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Hello everyone! This story was requested by Lexboss. I was more then happy to do this. I haven't read any stories so far that really focused on introducing Lexy into the family using her bio from lexboss's profile (Could be wrong though). If I am the first then I really hope I can do it right.

Enjoy

The afternoon sun was high up in the sky, spreading light and heat across the abnormal town of Elmore. Feeling the effects of the heat was a 12 year old Gumball Watterson and his adopted brother Darwin. They sat outside on the front porch, sweat dripping down their heads and Gumballs sweater was stained with sweat marks under his armpits.

His elbows rested on his legs and his hands supported his head. "Stupid heat wave." He moaned.

"Don't worry dude, I'm sure Mrs. mom will be back any minute now with the ice cream." Darwin reassured.

"It's pointless if it melts on the way."

The car then pulled up and parked in front of the house. Nicole was in the drivers seat. She looked nervous, however it was mixed with a look of exhaustion from the heat making it hard to tell. What was easily recognizable was the passenger seat which was occupied by a pink feline girl about Gumballs age and with an uncanny resemblance to Nicole.

This caught Gumballs attention, Darwin on the other hand was to drained of energy to really focus on anything other then the promise of ice cream. Nicole and the girl got out of the car and closed the doors. For a moment Gumball forgot about the heat and instead wondered why Nicole came home with this unfamiliar girl. He sat up straight and observed the two of them.

She wore a black shirt with a blue skirt and no shoes. She seemed shy and tried to avoid looking directly at them. Darwin suddenly noticed and his expression became confused. Their mother and the girl came up to them.

"Hi boys." Nicole greeted them. She was now clearly nervous. "I'd like to introduce you to Lexy."

"Hi!" Darwin greeted cheerfully.

Gumball on the other hand was uncertain how to respond or what to make of this. "Hey, I'm Gumball." He held out his hand.

Lexy looked at his hand for a second and slowly lifted hers to grab his. However, instead of shaking it she just held it and felt it, a small tear formed in her eye and a smile crept across her face. She looked up at Gumball who was perplexed by what was going on. She quickly retracted her hand and used it to hold her other arm.

Nicole understood the boys confusion and had every intention on explaining everything, but she would rather only have to do it once and in front of everyone.

"Wheres your father and Anais?" She asked.

Gumball simply stared at his hand, unaware of his mothers question.

"Their in the living room." Darwin said and pointed in the direction of the front door.

Nicole walked up to the door, opened it and signaled everyone to come in. Darwin followed her while Gumball came shook his head in order to back to reality. He stood up, stepped aside and used his hand to indicate that Lexy should go in before him. Lexy smiled at him an went inside with Gumball coming in after her.

Richard was the first to notice that there wasn't any ice cream. He wanted to question Nicole, but in his disappointment he turn his attention to his three children standing by the door. Confusion struck him and he quickly counted the amount of children he had on his fingers and then the amount of children in the room. Something didn't add up.

"Hello Richard. Hi Anais." Nicole greeted them just as nervous as before.

She saw that Anais was examining Lexy and Richard who was most likely burning out his brain trying to figure out what he actually already knew.

"Everyone, I'd like to introduce you to Lexy."

At the sound of that name everything became clear to Richard, all the memories came flooding back and his heart filled was joy.

Nicole took a deep breath and let it out again. "Lexy is-"

"MY DAUGHTER!" Richard shouted. Tears of joy ran down his cheeks and he leaped of the couch and took Lexy into a massive huge, but kept it at a level that wouldn't cause another 'outbreak'. Everyone gasped in shock and Lexy was completely caught of guard, but quickly returned the hug. She couldn't deny how much it warmed her heart to have her fluffy soft father hug her with some much love. She sob slightly and nuzzled into her father returning the love she seemed to naturally have for him.

Richard then let her go and knelt down to her level. "Sniff... I've missed you so much... Sniff... My little girl."

Neither one could really hold back their tears. Richard took her her into another gentler hug. "I love you."

"I love you too dad." Lexy said and wiped away her tears.

Richard them stood back to allow the others to speak with her. Darwin was the first to question her.

"So, your our sister?" He asked trying to break the ice.

"Uh, yeah."

Anais jumped down off of the couch and stood next to her. "How old are you?" She asked wondering why she looked so similar to Gumball.

