Now as much as you know karate there's the ninth part with the action pack karate duel.

As Gabe went back home to his apartment he went to his mirror and practiced on how he would talk to his love interest.

Gabe: Hey Rosemary. Hey there pretty lady. How's it going girl? Hey Rosemary Telesco.

Suddenly the intercom buzzer rang and Gabe ran to answer it.

Gabe: Yes?

Ralph: Mr. Gabe I got a Rosemary down here for you.

Gabe: Send her up Ralph.

Ralph: Oh I also got a Sherman and a Penny coming up to see you as well.

Gabe was surprised.

Gabe: Okay send them up as well.

Soon Gabe was getting exited for Rosemary's arrival. But he wasn't quite happy about Sherman and Penny coming over as well.

Gabe (thinking): Oh man I'm loathing myself for feeling like I did. But I mean this is crazy. Rosemary's a girl for Goodness Sake. It's not like she's a New York Knick or something. And why are those two smart kids Sherman and Penny are coming to my place? I don't want them to get in the way of my love life with the girl I love.

Soon the elevator door opened and Rosemary came in. And so did Sherman and Penny.

Gabe: Hey.

Rosemary: Hey. My mom dropped me off. She's going to pick me up as 5:15 if that's okay.

Gabe: Yeah sure Whenever is fine. All right let's go.

Sherman: What about me and Penny?

Penny: Yeah. My dad will pick us up at 5:00 and we came here to see what your place was like.

Sherman: We even planned it ourselves.

Gabe: Oh whatever. So um Rosemary do you remember the old place?

Rosemary: Yeah. It's been a long time.

Gabe: Yeah it has.

Sherman: Wow. You're place looks very different then Rosemary's.

Penny: Sherman's right. This does look very different.

Gabe: Yeah right.

Soon Leslie came by and saw Rosemary Sherman and Penny in surprise.

Leslie: Oh!

Gabe: Mom this is Rosemary Telesco. You remember her don't you?

Leslie: From kindergarten. Of course I haven't seen you in forever. Look at you Rosie you're all grown up.

Rosemary: Hi Mrs. Burton.

Gabe: We're practicing karate.

Sherman and Penny: Ahem!

Gabe: Oh this young boy is Sherman. And this girl is Penny.

Sherman and Penny: Hello Mrs. Burton.

Leslie: Aren't you the boy who got adopted by that dog?

Sherman: Yes I am.

Leslie: Wow. That's so exiting.

Just then the intercom buzzer buzzed again.

Leslie: Excuse Me. Yes?

Ralph: Ronny's here. Should I bring him up?

Leslie: Oh um okay. I didn't know you were having a play date or i wouldn't have made plans. Should I stay?

Gabe: It's not a play date Mom It's practice.

Leslie: Do you need snacks?

Gabe: No we're fine and don't worry about us.

Leslie: Okay.

Rosemary: Who's Ronny?

Sherman: Yeah who is he?

Penny: I want to know who he is as well.

Gabe: My mom's got a date.

Soon Ronny came into the room.

Ronny: Hey big guy.

Leslie: Um Ronny this is Gabe's friend Rosemary Telesco.

Ronny: Nice to meet you Rosemary Telesco.

Rosemary: You too.

Sherman: Ahem! What about us?

Penny: Yeah!

Gabe: Oh this is Sherman.

Rosemary: And this is Penny.

Ronny: Nice to meet you two. Hey your the boy who got adopted by that dog.

Sherman: Yes that's me.

Ralph: Uh do you want me to hold this for you?

Leslie: Oh thank you. I'll just get my coat.

Soon Sherman Penny Rosemary and Gabe just stood there and said nothing.

Gabe (thinking): Man. Is there anything more excruciating then me and my date Sherman and his date and my mom's date are all hanging out with absolutely nothing to say?

Soon Ronny rubbed Gabe's head ruining his new haircut.

Ronny: Don't do anything I wouldn't do. Okay Kiddo?

Gabe (thinking): Okay now that's more excruciating.

Leslie: I'll be back in time for dinner.

Rosemary and Gabe: Okay.

Leslie: Bye

Gabe and Rosemary: Bye

Penny and Sherman: Tschuss.

Leslie Gabe Ronny and Rosemary: What?

Sherman: Penny and I said Tschuss.

Penny: Yeah. It's German for Bye.

Ronny Gabe Rosemary Leslie: Oh.

Soon Ronny and Leslie left.

Rosemary: I didn't know your parents were divorced.

Penny and Sherman: Divorced?

Gabe: Well they're not officially. See it's kind of this long-term project they've been working on for like a year and a half now any my mom's decided that she's finally got to move on with her life.

Rosemary: That sucks.

Sherman: Oh dear.

Penny: Goodness.

