Wow, I haven't updated in a while right? Sorry about that, school has been so difficult lately and I've also been having some personal issues. But now, here's that long awaited update! Thanks to all my loyal readers! You guys are supercalifragilisticexpialid ocious! Any of you Percy Jackson fans should check out my other Percabeth story. Oh and not to be annoying again but, my twitter is siriusblackrox. please follow! 60 reviews until next chapter! I figure 2-3 more chapters and since holidays are coming up, my next update will most likely be after finals. Has anyone noticed I changed my penname? Hope I didn't confuse anyone. Toodles!

"It's Mario Time!" Bowser exclaimed. He had skipped class to hang with his cronies and plan his revenge.

No one could touch his girl. Who did Mario think he was?

"Yea, lets go beat up that loser!" Wario shouted, perhaps more excited than he should have been.

"Shut up you idiot." Bowser snarled for no particular reason. Wario seemed to anger him a lot lately.

"Sorry boss." Wario muttered, as Toad patted him on the back.

"You didn't have to get mad at Wario. There was really no need to." Toad stated calmly, but Bowser ignored him.

"We've got to get him after school ends with the rest of the football team. You can promise Waluigi, Boo and Kamek will be there right?" He asked Wario.

He nodded.

He grinned menacingly. "Excellent. And Toad, you better get DK and Diddy there as well."

Toad shook his head. "Come on man this is ridiculous. Are you really gonna bring the whole football team to pound on Mario because Peach was flirting with him?"

Bowser growled. "He was totally onto my girl. He's asking for it."

Toad shook his head. "Don't waste your time on him, he's not worth it." He tried.

Bowser frowned. "Are you trying to protect your loser friends? Whose side are you on?"

"You're my best friend bro!" He exclaimed. "I'm just trying to stop you from making a stupid mistake."

"The only mistake here is me listening to you trying to protect those losers. Now if it bothers you that much stay out of it, but don't get in my way or you'll be asking for it too. I can get Diddy and DK myself." And with that said, he purposely pushed Toad to the side and headed off with Wario following closely behind him.

He stood watching his friends head off discussing their plan. There was no way he could let this happen, despite the consequences he would face from Bowser.

Mario was determined to talk to Peach. He had missed his chance after class because Bowser had been circling the hallways daring him to approach Peach and during lunch time Peach was surrounded by her cheer friends and it was impossible to talk to her when she was with so many people.

They had another class together though and Bowser wasn't here either. This was his chance.

"Hey-" He stopped himself quickly before he said something stupid. This was Peach after all, he couldn't just say something ridiculous. He need some cool and catchy pick-up line.

"Hey Peach!"

No answer. Which was funny since she was right in front of him.

"Peach?"

Still no answer. He attempted poking her.

"HEY PEACHIE PIE!"

Fortunately the teacher was too busy playing solitare on his laptop to notice, but many of the students in the back turned and stared curiously.

Peach blushed slightly and rolled her eyes before she turned around.

"What?" She demanded.

"Uhh..."

"Are you just wasting my time again?"

"Areyoufromtennesse?" He blurted out.

She raised an eyebrow. "I didn't catch that exactly."

"Are you from Tennesse?" He asked, almost out of breath.

She groaned. "Oh no not this one. Don't even bother Martin."

"Because you're the only ten I see." He blabbed not bothering to correct his name.

Peach rolled her eyes, "Is that the best you can do?"

Mario was speechless. What was he supposed to do now?

She smirked. "Tell you what, after school let's meet up in the courtyard ok? We can go get fro-yo or something. Now just stop bugging me."

Mario was dumbstruck. Was he really going on a date with Peach?

There was a rather unsettling feeling he had about what she said, but he ignored it, after all what could possibly go wrong?

It was the last period of the school day. Toad was anxious to talk to Mario, but Mario insisted he had to talk to Luigi.

He tried to grasp parts of their conversation, but they were talking in hushed whispers and he couldn't get too close without it being obvious.

The most he had picked up from the conversation was "Peach", "Yogurt", and "courtyard".

Just then, the bell rang and everyone rushed to their seats.

"Ok class. Today we are going to be analyzing a few reading sections from our novel, so I'm going to put you into pairs and the two of you will work together. I want minimal talking and I expect it will be work-related. If it gets too loud, you're going to have to work on your own. This is due at the end of class and will count as a quiz grade."

