Later that night, the three OCs sat at the kitchen table, finishing off the ice cream pizza they had gotten. It was topped with whipped cream for the sauce, gumdrops, gumballs, and gummy bears. "Oh man, that is some good stuff. Wouldn't you two agree?" Barry asked, shoving his last slice into his mouth.
Both Jerry and Bubblina nodded in agreement. All three of them had enjoyed the pizza very much. Jerry turned to look at the clock, only to realize how late it was. "Good gob, it's already ten thirty nine? It has gotten late. I better get going, Bubbles." He said to girlfriend, kissing her on the cheek.
Barry looked out the window to the house and saw that it was, indeed, night time. "Time sure flies when you go from one chapter to the next." He said putting away the leftovers. "I think it's time for us to head off in the next little while…and take our pill." Barry tuned to Bubblina and said that last part.
The younger of the bubblegum siblings frowned and crossed her arms. "But I'm not tired." She told Barry stubbornly. The older sibling had always had a hard time managing to get his sister to take her pill for her Insomnia. It had to do with their backstory, mostly her part. She had been bullied because of her not being able to sleep without the assistance of a pill. So she had tried to avoid taking it because it reminded her so much of everything they did, much to the dismay of Barry.
"Okay fine. I have a new episode of Game Grumps to catch. But you better take that pill once I'm finished." Barry said to his sister before they saw Jerry out the door.
Jerry turned to Barry before he left. "You do realize she just said she wasn't tired to get out of taking that pill, right?" He asked Barry if he knew Bubblina as well as he did.
Barry nodded his head, getting a chuckled from Bubblina. "Yeah, I know." He simply said. Of course Barry would know his sister better than even Jerry. The two said their final good nights and waved him off.
Later, Bubblina was sitting on the couch, reading a book while Barry was in the other room, watching Game Grumps, one of his favorite internet shows. She had sat down with her favorite Percy Jackson novel and was just reading the chapter she was on as she heard the comedic lines of the show.
"Welcome back to Game Grumps, but you don't care."
"This is a fine pickle."
"Step one: Never tell your parents!"
"Oh hey, Big Zam."
"Step two: NEVER tell your parents!"
"Op, death approaches."
"YOU GOTTA MAKE A STATEMENT! YOU GOTTA LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF AND SAY "WHAT WAS I WILLING TO PUT UP WITH TODAY?" NOT! F***ING THIS!"
"I'm ooooooff! I'm Superman! I believe I can fly!"
"Get outta here!"
Bubblina just shook her head as she heard the funny internet duo while she put her book away. Sometimes she swore her brother was more a gamer than a racer. At least she would be able to hear when it would be over and Barry would be back in to force her to take her insomnia pill. She really hated having to take it. It was stupid. She snapped out of her thought process as she heard the outro to Barry's episode, meaning he'd be here soon.
"Next time on whoooooooo farted! With your host, me, and also the answer."
She got an idea and walked over to her small bottle of pills sitting on the kitchen counter. She picked up the capsule and casually walked over to the open window with it. Turning behind her to make sure Barry wasn't there, she gave the pills a toss out the window. "Oops." She said to herself with false concern.
"Did I just hear the sound of false concern in that oops?"
Bubblina turned to see her brother standing there, even though Barry hadn't been there moments ago. "Uugh, n-nothing. Want a cookie." She tried to distract him. It didn't work.
Barry was about to grab the sweet snack when he noticed Bubblina's pill bottle was gone. "Where did your pills go?" He asked his sister, crossing his arms.
The pink racer shrunk down and shook her head. "I don't know…" She mumbled quietly, avoiding her brother's gaze.
Knowing she wasn't being truthful with him, Barry continued to stand his ground and stare at his sister. "You're lying, I can tell. Now tell me the truth." He said sternly.
Rubbing her arm, Bubblina knew she wasn't getting out of this one. "I…sort of threw it out the window." She confessed in a quiet tone.
Barry put his face in his hand and sighed. "You can't keep doing this, Bubblina. Now let's go outside and find them." He instructed her to follow him. She always attempted stuff like this to get out of taking her pill, and he had always made sure she took it.
"NO! I don't want to take that pill!" Bubblina cried out in anger, crossing her arms now too. That pill didn't cure her Insomnia entirely anyway, so why should she take something that didn't fully help her.
Another frustrated sigh escaped Barry as he went out by himself and searched around the window area that the pill bottle had been tossed into. Eventually, he was able to find them in the darkness, inside of a bush below the window sill. Barry knew why his sister didn't want to take these, and she was right that they wouldn't make her permanently better. But her Insomnia would get worse if she didn't take these.
Upon coming back into the house, Bubblina was once again gone. Barry thought she had run off before spotting her hiding underneath the table. "Bubblina, this is childish. Please just take your pill. It will get you the sleep that you need." Barry tried to tell her. But she just remained stubborn and stayed hidden. "Alright, I was hoping I wouldn't have to resort to this, but…come take your pill, or I'll tell Jerry."
Within three seconds, Bubblina was out from her hiding spot and standing before her brother. "Please don't play that card." She quietly begged him.
