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Both Gumball and Clayton sat outside the Principles office waiting for their parents to come and they glared at one another.
Darwin and Anais had to stay behind as well.
However, this wasn't their first time the Watterson parents were called in but this was one of the few times Clayton parents were called in as well.
Nichole Watterson had to wait for work to finish before making her way to school late at night.
When all the kid's saw her, they cringed.
Than Richard showed up in a fancy suit that showed off his chest.
They all stared at him.
"What?" Richard said, "It's in my contract that I have to dress sexy at all times"
Than Clayton parents arrived and it was time fo Clayton, himself to cringe.
However, when Clayton's parents' eyes moved to Richard, they were stunned.
Wasn't he from Elmore Muscle?
What was he doing here and can they get his autograph?
However, there will be no autographs today.
Miss Simian stuck her head out and as soon as she saw Richard, a predatory gleam appeared in her eyes before it was gone, a split second later.
"Good. Your all here" She said, "Come in" and they all came in.
The Watterson's had no idea how different this would go for them.
Ch 4: Kiss up.
The Watterson and Clayton parents sat in a row, it was surprising that the room could fit them all.
"The reason, why we called you here was because Gumball and Clayton were caught fighting in the showeroom," Principle Brown said, stunned by Richards good looks.
Both parents looked at their children in question.
"WE'LL, HE STARTED IT!" Gumball suddenly yelled. "Clayton threw me and Darwin's stuff in the trash, including my favourite sweater! I'm wearing lost and found stuff right now because of him and all he can say is that my dad will just buy me, better stuff!"
And Nichole and Richard were stunned.
Buy?
Since when were they a family who could afford to replace thing's so easily?
"I loved those boots," Darwin said, he was noticeablt without any shoes on.
For once everybody turned to the other child appalled and it wasn't the other way around.
"W-WELL- IF YOU TWO DIDN'T WALK AROUND LIKE YOU OWNED THE PLACE! IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!" Clayton said, still blinded by rage.
"CLAYTON!" Said, his mother. "We did not teach you to throw other people property in the trash! What were you thinking!?"
"Son, do you realise the shame, you've brought to this family!?" Said, his father.
Clayton was surprised and so was everybody else.
But then his father turned to the Watterson's and said. "We're so sorry about our son. Well, try our best to pay you back the price of everything he dumped. We may not be able to bring back anything special to your child but we hope a check would do." getting out his chequebook.
"W-WHAT, DAD!" Clayton said he couldn't believe this.
"No buts," his mother said.
Clayton father had finished writing and passed both Nichole and Richard a check for 500 dollars.
The whole family was stunned to receive the money.
"Well, it seems to us, that it was completely Clayton fault." Miss Simian said, actually being nice. "The school will try to salvage what we can and we'll make sure all your children have their own lockers so that this doesn't happen again"
Silence, before.
"...Okay?" Nichole said, wondering if the whole family was on a television show and she wasn't the only one.
Then they were all free to leave.
"Can somebody please tell me what the heck was that?" Gumball said, confused like the rest of them.
"I may be able to answer that," Anais said, "It was because of Dad"
"Me?" Richard said.
"Well, Dad is now technically 'famous' and people bend over backwards for famous people," Anais said, "Take for example, when you see somebody in a magazine or television show, you don't think their flat broke but your brain subconsciously thinks they're successful"
"Huh?" Nichole said.
"The school and Clayton parents think we have lots of money to sue them," Anais said, sighing.
"Oh," They all said.
"But that's ridiculous. Everybody know's we're broke" Nichole said
But just then they heard.
"YOU STUPID, BOY!" Shouted Clayton dad.
They all ran to see and poked their heads around the corner.
They saw Clayton almost in tears as his parents looked down at him angry.
"Do you realise how bad that would have gone for us!?" Clayton dad said. "Thanks to your jealousy, we could have been lawsuit onto the streets! I could have lost my job! The media would be all over us! We wouldn't be able to walk out in public!"
"B-But I-" Clayton began.
"Didn't think?" His mother finished off making him flinch, "I never raised you to do something so stupid! When you were so caught up in your emotions, did it ever cross your mind that the person you were attacking, had a father who may even have you arrested!? Do you think you can get a decent job if people know you messed with a famous model's kid and were jailed for it!?"
Clayton finally started crying, he had messed up big time.
"Now, just pray that they don't sue us," His father said, "We'll have to send several gift baskets in hopes of smoothing the relationship between our two families over."
Then all three left the building.
All the Watterson's mouths were open.
"See?" Anais said, "People imagination run wild when you're famous. They suddenly don't remember that you're broke"
"So that's what it looks like when somebody is scared of a lawsuit and it's not on my face" Gumball said, before saying. "Awesome"
Only to get a punch from Darwin.
"Ow!" He said.
They all ignored his pain.
"Well, Richard is now official broke. He's only got 10 bucks left" Nichole said, making them look at her. "We'll... I want a little overboard with trying to pamper myself"
"We'll don't worry, Nichole. I'll get some more" Richard said, "I've got work tomorrow"
"Wait. What?" Nichole said, "It's not even the weekend yet"
They all looked at him.
"Well, my manager called earlier, today. Apparently, when people saw me in the magazine, I got a ton of offers" Richard said, "And it does say in my contract that the time I have to work will change when my exposure is higher. I'll be gone Thursday to Sunday"
"WHAT!" Everybody said.
"Richard, you can't go!" Nichole said. "Who's going to take care of the kids while I'm at work!"
"Oh..." Richard said. "But I have to go."
"We could always ask Mr and Mrs Robinson to take care of us," Anais said.
