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Chapter 2: Things will be different

Marie was walking home from Dib's house late that night. After skool, they went to his house and talked about Zim and their past lives. Well, actually Dib talked; Marie was mostly a listener that night. According to Dib, Zim had been on Earth for about 5 years and ever since he had arrived, Zim had been trying plan after plan to take over the world. Dib also explained that ever since he was little, people had made fun of him because he believed in mystical beings and has a big head.

"He must be really paranoid about that, the way he screamed about it afterwards," Marie thought. "He's nice though."

Marie had just arrived at her new home. It was small and a bit shabby but it was all her uncle could afford right now. She took the key out of the secret compartment in the lawn gnome by the door.

"I wonder if Uncle is home," she pondered as she unlocked the door.

"I guess so," she mumbled, looking around the living room. The room was a mess, beer bottles on the floor, the coffee table flipped over, and a massive pile of clothes on the couch. It wasn't until it moved that Marie realized that the pile of clothes was actually her uncle. Ever since that terrible day two months ago, her uncle had been carting Marie and her brothers all over the country and coming home drunk. Marie had been so concerned about the Zim business that she had forgotten to come home to cook dinner for her brothers. Remembering what she was supposed to do, Marie rushed down the hall to her brothers' room. John and Troy had to share a room now, something they hadn't done since third grade. When Marie came in, she was relieved to see both boys asleep in bed and unharmed. Watching them now, Marie felt somewhat like their mother. But then again, she was kind of their mother for the past year. Packing their lunches, making them dinner, making sure they bathe and go to bed on time; Marie respected and felt bad for her mother now that she had to do her mom's job. Marie started crying but didn't notice until she came to her room.

"Suck it up, Marie," she told herself. "What's happened, happened. There's nothing you can do now." This just made her cry harder. "It was all my fault!!" she wailed, throwing herself on to the bed with her face down in her pillow. "I wish I wasn't born like this!!" She sobbed even harder. It took what felt like an hour to finally calm change and go to bed.

"Things'll be different this time," she told herself.

"Things'll be different this time," Dib told himself.

Dib was lying on his bed and staring at the ceiling. He was referring to the time he thought that there was another human who believed him about Zim. It turned out that she was an alien and already knew about Zim. Dib just hoped that Marie wasn't like Tak.

Dib then started thinking about earlier that night. Now that he thought about it, Marie hardly said anything. All she said was that she moved here a week ago but it took awhile to find a house. After that she only agreed with Dib or asked a question.

"I'll apologize to her tomorrow," Dib said.

The next day Dib apologize to Marie but she said it was alright.

"I learned a lot last night, anyway."

Weeks went by and things were looking up for Marie. Her uncle had gotten a job and was drinking less. She didn't make any other except for Dib but she was okay with that. Finally, summer came. No more skool, homework, or doom lectures. But with more time on his hands, Zim could come up with more elaberate and bigger plans. And that's what he did.

What do you think. Not my best chapter. Chapter 4 is my favorite so far.

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