Hey to all the TAWOG readers there! Took me long enough to publish this due to the small time I could only put working on how this story might go as chapters can progress, I do not want this rewrite to become a bit that similar to the original version that I did. That one was a complete mistake.

Anyway, as a response to the only one reviewer of this story, so far, I'm trying to fix the grammar, though lacking in time is kind of a bit of a struggle to do so. And lastly, english is not my first language so I'm not that sure if I'm really that good enough in english.

But anyways, here's the second chapter! :D

-I'll have Lasagna-

Now in school and walking on the corridor, Darwin made his way to class, Sarah walking beside him, her attention somewhat focused on her notepad.

Darwin took a glance at her, an eye brow raised.

Getting quickly caught with the glimpse of his eyes, Sarah raised a brow before speaking.

"What? Is- Is there something on my face, Darwin?"

Darwin being speechless decided to find a excuse of his own to respond.

"Uh, no... Oh look, guess we're not late for class."

He emmidiately said the last part as they reached the door to Miss Simian's class.

"Mhm..."

Sarah rolled her eyes and entered the room after Darwin.

Seeing a few students already on their seats and Miss Simian still not in class, Darwin decided to take the seat at the far back, he wasn't feeling comfortable being surrounded by others, not with his current state he's dealing with.

Sarah however noticing him walking to the back of the class room and taking a seat alone raised a brow.

"Are you sure you're... Good there alone in the back, Darwin?"

Darwin who was about to take a seat stopped then turned to Sarah looking at him with a brow raised.

"Of course I am."

He said in remark and a slight bit of irritation on his face having to reply to her, making Sarah to shot him a small glare.

Although Sarah never does it much and not even once, but deciding to pick up her school supplies she set down on the armchair, she eventually made her way to the back towards Darwin.

"Ugh... Gosh, Sarah you don't have to sit here-"

"It's my choice sitting next to you."

Sarah remarked cutting him off as she set down her supplies on the armchair next to Darwin's right.

Darwin glared at her.

"I'm not looking for some attention Sarah so would you mind just let me be alone?"

Sarah glared back at him, making Darwin slightly lean back in surprise.

"Well don't blame me if I want to give you the attention that no one not even your brother Gumball bothers giving you even when you're isolating yourself!"

A few of the students had their eyes towards the direction of the pair but shortly shrugged it off and looked away.

"Ugh! what is it you really want? You want to give me attention so you can stalk me alone without Gumball? Quit your creepy habits Sarah!"

Darwin spat out with his arms raised in rage.

"If i wanted to creep out on you, I would've stalked you around the halls and on the way back home! Plus I'm telling you personally that I already burned the photos I've took about you and Gumball so technically I'm not stalking or creeping either both of you!"

Sarah glared daggers at him, her voice as she remarked at him had venom as she began taking her stuff from the armchair and began walking back to the first chair she was about to sit leaving Darwin in his own.

Darwin however grabbed her by the arm, pulling her back slightly.

In surprise and a small yelp, Sarah turned to him her eyes still glaring from what he said.

"What? You want to be left alone, right? Well, here I am giving you what you want."

Sarah said bitterly her glare never fading.

Darwin let out a sigh, then looked at Sarah in the eyes.

"I'm... Sorry... I didn't mean to say those..."

Sarah pulled her arm off Darwin's grasp and folded her arms on her chest, squeezing her books and notebook in it.

"I'm sorry, okay? I really am... I shouldn't have said those things..."

Darwin said a little sheepishly, his voice now becoming soft.

Sarah sighing afterwards, gave a nod.

"Apology accepted."

And with that she turned away about to walk back to the first chair she was taking.

"Wait..."

Darwin began, looking at Sarah who slowly turned back to face him.

"Yes?"

Sarah replied, her eye brow raised.

"Um... Would you- Would you mind... sitting next to me? Please?"

He fought the urge of blushing by the time he said it only to fail showing his face flush red.

