Darwin pulled Gumball into an unoccupied bathroom. "Ok, can you please explain to me what the heck just happened there?" He asked
"I don't know! I didn't mean to do it, I just thought something to you and you could hear it."
"Oh no, this is bad." Darwin said nervously
"How is this bad? You have to admit, this is the easiest way to have a private conversation, I thought you didn't want anyone to hear us?" Gumball thought.
"Ugh, no. This is too weird. Let's talk with our mouths like normal people." Darwin said
"Fine, but how could this be bad?"
"Think about it, if you don't know how you did that, you could easily do it again, to someone who's not me."
"I think I got the hang of it now though." Gumball said "See?"
"I still maintain that this is gonna come back to haunt you."
"Quit being such a buzzkill." Gumball said, he would never admit it to Darwin but he was a little nervous that new powers seemed to be popping up, not enough to get rid of it though. The lunch bell rang and Gumball and Darwin quickly headed back to class. Gumball gave a thumbs up to Penny to let her know everything was ok. Penny gave a small smile in return. "Huh, I wonder what all that was about." she thought. Gumball thought for a minute about confiding in her, but quickly decided against it. Darwin was probably right about that part, she probably wouldn't appreciate having her mind read. Gumball spent most of class thinking about what happened in the cafeteria. Apparently he could not only read minds but project his thoughts onto other people. He wondered what else his new powers could do. Before he knew it, the bell rang and it was time to go home. He stood up and started to walk out of the classroom but in his mental fog he didn't look where he was going and accidentally bumped into Jamie, the school bully.
"S..Sorry Jamie. I didn't see you there." Gumball said nervously, he knew this apology wasn't going to get him off the hook, Jamie loved to pick fights and wouldn't let anything go, even if it was an accident.
"Oh, you are so gonna get it!" Jamie said. Gumball closed his eyes, convinced that he was going to get his but kicked, until he heard Jamie thinking "Go for the knee." "Wait a minute." He thought "I can hear what people are thinking, so I'll be able to dodge her attacks!" Jaime kept trying to punch Gumball as he leaped away from all of her attempts. Soon enough a small crowd started forming around them. No one could believe their eyes, Jaime was fighting Gumball, and losing?! The only person who was unimpressed by the whole thing was Darwin, as he had easily figured out how Gumball was doing it. Eventually Jaime got tired and finished with a growl. "I'll get you next time Watterson!" She muttered in defeat. A cheer went up around the crowd. "Dude, that was amazing!" Banana Joe told Gumball. "How did you do it?"
"Well, you know me." Gumball said "I'm pretty good at thinking on my feet." Banana Joe was confused by this as, in his experience, Gumball was pretty terrible at that, but he has since walked away, leaving Banana Joe in his confusion.
