CHAPTER 3

Meanwhile, in the very front of the ship, Zapp was enjoying his lilac-scented massage.

"Ooh...ahh...to the left...Wait, no! Go down a little bit!" the man said as he turned the keys in the ignition to turn off the ship.

"Kif, inform the crew that we've arrived at Htrae!" Zapp stood up, shirtless, with only his little red skirt on.

"Oh, jeez..." Kif said as he covered his eyes with his hands.

Fry started to cry on his bed. He hugged his pillow and pretended that it was Leela, warm and close to him.

"Great, just great!" he screamed as he cuddled his pillow even more and cried his tears into it.

"Bender! In case you can hear me, you're the worst friend EVER!"

Bender did indeed hear what Fry had said. The robot was saddened to know how mad Fry was at him. At first, Bender took the whole thing as a joke, but he realized how he could have just ruined two relationships: his and Fry's friendship, and Leela and Fry's friendship, which could have possibly even been a love.

Zapp picked up his tight red shirt and put it on. He saw Fry and Leela both run to their rooms, crying. Zapp was suspicious, so he walked up to Leela's door and knocked.

"Leela, are you okay?" Zapp asked through the door.

The one-eyed girl looked up from her pillow.

"Zapp?" she guessed. "I'm really not in the mood to talk..."

Zapp Brannigan gave up, so he tried to talk to Fry. He walked over to the door, a couple away from Leela's and he knocked.

"Leela, is that you?!" Fry exclaimed.

"This is Zapp..." the man said, "...are you alright? I saw you looking pretty upset."

Fry tried to hide the sound of his voice; the sound after you've just cried, that sniffling sound that he had always hated, because Leela heard it often.

"Thanks, but...I'm a little busy, you know...getting ready to deliver those packages."

The Zapper knew that Fry was lying.

"Well, if you ever need to talk, I'm here." The Big Z said.

Zapp walked out to where Kif was, to the front of the ship. Bender was also there.

"Bender, do you have any idea what ha-" Zapp started.

"YES, I DID IT! I'M SORRY!" Bender started to wail and pound his fists on the door that led to the outside world.

Zapp shrugged in confusion and walked out the door. Right as he stepped out, he stopped to feel his velour shirt.

"Ah...velour," he said, satisfied with himself, as usual.