Hi guys. Here's chapter 4. Sorry, this one took a little longer.

To Elaine Funches, thank you for the reviews, however I didn't quite catch up on one of them. The divorce and the pregnancy are two separate parts of this story. I'm not trying to use one to cover up the other or anything like that. Maybe I misunderstood something, but whatever.

Well, without any more protraction, enjoy!

Chapter 4: What am I gonna do now?

Penny stood there, in front of Gumball, with a tearful face, completely hopeless. The first thing Gumball did was hug her. He hugged her as tight as he could, entirely sympathizing with her, and she instantly dropped her head on his shoulder and began crying her heart out.

Nobody in the house knew what to say. How to comfort Penny.

So Gumball went with the usual:

"It will be okay-"

"No, it won't! Don't say that!" Penny interrupted him. Then, she sighed. "Sorry..." She still felt bad about what had happened at her, now former, home.

"Can I stay with you for a couple of days?" Penny asked in near despair, but then:

"Penny..." Nicole approached her, calmly, and put her left hand on Penny's right shoulder. "I'll let you have my bed."

This decision of hers took everybody by surprise. Even herself a little. Gumball wasn't fully convinced that his mother was serious about her decision, so he chuckled. But after Nicole looked at him in a serious manner, he said:

"Wait, you're serious?"

"Of course," she said reassuringly. After Gumball looked at her in a confused manner, she said: "I can sleep on the couch." Gumball shrugged.

"Thank you, Ms. Watterson," Penny told Nicole, and hugged her.

"You're welcome, Penny," Nicole said back, comforting her. "You should get some sleep."

Penny nodded her head, which Nicole then patted. She then led Penny to the master bedroom - which now was basically just Nicole's bedroom.

"Make yourself at home," Nicole said. Penny nodded her head, and she hugged Nicole once more, bursting into tears. Nicole hugged her back.

"I'm sorry it has to be this way," Nicole said.

"It's okay..." Penny said, "It's not your fault..."

"Yeah..." Nicole said insecurely. "And I'm sorry I yelled at your father."

"He deserves it," Penny said, a little more decisively. Nicole was wondering whether or not to tell Penny not to talk about her father like that, but she realized Penny was right. Nicole sighed and left the room.

The moment Penny laid on the master bed, she fell asleep.

Gumball's POV

I can't believe it.

I still can't believe Patrick would do that!

I was almost about to write "Penny's father", but... no. He may be her biological father, but he's not her father.

But on the plus side, Penny and I now live together, which is AWESOME, and my heart metaphorically exploded of happiness! I can't even explain to you how happy this makes me feel! Everything feels better now that she lives here! You can't even imagine what it's like! Or maybe you can, I don't know.

There's this kinda kinky thing I did. The third or fourth night since she moved in. I know what you're thinking. And you're right. But let's get this story in some order. For the first few nights I was like, maybe I shouldn't bother Penny, she's probably still stressed about everything, I should leave her alone. But that night, I couldn't sleep. Again. And I woke up, and I looked around. Nothing. Darwin and Anais were still sleeping. I thought I could get some more sleep, try to dream about something nice for a change. Like Penny or something. And then I thought, Penny... And then I got that most idiotic idea. Gosh, I'm such an idiot. So, I sneaked out of my room, and paced really slowly, towards the master bedroom. I carefully opened the door. I saw Penny in the bed, of course. But I had to take some time to just stare at her and be absolutely stunned by her beauty. She's so beautiful when she's asleep. So I got in, and I sneaked inside the bed. Right next to her. I tried to do something romantic, but I didn't want to wake her. So I just kissed her in the forehead and held her hand. And I fell asleep. And yeah, that was kinda nice and everything, but then in the morning, apparently Penny woke up before I did, because what woke me up was Penny's scream. She found it a little creepy. I tried to justify myself; I was like, I was trying to be romantic; and she was like, I know you were, but I still need some time for myself. So I figured out I would have to be patient.

And the patience paid off. It's been three weeks now, and we're finally sleeping together. I know you're jealous.

Wanna know the class' reaction when they found out about the pregnancy and everything? The moment we got on the bus - they applauded us! Yeah, I was astounded too. But nowhere near as much as you think I was. Ten times more. Everybody was throwing me in the air and congratulating us, but also saying how messed up that was. But they were still happy for us.

Well, except for Tobias. He gave up on trying to win Penny. Finally.

And dad? Well, on the first week that Darwin, Anais, and I were to visit dad after Penny moved in, we brought her too, to announce the pregnancy. But the moment our knock on the door of Granny Jo-jo's house was answered, dad was standing there, with a giant smile on his face. I sighed. He had already known. Mom probably told him. He was beyond ecstatic to find out he would be a grandpa. He even shook hands with Penny and thanked her. We smelled something from the backyard and dad was like, yeah, I made barbecue for this occasion. Anais was like, I didn't know you could do barbecue; and dad was like, yeah, I didn't know that either. And the barbecue was actually delicious!

There is this other thing about all this, though. I'm aware that the baby will come sooner than it seems. And it will preoccupy everything else that's done around the house. And among other things, we will need a lot of money for the baby, even for its basic needs. So I had to take some kinda drastic measures.

In other words, I got a job.

