Hey, everyone! Dlbn again! Sorry about the delay, but I only have one usable hand at the moment, and it's not the one I write with! Lol. Thanks a ton to Yukaichick for the reviews! They mean a lot. See you in hell, I mean…Gym class!

Disclaimer: Any original characters belong to me. The IZ cast, so in other words just Zim, belong to Jhonen C Vasquez.

Skye pushed the twenty dollars Zim had given him to his Boss. His Boss looked between the money and Skye.

"You normally don't have that high of a price." His Boss commented. "What gives?"

"Uh…" Skye trailed. "One of my customers traded the money I had collected for a twenty even."

His Boss stared at him. "Alright." He gave in. "What's going on?"

"Nothing, sir." Skye lied.

"I know when you're lying to me, Skye." His Boss sneered. "You get someone rich?"

"Huh?" Skye wondered.

"Someone rich who wanted you to keep your mouth shut so they gave you extra cash?"

"Uh…yeah."

"Who was it?"

"I never got a name."

"Didn't recognize him?"

"I couldn't, no." Skye shook his head. "I don't watch TV or read magazines and stuff, so I don't know many people."

His Boss seemed to take that for an answer. "Alright then." He stated. "You've got the day off tomorrow."

"Thank you, sir." Good! He could go see TJ and the others again!

"Dismissed. Get out of my sights." His Boss turned around in his chair.

Skye pushed open the door to his squat. The others were already waiting for him.

"You get into trouble?" Tommy wondered.

"Uh…no." Skye responded.

"Really?" The others seemed impressed.

"How'd you get out of it?" Josh questioned.

"One of the guys I was hanging with gave me a twenty and told me to give it to Boss." Skye sat on his bed.

"He just gave it to you?" Mark wondered. "No service required?"

"None whatsoever." Skye shook his head.

"Must really like you." Anthony stated.

They laughed. Skye shook his head. "No, he's got a boyfriend."

"And his boyfriend didn't mind?"

"He didn't know." Skye shrugged.

"Was he cute?" Kevin wondered. He was one of the people who was so gay he could have passed for a chick, like Skye.

"The guy or his boyfriend?"

"The guy, silly."

"Yeah, he was hot."

They all murmured between themselves. "So…if he was single, do you think you'd ask him out?" Ryan interrogated him further.

"Well…" Skye paused. "Yeah, I guess. One of his other friends was cute too, though."

"He single?" Phil questioned.

Skye nodded. "Lucky for me."

"So what's his name?"

"The single one or the one who gave me the money?"

"The single one."

"TJ."

"As in…Halen gang, TJ? Former leader?" Mark wondered.

Skye shrugged. "He was a former leader?"

"Oh yeah." Josh agreed. "The Halen Gang was the Summers Gang until TJ lost in a fight to Kevin Hayfield of the former Hayfield Gang, now the Harper Gang. The only thing is that in the Halen Gang, if you loose a battle you stay in the gang."

"Oh…" Skye trailed. "So that was why he was still there then."

Josh nodded. "That and I don't think Miz had the heart to kick him out."

"You know Miz?" Skye wondered.

"No, but from some of the stories I've heard in bars and jail…" Josh trailed. "He's not that bad of a guy as people say."

Skye nodded. He wasn't sure if he should tell the guys that he met Miz or not, so he kept his mouth shut. A knock came on the door before it opened. Zim slowly walked in, his eyes downcast. The guys all shared a look.

"Hey." Skye greeted.

Zim looked up and smiled, his eyes glossy from the drink he had been drinking earlier. "Hey." He returned the greeting.

"Need something?" Josh wondered.

"I'm here to see Skye." Zim responded.

They all looked at him. "Sure, Zim." Skye smiled. "What's up?"

"Just wanted to see if that was enough."

"Oh…yeah. Thanks a lot, I really mean it."

Zim shrugged. "Meh." He responded. "It's my dad's, not mine."

Skye laughed. "I suppose so."

"So you're the one who gave Skye the money, huh?" Josh wondered.

"That would be me." Zim shoved his hands into his pockets.

"Hope you don't mind me saying anything." Skye told Zim.

Zim shrugged again. "Whatev." He looked away. "You didn't get into any trouble."

"No, none at all." Skye confirmed. "I'll pay you back, man."

"No, it's fine." Zim remarked. "Dad won't even know I have his card, so he'll think he spent all the money on a yacht or something."

"How much did he give you?" Mark wondered.

"Do you have other friends like you?" Anthony asked Zim.

Zim laughed. "No, my buds are nothing like me." He shook his head. "Right, Skye?"

"They seem alright." Skye agreed.

Zim laughed again. "That's not what I meant."

"Then do you have brothers?" Phil questioned.

"My brother's aren't nothing like me neither."

The others looked confused. "So…they're a lot like you, then?" Ryan wondered, raising an antenna.

"Triple negative." Skye muttered. "They're nothing like him."

