The Note
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Chapter 4
Gumball decided to forget about the situation for the rest of the evening. F*ck rejection, he thought. I'm not gonna let that get to me. I can survive without her. His apparent indifference worked until it was time to go to bed.
"Good night, boys," Gumball's mother, Nicole Watterson, said.
"Good night, Mom," Gumball and Darwin responded, Gumball from his bed and Darwin from his fish bowl.
"I love you," she whispered before closing the door to the bedroom.
That struck a nerve. Love, Gumball thought as what he was trying to forget crash-landed back into his mind, and out came despair. The one I love doesn't seem to love me b ack. D*mn, I feel so f*cking miserable. Now, I know what heartbreak feels like. Sighing as gloom overcame him, he began quietly weeping as he slowly fell asleep with only one name on his mind. Penny, Penny, Penny…
The next morning, as Gumball woke up, thoughts raced through his mind as to how he would handle yesterday's events. I'll tell Penny that I got her note and wish her good luck with whatever happens to her and whomever she likes.
Later, on the bus, Gumball sat with Darwin in the seat behind none other than Penny, who turned around to face him.
"Hi, Gumball," she cheerily greeted.
"Oh, hi, Penny," he returned, trying to hide his gloom.
"I have a question that I want to ask you, Gumball. Did you receive anything…mysterious yesterday?"
Oh, so now she's gonna rub that sh*t in my face, huh? What the h*ll did I ever see in her? Gumball thought as he began to get angry.
"I did, as a matter of fact," he answered, putting on a poker face. "Why do you ask?"
"Did you get what it means?" she asked hopefully.
"Not quite. I still can't figure out who the 'panther' is."
"Meet me during recess, I'll tell you."
"Okay."
As Penny turned back around, Gumball thought, Why the h*ll must she torture me so? Why ?
"Hey, what did Penny want to talk about? " Darwin inquired, disrupting Gumball's train of thought.
"Huh? Oh, remember that note that I was decoding to find out who wrote it? Yeah, she's told me something about."
"Okay."
Gumball remained silent for the rest of the bus ride, counting the minutes until recess when he would uncover the mystery.
Well, he's about to find out whom Penny was talking about. I bet you can't wait, huh? Anyway, read and review.