The class groaned loudly.

He raised his eyebrow, "Or you could do this on your own."

That shut them up so he began to read off pairs.

"Kim and Ron, Megan and Liz, Fred and George, Clark and Lois, Lucy and Ethel, Steve and Tony, Daryl and John, Bill and Ted, Pam and Jim, Lizzie and Miranda, Ross and Rachel, Corey and Shawn, Toad and Mario, Paul and John, and Luigi and Daisy." (Read A/N at bottom)

He noticed Luigi and Daisy both glancing nervously around the room and refusing to face each other. He was pleased he was placed with Mario, this was his chance to warn him.

Mr. Martelli passed out the worksheet and everyone scrambled to sit with their partners. He noticed Luigi and Daisy's awkward movements towards one another but he could worry about that later.

"Sup bro?" Mario asked, "Looking overly happy. You seemed eager to talk to me before class."

Toad nodded. "Just trust me on this. Bowser is pissed. And when he's pissed; he's merciless. Just don't be alone and after school ends leave with Luigi or someone as fast as you can. Don't stay after school for anything. Bowser is hunting you down."

Mario shook his head. "No way man. I'm no coward."

Toad groaned. "Don't be an idiot. Just get out of school as fast as you can or he'll pulverize you."

"But today is not ideal." He whined. "I finally got a date with the girl of my dreams."

Toad tried hard to stifle a laugh but he was unable to hold in his dry chuckle. "You couldn't possibly be referring to Peach."

Mario grinned widely. "That I am my friend. I have my very own Peachy Pie."

Ugh. That sounded so gross Toad wanted to throw up.

"Dude. I'm telling you. Either she's planning on being a no-show or she has an ulterior motive. Don't you think its strange how she finally decides to pay attention to you? I mean nothing has changed. And after what she's done to Daisy?"

Mario shrugged. "Daisy is my friend. But I can't let friendship stand in the way of my long-term relationship."

Toad frowned. "You are seriously deluded bro. Please just do what I said. I know who we're dealing with."

Mario shrugged. "Maybe...we should do this sheet now. I can't afford to fail another assignment in here."

Toad wasn't particularly convinced Mario was going to follow through on his request. But he had done all he could do.

"So..." Daisy tried to start some normal conversation, but talking to Luigi felt weird even though she had somewhat resolved things with Rosalina, and she had heard form Rosie last period that the pair had split up.

"Um, what do you think about #3?" He asked, not removing his eyes from the paper.

"Um, I thought the answer was pretty obvious. The girl and the guy feel pretty awkward because the truth about his affair was recently exposed." She answered cooly.

"Oh right. I was just making sure." He replied, still refusing to look at her.

"Listen, we need to talk about something really important." She stated bluntly.

"And what would this be exactly?" He asked, pretending to not know what issue was on her mind.

"Like you don't know." She replied rolling her eyes.

"So this impending issue you wish to discuss with me has already been addressed in our conversation before? I don't recall you saying anything of such great magnitude that your tone implies."

She groaned. Luigi always tried to avoid discussing certain topics by complicating his speech patterns.

"You're unbelievable. I can't believe you're trying to avoid the situation." She said with utmost exasperation.

He grinned. "Luigi style. Swaggie."

Daisy bit her lip trying not to laugh.

"Please tell me you did not just say that."

He raised his eyebrow. "Say what? Swaggie?"

She burst out into a fit of giggles, to which he accompanied her, unable to control his laughter as well. Their soft chuckles hadn't attracted the attention of the class nor the teacher, which was nice; the pair was able to share another private friendly moment, just like when they had been at ease with one another.

"Anyways..." she continued after they had calmed down. "Whats going on with us right now?"

He shrugged. "I dunno. I mean Rose and I aren't together anymore...but I still think it feels kind of like we are. You know? Its just so weird thinking we aren't."

"Oh." was all she could reply. So, why had they broken up.

"But then there's you." He started speaking again.

Her eyes shot up to meet his. "And?"

"Umm well..." He found it difficult to continue. "I just- I like you, but I need some space to focus on getting myself completely over Ro."

She nodded. "Yea, and I don't want to jump into anything either. Rose is my best friend."

"I know." He replied. "We all just need some space to work things out. But I'm seriously worried about Mario though, I heard he's got a date with Peach. I highly doubt something good is going on."

