"I see em, he just pulled in the driveway! Can I go noww pleaaase?" Pancake pleaded with excitement.
Espresso walked to their front door, Pancake still staring him down from the window, and knocked on it.
"Yes Pancake you can go after you make sure you have everything. You're so forgetful with your packing, maybe you should double check." Sparkling sighed and walked to the front door where he would greet Espresso.
He opened the door and saw the man standing there while Sorbet was waiting in the back seat of his car at the front of the driveway. "Hey Espresso, how are ya?" Sparkling greeted with a smile.
"I'm doing just fine Sparkling, how are you this evening?"
"Doing spectacular since this little guy has been talking about this sleep over for the whole darn week," He chuckled.
"Yeah, same back over at our house. Is Pancake fully ready to go this time? I figured it would take quite some time for him to get prepared." Espresso asked out of previous experiences.
"Hm, I'm not sure," Sparkling turned to face Pancake on the couch with suspicion. "Are you fully ready son?"
"Yessss I did what you said I even quadruple checked! I promise!" Pancake assured impatiently while tossing his backpack over his shoulder.
"Well ok then. You can go now if Espresso's ready." Sparkling approved and moved out of the doorway.
"Yes, come on Pancake we'll be leaving now." Espresso said waiting for him.
Pancake dashed to the door and quickly hugged Sparkling's legs before going with Espresso out the door. He closed it behind him and ran to the car where Sorbet was waiting on him, Espresso calmly walking behind him.
Espresso started the car and they were off for their sleep over. Herb came out of him and his husband's room to see Pancake had already left. He decided to see what the other kids were up to and knocked on their door. They had Soda and Crepe over to hang out with.
Gumball answered the door and let Herb in. Him and Soda looked oddly anxious, concerning the dad a bit. "What's up with you two, there's anxiety written all over your faces." Herb asked.
Gumball and Soda just whispered to each other for a second before Gumball spoke up."Wellll Dad we were just wondering if we could y'know go.. out?"
"Out as innnn? Like on a date or going outside or?"
"Just out to the square to hang out and walk around, y'know?"
Herb thought about it for a minute and nodded. He remembered that Sparkling and him both had to take their shifts at the bar tonight and they couldn't just leave Crepe and Custard home alone. They wouldn't mind bringing them along would they?
"Well son I have two options for you. You can either go with Soda but you have to take the youngsters with you, or you all can stay here and not go. It's only because me and your father both have to go in tonight and those two can't stay here by themselves." Herb explained softly.
"We can take em with us, right?" Gumball asked looking over at Soda.
"Yeah that works out just fine," Soda shrugged.
"NO. NO. NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT! I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITH SODA!" Custard yelled on the verge of tears.
"Custard shut your mouth, do you know how to not yell?!," Crepe almost back hand smacked their friend at his screaming. "Besides, I think it would be fun to go to the square! There's even a candy shop around the corner!"
Custard just groaned and threw himself back on the bed. "Fine."
"Good. I wasn't really gonna give you a choice but cool." Gumball said almost in a threatening way.
