what was the note you gave him?"
Toadette opened her rusty locker. "Algebra homework. You learn a thing or two after a while."
They both laughed and Mario waved good bye as he trudged up the stairs to the main floor of the school.
Peach tapped her pencil on the thick algebra book. The teacher was going on and on about the true meaning of finding an answer to a problem. From the back of the room, everything seemed so far away. The loud ticking of the clock seemed to be muffled, the chatter of some of the cheer squad was strangely muted, and the world seemed to spin rapidly.
She tried to bring her attention back to reality, but what had happened a few days ago was still fresh in her mind. The cheer squad wouldn't shut up about it, but why should Peach care? They still praised her, they still talked to her, and they still thought that she was the girl of the kingdoms.
Peach snapped out of it and looked up at the clock. She squinted to see the tiny print.
"Lex!" Peach whispered.
"Yeah?" Lexi turned around.
"Can you tell what time it is?"
Lexi nodded and looked up at the clock. She too was in the back of the class, but she could tell the time with ease. "2:43"
"Thanks." Peach looked back at her book. Her tote bag lay on the side of her desk and a pink glasses case peered out. She looked down at it and scoffed. She stuffed the case deeper inside. No way was she going to wear glasses.
Once the final bell rung, everyone scampered out of class. Daisy looked at the new note carefully. Again, everything was written in numbers. This time, it said something else.
9 20' 19 1 14 5 1 19 25 16 18 15 2 12 5 13, 19 15 19 15 12 22 5 9 20.
-12 21 9 7 9
Peach walked up to her and tapped her shoulder.
"Hey, there's practice today, so don't forget your energy." She whispered looking invested at the note.
Daisy folded the note and put it neatly back in her locker. She nodded. "Okay, I'll get my cheer on."
Peach giggled and headed back towards her locker. The locker next to Daisy's shuffled. She stood back in shock, but walked up to it. "Hello?" She knocked.
"Are you an angel?" Luigi's voice sounded from inside. "Did I die?"
Daisy grabbed a hammer from inside her locker and held it towards the lock. "Just stay still!"
"WHY?!"
She pounded the lock until it fell off the locker. She then opened it and Luigi fell out.
"Am I still alive?" Luigi sat up and fixed his hair. "Jeeze, it's stuffy in there."
"Did you seriously stuff yourself inside a locker?" Daisy helped him up.
"Bowser did, for your information, princess. I just had to go to the bathroom before the bell rung." He sighed.
Daisy crouched down to grab her hammer. She stood up and coughed. "You're fly is down."
Luigi blushed and slammed his head on a locker.
Mr. L and Mario skipped down the halls, their arms linked together and singing. "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIENDS! AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING TILL THE END!"
Daisy laughed and did an air guitar, "DUN DUN DUUNN!"
Mr. L leaned on a locker. "We are the champions!"
Mario leaned next to him and continued. "We are the CHAMPIONS!"
Mr. L pointed at Luigi, "No time for losers!"
"CAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS…" Then they both got down on their knees, "Of the WORLD!"
All three of them laughed, except for Luigi who was still busy being utterly embarrassed for having his fly down in front of a girl. A popular girl, no less.
"Why are you two the champions? I did some awesome stuff too." Daisy put her hands on her hips.
"But did you get an 'A' on a science test?" Mario waved the test in her face.
"And did you get three girls' phone numbers on your arm?" Mr. L rolled up his sleeve. Sure enough, there were three different phone numbers by three girls that Daisy knew from the cheer squad. If one girl on the squad had a crush on a guy, then every other girl did too. Except for Peach, of course. She was allowed to like anyone she pleased.
"Okay, I failed my science test and, Thunder, seriously?"
He smiled. "Yes, seriously." He then remembered something. "I don't have your number yet…"
Daisy put her hand out. "Nope. Not happening."
"Fine. I'll guess it." He rolled his sleeve down. "453…"
"No."
"652…"
"No."
"345…"
"No."
"646…"
"You won't give up, will you?"
"I'll settle for a kiss."
"NO!"
"Fine. 574…"
Daisy sighed. "If I give you my number, will you promise not to call me?"
He shrugged. "Sure, whatever."
She grabbed a calling card in her locker and gave it to him. "Here."
Mr. L faked a teenage girl accent. "OH MY GOOOOODDDD! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! KISSES, GIIIIRRRLLL!" He grabbed Mario's arm and skipped down the hall.
Daisy shook her head. "I wonder what goes on in that little mind of his."
"You don't want to know." Luigi breathed.
Daisy giggled and reached for the note in her locker. "I got another note today. It's really confusing." She gently gave the note to him, scared to get shocked again.
"Wow. Uhh…t-this will take a-a while." Luigi had to come up with an excuse and fast.
"That's fine. I have practice today, so I'll ask for it tomorrow. Later, Luigi!" Daisy closed her locker and made a quick strut down the hall. Ever since he first saw her walk passionately down the hall, he just couldn't help but stare. He probably looked like an idiot, but he suddenly didn't care…until Mario snapped him out of it.
"Come on, dude."
Luigi looked away from Daisy's disappearing figure. "Yeah, I'm there." He said quickly without thinking.
