~Sleepover~

26|| In Love

"Y/N... Y/N wake up..."

You hear someone telling you to wake up so you grunt and bury your head into whatever you are laying on.

"Ouch!" you said as you get pushed onto a somewhat soft surface.

"Y/N, we're gonna be late!"

You jump up and look around but everything is blurry because you just woke up.

"What do you mean? Late to what?"

"Y/N... we're seeing the president today!"

"Nah I'll pass on that," you say as you roll your eyes, realizing who's talking to you.

"Mario, what are you doing here? Where's Blake?"

Mario reaches for your hand to help you and and you grab it, accepting his offer.

"I can see how much you care about me now, Y/N," Mario says, obviously pretending to be very, very upset about what you said.

"C'mon you know I love you, Mario," you joke and hit him in the shoulder. "In a brother sister kinda way, of course!"

"Hm.. ok, I love you too. Blake drove you over here last night. It was actually pretty late, probably around midnight. I don't know what he was doing but it looked like he had been shopping, a lot! Anyway, he asked if I could drive you home. Said he had some stuff to do and other things to get rid of, whatever that means. So I walked out to the car and carried you inside and up to your room. I slept on the couch.... you're welcome by the way."

"Yeah, thanks Mario. That was nice of you to carry me to my room and everything! Um... do you want something to eat downstairs? I'm staving!"

He chuckles and nods his head, "Come on, I made pancakes."

"YAYYYYY!!" you scream and stand up.

"Race yah there, roach!" Mario yells and pushes you out of the way.

"Over my dead body, toad!" you yell and run right after him.

You beat him to the kitchen because at the last few stairs, you grab the railing and throw yourself over so you land on the ground in front of him.

"Crap! You always beat me!" Mario says in defeat.

"Don't challenge me at my own game!" you shrug as you both laugh at each other.

"Mario?"

"Yeah?" Mario answers while reaching for the syrup, for himself since you don't like it.

"Have you ever been in love?"

"Uh... yeah, yeah I have been. Why do you ask?" he questions as he shoves a forkful of pancakes dripping with syrup into his mouth, obviously as hungry as you are.

"Did the other person ever love you back?"

"Well.. no they didn't. I guess when I found out how strongly I felt for them, they already found someone that they loved. So I never really had a chance," he says and looks down at his plate with a sad smile on his face, shaking his head, like he was agreeing with something that you had said.

"Mario.." you reach for his hand but he pulls away.

"No, it's fine, really! She is with someone now and I would never try to make her choose between me and him."

"Do I know her?"

Mario smiles and says, "Uh, yeah I think you might."

"What's she like?" you ask very interested, putting your hand into a fist and leaning your elbow onto the table while putting your fist against your cheek.

"Well, um, she is definitely the most beautiful girl I know. She does this thing with her toes when she watches a romantic movie. She curls them up and then slowly lets them go back to normal, but only when they kiss or something. I don't even- I don't think she realizes she does it either!" he says and laughs.

"You sound like you're still really in love with her," you say and look him strait in the eyes.

"I am still very much in love."