Hey guys, it's me. If you all read my last chapter of my new story, then good for you. This is the second chapter I had just posted now. Enjoy.
Chapter 2: Road Trip.
The next day was a typical Saturday morning for the Watterson family; however, this wasn't just any particular Saturday morning. This was the day that the Wattersons is going to have a vacation. A real vacation, not like the vacations they go every spring break and summer. Today on this perfect day in spring break, they finally going to have one. At the sound of the alarm clock, ringing at 6:30 A.M, Gumball was the first one to hit the alarm clock and exclaimed "Time for our vacation!"
With the loud outburst morning of Gumball Watterson, the family got out of bed and getting ready to make this the perfect vacation ever and, as Gumball stated last night, the best spring break ever. They were doing things they usually do in every morning, but they were doing in a way that every family were preparing to do before they hit the road for a vacation, especially when they're going to the most incredible resort in the city. As they were preparing to leave, Gumball said to himself "Time for a little music to spice things up."
He then began to play the music "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina And The Waves in the radio.
Ow
The family began eating their breakfast and after that, brushing their teeth. Next, they went to their bedrooms and pack up their things. Gumball go to his closets and began searching his luggage in a pile of clothes. He throw his clothing out of the closet one by one in super speed.
Mm, yeah
I used to think maybe you loved me, now, baby, I'm sure
And I just can't wait till the day when you knock on my door
Gumball then found his big blue luggage and place it on his bed. He began to grab the clothes that was close to him and place it in his luggage, not even bother folding them.
Now every time I go for the mailbox, gotta hold myself down
'Cause I just can't wait till you write me you're coming around
Anais grab her Daisy The Donkey luggage from her closet and began folding them like they should. She folded her shirts, pajamas, advance science books, advance mathematical books, and advance reading books. Not to mention her toothbrush.
Now I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
Nicole grab her gray luggage and pack it with seven folded white shirts, folded grey skirts, her toothbrush, a mouthwash, a video audio cassette and tapes filled with angry control.
And don't it feel good
Hey, all right now
And don't it feel good
Hey, yeah
Richard took out his brown luggage from under the bed and packed folded shirts, ties and pants. While looking at his luggage, there was still more room in there. That's when he had an idea. With no one was looking, Richard sneak into the kitchen and took out sausages, mustard, and a loaf of bread. Then he put all three of them underneath his clothes inside his luggage.
I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that it's true
And I don't want to spend my whole life just a-waiting for you
Now, I don't want you back for the weekend, not back for a day, no, no, no
I said, baby, I just want you back, and I want you to stay
Darwin took out his orange luggage from underneath his bed and pack his fishbowl and pairs of his green shoes. Actually, those were the only things that he had to put in there, since he wasn't wearing any shirt or pants. Come to think of it, he never even wear a single pants in his life.
Oh, yeah, now I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
I'm walking on sunshine, whoa
Nicole was the first one to go downstairs with her luggage in her hands. She shouted upstairs, calling everyone "Are you guys ready?"
In each room, each member responded to Nicole's question. In the master bedroom, Richard said with his luggage in his hand "I'm ready!"
And don't it feel good
Hey, all right now
And don't it feel good
In Anais' bedroom, the little pink bunny was all pack and ready for this. "Ready!"
In Gumball and Darwin's bedroom, the boys were all done packing their things, except for Darwin, who was having trouble closing his luggage because of his large fishbowl. Gumball shouted "Ready!"
Darwin keep on trying to close his luggage until finally it close, leaving his fishbowl crushed. He exclaimed "Ready!"
Yeah, oh, yeah, now
And don't it feel good
Walking on sunshine
Walking on sunshine
The Watterson family were now ready to go on their vacation. They went into the family car and right before Nicole started the car, a voice stopped her.
(music stopped)
"Wait!"
The rest of the family looked at Gumball in a puzzling look. Gumball finished "We can't leave yet!"
He got out of the car, went into the house, up the stairs, into him and his brothers bedroom, grab something from his drawer and closet, and went back in the car in a flash. That only took about ten seconds in a flash. Gumball now holds a small yellow ukulele and a small tape cassette, which he put it his pockets.
Gumball declared "Now we can go."
Nicole got rid of her puzzling look and started the car. As they were getting out the driveway, the whole family cheered at the excitement they were about to have. They had left their house and drive to the ride of their lives, including Gumball.
(music resume)
I feel alive, I feel the love, I feel the love that's really real
I feel alive, I feel the love, I feel the love that's really real
I'm on sunshine, baby, oh
Oh, yeah, I'm on sunshine, baby
(music ends)
The Watterson family had been driving for about two hours. They were a bit tired since they had to get up very early, and because of Gumball's outburst had woken everyone up, not to mention about a quarter of Elmore. The one who had been asleep since they had been on the road was Richard. His loud and obnoxious snoring had been keeping everyone awake and Nicole driving without crashing into anything. The Watterson kids kept themselves busy while driving for two hours. Each of the Watterson siblings were reading they like. Anais was reading an advance science book, Darwin was reading a book of oceanography, and Gumball was reading a comic book. They wanted to hear something from the radio, but it was old boring music that nobody wants to hear.
