Hm, got a little bit of Romeo and Juliet in the last chapter...As for this one, Mario, shyer than Luigi on his first date?! Well, they are younger... Anything can happen in my twisted mind... Anyhow, read and enjoy this chapter as you will. Italics represent song lyrics.

Mario was walking to class one day, when he was slammed with surprising force into a locker. He was staring into the face of a furious Bowser.

"How could you ask Peach to the dance?!" he shouted.

"I'm right here, you don't need to yell," Mario replied.

"Smart ass," Bowser mumbled. "You are not allowed to take Peach to the dance! I was supposed to!"

"Uhm, sorry," Mario muttered, intimidated. "I don't really think Peach would like to go to the dance with you very much..."

"And why is that?!" Bowser asked.

"Uh... I don't know," Mario replied.

"Fight me after school. Winner takes Peach to the dance," Bowser challenged.

"What?! No way!" Mario exclaimed.

"Whatsa matter? Scared?" Bowser teased.

"No," Mario replied. "I'm just not stupid."

"You kids, get to cl- Bowser Koopa! Take your hands off him!" A teacher had heard Bowser yelling, and had stuck her head out to tell them to stop.

"Yes, ma'am," Bowser said sarcastically.

"You'll be getting a detention for this, young man," she warned.

Bowser grumbled and headed off for class. Mario closed his eyes in a silent thanks to the teacher and headed to class.

A couple weeks later, the night of the dance...

"Are you ready?" Luigi asked his older brother, who was making sure he was presentable.

"Just about."

"Are you nervous?"

"Do I look nervous?!"

"Very much so," Luigi laughed. They where both wearing suits, Mario with a red tie, Luigi with green. "Red... Why am I not surprised?" Luigi had remarked when he'd gotten them. "Y'know someday, you're gonna get tired of red."

Mario had stared at his younger brother like he was crazy. "I will never get tired of red."

Now, here he was, his face the color of his hat, frantically shifting his weight from one foot to another. "Calm down," Luigi assured him, even though his mind was also swarming with possibilities of how the dance could go horribly wrong.

"Yeah, I know," Mario panicked.

"Don't worry, I've been on a date before," Luigi calmed.

"I HAVEN'T!" Mario shouted.

"Which brings up the point, why where you giving me advice on dating?" Luigi asked.

"I was trying to be older-brotherly," Mario admitted.

"It worked," Luigi said happily. "Can't say the same for you, though."

"That's nice."

"Wow, you two look nice for a change," Daisy joked upon seeing the two brothers all dressed up.

"Thanks," They replied.

Peach was dressed in a blue dress similar to the Rosalina of today, reaching down to the floor, but a little tighter. Her hair was limper than usual. Daisy was dressed very differently, in an orange dress with spaghetti straps, which ended under her knees. There was a small hole that exposed her pierced belly button. Her shoes where (surprise, surprise) orange medium heels. Her hair was curled slightly.

Daisy noticed Luigi staring at her, and laughed. "Take a picture, it'll last longer."

Luigi snapped back to reality. "Sorry."

"I'm kidding," Daisy laughed. "We should get going, we'll miss the fast songs."

Arriving, it seemed like total chaos, before they realized everyone was dancing to a fast song.

"C'mon!" the two girls squealed, dragged Mario and Luigi onto the dance floor, who couldn't dance to save their lives.

Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on, go play...

"I love this song," Peach yelled over the noise.

"Hm, it's really good," Daisy agreed. She was flinging Luigi all over the place, who looked scared but having fun.

Only shooting stars, break the mold...

"That was 'All Star!'" A Goomba DJ spoke into a microphone. He was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, even though it was pretty dark. "Can I get any requests?"

A mob of students ran to him, all screaming. Finally, a song started, and everyone started dancing again.

After a few hours they spotted Bowser, leading Birdette into the gym. In Mario's direction, he gave a dirty look. When he smiled at Peach, Birdette slapped him in the face.

"Don't worry about them, Mario," Peach said. "Let's just have a fun time."

"Right," Mario agreed, taking his eyes off his rival.

"C'mon, lighten up, you two, it's time to dance!" Daisy ordered them.

"Well, it's that time," the Goomba announced, dimming the lights. "Slow songs, love songs, whatever. I've got 'em! I'll play 'em!"

Luigi turned pale, even though he was smiling. Daisy was smiling back at him, vaguely suggestive. Peach elbowed her and whispered somthing in her ear.

"Fine, fine," Daisy sighed.

"Alright, to start off our slow songs, let's play 'Tattoo,'" the Goomba decided. Seconds later, the song started. Now, instead of yelling and screaming, everyone was slowly dancing with their love. Mario panicked.

"Uhm, I have to leave for a second..." Mario ran away.

"...I'll go with him," Luigi excused himself. Reaching him he asked, "Mario, you idiot! It's only the first slow song, and you chicken out?"

"I can't! I just can't do this!"

"Leave the panicking to me! Go dance with Peach!"

Mario opened his mouth to speak, but stopped halfway, looking behind Luigi.

"What?" Luigi asked, but it became apparent very quickly that Bowser was standing behind him.

Bowser shoved Luigi out of the way. "I warned you," Bowser snarled.

Mario stood up straighter. "What do you want?"

"I want to dance with Peach," Bowser replied. "But, since I can't, I'll take my anger out on you!"

Bowser punched Mario in the stomach. "I'm not here to fight," Mario told him.

"Too bad." Bowser gave Mario a punch right in the face. Mario made no attempt to defend himself.

"Hey!"

Bowser turned. Luigi was confronting him, even though he was shaking.

"Leave him alone."

"What are you gonna do about it?" Bowser asked, teasing.

"This." Luigi swung his leg around, and hit Bowser in the stomach, knocking the wind from him. Mario and him ran back to Peach and Daisy.

"Woah, Mario, your face is all bloody!" Peach exclaimed. She took a napkin from her pocket and handed it to him.

"Thank you." Mario said, wiping the blood from his face, only to find it was just as red underneath.

"For our last song of the night, one of my personal favorites, 'Accidentally in Love!'" the Goomba said, dimming the lights a little bit more, and starting the song.

All Mario could see was Peach. All Peach could see was Mario. Everyone else forgotten, they danced on feet that seemed to be disconnected, danced to the song that seemed to tell their story.

C'mon, c'mon, move a little closer, c'mon, c'mon, I wanna hear you whisper...

Gazing at eachother, almost laughing, they hugged each other.

You where once upon a time in lo-ove...

They where just about to kiss, they where only an inch apart, when they noticed Luigi and Daisy. Kissing. Not only Daisy was kissing Luigi, Luigi was kissing Daisy. It was surprsing, but wonderful to see Luigi had grown a backbone.

I'm in lo-ove...

"Thanks, folks, g'night," the Goomba yelled over the last drumbeat.

Luigi and Daisy broke apart, faces as red as anything.

Surprised you at the end, didn't I? One more chapter after this. Then I'll get writing a new one. Thank you all.

Just a little more gunpowder than the rest,

AzoNintendo