Episode 6: The Plan

**Opening:**

(Just after the opening, we see Haden walking down the street calmly and holding his school bag. He then walked towards Penny Fitzgerald's house and approached the landing to knock on the door.)

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK

(Penny opens the door and seemed to be waiting for Haden for a long time. She had a wide smile on her face and seemed just plain happy).

Penny: Hi Haden! Please come in!

(Haden enters and meets Penny's family, he seems to be reassured that his family and Penny's are very similar).

Judith: Good morning Haden, I'm Penny's mom, nice to meet you.

Haden: Hello, me too!

Penny (grumbles): Mom! He didn't come to talk, he and I have a presentation to do!

Polly (drawing): Why are you getting so upset, Penny? Are you jealous?

Penny (annoyed): Go back to drawing, you...

Patrick (to Penny): Still, Polly has a point: I really don't understand why you hang out with that Watterson guy so much! I mean, you and Haden are...

Penny (screaming and blushing): DADDY!!!

(Then there was an awkward silence.)

Judith: Come on, honey, go do your homework.

(The two teenagers then go upstairs.)

Patrick (to his wife): What? Don't you think they'd make a good couple?

Judith: Give her a break. I think Penny's old enough now. She doesn't need us as much.

(Once upstairs in Penny's room, she and Haden settled down on the bed -it's not what you think, you misplaced-minded perverts-and got to work. The work was progressing well and after a few minutes Haden became aware of something that titillated his attention).

Haden (looking around): It's funny, I feel like I'm in my own room.

Penny: Yes, it is! And not only that, it's like our families, or even us...

Haden (finishing his sentence): ...are the same?

(They look at each other and laugh.)

Haden: But yes! Who knew your family also had a pet spider?

Penny (ecstatic): Yes, they're adorable, mine's called Mr. Cuddles and yours?

Haden (proud): Mrs. Fluddles.

Penny: Kyaaa! What an adorable name! Besides, we're not the only ones who look alike, there's Carrie...

Haden: ...and Sapphire.

Penny: Darwin...

Haden: ... and Cordelia.

Penny (monotone): Gumball...

Haden (ditto): ... and Carla.

(At this point, they stopped laughing and started staring into space without saying a word. The silence in the room made the pain they were both struggling to restrain even more palpable).

Penny (lump in throat): You know... I feel like I'm the only one who can't move on.

Haden: Welcome to the club!...

Penny (holding back tears): I can't stop thinking about all the good times we've had together...

Haden (sad): ...And I can't get over the fact that she left me so easily, I mean... Am I not a human being with feelings or what? I feel like she dumped me...

Penny (finishing her sentence): ... Like an old sock?

(They look at each other and there's a little silence before Haden and Penny laugh. This conversation gave each of them courage and they decided to dry their tears).

Haden: You know what, I'm not going to give up that easily.

Penny: So am I!

Haden: And if we did...

Penny: A plan!

(And they rush out of the room, forgetting the homework they had to do - R.I.P. Homework ;- ; -. When Penny and Haden came out, they soon realized they had no leads to start looking for. So they sat down on a nearby bench and began to think).

Penny: We don't even know where to start looking.

Haden: We'll never find them at this rate!

Penny (grabbing Haden's hand): I've got an idea! Follow me!

Haden (blushing): Uh... Okay.

(A little later, after taking the bus, they arrive in front of their high school in the middle of Saturday, no noise to be heard).

Haden (pouting): Why are we in front of the high school? When it's the weekend?

Penny: I got to thinking, Gumball and Carla are still in detention because of Mrs. Simian and Mr. Sinon... And the weekend too!

Haden: For once those two monkeys are doing something useful.... Well done, Penny!

(When they enter the study room, they're surprised to see...)

Haden: Cordelia?!

Penny: Darwin?

Haden and Penny: What are you doing here?

Darwin (carefree): Hello !

Cordelia (relaxed): Yo.

Haden (confused): Where's Carla? And Gumball?

Darwin: Well... After much debate between us and them, they've managed to swap places and we're serving our detention time.

Cordelia (angry): While they're kissing face to face.

Darwin and Cordelia: Ew!

Penny: And do you know where they are?

Cordelia: At the movies.

Haden: Okay, thanks! You don't know how much this helps us!!!

(Penny and Haden run out of the room, leaving the two fish alone).

