Crap, I just realized I only put the disclaimer on Chapter 2! Well, all you smart people should know the characters are property of Nintendo. I can't BELIEVE I'm updating THREE times in one day! I just... love working on this! So so much! I'm obsessed. Don't expect it, I've been on this computer so long, my mom won't let me stay so long. Meh. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. :D Here's some bad luck for Mario. Hoorayness!

About a week later, day of the FIELD TRIP!!

Arriving at the school, Mario and Peach stayed outside near a bus while Luigi and Daisy went into the school. Peach was wearing a pink turtleneck, blue sweatpants, small hiking boots, and had her hair in a ponytail. Not exactly glamorous, but she looked better than usual. Mario suddenly felt embarrassed with his unironed T-shirt, unruly brown hair, and jeans that where almost two inches too long.

"Everyone get on the bus!" Professor Kolorado, the leader of the expedition, instructed. "We're leaving soon."

All the students scrambled, trying to get a good seat. Mario and Peach got seats near the back.

"So, why'd you ask me to be your partner, anyhow?" Peach inquired.

"Uhm... I guess because nobody else would want to be my partner," Mario reasoned.

"Me neither, except Bowser..." Peach said. "And he's a pervert."

"Ugh," Mario agreed. "I just don't get it. Why is Bowser so mean?"

"It's because he has a crush on me," Peach explained. "And he thinks you do, too."

I do! Mario thought. "Oh."

"Mhm." Peach stared at her backpack.

"So... Anyway..." He'd run out of things to say. Idiot!

"This'll be so fun!" Peach exclaimed.

"Yeah, I heard that it's really beautiful and historic there," Mario said.

"Yep."

They didn't say anything else for the rest of the trip.

When they got to the summit, Kolorado put them into a two-by-two line. After about 20 minutes of hiking, they stopped on a high peak to rest. Everyone sat down, panting, while Bowser walked over to Mario and Peach.

"Lucky guy got to be with Peach," Bowser teased, making fake kissing noises.

"Shut up," Mario said.

"No, you shut up while I'm talking to you," Bowser ordered. "You stay away from Peach. She's mine."

"I'd never be seen with you, you overgrown turtle," Peach insulted.

"We're just friends!" Mario defended.

"Nobody likes a wise ass," Bowser snarled, picking up Mario by his shirt collar. He stepped over to the ledge of the cliff and held him over the side. Mario tried not to look down, he was extremely scared of heights. "Especially me."

"No! Let go of me, you jerk!" Mario yelled frantically.

"Okay," Bowser said, doing so.

What bad word choice on Mario's part.

He hurtled toward his sure doom, bouncing against rocks and twigs all the way. About a quarter of the was down, he grabbed a tree limb sticking out the side. He heard Peach scream, and a cry of pain from Bowser. Hehe.

He saw Peach's face peek over the side, and sigh. He was a good 5 feet down. Damn, if only he where taller! "Hold on!" Peach called. She disappeared for a moment, and returned with a rope, which she threw down to him. He grabbed it and made his way up.

"Are you okay?!" Peach asked frantically.

"I'm fine," Mario assured. "Bowser's gone too far. I need to make him suffer."

"Mario, no." Peach took a first aid kit out of her backpack. "Here, use a few band-aids."

"Thanks," Mario said, accepting it.

"Alright, it's getting late," Kolorado announced after more hours of climbing. They where under starry sky now, a beautiful setting. "Get your sleeping bags ready."

Sitting on their ready sleeping bags, they suddenly had everything to talk about.

"Well, today was exciting," Peach said. "You think a fall from that high could kill you?"

"Maybe," Mario wondered. "I don't want to die that way. though."

"Nobody does." They where facing each other now, only silhouettes in the moonlight. They drew closer, closer...

The space between them vanished completely. Everything they knew, but never told each other, everything they felt, expressed in a single kiss. Finally, they broke apart, both equally surprised at themselves.

"Ahem."

They looked to see a disapproving Kolorado, tapping his foot.

Oh. My. God. They kissed. The guy falls off a cliff, but in the end, he gets to kiss the girl of his dreams. How's that for lucky? Expect another chapter tomorrow.

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