Hey guys. I know its Christmas Eve, but there was enough time. I had posted this as a gift from me. I know its not much, but you guys are going to like it.

Chapter 12: Inventions of a Cat.

Monday came by really fast; however, things were never going to go away for Gumball. Every time he wakes up, he sees everything like last time. He wakes up in the morning and finds his family are eating breakfast without him. The students giving him the death stare like always. In class, the stare again, but with the paper balls with the horrible messages on it. Then being alone at lunchroom, and whenever this day will bring out to the twelve year old cat, he better be ready for it. Gumball and his siblings went to school and, like always, they were giving him the death stares. Then here come the messages with them throwing paper balls at the poor cat. At the end of the class, Gumball got out of class, after being told once again by Miss Simian to throw away the paper balls. Gumball went straight to the lunchroom, where he got his tray and sit in the same table he had been sitting since everyone has shunned him. Only then he wasn't alone. There was Jack and Lana sitting in the table. Gumball felt his spirit lifted. He walked to the table and seated in the table with them. He greeted them both and ate his lunch. Gumball was too busy seeing Lana rather than eating his lunch. After that training with Alex, Gumball has hooked up with Lana ever since they first started making out.

Jack started "Hey, so what's the status here?"

Gumball didn't answer to the weasel's question as he looks at his new love interest, smiling at her; Lana returned a warm smiled at him back. They were too busy looking at each other. Gumball thought he was going to find some way of bringing Penny back, but instead he moved on like Penny did. Their moment was interrupted by Jack.

"Hey, guys! Yo!"

Gumball and Lana saw Jack at the same time. Jack repeated "I said, what's the status here?"

Lana answered, while trying to ignore about what happened "Nothing much. It seems that its all quiet here."

"Too quiet if you ask me. Somethings not right." Jake added with his eyes narrowed as he scanned the entire room.

Gumball asked "So what's the problem of being too quiet?"

"If something is quiet, then there's nothing to worry about." Jack explained. "However, if its too quiet, then something not right."

"Oh."

They resume back eating their meal. Gumball slowly looked up from his tray and see Lana, who was also looking at him from her tray back at him. They both smiled at each other. Jack then notice this and asked "Hey guys, what's with all that smile? You both are freaking your teammate out." He looked at Gumball and Lana, who were too busy staring at each other. Jack soon begin to catch on and smile smugly "Oh, now I get it. I'm sensing a little love in this table. Looks like foxy mama here just found herself her foxy daddy, or should I say, kitty daddy?"

Then Lana kick him in the knee underneath the table. Jack covers his scream with his hand. He winced "Why do you always go in the shin?!"

Gumball chuckled as he resume back eating his lunch. He said to both of them "Hey, guys. After this, I'm heading to the library to come up with new ideas for you all."

Lana nodded "Okay."

"Just make sure you give us something awesome, like that device of yours." Added Jack.

Gumball and Lana both said in unison "Shh!"

Lana asked in a whisper "What are you trying to do, get us all in trouble?"

"Sorry, sorry." Jack answered before turning to Gumball. "You know, I don't know why you turn your device into a cane for a disguise."

Gumball explained "I told you that I had to carry it with me the whole time like we all had to worn our uniforms at all time. What, you want everyone to see me walking down the hallway with a gravity pole?" He was right. He had his cane with him right next to him.

Jack remarked "Not unless they're started to notice of you walking with a cane like you have a broken leg or something."

"But it makes me look awesome." Whined the blue cat.

Jack and Lana rolled their eyes out as they resume back eating.

Lana added to Gumball while eating "Just make sure you bring us of what you have in that little notebook of yours."

Gumball nodded "All right." The three friends resumed back eating their meal. About a few tables from them, the cheerleaders were still giving Gumball the death stare. However, that didn't last long as they hope when a voice call out.

"Can you all go an entire day without staring Gumball to death?"

Masami said to Penny "How can we? You had no idea what that idiot had done."

"I know, I know." Penny repeated while eating. "Gumball had destroyed the school chances of going to the game. Can you all let it go?"

"Can you?"