Nicole check her rearview mirror, saying "So you kids are excited for the trip?"
Each kids answered their mother and not taking their eyes on their reading. Anais answered "Mmm-mmm."
Darwin smiled "Yep!"
Gumball said "I'm as excited as everyone, mom."
"Good. Now when we get here, I want everyone to be on their best behavior, and by everyone, I mean you, Gumball." Nicole added.
"Yeah, yeah. I got it." Gumball answered, not taking his eyes of his book.
"I'm serious. This is the first time we gone to everywhere since, well, ever. I don't want anything screwing things up like always."
"Mom, name one time I screw things up for you guys."
"Okay. Remember when we went to the mall to pick up a birthday gift for your Granny JoJo and you got into a fight with that old lady?"
"Hey, in my defense, she started it."
Anais step in on the conversation and said "Gumball, you were fighting over a motor scooter."
Darwin added "Not to mention it was her."
"Well, how was I suppose to know that it belong to her? She had a cane! What would she needs a motor scooter if you got a cane to get you by?"
"And because you grab her cane and throw it at a security guard, you got all of us kick out of the mall for good." Nicole finished.
Gumball shouted "It wasn't my fault!"
"Look, just tried to keep yourself under control, okay Gumball?"
Gumball remarked "What about dad? Can he keep himself under control when we get to the resort? As soon as someone mention the word "buffet"-"
Richard woke up, shouting "Buffet! What buffet?!"
"My point exactly."
Gumball was done reading his comic book and took out his ukulele. He began to turn the handles on it and strum one string, making it a perfect note. "There you go."
Nicole asked "What's the ukulele for, honey?"
"I'm going to use it to serenade Penny to profess my love to her." Gumball answered, making Nicole beamed in excitement.
"Oh, that's beautiful, honey. You two will make a perfect couple!"
"Yep, with my singing voice, she will finally love me!"
Anais stopped reading and raises an eyebrow on her brother. "Wait. You sing?"
"Yeah."
"I had never heard you sing before ever."
"Well, you're going to be wrong once I sing and play my little instrument here." Gumball strum a few chords on his ukulele. "Penny will be fallen for me. Just you wait."
Anais remarked "I surprised that you could play an instrument that doesn't even destroy or burn."
"Ha-ha-ha. Just you wait, sis." Gumball laughed sarcastically. "My little buddy here will make every girl in the resort fall for me."
Darwin stopped reading, smiling "Aw, thanks buddy, but I have Rachel."
"No, Darwin, I meant my ukulele." He shows his instrument to his brother, which made Darwin loses his smile.
"So, I not your little buddy?" The goldfish's started to water from his eyes.
"Of course, you are. You're my number one."
Darwin's smile return. "Yay! I'm his number one buddy!"
Anais rolled her eyes before returning back to her book. As she was reading it, her eyes were lost when she caught sight of Gumball reaching a tape cassette from his pocket and looking at it. Gumball took out his walkman from his luggage, put the tape in it, and began to listen to the music as he put on the headphones.
She asked "What are you listening to, Gumball?"
Gumball took off his headphones, turning to her and saying "What?"
"What were you listening to, Gumball?"
"It's called music, Anais. You should try it sometimes"
Anais growled "You know what I meant."
"Can I just go back on my music while you go back reading school work?."
"Just let me see it."
"No."
Anais repeated "Let me see it."
"No."
Without warning, Anais unbuckled her seatbelt and dived onto Gumball. They were both fighting, while Darwin dropped his book and scream "Hey, hey! Come on guys! You shouldn't do this with your seat unbuckled!"
Nicole shouted as she was focusing on the road "You two knock it off back there!"
Anais had her fingers on Gumball's face, screaming "Mom, Gumball was listening to something in his walkman!"
Nicole paused "What?"
"Oh, way to tell her, blabbermouth!" Gumball shouted. "Didn't they teach you not to run your mouth in school?!" Anais' hands were now on Gumball's walkman, and press the eject button. Once the tape was exposed, the little pink bunny grab it. "What the?! Hey, that's mine!"
Finally, everyone in the car, except for Gumball, was looking at the tape in the little pink bunny's hands. Anais asked "What were you listening to, Gumball?"
"Give it back!" Gumball reached it, but Nicole took it and look at it. There was a small writing in red marker in small piece of paper that reads out loud for everyone to hear "Gumball's top hits."
"What's in the tape, Gumball?" Nicole turn to her son.
Gumball stuttered as he blushes "Nothing. It's nothing."
Anais smiled wickedly "Play it, mom."
"No, no. Please, mom. If you have any ounce of dignity of your own son, please don't play it!"