Darwin: Well, at least they're grateful, THEM!...

Cordelia: Yep.

(After this discussion, Haden and Penny go outside and run to the cinema to try not to miss the two blue cats. Larry, the manager, greets them).

Haden (out of breath): Hi Larry, have you seen Carla?

Penny (ditto): Yes. With Gumball too?

Larry: Oh, hello kids, you look tired, are you all right?

Penny (out of breath): Can you tell we've been running?

Larry: You can see it, yes.

Haden (straightening up): Never mind, did you see them or not?

Larry: Yes, I saw them. They went to the 69th theater. It's a crook and annoying remake of Titanic, you know, that kind of mushy movie that makes you want to cry flowers? This movie is so stupid and stereotypical that I'd rather not recommend it, knowing that it'll come out of my paycheck.

Penny (disgusted): Oh dear, not that kind of absurd romance...

Haden: And you wouldn't happen to have two seats available for me and Penny?

Larry: Oh no, sorry, we're full. I'm sure there are even more romance and webtoon fans in there; I guess Navier from "The Remarried Empress" is quite a source of income.

Penny (getting angry): Ew!!! But "The Remarried Empress" is so good!

(Larry and Haden judge her with their eyes, which makes Penny very uncomfortable).

Penny (trying to calm the excitement): Well, Haden, let's wait outside!

Haden (motivated): Great idea!

Penny and Haden: See you later, Larry!

Penny (outside, tapping Haden): Navier is just the best, the only Q.U.E.E.N, Haden!!!! Get it through your skull!

Haden (protects himself): Ouch! Stop it, that hurts.

Larry (desperate but also euphoric): Pfff! These kids....

(Haden and Penny are now outside, watching for the entrance -the EXIT!!!- to the movie theater hidden in a bush -..Seriously, guys? You'll need to brush up on your stakeout techniques... Seconds become minutes and minutes become hours without Carla or Gumball deciding to come out).

Haden (whispering loudly to Penny): So you can see them?

Penny (ditto): No!... Why are we whispering?

Haden (ditto): So no one can see us.

Penny (ditto): Okay!

Anna (walking past and staring at them): Kids these days ....

(A little later, Kate and Kelly passed by the bush without seeing it).

Kelly: We've arrived at the cinema! You still haven't told me what movie you want to see...

Kate (getting angry): For the hundredth time, Kelly: WE DIDN'T COME TO THE CINEMA! WE'RE GOING TO RUIN EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE BAD PEOPLE!

Kelly (sulking): Okay, I understand now, please don't be angry with me...

Kate: I'm sorry, Kelly...

(They give each other a big twin-sister hug.)

Penny (whispers aloud): Pssst! Kate! Kelly!

Kelly (wipes away tears): Who dares interrupt my big twin-sister hug?!

(The twins see Haden and Penny hiding in a bush and join them with a look of disgust).

Kelly (Machiavellian): Fu, fu, fu... But they're Gumball's super nice super friends ...

Kate (mean): What are you doing here?

Penny and Haden: We're offering a deal.

Kelly (shocked): A... deal?! WITH YOU??!!

Kate: And why would we do that, you losers?

Penny: Well, .... We're trying to break up the couple that is Carla and Gumball.

(Haden nods and the twins look at each other.)

Kate (pleased): A chance to humiliate Carla?!

Kelly (pleased): An opportunity to seduce Gumball and kill him!

(Kate and Kelly jump up and down, shouting for joy).

Kate and Kelly: Of course we'll do it!!!

Penny and Haden: COOOOOL!!!

Kate and Kelly: So what do we do, morons?

(Penny and Haden look at each other with an evil, icy stare.)

Kelly (scoffs): Wow, they're almost scary.

Kate (almost insultingly): Don't think too hard, you'll get a nosebleed.

Kelly: Ha ha ha! Perfection.

Kate: Thank you.

Penny: Haden thinks we can try to break up their relationship by making them hate each other.

Kelly: How do you know what Haden thinks?

Haden (joking): She can read minds.

Kate (thinking): Pfff! She's lying...

Penny (pretending to read Kate's mind): Hmmm... Do you think I'm lying?

Kate (confused): What? Uh, no, I'm not! I thought Haden's plan was brilliant...

Haden (grateful): Wow... Thanks, Kate.

Kate: You're welcome, baka UwU

Kelly: And how do you plan to do that?

