Today is Valentine's Day in my country so I thought I would upload the final chapter of The Date part of the fanfiction today. I hope you enjoy.
Chapter 12 The Date part 3
"Wow," Carrie said amazed. She and Gumball were standing right outside one of the best restaurants in Elmore. "You got a reservation at this place? Are you sure you have enough money to afford it?"
"Don't worry about it." Gumball reassured. "My mum gave me some money."
"You're mother gave you enough money for this place?" she was quite surprised. She knew that Gumball's mother was a nice lady, when you didn't get on her bad side, but this seemed a little much for a girl that her son was going on a first date with.
"Don't worry about it." Gumball repeated. "Let's just go in and order our food. I've always wanted to try this places food."
"You mean you've never gone here before?" she asked.
"No, why have you?"
"Well no but…." Carrie paused, trying to think of the right words. "If you haven't gone there before, why are you taking me now?"
"Because I thought that you would like the food here." Gumball replied. "Now come on, it's cold out here."
Carrie followed Gumball in. She was surprised that he was even taking them there. It would be a good idea if he was dating a normal girl but Carrie was dead. She couldn't eat anything so going to a restaurant and ordering something from a place as expensive as this just seemed like a waste of money. Then again, if she didn't order anything, would Gumball think she was being rude? Maybe she would order something small, just to be polite.
When they got in Gumball talked to the person at the front and told them they had a table for two under the name Watterson. They took them to their table and they handed them the menus.
As she looked through the menu, a lot of the food sounded delicious. The things that stood out to her the most was the steak with mash potatoes and gravy and for desert the strawberry Cheesecake. However, they were two of the most expensive things on the menu.
"Found what you're looking for?" Gumball said.
Carrie looked up from her menu and said, "Just a second." It was then that she noticed that he had not opened his menu. "Aren't you going to have a look?"
Gumball waved his hand. "Don't worry about me. Just decide what you want."
Carrie shrugged and looked back at her menu. Since she wasn't eating she might as well get something cheap. The basic salad looked quite cheap.
"May I take your order?"
Carrie looked up and noticed a waitress standing at their table. 'They're fast here.' she thought.
"Yes I will have a salad. That's all for me thanks."
Gumball looked at her confused. "But Carrie, you hate vegetables." Gumball then picked up his menu and had a look. "You're not ordering that just because it is cheap, are you?"
Carrie wasn't surprised that Gumball could see through her plan. It did seem rather obvious but still, she didn't understand why Gumball was questioning it. "Yeah but Gumball, there really is no point to me ordering something expensive. I mean it isn't like I can actually eat anything here anyway. I might as well order something che-"
"Don't worry about the cost Carrie." Gumball said with a smile. "Just order whatever you want."
Carrie gave Gumball a curious look. "You're sure about this Gumball?" she asked. "There's really no need to be this nice to me even if it my first date. I promise that I won't hold it against you."
"Yes I'm sure Carrie." Gumball said with a nod.
Carrie thought about it for a second before she decided to do as Gumball said. "I will have the Steak with mash and gravy."
She wrote down her order on her pad. "Cracked pepper or onion gravy?" she asked.
"Cracked pepper, please."
"And for dessert?"
Carrie looked at Gumball who nodded. "The strawberry cheesecake."
The woman then looked over at Gumball and asked, "What about you sir?"
"That's ok." Gumball said, handing her his menu. "I'm fine."
The woman was confused but decided not to question the customer. She took both their menus and left.
Carrie was also confused. Why didn't Gumball order something? Wasn't he hungry?
"Why didn't you get anything? Are you not interested in eating?"
"Not at all." Gumball said with a smile. "I am going to eat. I have already made my order."
Carrie was about to ask what he meant but Gumball cut her off.
"So what have you thought of your first date so far?"
Deciding to let it drop, she answered Gumballs question. "I have had a good time. I wish the movie was better but what can you expect when a horror movie franchise goes PG 13. Besides that, everything else has been good. I really enjoyed scaring people and being able to finally do the idea I have had of how to scare someone for the first time. You were quite brave Gumball. I can't think of anyone else who would have been brave enough to do that."
"Yeah," Gumball drawled. "Just promise me that we won't do anything like that again."
Carrie smiled. "I promise the next thing won't be that crazy."
"Good." Gumball said through a nervous laugh.
There was a silence between them for a moment. Both of them felt a little awkward, not really knowing what to say. Carrie broke the silence when she decided to ask a question she had wanted to ask since the taxi.
"So did you mean what you said earlier?"
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"What you said in the taxi. That I was 'one of the most amazing girls you have ever meet.' and that I am 'funny, interesting and smart'?"
Gumball gave her a smiled. "Of course I meant it. You are one of the best people I have ever meet. I am glad that you and I have gotten closer and we have been able to do this."
Carrie blushed slightly and said, "Thanks." The two of them continued to talk for a while before Carrie's food arrived.
"Just put that here." Gumball said, pointing in front of him. The waitress did as she was told and left.
Carrie looked at Gumball confused. Gumball pointed at himself and said, "Get in."
Carrie wasn't sure what he meant. "Pardon?" she said.
"Get in," he repeated. "Mum didn't give me enough money to pay for mains and dessert for two people and since you can't eat on your own without help, I figured I would let you take control of my body. That way you will feel happy because you got to eat something, which I know you enjoy and I could also eat."
Carrie was quite surprised by how much he thought this through. "You'd really trust me again?"
"Of course," Gumball said with a smile. "Just so long as you don't lose control again."
"Why didn't you order food you want to eat then?" she asked. "It is your body."
"Because I want you to eat what you want." he said simply.
Carrie, quite touched by how much Gumball was thinking about her, decided to do as she was told and got into his body. Carrie did her best to eat politely when in Gumball's body. She really just wanted to grab both the steak and the mash and shove it right into Gumball's mouth. She knew that if she did that though, the people at the restaurant would stare at her and Gumball wouldn't be happy.
She ended up getting through both her steak and her cheesecake without going crazy. The food was absolutely delicious. Carrie was so glad that Gumball convince her to order what she wanted. If she had been stubborn and stuck with ordering a salad, she wouldn't have enjoyed it so much. She got out of his body so Gumball could go pay and they left.
After they ate, Gumball called his father to come and pick them up. Once they got to Carrie's house, Gumball walked Carrie to her door.
"Thanks for today Gumball." Carrie said. "I really had a good time."
"No problem. I'm glad that you had a good time on your first date." Gumball leaned in. "Any chance of a repeat?"
Carrie smiled. "I will see you at school on Monday." she said. "Call me tomorrow, ok?"
Gumball said a bit stunned. "S-sure." Carrie turned around to go inside her house but Gumball said, "Wait!" a bit louder then he should. Carrie turned around to give him her full attention "S-so are we going out now?" he asked for conformation.
Carrie, with a look in her eyes that Gumball couldn't read, floated down to Gumball's level. Gumball was unsure of what was about to happen. Was she going to kiss him? What if his dad came out and caught them? Could she even kiss him as a ghost?
"Of course we are. Don't ask stupid questions." she said. Carrie then turned around and floated through the front door of her house.
Gumball smiled. He was glad that Carrie agreed to come on this date with him. He was now sure of his feelings for her and now he knew that Carrie definitely had feelings for him. As he walked back to the car, he wondered how people at school were going to react to this news.
Author's Note: As I said last chapter, this isn't the end. I still got a few more chapters to go. I hope you all have a great Valentine's Day.
