Hello, and welcome back to… this thing! Now Zim will yodel for you.

Zim- As if! The almighty ZIM yodels not!

Yeah, whatever.

Zim- YOU WILL ALL BOW TO ME!!

The following Monday, the friends sat together at lunchtime. Zim was sitting a bit closer than usual to Gaz, and Dib was nervously glancing around the lunchroom.

"Give it up," said Zim. "She's not coming."

"Yeah," said Dib, sadly. "Maybe she has a different lunch period or something."

"Probably."

Gaz's reply was "Meh", as usual.

Gir stood up on the table. "MUFFIN." He declared, and then burst out laughing. "Muffin!"

AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAV

After skool, they all walked home together. Dib kept glancing over his shoulder. No sign of Tak yet. Dib wondered where she was.

AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAV

When the weekend came, Zim and Dib were sitting outside the Taco Hell (guess where I got that from and you win a noodle), trying to decide what to do. They had left their siblings at home.

"Are you sure it's okay for Gir to stay home alone like that?" asked Dib.

Zim shrugged. "Ah, I put him in front of the TV with that TERRIBLE monkey, and some waffles. He'll never even know I'm gone. Hopefully the place won't be destroyed when I get back. Hopefully."

Dib sighed. "As for Gaz, I think she wanted me gone."

"What makes you think that?"

"Well," replied Dib. "She literally kicked me out the door."

Zim laughed, then got serious. "Gaz… Is she…?" He cut himself off. "Never mind."

Dib was curious, then brushed Zim's unfinished question off. "Where do you think… Tak is?"

"Oh!" said Zim. "Didn't I tell you?"

"Tell me… what?"

"Tak lives right next door," Zim said calmly. "I asked her to make sure Gir doesn't destroy my base." He frowned. "I thought you knew."

Dib was in shock. "NO I DIDN'T!!!"

"Oh." Zim shrugged. "Anyway, why do you care?"

Dib looked away blushing. "N-No reason." Zim stared at Dib, with a knowing grin. "What?" asked Dib. "No seriously! What? You're creeping me out!"

"Nothing," purred Zim.

Dib frowned. "Good. But we still haven't figured out what we're gonna do today."

Zim looked up at the sky. Then a huge smile spread across his pale face. "Beach!"

Dib stared at him. "What? That's a little more than random."

"Maybe I'm turning into Gir."

"Well," Dib shook his head. "Even if we went to the beach, how would we get there?

Zim cocked his head. "There's this thing called a bus…"

"And where would you even get a bathing suit?"

"Your closet, along with everything else I wear."

Dib made an angry face. "So the aliens DID steal my clothes... No, Zim!" He shook his head. "Not from my closet! Plus, it's been two weeks! How much did you steal?"

"Uh… Not that much."

Dib sighed, and his cellphone began to ring. He answered it. "Hello? Oh, hey, Gaz. … What? THAT'S why you called?... Evil little… Hey, where are you? I hear voices… IN THE BACKGROUND! Not my head!... Oh, cool. Hey, could you get some clothes for Zim?... Because he doesn't have any so he steals mine. … 'So?'? They're mine! Look, could you just do it? He'll pay you back."

"Me?!" Zim stopped listening for a moment to sulk.

"Okay. Thanks. *sigh* I know, Gaz. Bye." Dib hung up. He turned to Zim. "You heard that, right?"

Zim pouted. "It was your idea!"

"Anyway," said Dib, "She was calling to remind me that I'm an idiot."

Zim was struggling very hard not to laugh.

Dib frowned at him. "She's meeting us at the beach."

Zim smiled. "Really?" Dib nodded. Zim threw his arms around Dib and hugged him. After a few minutes, he stepped back awkwardly. "Mention this to no one."

"It never happened…"

AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAV

Gaz was standing in the parking lot at the beach when they got there with a bag in hand. "Here," She said.

All of the clothes were black. Zim pulled out a shirt that read 'Z?'(Guess where it's from you will also win noodle.)

"Gaz, did you have to get stuff that you like?" asked Dib.

"I'm not taking it back," she replied.

