Author's note; I just got into TAWOG and this is my first TAWOG story. If the characters are OOC, please let me know. I'd like to get critiscm for this story, how the plot, characters are, please and what I need to improve. Million thanks for KasualKoopa for beta read and help me if the characters and plot was all right!

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Blablabla: Flashback

Blablabla: Yelling/thinking with one quote

"Anais! Gumball! Darwin! Breakfast!"

Anais woke up and jolted her head up off the table as saliva ran out of the side of her mouth, and onto the table, startled awake by the sound of her mother. She was surrounded by homework and books covering the whole the desk that she sat in front of. She nudged her eyes as she yawned and looked at what was before her. She gave a nervous frown as she said, "Oops," loudly to herself. She must have dozed off after she pulled an all-nighter, when she was trying to do her homework. Again. Looking at the clock above her bed, she bit her lower lip in shame; 7:30. Possibly three hours ago, she had dozed off. Her mother hated it when she did it; she always, and repeatedly told her that kids need plenty of sleep. When she first did this, she always went to school looking like a zombie. A few weeks later when she kept doing that, making it a daily routine, she looked fresher than sleeping for ten hours. The same went to her brothers. Well, instead of studying, they played video games all night. Anais ignored the books and all the trash on the desk. Since she slept while studying, she didn't have to dress to her satisfaction. Ready, she exited her room and grabbed her schoolbag, only to bump into an older child than her.

"Good mo-" She was about to greet him but stopped midway and bolted up when she saw her older brother looking zombified. Anais sighed. He must have been staying up all night playing video games again. She can't scold him, though, since she does the same, except she gains knowledge rather than taint her mind with the tragedy that is modern media.

"Stayed up all night again?" Anais had to ask. "Mom's not gonna be happy." Darwin slowly turned his head to his sister; he had bags under his eyes and he smelled as if he had not taken a shower in days. "This. Is. Not. Fair. Why is it that whenever you stay up all night, you look refreshed and I don't?" he asked. Anais straightened her back.

"Scientia potentia est." (1)Darwin stared at her, befuddled like she was an idiot for few quite minutes. "You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you…? " Anais finally said as she made herself downstairs, leaving Darwin befuddled as she smirked when his brother gave an idiotic and distant look. "Anyways, get Gumball for me, would ya?" Darwin saluted her before he headed towards his brother's room. He heard a cuss from his room as well as the sound of the printer turned on.

A sound coming from an electronic device echoed in the room, and a screen showed blue little paws on the side as an unknown voice mumbled. The blue paws disappeared and reappeared with its blue body that stood in the middle of the screen. The cat posed several times, putting his hands on his hips, head or butt while giving a sly smile. His final pose he made was his hands on his hips, the same previous one he made but finally decided it was good. Realizing that the camera hadn't made a clicking sound, the cat approached the camera and fiddled with its buttons. As beeps came out of the camera, the cat went to his pose again. Finally, a click was heard as flash of light blinded his eyes. He approached the camera frantically and took a look at its screen and the photo it had just taken. He plugged the camera into the computer's USB port as he turned on the camera. He clicked on an icon on his screen, next to the Internet icon, titled "PictBridge" and opened the program. After clicking on print, the print machine started to roar as a white bottom paper came out of it. The whold paper came out, and Gumball snatched the paper from the machine to look at his own handsome face. Making a final touch, he cut the unnecessary white paper around the picture. Finally, Darwin had to ask.

"What are you doing?" Gumball jumped as some of his blue fur raised on his body.

"Darwin! Don't sneak up to me!" He turned to his brother. Darwin's eyes immediately caught the photo Gumball was holding. When his brother noticed, he immediately made eye contact with him. "Why are you taking pictures of yourself so early in the morning?" Darwin cocked his eyebrow as Gumball showed him the picture.
"This, my friend, is a photograph of me for Penny. All I have to do is write a little 'Sincerely, always yours, Gumball,' and voilà!" He kissed his fingers and then extended his arm out. His eyes turned back to Darwin.

"Do you want to create an autograph for Carrie?"
"W-w-What?! I'm not in love with C-C-Carrie!" Darwin averted his eyes as he blushed. "Then how do you explain at the Halloween party at Carrie's?" Gumball leaned towards Darwin as a sly smirk appeared on his face. He withdrew when a thought hit him. "Wait...we can't leave Rachel out…"
Before Darwin could deny, Gumball continued, "Maybe you can send them both?"

