Zim noticed it right away when she passed by him in the hall early in the morning before she landed at a locker directly across from his. While she did have her bangs, she had them move to the side showing more of that delicate face of hers. He spotted how she was far more different than she was two years ago. She didn't growl at the idiots who stopped her in the hall to ask her questions, she just ducked around them with the most lifeless look he has ever seen. He knew by with all the talk surrounding her, that the Dib-stink will be getting the hugest brunt of every question around. Hell, he might not even care if Zim came down with the entire Armada right now just as long as it deflects from all this.
Hmmm, might not be such a bad plan, Zim thought as he went into first period as he went heard the annoying Zita talking to Dib before he decided to do his own thing until Gaz came in and took a seat behind him. He was caught off guard by how she smelled since he smelled warm and extremely inviting to his senses, but the vibe she was giving off was still dead.
3rd period with her in front of class doing her own thing while ignoring the stupid jock, Zim had to admire her ability to not respond as Torque kept going on and on. It felt weird to see the shoe on the other foot, when Dib shouted at Torque instead of him, like normal, but when the idiot called her a slut that was when he lost it as he instantly tossed his book hard in his stupid face knocking him over. During that brief time of getting his book back, he felt a pang of loss when he went back to his desk to notice that Gaz was walking back from the school's phone to her desk. It seems only authority figures were allowed to hear her voice right now possibly.
At lunch, he quickly abandoned his food. Why he got it, he had no clue? Who cares about fitting in when no one cares to really look at him anymore? Pulling out his device, he was stopped when he heard the Dib-stink thank him before he left. He thanked him for attacking that idiot. Zim frowned before turning back to his device when he heard everyone's voices start up. He knew Gaz came in especially with that delightful aroma she had on her. She seemed to walk in her confident way, but even he can see she was still lifeless as she sat down to eat before reading. She didn't respond to anything Dib said to her.
What happened to her?
Fifth period, he found himself a lab partner when it came in the form of her. In this class, he sat in the back. No one wanted to partner with the weird kid, and here she was partnered with him. Not like she cared by the attitude she gave, which was none. He tried to say something to her, but she didn't bother to look at him. The only time she looked at him was when the teacher made her look just for a social experiment. This was the first time he had a full gander of her eyes as she had to open them. While he saw them in fleeting times, this time it had nothing behind them. Where was the light? He had more light behind his fake eyes than her real eyes.
The color was beautiful, to say the least. Golden with slight variations of color in them, but over all, beautiful, and without thinking, he whispered. "What happened to you?" Out of uncharacteristic concern.
Gaz turned away from him to start scribbling her notes down for the experiment. He studied her hand as she wrote, it seemed gone somehow.
Sixth period became slightly interesting to him though. He did have Dib-stink in there as he was seated at the front of the class, while he was in the back near the window, with Gaz next to him. She never spoke. The teacher never called on her. He noticed an extra sheet of paper in his hand that she gave the teacher. Gaz always wrote down the answers. Gaz worked the stuff out too easily in front of her. The interesting part was it was hitting 10 minutes before 3 pm and that was when agitation seem to hit her as her index finger started to work itself next to those lips of hers. Just tapping away. She kept looking up at that clock as the tension entered her body. Life was being shown now from her before she scribbled something down and tilted the paper to let him see.
Stop looking at me right now, Zim!
She snagged the paper away ripping it in anger before she scratched the back of her neck as she narrowed her eyes. Dib looked back at her to see about her well being, and that is when Zim saw her turn back to stone again.
What happened to, little Gaz? He thought.
Yes it is a smaller chapter. I just wanted to show the briefest of thoughts for right now from Zim
