Dlbn: Hey there everyone! Welcome back!

Nbld: We're sorry about the late update, and short update while we're at it.

Dlbn: But I found out I had three slipped disks in my lower back, and that another one is oozing goo, so I'm not allowed to sit for the next few weeks. Yay? I'm lying on my back now, writing, but I was only able to churn out a little chapter. The next chapter will be longer, since it focuses on the contests

Nbld: So we apologize terribly for the lack of updates, but it's just not physically possible. But thank god for my chiropractor, who's fixing it for me. My genius doctor said that it's normal for people to have this issue. I'm was thinking "seriously"? O.o Who does HE hang with? XD Anyway, time for the review corner! Thank you to Lolibeagle, Achlys, Zadzap, sailingspace14, and Princess-Or-Your-Doom95 for reviewing! Cookies for you all! -Passes out cookies-

Lolibeagle: The answer will be in a couple chapters ^^ I'm not even sure who I want to win yet, but I think I know which would be more fun to go with…

Achlys: He knows, but being oblivious, he forgot. XD They'll just have to avoid the water at all costs, I suppose. Let a human handle it. they actually change clothes in this one. The hologram is for physical features (i.e. green skin, hair, eyes, etc). Zim still ahs clothes he bought with his fake money from Iz Moth ^^ Poor Zim would be devastated and scared for his life if it ever went off on him. Hm….ideas…. ;) It's going to be an exciting few chapters to write. I can't wait :D

Zadzap: Glad you're enjoying! And welcome back! :D

Sailingspace14: Glad you enjoyed! The meeting is probably one of my favorite things from the whole "Iz Moth" trilogy (Calling it that since the first was Iz Moth)

Princess-Of-Your-Doom95: I know what you mean. I get distracted from writing or reading fanfics, myself. I have about a dozen saved on my cell for mobile that I haven't finished yet ^^" Oh, they so would have bene seducing their boyfriends at the car wash ;) Damn water. It's going to be interesting, that's for sure ;)

Disclaimer: I do not own Invader Zim, or any characters and/or references made to it. They belong to Jhonen C. Vasquez. I do not own "Romeo and Juliet". That's Mr. Shakespeare's work. I do, however, own Keyvine/Krill, his computer and SIR, and the Slerks. There is also a random reference to Loveless in here. I make NO MONEY off of this work. I'm just an injured writer.

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Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to my boyfriend. We celebrate our six month anniversary today. Though you may never read this, this chapter is for you, babe 3

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At home after school, Zim lounged on the living room couch to do his homework. Dib had gone out grocery shopping, since the house was low on food, and Gaz was playing her Game Slave at the other end of the couch. Zim looked at her over the paperback book he was forced to read by teachers as she growled at her game.

"Something wrong, Gaz?" He wondered.

"Stupid Blood Pigs…" Gaz muttered.

Zim rolled his eyes and went back to his book. "Wish I was fighting Blood Pigs instead of reading this horrible book." He muttered back. "I seriously don't understand a word of it."

"You read English, don't you?" Gaz asked. "You speak it."

"Of course I do." Zim nodded. "Just…not English like this."

"What is it?"

"Romeo and Juliet." Zim answered. "It's a dumb story."

"What makes you say that?"

"Falling in love with a mortal enemy. Then the person you love decides it's a great idea to fake their death so they can run away with you, but you don't know because of a stupid mistake? So then you kill yourself because you think she killed herself. But it was all a ruse, so you died for no reason, and now the supposed love of your life ends up killing herself so she can be with you in death?" Zim wondered, though his synopsis was quite brief. "It's foolish."

"So you wouldn't die for Dib?"

"I-I'm not saying that…" Zim said. "This stupid story is just a case of mistakes and downright stupidity. Dib and I are a different case all together."

"A stupid story? Like dating a guy, dating another guy in a club, and then finding out later that they're the same person, even though it should have been freaking obvious from the start? That kind of a stupid story?"

Zim flushed. "That situation does not involve poisoning yourself…"

"Of you finished the book, you'd know that Juliet stabbed herself. Romeo was the only one who used poison to die."

Zim blinked. "I didn't know you've read this…I thought it was a senior English requirement…"

"It's a classic." Gaz shrugged. "And I saw a modern-world version of it first that was quite entertaining. For some reason, they didn't use guns to kill themselves, though they had access to them…"

Zim chuckled. "Some people don't think."

"Like you and Moth?" Gaz snorted.

Zim snarled and went back to his book. "Drop it, please…"

"Why? It's funny."

"Not really."

"It is to me."

"Not to me."

"Killjoy."

"That's my name."

Gaz smirked. "No, your name is Zim…Zim…damn…do you even have a last name?"

Zim shrugged. "My people don't use them, since marriage isn't that common anyway."

"Really?"

"Yea. I'm just Zim. Considering who my mother is, I would be called 'taller', but I don't reach the height limit. Like one of those 'you must be this tall' things?"

A sharp glare. "I gathered."

"So I don't have that title like my father and brothers do. I'm merely 'Prince Zim'."

After all the mess with the Slerks, Zim had divulged everything to the violet haired girl. She swore to secrecy; something Zim made her promise with a pinky swear because those were legit. Gaz had thought that he was a complete idiot for that, but she had agreed in the end. Nothing about his past or species shocked her, really, and, so far, she hadn't asked any questions regarding either subject. Not even Dib knew the full extent of his past. How he'd come to be adopted by Tallest Miyuki as her son was a secret no one outside of the family really knew. Considering that his brothers didn't care about minor details in the least, Zim was sure they'd forgotten at some point. Or they just didn't care and never brought it up. The latter was the most likely, to be honest. Thought they loved to annoy their little brother, the twins didn't bring up his past out of respect for that fact that it annoyed him to the point where he'd give them the silent treatment for months. Something a former 'friend' of Zim's discovered after asking once. His past before the Tallest? Completely taboo.

"So your last name would be Zim then?" Gaz chuckled.

"No, because Prince is a title."

"The school has you listed as Zim Prince." Dib informed, walking into the living room. "So I guess it is your last name."

"And a title." Gaz chuckled. "Ah, think about it now then. Zim Prince in the role of Juliet Capulet, and Dib Membrane as Romeo Montague. Poetic." She chuckled again.

"What in the world are you talking about?" Dib wondered, eyebrow cocked slightly.

Zim showed him the book in his hands. "We were discussing how this is lame as hell." He explained. "In my opinion. I don't know how we got into talking about my last name…"

"Lame as hell?" Dib wondered. "It's a beautiful story, Zim. Dying for the one you love?" He paused before whispering "I'd die for you…"

Zim gave him a small smile. "The sentiment is returned, babe, but don't say things like that. It's so…foreshadowing."

Dib smiled softly before kissing Zim on the temple. "I understand what you mean. But it's true. To sacrifice yourself for love, is the greatest form of love."

As an Irken, love was probably something Zim's coding hadn't been made to understand. But he'd gone against that his entire life, which was how he was able to be in love with Dib now. To him, that was the greatest form of love he understood.