Chapter 2: The First Day of High School

Gumball was sleeping calmly in his bed while Darwin was sleeping in his fishbowl until their alarm went off. They were both jolted awake from their sleep. "Morning, Gumball," Darwin said yawning as he climbed out of his fishbowl still tired. "Yeah, 'good' morning," Gumball responded having a hint of nervousness in his voice. He was still creeped out by the note he had received yesterday but he knew he would be expecting a phone call after school. He tried to forget about it, remembering about the fact that today was their first day of high school, and he was excited to see his friends there. He thought that it was going to be a great day.

Gumball and Darwin raced downstairs and found their mother named Nicole, another blue cat who was cleaning up the kitchen. She saw the two of them sit at the table in their kitchen. "Morning, boys," she said while Gumball and Darwin were pouring each other's cereal before beginning to eat it. Gumball was still distracted by the note from before. He couldn't stop thinking about it like something had possessed him to keep thinking about it. Before he even realized it, he had finished his cereal and had just been biting an empty spoon until Darwin slapped him to wake him back up in confusion. "What was that for?!" he asked in surprise by it but knew himself about what he was doing.

"You were eating your spoon," Darwin told him like he normally did whenever he had to slap him until they heard the sound of a horn outside. Both of them hopped off the chairs and ran out of the house to get to the bus.

Darwin and Gumball were excited for the day to come as they were arriving on the bus. When they got in, the bus driver closing the door behind them and Darwin and Gumball walked down the rows of seats to try and find somewhere they could sit. So far they were seeing all their old classmates in the bus with them too. Darwin found a seat at the back of the bus which slightly irritated Gumball until he heard a familiar voice. "Hey, Gumball! Over here!" He looked over and saw his girlfriend, an anthropomorphic peanut with antlers sticking out of her shell. He sighed in relief and went over to her to take a seat beside her.

"Hey, Penny," Gumball greeted her. He was trying to relax and forget about the note as she looked over at him. "Hey, Gumball, we need to talk," Penny started speaking happily while holding his hand. He gulped having a bad feeling of what he knew what she wanted to talk about. "A-about what?" he asked nervously shying away from the conversation. "My parents agreed to have you over for dinner. You just have to say what night and I'll let them know," Penny explained to him making him more nervous as he nodded. "H-how about Tuesday? T-tomorrow?" he asked. Penny nodded agreeing to let them know, though they both knew that he has to be on his best behavior to impress her father.

It wasn't long before the bus stopped, and Gumball and Penny could see the new school, known as Elmore High School. The bus stopped and everyone began piling out and entering the new school. "I'll see you at lunch," Penny told Gumball before giving him a small kiss on the cheek.

Gumball smiled and nodded as Penny went off to her class. He knew that he only had a few classes that he shared with her, and he sighed knowing that he couldn't enjoy the day because of his paranoia. He just ignored it and heading to his first class which was unfortunately science, a subject he disliked. He groaned and headed for this class.

Once Gumball arrived to his science class, he saw Darwin there as well. He then took a look at his teacher. The teacher was leather glove person with the name Henson. Gumball took his seat at his desk in the middle of the rest of the class and started the first day at his new school. It already felt great, but the dinner with Penny's parents and the note he received was terrifying him to his core, but he was determined to not let it show on the outside, or let anyone know about the note in general, so he just tried to get through the school day.

End of Chapter 2