Bestest Friend

Zim sits with me at a table in the cafeteria. I was to caught up in my book I didn't notice, what he's doing.

Big Moose Kid walks our by table and slips on some mashed potatoes lying on the ground. To regain balance, Big Moose Kid puts his hand on the back of Zim's head, pushing Zim into his food tray. Big Moose Kid walks on. Zim lefts his head up, his mouth stuffed with peas. He screams and spits, and then starts spasming on the table. Students look at him, then walk on.

" That new kid's a freak. I think his name is Zip or something." Jessica said to her friends, (A/N: more like mindless zombies, no zombies are to awesome for her, more like…. dolls…. preppy, plastic dolls…. who have no minds of their own)

Zim lifts his head up and grunts, and then begins listening in. I look up from my vampire book, at them and listen also.

"He's been here long enough to at least make some loser friends, like the creepy kid Dib." Jessica said

'What? Doesn't they see I'm sitting right here?' I thought, shaking my head and reading on in my book, but also listening at the same time.

"Or those rejects in the corner."

' Preppy Bitch, Shut up before something bad happens…' I thought, glaring into my book.

"But look at him, all by himself, I mean what kind of kid doesn't have any friends? It's so inhuman." Her preppy voice says.

I look up from my book again and look at Zim who has a worried look on he's face, and then he dozes out.

Minutes later.

The dream sequence ends. Zim gasps.

" Zim are you ok?" I asked he looks passed me, so I turn around to see what going on.

He looks to a table and sees Lizard Boy give two other kids a cupcake and they accept him as their friend. He sees Zooglodon and Rob lick the same lollipop.

'Ew.' I thought.

Zim grunts and looks to another table where Mary and another student pass a ball over the table, back and forth. Zim sees Penny and Olivia spell out the word 'friends' in string. Zim looks to the table where Dib and Gaz are sitting. Dib squints his eyes menacingly. Zim's eyes go wide with a pop as he looks back at the corner where the rejected students are.

" Zim?" I asked as he got up and headed to the 'reject' table in the back corner. Zim approaches Dirge.

'Sigh" I got up putting my book down and following him.

"I'm looking for a friend. Would you be-" Zim started

"I was born with webbed fish toes... like some kind of horrible fish boy. Wanna see?" Dirge said opening one of his eyes.

Zim backs away slowly in fear. I just roll my eyes and sit down on the bench. Zim approaches Matthew P. Mathers III, pointing.

"Would you-"

Matthew P. Mathers III screams and runs away.

"Squealy fools! These human filthies should be honored to even be considered as possible friends of Zim!" Zim yelled

" Hey! What about me? I'm your friend right?" I asked in sadness, mixed with some anger in my voice.

Zim looks at me, and nods. I smiled.

Zim looks to where Gretchen, Melvin, and Keef stand.

"Who among you feels they are worthy enough to be my best friend?" He said.

'Hey, wait a minute!' I thought a little confused that he's still looking for a best friend. He just said I was his friend. Why is he still searching? I shook my head.

The three of them smile.

"Good. I have devised some simple tests to determine who is the worthiest." Zim said as he grabs a carton of milk lying on the table, and pours the milk so that a puddle of it is on the table.

"We begin by testing your absorbency." Zim rubs Gretchen's head against the puddle, she grunts.

"Hey!" She said. I couldn't help myself from laughing.

"I'm sorry, but you're annoying…" I said in between laughs.

Gretchen grunts again. Zim lets her get up and milk drips off her face. Zim grabs Melvin by the collar and then shoves his head into the puddle. Zim then grabs Keef by the collar and shoves his head into the puddle. The milk is absorbed into Keef's head.

"Next, I test your electrical conductivity." Zim said pulling out two extending conductive rods, which create a line of electricity in between them. Zim holds them above the heads of the three students.

I pull out some dark sunglasses and put them on. Light flashes through the cafeteria as the screams of the kids are heard. I take off my glasses and look at the four. Melvin and Gretchen are burnt to a crisp, but Keef was unaffected.

"And now, the final test." Zim pulls out a beaver and a toy taxi from behind his back and approaches the students.

Horrible noises and screams are heard and much time passes as indicated by a clock. Melvin and Gretchen sit at the table in pain, still looking burnt, while Keef stands at Zim's side with only a few specks of dirt.

"We have a winner! What is your name, friend?" Zim said faking a smile.

"My name's keef! Wow, I've never won anything before! I promise I'll be the best, most loyal friend ever!" Keef said, then he goes up to Zim and hugs him and his eyes water.

"I'm so happy."

Zim uses his finger to push Keef away.

"Don't touch me." He says

' He doesn't like hugs from other people, just from me. I feel so loved' I thought, only to get knocked out of my thought by Zim grabbing my wrist and drags Keef and I to the table where Jessica sits.

