Chapter 7: Hangout

Gumball and his friends were in the class, listening to Kira teaching about Biology. Gumball, however, was lost in thought while the others were trying to pay attention to what she was teaching. Carrie was secretly on her phone faking that she was listening to Kira when she saw him. She immediately texted him. Gumball then tried to put out his phone without Kira knowing and opened her text.

Carrie: Hey, u ok?

Gumball: Yea, why?

Carrie: U kinda look down today.

Gumball: I dunno. Just feel like something's missing.

Carrie: Hmm..oh well. That aside, wanna hang out later? I can ask Cato and Amber to join if u want.

Gumball: Sure. I got nothing to do.

Carrie: Great, now I think we should pay attention to Kira. Next thing u know, she's gonna ask either one of us a question.

Gumball: Okay.

Carrie: Talk later. Love u.

Gumball: Love u too.

Right after Gumball put down his phone, he saw Kira standing/floating in front of him with an angry face.

Kira: Gumball, please pay attention in class. I can't tolerate people who uses cell phones in my class.

Gumball: Okay, sorry.

Kira floated away and continued with class.

Cato: Carrie texting you?

Gumball: Yeah.

Cato: Why are you so dull? Cheer up, man.

Gumball: Yeah, okay.

They continued to listen to Kira and it went on till school ended.


(After school)

Everyone got up and went out of the classroom. Cato and Amber were still at their place talking until Gumball and Carrie approached them.

Carrie: Hey, guys. We're gonna go hang out. Wanna come with us?

Cato: Depends on where we're going.

Carrie: Oh, just the mall. Buy some stuff, grab a bite. C'mon, it's gonna be fun.

Amber: I'm okay.

Cato: Yeah, me too.

Carrie: Great, let's go.

Amber: Before that, Gumball, why are you so down?

Gumball: Huh..what?

Cato: Dude, you lost in your train of thought again?

Gumball: Uh..yeah. Just thinking about something. Anyway, where are we going? The mall, right?

Carrie: Yeah.

Gumball: Okay then. Let's get going.


(Food court, Elmore Mall)

The four friends were chatting at the food court after having a meal together.

Amber: So which would you do? Fight a tiger or fight a bear?

Gumball: I would say neither.

Cato: Well, you can't get him there. Rules didn't say about picking both or neither.

Amber: I'm pretty sure they do.

Gumball: Do you do this all the time?

Cato: Not really. We rarely do things like this now.

Carrie: Yeah...

Amber: Hey, isn't that the new kid?

Amber asked and gestured towards the purple wolf.

Carrie: Guess so. You wanna go to her? I do. Never really got to introduced myself.

Cato: Go on ahead. I can come with you if you want.

Carrie: Yeah sure.

Carrie and Cato left to meet Christine while Gumball and Amber were left alone.

Amber: Hey, Gumball. I got a question. Well, more than one.

Gumball: Okay, what is it?

Amber: To start with, do you know it's been a long time since Carrie's ever been happy?

Gumball: Kinda did. After what she told me what happened last night.

Amber: Oh, so you did talk to her last night?

Gumball: Yeah, why?

Amber: Nothing. What did you talk about?

Gumball: Nothing much. Mostly it was just me reasoning out why I left.

Amber: Yeah, that brings to my next question. Why do you wanna wait four years?

Gumball: What's wrong with four years?

Amber: I dunno. But it just seems that every single day that comes by, Carrie's pain grows stronger and gets worse.

Gumball: Wait..what does that mean?

Amber: Nevermind.

Gumball: Well, sorry if it was such a burden on you.

Amber: It's fine. I'm just glad you're back. It's been awhile since I saw my cousin happy.

Gumball: Me too.

After the Q&A session, Carrie and Cato came back.

Carrie: Hey, we're back.

Gumball: You didn't ask Christine to join us?

Cato: We did, but she said she was heading home.

Amber: We're heading home as well, aren't we?

Gumball: I thought we were.

Carrie: Yeah, there's nothing to do and it's getting late.

Cato: Okay, let's go then.

Amber: Though, Gumball might need some company walking home so I think you should go with him, Carrie.

Gumball: Wait..what?

Cato: Oh yeah, we'll head off first. See ya at the house.

Amber: Have fun, you two.

Cato and Amber left the couple alone.

Gumball: Well, guess we better get going before my mom hunts me down.

Carrie: Yeah, I think we should.


(Gumball's POV)

We were walking to my house in about 5.30 in the evening. I had my head down and mouth shut the entire walk, and I guess Carrie did too. It's been like that for the past 10 minutes of us walking, until finally, Carrie broke the silence.

Carrie: Hey, Gumball. You're starting to make me worried.

Gumball: What? Why?

Carrie: You've had that sad face the entire day. Can't you just tell me what's wrong?

Gumball: Well, first off, I kinda have a weird feeling that I'm missing something. Something that was close to us before I left.

Carrie then suddenly came closer to Gumball and kissed him on the cheek.

Gumball: Thanks but what was that for?

Carrie: You said you were missing something, so I thought you missed me appreciating you.

Gumball: Nah, I don't think it's that.

Carrie: Then what is it?

Gumball: I dunno. I've been thinking about it all day but I can't seem to figure out what it was.

Carrie: Hmm..then what else is making you feel so gloomy?

Gumball: The other reason is that I kinda felt bad for leaving you guys. That same feeling keeps haunting me all the time.

Carrie: You don't need to feel bad now. You're here now and everyone's already moved on. So I think you should too.

Gumball: Okay, but you know sometimes my feelings can get to me.

Carrie: Sometimes, not all the time.

Gumball: True. By the way, is Amber and Cato gonna be staying with you from now on?

Carrie: I guess so. Cato slept in the old room that we didn't use while me and Amber share the same room.

Gumball: Your dad still with you?

Carrie: Yeah.

Gumball: I was kinda thinking of coming over to your house sometime.

Carrie: I think my dad will let you in on that.

Gumball: Oh well, we're here.

Without us knowing, we're actually in front of my house already.

Gumball: So, I'll see you tomorrow?

Carrie: Yeah, sure.

Gumball: Okay, good night.

Carrie: Good night.

Carrie teleported back home in front of me while I went in just to find my three siblings watching television while my parents were nowhere in sight. So, I just went up to the couch and watched television with them.


And that wraps up this chapter. Looks like everything already went back to normal in a really short period of time. But hey, it's Elmore. Weird stuff always happens. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. Make sure to give it a like and comment below on what you think or if you have anything to give advice on my writing. As always, I'll see you guys in the next chapter. Peace out!