"Well then, how about this; you take this pill, and I'll let you and Jerry go on dates outside of Sugar Rush." The older brother tried to bribe her rather than threaten her. Immediately, the young racer ran over, put the pill in her mouth, downed the glass of milk Barry had gotten ready, and swallowed it. "Atta girl. Now go and get ready for bed." He smiled at her, patting her head before he started to head to his room for the night.
Bubblina went to go to sleep, but turned to say good night to Barry. "I love you, Barry." She said to him.
Barry turned back and gave his sister a kiss on the forehead. "I love you too, sis." It was impossible for him to stay mad at Bubblina, no matter what she did. As she skipped off to bed, Barry sighed to himself slightly. "What have I done?" he asked himself, wondering what he just gave Bubblina permission to do.
Outside the house, a shadowy figure had watched the sibling's scene unfold. They chuckled and took off.
The next day, the bubblegum siblings were in the kitchen, preparing breakfast for themselves. There was a knock at the door that Bubblina went to go and answer. She opened it up to reveal Jerry standing there. Bubblina jumped into his arms and he hugged her. "Good morning Bubbles. Looks like someone had a good night's rest." Jerry pointed out that she looked well rested.
"I managed to make her take the pill." Barry informed him from across the room. "But I did have to give a little for her to cooperate. I'll let her tell you." The brother said with a smile.
Bubblina turned to her boyfriend and giggled. "Barry said our next few dates could be outside of Sugar Rush." She said happily.
"Really? That's awesome. Thanks, Barry." Jerry said, coming inside while his girlfriend held him in her hug.
Barry finished up the batch of chocolate chip pancakes he had been baking for the two of them. He figured there was enough for three because he and Bubblina both loved chocolate chip pancakes. "Anytime, Jerry; just tell me what game you're taking her to. You can decide over breakfast." Barry said, serving a few pancakes onto each plate.
The three of them sat down and started to dig into the delicious meal. Both Bubblina and Jerry began to think about what game they wanted to take each other to. It wasn't everyday they got to go outside of Sugar Rush because of Barry's over protectiveness. "Hey, Bubbles. How does Dance Dance Revolution sound?" Jerry asked Bubblina as he swallowed a mouth full of pancake.
A chance to go dancing with her boyfriend without her brother being over protective? Why would she refuse that? "It sounds awesome. Maybe Yuni can teach us some dance moves." Bubblina suggested as she stuffed a whole pancake into her mouth. "Is it okay to go there, big bro?" She turned to Barry.
"Of course it is. I just wanted to make sure you weren't going anywhere dangerous." He explained to the as he put his dishes in the sink. "My only rule, Jerry, is to keep her out of South Park: The Stick of Truth." Barry warned Jerry.
The gummy racer nodded and put his plate away too. "Will do; Bubbles and I are going to have a great time in DDR." Jerry smiled at Bubblina, kissing her on the forehead. This got a small giggle out of her.
"Alright, just remember what I said and have fun. I'm going out on MY date." Barry told the two as he got ready to leave. Since the events of the last fanfiction, Barry had found out that a certain racer, Adorabeezle Winterpop, had feelings for him. And seeing as though he was written to have Adorabeezle as his love interest, he loved her like no tomorrow.
Bubblina nodded as she finished off her last pancake. "Okay, say hi to Beezle for us." She said to Barry. He nodded and headed out the door to his girlfriend's home, located on the foot of Mount Sundae." After Barry left, Bubblina and Jerry headed out to Jerry's kart, the Gummy Glider, for their date. "Ready, Gummy Bear?"
"You bet, Gumdrop." Jerry smiled as he opened the passenger door for Bubblina, letting her get in first. Once she had buckled herself in, Jerry got in as well and they headed off for Game Central Station.
On the other side of Sugar Rush, Barry was driving up to a house that looked like an ice cream sundae with an ice pop poking out. He couldn't wait to spend time with his special Winterpop. Barry got out and knocked on her front door. The cool breeze from the mountain above made the blue racer shiver a little. He had gotten used to it because of how often he was up here, but it was still as cold as ice cream.
Beezle opened the door after another few seconds, her coat on and all ready to go. "Hi Gumball. I'm all ready to go." She smiled happily at Barry, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Glad you are. You'll love what we're doing for our date." Barry reached into his pocket and pulled out two tickets and showed them to her. "I got us front row seats to the Nintendo Direct for Smash Bros. 4." Barry announced to her.
The next thing he knew, he was being tackled into a hug by the winter girl. "EEEEEEEE, I love these! I've wanted to see that as much as you have! You're the best boyfriend ever!" Adorabeezle squealed with glee. Most of the girls in Sugar Rush wouldn't have appreciated this gift as much as she did, but because she was dating a self-aware OC who's creator was a serious gamer, She couldn't be any happier than right now. They both had been waiting months for this direct that show off the upcoming game.
"I knew you'd love it." Barry smiled at her as she released her hug. "Now come along; it starts in half an hour." He kissed her on the nose, getting a cute giggle from her. They both hopped into the Bubble Blaster, and took off for Game Central Station.
