Why do I almost regret having written this? It feels rushed. Oh, well. Not everything is perfect. Anyway, back to the story.

Disclaimer: Why bother repeating it? If you've read the previous chapters, you will know who belongs to whom.


Chapter 7

Carine went to the bathroom without knowing that Gumdrop was following her. Once the bathroom door closed, Gumdrop locked her inside, acting on his anti-conscience.

By the time he was a safe distance away, Carine was finished washing her hands. Once she tried to leave, it took her only five seconds to realize who had locked her in. At that point, she was so furious, she punched one of the mirrors. Every single shard landed either on the floor or in the adjacent sink. Carine picked up the largest one and stored it in her pocket for later use.

After seething for a few moments, she pulled out a match and a stick of dynamite. She climbed into an overhead air duct, lit the stick, threw it at the door, and crawled away as fast as she could. The air duct shook violently as the dynamite exploded. The door fell to the ground with a loud SMACK! Carine jumped out of the duct and ran out of the bathroom trying not to be noticed. Sadly, Principal Brown had heard the noise and had walked out of his office just as she was sneaking away.

"Carine Watterson, in my office now! he commanded of her. Under her breath, Carine cursed him and made plans to burn down his house.


"Your punishment is a ten-day suspension effective immediately," announced Principal Brown, who then dialed the Watterson phone number. Gumball answered, "Hello?"

"Good afternoon, Mr. Watterson," greeted Principal Brown.

"Principal Brown?" Gumball asked, slightly shocked.

"I'm not your principal anymore, Gumball," Principal Brown chuckled. "Call me Nigel."

"Okay, Nigel," Gumball giggled. "So, what's going on?"

"Well, your daughter Carine has committed two serious offenses: bringing weapons to campus and vandalizing (I was tempted to spell that with an "s" instead of a "z") school property: she caused destruction to one of the girls' restrooms.

"As punishment, she is suspended for the remainder of the day as well as the ten subsequent academic days."

"I see. I'll be right there to take her home," Gumball responded.

"Very well. I will see you in a few." Principal Brown hung up. "Alright, Carine, I want you to wait outside my office until your father arrives."

Carine stood up, walked outside, and sourly awaited her father.


"What was going through your mind when you destroyed the bathroom?" Gumball barked at his daughter as he drove away from the school.

"The door was locked, and I had to go back to class," Carine answered, unfazed.

"How could the door have been locked?"

"Duh. Someone locked it."

Gumball pulled over and faced Carine. "Don't you dare take that tone with me, young lady!" Gumball yelled. "I am your father, and I take care of you. The least you can do is respect me."

Carine flipped him off.

"You're grounded for two weeks," Gumball said in response. Then, he continued driving home.


This might not have been the best place to end a chapter, but I did it anyway.

You know what I'm just realizing I could, and probably should, have done to increase the connection of this fanfiction with canon? I could have made a supernatural manifestation of emotion, similar to Jealousy (The Flower) and called Anger, possess Gumdrop and make him act as he does now. Oh, well, too late now. Read and review.