The Pinky

Chapter 2 - The Day

The anthropomorphic sun climbed over the horizon and settled into the sky, signalling the start of a shiny new week.

Well, more like a rusty rundown week for those bound for school.

Darwin's fins were crossed and his foot was tapping as he waited for Gumball to exit the bathroom. The water sprinkling from the shower claimed the ambience that filled the hallway. Just as he began whistling a tune in a recognisable melody, the door to the bathroom opened up. The 12-year old cat stepped into the hallway, a towel wrapped around his body and steam emitting from his wet body.

"There you are, buddy" said Darwin. "I was beginning to think something happened. Seriously, what's keeping you in there?".

Gumball always knew what to say whenever he was asked about how long he spends in the shower. "I was in there because I was passing the time by dressing up with a women's wig and pretending to be Amelia Phoenix performing her hit album Strain in front of an audience-[GASP]! Gumball immediately covered his mouth the moment he finished that excuse. No. It wasn't an excuse. Not even close to a lie! It was the real deal! It was the truth! The very secret he kept from everyone in the house!

Darwin just stared for a few seconds before a smile grew on his cute face. Then, he started to giggle, not being able to contain himself hearing what his brother said.

"No! No!" Gumball continuously pleaded. But his adoptive goldfish brother already left for the stairs.

"Why didn't I make up a story about it?" Gumball thought to himself. And indeed, that was a pretty good question. He actually intended to lie about what he was doing in the shower, but something inside forced the truth right out with no hint of fabrication whatsoever.

At least it was only for this one time in the morning, right?

At Elmore Junior High...

Gumball sat at his desk, still trying to comprehend what happened earlier. "What the what happened?" he thought aloud to himself. "Why did I say the truth? Did something just happen inside me? What the what is going on?".

"Hi, Gumball" greeted Penny, walking past him on her way to her desk.

Stopping his thoughts dead in their tracks, Gumball's eyes went big and sparkly and his cheeks blushed red as he softly greeted "Hi, Penny". Putting his paws together near his rosy red cheeks and softly giggling out of love, he quickly forgot what he was worrying about, focused on Penny.

That wouldn't last for long however.

As Miss Simian was droning on and on about lessons and stuff we shouldn't get into because nobody cares, there was nothing but silence to accompany it all.

No sound the interrupt it.

Just dead calm silence and Miss Simian's dragging lecturing.

"What are you doing, Gumball!?" bellowed a loud deep voice from a certain Tyrannosaurus.

Gumball, who was leaning over to Tina's desk, quickly came up with an excuse to cover up. "I didn't study for the questions. So I was cheating by peeking at your sheet to copy your answers-[GASP]". It happened again. He actually intended to say that the chair legs were broken, but he blurted out the truth without intent once again. "I mean, I was cheating! No! It was not a joke! It was true!" Gumball tried once more to cover it up, but his free will was again taken over by whatever this was. He could only giggle nervously as Tina snarled in her growing anger.