"Happy 13th Birthday Gumball," yelled the entire Watterson family.
"Thanks everyone," said Gumball. "Things couldn't get any better. First a party at school and now more cake and ice cream at home."
"I wish it was a birthday everyday…I would eat nothing but ice cream," said Darwin.
"But you would get kinda sick," said Anais.
"Yeah, so?" said Gumball.
Nicole and Richard just looked at each other and smiled and laughed at the nonsensical conversation going on between Gumball, Darwin and Anais.
"I'm just glad we started a little earlier in the evening this year…I finally got a position at work that allows me to get home earlier rather than so late. With the days getting shorter, I hate coming home and its dark," said Nicole, as she took a look at her watch. It was reading 6:15 p.m.
While Richard, Gumball, Darwin and Anais stuffed themselves with cake and ice cream at the dinner table, Nicole got up and noticed someone pulling up to the front of their house from the front bay window. Nicole's look of concern turned into an angry looking stare. Nicole's paws were clenched together. She turns around to Gumball. The man getting out of the car looks exactly like a taller version of Gumball.
"Uh, Gumball, why don't you take your cake and go upstairs," said Nicole.
"But Mom, you said you don't like us eating upstairs," said Gumball.
"Yeah, Miss. Mom, you said…" said Darwin as he was suddenly interrupted by Nicole.
"Rules change for tonight….get your cake and go upstairs…you too, Anais," said Nicole in a frantic sounding voice.
"Yaaay, cake up-stairs!" yelled Gumball and Darwin together.
"Hey, wait up," said Anais as she stuffed one more piece of cake in her mouth, following behind the now hyper blue cat and gold fish.
"What's wrong, honey, you seem tense," said Richard.
"Nothing is wrong….NOTHING is wrong Richard…NOTHING!" said Nicole in a shockingly nervous tone.
"Wow, if that's not nervous, I don't wanna know what calm is for you," said an oblivious Richard as he tried getting the ice cream out of the bucket. The ice cream was still frozen hard.
The door bell finally rings, twice!
"I GOT IT," yelled Gumball.
"GUMBALL! NO!" yelled Nicole.
Gumball quickly opened the door. He looked upward and saw, standing in front of him in the porch light, an older version of himself.
"Uh…Mom….there's a guy who looks like me at the door," said a now confused Gumball.
The man laughed. But Gumball was telling the honest truth….a 40 something year-old man who was a blue cat with a skinny build…about the same height as Nicole Watterson….was standing at the door step.
"Uh, yes, hello…Nicole, and everyone," said the man, almost nervously.
Nicole looked to the man with disdain in her face.
"Nate….what are YOU doing here," said Nicole. "You do NOT belong here."
"Uh…Mom!" asked Gumball.
"Gumball?" called out the man now identified as Nate.
"How do you know my name?" asked Gumball.
"Gumball, GO UPSTAIRS!" said Nicole. "Nate, I've told you, its over and done, you deserted us and its done, leave us alone," she tried to say in a more quieter tone, but Gumball heard.
"I just want to see my son," said Nate.
The entire room went quiet. Gumball was just nearing the stairs, but he stood there in shock. The big blue cat standing at the door was a very similar image of himself. He almost couldn't believe it.
Nicole slammed the door in Nate's face and locked the door.
Nicole kept her one left paw on the door. She knew Gumball was standing there behind her, wanting to know what all was going on. He was officially confused. The entire house fell into a complete and utter silence.
"Who was he Mom?" asked Gumball, in a calm and quiet manner.
Nicole turned to Gumball and the entire family. Darwin and Anais were poking their head from behind the wall upstairs and Richard sat there at the dinner table, confused as well.
"Everyone sit down, we all need to talk," said Nicole.
