The next day Gaz went to school with her brother again. It was normal, except Dib was unusually quiet. Gaz didn't ask him about it. If he was going to be quiet and not talk, why question such a wonderful thing? So Gaz stayed in the Zone the whole way, well until they reached the school gates anyway. Once they got near it Dib saw Zim. 'And so begins the yelling.' Gaz thought bitterly to herself. Dib started it, "Zim! Where were you yesterday? I know you're up to something!" Surprisingly Zim ignored him, instead he walked up to Gaz. Which caused Dib to do a double take. "Zim what are you doing? Get away from my sister!" Gaz glared at Dib.

"I can handle this on my own, Dib." She told him. He went quiet, again. Of course his sister could handle Zim, but he still felt like he should act big brotherly. Gaz turned to Zim, who was standing a respectable distance from her. "Hello Zim." She greeted him.

"Yes, Hi Gaz." Zim greeted her back. "Zim was wondering if you would come play with Gir." Gaz stared at him. Zim explained, "Since I see we are on speaking terms, Zim would like you to know- Gir very much likes you. He is always asking why you are never with Dib, when he attacks." He said the last part while glaring at Dib. "Also he said he wishes to dance with you again. I am not sure what that means, but then again I don't understand a lot of what Gir says." Gaz kept a neutral face, couldn't let Dib see her smile. She kind of liked Gir, he was so stupid it was cute. Not like Dib, who was so stupid it was annoying.

Dib watched Zim talk to his sister. Did he just invite her over? "Zim, Gaz wo-" He was cut off but Gaz.

"Sure. Gir's okay." Gaz shrugged. "When's a good time?" She asked.

"Well I told Gir about yesterday and he thinks us to be friends. So if you would come over after school, it will be less of a headache to Zim." He told her in a whisper so Dib couldn't hear, but Gaz heard it perfectly. Gaz didn't really care about Zim and his headaches, but Gir thought they were friends? How silly.

"Alright. I have to go home to do homework first, then I'll come over." Gaz answered his plea, before walking into the school.

Dib turned to Zim and glared, "Why are you on speaking terms with my sister?" He question Zim meanly. Zim smiled evilly and shrugged. He turned and walked away from the human. Dib yelled curse at Zim while he walked into the school as well.

[-]At Lunch[-]

Dib sat at Gaz's table, he ignored the call of his friends for him to sit with them. He had some talking to do with his sister first. He waited till she sat down with her tray before speaking. "Gaz! What are you doing?" She looked up at him.

"Eating?" she sarcastically asked. Dib rubbed the bridge of his nose. Gaz could be so stubborn sometimes.

"Not that. You know what I mean. Why are you talking to Zim and accepting request to go play with his evil alien robot!" Gaz scoffed, was Dib being serious? Of course he was.
"First Dib, Gir is not evil. He's stupid. And second when have you ever cared about who I talk to?" She glared hard at him. "Hm?" He flinched.

"I care if you're talking to the enemy!" Gaz shook her head.

"Dib you know as well as I do that Zim is no longer the enemy. He hasn't done anything in about three years. Three years, Dib! So get over yourself and this pathetic attempt to be a hero. The only thing you'll get out of it is hurting an (somewhat) innocent creature!" She yelled the last part, of course no dared to look at her, evening it was interesting for people to fight in school. Dib glared at her, he couldn't understand why she was acting out in the aliens defense. What Dib doesn't understand, makes him angry.

"Shut up Gaz!" She glared at him, but quieted. She wanted to hear what he had to say. "You know he's tried to destroy the Earth a couple of times!" Each attempt ended in Zim hurting himself and know one else really. "He's a freakin ALIEN." He screamed at her. The he talked in a tone that made Gaz rage. "Oh. Maybe you two are good for each other. Maybe you relate to each other, since you both monsters! You're a demonic sociopath!" He said then quickly regretted it. Gaz stopped looking at Dib. She was looking at her lap. Dib thought he made her cry. "Oh, Gaz. I didn't m-" He was cut off by Zim.

The alien had been watching them yell at each other from his table. At first he didn't he hear anything only saw their faces, but when Gaz yelled he got up and began a slow walk toward them. He knew humans used the phrase "curiosity killed the cat" but he couldn't help it. As he got closer Zim, noticed his Pak sensing emotion from both siblings. Dib was feeling angry but compared to the emotions coming from Gaz, it was like a small child fight with a rabid dog. They were arguing about him, he could tell that much. He was regretting asking Gaz over in front of Dib, he should have known better. Then he heard Dib insulting Gaz. Zim was close enough, that Gaz's feelings were particularly taking control over his Pak. Before he knew it, he was in front of Dib. Zim didn't know what he was doing but it felt right. He punched Dib, in the face. The human boy fell to the floor with a yelp. Holding his face with his hand, Dib looked up at his attacker.

"Stay out of this Zim." But Zim ignore him, instead he went over to Gaz. She was still looking down. Zim had female Irken friends in the academy. They were the meanest things ever! Sometimes you had to peel them off a person in a practice fight, but sometimes all it took was a couple words to snap them out of a blind rage. Zim leaned near gaz and whispered in her ear.

"He's not worth it." With those four little words, Gaz took control once again. Zim could feel it, she was slowly suppressing her feelings again. Soon Gaz was normal again and she looked at her brother on the floor then to the alien beside her. She looked straight into his eyes.

"I would have killed him." She told Zim.

"I know, but it's understandable. He is known for being too annoying." Zim said jokingly, trying to calm her down. It worked, she smiled at him, but she still didn't look so great. Zim looked over at Dib. He glared at the human. He spoke loudly, wanting everyone to hear what he had to say. "Dib-stupid, what kind of older brother yells at his younger sister like that? You say you care about her, the you scream in her face and insult her. Some loving brother you are! I am an only normal human child and I know better then to yell at my family. You are a sad excuse of a brother." Zim turned back to Gaz. He offered his hand to her, so that she could stand. Gaz looked at the hand extended to her. It was a nice offer but Gaz needed no help. She pushed Zim's hand away and stood on her own. Zim was not hurt by her turn down, he knew she was likely to. He watched Gaz walk over to her brother. Zim could no longer since her feelings; she was a complete emotionally blank to him.

Gaz stood over her brother, he was still sprawled on the floor. He looked confused and scared. 'Good.' Gaz thought. She frowned at her brother. Zim was right Dib was weak, in body and mind compared to her. He only outranked her when it came to socializing with human beings. Her frown turned into a smug smirk, "Looks like that evil alien just saved your mortal life, Dib." with that she spun on her heel and walked out of the cafeteria.

End of Chapter 3