Hello, Fanfiction. 5thGradeWriter here.
It began with a question, like many things do, though that is what remains mysterious to me.
I had, of course, simply been walking through the hallways, attempting to avoid the bullies, when she walked in front of my locker, book in hand.
Penny smiled and said, "Hey, Gumball. I, um, I have a question to ask you."
I cocked my head and simply said, "Go on..." Penny faltered a moment, not expecting such confidence. Penny faltered, before saying, "Gumball, I love you. And.. I want to be with you."
Though my insides were shouting for me to explode in happiness and say yes, I knew she favored wit. "I have loved you for quite a long time, though I did not expect such a thing from you. Didn't you like Tobias?"
She shook her head no, and I nodded. I shifted my schoolbag, glancing at the clock. It was like magic; the instant I looked up, the bell for class rang. I steadily padded to class, knowing that *quite literally* ape would scream if I was late.
I entered the class with the pride of a lion. Datin the cutest girl in the class would surely affect me. And so it did. over the course of the next few years, our relationship grew steadily; from hugs, to kisses, to sleep overs.

Penny grew on me, and after highschool we moved in with each other. Eventually, we decided to seal the deal with marriage. Over the course of many a great week, we planned it. On that day, I felt like I could do anything. Penny had walked up to me, and having matured, she was absolutely gorgeous. The dress complimented it really well. With that sealing kiss, it was like life just exploded in a flurry. We had a woozy honeymoon, and I'm ppretty sure she got knocked up. But I didn't know then, and I didn't know for a year. Why? Well, I signed up for the military a week later. I made some friends, and some enemies. Actually, a hell load of enemies. I was deployed, and life was pretty crazy.

3:02:43, Iraq December 5th

"Jason, fuck off. I'm try'n'a smoke here." AJ said, a smoke in his mouth. This was my squad. I don't even know why the hell they would be so moronic, but I didn't care. Jason grumbled and flipped AJ off. God, he always got aggravated by AJ. Stan looked over to me, and shrugged. The jeep rumbled and started getting rocky. I looked out the window, and said, "Shit!" We went tumbling down the hill, and I flung out the window. I heard Stan shout, "ZACH!" Everything went black.

5:09:21 Woods, December 5th I woke up and groaned. My ribs ached, as well as my head. I got up, to see I was lost in the woods. I ran off, looking for my squad members. I saw a small patrol of Iraq soldiers. They had been losing for a moment, until I snuck up on one of the soldiers. I slid out my knife, the only weapon in my arsonal as of that moment, and jabbed it in his back. I was a little rusty from the pain, and hit his side. He turned around and grabbed my knife. He jammed it in my eye, and I screamed. He went to stab again, but a shot exploded his head. My squad-mate Stan grabbed me up from the ground. "not today, asshole. You owe me 20 bucks." Afterwards, we got evacuated.

After that mission I retired, trying to stay with my family. To my surprise, I had a three month old baby boy, Named Nathaniel Richard Watterson. I was going to spend quite some time raising him after that.