A/N: So I see there's some confusion... So I'm just gonna clarify those... Penny and Gumball are NOT in a relationship YET. Darwin DATED the Rachel, Masami and Carrie BEFORE, but they're over now :) Hope this note helped... And oh decided to switch to Gumball's POV in this chapter because he's got something up his sleeve ;) Hope you like it...

Chapter 2: The First Day (Gumball's POV)

"Gumball Tristopher Watterson!" I heard Mom yell as she drenched me with ice cold water. Shit. It was quite a cold morning, and mom drenching me with water is going to get me a cold.

"What the heck mom?!"

"What the heck? It's six thirty, and if you don't hurry up, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE!"

Oh God. It's was six thirty already? I finally came to my senses and noticed that they were all ready.

"Dammit," I muttered as I ran for the bathroom.

"If you don't wanna humiliate yourself on your first day of college, you have to move your lazy butt, Tristopher!" Mom yelled. Ugh. I hate it when she uses my middle name. I don't care if it's my legal middle name. Can't they just correct it? I mean it's a typo. It's supposed to be Christopher.

Because of mom's loud yelling, I was able to get ready within fifteen minutes. Mom, Darwin, Anais and I were out of the house by 6:45 AM.

By 7:00 AM-thanks to Mom's extremely fast driving- we arrived at Elmore Community College. Everyone was there; Banana Joe, Tobias, Hector, Tina, Teri, Bobert and Penny. They had their cheerleading tryouts yesterday, and Penny told me she made the cut.

"I'm going to miss you boys so much," Mom said as she gave us a big hug.

"We're gonna miss you too, Mrs Mom," Darwin said.

"Hey, if you guys need any help with your homework, call me," Anais said.

"Thanks sis," I said as I gave her a hug.

"I'm going to drop your bags at the dorm," Mom said, driving away. Oh no. I hope she doesn't snoop in and find my pictures of Penny. That was to embarrassing.

"You ready, buddy?" I asked Darwin.

"Ready," he said with much enthusiasm.

I headed to where Penny was when Darwin stopped.

"Uhh Gumball?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you mind if I hand with Tobias for a little while?"

"Sure," I said hesitantly. As the years passed by, my relationship with Tobias grew a more and more... tense. I don't know why, but he would decline every friendly thing I would try to do to him. He doesn't have any friends now but Joe.

"Hi Gumball," Penny said.

"H... Hi Penny."

"What's up?"

"I know this is a weird way to start the day, but I have a favor to ask."

"Sure. What is it?"

"Well, Darwin's been down in the dumps lately, and I think it's got something to do with girl problems."

"Mmm."

"So I was wondering if you could help me find anyone who he can date."

She thought for a while. "Oh, yeah. I know the girl."

"Well, who?"

"There's this new girl named Polly. We're in the Synchronized Swimming and Cheerleading team together."

"Great." An athletic girl? I don't know if that's the kind of girl Darwin's after.

"We're going to hang out at lunch together. Maybe you guys should sit with us at lunch, so Darwin can meet her."

"Well it can't hurt to give it a chance."

"Excellent. See you, Gumball."

"See you. I love you Penny."

"Huh? What?"

"What? No," I said blushing. "I meant I love your cheerleading and uhh ponies and uhh..."

She giggled and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Damn, how does she do that to me? You know, that spark when you're with that special someone. I blushed and smiled on the outside, but on the inside, I was doing a victory dance.

"Hey Gumball," Darwin said as I sat down with them, still blushing real hard.

"Hey Gumball," Joe said. He was trying to entertain the group by "slipping over himself" over and over again.

"Uhh, hi Tobias," I said to the rainbow humanoid sitting right in front of me.

"Just stop trying to be nice to me, Watterson," he said.

"What? Why?"

"You heard me. Just stop trying to be nice to me, Watterson, because you don't even know it, but on the inside, you're beating me up."

"What do you mean?"

"You stole my Penny-"

"Wait. You're Penny? You haven't even-"

"Will you let me finish? You stole my Penny, and that felt like you just beat up this little thing," he said, pointing to his heart.

"Tobias, I-"

"Just get out of here."

"Come on Darwin," I said, rushing to the building.

"What was that all about?" I asked Darwin as soon as we were out of Tobias's sight.

"He's kinda pissed that you and Penny are dating."

"Why?"

"The truth is, Gumball, he hasn't gotten over Penny yet."

Okay. This was just weird. I thought Leslie said he was dated Masami, only three weeks after she stopped dating Darwin. And just last week, I heard from Leslie again that he had this major crush on Idaho's little sister (which is really awkward because Idaho's sister is eight years younger than him). Could it be that he just spread those stories so no one would know how he really felt?

Darwin and I arrived at probably the only class we had together: English at Room 15-C. Darwin was taking dance and I'm just taking some general studies, which means that there's only a ten percent chance we'll ever be in another class together. I didn't want to leave him, but we'll still see each other at lunch, and at the dorm, so separation is not a problem.

"Gumball Watterson," I heard an awfully familiar voice say.

We turned around and we could not believe our eyes.

It was Miss Simian.

"Miss Simian?" Darwin said, still in shock.

"What the heck are you doing here? Aren't you a junior high teacher?"

"I have 300,000 years of knowledge in me, so I am quite qualified to be a college teacher. Besides, Nigel got a job here as a dean. Do you have a problem with that?"

"No.."

"Good."

Darwin and I stared at her, hoping we were just hallucinating. Miss Simian in college? This cannot be happening.

"So? Are you going to get in here, or just stand there like losers?" she asked.

Gee. College was going to be a handful.

So what did you guys think? I'd love to hear your comments :) Constructive Criticism is really appreciated! Thanks :)