Hi, I'm back! I still haven't come up with a suitable introduction, but what I have come up with is much greater - the next chapter! So, let's go!

(Same night as in the first chapter. Darwin and his biological parents have been hugging for five minutes straight. They finally released each other. Tears of joy can be seen on everybody's faces, including Gumball's. Darwin's mother speaks up.)

MOM (still a little in tears): My son... My beautiful boy... (can barely speak due to numerous tears) ... You're alive... I can't tell you how... how happy I am, to see you... after all this time... This is so wonderful! I... I... (can't come up with proper words for this situation. However, for such a situation, words are not even necessary. She looks at Darwin in the eyes, with a smile on her face. She can feel Darwin's excitement, happiness and relief to see her, and vice versa.) Tell me.

DARWIN (a little confused): What?

MOM: Tell me everything! How you got here, how you met this boy, all the adventures you went through, everything!

(A big smile appears on Darwin's face. He's got so much to tell his parents about his life. He doesn't know where to start. After around a minute of thinking, he finds a way. He begins talking about how Gumball first got him as a pet, but that when he was accidentally flushed down the toilet, he came back all the way from the ocean, and that eventually, he grew legs, and the two became best friends. Then, he starts talking about his numerous adventures with Gumball, from having to destroy a monster in the middle of their school, to having their lives almost destroyed with a universal remote, to being inconsiderate towards a potato, to having issues with the upgrade of a robot, to a peanut turning into a fairy, etc., etc. At one moment, he mentions Carrie, his crush. Then he spends just as much time talking about her as he did talking about all the previous stuff. His mother is just watching him with the same big smile on her face.)

MOM: It must've been amazing.

(Suddenly, an ounce of guilt appears inside Darwin. He wants to ask them something, but he doesn't know how. What he does know, though, is that there probably won't be another chance to ask them. So he does it.)

DARWIN: And what about you?

MOM: Me?

DARWIN: You and dad. How did you... How did you live without me? How did you lose me? What was I like when I was little? I don't even know your names.

MOM: Oh... Well, my name is Madeleine, and your father's name is Norman. (Darwin's father smiles.) And about these other questions... (Sighs. Looks away. Now it's Darwin's father that approaches him.)

NORMAN (also with a bit of guilt): You see, son... When something happens, that affects a person's life as much as our loss of you did for us... There are two things you can do. You can either deny that it ever happened, and mourn over it, every single day, all over again... or you can learn to live with it. (Pause.) I'm so sorry I lost you. It was... No. I don't have an excuse. I would be an idiot if I tried to find an excuse. (Pause.) I hope you can forgive me. (Darwin nods. Norman is relieved. Smiles.) I can't tell you how happy I am to see you again.

DARWIN: Me too. (They hug each other. Again.)

MADELEINE: You asked what you were like when you were little. (a bit more enthusiastic) You were the cutest little boy I could ever imagine. You loved playing with other fish. You were so happy. You ate everything. You even- (Suddenly, Darwin bursts into tears.) Oh, come on, honey, don't cry, you can- (Darwin hugs her even tighter. She accepts it. The hug lasts for a long while. Afterwards...)

MADELEINE (looks at Darwin, deeply, very deeply in the eyes): Do you want to go back?

(Darwin is completely shocked by this question. He knew he would hear this question the moment he saw his biological parents were still alive. Still, deep inside, he hoped he wouldn't hear it, because that would mean he would have to make the hardest decision of a lifetime, which he was nowhere near ready for. Nevertheless, he was still utterly shocked to hear it.)

(Just then, like a deus ex machina, Gumball's cellphone rings. Gumball first sees that the call is from his mother, and then that it's almost midnight. Realizes this can't end well. Puts the cellphone as far away from his ear as possible, takes a deep breath in and out, twice, and then once more for good luck, and presses the button.)

NICOLE (yelling from the other side): GUMBALL! WHERE ARE YOU TWO?! IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

GUMBALL (calmly): Mom-

NICOLE (still yelling): DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TELLING ME YOU TWO HAD A KINKY TIME WITH THE GIRLS, YOU'RE ONLY TWELVE-

GUMBALL (yells): MOM!

NICOLE (calms down): Yes?

GUMBALL (calmly again): There's something I have to show you. (Pause.)

NICOLE: Now?!

GUMBALL: Yes, now.

NICOLE: Can it not wait until morning?

GUMBALL: Can you please, just... stay up until we get home?

NICOLE (sighs): Fine. But be back soon!

GUMBALL: Yeah, ok. See you.

NICOLE: Bye. (Hangs up.)

(Madeleine and Norman are shocked by what just happened.)

NORMAN: Umm... who was that?

GUMBALL (looks away): My mom.

NORMAN: Oh, yeah, well, you shouldn't be sta-

GUMBALL (to Norman and Madeleine): You have to come with us.

NORMAN (confused): What? Why?

GUMBALL (hesitates to tell them, but finally does): I haven't told her. (Pause.) Or anyone from the family.

MADELEINE: Told them what?

GUMBALL: I told them that Darwin and I were going on a double date with two girls from the class. (Closes his eyes. Is dissapointed with himself.)

MADELEINE: Why didn't you tell them the truth?

GUMBALL (sighs): I don't know. I really don't know. (Pause.) Come on, let's go.

NORMAN: Where?

GUMBALL: To my place.

MADELEINE: Where is that?

GUMBALL: Well, um... not so close to here...

NORMAN: Well then I suppose there exists a way to get there that takes less time than walking on foot.

(And then, again like a deus ex machina, a night bus appears. Gumball smiles.)

GUMBALL: Yes, there does.

(The four take the bus, eventually ending up in front of the Watterson house.)

So, that's chapter 3. How the conversation between Darwin's biological parents and Nicole (as well as Richard and Anais) will go, I'm leaving for the next chapter. Until then, leave some comments.