"That's okay,' said Zim. "I like it." He blushed a little. He shook it off, however, and quickly exclaimed: "Onward!" He dashed off to the shoreline.

"Hey!" said Dib. "Wait for us!" The other two chased Zim.

Zim had stopped, and was looking, puzzled, down at his feet.

"What, Zim?" asked Dib.

Zim pointed down. "What's that?" he asked.

Dib looked to where his friend was pointing. "That's a seashell," he answered.

"Seashell? Here?"

Dib stared at him. "Yeah, Zim. Seashells come from the beach."

Zim laughed. "And I guess apples just grow on trees, too?"

"Actually… they do."

Zim laughed again and patted Dib on the head. "You and your 'perfect' logic!"

Dib frowned. "Don't mess up the scythe."

Gaz sighed. "I need to get back to my game." And with that, she left.

"Hey, Zim," said Dib. "Don't you think Gir would want to come, too?"

Zim shrugged. "Too late now." He picked up the seashell. "It's pretty. How do you think it got here?"

He really thinks seashells don't come from the beach… thought Dib. "Who knows?" he asked with a sigh.

Zim held the seashell close to his face, looking at it and smiling. Then, suddenly, to Zim's surprise, a large centipede crawled from inside the shell. Zim shrieked and hid behind Dib, dropping the shell. "Evil! The shell houses evil! It plans to assassinate ZIM!!"

Dib sighed. "Y'know, I thought we were past this when you accused the bird."

"It KNEW!!" yelled Zim.

"Knew WHAT?!"

Zim crossed his arms and pouted. "Zim does NOT have to take this!" He through his jacket off started running towards the water. "Time to see what it's like to touch Earth water and not be burned!"

"Zim!" called Dib. "Wait a minute! It's March! You're gonna freeze your ass off!"

But it was already too late. The ex-Irken had already jumped into the icy cold water. He cried out from the shocking change in temperature. "COLD!"

AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAV

Zim sat on the sand shivering, his (aha, no, DIB'S) jacket wrapped around him. "Zim s-still dislikes E-Earth water…" he said.

"It's just 'cause you were too stupid to think before you jumped in," said Dib with a sigh. "And wanna know the really funny part? YOU WERE WEARING NORMAL CLOTHES. And Gaz took the bag home with her, so now you have nothing to change into."

"C-cold…"

Dib crossed his arms. "I said you would freeze your ass off, didn't I?"

Zim frowned, then to Dib's surprise, started laughing.

"Are you frickin' insane?" asked Dib. "What's so funny?"

"This," answered Zim, "All of it!" Zim stopped laughed and sighed. "I never expected any of this to happen."

"Neither did I," admitted Dib.

"Do you think… this will last forever?"

Dib smiled. "I-"

"Of course," Zim interrupted. "It really is impossible for anything to last that long. So… to the end of our short, pathetic human lives?" Zim looked at Dib happily.

Dib sighed. "Yes. I do." He smiled. Zim was definitely Zim.

AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAV

They had left the beach, and Zim was now home. "I guess I'll go inside and make sure home still exists," he told Dib. Zim opened the door and walked inside.

Zim found no sign of any damage, so he decided to look for Gir. "Gir!" he called. "I'm home!"

The place was quiet. Too quiet for Gir. Zim began to worry. He practically ran into the kitchen. "GIR!" Zim looked around. Then he beheld a sight that terrified and shocked him (No, it was not Sizz-Lorr in a bikini.). His heart stopped beating for a moment.

Gir…!

Zim- (In lederhosen) I despise you, Tallest Phoenix!!

Me- Don't care. Yodel, fool, yodel!

Zim- Zim doesn't even know how to yodel!

Me- Then learn from Dib.

Dib- I don't either.

Me- Oh… Then go to Switzerland!

That's all for now folks. Special thanks to you guys, who read. You're almost as important as me in the writing process, but it's a very close 'almost'.

Review or I will send Sizz-Lorr to your house in a bikini! Whazzam!

Dib- Gasp!

Zim- NOOOO!!!

Me- Why aren't you yodeling?!

Zim- Uh… YOU LIE! (*Zim's motto: When all else fails, accuse someone of lying*)