Haden: Carla's not stupid...

Kelly (interrupting): Yeah, yeah. She is.

Haden (confesses): Well, it's true she's a little stupid,... and if there's one thing Carla hates, it's people sullying the honor of her Legendaries.

Kelly: If I was a fangirl, I wouldn't want anyone messing with my stuff either.

Kate (points to Kelly's pillow with Gumball's drawing on it): Hmm?

Kelly (blushing with embarrassment): HEY!!! It's not mine first, it's Penny's!

Penny: No, mine's at home and safely tucked away.

Kelly (nervous): Put that away, Kate! It's decided, we're going to rip up all of Carla's comics and make it look like Gumball did it!!!!

(They all applaud Kelly's incredible intelligence.)

Kelly (shouting): WELL, ENOUGH OF THIS CHIT-CHAT AND LET'S GO, MY FAITHFUL SLAVES !!!!

(So they decide to leave the bush where they'd taken refuge and head for the Henderson house. Once inside, they break into Carla's room and ransack all her belongings on the Legendaries - I'm sorry I don't have anything to save you, my babies ;- ; - Carla and Gumball arrive a few moments later to find the room totally ravaged and turned upside down. Haden, Penny, Kate and Kelly had hidden outside the room.)

Carla (speechless): .........

Gumball: A...are you all right? - Mario: No. -

Carla (devastated):  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, MY DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSS !!!!!  SOB SOB....

Gumball (shocked): ....

(During this moment of weakness, Kate takes the opportunity to manipulate Gumball's mind with one of Anna's  potions -sorry-).

Carla (ready to kill people): WHO DID THIS?!?!?!?!!!!!!!

Gumball (manipulated): I did.

(Carla turns around looking like a monster).

Carla (soulless): WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? ????!!!!!

Gumball (still controlled by Kate): Well, so we can spend more time together \\_(ツ)\_/

(There was a long silence, Carla gradually raised her hand, as if she was going to slap him).

Carla (playfully): Awww, you're so cute!!! Carla really is bipolar.

Haden, Penny, Kate and Kelly (silently, hiding): WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ???

Carla and Gumball (hugging): I love you.

Kate (still shocked by what she's just seen): Well, well... I'm sorry, but I don't think it would work if we did anything else... no hard feelings, eh?

Kelly: See you soon and strength to you.

(They walk away, leaving the two fairies alone.)

Penny (very sad): So there's no way? Was it a foregone conclusion?

sob sob

Haden (comforting her): Hey... It's okay... we did our best... Please don't cry...

(Penny lifts her head and looks Haden in the eye. They realized that if they couldn't get back together with Carla or Gumball, they could be together.... They move closer and further apart...)

Carla (voice of Sylvester Stallone): Hey! -SERIOUSLY CARLA! DO YOU KNOW RESPECT?!

(Haden and Penny have just been caught red-handed by Gumball and Carla; they're furious).

Gumball (frightened): May we ask what you're doing?

Penny (embarrassed): N...Nothing special, we were going home to do our homework - the homework in question: YEAY !!!! ✨-

Gumball (judging with his eyes): With... him? (points to Haden).

Carla (annoyed): Hey! Don't you dare talk to Haden like that! Besides, Penny, you can leave now, I don't need you !!!!

Gumball (also annoyed): You, you'll talk better to Penny than that !!!

Carla (shouting): I'll talk to her any way I want !!!

(While Carla and Gumball argue, Haden and Penny look at each other, shrug with a smile, leave the room and go home together to finish their homework.)

END

**Casting:**

Penny Fitzgerald : Teresa Gallagher

Haden Diaz : Brian Krause

Carla Henderson : Miranda Taylor Cosgrove

Gumball Watterson : Logan Parker Grove

Kate Watson : Ariana Grande

Kelly Watson : Alicia Keys

Cordelia Henderson : Charisma Carpenter

Darwin Watterson : Terrell Randsom

Larry Needlemeyer : Kerry Shale

IN THE NEXT EPISODE: Did you know that when family members don't get along, everything can go wrong? Such is the case for Anna and Nicole, who receive a surprise visit from their parents and in-laws. For them, any means are good to humiliate the other family and bring out the worst secrets that everyone must have committed. Trying to calm things down between the adults, the children, who have been pushed aside, are determined to put them in their place. How to get out of this nightmare?