Chapter 9
Zim answered the phone after it had rung for the umpteenth time. He said a bored hello and his eyes lit up for some reason he wasn't aware of when he heard the other person talk. He no longer wished to be sulking in his lab. He was perfectly fine standing right there.
"Hi Zim," came Brooke's voice. "I'll be out a little bit longer than I thought before…"
"You didn't even tell me that you were going. I was wondering where you were."
"Why?"
"Uh…"
"Never mind. Anyways, Gir's got me tied up here so I' won't be back until later. No! Gir!" There was a bit of static. "I told you! Ruby is not my color! You put that on me and I'll kill you! No! Not that one either!"
"You ok?"
"What? Yeah. Fine. Got to go, Zim. Bye."
"Wait!"
There was no answer because Brooke had already hung up the phone.
Zim sighed. He kicked at the ground a little bit. At least talking to someone made him feel a little bit better.
"Aiyaaaaaa!! Ooooooo! Aiyaaaaa! Ooooooo!"
Zim looked around.
"All the days when we just played," came Brooke's voice. She was singing. It rang through the house be he knew that she wasn't there. "Back in skool, just me and you. But I can't forget you know. What am I supposed to do?"
"We can be more than friends…" This time it was his own voice that was doing it but it wasn't him who was singing it! "Do you know I'm here for you? Because you're so easy to love," his antennas perked up at that. "When you smile the sky turns blue!"
This time they were singing the verses of the song together! "I do, I do, I do, do, I do love you. And do you, do you, do, do you love me too? I do, I do, I do, do I do love you. And do you, do you, do, do you love me too?"
"COMPUTER!"
There was a snicker.
"DO NOT TAUNGHT ZIM!!"