" I'd like you all to meet Keef and Ivy" Zim says as he lifts Keef up by his collar, Keef waves. Then I wave. Me unlike Keef here, actually walked.

"Their my best friends" Zim said setting Keef on the ground and letting go of my hand.

" Not yours, mine!"

" Get lost, you losers!"

"Very well. I am going to get lost. But notice I am getting lost with my best friend." Zim glared at them and leaning onto their table.

"Whatever, freak." She said.

I roll my eyes at her stupidity and walk off with Zim and Keef.

" Hey Zim!"

"Hm?" He stopped and turned to me.

"I'm going to leave ya guys, 'k?" I asked.

"You may, human," he said nodding and walking off with Keef again. I turn around and jump into my tree. I sit on a branch and just watched everyone play. I mostly watched Zim and Keef.

Later, in the playground, Zim and Keef play tetherball against Zooglodon. Zooglodon serves the ball and Zim uses keef as a bat to hit it. I laugh (oh the pain!!!) The ball knocks Zooglodon down and ties around the pole. They do a bizarre victory dance that involves hopping around each other. Students at the jungle gym stare in bewilderment.

The bell rings and I go to art class. I sit at the table where Keef and Zim are sitting. Zim was drawing a REALLY bad drawing of the three of us holding hands. It looked like a third grader drew it. Zim goes to a table and shows off his…. art. Keef pops out from behind Zim and shows off a painting with Keef and Zim's heads instead of the heads of the usual mother and baby. The students at the table just stare. Zim looks annoyed.

I laugh and give him my picture of the earth on fire. I took the Picture and stared at it.

"Very talented, Human." He said not taking his eyes off the Picture.

Later, we walk together down a hallway, smiling, waving, and giving thumbs ups to the students as they pass by. Keef accidentally bumps Zim so Zim shoves Keef.

I laugh and continue walking on with Zim.

After Skool

Later, we're outside of Zim's house.

"And then tomorrow there's the circus! We can go to the circus, I love the circus! You wanna go to the circus, Zim?" Keef said annoyingly.

"Keef, shut up!" I said

"I want to congratulate you, Keef, on a job well done. You have been a most convincing friend, but now that the world seems satisfied with my knack for companionship, I don't think I'll be requiring your services any longer. Our mission together is done, good job soldier (Zim salutes Keef), be gone with you."

I quickly jog into Zim's house before he goes inside and almost close the door when Keef speaks.

"Hey, you got any video games?"

" Yes." Zim said. Keef stands there. The sound of a car passing by is heard. Zim shuts the door. Zim relaxes and sighs.

Zim looks at the couch and sees that GIR, who is out of disguise, is sitting there, watching the Scary Monkey Show. He looks at me, who is in the kitchen looking for something to eat.

"A job well done." Zim said.

The phone rings. Zim picks up the phone.

"Hello?" Zim answered.

I mouthed: who is it?

He mouthed back: Keef.

I shook my head and sat next to Gir just fell asleep.

"Keef? I told you I do not require your-"

The phone beeps.

"Hold on, I've got another call."

Zim presses a button on the phone and switches lines.

"Hello?" He asked again. Seconds later.

Zim lifts the phone away from his head fearfully. He yanks on the phone, pulling the phone out of the wall. Zim looks out the window.

I gave Zim the what the hell-look, and he pulled me out of my seat and to the window.

Zim stares slack jawed. As soon as Keef passes by, he suddenly passes again from the same direction. Zim roles down the blinds.

"Keef's creepy…" I said stepping back a bit. Zim hugged me in fear, now that Keef is stalking him.

"GIR!" Zim said.

GIR drops from the ceiling and lies on the floor. His eyes turn red and he salutes.

"Yes, my master." Gir said saluting Zim.

"GIR, I'm going down to the lab, do not let anyone into the house!" Zim said. GIR stands up and salutes: saying, 'Yes sir!'

Zim walks over to the toilet in his kitchen. The lid opens automatically and Zim steps in. He tugs on a cord and light pours down from the ceiling as he is flushed down into the lab. The doorbell rings. GIR's eyes go back to their normal color.

"Leprechauns!" GIR leaps into the air. All of the blue on him turns to red as he soars in a fighting stance. He kicks, spins, and does other fighting stances as the background changes to a red color with bones lining it. The background returns to normal and the red changes back to its normal color. GIR puts his dog suit on and puts a paw to the doorknob.

I take my seat in front of the TV and switching it to CSI: Crime scene investigation, and watching it for, hours on end. Finally getting tired, I headed down to Zim's lab to say good night.

Deep within the lab, Zim relaxes on his curved chair out of his disguise. He yawns and kicks back. I walk over to him and give him a hug.