Gabe: Hey you guys want to see something funny?

Rosemary: Mm-hmm.

Sherman: Certainly.

Penny: Oh sure.

Gabe then got on a computer and he went on his mom's page on her match dot com file.

Gabe: So you see a few weeks earlier my mom left her match dot com file open on her desktop. And see this is like a list of thee the 45-year old men in New York who are looking for wives.

Sherman: Wow!

Penny: Cool!

Gabe: Yep now most of them are looking for their second or even third. And these are the ones my mom picked out.

Rosemary: They all look like the same to me.

Sherman: I can't tell the difference.

Penny: Neither can I.

Gabe: Well that's fine. And yeah she's kind of got a type.

Then Ronny's photo showed up.

Rosemary: Oh my Gosh there's Ronny. I'm a real live wire who tends to take everything in life up a notch. I like being quiet and contemplative...

Soon as Rosemary continued reading Ronny's profile Gabe stared at her and started thinking.

Gabe (thinking): Well that's enough of my mother and her romantic dead ends. Today was about me and Rosemary. And Sherman and Penny it's not about them either. It's just Rosemary and myself. She was in my house all alone. It was time for us to fight.

Later Gabe and Rosemary did their karate practice. Sherman and Penny watched as the two older kids jabbed and chopped while practicing.

Gabe: Ki-yah!

Rosemary: Ki-yah!

And Gabe was doing the moves by channeling none other than the great one himself his master and inspiration Mr. Micah Kaden.

Micah: It's a dance Gabriel. You lead her and she would not lead you.

Soon Gabe heard Micah and he heard exactly what he said. As Sherman and Penny watched they started whispering to each other.

Sherman: Psst Penny do you think Gabe would want to kiss her?

Penny: Well maybe. Like I said it will only happen just like in the movies. But if it does happen in real life then it can work out.

Sherman: Okay then. I guess we can see if we're right or wrong.

Then while Gabe and Rosemary continued Gabe pinned Rosemary to the ground. And he stared at her eye to eye. Then Micah appeared.

Micah: Go on Gabe. Kiss her. Kiss her!

Gabe: I can't kiss her that's disgusting.

Micah: Just trust me. It's not disgusting.

Then Rosemary rolled Gabe over and she stared at him eye to eye.

Micah: How can you let her do that?

Gabe: Well the reason is girls mature faster then boys.

Micah: Oh baloney! Please don't let her brainwash you with that. Boys stronger.

Sherman: Hey Penny. I think Gabe is talking to someone who's not here.

Penny: Well that's so stupid of him. He's making a fool out of himself.

Sherman: Well we can't make fun of him. He might get mad at us.

Penny: Well I guess you're right. But i wonder if he wants Rosemary to kiss him.

Sherman: Well if only you Mr. Peabody and I can read peoples minds.

As for Gabe he thought to himself as Rosemary continued staring at him.

Gabe (thinking): I have no idea what she is thinking. She is a total mystery to me. Do i want to kiss Rosemary Telesco? Well yes. I guess I do. I want to do it more then anything on Earth.

Soon he stared to talk to her and Sherman and Penny noticed.

Sherman: I think he's going to ask her to kiss him.

Penny: I agree with you. He's gonna do it.

Gabe: Do you um want some Gatorade?

Sherman and Penny's jaw dropped as they stared in surprise.

Soon Rosemary got of Gabe and they went into the kitchen.

Gabe started thinking as he poured the Gatorade into two glass cups.

Gabe (thinking): Oh who was I kidding anyway? Was I really going to kiss her? I mean she's eleven and i'm ten. Well i'm just ten and three quarters actually. Her birthday's in May and my birthday's in September.

Rosemary was looking at the names on the food in the fridge.

Rosemary: What do all the different names mean?

Gabe: Oh it's my mom's stuff and my dad's stuff.

Rosemary: Wow. Isn't it hard?

Gabe: Oh no not really. I mean I can choose from either of them.

Sherman: No that's not what she means.

Penny: Yeah it means if it's a way to be complicated to wither one of them is going to choose who's gonna leave.

Rosemary: Yeah she's right. And what i mean is having them still living together.

Gabe (thinking) Man I might be falling in love with this girl but it doesn't mean i'm in the mood for soul searching.

Rosemary: So don't you think it's going to be so much better once it's all over?

Gabe: What do you mean?

Sherman: It means when things are going to different when things change.

Rosemary: What he means it's well I don't like getting your lives started again.

Gabe: I guess so yeah.

Rosemary: Well who do you think's going to move out?

Gabe: I don't know my dad I guess.

Rosemary: Has he looked at any places yet?

Gabe: Um I don't think so.

Rosemary: Hey. Maybe we should look one for him.

To Be Continued