Chapter Eleven: You Forgot Something...
After their double date, the two girls returned to the castle.
"How was the outing?" Toadsworth asked as he came up the hallway, a leather book in his hands and his glasses hanging on his neck.
"Great!" Peach said quickly. "We had lots of fun, right Daisy?"
"Yeah," Daisy said. "It was fun." Toadsworth eyed Daisy before the two made their way upstairs to shower.
Daisy thought about Boo as she showered. He's not the type to show up on the beach, though I suppose Lady Bow was an excuse to go somewhere. Still, he'd acted strange. As Daisy stepped out from the shower and wrapped herself in a towel, she heard the castle doorbell ring.
"I've got it!" Toadsworth called. It was only seconds later, that the old toad had let out a surprised and terrified sound. Daisy and Peach opened their doors, towels wrapped around them, to make sure Toadsworth was okay.
"Oh my goodness! Boo! You scared me half to death!" Toadsworth exclaimed.
"I'm quite good at that, intentional or not," Boo replied. "Sorry to scare you like this today, but I found these at the beach. I think it belongs to one of the girls."
Daisy went back into the bathroom to change into the yellow lounge suit she had in the bathroom with her. She came back out, seeing Peach was still in the bathroom.
"Ah, that's probably Daisy's..." Toadsworth said. It was and orange towel and a volleyball.
"I can get it," Daisy said, heading down royal red carpeted stairs. Toadsworth looked back to see her coming towards them. He stepped out of her way and she retrieved her items.
"Thanks Boo, I can't believe I left the towel with the volleyball there. I guess I forgot about it when Peach suddenly moved our stuff," Daisy said.
She was glad Peach hadn't been out of the bathroom because Princess Toadstool would've called her out. Daisy knew she had everything with her in the bag, so she wondered how her volleyball and towel ended up with Boo...
"Okay, thank you Boo," Toadsworth said. "Good night."
"Have a scary night guys," Boo replied, winking at Daisy again before the old toad shut the door. Toadsworth looked at Daisy.
"What?" Daisy exclaimed. "I thought I had everything. I did have everything!"
"Well then, why is it that Boo came over to give you those things back?" Toadsworth asked.
"He must've gotten into my stuff or something on purpose," Daisy replied.
"Why would he do that?" Toadsworth asked.
"I don't know!" she exclaimed, looking down at her towel. Wedged tightly between the towel and the volleyball was a piece of paper. "Wait...there's a note..."
"Oh?" Toadsworth asked. "So, Boo is trying to get a message to you?"
"No...it's from Luigi," Daisy lied, but it was good one.
"AH! Well, I suppose using Boo is the best way to sneak notes around," Toadsworth said, no longer suspicious. He yawned, announcing he was going to sleep.
The note was actually from Waluigi. Daisy didn't even see him at the beach, and when would he even have time to converse with Boo? Daisy walked back upstairs to her room and set her dirty clothes into the hamper. She organized her stuff from her bag and put the items back into their places.
She sat on the bed when she heard a rustling coming from her closet. She had a hunch as to who it was...
"Okay Boo, you can come out now," Daisy said. "No one's here." Out from the closet emerged Boo.
"Phew! That closet reeks of perfume," Boo said. "Did you read the note?"
"No!" Daisy snapped, a little angry with him for making her lie to the old toad. "What are you doing in my room?"
"I came on the account of Waluigi," Boo answered. "He wanted to make sure you read the note and that you understand what he means. Writing isn't really his thing, if you know what I mean."
Daisy opened the note and read it to herself:
I'm writing this to you Daisy, because I cannot keep being so secretive with our relationship. I think we should either come out with it or we should go our separate ways. I'm sorry to make it sound like this, but I'm not confident we'll be able to keep this up. I am seen as a villain, and that is how I will always be seen. However, I'm okay with this. I can manage on my own.
Daisy, I loved the time I've spent with you, but I understand if you don't want to come forward. If you meet me somewhere down the road, perhaps we can be friends...
~Waluigi
"I understand," Daisy said, sighing.
"Alright, boo the way, I'm sorry Daisy," Boo said. "I don't think you should come forward with the relationship. Being friends is probably already forbidden with that old toad."
"I know, you're right...but they're my friends...I have my own plan Boo. Now I need your help," Daisy said, smiling slyly like she always did whenever she had a plan up her sleeve.
"Oh, Bootiful," Boo said sarcastically. "Why did I do this?" Daisy whispered to the ghost for a few minutes, and as she went on, Boo began to raise his eyebrows.
"You're plan isn't half bad, Daisy. I'll make sure to do my part. Scare you later," Boo said, floating out the window.
"Thanks Boo," Daisy said, shutting her window after Boo left. Her plan was bold, just like her, but also impressive.