"Night." I said pulling away and heading back up, but stopped, walking when I got the feeling Zim's eyes where on me. I turned back facing him.

"What?"

He just smiled and then looked away. I shrugged and walked on up to the house/base. Going back up the elevator I swear I heard Zim's voice say something like: 'Night, Ivy-human'. I'm not sure but I smiled ether way.

The next morning, I woke up to the sound of Zim yelling at-

"What is Keef doing here?" I asked angry that I woke up in a not so nice way to start the day. Great I'm bitchy all day now, great.

" GIR let him in!" Zim said angry as well.

Keef was cooking some bacon and Gir (in his dog suit) was sitting at the table with a fork and knife in his hands, next to a plate of stacked waffles.

" Get out of my house! I told you you're fired!" Zim yelled, now starting to push Keef out of the house.

" You don't like waffles!" Keef asked, as he was being pushed out of the green house. Zim pushes Keef towards the door. Keef still holds the skillet full of bacon.

" Out, out, out, out!" Zim said. The door opens and Zim holds Keef in the air, ready to toss him.

"Oh, we can walk to skool together!" Keef said happily. Pathetic….

" I'm sick. I'm not going to skool today."

"Oh, what about Ivy?" He asked looking at me through the window.

" Zim's parents are out, so I have to take care of Zim, while there gone." I said adding onto Zim's little lie.

" So it's settled, Zim and Ivy0human here wont be going to Skool today! Now good day!" Zim said tossing Keef and the bacon on the skillet jiggles as Keef flies through the air. Keef tumbles along the ground. GIR walks out and eats a piece of bacon.

I sighed as Zim takes his seat next to me. I lie my head down on his lap, He doesn't seem to mind. I try to go back to sleep, but its no use. So I just lay there staring at our reflection in the TV.

GIR enters with a bag of party stuff. We eye GIR as he walks across the room trying to hide the bag behind him. In the kitchen, GIR tries setting the bag on the table but it tips over and the contents spill all over the place. GIR looks sad.

I get off of Zim and walk into the kitchen along with Zim. We enter behind him. I cross my arms and lean on one leg, along with a glare at Gir.

"What are you doing, GIR?" we said at the same time.

" Nothing." He says.

" Nothing... or something?"

" Oh, I can't take it, you're too smart for me. (GIR removes the dog head part of the dog suit and lets it hang behind him like a hood) Keef is planning a surprise party for after skool. He gonna bring all the kids because he loves you!" GIR pounds the floor.

"That boy loves you so much! (GIR stops pounding the floor) I'm makin' the cake!" GIR skips off happily.

" Oh god I HATE parties." I said giving a pained and angry sort of look.

"He's bringing all the children to our secret lair!?! Do you realize what this means, Gir?" Zim asked

GIR stirs a bowl of cake batter.

"Yes. Wait a minute... no."

"It means our mission is in jeopardy!" Zim said

" Aw, man!" Gir says, and then GIR starts humming as he stirs the batter.

" Something must be done about this Keef! If he succeeds the whole population of Earth will show up on our doorstep!" Zim says going down into the lab.

"Ivy-human, Zim wishes for your company!" he said, I shrugged and went down the trashcan. It stopped in one of the labs. Deep in Zim's lab, Zim is suspended in the air by two straps. He holds some kind of welding tool, which he uses on an unseen object.

" Humans and their filthy friendship! it brings nothing but trouble! I can see them now." He dozes off and a few minutes later, comes back to reality.

" What's wrong with friendship?" I asked, even angrier then before, but I kept calm.

He glares at me, and continues with his work.

"Geez! Fine just ignore me then, why don't ya!" I said throwing my arms up above me and falling back into one of Zim's chairs, crossing my arms as I did so.

A half an hour later.

Zim looks at a clock next to him which says '3:02.' Zim gasps and goes back to work. Zim sweats as he struggles to complete his device.

Zim connects some wires. Zim cuts a ribbon with a zapping device and looks at his creation, which is wrapped as a present.

"Ah!" He said pleased with his work

"You've spent all day, working on a present? God, I wonder why I stay here…" I asked rolling my eyes again.

'Oh shit! I've haven't been 'Home' in 2 weeks! Shit dad's going to murder me for sure along with that twit he calls a wife! Ag, why me? I'll talk to Zim after this' I thought fear striking me. I look up at Zim who was suspended by the straps; Zim spins around and laughs maniacally, holding the gift. He chokes for a second, but then goes back to laughing. He stops and looks at me.

" What's wrong with you, human?" He asks.

"I'll tell you later." I said quietly.

"No!!! Tell Zim now! Tell Zim now!!!!!!" He yelled getting in my face.