Nicole then insert the tape in the radio and press 'Play.' The Watterson family, minus Gumball, waited for something to hear on the radio. After a few seconds, there was nothing, then a few beats from the radio began to hear, and the song "Larger Than Life" by the Backstreet Boys began to play. Gumball cover his eyes in embarrassment, while the family had an unnoticeable reaction to the song.
Anais said to her red faced brother "Gumball, is that the Backstreet Boys?"
Gumball cried "Yes!"
Nicole asked "Why would you have that in there?"
"I like good music from back at the old days." Stated Gumball, who crossed his arms and eyes were moving slightly to the left. When his eyes returned back to him, his family were looking at him, giving him the look they had when the song began to play.
"What? Is there a problem?"
The family shake their heads and responded "No. No, no, no."
They turned their attention to the road and Nicole kept driving, while the song was still playing. This was an awkward moment for the family. They didn't want to face their son after hearing that song.
Anais asked "So were you listening to it just now before I took it away from you?"
Gumball answered "No, I was listening to a different song."
Darwin said "I thought you were listening the Backstreet Boys."
"No. That tape is my own tape. I took out my favorite songs and store it into this tape."
Richard asked "When did you do that?"
"A while back. I was saving it for a special occasion and since we're going on a real vacation, I feel like it's time for me to bring it along."
Nicole asked "Was that the only song in there?"
"No, there some Lady Antebellum, Beach Boys, The Four Seasons, The Temptations. And a couple of songs from this year that I like."
Darwin asked "Mind if we listen to it?"
Gumball sighed "Well, why not? You guys already know, so yeah. But if this going to be a road trip, we should play that has a bit of road trip in it."
Gumball reached in on the stereo and click on the forward button to skip the music a few times. Then he found one. "Life is a Highway" by Rascal Flatts.
Whooo umm yeah…
The Watterson began to love the song as it started began to play. Gumball slap his knees in the rhythm of the song. Then he began to sing.
Gumball:
Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside ev'ry darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate
To break down the garden gate
There's not much time left today
The Watterson family:
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
Darwin:
Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood and it's all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights
Anais:
Knock me down get back up again
You're in my blood
I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors
The Watterson family:
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
Gumball:
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah
The Watterson family:
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
Nicole and Richard:
There was a distance between you and I
Gumball, Anais and Darwin:
(between you and I)
Nicole and Richard:
A misunderstanding once
But now we look it in the eye
Ooooo...Yeah!
The family started playing instruments, even thought they didn't have one. Both Gumball and Darwin did an air guitar at the rhythm of the solo. The back up drummers were the rest of the family, who were using items to slap with as if they have a drum. Anias with her book, Richard with the glove compartment, and Nicole with her wheel.
Gumball:
There ain't no load that I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors
The Watterson family (3x):
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
As the song ended, the family began to laughed and cheered.
Darwin declared "That was awesome!"
Anais began to say something about it, until she caught her eye on another thing. She exclaimed "Hey, look!"
The family were seeing at a sign that Anais was pointing at. It say "Elmore Palm Springs" in large words. The interior of the words were golden metal as the sun reflect its shine on some of the large words.
Darwin shouted "We're almost there!"
Richard said "Hey, let's stick our heads out of the window and yelled "Woo!"
The Watterson kids all said "Okay!"
Nicole objected "Richard, kids! Don't you dare-!"
Richard and the kids were sticking now their heads out of the window; Darwin and Anais were both sharing a window and Gumball had a window all by himself. All of them yelled "Woo!" at the top of their lungs, acting like complete morons. Nicole would have suspected her husband, Darwin and Gumball be doing this sort dumb act, except for Anais, she way more mature than the three of them combine. And now she's sticking her head out of the window. Nicole wanted to say something, but shrugged "Oh, what the heck?"
She rolled down her window and began to scream just like her family. With no one there on the road or any hitchhikers seeing this act of dumbness, the rest of the Watterson family were acting like idiots.
Richard screamed "I feel like I can fly-!"
Then a fly went into his mouth, closing it.
Gumball exclaimed "Oh, gross! Dad just ate a bug!"
The family laughed and Richard say as he was eating the fly "You know, it's not half bad! Let's see if I get another one!"
He opened his large mouth, attracting more flies as it entered his mouth. This made the entire family really grossed out.
After eating more than ten flies, Richard closed his mouth and declared "Mmm! Tasty!" He opened his mouth again.
The entire family, minus Richard, slide back on their seats and rolled back their windows, while Nicole keep on driving, not taking her eyes on the road with his husband is trying to eat flies. They just went back doing what they were doing as the car was almost there to the resort.
So what did you guys think of the road trip and the songs? I had decided to put off some songs in there since the whole point of the story is about spring break and spring break means having fun and listening to awesome musics. If you guys got any request, I might put it in there. I'm going to take a break on this, but don't worry, I'll be back posting more chapters. NiteOwl18 out.
