Gumball POV
“Marshall! Marshall!" I call as soon as I entered the house inside the cave, it was late afternoon and I had just came back from school
"I'm up here!" He yells from his room
"Marshall! Marshall! Marshall!" I call climbing up the stairs and find Marshall Lee sitting on his bed with his famous red axe base guitar
"Glob, I heard you the first time! Stop yelling!"
I smile gleefully and say, "Guess what? Guess what? "
"What?" he asks
"Guess!" I insist hopping in my spot
"Is it something good?"
“Uh – huh!!" I nod
"Hmm, did the nightosphere burn down? Is everyone dead?" he asks excitedly
"No!" I say before pulling out a piece of paper from my bag and show it to him, "I got a 100 on my science test! It's my first 100 in science."
"Really. . . that's the great news?"
"It is great news!" I jump
"Gumball, you getting a 100 is nothing new. It'll be surprising if you failed." he says
"I'm not going to fail just to surprise you." I warn and glare at him
"Whatever." He mumbles and goes back to strumming his guitar then he scribbles something down on a paper.
"Are you writing a new song?" I asked climbing up the bed and sitting beside him. Marshall nods as he continues scribbling seemingly much focused in his work.
"Can I hear it?" I ask getting curious
"It's not done yet."
"I don't care, just play it"
Marshall chuckles shaking his head then says "Fine"
“What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh
How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh
Give me all of you
Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it's hard
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you
I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh”
"That was beautiful!" I exclaim clapping my hands loudly
"Every song to you is beautiful” he snorts
"That's because you're talented in making beautiful music” I say
Marshall laughs and puts his guitar aside, "don't you out get embarrassed from saying such corny stuff?"
"What's to be embarrassed about?"
Marshall laughs some more before pulling me into a headlock
"You're such a goody two shoes that it just makes me wanna mess you up!"
"Ow! Hey, that's not cool! “I say trying to break free. “You're just like Fiona, unaware of your strength!"
"Fiona?” Marshall says suddenly, "oooh! My little Gumbum has a girlfriend?" he coos
Feeling my cheeks heat up, I push Marshall away and hide my face in my hands "She's not my girlfriend!"
"What, so you have a crush on her? You little bad boy."
"No! I don't feel that way about her!"
"It's okay; you don't need to hide it. Your big brother here will teach everything you need to know about girls and love!” He says smugly jutting his thumb towards his chest
Glaring at him I reply, "If you really were my older brother, you'd be a horrible role model. Plus I don't need you to tell me about love or girls. "
"Hm, really? Have you been reading my porn collection behind my back? Is that how you're so well informed about girls and love?" he retorts
"NO! Marshall, stop putting words in my mouth." I yell
"Hahaha! I'm just playing with ya kid!" Marshall laughs and ruffles my hair
"You're so mean!" I said sticking my tongue out
"I apologize your highness." He says pretending to bow
“I’ll accept your apology if you promise me a Boys Night.”
“We haven’t had Boys Night in a while. Alright, Boys night tonight.”
“YES!” I say in joy fisting the air, “But what movie are we watching?”
“Heat’s signature ofcourse.”
“No, we’ve seen that a lot.”
“But heats signature is awesome, and we haven’t seen the 3rd one yet.” He points
“Fine.” I grumble and cross my arms, just then we hear the door slam open and someone yells loudly
“MARSHALL??”
It’s Ashely. Marshall’s girlfriend. “Augh! It’s her.” I groan just as Marshall swears under his breath, then throwing his guitar he flies down to meet her.
“Don’t. Make. A. Sound.” He whispers to me before disappearing down
Marshall POV
“Hey! Ash…babe…what’re you doing here.” I say my voice a bit strained as I approach my girlfriend who was standing by the door way looking very annoyed.
“What took you so long?” she spits
“Nothing…I- I was just sleeping.” I respond then kiss her cheek and put my hands on her waist
“Well.” She starts smiling mischievously and running her hands up and down my chest, “I was wondering if you were interested in going to this drinking party BoBo is hosting.”
I bring our lips together and say, “I’d love to.” But as soon as these words leave my mouth a crash sounds from upstairs
Fucking gumball! I told him to stay silent!
“What was that?”
“It was nothing.” I hurriedly say trying to pull Ash’s attention back to me
“Was that the pink boy? Is he still alive?!”
“No, no baby. It’s not –
“I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME YOU KILLED HIM!!” she yells pushing me away
“Baby, just give Gumball a chance he’s still a little kid and he’s very, very sweet.”
“How could you Marshall? Do you know how much I hate children?! I want that prick dead and if you can’t kill him then I will march up there myself and suck his very soul!”