Zim nodded, but his face was flushed. "Sorry if I confused you." He looked towards the way he had come in. "I'd better go. Element's waiting outside. Oh, and Miz says he hopes you come by again."

Skye nodded. "I probably will."

"Groovy." Zim muttered. "See ya." He waved at them as he left.

"He is cute." Phil commented.

"Nice ass, too." Muttered Mark.

They all laughed. "Shut up, guys." Skye ordered. "He's a nice guy."

"So? He's cute."

"Is everyone ignoring the fact that he mentioned Miz?" Tommy wondered, throwing his hands in the air.

"He did?" Phil wondered.

"Yeah, I didn't notice." Josh agreed.

Tommy muttered something and left.

"What's his deal?" Skye questioned, leaning back.

"Isn't it obvious?" Kevin wondered with a laugh in his voice. "He so likes you."

"What?"

"It's true." Josh nodded.

Skye blinked. "I never noticed."

"You met Miz, then." Phil stated, reiterating what Tommy had pointed out.

"Yeah." Skye agreed. "He brought me into his friend's bar and I met the others there."

"So who's Zim?" Phil wondered.

"Miz's little brother."

No one said anything.

The next day, Skye entered Elemental Power alone. The music pounded in his antennae and heat rushed at him. He scanned the crowd of dancing bodies and waving hands for any of the guys he had met the day before. He didn't see any of the, so he walked over to the bar counter and took a seat. The bar tender walked over.

"Hey Skye." Zim's voice greeted.

Skye turned, thinking Zim was behind him. "Uh? Zim?" He scanned the crowd.

Zim laughed. "Behind you, man."

Skye turned to see Zim leaning on the bar counter from the other side. "Oh." He paused for a second. "I didn't know you were a bar tender here."

Zim rolled his eyes. "Yeah, that wasn't completely obvious."

Skye nervously laughed.

"What do you want to drink?" Zim wondered, flipping his pierced antennae back.

"Uh…" He never did get the exact name of the drink Miz had ordered for him. "The last time I was here, Miz ordered for us, so…"

"Flavored Martini, coming up." Zim nodded. "What flavor?"

"What do ya have?"

"Cherry, peach, orange…Miz normally gets peach, so I guess that's what you had."

"Sure thing." Skye licked his lips, just thinking about the drink.

"TJ's been looking for you all day." Zim informed, swirling the martini.

"Really?" Skye knew his eyes were lighting up.

Zim nodded. "He ain't working today, so he should be in one of the booths getting drunk." Zim looked over Skye's shoulder towards the booth they had been in yesterday.

Skye briefly wondered how Zim could see over his shoulder, even if Skye was sitting down. He hadn't noticed until Zim had stopped by how short Zim really was.

"There he is." Zim announced, motioning with his head. He handed Skye his drink.

"How much?"

Zim cocked his head to the side. "Fifteen."

Skye dug through his pocket and pulled out ten bucks. He looked for more but couldn't find any. "Uh…"

Zim smiled and took the ten. He stuck it under the counter. "Go sit up with him and I'll let the five slide."

"Thanks, Zim. I'll go over when I'm done."

"You can bring it over, it ain't no big deal." Zim nudged Skye with his hand. "Go on, have fun."

"Thanks." Skye smiled before leaving. He slid into the booth next to TJ. "Zim said you were looking for me."

TJ turned. "Huh? Oh yeah, I was." He admitted, seeming a bit embarrassed.

"What for?" Skye tilted his head and took a sip of his drink. It tasted just as good as it had yesterday.

"You doing anything this weekend?" TJ asked.

"Uh…" Skye's heart caught in his throat. "Depends on if I'm working or not. Why?"

"I'm going to a party. Interested?"

"Yeah, sure. If I'm not working, yeah."

TJ snickered a bit at Skye's response. "I'll bug Zim for where you live."

"I live in a squat three or four blocks away." Skye blurted out.

TJ smiled. "Good to know. Come by the bar when you find out if you've got the day off."

"Deal."

TJ watched Skye for a bit. "You ever think about quitting?"

"Quitting? My job? I'd have nowhere to go! No money."

"You could stay at my place." TJ responded. "I don't got a job, but I'm doing fine."

"Y-your place?" Skye stuttered.

"Yeah." TJ slid closer. "Not being too foreword am I?"

"No, not at all." Skye set his drink down as well and moved closer.

"Good. Wouldn't want to scare you away." TJ leaned over and closed the curtains around them. When he sat back down, Skye inched closer until their legs were touching. TJ put a hand on Skye's shoulder and the other on his waist, before lightly pulling him into a soft kiss.

Shivers raced through Skye's spine. He had never been kissed before and it felt great to be kissed by TJ. The kiss ended too soon, but Skye didn't try to force TJ to stay in the kiss when he wanted to pull away.

"Was that okay?" TJ wondered.

Skye nodded. "Very."

He let TJ pull him into another kiss.