Penny thought about letting go of her being angry at Gumball. She thought that she can't be angry with Gumball forever. She knows Gumball and his immature actions; she can forgive him for whenever trouble Gumball had done. But she couldn't. After seeing that, that one was the big one she can't forgive him for. She sighted "You're right."

Teri asked "You're not going to ask him to take you back are you, Penny?"

"No. Why?"

"Take a look at Gumball."

Penny was seeing Gumball hanging around with Lana and Jack. They were chatting and laughing at the same time. Penny answered, not seeing the problem "Yeah, I see Gumball hanging around with the new kids. What about it?"

Leslie explained "On Friday, when school was over, we saw Gumball chatting with Lana in the hallway. Alone. Just the two of them."

"So?" Penny said one word as she took a bite out of her sandwich.

"And she give him a kiss on the cheek."

Penny stopped eating when he said that. Gumball? Getting kissed by the new kid? That's what Penny thought. Penny shake it off before saying. "Maybe it was a friendly kiss."

Tobias, who sitting with them, scoffed "Please. Him with a girl that hot and an incredible body? I don't think so."

Penny looked at him with a glare; so did the girls and Leslie, slightly being offended by his sexist remark. Tobias stopped eating his sandwich and said "What?"

Penny was too busy staring at Gumball and Lana. She couldn't imagine that he will be moving on after what happened. Masami leans in on her and asked "You're not jealous, are you?"

Penny shake it off and said with her eyes closed "No. I don't mind. Gumball can date with anyone he wants."

The people at the table were surprise to see that. Normally, they will see Penny acting all jealous when she sees Gumball hanging around with some girl. But she didn't. They resume back eating their lunch. Penny's mind was somewhere else; she can't stopped looking at Gumball and Lana. She then asked "So, tell me, what happened when you guys saw with Gumball and Lana at the halls, when they kiss?" The word at the end of the sentence makes Penny all nauseous.

Masami begins "After she left, we all confronted Gumball and asked him about her."

"Oh, no. Please tell me you guys didn't tried to hurt him again? Or, God forbids, run after him?"

Masami and the girls, including Leslie all said in unison while shaking their heads "No. No. Not at all."

Penny then give them a "Give me the truth" look. Finally, Teri said in a guilty tone "Yeah, we kinda did."

Penny groaned at that as she buried her head with her hands. Masami step in, shoutng "But it was for one reason! All we were trying to do is say what's with him and the new girl and he just said it's not of our business and he ran away from us."

Leslie added "Not to mention that he trick to us that Justin Bieber was right behind us!"

"What happened after that?"

Masami continued "We corner him in an alley, and we were about to punch him, until he scare us off with a levitation device."

Penny and Tobias both stopped eating their meal and looked at the girls with a questionable look. Tobias repeated with his mouth full "A levitation device?"

"That's what he said about it. He said that he calls it a gravity pole. He invented it and scare us off with it." Carmen explained.

Penny and Tobias laughed at that, especially the rainbow lass who was spilling his food at them just a bit. Masami yelled "What's with all that laughing? Stop laughing!"

Penny giggled "You think that Gumball scare you off with a device that levitate objects?"

"Its true!"

"You could have seen it!" Carmen shouted.

Teri yelled as she remembers the scene "It was so scary that I almost fainted!"

Penny chuckled as the laughing slowly died down "Guys, I know Gumball, and trust me, he would never do this sort of thing; let alone of the stunts he had pulled over the years."

"And you really think that moron will build a device that defines gravity?" Tobias added. "You have to be an idiot to build that!"

Penny then glared at Tobias and hit him upside the head. Tobias yelled "Ow! What you do that for?!"

Penny answered "For making fun of Gumball!'

"What's your problem? I thought you say you didn't care about him!"

"I know, but it's doesn't give you the right to make fun of Gumball like that." She turned to the girls and Leslie. "Or tried to chase after him!" Penny resume back to eating her lunch, while the rest of the people were looking at her about her behavior. Then they all resume back eating their lunch also. Penny was eating, but still looking at Gumball and Lana.

After finishing their lunch, Gumball, Jack and Lana headed out of the room, along with his cane. Gumball declared to the two members "I'll be heading to the library coming up with ideas."

Lana nodded "All right. Me and Jack will be in our clubs. If you had something in there, please reported back to our club, so we can see it and give it to our leader to see if they're good. See you, Gumball."