"You sure girls don't mind?"
Gumball stood straight and proud. "Don't worry, girls don't mind if another girl is your girlfriend. I saw it on TV."
"You watched the channel mom forbid us to watch?!"
Gumball rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms towards Darwin. "Dawg, I ain't gonna take what mah mama says." Gumball then took his schoolbooks, swung his bag on his shoulder, and strolled out.
"But… I'm not a dog…" Darwin said befuddled, before Gumball could go downstairs. "Are you planning on confessing to Penny?" Gumball stopped at his tracks as his face turned red. "Wait... didn't you already confess to her at one point?" Gumball's thoughts traveled back when Miss Simian thought that they had lied that their father ate their homework and were taught by Mr. Small to be honest. When they were walking around the halls being honest to their classmates, Gumball had said, 'I love you,' to Penny. She nor him never brought it up again. Would it be okay if he'd mention it to her? Sweat started to appear the side of his head as fear came into his mind if he would confess; Penny would reject him and not be friends with him anymore. Gumball kept walking downstairs, not answering Darwin's question.

It was only matter of time.

Darwin and Gumball were five minutes late for class and Miss Simian was furious. It felt like an eternity when she scolded them after class. Gumball didn't seem to be fazed by Miss Simian's lecture, he only stared at the wall behind her. Miss Simian took it as an offense and sent him to the detention.
Principal Brown had to talk to Gumball, but got no answer from him. Brown was starting to get worried about him, but was also afraid to oppose Miss Simian for the sake of their relationship. She would start raging and trash his office as well. Gumball was dismissed from detention while Brown tried to convince Miss Simian that he was not himself today. Students could hear Miss Simian shriek inside Brown's kind of snapped out of his thoughts. He put a lot of thought of how to confess to his lifelong crush. During the day, he had bumped into Penny numerous times, but Gumball would run away before Penny could finish her greeting him. It would make him wang to bang his head on his own locker, thinking to himself how much of a coward he was.

"Um, Gumball, are you alright?" Gumball quickly opened his eyes and turned around to see his crush standing there with worried looks. He started to feel sweaty on his hands and his eyes automatically kept averting from her.

"I-I-I-I was just- I've been having trouble to think of your surprise." He smacked his own head. 'Why did I say that?! Wait! The autograph!' He reached to his back pocket and unfolded the picture he took. The peanut girl was smiling with anticipation and curiosity of what surprise the blue cat had planned. Gumball was taken aback by the sight before his eyes; he felt star stuck. She looked better in this moment than he ever had in any of Gumball's dreams. As usual, he found himself at a loss for words.
"So… Gumball. What's my surprise?" she asked joyfully.
"Well… I got a little p-p-picture of me, so, y'know, you'd remember me forever…" He gave her the picture."Oh, that is so sweet! But I'd never forget you." She held the picture close to her chest.
"Th-th-th-there's another thing…"
"What is it?"
'Now or never Gumball, Come on you can do this,' he thought to himself.
"Well, you see…"
'This is our only chance, quit stalling.'
"P-Penny… I..."
Gumball clenched his eyes tight, forcing out the words that fought restlessly in his throat.

"I love you, Penny!" Silence fell deafly between the two. Penny dropped her books she was holding in her arms as she gasped and then smiled.

"Gumball… I have been waiting for you to say this for a long time. I just couldn't… I've been such a coward for not expressing my feelings to you. Gumball… no, Zach, I love you too." Gumball cocked his eyebrow when she mentioned his real name.

Sure, he did tell everyone his real name when he first got into Elmore High, but he convinced everyone to call him 'Gumball'. Before he could reply, he was suddenly pulled into a kiss, not on his cheek as usual, but on his mouth. Gumball blushed and widened eyes at the same time when he realized what was going on. His feelings were mixed; fear and happiness mixed together. The fear of getting Penny pregnant after that kiss lingered in his mind, along with the happiness that he finally fulfilled his lifelong dream. It seemed only like yesterday he was dreaming about Penny during his daily life. After what seemed like an eternity, Penny withdrew with a blush on her cheeks as she averted her eyes from Gumball.

