BallPen, A TAWOG Story

Nothing Ever Goes Right

"WHOOOO!!!!! GO GET SOME!" Darwin shouted as Gumball walked out, approaching Mr. Fitzgerald's car. Gumball's face grew more red at Darwin's shout. "Hello, Mr. Fitzgerald." Gumball said. "Hello, Gumball Watterson." He said. "Call me Pat. Or Patrick, or whatever. You don't have to be formal. Are you ready?" Gumball nodded. "Penny's in the back seat." Gumball opened the door and got in. He sat next to her. "Bye Darwin! Bye Mom! Bye Dad! Bye Anais! See you in a little!" Gumball shouted out the window. A chorus of byes came back. Mr. Fitzgerald started the car and they zipped off. Gumball slowly snaked his hand over and placed it on Penny's. She noticed and grew red as well. Gumball wondered vaguely if peanut people's lips taste like peanuts. "Where are we going, Pat?" Gumball asked. "Well, I'm gonna drop you two off at a really fancy restaurant." Patrick said. "Can I trust you two?" They nodded. "Great! We're here. Pick you up at 7?" He asked. They nodded again. "Alright. See you at seven!" The cat and the peanut said bye to Patrick before he left. "Wow.... ladies first?" Gumball said, opening the door. Penny blushed and walked in. "It's really pretty here." Penny said. "Not as pretty as you." Gumball said. She blushed harder.

And this is the moment where Gumball noticed cheesy pickup lines actually worked.

They sat down at a two seater table. "Drinks?" a waiter asked. "Water please." Gumball asked. "Tea." Penny said. Gumball smiled at Penny. "So, what to talk about?" He asked, then blurted, "Why did you like me all of a sudden?" Penny giggled. "I heard what you said a day ago." Gumball blushed intensely, the red reacting harshly with his blue fur. Penny raised an eyebrow at his reaction. He coughed a bit and cleared his throat. The waiter came back with the drinks. Gumball snatched his and gulped it down, trying to cool down his face. It didn't really work. Penny sipped her tea. The water went down the wrong pipe and Gumball started coughing; choking on the water. His face started turning red. Penny thought he was just blushing, until she noticed he was clawing at his sweater collar. "Gumball what's wrong?!" She asked hurriedly. "Can't.....breathe..." He croaked. She freaked out and jumped out of her chair. She wrapped her arms around his stomach and squeezed. She had no idea actually how to do the heimlich so she was going off of memory. His struggles were noticeably weakening. "SOMEONE HELP HE'S CHOKING!" Penny shouted. Gumball's eyes rolled to the back of his head and his arms slowly slid down. "HELP!!!! PLEASE!! SOMEONE CALL 911!!!" Penny screamed. A nearby person dialed his phone quickly. Gumball wheezed. Penny kept attempting the heimlich. "Stay with me Gumball!! The ambulance is coming. Please Gumball! Don't you fucking DARE die on me! Please!" She sobbed. She eventually quit trying and just hugged Gumball close as the ambulance came. The wailing grew louder and everything afterwards was a blur to her. She just remembers waking up in the hospital waiting room. Last thing she remembers thinking is why couldn't we have had a normal date....

The next time she woke she was at the Watterson's. In Gumball's room. Laying next to Gumball. In his bed. She tried not to celebrate, noticing he was asleep. She rolled over and discovered Darwin in his bowl, asleep too. She heard snoring from above her and assumed it was Anais. She simply rolled back over and inched up to Gumball until she was directly against him, feeling warmth from his body radiate. She wrapped her arms around his slumbering form and shut her hollow eyes, relishing the feeling of the feline in her arms. She drifted off, her dreams filled with thoughts of what would've happened if that guy hadn't called 911. She made a mental note to find and thank him...

Gumball woke up suddenly, from the extra pressure on his sides. He noticed it was Penny's arms, wrapped around him. She was snuggling against him, snoring lightly. Gumball blushed and smiled. He lifted an arm and rubbed her closest horn before placing his hand on hers. His thoughts traveled briefly to Z but he forgot soon after. He was more focused on the burning in his throat. And the peanut around him. He snuggled up against her shell and smiled wide, his face burning. He felt purrs rise in his throat and he didn't force them down. They hurt slightly but he didn't care. He fell back asleep, dreaming about a wedding...

Darwin lifted his eyelids slowly. He was routinely checking on Gumball to make sure he was ok. He saw Gumball snuggled against Penny and grinned. He jumped out of his bowl and made his way over. He put Penny's hand in Gumball's before climbing back onto the dresser. He shot one more look at them before pulling himself into his bowl. He closed his eyes again and dreamt about Carrie...

In the other side of the house, Nicole Watterson couldn't sleep. She fretted about her son. She had no clue how fragile he really was until the recent incident. She was sitting in her bed, staring at the door. She thought Darwin was the softest one, but seeing her son nearly choke to death in a hospital had shaken her into realizing she was wrong. She wanted to protect Gumball, and regretted every time she had physically hurt Gumball. I made him weak but physically traumatizing him. She thought bitterly. I made him this fragile. She thought about the time she held Gumball against the wall by the neck. She sighed as tears dripped down her face. She started to sob. Hiccups racked her body and fear tinged her thoughts. She decided she should try to sleep. She went to lay down and was out before she hit the pillow. She dreamt a horrifying dream about what it would be like if she killed Gumball or drove him to suicide....