Chapter 1: Plans and the Break up
It was a normal day as any other in elmore. During one afternoon in a normal friendly neighborhood, the sun was shining brightly, and in one house there were two young boys half asleep in the backyard, just enjoying the weekend like their hearts depended on it. One was a young blue cat in a tan yellow sweater and black jeans. Beside him was an orange fish with legs and green sneakers. They were resting under a tree out of the bright sun that was beaming from the clear blue sky. They were just having a conversation while relaxed under the shady leaves of the tree. "Come on, Darwin. Aren't you excited over it?" the feline asked his brother.
"And you're not either? Come on, Gumball. I know you're terrified of the ocean," Darwin responded to his older brother Gumball. They were talking about an important event where they were going to be a school field trip tomorrow to the beach, something that was normally planned before summer started. The last day of school before summer was tomorrow and Darwin was feeling nervous over it and was considering not going this year. "I'll be fine, dude. Besides, who will miss this? Lots of fun with our friends and classmates," Gumball tried reassuring his younger sibling.
Darwin thought it over a little bit and sighed, deciding to trust his feline brother, giving a nod of agreement. "Yeah, I guess. By the way, there's also some rumor going through school that Penny's dad is steamed with you. What's that about?" he couldn't help but question the rumor that had been spreading throughout school.
"What? Oh, that me and Penny got stuck in an elevator. She got stuck out past curfew because of it, so her father pretty much wanted to kill me when we got back," Gumball smirked after explaining, remembering the furious look in his girlfriend's father's face. "He sounds unreasonable. I broke up with Rachel last night," Darwin blurted out while they saw a mail truck drive by their home. Gumball raised an eyebrow at his brother. "Why'd you do that?" he asked wondering what motivated him to do that. "I didn't like distracting her from her work. I just didn't like how mad she could get," Darwin looked down depressed from thinking about it.
Awkwardly, Gumball got up and went to the mailbox, leaving his brother in the backyard in his depressed state. He went and opened the mailbox, and he dug through the letters to see one for him and Darwin, which made him raise an eyebrow. He threw the rest of the letters back in the mailbox and went to his aquatic brother to show the letter. "Hey Darwin, we got an invite to a party," Gumball claimed after reading it. It was an invitation to some celebration. His younger brother took the letter in confusion and read it over. "Masami's birthday is in two days?" he asked. They hadn't had gotten any form of letters from this girl before. In fact, he was strongly suspicious that she hated his big brother.
"I guess so. I'm just surprised she invited us" Darwin said. It was a first nonetheless and they were happy with it. Gumball just stretched. "Come on. Let's just get ready for tomorrow," he said knowing the big trip to the beach. Darwin nodded following his older brother inside the house.
After a few minutes, Gumball, while packing his items, heard his cellphone ringing with an oddly cheerful ringtone. He pulled it out and held it up to his ear. "Hello?" he answered. "Hey, Gumball," a girl's voice responded, but it had a dreadful tone to it. "Oh hey, Penny, what's wrong?" he asked worriedly. "Nothing… my father still is upset. I just can't take it anymore, Gumball. I think we should break up," she simply said sounding even more upset than Gumball could expect. "What? Come on, Penny. We've put up with your father for so long! We'll think of some way to get him to like me and ease up," he tried to convince her, but he heard a sigh from his now ex-girlfriend.
"I did, Gumball, and this is it. See you around," Penny finished before hanging up, Gumball just looking at his cellphone with an endless beep from the dial tone. "Hey, what's wrong?" Darwin asked his brother, seeing his energetic attitude suddenly switch into a feeling of despair. "Nothing…" he responded, just continuing to pack his items for the beach trip tomorrow. After another hour passed, Gumball heard the same cheerful ring tone. He wondered what Penny was calling about, but he thought it was unwise to answer just so he could plead for her to take him back. He sighed, and he just ignored the call.
End of Chapter 1