"Alright girls, good work today!" Peach called.
The cheer squad all jumped down from the pyramid and rushed to get some water.
Toadette played with the frills on one of the pom-poms. "Basketball practice is coming up next, so we should head out." She looked at the players walking in.
Toad spun a basketball on the tip of his fingers. He looked over at Toadette and smiled. She sheepishly smiled back.
"Let's go to the girl's locker room," Peach suggested, "I have something to talk about."
The squad squealed and headed to the girl's locker room. Toadette stood up from the bench and walked over to Toad.
"I didn't know you were on the basketball team." She held her books to her waist.
"I didn't know you were on the cheer squad." He smirked.
"Well, not technically, but I'm sort of…the…" Toadette sighed in shame, "The pom-pom girl."
"That's cool!" Toad tossed the ball in the air.
"I'm the girl that hauls the pom-poms around. It's not cool."
"Oh…" He caught the ball perfectly.
"That's what happens when you're not popular." Toadette looked down and kicked the waxed gym floor.
"Bye." Toad dribbled the ball towards his team mates and made a quick shot, shockingly making it in.
Toadette blushed and grabbed the bag of the girl's pom-poms. She trudged over to the locker room, huffing.
"I'm stuck with a C for algebra this marking period." A girl sighed.
"Me too!" The two girls suddenly high-fived.
"Alright, ladies," Peach sat down, straightening out her skirt. The cheerleaders' outfits always had short skirts, but some girls didn't mind as much as others.
"So," Niki flipped her hair and smiled, "How's your kindergarten boyfriend?"
"He's not my boyfriend." Peach snapped.
Everyone got quiet. Peach pursed her lips and applied a new coat of lip gloss. "He's just a guy that has a crush on me…like half the other guys at this school."
"Except for Lucas!" A girl exclaimed.
Ten other girls automatically swooned and blushed madly.
"Well, not him, but a bunch of other guys do."
Daisy leaned on the wall and sighed. "I'm going to get some fresh air, girls." The locker room reeked of potent perfumes and the very smell gave Daisy a headache.
Everyone quickly said "later" and turned back to Peach, who was now telling a story.
Daisy's skirt bounced with her movements and she gracefully walked outside. The air was crisp with that mid-September smell. It was warm enough to be outside with a jacket, luckily.
Toadette watched the basketball team take shots and do drills. She kept her eyes on Toad the entire time. As short as he was, he could make a shot from 10 feet away, which was really impressive. Toadette had known him since 2nd grade and they had been best friends since. She never thought that she would have more feelings for him, since he was utterly annoying at times, but she soon realized that maybe she did.
Toad looked at her and smiled. He tossed the ball to her and she caught it. "Make a shot!" He shouted.
She shook her head shyly. "I don't play."
He walked over to her and pulled her over to the net. "Just jump up and toss it in."
Toadette looked around and everyone hollered at her, forcing her to shoot. She shrugged and, with Toad to guide her, she jumped up. They both sunk the ball in the net. The team hooted and Toad congratulated Toadette.
"I'm not that bad…I guess." She smiled.
Daisy breathed inwardly. The smell of perfume was gone, finally. It was a relief to smell…air, again.
The stillness of the outside was quickly interrupted when a branch snapped in two. Daisy jolted and looked around. She balled her fists.
"You look pretty." A shrill voice sounded.
"Who are you calling pretty?" Daisy raised her voice.
A cold hand grabbed Daisy's shoulder. She turned around and shrieked.
Waluigi towered over her, smiling. He held a hand on her hips and gradually moved it lower. Daisy growled and punched him sharply in the face. He stepped back but walked closer to her, forcing her to back up towards the wall.
Toadette followed the sound of the shriek and trotted out with a basketball. At the sight of Waluigi, she aimed the basketball at his head. "BUG OFF, PERV!"
The ball hit him in the back of his head. He cursed loudly and fell to the ground. Daisy kicked him in the groin. "I have to take a two hour long shower now, jerk face."
The two girls walked back inside. "Thanks for helping me out back there. Some guys are really creepy."
Toadette nodded. "Yeah."
"You're a natural with that ball," Daisy complimented, "You should try out for the basketball team."
Toadette shrugged. "I guess…I guess I should." The girls headed back to the gym.
Okay...I think I rushed with this one and it didn't come out as I originally planned, but I ADDED IN TOADETTE!
Toadette is actually the character of one of my friends in school. She wouldn't stop bugging me, so I decided to add her character in here so she would stop forcing me to add her OC in. I don't hate OCs, I just find them weird.
What have we learned today, class?
Toadette and Mario became instant besties.
Peach has and needs glasses, but doesn't wear them.
Mr. L has four girls' numbers so far. *cough* player *cough*
Mario got an 'A' on a science test. (I know what that's like) *gives him a high-five*
Luigi got stuffed in a locker. (DARN YOU, BOWSER! *shakes fist at sky*)
Daisy can't stand the smell of strong perfume. (neither can I)
Toad and Toadette are friends.
Toadette is good at basketball.
Aaand, Waluigi is a perv. (who didn't see that one?)
Thanks for reading, everyone!
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