Author's note, The idea for this chapter came from Fanfiction user Gemini126. Enjoy!

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, so shortly after the TV marathon, Christmas break ended and Gumball had to go back to school. To make matters worse his teacher assigned a huge project about the history of Elmore. The good news? He was partnered with the love of his life, Penny.

"So, it looks like we're working together." Penny said

"Ha ha, yeah." Gumball said in a lovestruck daze.

"So, when should we get together to work on this?" Penny asked

"Huh? oh, anytime, I'm always free." Oh man, he sounded way too eager.

"Great! Is it ok if I come to your house? My dad can be kind of strict."

"Sure! No problem!"

"Ok, so your house? at around five o'clock?"

"Ok, see you then!" Gumball panicked and immediately raced back home to get everything ready.

"Dude, this is the third time you have cleaned my bowl today, I'm not that dirty." Darwin said

"Sorry dude, it's just that Penny is coming over and I want everything to be perfect."

"Who's Penny?" Darwin asked in a teasing tone of voice.

"No one." Gumball said suspiciously.

"Yeah right, you wouldn't willingly clean for just anyone, you like her." Darwin teased.

"Maybe just a little." Gumball admitted.

"Well, chill out dude, I'm sure she'll like you." Just then the doorbell rang.

"Ah! It's her!" Gumball said, he quickly ran to answer the door.

"Hey Penny." Gumball squeaked out nervously.

"Hey Gumball" Penny said as she stepped inside.

"So,uh, this is it, this is my house." Gumball said

"It's nice." Penny said

"Thanks." They went upstairs to Gumball's room to work on the project. When they got there Darwin said "Hi! My name is Darwin, you must be Penny, I've heard so much about you." Gumball started glaring at Darwin when Penny couldn't see. "Oh, uh, not that we talk about you a lot, I mean,..." Darwin sighed and Gumball groaned, he was totally ruining this. Luckily, Penny was nice enough to pretend not to notice.

"Cool! A goldfish, I have a pet too, his name is Mr. Cuddles." Penny said

"Really? That's great! I consider Darwin to be more of a friend then a pet though." Darwin beamed when he said this.

"I understand, we should probably get started on our project though."

"Right, we should, do that." Gumball said. The rest of Penny's visit passed without much of a disaster, mostly Gumball tripping over his words again and Darwin having to interpret what's going through his friend's mind. At around eight Penny said.

"Well, I should probably get going, see you tomorrow Gumball, and it was nice meeting you Darwin."

"You too." Darwin said

"Yeah, see you tomorrow." Gumball said. He then noticed Darwin smiling at him. "What?" he said

"You are so into her." Darwin said

"What! No I'm not." Gumball protested.

"Please, it's so obvious."

"Is it really that noticeable?" Gumball asked.

"Yep, but don't worry, I don't think she noticed."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Well, that's good."

"Why don't you just tell her?" Darwin asked

"I can't do that! What if she rejects me?"

"I see your point, but wouldn't it be worth it to get that off your chest and find out how she feels about you?"

"No,not really." Gumball said.

"All right, do it your way then." Darwin said.