Thank you everyone for reading! I appreciate the feedback and I had meant to upload this sooner. Oh well, here's the 3rd chapter!

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Chapter 3- The Lunch Date

Daisy walked into her English class in stunned silence. She knew that she had worried Luigi, but she didn't really care at the moment. She wanted to know who's bright idea a Cutest Couple was. It had never been a favorite before, and Daisy really wanted Most Athletic.

"Hey Daisy. What' s wrong?" The girl in front of her asked.

"Nothing, I guess." Daisy lied.

"Well if I were you I would be totally pissed about this morning." The girl continued.

Daisy briefly wondered if she hadn't have said anything if this girl would still be talking since her comment went right over her. "Why is that?"

"You mean you didn't hear? Well, probably not. I mean Beth would die if it got back around to you."

Daisy's curiosity was killing her at this point. "What do you mean? What about Beth?"

"Well I heard that she really wanted Most Athletic since that was what her mom got in high school, but she knew that you would probably win. So she went to the yearbook committee with the idea of a Cutest Couple so you and Luigi would win leaving her free to win Most Athletic."

Daisy felt a number of emotions race through her all at once. It started with perplexity, then bewilderment, finally moving on to anger and betrayal.

"Are you serious?" She practically shrieked at the girl.

"That's what I heard." The girl confirmed.

Daisy and Beth had never been very close, but Daisy had liked to consider her one of her friends. She couldn't believe that she would do something like that to her. But it all made sense when Daisy thought about it. She wanted to get out of the classroom, find Beth, and demand what her problem was right then. However, the teacher had already started lecture, and Daisy didn't want to start any more drama. She would talk to Beth after she had calmed down, and find out if it was true. Then she could kill her.

Daisy had a hard time concentrating on class for the rest of the hour, or for the rest of the morning. Finally at lunch she was able to calm down a bit knowing that she would get to spend it with her boyfriend. Luigi always seemed to have a soothing presence over her.

"Hey Daisy! You are alright, aren't you? You seemed a little out of it after the senior favorites' thing this morning." Luigi told her.

However, that just made her think of Beth which made her irritated again. "Yeah, I'm great." She snapped.

His face showed his hurt, but he got over it quickly. "Sorry I was just asking." He mumbled.

Daisy sighed. She didn't want to be mad a Luigi just because one of her friends had screwed her.

"Come on, you big baby. Let's go get something to eat." She teased pulling him over to her car.

He rolled his eyes at the baby comment, but followed her eagerly now that she was in a better mood.

Daisy turned down the street that led to his house. Seniors were allowed off campus for lunch, but Luigi never had a whole lot of money to spend anyways. So rather than leaving him alone in the cafeteria, they would switch off eating at each other's house. Daisy thought it was more healthy for her anyways, and she loved the days they would go to Luigi's house. Luigi was definitely the better cook, and Daisy loved Italian food which was his specialty. She turned into the driveway already anticipating a steaming bowl of spaghetti.

"So whatcha got for us today?" Daisy asked Luigi, as she followed him into the kitchen.

"Nothing new. Just spaghetti and meatballs… with cheesecake for dessert." He added slyly.

"Oooh, my favorite." Daisy flirted back.

He turned on the burner underneath the large pot under the stove, reheating the contents that he had already started this morning.

"Need any help." Daisy asked coming up behind him.

"Not from you. I'm still trying to clean the burned stuff off the bottom of that pan." He teased reminding her of the last time she had tried to help him cook.

"It wasn't that bad." She fake pouted.

He rolled his eyes.

"Well, since I'm such a cooking failure, I'll just go ahead and help myself to a slice of cheesecake." She teased making her way over to the fridge.

"Oh no you don't. The cheesecake is for after spaghetti." He instructed.

"I don't remember that being a rule before." She remarked innocently still inching closer to her goal.

"Don't do it Dais." Luigi warned finally pulling his attention from his work to watch her.

She already had the cake pan in her hands as he stared at her with one eyebrow raised daring her to make another move. Well she had already come this far, she might as well finish the job. With one quick swipe she raked her finger across the top and stuck it in her mouth, savoring the rich and creamy goodness.

"That's it." Luigi cried before coming at her.

She had just enough time to put the cheesecake down before taking off through the kitchen. Luigi gave chase the both of them laughing the whole way. She took him around the house before finally leading him back into the kitchen. She took another swipe of the cheesecake with her finger, but instead of sticking it in her mouth again she turned around planting it square on Luigi's nose. She tried to contain her laughter as he stopped completely caught off-guard. He reached up and wiped it off taking a taste for himself.

His eyes bugged out. "Mama Mia! That is good cheesecake."

"So that means I'm off the hook?" Daisy asked innocently.

"Not a chance." He replied back.

She tried to run again, but he already had her hooked around the waist. She giggled softly at his playful mood before leaning in to kiss him. It started out soft and sweet, but started getting deeper the longer they stay hooked together. She couldn't help but let all of her troubles melt away. She loved this side of Luigi, the one only she got to see. The playful, yet passionate Luigi who could still take her breath away with one kiss.

"Hm, is something burning?" She remarked finally coming back to her senses.

He gasped and released her, turning toward his pot of spaghetti that was angrily bubbling over from neglect.

"No, no, no!" Luigi complained. "This is why you don't belong in the kitchen." He remarked to her.

She rolled her eyes. "Is it salvageable?" She asked him.

"Yeah, maybe. Just eat off the top." He warned.