"It took you a lot of courage to do this. And I know that you'd been a coward to tell me. You may be a coward but you're my coward."
Penny, then suddenly rushed to class as well as rushed her goodbye. Darwin just passed by while whistling when he noticed that his brother was completely frozen in his place. He waved his fin in front of Gumball's face, but he didn't respond. He tried to stare at him but no avail. Gumball finally took a deep breath and sighed pleasantly, making Darwin back up. Gumball's eyes widened when he realized something. "Oh no! I hope I didn't make Penny pregnant! Should I tell mom? No, she'll be furious and I'll be in sooo much trouble!"

"You made Penny pregnant!?" Darwin exclaimed and attracting everyone's attention, only to realize what he had done.
"What is going on?!" Brown exclaimed. He slammed his office door open. Darwin grimaced; his legs wanted to run away but he couldn't leave his buddy. Besides, last time he did, Brown was furious. "Wait, you made Penny pregnant?!" Brown yelled as he crossed his arms.
"I-I-I didn't mean it! She was the first one to make a move, she kissed me!"
"Kissed?" He unfolded his arms as he chuckled. "Oh, Watterson, that doesn't make a girl pregnant." Gumball sighed in relief as his ears flopped back. Darwin sighed as well. "Wait...how do you make girls pregnant?" Brown averted his eyes to the sides as he stammered. He scratched back of his head in embarrassment. "A-a-a-ask your mother." Then, like Penny, he ran away.

"What happened? Hm, whatever." He shrugged. "Darwin, you won't believe what happened! My dream has become true!" Gumball jumped with his hands extended out. "Did you do it?" Darwin asked as his eyes sparkled. Gumball nodded his head as a yes. He then stared at the ceiling with his hands clasped together.

Nicole flipped the channels, unimpressed at the TV, as her hand was placed under her chin. Because of her anger, she was given vacation without a pay until she learned to control it. Of course, she flipped out and destroyed her boss's office. The bill was medium like the other bills she ever had. But in the meantime, she had to find another job. It hadn't been easy to find one with her kids continuing to ruin it for her. She had also caught the laziness from her husband, who was sitting next to her eating pizza, sausages with a coke and bag of snacks besides him for dessert. Nicole had opened the bag and got few snacks, Richard was too afraid to protest.
Her mind traveled to this morning when Gumball held a picture while staring at the thin air. She had took a glimpse of it, only seeing the top of her son's head. What was that all about? She just hoped it wouldn't lead to another trouble and add to her bills. She heard someone cheering outside before her two sons entered the house. Darwin was following Gumball while Gumball himself had his eyes closed and seemed proud of himself. Nicole cocked an eyebrow to their behavior.

"What is going on, boys?" She asked, her voice hinting she was on her guard if the boys got into trouble. Darwin stopped, he couldn't wipe his smile off his face. He looked at Gumball tensely with his fins near his mouth.
"Tell her, Gumball, tell her!" He waved his fins, drawing his father's attention. Gumball cleared his throat before he released the news. "Ladies and gentlemen. Today I have become a man, for I have… asked my lifelong crush to be my girlfriend."
Nicole immediately stood up, knocking the remote off of her lap as her eyes sparkled and her hands were clasped together.

"Oooh, my little boy has grown up!"
She picked her son up, preparing to kiss him but Gumball managed to defend himself. Nicole deflected his defense with one hand and gave him a kiss. "Oh, mom! I don't need your kisses anymore!"

"Though you have a girlfriend, you still need mommy's kisses." Gumball rolled his eyes.
"Let's invite our daughter-in-law to dinner." Nicole said as she picked the phone up. Gumball ran towards his mother and pulled her skirt so she won't call Penny.
"Mom, don't! I'll call her okay? And… wait, did you say… Mom! We aren't planning on getting married soon! Though that would be awesome…" Gumball muttered the last sentence.
"Nonsense, my mother used to call Richard son-in-law when we were dating at your age, I was embarrassed too when she said it, but ten years later we got married." Nicole took Richard's arm as she looked up to him pleasantly.
Gumball thought about it. It might happen. Now that he thought about it, he also confessed his love to Penny when the world was supposed to end and when he wanted to marry her without proposing but she said that he shouldn't try until twenty years have passed. Was this it? Will he end up like his parents and get married with Penny? Gumball pinched himself to see if it was a dream. When he saw that he was still standing on the same spot, he extended his arms up and yelled

"Woooohoooo! This is gonna be the best year ever!"

1. Is a Latin aphorism often claimed to mean organized "knowledge is power".

Sorry if it's too rushed. Second chapter will maybe be posted tomorrow.