Gumball was in Biology, but he was only half-listening. He felt as though his life went somewhere, and is now nowhere. In other words, he didn't think there was any meaning to his life. Two years ago, he started dating Penny. That only lasted a few months. He realized that Penny was a huge control freak, and therefore dumped her. Last year, his father and Darwin were killed in a tragic father-son fishing accident. His Mom snapped, and went to the insane asylum. He still visits her once a month. Now, he's 15, and he's living at his grandma's house with his little sister on the other side of town. He snapped out of his own little world when he heard Miss Simian say-
"Alright class, that's everything you need to know for your test tomorrow."
"Ah Crap!" Gumball thought to himself.
The class was dismissed for lunch. Since Darwin died, he now hung out with Carrie. They had become good friends. He sat their usual table. Carrie showed up after about 5 minutes.
"Sorry I'm late" she said as she sat down next to Gumball. "I got into a debate with my gym teacher. Apparently he thinks the word 'apparition' means 'can throw a dodgeball without having it fall through my hand'. Moron..."
"It's fine."
"So, you gonna find some guys to form a band?"
"Carrie, I've only been playing bass for two months. I'm no where near as good to play live. I said I MIGHT start a band. Not WILL start a band."
"But you're so good at it!"
"Flattery will get you no where, Carrie."
"C'mon, it's a good idea!"
"That's what you said last week when we brought that dead guy back to life!"
"It was a good idea at the time! I didn't know he'd come back as a zombie!"
"That still doesn't change the fact he nearly ate my foot! God, Carrie! Why do keep getting me into all these awful situations? All you do is nearly kill me on a weekly basis with all your hair brained-"
Gumball stopped when he saw that Carrie was on the verge of tears. He sighed.
"I'm sorry Carrie. I didn't mean it. I just haven't been the same since my Dad and Darwin died."
Carrie sniffled.
"Don't worry about it. I know you've been through a lot. I'm nothing but one big stress factor to you..."
"That's not true! You were there for me and my family in our time of need. You're a great person and an even greater friend."
"Thanks Gumball."
"No problem." Gumball thought about how much he and Carrie had changed. He was now taller, his voice deeper, he now wore jeans and a read t-shirt with a white long-sleeved shirt underneath as his regular outfit. Carrie outgrew her hair. She still had her "emo" hairdo, just longer. She could now eat, saying it was a side effect of "ghost puberty". She actually developed up top and wore a black tank top as her regular outfit. She still had her signature ghost tail, though. Gumball was so lost in his train of thought he forgot he had his arm around Carrie. A group of little kids came by teased them.
"Gumball and Carrie, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
Gumball snapped out of his trance. He threw his milk carton at them.
"Get outta here!" he said as he threw the dairy based beverage. Carrie was blushing.
"So...uhm...that english project is due next week. Are we still on to work on it after school?"
"Yeah! What do we have to do again?"
"Hold on I have the assignment sheet right here.*ahem* You and a partner must practice and perform a song for the class. The song can be any song you want, you may change the lyrics if your song is to profound for school. The point of this assignment is to develop teamwork and trust. This will count for 100 points."
"Man, I hate playing for people!"
"But you love getting A's."
"True."
The bell rang, letting the students know that school was over.
"Let's go." said Gumball. "I need to pick Anais up from Gifted School."
They exited the school and walked up the road to The Elmore Institute for the Gifted, otherwise known as "Gifted School". Anais was waiting on the steps.
"Hey, Anais! Let's go!" Gumball said.
Anais joined them.
"Hey Anais."
"Hi Carrie."
They proceeded up the road until they got home. Well, it was their Grandma's home, their original home was sold.
"Ganny JoJo! We're home!" said Anais
"Hello kids." said Granny JoJo in her usual monotone voice.
"Hi Mrs Watterson!" said Carrie.
"Hello Big-Headed Ghost."
"Grandma, for the last time, her name is Carrie!" said Gumball.
"What's she doin' here?"
"We're working together on a school project."
"Okay, but keep it down, my programs are on."
Gumball and Carrie went upstairs to Gumball's room. It was fairly small. It had a cot, a desk with a laptop resting on it. There was a TV in the corner, and next to it was a bass guitar resting against a small amplifier.
"So what song are we gonna do?" asked Gumball as they sat down on the bed.
"I don't know. A rock song?"
"Well duh. I'm not playing any poppy-country trash."
"What about a My Chemical Romance song?"
"Nah, too hardcore."
"What about High School Never Ends?"
"The Bowling for Soup song?"
"Yeah!"
"Alright, I'll learn it."
"And I'll write a paragraph on how it's relevant to our school community." Carrie said as she sat down at the computer."
Gumball looked up a video tutorial on how to play the song on Carrie's iPhone, and Carrie typed up the written part on his laptop. She soon finished and turned to Gumball.
"You wanna come over my place for dinner tonight?"
"Sure. What time should we leave?"
"Like seven."
Gumball looked at the time. 4:30.
"Wanna watch TV for a couple hours?" asked Gumball.
"Sure!"
Gumball flipped through a couple channels and found a movie marathon of his and Carrie's favorite movies- the Saw movies. Carrie sat down next to Gumball on the bed. Carrie knew she liked Gumball, but she would never tell him that. She didn't want to ruin the friendship they had. Sometimes she had trouble controlling her feelings, she would tightly hug Gumball whenever she got to emotional. In this instance, however, she fell asleep on Gumball's shoulder in the middle of the movie. She was woken up by Gumball.
"Have a good dream?" he asked. Carrie blushed madly.
"I...uhm...ready to go? My Mom's making spaghetti."
"...Alright."