"I'll tell you later, don't worry" I said faking a smile. He glared at me again, but sighed. I stand up only to be pushed back down into the chair.

"It's better that you stay down here." Zim said putting on his disguise.

"Sigh, Fine," I said as he disappeared to up to the house. But me being me, I go up and hide behind the wall that splits the living room and the kitchen. I watch and stay so quiet; you wouldn't even think I was even there. Zim and Keef where facing the window by the phone, er where it was.

"Keef?" Zim said.

"Yes? " Keef asked in a hypnotic like state. Wait, are his eyes red?

"Who's your best friend?"

"That would be Zim and Ivy. Today, he got me-" Keef said

"SilencewhenI snap my fingers, the next living thing you see you will believe to be your best friend.

"I like Zim." Keef said still in a hypnotic way.

"I know you do... but pay attention!" Zim said, backing up. Zim uses the arachnid robot legs that come out of his backpack to cling to one of the wires on the ceiling and lift him out of view. Zim snaps his fingers and keef's robot eyes light up for a split second. Keef is out of the hypnotic state. he rubs his eyes.

" What happened?" Keef asks, Keef goes back into a hypnotic state and approaches the window.

"Zim? how'd you get out there!? Hey, wait up! I have a surprise for you!" Keef runs out the door. Zim laughs.

"Humans and their friendship! Invaders need no one! No one!"

The wires Zim's mechanical arachnid legs were clinging to break off and Zim falls to the ground.

I laugh, and quickly cover my mouth.

"Human…" Zim said angrily.

I walk into view, smiling or at least trying to smile and waving at him.

"Hey, Zim" I said

He glared at me like no end. I dropped my fake smile and looked down at the ground by my feet.

" I told you to stay in the lab! Sometimes I wonder why I- oh never mind!" Zim yelled at me.

"Sorry…. Zim" I said lowly, I let a few tears fall, but I wiped them away, before lifting my head up again to look at Zim.

He rolled his eyes and went back down into the lab.

" I'm going home," I said walking out the door. Now to face my Dad and Candy…. I'm so going to be beaten until my heart stops…again.

As I made my way home, I got myself ready for the beating I was going to get. Maybe my life will end then, the end of this pain… Or maybe they'll keep me alive longer just so they could beat m some more and I have to keep 'our' little secret. I looked at the white door in front of me. I took in a deep breath then breathed back out. Glaring hard at the door.

I opened it, just to meet a fist to my gut. I fell to the ground and was pulled by my hair and thrown into the house. I hit the glass table, which shattered under me. Cutting me. I refused to cry.

" Where were you, slut?!" My dad's voice yelled, he kicked me again. Then grabbed my hair again, lifting me back up into almost standing.

"Well, slut? Where were you?!" He yelled again punching me in the jaw and then in the gut again. He continued to beat me, and I didn't answer, knowing he won't listen anyway, and say I'm lying, and then beat me even more.

This went on for an hour. He finally let me go and walked off and grabbing a bottle of alcohol, on his way, back out the door. I tried my best to get up to my room, with out getting much blood on the pure white carpet, well, mostly white, some of it had my blood all over it. I made it to my room. I walked, well crawled over to my bathroom. I turned on the water in my shower, and stripped. Crawling in and washing my self-clean. I looked at my cut up hands, arms and legs, frowning.

' God, someone, help me. Stop this pain. This constant beating, someone, kill me…. Get my useless life over with… Ivy Stone' I wrote in blood on the white wall of the shower.

I now turned the water cold and just sat there, legs to my chest and my arms wrapped around them, my head resting on my arms. I cried, I cried my heart out… Will someone help me? When? Soon? Later? Or never? Who will? No one if I don't tell them… But who would care?

I thought all these things as I cried. I stood up with great difficulty and turned off the water. I got out and wrapped myself in my Black towel. I looked at myself in the mirror. My long, dirty blond hair wet and down. Anyone could see the great amount of depression and pain in my green eyes, if I wasn't so good at hiding my emotions. People said I'm very beautiful, but I think just looking at my cut up, weak, self in the mirror, makes me really want to die. Not that I don't think I'm not pretty, it's just I look just like my mother… Fucking dad, he just had to kill her, all because he was screwing around with Candy while my mom and dad were still married.

I glared at my image. I touched my black crystal on my necklace, shaped as a black heart, a broken one, and the red in the middle, looks like it's bleeding. My mother gave it to me before she died. It's the only thing, besides my looks, that I have of her.

I took out the wraps I kept under the sink and started wrapping my arms, legs and hands. Then getting dressed and going to bed.

(A/N: well that tells a lot about her past. Sorry if I made it a bit to 'Emotional-ish' Anyway, review it took me forever to make this!)