The next day was Monday, the day the challenges were taking place. Nonny swam to school with a sly expression. He met up with Deema.

"Good morning, Deema," Nonny said.

Deema covered her mouth with her left hand, desperate to keep herself from opening it. She used her right hand to wave at Nonny.

"You know, you can always just break," Nonny says.

Deema released her hand from her mouth to prove she can make it.

"So, that's a no?" Nonny asks.

Deema shook her head.

"Let's go find Gil and see if he has lasted," Nonny says.

They swam to find Gil. They found him in a field near the playground of the school.

"Good morning, Gil," Nonny said.

"Morning," Gil responded.

"So, can you do it?" Nonny asks.

"Actually, this might be easier than I thought," Gil says.

The guppies went inside for school to begin. Gil may not have much trouble, but Deema definitely will. Mr. Grouper entered the room.

"Good morning, Mr. Grouper," Goby, Oona, Molly, and Nonny said.

Since Gil couldn't call anybody by their names, he just said "Good morning." Deema stayed silent.

A little later, Deema was drawing a picture of a tree when Goby came up to her.

"Hello my dear, my darling one," Goby said happily.

Deema was so touched by her boyfriend's new nickname for her, she wanted to call him one back. She opened her mouth to say something but immediately closed it once she saw Nonny glaring at her. She instead responded to Goby's nickname by kissing him on the cheek.

"Why didn't Deema say anything?" Oona asked.

Nonny started to explain to Oona the challenges that Deema and Gil were taking part in.

"Um, isn't that a little harsh?" Oona wondered.

"I'm not doing it to be harsh, honey. I just want to see if they can do it," Nonny said softly as he put his right hand on Oona's right cheek. Suddenly, Gil showed up.

"Nonny, I have to ask you something about my challenge," Gil says.

"Ha! You broke!" Nonny shouts.

"I did?!" Gil said in a surprised tone.

"Yeah, you just called him Nonny," Oona said.

Gil thought about it and realized he did break.

"Oh carp, I did break!" Gil said, turning red from embarrassment.

"Yep, now you have to give me something of yours," Nonny says.

"Ok, what do you want?" Gil sighed.

"Hmm...I'll take...that turquoise short sleeved shirt your sister Annette got you for your birthday," Nonny says. Without hesitation, Gil got that shirt out of his backpack and handed it to Nonny.

"Go ahead, take it. It doesn't even fit me," Gil said. Nonny put the shirt on and looked at Deema.

"Now we shall see if Deema lasts or if she breaks," Nonny said.