She narrowed her eyes and looked at Mario. "Anything involving Peach sounds fishy. Keep an eye on him."

He nodded curtly. "I will be. Don't worry."

"Ok, so Mario ready to head home?" Luigi grabbed his brother's arm after class ended. Toad seemed to catch on quickly to what Luigi was doing and came up to them.

"Oh yea, lets go guys. Luigi said he'd give me a ride today, so you guys we better hurry because I don't want to be late."

Mario chuckled. "To your house?"

Toad nodded. "Yup, I've got a- plenty of work to do."

Mario shook his head. "Alright man. You guys go ahead. I'm going to go get yogurt with Peach. She has a really nice car. Have you seen?"

"Peach has cheer practice today. She must have forgotten to tell you." Toad attempted creating an excuse. "I just remembered."

"Um, you're forgetting the football and cheerleading season ended 2 weeks ago." He stated rolling his eyes.

Toad silently cursed himself for his lame excuse.

"Look man. We're just worried." Luigi shouted at his brother. "Peach is not a character you want to deal with, you know how she is."

Mario finally released himself from his brother's grip.

"I can take care of myself thanks." He retorted brushing his arm of his brother's touch.

"Are you boys done?" The teacher questioned, staring them down.

There was no answer.

"I really need to get home and grade these assignments so I can go and celebrate my son's 16th birthday tonight. So if you will, please get out of my classroom." He snapped, pushing the three out. They had been the last in the class. Even Daisy had darted off as soon as class ended.

"Well?" Luigi asked his stubborn brother.

"I'll talk to you guys later. Just let me be." He answered calmly before heading towards the courtyard.

"We got to stop him. If Bowser sees him, he's screwed." Toad panicked.

Luigi shook his head. "I know he's my bro, but he'll never listen to us. What can we do?"

Toad shrugged. "I don't know! But can't let him do this!"

"Lets go follow him then. At least be able to jump out during trouble." Luigi suggested.

Toad nodded in agreement, and the pair silently followed Mario as he stalked towards the courtyard.

"What are you two still wandering around the hallways for?" A teacher asked, suddenly approaching them as they were creeping on Mario.

How convenient. She had completely not noticed Mario.

"Well, you know..." Toad stated casually.

The teacher raised an eyebrow. "Well? Is there a club you are affiliated with that is meeting today."

"Yea!" Luigi answered much too enthusiastically.

She stared at him suspiciously. "Well, I am the club coordinator for the school, so I should know of which so called club meeting you are supposed to be at."

Toad gave him the we're screwed look, and attempted to come up with a lame excuse.

"Its a new club we started." He stated. "Its kind of a secret though because we didn't want anyone to make fun of us."

"Is that so?" She asked suspiciously.

Luigi nodded. "Its a club where we get together to uh- talk about our-feelings and stuff. Its super lame, but its great therapy." Toad nodded in fake agreement, even though he thought they could have come up with a better fake club.

She bit her lip. "We do have counselors for these things, dear."

Luigi shrugged. "Its just better for the two of us to talk it out. But after school is the only time we can really get together and have these conversations."

"So why were you wandering around the hallways?"

He thought quickly. "Um, its the most emotional place. In the movies, people always reveal their innermost thoughts in school hallways."

Toad mentally facepalmed.

She frowned. "Next time I catch you loitering in the hallway, try to come up with a better excuse than sharing our feelings club or some other crap. Now get out of here if you're not doing anything productive."

The pair quickly scrambled off.

"What about Mario?" Luigi asked.

Toad shook his head. "We can't do anything. That lady will be circling us like a hawk. What is her problem?"

Luigi shrugged. "I don't know. But I do know that Mario is probably in a sticky situation right now. We need to get back inside."

"Let's hope his common sense can get him out of it."

The boys suddenly exchanged looks of fear. Common sense and Mario were two things that didn't mix well.

So, how did you like? I promise we will find out what happens in the next chapter, and aren't you anxious to know why I asked you to read the A/N? Ok, well just for fun, all of the pairs the teacher named in the class are allusions to something. There are real people and characters from books, music, tv shows, ect, and they are either friends, romantic pairing, a work pairing, ect. Can you try to identify as many as you can in your review and give a brief description? The first to identify the most correctly will be the winner. The winner will receive a special prize from me. :) Keep reading!

~Sirius