Friday was a fast day for the couple, school finally let back in, so we join Gumball just as he is sitting down for lunch.
Gumball sat at his table waiting for Carrie, and pondering the great questions of life, like why are we here, who or what created us, and what in the world are hotdogs made out of? He was still thinking when a bus pulled up in the front of the school, he watched multiple students jump out before his brother finally did.
Darwin jumped out of the bus and his feet hit the asphalt, what he had forgotten about was that it was a very hot spring day.
"Ow ow ow hot so hot, it burns." Darwin said as he hopped from one foot to the other trying to make his way to the much cooler lunch room.
Carrie showed up and sat down next to Gumball, though he was so distracted by his brother, he didn't notice. She looked around him to see what he Was laughing about, when she saw Darwin hopping around like an nincompoop. She sighed and teleported to him picked him up and went back to the table. They all shared one good laugh after Darwin had cooled his feet off.
"So Gumball did you do it yet, I assume you did, considering whose standing beside you." He said.
"As a matter o-fact I did."Gumball replied.
"Well it's about time, it only took you two months to do it." Darwin replied.
Both Gumball and Carrie blushed, she grabbed Gumball's hand and held it, before they all sat down for lunch.
A few minutes before lunch ended Gumball pulled Darwin aside and told him about his conversation with Rachel.
"So yeah, Rachel has the hots for you bro, this could be your chance to finally get a girlfriend." Said Gumball
"That's cool and all, but have you heard from mom and dad, I really need to speak with them?" Asked Darwin.
"Uhh I guess we can call them when we get home, but didn't you hear me?" Gumball said.
"Yeah yeah, I need to speak with principe brown." And with that he left.
(What was all that about) Gumball thought to himself.
After Lunch they headed for science class together, but on the way Carrie began to feel sick, she couldn't explain it she just felt weak and sickly, like all the energy had drained from her body. Gumball could tell something was wrong, so he steered away from the class door and helped her get to the nurse's office. Once they were there nurse bandage diagnosed her very quickly.
"I think she just has the flu, all the symptoms are right, hot forehead, weakness in body, slight headache, I recommend she be sent home for some bedrest."
Gumball let out a sigh of relief, a cold was something he could handle. The nurse tried to contact her parents but their was no answer.
"Well I just don't know what to do, , isn't miss Kruger currently staying at your house, that's what her parents told the school anyways."
"Yes ma'm she is." He said
"Well can I trust you to get her to your house safely?" She asked.
Gumball looked at Carrie, she gave him a weak smile back, "yes ma'm you can." He said determined.
"Okay well I'm giving both you and miss Kruger a pass to miss the rest of the day, oh and your brother too, you might need help, I believe he is in the principles office." She explained.
"After getting Carrie into a wheel chair, the two headed out of the room and towards the main office to get his brother.
Right as they got their, they saw Darwin walk out with a disappointed look on his face, he looked towards Gumball, and his face when from sad to happy, to concerned. After explaining the situation Darwin immediately agreed to help him.
About halfway home, Carrie started sneezing quite often, and was complaining that her head hurt even worse, so the sped up the pace towards the house.
When they got there, Gumball quickly laid her gently on the couch, he the preceded to call her parents, this time they picked up.
"Hello Gumball nothing's wrong is it?" He asked.
"A little sir, Carrie has come down with something, the nurse said it was probably just a cold, but.." Gumball didn't need to finish his sentence.
"Thank you for telling me, I know what's wrong, she has the ghost flu, it's not dangerous, she'll just be a really weak for about three or four days, I trust you to take care of my little girl." He explained.
"Thank you sir I won't let you down." Gumball said.
Gumball heard a sigh from the other side of the phone, "I feel I should warn you though, when I say really weak, I mean by day two she proably won't even be able to stand by herself, so I understand if you need to help her with certain things if you understand."
Gumball blushed a little, "yes sir, I understand."
"Good, now I have to go, and remember what I said." Then he hung up.
Gumball walked back into the Living room to see Carrie asleep and Darwin sitting beside her. He gently nudged her awake and asked her how she felt. "A little better every time I see you." She responded. Well let's get you upstairs and into bed, huh. She nodded in agreement.
Gumball and Darwin gently grabbed her and took her upstairs, Darwin could tell by the look in their eyes that they needed to be alone, so after they got in the room he quickly left. Carrie tried standing off the bed, but couldn't.
"Hey Gumball I hate to ask but could you grab my p-j's out of that bag."
"Yeah, I'd do anything for you." He said in a cheesy way, that made her laugh.
He rummaged around in her suitcase until he found the matching pair. He handed them to her, but he could tell something was wrong.
"What is it did I get the wrong pair?" He asked.
"No it's not that it's just, I umm usually sleep in bloomers under my clothes." She said mortified.
"Bloomers?" He asked. "What are those?"
"There kinda like boxers for women, usually little girls wear them, befor they can wear, well you know." She explained.
"Ohhh, that's fine with me, I'll just grab some." He said, after a little more searching he found them, he handed her the undergarments and preceded to step out of the room.
It was less than a minute before she called him back in. When he arrived she had not yet changed.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"It hurts too bad I can't even get my shirt off, I i think I need help." She said.
Gumball steeled his nerves. "Okay no problem no problem, your sure you don't mind.
"No I just really want to sleep, go ahead." She said.
He began the slow process of undressing her without causing her any pain. By the time he was done, both were blushing heavily and Gumball's nose was bleeding softly. He covered her up in a blanket and kissed her forehead.
"Good night my angel." He said.
He closed the door and was startled by his sister standing Beside him.
(Back in the living room)
Darwin had decided to take a nap on the couch even though it wasn't very late, so he couldn't tell Lexi about Carrie's condition.
"So she got really sick and your taking care of her until her parents get back, that's so sweet I could barf." She said with her usual smirk and sarcastic tone.
"Yeah, I need to check up on her soon, make sure she's okay." He said.
Lexi starred at her brother, he didn't even try to make a good comeback to her smartass comment, (parentheses stand for thinking inside characters head) Lexi wondered(mm my brother really likes Carrie, I'm actually kinda jealous of her.) she raised an eyebrow to herself.
"Umm well I'm gonna go up to my room for the night and think on some stuff." She said to her brother.
When she had left the room, Gumball was wondering what was making Lexi blush so much, he put it off to the side and began making diner, he made some vegetable soup, that was done around 7:00pm, while he made the soup Lexi and Darwin took turns watching and taking care of Carrie, though most of the time she just slept and slept.
Gumball called both of them downstairs to eat, while he himself filled a bowl for Carrie. He arrived upstairs and headed straight for his room. He gently shook her shoulder.
She woke up and gave another weak smile to him, she managed to get a few bites of soup before falling back into her peaceful rest.
Gumball walked out of the room and was immediately grabbed by Lexi in the next door room, he was forced against the wall and had her lips pressed against his.
Well I've Finaly added an antagonist, little did we all know it was Gumball's own sister. Hope you guys like the chapter.
