His face looked confidante but deep down inside he was unbelievably nervous.
"Ok, you can do this, just keep to the play plan and every thing will work out fine"
Mario slowly stopped fidgeting with his Tuxedo and stared at himself in the mirror, seriously thinking about the situation he was in. "who am I kidding, I shouldn't be doing this, I shouldn't be in this situation, I should have just told Daisy no and gone with peach, idiot!"
He closed his eyes and frowned "I shouldn't be in this situation, the Bulb Ball is suppose to be a magical event that only comes around every year, I shouldn't have to do this, I shouldn't have to do this, I shouldn't have to do this, I shouldn't have to do this!, I shouldn't have to do this!!"
Mario began to shout "I shouldn't have to do this!" over and over again until her turned around and opened his eyes to see Luigi standing in his door way, staring at him with a raised eye brow.
There was a short awkward silence until Luigi took one step into Mario's room. "Shouldn't have to do what" he asked, still staring at Mario, confused.
Mario stared and focused on Luigi with his wide, open eyes, another few seconds of uncomfortable silence passed, until he replied with "oh, uh, this bow tie, its so hard to attach y' know". Luigi continued to stare. "all you have to do is clip it on...".
Mario hesitated to reply "uh... well I have lousy eye-hand co-ordination" he chuckled. Luigi laughed slightly "yeah, right" and walked over to him checking out his Tuxedo. "looking good. ready?".
Mario nodded and forced on a smile "you know it". Luigi smiled back, "good, we better hurry, Peach is down at the Castle doors waiting for you, so is the Carriage". Mario stared at him, "is Daisy down there as well?".
Luigi Lowered his head and frowned at him curiously. "no... why?". Mario quickly shoved on another forced smile "oh you know what those two are like, they would probably start arguing about who has the best dress" he laughed. Luigi laughed as well and turned towards the door. "well c'mon, we better get going, or else we'll miss the ball". Mario walked towards the door with a grin "I wish" he murmured threw his gritted teeth. "what?" asked Luigi. "oh nothing, c'mon lets go" he replied.
the two brothers both walked out the door, Mario shut it behind them and they both strutted, proudly threw the corridor with their spanking new tuxedos', Mario a little less proudly then Luigi but still confidante. They both turned and walked down the stairs, looked straight down the stairway, and at the huge open doors with mushrooms hustling and bustling about it. People jumping into carriages and people talking in small groups. carriages pulling away and some pulling up to the entrance.
They both walked down to the doors and Luigi turned to his brother. "okay I'm gonna jump in my carriage with Briella now, see you at the ball" he said as he rested both his hands on Mario's shoulders. Mario smiled and nodded as Luigi turned and hopped into his Carriage.
Mario watched as Luigi's carriage pulled away to the Bulb Ball, until, behind him he heard, "Mario, yoo-hoo!". He spun around to see Peach standing outside of a huge, mushroom shaped, white Carriage, with golden stripes up the sides. he smiled and waved at her, looked around for Daisy, then jogged over.
"hello. wow you look amazing!" he stated with a glistening smile, as the beauty of Peaches' dress washed away his troubles for a split second. Peach smiled and blushed "thank you, you look hansom as well" she said twiddling her fingers. Mario smiled and looked up at her. the commotion behind them was ignored by both, as the small mushroom couples clambered into their Carriages and giggled as they kissed.
Peach stared into Mario's eyes for a second until she spotted something out the corner of her eye. "ooh there's Toad!" she squealed" as she turned around and waved at the small bachelor Mushroom helping his date into a carriage. "aww, and he's with Toadette, don't they just look darling together?"