Sarah gave a sigh shortly as it was then followed up with a nod.

"Sure... As long as you don't mind."

She said her voice mix of softness and fading bitterness.

Letting Sarah taking a seat next to him, Darwin sat on his armchair and began focusing his attention by looking through the window over his left.

"Are you... Alright? Darwin?"

Hearing Sarah's voice on a lightly soft tone, Darwin gave a small shrug, barely even being seen by Sarah.

He turns back to her with his eyes meeting hers.

"I'm going to ask you one question."

Sarah only stared back at him, her eyes on his with a raised brow.

"Y-yes? What is it?"

Darwin hesitated first and set his eyes on his desk then shortly looking back at Sarah in the eyes, he inhaled shortly before beginning.

"What would you do... If you're... Feeling lonely? I have no one to spend time here... I'm sure you can tell why."

He finished choking the last part as he stared at Sarah who seemed to have been slightly taken back by the question.

Looking down at his desk and closing his eyes with a small sigh, Darwin instead decided to forget of the question as seeing Sarah seems to be not into answering it, only to hear her soft inhaling.

Sarah slowly leaned back, eyes focused on Darwin before speaking.

"I would... Try to make friends. So that if I feel lonely from being distant from the first one... I have a second friend to spend time with..."

Darwin only remained quiet after what Sarah said, he reluctantly glanced at her shortly but eyes the same focused back looking through the window.

Sarah stared at him, eyes locked onto Darwin for what seemed like a good while only for various voiced and the voice of Miss Simian rang through her hearings.

"I want everyone on their seats! And what did I said about arriving on my class late!?"

Darwin managed to ignore the roaring voice of the ape teacher unlike Sarah who always shivered by the teacher and her attitude towards her students as she watches Miss Simian scowling on a few students. With one of the few or mostly the one being scowled at is Gumball.

Sarah never liked the attitude, she felt uneasy most of the time. So focusing her attention back on Darwin, she found him still staring through the window.

"Darwin?"

She began softly into a whisper.

Darwin didn't budge as he stayed motionless with his eyes focused through the window.

Sighing afterwards, Sarah turned her attention back to Miss Simian who was rambling about a school assignment that she had everyone to do and was now checking each of the students notebooks for their homework.

Surprisingly, not a word or sound, Darwin had his notebook on his desk open with his homework

Sarah opened her notebook to show her assignment once the ape teacher reaches the back of class to check theirs.

"Well, well... What is your excuse this time, Gumball?"

It was no surprise, that Gumball and sometimes with Darwin didn't do homework, but surprisingly for Sarah, she noticed Darwin just watching the blue cat being scold at by Miss Simian with a blank expression on his face.

Sarah only stared at him until he finally noticed her staring and turned his head to her.

"What?"

Sarah emmidiately shaking her head and responded.

"Nothing, I just wasn't expecting to see you actually do your homework that's all."

Though it was obviously a lie, Sarah almost jumped on her seat to see Miss Simian eyes on her notebook and picking it up with one hand to check her homework.

"Mhm... Eh, I won't expect much from you. Your homework seems like the same but otherwise fine, at least you've done homework. UNLIKE WATTERSON!"

The entire class with the exception of Darwin and Sarah began laughing at Gumball who seemed to have shrunk back on his seat until Miss Simian silenced them all with her roaring voice making everyone shrink back as well on their seats.

Putting down Sarah's notebook back to Sarah's desk, Miss Simian began to look at Darwin's notebook and in slight surprise as she cocked a brow, Miss Simian picked up the notebook and began checking the homework done.

"Hmm... Well isn't that surprising, that you've actually done homework right. Well this I could get used to, unlike some whom I get tired dealing with their excuses for no homework!"

Miss Simian turned to an embarrassed looking Gumball with a stern glare on her face by the time she said the last part.

Darwin only shrugged at the ape and watched silently as she went around the others in class to check for their homework

Closing his notebook and Darwin glanced at Sarah who was staring with a brow raised.

