Chapter 8: Back to Back
"Mister! Mister! Would you like to drop by our café?"
Patrick turned around to see three little girls, dressed in a maid outfit, he hesitated for a moment but the three girl's eyes were too much for him to handle.
"Ah, why not?" said Patrick.
He looked at Penny, only to see her looking the other way.
"Come on, you wanted to enjoy this festival, right?" said Patrick.
"Yeah, by myself" replied Penny.
"How, many times did I told you that you cannot! You cannot go out of your shell" said Patrick with a loud voice.
The blonde maid, grabbed Penny's hand, while the other two clings on Patrick's arm; both father and daughter got separated by the maids.
Penny noticed that the maid isn't taking he to the same direction as the ones who took her dad.
"Hey? You sure this is the right way?" Penny asked.
The girl stopped and turned to Penny, giving her a warm smile.
"Would you like to spend the day with me?" said Gumball.
Penny was shocked, she didn't expect the maid to be Gumball, or even a male at all; his outfit were so convincing that Patrick failed to notice him.
"Gumball!?" Penny said.
"No time to explain, let's have some fun, shall we?" said Gumball.
He was filled with enthusiasm and excitement, that he never bothered to change his outfit.
They run, side by side; no one dragging another, a synchronized heartbeat.
Gumball saw it, she's smiling like before; but he still had doubts in his head, about the conversation that he overheard before, (the shell).
Inside the café
Everyone is staring at the guy, who looked too old to be inside a maid café; it was getting awkward for him, so he tried to stand up and leave, but the maids by his side pulled him back down the sofa.
"Don't go~" said Tobias in a girly tone.
He let go of his pride, and embraced his character; he kept telling himself that he'll get Gumball back, for doing this to him.
"Before you leave, why not buy something from our menu, right Darwinia~?" said Tobias.
Darwin took his signal, and offered that menu to Patrick, who's getting photograph by the outsiders.
More and more people is noticing him, and thought it was funny; they were taking pictures non-stop.
"Here sir. It's on the house~" said Darwin in a girly tone.
An omelet with word "love" written on the middle and a heart on top of it, was serve in front of Patrick.
"Th-thanks" said Patrick.
He was about to lift the spoon, but Darwin took it away from him.
"No, you're not supposed to feed yourself here; maids are supposed to feed you"
Darwin used the spoon and took a chunk of omelet along with it; he raised the spoon towards Patrick mouth.
"say Ahhh~" Darwin said.
Patrick opened his mouth, but this time… he had enough.
"AAAAHHHHH" Patrick screamed.
He slammed the table and stood up; everything on that table got scattered, and he finally left that place.
Patrick went to look for his daughter; with that, Darwin and Tobias job is now done.
Meanwhile…
"This taste so good!" Gumball said while holding his ice cream cone.
Penny stared at his ice cream intensely; Gumball noticed it, he held it over to Penny.
"Would you like a taste?" Gumball said.
Penny didn't hesitate, and ate all of it in one go; Gumball is now looking on his hands, that once had a treat on it.
"Why did you eat it all!? Gumball asked, laughing.
"Sorry, I was hungry" Penny laughs.
They continue to visit every stall on the school ground, and after that; they saw a photo booth.
"You want to take pictures?" said Penny.
Gumball didn't want to go, because of how he looks like.
"Come one, it doesn't matter, no one will recognize you anyway" said Penny.
He sighs, after all he was the one who sneaked her, out of his father's sight.
"Ahh, why not?" Gumball said.
They went in; inside is a monitor where they can see their reflection, below it is a button and a coin slot.
There were a wide selection of border and filters, they've selected a border with a heart shape design around it.
Gumball put a coin in the slot, while Penny pushed the button; Gumball noticed that there was
a speaker connected to the monitor.
*Get ready to pose* the voice from speaker said.
*In three, two, one, do a peace sign and get as close to your buddy*
Both of them did what the speaker said, and did a pose of them holding out a peace sign.
*In three, two, one, put your arms over each other's back like a couple*
"What!? This machine might be broken" said Gumball.
But Penny still did what the machine told them, and in the end, Gumball did the same thing.
*Okay, for the last pose; I want you to kiss each other's lips*
"What!?" said both of them.
*Hahaha, I'm just kidding, you can just kiss him or her on their cheeks*
"Bu-" Gumball was about to question the machine, though before he finished the word; a soft lip already landed on his cheek.
*alright, now printing the photos, beep BoOp, I'm definitely a machine, BeEp BoOp* said the speaker jokingly.
Gumball was frozen, inside of his head are flowers and rainbow; with him jumping around like a dream.
"Hey, let's go to the next one" said Penny.
"There's no next one, we're going home" said Patrick.
He finally found her, after hours of looking for her.
"Let's go home, you had enough of fun for today, I'm glad I didn't see that stupid blue cat" said Patrick.
"Sure, let's go home" Penny said, without hesitation.
Patrick was confused that her daughter wasn't complaining or anything.
"What? Just like that? You aren't going to say a word?" asked Patrick
"Yup" I already did what I wanted.
She happily walks with her father, but Gumball stopped both of them.
"Wait, mister… I would like to invite you and your daughter to come tomorrow night, at the bonfire dance" said Gumball, while trying to sound girly.
"Ok…" said Patrick.
"Please sir, it's the school tradition to finish the school festival with the student's dancing around the bonfire" Gumball added.
"Let me think about it" said Patrick.
The Fitzgerald went inside the car after a conversation with Gumball, with Patrick not knowing it was him.
"I'll be there tomorrow" shouted Gumball in a girly fashion.
Penny laughs, but she didn't say a word; in order to cover up Gumball's disguise.
Tomorrow, by the bonfire; a new-found love will start, along with the noises and warm fire.
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