Well, here it is, the first chapter of my 2nd ZARD Attempt.
Disclaimers: Invader Zim and all related titles belongs to Jhonen Vasquez & Nickelodeon. All rights reserved, etc. Mr. Otto, Ren and any other names I can come up with are mine, tough.
This fic is dedicated to MY crappy reviewer, I'm very glad I was able to met.
Summary: ZADR. A new student arrives at Dib and Zim's college. Dib thinks this new student is a dream come true. Zim thinks its a pain in the back.
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Chapter 1: A new student.
"Everybody say 'Hi' to your new classmate", Mr. Otto said. The students grumbled and mumbled not saying anything in particular, nor paying to much attention to the newcomer. A green-skinned guy just yawned and a black-haired young man just looked out of the window, finding it more amusing than the new arrival.
"Well", Mr. Otto, the Advanced Physics teacher replied looking at the new student, "why don't you introduce yourself to your classmates and say something about you. You have 2 minutes before I continue the lecture".
The brown-haired girl looked at him, and nodded. She cleared her throat, and then she talked.
"My name is Reshiti(1), but you can call me Ren", some students snickered when they heard the girl's name.
"And if we want to call you Shit?", a student from the very far row asked. Ren shifted in her spot uncomfortable. The green guy snickered some, too. The black-haired guy looked from the window to the embarrassed girl standing in the front of the classroom and then looked over his shoulder looking for the owner of the voice and muttering 'jerk' below his breath.
"Now, now", Mr. Otto commanded, "be respectful with a lady. None wants a detention with me after class, do you?". All the snickers and mumblings stopped at once.
"I do apologize for that, Ms. Ren", said the teacher, who found it easily to say her nickname than her real name, "now go seat over there". Mr. Otto pointed to an empty seat next to the black-haired guy. Ren nodded again, a blush still covering her cheeks, and walked to her assigned seat. She took her seat and mumbled 'well done Ren, you said you were going to start anew in this college and you have only made a fool of yourself…'. The black-hired guy listened to her ranting about how embarrassing her introduction was and chuckled some. Ren looked at him and lifted a brow. The guy stopped and cleared his throat.
"Sorry, I wasn't laughing at you, I…".
"Yeah, yeah", she said in a tired sing-song voice, rolling her eyes, "you are laughing WITH me, not AT me. Be more original with your lies. Besides… I don't care, I have already ruined the opportunity to fit here, anyway. Even that stupid alien over there can fit better than I do, and…"
"Wait, wait, wait", the black-hired guy stopped Ren's rants before she could go any further, "you can see him, too?". Ren blinked twice as if the guy had ask her if the sky was blue.
"Of course I can see he is an alien, duh!", she said in a whisper because Mr. Otto walked by her side handling the reviewed homework, "it's plain to see. Very obvious, one would think that being an 'advanced' form of life would have a better disguise than those cheap contact lenses and wig".
The boy looked at her and smiled some. "Yeah", he replied, "one would think that. But most of our classmates are morons, so they have never realize that Zim's an alien. I think that if he comes undisguised they wouldn't even know, nor care", he finished.
"His name is Zim? Go figure…", Ren sighed, "… that means that I wouldn't have fitted in, anyway. Because, you know…", she looked around to make sure none was listening to her and Mr. Otto was still handling paper works, and she lowered her voice to a whisper just for the guy, "… I wanna be a paranormalist".
The black-haired guy looked at her in disbelief. "Really?", that was all he was able to say.
"Crossed by heart", Ren replied and ran a finger over her chest in that well know motion.
The guy looked at her for another moment and then looked up to get the paper work Mr. Otto was handing him.
"Excellent work, Mr. Membrane. Keep it up".
"Yeah… thanks… I guess…", replied the guy with a slight smirk, "I will, Mr. Otto". Mr. Otto said nothing more and went to the front of the classroom to start his lecture.
"By the way", the guy said to Ren, "I'm Dib, Dib Membrane, nice to meet you". He offered his hand to her.
Ren smiled a bit and took the guy's hand in her, shaking it enough time as the introduction required. "I'm Ren, but you know that already", she said sighing.
"Well, Ren", he said retreating his hand, "nice to meet you… and welcome to college K"
"Thank you", she replied, a slight blush in her cheeks again, "I think I start to like it here"
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(1) Her name is pronounced as "LaezId" or something of the sort. You really need to hear it to get the hint.
Chapter 2 coming next saturday... stay tunned...
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