Chapter 7
Snow
"Marry me."
"What!" I exclaim nearly falling off of the bed.
"Marry me, Snow. I love you and I want you to be my mate."
I stare at him wide eyed. "Oh man. Zim, you know I'm only seventeen right? When I said I would love to marry you and have kids I meant maybe ten years from now."
He smiles sadly, "I understand. I know you're still young and want to live your life while you still have it."
I look at him quizzically, "Zim, how old are you exactly?"
"I'm fifty years old. Irkens age slowly but ever since I go on Earth ten years ago I've grown faster than I ever have. I'm pretty sure it has to do with Earth's atmosphere."
"Wow." I fall back onto the bed and cover my eyes with my arm. "Zim, do you really want to marry me?"
"I do Snow. I love you more than anything and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"I want to spend my life with you too Zim." I smile at him, "I love you and, yes, I will marry you." I pull him towards me and kiss him softly.
He turns away for a second and pulls something out of his bedside drawer. He turns back to me and slips the most beautiful ring on my finger.
"I was saving it for later but now is the perfect time." He says smiling.
The ring is white gold with a small diamond in the middle. "It's perfect, Zim." I hug him around his neck, "I love you."
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"Hey Loser! What's that on your hand?" Natalie calls from behind me.
I turn around and slip my hands into my pockets. "I don't know what you're talking about. Now why don't you scurry your little ass away from here."
"I know you have a ring on your finger Mason. Is it from that weirdo Zit or whatever?"
"His name is Zim and he is not a weirdo. He is way cooler then you will ever be. I have to get to class now, bye queen bitch."
When I get to study hall Zim is sitting in his chair asleep. I sit down next to him and poke him repeatedly. "Wake up sleepy head."
When his eyes open he smiles and lifts my left hand to his face to kiss it. "I can't believe you said yes" he said grinning.
"Why wouldn't I?" I kiss him lightly on the lips and squeeze his hand a little. "Do you have any homework to work on?" I ask him.
He shakes his head and leans his head onto my shoulder, which must be hard for him since I'm at least a foot shorter than him.
"I'll just read then. I'll wake you up in a couple of minutes."
He just nods and dozes off. I stroke his enteni through his wig and read my book. When the bell rings I wake him up so we can go home.
When we get home Zim immediately flops onto the couch and is about to fall asleep when I shake him. "Zim, come on I have to ask you something."
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"Why are you so tired? I thought that Irkens didn't have to sleep."
"That is true but when an Irken has sexual intercourse they become very drowsy. I'll be fine tommorrow." I nod, kiss his forehead and go to find GIR.
I find him in his little play room playing with his pig and watching the Angry Monkey show. "HI LADY! Do you want to play piggy tea party with me?"
I smile at the robot, "Of course I will play with you. Can I play with the purple piggy?"
"Yes but you have to sit next to the green pig because they don't like being apart. Just like you and Master."
While we're playing I can't help but notice GIR looking at my stomach every couple of minutes. " GIR, what's wrong? You keep looking at me."
He looks away for a second. "It's nothing." He gets up and leaves the room.
Today could not get weirder.