"See you, guys later."

Lana then give Gumball a small kiss; Gumball blushed by that. Lana giggled as she walked away. Jack was walking right behind her and gives Gumball a quick thumbs up. Gumball rolled his eyes. After they were gone, Gumball went to the library. He was about to got to the inventors section, until he stopped. He scanned the area to see that the girls wasn't here to harass him just like what happened or Tina. It's been a week since he and Tina were suspended for a week, but Gumball manage to get back to school, thanks to Professor Webster. He needs to watch out for Tina. She'll ripped him limb from limb if she sees him. Gumball got about four books from it and sit down on a table. Gumball took out his notebook, open one book and read it. He read one book about solar power. He place the cane on the ground, right next to him before reading it about how some inventions are powered up by solar power. His quickly thought of one and wrote down on his notebook. Soon he began reading the rest of the books and his mind quickly thought of some. Each time he thought of some, he wrote it down on his notebook. His mind was like a machine that pops up whenever he thought of an idea. He wrote down every little thing about it in his notebook. Finally, he was done. He had about thirty ideas for inventions. He then left the library as he took his cane and headed out of the library. He was about to make his way to the club, where Jack and Lana said they will be until he was stopped by some familiar faces. Penny, the cheerleaders, Leslie and Tobias.

Penny said as he first caught sight of her ex-boyfriend "Hey, Gumball."

Gumball never thought he will be seeing the girl who broke his heart come to talk to him. Not to mention her new boyfriend, friends and cousin. He replied "Hey, Penny."

By the looks of the girls and Leslie, they weren't happy to see him. Gumball ignore them and said "Listen I don't have time for this, but I need to get going."

Penny asked "What were you doing at the library, Gumball?"

Carmen remarked "Probably coming up with another one of your mischief, I suppose?" Remarked Carmen.

Penny scolded at her "Carmen!"

"No!" Gumball lied with a hint of annoyance. "I was not coming up with another one of my mischief plans! I was reading."

Teri scoffed "Oh, please! Like you haven't read anything in your life!"

"Teri!"

"Its okay, Penny." Gumball said. "Now if you all excuse me, I have somewhere else to be."

Everyone then notice the cane that Gumball was holding. Masami asked "What's with the cane, Watterson?"

"Oh, I was just like carrying it, that's all."

"Why?"

"Because it makes me look awesome." Answered Gumball with pride

Everyone was sort of weird out by that. They rises each eyebrow. Teri remarked "You are one weird kid, Watterson."

"Oh, why, thank you, Teri." Replied the young blue cat before declaring to the rest. "Well, I must be going now."

Gumball walked away from them, while Masami whispered behind his back "Probably going to the Principal's office." They all laugh by that. Gumball didn't heard them laughing right behind him; he just keep on walking. He could possibly hear Penny laughing as well. Gumball shake that it off.

The young blue cat have made it to the old music club and knock three times. The door open to be Jack and Lana. Jack said "Hey, man, what's up?"

Gumball answered as he took out the notebook "I had the ideas you wanted."

"Already?" Jack's eyes widen by the surprise as Gumball handed him the notebook and Jack open it to see and, in his surprise and Lana, that there was about thirty ideas in it. "Damn! That big head of yours must be filled with ideas!"

Lana took the book from Jack's hands and said to Gumball while inspecting it "These are pretty nice, Gumball. We'll give it to Alex back at the tower, then you will have you answer."

Gumball smiled "Awesome. Thanks, guys. See you both back at class."

Both say "Bye." right before closing the door.

Gumball then walked around the hallway as time passes by. He had spent the rest of the day being hated by everyone. But he didn't care. He didn't care that everyone still hates him, not to mention his siblings and former girlfriend. He had found two friends that he didn't even know. One who makes crack wise and looking awesome and the other is an awesome lady who is a skilled fighter and a great kisser. The last part made him blushed.

So what did you guys think of my gift? Now Gumball had make his ideas, now all he had to do was to make them. How is he going to do it? Also what did you guys think of the whole lunch scene with Penny and the girls? Well, I'm taking a break from this. I'll make another one right after I'm done with my break. Merry Christmas!