A Day in Elmore with Gumball Watterson

Disclaimer: If I owned Amazing World of Gumball, I would be Ben Bocquelet. But I'm not, so I don't.

Chapter 2: School, Part 1

"Right now, I'm on my school bus. I go to Elmore Junior High School with Darwin, Anais (yes, you heard me correctly: Anais goes to junior high; she is that smart), and many other kids that live in Elmore."

Gumball pauses his monologue for the remainder of the bus ride and resumes once he is off of the bus and in front of EJHS.

"This is my school, Elmore Junior High. Now, let's meet my schoolmates," he says as he walks into the building. "There's Anton, a piece of toast, which is ironic in that he is since he eats sandwiches for lunch. I also see Banana Joe, the class clown, whose jokes aren't really that funny."

"Hey, Gumball!" Banana Joe calls out. "What do you call a banana that everyone likes?"

"I don't know. What?" Gumball asks with sarcasm.

"Ap-peel-ing! HahahaHaha!" Joe laughs.

"See? Not funny," Gumball whispers. "Moving on! There's Teri, a piece of notebook paper in the shape of a bear; Carmen, a cactus; and look, I see Albert the balloon."
"Alan!" Alan calls back.

"Whatever," Gumball says, ignoring the correction. "Now…"

"Hey, Gumball," Penny Fitzgerald says as she walks past him.

"Hey, Penny!" Gumball says love-struck.

"Are you ready for Miss Simian's biology test?" Penny asks.

"Oh, I'm ready for… wait, what?"

"Miss Simian's been reminding us that anyone that gets below a D on the test has to stay after school for two-hour detention."

"Is that why Miss Simian has been standing at my desk at the end of class saying 'I'll be looking forward to seeing you in detention, Watterson. Hahahaaa!' for the past two weeks?"

"Uh-huh."

"In that case, I had better hide in my locker until the test is over," Gumball says in a panic as he folds himself to fit inside his locker and slams the door shut.

"Gumball?"

"Yes?"

"Do you want me to quiz you and show you what parts of your notes you need to reread?"

"Uh…sure, what the heck. If I do fail, I'll at least have had a feeling of having a chance of success. All right, Penny. It's a date*."

"Uhhhh, okay, sure," Penny replies, blushing and smiling sheepishly.

Gumball exits his locker and follows Penny into the school library.


Author's Note: I know that Gumball has subpar grades in school, but I like to think he takes notes and blows off studying.

*I know, totally OOC. I just thought that since I control this story, I should give Gumball some confidence at some time.