Hey! ALF here! Again, I apologize for all the short chapters...but I'm really busy with many fanfics, editing, and all that good stuff. Last chapter had a lot of drama in it...I love drama. Hmm...if anyone has requests for fanfics to write just ask. But I have conditions...you are not allowed to be mean to any other author on this site (no names mentioned), your request must give me inspiration, and you need to be patient when I'm writing the fanfic. So send those requests if you want me to write a story for you! That's all for now! ALF out, peace!
"Gumball? What was that all about?," Sif says as he walks over to Gumball.
"Nothing...can I skip gym Sif?," Gumball asks after some silence.
"Yeah sure dude...this is your last class today...so go on home...," Sif says as he walks back to the centre of the gym.
Gumball slowly walks out of the gym.
"Ok people let's start!," Sif barks out to the rest of the class before the doors close behind Gumball.
'Great job Gumball,' Gumball thinks to himself angrily as he walks down the hall.
"Ugh! What's wrong with me!," Gumball screams as he punches a locker and leaves a big hole in it.
A certain ghost floats right behind Gumball, but is in an invisible state.
"There's nothing wrong with you Gumball...," the ghost says a bit too loudly.
Gumball spins around in surprise.
"Who's there?!," he screams.
"...me...," Carrie says quietly as she turns visible.
"Carrie? How long have you been following me?," Gumball asks as he pulls his fist out of the locker.
"Long enough to see how you feel about yourself...," Carrie says emotionlessly.
"Why do you care...," Gumball replies coldly.
Carrie stares at Gumball angrily.
"Why do I care?! Gumball, the only reason why I came back was because of you! Doesn't that mean anything to you!," Carrie screams in his face.
Gumball gets taken back by Carrie's sudden outburst of emotion.
"Came back...because of me...?," Gumball says quietly with thought.
"Yes Gumball...I came back because of you...," Carrie says while moving towards Gumball slowly.
Carrie takes Gumball's paw in her hand.
She looks up at Gumball.
"...does this mean...," Gumball trails off while looking into Carrie's eyes.
"Yes...I still love you Gumball...," Carrie says finishing Gumball's sentence.
Gumball looks at Carrie's hand holding his.
He then looks up at Carrie with tears in her eyes.
Gumball wipes away her tears and smiles.
Carrie smiles back at him.
"Hey Carrie?," Gumball says.
"Yeah?," Carrie replies.
Gumball pulls Carrie into a hug.
"I still love you too Carrie...I missed you so much...," Gumball tells her as he hugs her tightly.
Carrie hugs Gumball back just as tightly.
"I promise I'll explain everything...," she says through tears.
Gumball laughs.
"You better," he says after his little laugh.
After a few moments the two let go of each other and walk out of the school hand in hand.
A figure stares at the two from a classroom window.
"So...it worked out after all...," the figure says to itself.
Back to Gumball and Carrie-
"So do you mind telling me what happened when you left?," Gumball asks Carrie after a few minutes of silent walking with Carrie.
Carrie stops walking and looks at Gumball.
"It's a really long story Gumball...you sure you wanna hear it?," Carrie says.
Gumball takes Carrie's hand and walks her over to a nearby bench.
He sits down with her and looks into her eyes.
"Yes...you've had me worried sick these past years...I want to know what happened...," he says grimly.
Carrie looks back at Gumball and sighs.
"Better get comfy Gumball...this might take a while," she says.
"Wait here, I'll be right back," Gumball says as he gets off the bench and runs back to the school.
Carrie watches Gumball run back to the school in amazement.
'Wow...you've changed so much gummy-puss...,' Carrie thinks to herself.
Gumball runs out of the school a couple seconds later with two backpacks slung over his shoulders.
He sits back down on the bench, breathing heavily.
Carrie laughs and says," What's in the backpacks?"
Gumball smiles and puts both backpacks on the ground and unzips them.
In one backpack there's pillows and a blanket.
In the other there's some food and drinks.
"What's all this for?," Carrie asks after looking the items over.
"You told me to get comfy, so I'm gonna get comfy," Gumball says proudly.
Carrie laughs while she helps Gumball unpack the things from the backpacks.
In a couple of minutes the two are sitting on a blanket on the ground comfortably with food and drinks in front of them.
Gumball lies down on a pillow and stares up at the sky.
"Ok now I'm comfy," Gumball says with a cheeky smile.
"I'm not," Carrie says emotionlessly.
Gumball looks at Carrie as she lies down beside Gumball and snuggles into his chest.
"Now I am," she says.
"Ok go ahead," Gumball says.
"Uh...Gumball?," Carrie asks.
"Yeah?," he replies.
Carrie shifts herself uncomfortably.
"Telling you this is extremely painful for me...so uh...please understand...," she says quietly.
Gumball looks at Carrie with love and takes her hand in his.
"Tell me as much as you can," he says assuredly.
Carrie nods.
"Well...I guess I should start on that day...," Carrie begins.
FLASHBACK!
"What was I thinking...what am I gonna do now...," Carrie talks to herself out loud as she floats down a country road.
"I can't go back...Gumball hates me now because of what I've done...," she continues.
Carrie continues talking to herself as she keeps floating further and further away from Elmore...
Carrie floats a bit longer till she finds a big rock to rest on.
"Maybe I should go back...go to a different school...hide from him...," she continues thinking out loud.
"Hide from who little girl?," asks a voice behind Carrie.
Carrie turns around and sees three wolves standing behind her.
"Uh...no one...," she says as she turns away in fear.
"Why don't you come with us...we'll take care of you nicely," one of the wolves says slyly.