Mario Turned, and looked at the couple with a content smile on his face "they sure do". He stared at the cute couple for a while until the content look on his face quickly disappeared as he saw Daisy walking slowly towards the door in the distance. "Oh dear" he murmered
Mario's Eyes widened as peach continued to wave to Toad. he began to look back and forth form Peach to Daisy. "Uh, shall we go then" he said in a hurry. Peach looked down at Mario and smiled "yes yes, your right, we should arrive while every one is still outside the Hall, that way we can make a grand entrance". Mario quickly agreed, "your right, lets go", he began to slightly prod Peach as she slowly turned around and tried to step on the, first step of the cartridge.
Mario looked over in Daisy's Direction and noticed that she was at the entrance of the door, looking around for him with a disgruntled look on her face.
He began to grow impatient, "ok, hehe, lets hurry it up... Now!" he shouted as peach was still trying to raise her foot onto the step. "sorry, its just that this dress is so hard to move in" she said.
Suddenly, panic dived over Mario's conscience as he turned and saw Daisy walking in his direction, looking at the floor, holding up her dress making sure she didn't scuff it. Mario quickly turned and looked at peach with a frown, as she was still trying to get on the first step. He took a deep breath and acted on the first thing that came to his mind.
"whoa!, this floor sure is slippery" he shouted as he jumped forward and pushed peach, sending her flying into the Carriage.
"wha- Mario!?" screamed Peach as she looked at him in shock. Mario smiled nervously and clambered into the Carriage, "sorry I slipped" he said apologetically. "humph!" grunted peach as she dusted herself off. "That's ok..", she turned and smiled sweetly at him "hehe, I forgive you". Mario turned, looked at peach and pointed towards the door.
"uh, I'm gonna have to get another carriage" he stuttered. Peach's face dropped with disappointment, "what, why?". He thought hard to himself for an excuse. "i- uh.. well, these seats are leather, and-uh, im allergic".
Peach glared at Mario innocently, with a slightly open mouth. "you are?". Mario immediately nodded, "yes!, yes, I'm afraid so, I'll just get on another carriage and meet you at the ball ok?".
Peach looked down at the velvet floor of the carpet, trying not to look to sad, she then raised her head and smiled slightly,
"oh, ok...", she said trying her hardest to look ok with it. Mario could see that he upset her as he slowly backed out of the carriage. "I'm so sorry Peach, I'll see you at the ball ok?". Peach nodded and smiled "yes, sure". He closed the door and jumped down feeling really bad for her. He raised his head and looked around for Daisy, to find that she was leaning against a Giant replica of Peaches Carriage, but this one was golden and had White lines running up it. He turned around and watched Peaches carriage pull off, then turned towards Daisy and jogged over.
"Hey, Daisy I'm so sorry im late" he pleaded. Daisy raised her head and smiled with joy of his arrival, "oh that's ok, as long as your here I'm glad" she giggled. Mario nodded and smiled.
Daisy looked over at Peaches huge, white carriage as it trotted off into the distance towards the ball, she looked back down at Mario. "who was that?", she asked. Mario stared at her blankly, "what was who?". Daisy giggled, "the carridge silly!, I saw you talking to who ever was in it, who was it?".
Mario paused for a second staring at Daisy until he closed his eyes and replied "oh, uh, Luigi? uh- do you know that you look amazing tonight!" he said opening his eyes again.
Daisy being Daisy, decided to react to the compliment instead of Mario's bazaar reply. "oh Mario" she giggled as she blushed lightly whilst twiddling her thumbs.
Mario looked up at the Golden carriage and admired its beauty, "wow, beautiful carriage. shall we?". Daisy looked down at him and smiled, "we shall". He clambered into the huge golden mushroom, and reached for Daisy, she took a hold of his White, gloved hand and pulled herself in. Mario leaned over and softly shut the door, as he felt the carriage begin to jump into movement.
He looked over to see Daisy sitting a few inches away from him, twiddling her hair and giggling like a child. Mario just nodded and smiled nervously.
, As the carridge bumped along the Road, he looked over to the carriage window, gazed out of it and up at the starry night sky, as he sped off to The Bulb Ball.
"Things are going to get interesting from here on" he whispered to himself".