"What?"

Sarah's eyes blinked for a moment before realizing she has been staring at him making her blush.

"Um, sorry..."

She said sheepishly making Darwin rolled his eyes.

"So, care to tell me why you don't seem so obsessed?"

Darwin quickly followed up a question just to avoid the awkward that he sensed about to begin from Sarah's blush.

Sarah who seemed to also like moving to another different subject decided to go along, but didn't have the answer Darwin was expecting.

"Later at recess."

She said with a playful wink, in a friendly way.

Darwin frowned.

"Alright, whatever then."

He finally said before turning his attention away from Sarah.

Class didn't really had anything interesting in it during the whole time of Miss Simian's class. Mostly just the constant loud voiced ape speaking in front with more like a yell in front of everyone in class. Darwin was in no mood to any of the usual loud mouth of the ape teacher as his mind drifted away from the lesson and various thoughts began swarming his mind like a plague.

Knowing Miss Simian was too far to even care of the sight of himself not attached to the topic she's babbling about in class, Darwin couldn't help but dig the thoughts like a stocked pile of folders on a drawer, searching for a certain thought that he seemed to be keen on thinking about. Little did he wanted to, but remembering the thought, words, being said by his mother Nicole. 'It's what happens when you're with someone. You spend quality time with that person' Darwin thought about the words stuck on his mind but the more he thinks of it, the more it leads him to thinking on Gumball spending his quality time with Penny.

Darwin frowned and let out a sigh but as quiet as possible as he can manage, he didn't wanted to get attention by it.

A quick glance at Gumball, who quickly threw a paper plane over to Penny when Miss Simian was writing on the blackboard speaking, Darwin watched as Penny with a soft giggle could be heard slowly unfolding the paper plane that seemed to be containing another one of Gumball's cheesy and possibly, lame flirty letters. In Darwin's oponion. He knew Gumball loved flirthing to Penny, even though they were already dating, the sight of the blue cat being flirty like how he was at first when trying to win Penny's heart, Darwin only looked at him in pure disgust.

Deciding to look away having enough of watching, but staring at Penny reading the letter from Gumball, Darwin frowned again, his face facing the desk, eyes somewhat confused where to focus on as his only view in sight was his opened notebook with a half finished note taken copied from the blackboard.

"Psst. Darwin, are you alright?"

Turning his head slowly to where the voice came from, Darwin came to see Sarah's obviously curious facial expression.

Staring at her for a moment in silence when studying her expression to see how she might react, all Darwin could see was pure curiosity.

Letting a slight irritated sigh out, Darwin finally spoke.

"I'm fine."

With that he turned his attention back to his notebook, and began to continue taking notes.

"Yeah, sure..."

Sarah's voice came through his hearings again and turned to face the ice cream girl once again.

Upon meeting her face not looking into her eyes, Darwin didn't saw the curious expression no more. It was somewhat a frown Sarah had on her face that he didn't even gave her proper response.

Seeing that her eyes were also looking straight into his, waiting for him to speak, Darwin let out a slight delay of sigh for it to be over.

"Fine... I'm not alright, okay? I'm not."

He said, the bitterness on his voice came to mix in his tone.

Sarah only frowned more, to Darwin's surprise.

"You know, if you'll keep acting like that, I won't be able to at least help you on that 'Personal Problem' you're having."

she said with a slight huff, eyes turning away from Darwin's.

"Why would you want to help me, exactly? Why for? Or is there something in return?"

Sarah turned her eyes back focused on his, serious this time.

"Everybody's talking about you. Gossiping how you, for some reason, obviously in one particular reason why, you're avoiding others around you."

She paused a quick glance towards Gumball for Darwin to get what she meant before continuing.

"Helping you is something I just thought of doing now. Not that I wanted or am expecting something in return, I have dealt stalking you. Not any more, if you're still implying that to yourself."

