Dib is fed up with all of his failed trials of stopping Zim. And when a new mysterious girl shows up and moves in next door to Dib, he doesn't seem to notice. Zim is suspicious of Dib's behavior and is stopping at nothing to figure out what he is up to. Is Dib really finished with Zim? Who is that new girl? Is Zim really THAT homesick?

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, except the new girl…

Loneliness and Homesickness

Chapter One

"GIR!" Zim yelled at his robot. Zim was from the planet Irk and was on a special information retrieval mission from the Almighty Tallest. He was short, about three feet, maybe four feet, tall. He wasn't wearing his disguise, since he was in his own house, so his red eyes and antennae were showing.

GIR, Zim's Irken robot, saluted Zim and his aqua blue eyes turned to a light shade of red. "Yes, sir!" he said.

"Where is that-" Zim started, but he was interrupted by the doorbell. Zim quickly put on his wig and lenses, to disguise himself. He walked over to the door and opened it. In the doorway stood a boy. He had black hair and glasses. It was Dib.

"Dib," Zim said, glaring at his archenemy. "What do you want?"

Dib didn't move, he just stood there. Zim tilted his head to one side. He reached a hand out and waved it at Dib. His hand went right through.

"It's a hologram…" Zim said, looking around for the real Dib.

Zim decided it was safe and shut the front door. He took off his disguise and turned. There stood Dib, right in front of him. Dib had a camera in his hands. The camera flashed and Zim flinched.

"Ha!" Dib exclaimed. "Now I have proof!" Dib laughed menacingly at Zim.

"Laugh while you can," Zim said, a smirk spreading on his face. "You are still in my house."

Dib's eyes darted around the living room.

"Darn it!" he exclaimed. He looked for a way out, but Zim tackled him. They wrestled, Zim trying to snatch the camera, the evidence that showed that he was an alien. Dib fought well and eventually wriggled free of Zim. He made a run for the door.

"Now I will expose you!" he said as he slammed the door shut.

"I'm having a bad week…" Zim sighed to himself.

The next day was a school day and Zim was very nervous. Dib was going to show the picture to the whole class. Zim's cover would be blown.

"Classmates," Dib began. Zim slouched in his chair. "I have solid proof of Zim being an alien! Right here, on this camera!" Dib hooked the camera into a computer as the class sighed. He hooked the computer up to a projector. "Look and believe it!" Dib pulled up the picture and the class sighed again.

On the screen was not a picture of Zim as an alien, but a picture that Dib accidentally took while Zim tackled him. It was merely a blur of green, red and black. Dib slapped his forehead in embarrassment. Not again, he thought.

"Looks like you fail again, Dib!" Zim said, feeling better now that Dib ruined it for himself. The class agreed in unison and Dib sighed.

"I'm leaving…" Dib said.

As Dib walked home from the school, people on the street were murmuring about him.

"Isn't he that crazy kid?" one person whispered.

"Yeah, he thinks aliens are trying to rule Earth…" another whispered back.

Dib sighed. They were all clueless. This is hopeless, Dib thought. Why do I even bother? Zim is fooling everyone. That's it. From now on, I am forgetting about Zim! I promise this to myself.

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Oh, no! Dib is leaving Zim alone? What will become of Earth? Find out in the next chapter!