A dream I had of Ashley and I getting married and having lots of children burns to crisp leaving me feeling empty. Before she reaches the ladder to my room I hold her from her forearm and whisper seductively in her ear.
“He’s already dead sugar so don’t bother yourself with him anymore. I want you to only think of us in bed tonight going crazy. Also I wrote a song for you.”
Ashely’s mood changes again as lust replace rage in her eyes. She giggles and says, “Really?”
“Yeah, so just wait for me here I’ll go grab my stuff then we’ll go to your place.”
“Ok.”
Immediately I fly back up to my room to see Gumball sitting on the bed his arm and legs crossed and one of his eyebrows rose. I glare at him before grabbing my guitar and all the papers scattered around the room.
“Are you going with her?” he asks quietly
“Yes.”
“But, what about Boy’s Night?” he whine
“Sorry Gumball, but we have to cancel.” I say impatiently
“You know, I hate Ashely. You should break up with her.” He huffs
“Gumball shut up! You don’t know what you’re talking about; you’ll understand when you’re older.” I hissed at him before flying back down to my girlfriend and heading to her house.
Gumball POV
A few minutes after Marshall left I hear the front door click shut and I sigh in defeat. I hate Ashley; I really, really hate her. The first time I met her she tried to eat me and if it wasn’t for Marshall I would have been a goner. I don’t know what Marshall see’s in her. Every time she’s around he changes his personality and she’s always yelling at him and hitting him. Whenever I tell him he should break up with her, Marshall yells at me saying that I’m too young to understand.
I open my school bag and pull out my math homework to work on it. Marshall found me 5 years ago, abandoned, cold and starving. He took me in as his little brother. Took care of me and gave me a better life. I didn’t remember my name until a year later when I fell off a tree while playing outside the cave. But other than that I couldn’t remember what I was doing all alone at the rubbles of orchid town. Who left me? Do I have parents? Who am I? What was I doing there? All these questions lacked answers.
Two and half hours later I finish all my homework and was very hungry by then. So I go down stairs to the kitchen to try and prepare something for myself.
“Damn you Marshall for leaving an 11 year old boy all by himself unsupervised. What will you do if I burnt down the house?” I grumble as I open the fridge and stare at the abundance of apples, strawberries, cherries and tomatoes sitting in there. I sigh as I take an apple and close the fridge. I’m really craving spaghetti; maybe I should tell Marshall to buy me some.
Marshall POV
My eyes snap open and I find myself lying in Ashley’s bed. I prop myself on one elbow and check the time.
“Shit!” I his silently, “it’s 1:30 in the morning.”
Slowly and as quietly as I could I get off the bed and stumble around the room looking for my clothes. I find them all, a few minutes later, except my shirt. That’s when I realize Ashley was wearing it. I curse silently then open her closet rummaging through it until I find an old tee shirt that I left at her house months ago. Hurriedly I slip it on, take my guitar and fly away. I had to hurry back, Gumball is all by himself and I’m very worried about him. It’s my fault that Boy’s Night got cancelled but I had to do it otherwise my girlfriend would have killed Gumball.
Thirty minutes later I arrive at the cave, I open the door quietly to a dark silent house. As I get deeper into the house I see Gumball curled into a fetal position on my hard couch, sleeping. Immediately my heart breaks and the guilt start to gnaw at me. I pick him up carefully and fly us up to my room. Once I reach the stairs Gumball stirs and wakes up, “Marshie, when did you come back?” he asks sleepily rubbing his eyes.
“I just got back. Sorry about Boy’s Night, I promise I’ll make it up to you.”
“That’s what you said the last time.” He yawns
“I’m sorry, ok!”
“You smell horrible. Were you with Ashley the whole time? What were you doing? Did you have fun? Why are you wearing a different shirt?”
“You ask too many questions Gumball. Go to sleep.” I say feeling annoyed as I drop him on the bed.
“Ow.” He grunts before crawling to his side and snuggles in the blanket.
I strip off my clothing down to my boxers and slip in under the covers with Gumball.
“Marshall you’re taking too much space.” He cries
“This bed can hardly fit both of us, if you don’t like it go sleep on the couch.”
“I’m not going down to sleep on that hard wood, you go sleep on it. As an adult you should be more considerate and offer me your bed while you sleep on the floor!”
“Why the hell would I do that? This is my bed.”
“Why are you sleeping anyways? It’s night time and you’re a vampire.”
“Fuck you Gumball! I get tired as well okay.”
“One day, you’re language is going to give me nightmares.”
“That’s good. I hope you enjoy them.” I grunt then close my eyes and sleep.
A/N: Song All of Me by John Legend