The week had now passed and it was finally Friday. Nicole and Richard had decided to go out of town for the weekend to get their minds off of the weeks events. Anais wasn't keen on spending the weekend alone with Gumball, mostly due to his cooking, but also because spending it with her friend was a much better deal. At this point Gumball and Carrie had finished their project, they had not talked about Carrie's humanism though. Instead they talked about a number of other things and started growing closer. This Friday they had agreed to meet at his place for a movie, something Carrie wouldn't have even dreamed about doing before. There was just something about Gumball that made her feel comfortable, however she was cautious not to become to comfortable as she was still unsure to what extent her new found feelings went.
Gumball was driving back home, coming from the prison that still held Darwin. He was looking forward to tonight, he had already bought popcorn and soda and was going to order a pizza for the two of them. He then got a call, being in no hurry he decided to pull over and take the call safely. The caller ID displayed Carl's name.
"Hey Carl, whats up?"
"Gumball I need your help."
"Whats wrong?"
"Well there's this party tonight that I somehow got invited to. Anyway Tina is going to be there and I need help in, well. Not looking like a fool." Carl explained as he was adjusting a red bow tie on his neck in his room.
Gumball Gave a small laugh before answering him. "I would honestly love to help, but I have plans with Carrie tonight."
"I see. Well while you and Carrie are out on a date, I'll just stay here home alone playing Zelmore."
"First, its not a date. And second you'll do fine bro just have a bit of confidence and be yourself."
"Be myse-. Are you hearing yourself Gumball?"
"Ok. I'll come by your house and see what I can do to help, but your on your own at the party."
"Thanks Gumball, I need all the help I can get."
Gumball chuckled a bit as he hung up the phone and made his way to Carl's house.
Carrie was standing in her room staring at her closet wondering what to wear. "Everything has a skull on it. Why does everything have a skull on it?" She thought to herself. Maybe it was best that way, she didn't want to send the wrong message by wearing something she wouldn't normally wear. After all it was only two friends hanging out. The thought of that caused her to sigh, but before she could continue her trail of thoughts, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in dad." She said to her father who slowly opened the door.
"Getting ready for movie night with Gumball?"
"Yeah. Just deciding what to wear."
"I like that you and Gumball are friends again. Its been so long since I've seen him."
"Your just saying that because he freed you from that curse."
"Well can you blame me."
"I guess not."
"Right then I will give you some privacy." Her dad said as he left the room closing the door behind him.
At Carl's house he and Gumball stood in his room, with Gumball looking oddly at Carl.
"What?" Carl asked.
"Whats with the bow tie?"
"To much?"
"Dude there's no need to try and look fancy, after all your going to a high school party."
"Fine. So what do I do when I'm around her?"
Gumball took a moment to think about this. Finely a light bulb went off inside his head.
"I remember this one time when me and Darwin, well mostly me, were messing around with Bobert. Long story short Tina seems to have a soft spot for poetry."
"That's great!" Carl shouted with joy.
"Again just be yourself and don't do anything stupid."
"Sure thing."
"This can go wrong in so many ways, but if you don't allow someone to make mistakes, they will never learn." Gumball thought as he watched Carl filled with excitement.
Gumball was at home, he had now gotten everything ready for the night. All he was waiting for was Carrie. He was in the kitchen thinking about whether or not he had everything he needed. While he was busy with that, there was a knock on the door. "That must be Carrie." He thought to himself as he walked to the door. He checked his breath one last time, satisfied he opened the door and there floated Carrie. She wore a sleeveless T-shirt with a large white skull covering the majority of the T-shirt, a black digital watch and her iconic Skull hair clip.
"You look nice tonight Carrie." Gumball complimented her. "Is that really they best you can say?" He then thought.
"Thanks. So what movie did you get?" Carrie asked as she made her way to the couch.
"The Revenge of death."
"I didn't know you liked horrors."
"I wouldn't call myself there number one fan, but I know you have an interest in them." Carrie blushed a bit at Gumballs willingness to watch a horror on behalf of her. Gumball then went inside the kitchen to go warm up the pizza and get the soda. He then came out with a plate and a glass of soda which he handed to Carrie.
"Thank you Gumball." She thanked him as he went back for his. Moments later the movie was about to start. Gumball took a deep breath to prepare himself for the movie, because he really wasn't a fan of horrors.
At Tobias's house a party was underway and apart of it was a velociraptor standing by the drinks table. There was a variety of drinks such as soda, fruit punch and a number of different alcoholic drinks, but nothing too strong as insisted by Rachael. "Just be yourself, just be yourself. Sweet freedom there she is." Carl thought as he saw Tina standing in the distance. After a bit of debating with himself he decided to go over and talk to to her. He stood behind her and was about to say something when she turned around. Carl quickly made a brake for it and managed to hide in the crowd of people. Tina only noticed a slight movement but wasn't bothered by it. "Carl you insignificant fool! Why did you do that? That's it I'm calling Gumball and telling him I'm belling out."
Back at the Wattersons residents, Gumball sat wide eyed due to the horrors he was witnessing. To his relief his phone rang giving him an opportunity to take his mind of the movie.
"Its Carl, mind if I take it?" Gumball asked Carrie. Carrie was annoyed at this, but knew Carl would only call if it was important.
"Go ahead." She said as she paused the movie.
"Whats the prob-" Gumball was cut off.
"I can't do it, I just can't."
"Ok calm down and tell me what happened."
"Nothing! That's the problem."
"I knew this was a bad idea." Gumball thought.
"Ok, just leave the party and we'll find a way to do this at a better time and place." Gumball said.
"Alright, I'll see you around then. Hope I didn't interrupt anything important."
"Its fine, don't worry about it." Gumball said. He then ended the call, took the remote and pressed play to continue the movie.
"What happened?" Carrie asked a bit concerned.
"Carl belled out. He just couldn't build up the nerve to talk to Tina."
"I'm sure he'll get his chance."
"Yeah."
At this point the two felt relaxed. Gumball felt so relaxed that he unintentionally placed his arm around Carrie, failing to realize what he had done. Carrie immediately noticed this. She looked over at Gumball out of the corner of her eye and finally realized what she had been feeling this whole time. Her cheeks warmed up and turned red. It was undeniable, she had strong feelings for Gumball and she couldn't hide them any longer. She knew that this was her opportunity, if she didn't take it they might only remain friend. So she made her move. She carefully started to snuggle into Gumball, who was caught of guard by this, but made no attempt to stop it. Her head now rested on his chest and Gumballs arm was around her body. The moment felt so right to both of them, neither one wanting it to end.
Gumball had managed to finish the movie, whereas Carrie had fallen asleep still snuggled into his chest. He didn't want to wake her, but she still had to go back home. He carefully shook her and she slowly opened her eyes. She looked up to face him, still trying to open her eyes.
"Sorry to wake you." Gumball whispered. She then looked straight into Gumballs eyes and made sure they locked. She brought her head close to Gumballs face. Now less then an inch away from each other there lips connected in a lasting and passionate kiss. Gumball put his hand on her back just above her waste and she place hers at the back of his head. She let out a small moan and used her free hand to move her hair out of the way. After a few minutes there lips parted and once again they gazed into each others eyes. Sadly though, the night had come to an end and Carrie had to go home. There true feelings for each other had been reviled, there kiss had set a staging point for there dreams to be filled with one another and this was just the beginning. For them, a new journey had just begun.
Note:
There first kiss! Yes we finally got to this point, but its not over yet. More is still to come so stay tuned. I don't think I'll write a lemon (I think that's what you guys call it). Let me know what you think in the reviews.