"I'm twelve."

Anais turn to Nicole with a worried look. Anais knew an explanation was coming and looking at the situation and her mothers own worried expression, it wasn't going to be a pleasant one. Lexy focused her attention on Gumball who was still processing everything that just happened. She was the same age, yet he didn't remember her. Should he feel guilty? Or happy that he has a new sibling?

"Gumball." Nicole started. "Lexy is your." She took a moment to clear her throat. "She's your twin sister."

As if what he had already learned wasn't enough. He became slightly dazed and felt a headache forming. It was to much to handle at once and more was coming.

Nicole found it very hard to start her explanation and her guilt would grow with each word. "When you two were still just babies... We, we went to the mall." She tried desperately to hold back her tears and the pain she felt inside.

"Your father left a receipt in the car and... went to go get it. We needed it to return a T-shirt that was to small for him." She sniffed and used her thumb to wipe away the tears that formed in her eyes.

The kids looked at her with sympathy, knowing that this was hurting her. Richard brought her a glass of water and sat down on the couch.

"Thank you honey." She drank some of it and placed the glass on the table. "While he was away I was talking to you two. You couldn't understand a word I said, but it didn't matter. The look on your happy little faces was enough." She said with a more loving tone.

"I... I was distracted by someone... Sniff... And, and... I..." She couldn't hold her pain and her guilt back any longer. "I lost you." She let it out and cried, the kind of cry only a grieving mother could experience. "I'm... So... Sorry!" She managed to say between her sobs.

She felt the weight of the world on her shoulders. The memory of the day she lost her daughter hit her with full force. The thought that she could have prevented it but was unable to made her feel like someone tore out a piece of her heart and made her watch the event, powerless to stop it. She wanted to go to her room so that her children wouldn't have to see her like this, unfortunately she hadn't the straight to do so.

Richard couldn't bare to see her like that. "Kids, maybe you should go to your room."

They left without a word. Richard took his wife into a warm embrace and she rested her head on his chest as she kept crying.

The four of them entered Gumball and Darwin's room and closed the door behind them. Lexy and Anais sat down on the bottom buck, Darwin sat down on the floor next to them and Gumball sat on the chair by the computer. Silence entered the room, with a faint sound of crying coming from downstairs.

About 15 minutes left without anyone saying a word, a knock on the door removed the silent atmosphere and brought everyone out of their deep thoughts. Darwin, being the closest, stood up and opened the door revealing their father.

"Hello dad. Is Mrs. mom going to be ok?" Darwin asked with concern for his mother.

"She'll be ok. She just needs some rest." Richard reassured them in a comforting voice. "Lexy, you can sleep here with Gumball and Darwin. At least until we make room for you in Anais's room."

Anais wasn't to happy with the thought of sharing her room, however no wasn't the bring it up.

"Alright dad." Lexy said.

Richard let out a smile and everyone returned it. He then left closing the door behind him.

Gumball stared out of the window, then down to the floor. "So, what happens now?"

"Well, I got into school so I'll be joining you there. And I guess I live here now." Lexy said. She wondered whether or not her siblings have excepted her into their family. It wasn't easy for her seeing as see only ever came into contact with Gumball before, but they were both to young to remember.

"Well let me be the first to formally introduce myself. I'm Darwin the cute one, that's Anais the smart one and over there is Gumball the one that always gets us into unnecessary trouble, but at the same time keeps our lives interesting." Darwin introduced everyone.

Lexy laughed. "It's nice to meet all of you."

Gumball looked at her and smiled. "It's nice to meet you too."

"Maybe now I can actually have an ordinary conversation with someone for once." Anais said, hopeful that Lexy also inherited some sort of intellect.

They all shared a laugh. With that Lexy saw that she was not only excepted, but happily excepted. She never felt like this before. It was somewhat overwhelming, but she didn't seem to mind. She was about to start a whole new life and she couldn't imagine a better group of people to start it with. However, a question mark remained on the status between her and her mother. Nicole was obviously broken and blamed herself for what happened and Lexy was unsure about the way she felt towards her mother.

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I wanted to make this chapter a bit longer but thought that this was a good place to end it. If all goes well I should have the next chapter out before I leave to go on holiday for the festive season. Let me know what you guys think in the reviews. I really want to make this a good story so any and all criticism is excepted.