Well this is it folks here's the twelfth part of the story where we see things change.
The Next Day Gabe went to karate class and he thought he was going to be near Rosemary again and grapple her and smell her strawberry scented hair. But when he got there he saw Sherman Mr. Peabody and Penny. He waved at them but Penny and Sherman turned their backs on him and humphed.
Gabe (thinking): Oh no. Sherman and Penny are still mad at me for what Rosemary and I did to them. They now hate me.
Gabe tried to say hello to Sherman and Penny but they just ignored him.
Sherman: Please do not even talk to us.
Penny: Yes so don't even think about it.
Gabe frowned in both disappointment and anger.
Gabe (thinking) Huh! Who needs those smart kids anyway? Rosemary and I will just ignore them.
Soon karate class started and Master Coles had an announcement to make.
Master Coles: So we're going to shift sparring partners to make sure everyone's with their level. So that means Tim you'll be with Rosemary.
Gabe was surprised. Tim Staples had just earned a yellow belt in karate and now he's going to be with Rosemary forever. Gabe even imagined what would it be like if they even got married and he was banging on the church window yelling at Rosemary not wanting to marry him.
Penny: You hear that Sherman? Tim is Rosemary's new sparring partner. I bet they're gonna fall in love.
Sherman: Yeah you're right. Soon Gabe will be all alone without her. He'll have to be with someone else.
Penny: What if he was in love with a girl who wears glasses has freckles and has an overbite and underbite and lisps when she talks?
Sherman: Oh yes. She'd be so ugly.
Master Coles: And Gabe your new sparring partner will be David Betanahu.
Sherman: Gabe's new sparring partner is a boy? Oh this is even better then i'd thought.
Penny: Yeah. I bet they're gonna be best pals for good life. I can hardly think what would happen if he invited him over for practice.
Sherman: Oh indeed. And I bet Tim and Rosemary will have karate at Rosemary's and they practice together very well.
Gabe looked at Daven and he felt a little worried and then he saw Rosemary with Tim whom Gabe called Ashton Kutcher and then David Betanahu smiled at him and he is the sweatiest ten year old in Manhattan. He even had a moustache since he was in nursery school. As they practiced Gabe watched Rosemary and Tim practicing until David pinned him to the floor. And Gabe knew that Karate wasn't really the same without Rosemary. Soon class was over and Gabe and Rosemary got into talking.
Gabe: So.. How was that class for you? Was it a good one?
Rosemary: Um i'm having a little trouble with this Mochizuki maneuver.
Gabe: Yeah yeah me too. I couldn't resist.
Gabe even thought to himself he needed more and more pain.
Gabe: So uh how's that Tim guy at the Mochizuki?
Rosemary: He's a lot better than me but he wants us to practice together.
Gabe was shocked once again. He can imagine Tim and Rosemary doing karate together at Rosemary's in her strawberry scented room and having cookies and milk. But he tried to keep it together.
Gabe: Wow that's terrific. You know hey when can we get together?
Rosemary: Well I've got cello this afternoon so not today.
Gabe: Cello? But i thought cello was on Saturdays.
Rosemary: Tuesday and Saturday.
Gabe (thinking): She can't cancel her frickin cello lesson? Doesn't she know that our days are numbered before that bus to camp?
Rosemary: How bout I call you?
Gabe: Sounds great.
Soon Rosemary left and Gabe just thought to himself about what she said.
Gabe (thinking): So that's it? Just a lousy call you? Not even an I'll call you. A how bout I call you? What on earth does that mean? When?
While Gabe left as well. Sherman and Penny were realizing that Gabe still had romantic feelings for Rosemary. They both started to feel sorry for holding their grudge against them.
Sherman: I'm starting to feel ashamed that we're still being mean to them.
Penny: I agree with you. I think we should apologize to them sometime.
So they both left knowing that they will tell Gabe and Rosemary they're sorry.
To be continued...