"No thanks...I'm fine...," Carrie says quickly.
"Oh please...we insist," a wolf says.
"I said I'm fine! Get away from me!," Carrie explodes in the wolves faces.
The wolves get taken back by this sudden burst of emotion.
"We don't take that tone from nobody...kill her...," the wolf in the middle says with a low growl.
Carrie smirks.
"You can't kill me...I'm a ghost," she says.
One of the wolves reaches out and tries to slash Carrie with his claws.
Carrie crosses her arms and doesn't feel a thing as the claws go right thorugh her.
Another wolf punches Carrie.
She smirks again, but instead of having the fist go through her she feels the impact of the fist collide with her stomach.
Carrie falls to the ground and clutches her stomach in pain.
"Not so ghost after all," the lead wolf says as he stands over her.
"What the heck...how could this happen...," she says.
'Ghost puberty...I should've known...,' she thinks to herself after a moment.
The two other wolves begin to stomp and kick Penny relentlessly.
"I guess I'll finish you now," the lead wolf says with a wolfish smirk after the two others finished beating her.
Carrie stays on the ground and turns away with tears in her eyes.
"Just get it over with then...," she says quietly.
"Gladly," the wolf says as she puts his paw up ready to cut Carrie into pieces.
"I'm sorry everyone...I'm sorry Gumball...Your lives will be better without me anyway...," she says to herself.
Carrie shuts her eyes and waits for the end.
"Get away from that girl!," a voice screams in a Texan accent.
Carrie doesn't open her eyes, but just listens.
"Or what birdy? You're gonna peck us with your beak? Haha," says the lead wolf.
"Nah," the unknown voice says again.
BANG!
Carrie screams and hears a cry of agony.
"You shot my leg!," the lead wolf screams as he falls to the ground and cluthes his bleeding leg.
"I said get away from her...and I won't say it again...," the voice says angrily.
"Waste him!," the lead wolf screams as he pulls a pistol from the back of his pants.
Carrie opens her eyes and sees all three wolves aiming at a blue bird man.
"Run!," Carrie screams to the bird.
He doesn't say anything but just stares at the wolves without fear.
All three wolves open fire on the bird.
"NO!," Carrie screams.
But in an instant the bird disappears.
"Where the heck did he go?!," screams the lead wolf as he painfully stands up.
"Right here partners...," a voice says behind the wolves.
The wolves and Carrie turn around and see an unharmed bird aiming two revolvers at them.
"Nighty night," he says as he unloads three bullets at the wolves.
All three fall back to the ground, each bleeding from their chests.
The bird puts the revolvers into holsters at his side and walks over to Carrie.
He's wearing a black t-shirt and a white vest over it along with black jeans.
He leans down beside her and smiles.
"You ok little missy?," he asks.
Carrie tries to smile but can't and begins to cry.
"Woe woe there...don't cry," he says kindly.
He sighs and smiles again.
"Your parents are worried sick Carrie...," he says.
Carrie looks up at the bird in surprise.
"How do you know my parents?," she asks after she calms down a bit.
"I'll tell you later...but I already know what happened back where you live...and I understand why you left Carrie...," he continues.
Carrie then breaks out crying again.
"Shh...it's fine young-un...I've talked to your father already," he says soothingly.
"What did he say?," Carrie asks.
"He understood completely...but that still doesn't mean he's not mad...but with a bit persuasion...I made a deal with him," he replies as he stands up.
Carrie gets up and looks at him.
"You can stay with me and my wife until you're ready to go back...I live some ways from another city...but you are to still go to school...consider me your...care-taker if you want," he says while smiling again.
"But what if I don't want to ever go back...Gumball hates me now after what I've done...," Carrie says with tears in her eyes.
"If he really loves you Carrie...then there is no way in hell that he would ever hate you...that I promise," he replies assuringly.
Carrie sniffles but smiles.
"How long will I be gone...," she asks after a while.
"Hmm...say four years at the most," he says after some thinking.
"Ok...I think I should be ready to go back after that...," she says.
The bird takes a cell phone out of his pocket and hands it to Carrie.
"Better call your folks...you have a lot of talking to do," he says with a slight chuckle.
"This should be fun...oh and by the way...thanks Mr...," Carrie trails off.
"Just call my Jay...as in blue jay...hahahahahah!," he breaks out laughing at his own joke.
"Fun indeed...," Carrie says as she calls her parents on Jay's cellphone.
End of Flashback!
"So yeah...my parents knew where I were all these years...they supplied the money and all that while I was away...," Carrie explains.
"So that's why they wouldn't talk to me...," Gumball says in realization.
Carrie sits up and stares at Gumball.
"Jay and his wife were very good to me...I felt really bad when I left him...but I don't regret leaving to come back here...to come back to you Gumball...," Carrie says with a blush.
Gumball then sits up and smiles.
"I'm glad that you came back too Carrie," he says.
"I really missed you gummy-puss...," Carrie says as she hugs Gumball tightly.
Gumball blushes at the sound of his baby name but nevertheless hugs Carrie back.
"Carrie...?," Gumball says after a few moments.
Gumball and Carrie let go of each other and look into each other's eyes.
"Yeah?," she replies.
"I...I still love you...I always will...nothing you do will ever make me hate you...," he says.
A tear comes to Carrie's eye but she smiles.
"I love you too Gumball...," Carrie says as she hugs Gumball again.
The two are lost in their hugging that they don't hear people coming.
"Well well well...look who's busted this time Carrie," a smiling Endo says with Kira at his side.
"Revenge little cousin...you're busted," Kira says with a laugh and a sly smirk.
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