At that bowling arena. To remind me not to quit it.

And I'm doing quite well there.

But here's the thing... I'm not entirely unable to keep up with both my job and everything that happens at school.

And I can't quit my job, because I need money for the baby.

So... I think I'll have to drop out of school...

Penny's POV

I have to tell you a little secret.

It was five or six days after my dad kicked me out of the house and I moved to Gumball and his family. They're so much better than my dad. They treat me like I'm one of theirs. I've never felt better in my life.

Well, those five or six days later, when everyone in the house was asleep, I... well, I wasn't. I was up, still thinking about my dad and Gumball and my child... and crying. More than I'd like to admit.

Then I realized something. I realized that I now had an opportunity to do something I've wanted to do ever since I broke out of my shell.

And this might be my only chance.

I got outside the house and looked around the street. No one was there. Thankfully. I breathed deeply in and out.

"This is it..." I said to myself. And I did it.

I used my wings.

I flew up high. Really high.

I was lifting myself in the air until I could see all of Elmore. It was beautiful. It was really magnificent.

That's exactly how I felt. Beautiful. With tiny city lights below me, and the moonlight above me, I was... I felt even more than beautiful...

I felt free.

I cried again. But this time those were tears of joy.

I flew around the city, to make this joyous feeling last for as long as I could. I felt amazing. I felt beyond amazing.

But sadly, nothing good lasts forever. I had to get back home. Yes, the Watterson's house is what I call home now. And I'm glad I do.

I'm so glad I did this.

Nine months later...

It was Friday. Nicole had just been finished with work at the Rainbow Factory, and was about to pick her children up from school. For her, Penny was now a child of hers, too.

Meanwhile, Darwin and Penny were in Mr. Small's class, while Anais wasn't in the same class due to being one grade above them.

Despite her pregnancy, Penny had not dropped out of school. She managed to keep her life in order, and besides, she wanted to have a proper education. She had found a way to handle it all.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for Gumball. He tried to maintain the balance between his schooling and his job. He really did. But he couldn't; it was just too much for him. And since he found his job more important, because it provided him with money that he was going to use to support his upcoming child, he made a decision that eventually wasn't the least bit easy - he had to drop out of school.

While Mr. Small was in the middle of explaining the benefits of alternative medicine to his students - it happened.

Penny's water broke.

Everybody in the class panicked, and Penny started breathing fast. Only Mr. Small remained calm.

"Ah, the miracle of birth," he said, amazed by the scene. "The greatest moment in one's life-"

"WE GOTTA GO TO THE HOSPITAL!" Darwin screamed. He immediately called Nicole to inform her, and she immediately called Gumball, who was just finishing his shift in the bowling arena. So they all rushed to the hospital together.

Once in the hospital, everybody calmed down. Well, tried to, at least. Gumball was anxiously walking from one end of the hall to the other, and his heart was pounding fast, while Nicole, Darwin, and Anais were sitting in front of one of dozens of doors in that floor of the hospital. And Penny was in labor.

Everybody obviously noticed Gumball's justified nervousness, but Nicole was starting to get annoyed by him constantly walking from here to there, so:

"Gumball!"

"Yeah?" Gumball snapped out.

"Why don't you take a seat?" Nicole said, offering her son a free seat next to her.

"Yeah..." said Gumball, all panting, "That's a good idea..." he came to the seat slowly, and he slowly sat on it. He took deep breaths in and out. He tried to get some sleep, but to no avail.

He was basically sleeping with his eyes open.

Seven hours. That's how long they were there, impatiently sitting in their seats, sweating, just wanting all this to be over as soon as possible.

Suddenly, one of the doctors emerged from the room.

"Mr. Watterson?"

Gumball instantly got up from his seat and went straight into the room, not noticing that the doctor wasn't smiling.

Once inside the room, the first thing Gumball saw was another doctor holding a newborn baby, in a big blanket, in his hands.

It was a girl. A blue fairy. She looked just like her mother, only blue.

Without a shell.

Gumball was endlessly happy to finally see his little girl.

"She looks just like you, Penny," he said, turning to his girlfriend.

And then he was no longer all that happy. Because what he saw there was Penny, in the hospital bed, with her eyes closed, not moving and not making a single sound...

She wasn't even glowing anymore. Her usual yellow body now faded to dark-yellow.

"Penny?" Gumball said, hoping this didn't mean what he thought it meant, but then he saw the screen showed no pulse, and he knew it meant just that. "No, no, no, no, no-"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Watterson," the first doctor said, "We did everything we could..."

Then Gumball looked at him, then the other doctor, and then Penny. He tried to shake her a couple of times, for his last ounce of hope, but Penny didn't move. Then he looked back to the doctors - and he burst into tears. And he cried so much.

"No... nooooooo..." And he just stood there and let tears flow out of his face. And it lasted for a long while.

After all his tears dried out, Gumball sat on one of the chairs in the room, buried his face in his hands, and unhappily said to himself:

"What am I gonna do now?"

That's chapter 4. Sorry guys, I had to do it. To advance the plot further. I'm really sorry, I didn't want that to happen either, but it had to. It was the only way the story could continue. Anyway, please leave reviews for this, and see you in chapter 5.