Gumball came back into the school, but stopped in front of the entrance. It was already the last period and he had no idea what class Jamie had right now. He scratched the back of his head wondering what to do now. "I'll wait by her locker." He thought. He made his way to her locker to waited for the last bell to ring and for her to come by so that he could confront her.
The last bell rang and Gumball was still standing by her locker. A number of students passed him and some stopped at nearby lockers to get there things, but there was no sign of Jamie. Gumball looked around, wondering where she was. Then it hit him, she was embarrassed, so she probably already went home. He lightly slapped his forehead and grunted in frustration.
He started walking to the school exit with his head held down. Then, through his peripheral vision he caught a glimpse of Carl. He lifted his head to confirm if it was him and it was. He was walking across the hallway caring some books. Gumball walked a bit faster in Carl's direction.
"Carl!" He called out.
Carl immediately turn his attention to Gumball and he stopped to wait for him to come closer.
"Carl I need to talk to you." Gumball said looking worried.
"I heard what happened." Carl said looking down.
"Please dude, I really need a friend right now. Please don't be mad at me." Gumball begged.
"It's not that easy!" He said frustrated, facing Gumball again. "Your both my friends and I don't want to take sides."
"Let me just explain."
Carl sighed, his friend needed his help and he couldn't just turn away.
"Fine. You helped me get Tina, so the least I could do is listen."
"Thank you, that means a lot."
Gumball finally felt some relief, having his friend be willing to listen to him and hopefully help him. This however was short lived. Tina then showed up and she was none to happy to see Carl talking to Gumball as she had also heard the stories. Stories that made Gumball look like the biggest jerk in Elmore. She approached them and stopped behind Carl. Carl knew this was going to go one of two ways. Help his friend get his girl as he helped him, thus risking the relationship he had with said girl or side with his girl and leave Gumball to sort things out on his own.
Gumball looked at him with pleading eyes, but then noticed the rage in Tina's eyes. He couldn't put his friend in that position of having to choose. So, without a word he turned and left with his head hanging. Carl now felt like the biggest jerk, how could he just leave his friend like that when he needed him most.
"I know his your friend, but sometimes friends let you down." Tina said noticing that Carl felt bad.
"Yeah, sometimes you wonder if there worthy of being someones friend." Carl said, referring to himself, although Tina didn't know that.
Gumball decided to go pay his brother a visit, now that they were on good terms he could talk and count on him. He sat on a chair with a large window in front of him and a telephone to his right side. Darwin then came in and sat opposite him with a telephone on his side as well. He looked nervous and tried not to make eye contact with Gumball. Gumball picked up the phone and Darwin slowly did the same.
"Hey, Darwin. How are you?" Gumball asked, trying to hold back his pain.
"I'm. I'm good." He said nodding his head with a nervous smile.
"Is everything alright?" Gumball asked starting to look worried.
"Everything's fine."
"I know it's hard in here Darwin, but I'm here for you. We're brothers and nothing is going to change that.
At this Darwin tried hard not to start tearing up. He sniffed and wiped off a tear that escaped. Gumball was now very worried.
"I'm sorry." Darwin said put back the phone and stood up to leave. He knew what he did and no matter what Gumball said, there was no way he was going to forgive him. He would eventually find out and Darwin couldn't even tell Gumball himself. Even if he gets caught, he still needed it to work.
Gumball sat there still trying to process what just happened while holding the phone in his hand. Is life in here really that bad? Did something bad happen to him? He put the phone back in it's place and stood up, breathing heavily as he left the room.
He got to his car and stopped by the door. He placed his hand on the roof of the car and took in a deep breath.
"What. The. Hell. Is going on?" He asked himself.
He looked up into the air starting to tear up. Darwin was his last hope, now he was on his own. There was Anais, but as smart as she was, she never really had relationship problems. Maybe he should talk to his mom? He was desperate, not only to get Carrie back, but also to get some answers. He exhaled and got into his car to drive home.
As Gumball drove home he passed by the park and thought it would be nice to just go there to think. He walked on the grass and stood on it for a moment. He let his toes dance around in the grass, while at the same time taking a deep breath and letting it out again. He placed his hands in his pockets and slowly walked forward.
"Why?" He asked himself softly. "We've been dating for what? A weekend. And already something goes horribly wrong."
"Maybe I should try calling her?" He thought. He took out his phone and went to her number. With another sigh doubting his next action, he pressed dial. He brought the phone to his ear.
In Carrie's room she floated next to her bed, when her phone started ringing. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Gumball. She threw the phone on her bed and held her hand over her mouth wanting to start crying again. The ringing stopped and the call went to voice mail.
"This is Carrie, say what you need to after the beep."
"Carrie...(sigh) I know your angry at me... but I just really need to talk to you. This day... I don't know. I just really need to talk to you. Please call me back."
With that the call ended. Carrie couldn't help it and she started crying again. She wanted to believe that Gumball wouldn't intentionally do anything to hurt her, but she couldn't get passed the fact that Jamie called him.
Gumball placed his phone back in his pocket and looked around for a moment. "What do I do know? What can I do now?" He thought. He turned around and went back to the car. After getting in he took a quick look at his phone, hoping to get a call or a text. Then he got an idea.
Carl was busy in his room by his computer desk typing on the keyboard. His phone was next to the computer and started to ring. He picked it up and saw that it was Gumball. Guilt struck him and he couldn't decide what to do. He then cleared his throat and answered it.
"Are you alone?" Gumball asked.
"Yes. Listen-"
"No need for apologies. Just help me out."
"Ok."
"Meet me at Laser Video. I'll tell you everything that happened."
"I'm on my way."
Carl put away his phone and got up from the computer.
"Right. This is my time for redemption." He said looking determined. "Firstly, I just quickly need to save and turn the computer off." He said doing just that.
Some time later they both stood outside Laser Video and Gumball had just explained his situation to Carl. Carl tabbed his chin with on of his fingers for a moment.
"Before I start, I just want to say thanks for giving me a second chance." Carl thanked."
"It's not a problem. I know the only reason you couldn't do anything then is because Tina, who now hates my guts, was right there."
"Now Gumball if what your telling me is true, then that means something or someone is purposely causing this. Give me your phone."
Gumball removed his phone and gave it to Carl. He dialed a number on the phone and waited for someone to answer. The call however was quickly ended.
"Just as I thought." He said giving Gumball his phone back.
"What?" Gumball asked confused.
"I called Jamie. If she really wanted to talk to you, then she wouldn't have ended the call."
"So what's going on?"
"Either she planned this and is acting innocent or-" Carl suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong dude?"
"Shhh." Carl started sniffing something, his pupils became fully slit and his dark blue hair stood up.
"... Carl?"
"Gumball... someones watching us."
Note:
Sorry for leaving you guys with a cliffhanger, but not to worry, everything will be explained soon.
