Penny✨✨✨: Gumball, is Darwin doing ok? You don't have to tell me too much, just a simple yes or no.
Penny✨✨✨: Gumball?
Penny✨✨✨: My cousin can be really cruel and manipulative, it can take a while to be alright again after dealing with her. I should know, I grew up with her. I know the mental state of your brother is none of my business, but I'd never want all the pain she caused to me to happen to anyone else. You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to.
About 10 minutes pass, no response. Not even marked as seen. Penny grew worried and decided to check outside the school for Gumball.
She noticed him carrying a trash bag, one containing the body of Mindy.
"Gumball?"
Gumball flinched.
"Penny! What are you doing here?"
"I thought you were going to check on Darwin..."
"I am, but-"
"And what's with the trash bag?"
"Oh! I'm just um...taking out the trash for the school! Yup!"
Penny was very skeptical for a number of reasons.
1. She didn't know Darwin that well, but she did know that her boyfriend cared about him a lot and wouldn't hesitate to go to comfort him for the world.
2. She also knew Gumball would never voluntarily do chores. Especially in a scenario this inappropriate for it.
3. No normal bag only containing trash smelled that strong...
"...ok, then I guess you won't mind me opening it."
She went over to the bag, but Gumball panicked and blocked her.
"Penny, wait! I don't think you want to do that!"
"Why not?"
"Who would want to look at a bag of trash?"
"Gumball, I know that that bag does not have trash in it! Tell me what's in that bag right now or I'm calling the police!"
Gumball sighed and put his hands on her shoulders.
"Penny, you'll love me no matter what, right?"
Penny nodded.
Gumball sighed again and began to tear up.
"It was an accident I swear! Me and Mindy were arguing on top of the stairs and... and she was bragging about bullying my little brother! So... so I started to yell at her and she backed away from me and next thing I knew she fell!"
Penny gasped.
"It was an accident I swear!"
Tears were uncontrollably falling down Gumballs' face.
"I feel horrible! Trust me! I-"
Penny looked away from Gumball and rubbed her arm.
"I never liked her... she was horribly emotionally abusive... she made my life hell growing up... is- is it wrong for me to be glad to be rid of her?" She asked quietly.
Gumball shook his head.
"Of course not, you're completely valid."
Penny smiled a little.
"So, what were you planning on doing with the body?"
"Well, I was planning on dumping her in the lake."
"Are you insane? Someone will definitely find her!"
"Well do you have any better ideas?"
Penny picked up the trash bag and Gumball helped her hold it.
"Follow me."
"Wow Penny, I can't believe your helping me hide a body!"
"Shhhhh, Gumball, this is terrifying, I don't wanna get caught!"
"Right! Sorry..."
Gumball and Penny carried the body in silence for a while until Penny asked a question.
"Gumball, are you gonna tell Darwin about... you know... what you did?"
"No way! If he finds out I killed someone, he'll totally freak out!" Gumball sighed. "He's such an idiot."
"He says as he carries a dead body that he just killed for hurting the feelings of this idiot." Penny jokes.
They both laugh.
"Ok! We're here!" Says Penny.
"The incinerator! Genius!"
Penny shrugs. "Eh, it's really just common sense."
"You ready?"
"Uh huh."
They toss Mindy into the incinerator high five each other.
Gumballs' smug smile turned upside down as he gasped.
"Darwin! I have to get back to him! Bye Penny!"
"Bye!"