"That's a great idea," Gumball and Darwin said.
Meanwhile, in the Robbinson's home, both of them mysteriously felt a shiver run down their back.
"Well, my manager said that for the 4 days, I will get paid 7,000 dollars," Richard said, as the whole family stared at him with wide eyes.
7,000 for four days!?
"Richard, you need to go," Nichole said, "I'll call the Robinson in the morning"
"Defiantly," Anais said.
"Do you think I can be a model?" Gumball said, being self-absorbed once again.
Darwin rightfully gave him another whack in the stomach.
"Now, let's go home," Nichole said, as they began to walk to their terrible car.
And then Nichole realised something from behind the wheel.
"What's wrong, Miss Mom?" Darwin said.
"I just realised... we can finally pay for that DVD we burrowed. We can start paying people, get mobile phones and get better clothes" Nichole said.
"Wait. We can go back to the DVD retail store?" Gumball said.
"I can stop avoiding people, who we owe money to?" Anais said,
"We can get mobile phones?" Darwin said.
They all suddenly imagined a world, where all their problems were solved with throwing cash at everything.
Then they drove off.
#Morning#
The doorbell rang.
"I GET IT!" Nichole said, walking to the door and opening to find it was Richards manager.
She narrowed her eyes.
"Nichole is Richard ready yet. Oink?" Said, the Pig, not even bothering to address her with her married name.
Nichole's eyes narrowed more.
"IS THAT TANA?" Richard said, appearing from the basement and all sweaty from a clear workout.
Nichole wanted to punch the Pig who was staring at her husband, as he wiped himself off.
Richard saw her and said. "Let me shower and then get into some clothes"
Than Richard want upstairs and he left with his manager 20 minutes later in a limousine, much to the family's shock.
And then the school bus arrived.
"Bye mom/Miss mom" Anais, Gumball and Darwin said.
"Bye kids," Nichole said.
However, when they got onto the bus, the bus was as silent as a grave.
Gumball and Darwin walked awkwardly past Clayton.
"Hey, wait," Clayton said, suddenly opening his mouth, making them stop.
They wondered what was it now.
"I'm sorry for yesterday," Clayton said, surprising them. "I was just jealous that your life was going to be better than me because I have to make lies up on a daily basis"
"Dude. Our lives aren't going to be better than yours" Gumball said, "I'm wearing my Pj shirt with trousers"
"And I'm shoeless," Darwin said.
"And if it was, we won't turn into total jerks and rub it in your face," Gumball said.
"Really?" Clayton said, before saying. "Thanks" before said. "Would you guys like to sit next to me?"
Both of them cringed.
What he had done to them couldn't be swept under the bus as if nothing happened, those things he ruined were things they grew up with and held dear.
In a way, it was kind of insulting that he thought so little about what he had done.
"... I think we'll pass" Gumball said, as both of them walked away.
Than Gumball and Darwin sat in two empty seats.
However, Masami was behind them and said.
"You may have reached a truce but it won't last long," Masami said, getting them to look at her. "My bet is, he's going to be hating you guys again by Lunch because of the rumours"
Then she left.
"Dude, have you noticed that Masami actually talks to us now even though she's not forced to?" Darwin said.
"I know and it's weird," Gumball said.
#School#
Both Gumball and Darwin walked through the corridor and saw hate-filled stares.
Honestly, they couldn't understand it since they both look like they had no money.
"Gumball, Darwin. There you are" Said, the voice of Miss Simian and both of them immediately froze in horror.
Their Horror increased when they saw her 'Smiling'.
"WE'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG!" Gumball suddenly yelled while Darwin screamed, making everybody turned their way.
Miss Simian panicked and immediately dropped the 'smile'.
Darwin stopped screaming and Gumball realised the mistake.
"Oh, you were 'smiling' again, weren't you?" Gumball said, making everybody go on with their day.
"I've come to show you two, to your new lockers in the Shower room," She said, making both of them raise their eyebrows and those who watched whisper in envy.
However, it was common knowledge what happened to Clayton and them, some people were even saying that their father was sueing his family, so nobody dared voice their opinions so openly around them, now.
Both of them followed behind her as they went to the Boys Shower room.
A class was already in there which made them feel extra self-conscious, however, they didn't walk to a locker that was actually in the room like everybody else but to the door, that nobody had peaked in before.
Miss Simian opened it.
The guys were stunned when they saw the most amazing lockers they had ever seen, there was no dent, there was no sweaty gym locker smell extruding out of them and they could even see a drinking fountain and snack machine.
It was only one glance but it was glorious.
However as soon as both Gumball and Darwin walked in, Miss Simian shut the door behind them, cutting the rest of the guys off from the dream.
"These Lockers are for the students who have earned special 'privileges' in the school" Miss Simian explained, meaning those people who could actually sue the school for a good reason. "Each of you can pick out your own lockers and on them are the number to the personal Locker keys. You may also use the snack machine and drinking fountain whenever you wish" than she handed them both something.
It was a golden key that wasn't rusty.
"This key is for this door," She said, pointing to the door that separated the two worlds before saying. "Now while you're in class, Rocky has been assigned to tweak your school lockers so that it's much harder for anybody other than you to get inside" than she left the room but not without saying. "I expect both of you to be in class in 5 minutes"
Then she left.
Silence.
Both Gumball and Darwin looked at each other with open mouths.
Neither of them realised their sister Anais was also getting the same treatment.
The power of a potential lawsuit was shocking.
And scene!
Next chapter, the money comes in and on Saturday, Nichole takes the kids on a day, they all wanted to have but could never afford. Things really start changing for them. Review/fav and follow!