Gumball got up and remembered that he still has a job to do and can't sleep on the job. Gumball steady got up and ignored what happened. He just went out his office and walked away. Gumball went walking in the dark. Surprisingly he didn't knock anything over, even in the dark.

After reaching, on what may seem like a barricade, was the door. Gumball tried to open the door by turning the doorknob, but it wouldn't budge. He grew a bit irritated. He grabbed the keys from his pocket. When he did, they fell to the floor and he reached down on his knees, searching for the keys. It was too dark to see, so he couldn't find it.

"Great. This was just what I needed for today." Gumball then went to his other pocket and he reached out into his other pocket and pressed a button on a remote. It was his remote for the garage door. When he pressed it, at the door where he was nearby, he turned a bit and saw that the garage door was just by the door. When the garage door went up into the building, Gumball found his keys. He crouched and grabbed them.

Gumball looked outside. He was stunned a bit. It was peaceful and no loud traffic sounds were heard. Gumball went out for a while and saw that it was peaceful here. He stepped out to the back of his workplace. Gumball owned a small business. It's nothing special and won't get him far in life. He learned the hard way.

He looked to his right and saw the end of the alleyway. It was peaceful. There may have been some cracks and a smelly trash can, but it was calm. Gumball turned to his right and saw the street. He was in the middle, but he felt like he was close to society as he could be at.

Gumball went by the end of the garage's corner and sat down. He laid his head back and closed his eyes. He breathes in and breathes out. After a moment of silence was placed, Gumball looked in his hand. Gumball took something out from his pocket that he didn't mean to take out. He took out a photo. It was a picture of Gumball and Penny.

The picture of when they were 4 or 5, he didn't remember. It was the very picture that they first saw each other. When Gumball entered preschool, he was nervous. Downright scared about getting anywhere near the public area. He begged Nicole to not take him to school. Like it or not, he had to go. He would hide behind Nicole, but Nicole told him to go. She told him that there were other nice people out there. He looked back at Nicole and Richard. They were so happy and inseparable. Gumball took in a deep breath and walked to the stairs and then he closed his eyes when he reached the stairs. This was it. He was about to get in school, but he heard a coming by. He just stood there, frozen. Then he felt the presence of someone behind him.

"Excuse me." Gumball didn't bother. He was just scared, but wanted to run back to Nicole, but didn't want to risk embarrassing himself.

"What's the matter?" The voice he heard was so gentle that water couldn't run any smoother then her tone of such a melody. Gumball had a feeling that the person that was behind was now in front of him.

"Why do you have your eyes closed?" Gumball couldn't talk, but somehow, he was able to move his lips and let the words flow out.

"I-I'm s-scared." Gumball couldn't believe how much of a fool he was making of himself.

"There's no reason to be scared," said the fellow anonymous person that Gumball refused to see. "If you want, you can hold my hand." Gumball was never offered to hold their hand. Not even by Nicole. Gumball lay out of his hand and he waited a while. At first he thought there was no one there. He felt he was starting to imagine things. Then he felt a hand. Gumball then opened his eyes and turned and saw her. It was a peanut antlered girl. He smiled at her and she smiled back, only she blushed at him. When she saw his eyes, she saw something in him. They couldn't tell at the time, but they were falling in love. Then a white flash took place. They turned and it was Nicole with the camera. She couldn't have embarrassed him anymore than that day.

Looking back at the photo, it only brought back painful memories. Gumball looked back at these recollections of lost thoughts, but they weren't worth looking back at. Gumball grabbed the nearest lighter and lit it. He saw the blue fire. The fire of this lighter was hotter than the casual lighter. Gumball just wanted her out of his head.

He brought the photo closer and watches it burn a bit. His heart started to shiver a bit and tumbled his emotions. Gumball; let go of the photo and started to breath in and out repeatedly. After a while, Gumball went to look at the photo. The photo stopped burning. He went closer and grabbed what was left of the photo. He saw that it only burned the back and not even a scratch on the front. He placed it back and just looked at nature.

Gumball did that for a couple of minutes. He rested his eyes and just hoped for the day to come to an end. A moment later, a car pulled up. Gumball looked at it and it was a normal car. He didn't recognize the driver and when they got out, it was a bit awkward.

The driver was a dog, he had long black ears, wore a dark orange shirt, and along with a pair of skinny jeans. Gumball stared confused at him. The dog just stared at Gumball. He didn't know why, but for some reason, he felt like punching the dog. The dog looked at him with, not angry eyes, but shy, calm ones.

"Hi," said the dog.

"Hi," said Gumball, still confused as to why the dog was here. "Can I help you with something?"

"Uh, yeah." Said the dog, as he closed the door and rested his back on the car with his arms crossed. "I heard that this was where I could check my car for any problems."

"Well I don't know too much about that." said Gumball, getting up on his feet. "All I do is manage my business but the place or," Gumball snapping his fingers, trying to figure out the word he's looking for.

Then the dog said, "The mechanics?"

"Yeah, the mechanics is the word I'm looking for. Come to think of it, there isn't a mechanic in this part of the town." That caused the dog to feel a bit like an idiot.

"Oh, I see. So there isn't a mechanic around here?"

"I'm afraid to tell you, but yes. There isn't." The dog shook his head a bit and went looking down on himself and was walking slow to his car. Gumball felt a bit bad for him. He didn't want to make him feel bad or stupid.

"But you know," that made the dog turn to Gumball. "I did some classes in cars back in high school. I think I can help you with this."

"You'd really do that?" Gumball shook his head, in the answer of a yes. "Thanks, I'll pay-"

"No need. I'll do it for free." It made the fellow canine grow puppy eyes. That just made Gumball uncomfortable though. Gumball; walked closer to him and signaled him to open the hood of the car. He went quickly in excitement. Gumball grabbed the hood after it clicked and raised it up high. The dog went a bit closer to Gumball.

"My name's Stephen by the way." Gumball turned and he saw a smile from. He took it as he was a nice guy or just a bit too friendly. Either way, he was glad to help.

"Okay Stephen. My name is Gumball, Gumball Watterson." He went back and looked around and saw that some parts of the car were loose. Gumball took off his black suit and gave it to Stephen to hold. He wore a white button shirt. Gumball pulled up his arm sleeves to his elbow and got to work.

After a couple of minutes, Gumball tightened some loose bolts, fixed the engine a bit, and even pumped up the tires. After he was done, he blew out some air from his lungs and was glad to say it was a job well done.

"All right, that about does it." Stephen went over and closed the hood. Gumball was just expecting a thank you, but he ended up with a hug. Gumball didn't like it, but he felt if this was his way of appreciating what he did for him, then he wasn't gonna fight it.

Gumball slowly tapped his back, in hopes of ending the hug. It lasted for more than a couple of seconds. Stephen ended the hug and said thank you. Stephen even wrote down his number for Gumball and gave it to him. He said it was for if he needed anyone to talk to, then he'll be there. Gumball hesitated at first, but just grabbed it in a friendly manner.

Stephen went to his car and drove off. Gumball was confused, but he looked at the number and it was nothing out of the ordinary. Gumball just went back in his office after that.