Luigi served them up a couple of bowls that he was certain would hold nothing burnt and sat them around the table. Daisy took a tentative bite, but quickly dove back in for more. Even with the small lingering taste of burnt pasta, the spaghetti was delicious.

"So are you going to finally tell me what's on your mind or just blow me off again?" Luigi questioned coming back to the subject of this morning.

Daisy sighed. Luigi knew her far too well to tell that something was wrong.

"It's just the Cutest Couple thing." She admitted guiltily.

In truth she really didn't want to tell him because she didn't want him to get offended. After she had time to cool off she realized how unfair she was being to Luigi. Being voted Cutest Couple wouldn't be the worst thing in the world since she would be in the yearbook, Luigi would be in the yearbook, and the added bonus would be that they would be in the same picture.

"Yeah, that was kind of weird." Luigi agreed. "It was almost like someone made it to keep you from winning Most Athletic."

Daisy tried to hide her surprise, but failed miserably. "That's exactly what happened! Some girl in my English class told me that it was Beth."

"Really?" He asked taken aback. "But why?"

"Supposedly her mother won when she was in high school, so she just had to win it too." Daisy angrily repeated.

"You should talk to Beth, especially since she is mostly likely going to win Most Likely to Succeed." Luigi advised.

"Really? So you're not mad that I want to back out of Cutest Couple?" She asked nervously.

"Not at all. You deserve Most Athletic. Plus, winning a category by default seems like cheating your way into the yearbook." He confessed.

Daisy beamed with happiness. How did she end up with the kindest, sweetest, and most understanding boy in school? She never understood why everyone found it so hard to believe that they were actually together. She still remembered the first day they met like it had happened just yesterday.

Daisy walked into the new high school for the first time. She was a sophomore, and she felt a little out of place. She started desperately scanning the classrooms to find her next class. As she walked by she could hear some of the boys' commentary.

"Hey, check out the new girl."

"You bet! She's smoking!"

"I call dibs!"

Daisy felt self-conscious the whole way down the hall. She didn't like the way the guys here leered at her like a piece of meat. Really, if it wasn't for the fact that this school had a girls basketball team, Daisy didn't know if she would make it through the year.

Finally, she reached her biology class. Since it was close to the bell ringing all of the seats were taken, except for the one near the back next to a boy in green. She was a little uncertain about sitting next to a guy after listening to all of the comments in the hall. However, she saw that she didn't have a choice and took her seat.

"Hi, can I sit here?" She asked him.

He looked up surprised that someone was even talking to him, and merely nodded at her. She smiled appreciatively at him. He started to blush, and turned away from her. Daisy was a little confused, but downplayed the act. The teacher stood up and instructed them on how to perform their lab. Daisy thought it was a little strange to have a lab on the first day of school.

"This is a simple density lab and so I thought it would be fun for the first day. The person you are seated next to will be your lab partner for the remainder of the year. So introduce yourselves and get started, the instructions are in your book on page 13."

The teacher didn't offer any further instructions, so Daisy quickly found the page which held the lab. Then she looked up to see that the boy in the green shirt had already left her table. She looked around confused as to what had happened to him. Maybe he had switched with somebody not wanting to be her partner. She was a little bit depressed at the thought, but then heard the clinking of glass. She turned around to see that he was back with all of the materials needed for the lab.

"I thought that I had scared you off there for a minute." She laughed.

He blushed, but continued setting up the beakers in front of them.

"Well my name's Daisy." She introduced trying to break the silence.

"Luigi." He told her finally speaking.

She assumed that this was his name, and was hoping that she would be getting more than one word answers from this 'partnership'.

"Okay Luigi. Where should we start?" She asked since he obviously had a better idea of what to do then her.

"With step one." He replied.

Daisy thought he was being a smart-ass, but was surprised to see the innocent look on his face. She couldn't stop herself from letting out a giggle much to the embarrassment of her partner.

"Sorry, but I sort of had that part figured out." She tried to explain which only made things worse.

"Then why did you ask?" His cheeks still burning from her laugh.

"I was just…never mind."

They worked in silence from that point much to Daisy's displeasure. Every once in a while they would question each other's math or measurement. Finally, the bell rang. Daisy quickly gathered up her stuff accidentally knocking over one of the beakers spilling water over the side of the counter and onto the floor.

"Oops. Hey Luigi, watch out for the!" She tried to warn him, but was too late as he stepped right into the pool falling on his back.

She ran over to help him up only to slip herself and fall directly on top of him. She found herself inches away from his red face staring into the bluest eyes she had ever seen.

"Sorry, I was trying to warn you." She apologized, unable to turn away from those eyes.

"It's okay. I'm usually a bit of a klutz." He told her.

"Really? Me too." She confessed.

"Hey Daisy? Could you maybe get off me?" He asked her.

She quickly jumped up surprised to find her own face red.

"Sorry! I don't know what I was thinking!" She apologized again, but to her surprise he just smiled at her. His first real smile she had seen.

"Do I need to make sure you get to your next class alright?" He teased, his earlier shyness temporarily vanishing.

Daisy wanted to argue that she was perfectly able to take care of herself, but something about the sincerity of his look made her agree.

Daisy brought herself back from the memory. She realized that the empty bowl that had previously held spaghetti was being replaced with a slice of cheesecake. Luigi had even heated up caramel to drizzle over the top, just the way she liked it. She realized that she shouldn't be so concerned with the petty high school drama. The only thing that really mattered was that she would be in the yearbook, she had a successful basketball season ahead of her, and she had a caring boyfriend that would love her no matter what.

Sorry about the length of the chapter, but I was trying to get some background info in. Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!