Sarah finished her statement, her voice having venom in it as she finished the last part of the statement.

Darwin slightly flinched by the sudden words said to him. He didn't knew what to think of it, neither make out of it either. He never saw this side of Sarah before, but the fact that herself saying just now, she thought of doing to help him on his personal problem made him think for a moment, leaving him in silence.

"Darwin? Darwin. Darwin, are you even paying attention?"

Darwin's eyes emmidiately blinked being pulled out of his thoughts hearing Sarah's voice spoke to him again.

Setting his eyes to hers and seeing Sarah with a raised brow and a patient look on her face, Darwin replied.

"Yeah, I heard...I'm not stopping you, if that's what you want to do. I just, don't feel that comfortable being around others, for now."

His voice as he said the last parts was between sighs as he slightly looked down, eyes on the desk.

"Darwin."

Sarah began, though seeing Darwin not looking back at her as she stared at him she knew the goldfish to be listening now.

"Darwin, I just thought that, you might need a friend. That's all. Although seeing you like this as if moping over something is really getting to people's attention but they choose not to bother you and give you space for as long as you'd like."

Sarah said, her voice as she spoke was becoming soft and friendly.

At this point, Darwin lifted his head back up eyes setting back to Sarah meeting hers and thinking of what she said.

"It's not like I don't mind, Sarah. I appreciate it, really I do. But..."

He paused then took a quick glance at Penny making Sarah notice and glance at the other as well before he continued.

"...It's kinda difficult. How I can't deal with it. Seeing my best friend, splitting his time in half. You know... Making me feel, sharing Gumball with someone..."

He then closed his eyes for a short moment. Inhaling then exhaling twice before opening them again only to meet Sarah's eyes staring at his with a patient look on them, a friendly sign of gesture that she's obviously ready to listen to any more that Darwin has to say, express, let out than just keeping it to himself.

Darwin was about to speak again when he took the cue on Sarah with intention of listening, only that's when...

*RING!*

The school bell rang in almost startling them both with Miss Simian with her usual not in the mood tone of a voice telling everyone in class to pass on their new homework she had assigned them doing by the next day of class.

Exchanging looks with Sarah, who gave a shrug and was packing her stuff on her backpack, Darwin began.

"So... I guess I'll be stuck with you today, huh?"

Sarah took a short glance at him, a brow raising up before zipping up her backpack close and turning her head towards him.

"It's up to you, Darwin."

She said softly a friendly smile forming across her face.

Darwin frowned for a moment before rubbing his temples. He knew there would be nothing good or interesting for today, like all the previous days he's gone to school struggling his jealousy over his brother and his girlfriend. He might as well stick with Sarah who seemed to be the only one in the mood or, idea of offering space of her own for him to take and join her.

"Alright. We can have lunch together."

He finally said, expecting a giggle from Sarah, the same excited giggle she does whenever she's either around him or Gumball. Although it was only her usual giggling during her obsession times towards them.

"Great! Let's go?"

Sarah replied with a soft friendly smile, obviously missing the giggle of excitement Darwin was expecting to.

Maybe this day might get a bit interesting. Being with someone he doesn't usually spend bit of time with, someone like Sarah whom he doesn't seem to find interesting, yet somehow seem to be off her own personality which does makes little interests. Maybe he could get used to this while trying to forget thinking about his jealousy and Penny. But what does he think of Penny, exactly? Jealousy? Distraction to Gumball? Someone with a shape shifting ability that gets Gumball's attention more than he does?

"Hello? Darwin? Earth to Darwin? Um... Daaarrrwiiin!"

Sarah's friendly and cheerful voice came to his hearing bringing him back to reality out of his thoughts.

"Uh, yeah. Yeah. Let's go."

Darwin said glancing around the classroom to realize only two of them are remaining inside, looks like Miss Simian herself took a break from yelling on those still left in class.

Walking out of the classroom with Sarah, Darwin kept his mind thinking about Penny, again, what does he think about her? Is she really that too much for him to be jealous? It's not like she's taking Gumball away now that they're dating. Though Darwin knew it wasn't right to be jealous of that someone making his brother happy, then again on the side note, it's making his jealousy overwhelm him, it's even got out of control with all himself isolating from others, it's completely not him being himself, until today. Maybe for now, for just one day? He can try to be Darwin Watterson again? At least having someone to talk to or hang out with other than Gumball wouldn't hurt to try.

"Darwin, are you okay?"

Turning his head to his right towards Sarah looking at him patiently as they walk on the school corridor.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

He replied simply, trying his best to mask the thought in his mind.

Sarah lightly shook her head with her eyes closed for a short moment.

Darwin knew it. She can tell his lying.

"Ugh... Alright. I'm not. I'm not okay."

Sarah's expression became much softer, friendly patted him on the shoulder.

"You have other friends, Banana Joe, Tobias even Bobert. Is Tobias even really that close to you by the way?"

Her voice as she spoke was calm soft friendliness was in it, even making Darwin smile weakly on the last part of her sentence.

"What?"

Sarah asked while raising a brow.

Darwin's smile gently grew not too big of a smile but not too weak either, just right enough to be called a smile.

"Nothing, it's just that it's me who's not close to Tobias. He's a friend too but, I'm not labeling him 'Close' enough unlike Gumball."

Sarah smiled softly on his reply.

"I know. Everybody knows that Gumball will always be number one closer to you."

Darwin kept his smile on as he with Sarah began putting their stuff on their lockers.

"Well at least I made you smile today. It's been like, a while since anyone see you smile."

Sarah spoke again as she softly giggled.

"Yeah, and I might've forgot when was the last time I last smiled."

Darwin added with a lazy shrug while closing his locker.

"For two and a half month of Gumball and Penny dating and you feeling left out? I have no doubt you might forget on some things."

Sarah said, her soft friendly smile never fading.

"Well, at least now I'm smiling. Thanks for that, I guess."

"You don't have to thank me. I'm only here with you because we're having lunch together, but really I'm not bothering you at all."

She said her friendly smile fading shortly before coming back up across her face.

"Wait Sarah I'm not thinking of you... You know. Being obsessed again, right now."

Darwin said looking at her eyes with a sign of trust in it.

"No it's fine, Darwin. I'm not saying you're thinking that, it's me just wanting to clarify it to you so you won't feel uncomfortable around me or whenever I'm around. I did said I don't want to creep you and Gumball out back at the bus earlier right?"

She said softly with her smile still on.

"Yeah. But, I might get used to you being like this, honest. So you don't need to worry if you're thinking that I'm thinking that."

Darwin said, eyes focused on Sarah's with a reassuring tone and smile.

Not a minute afterwards, Sarah finally nodded.

"At least you're smiling. Everyone would've wanted to see you smile although no one wanted to bother you, neither me from the start. It was a coincidence that I didn't got a seat earlier back on the bus on the way here to school so I sat with you."

Darwin patted her shoulder and smiled softly both in a friendly way.

"But now I'm glad that coincidence happened. You kinda made my day with me smiling, and me having to have lunch with someone else being you. I won't feel lonely at least for a change today."

Now seeing Sarah smiling softly in return, Darwin continued to change the subject.

"So what do you want for lunch today?"

Sarah giggled softly and replied.

"A Burger is okay, but on the side note, I'd like ice cream as well."

She said with a giggle, Darwin couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"What about you, Darwin?"

Darwin smiled softly and replied with a final decision for his lunch today.

"I'll have Lasagna."

And there on have for chapter 2! Now to sit back and take another time I can have in spare to work on this, although I should've taken a other approach on how Darwin and Sarah should've interacted to each other than how they did on this chapter, I guess I'll have to revise that out for the next chapter *shrugs* but anyway that is all for this chapter and thank you for reading as I will be up for another chapter once it's out!

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