Chapter 9
Gaz was in her bed, but sleep wouldn't come to her. Tonight was okay but Dib wouldn't stop talking about the new girl what was with the Alien Boy. It ruined the night when her father and brother started arguing about it. She had left the room and neither noticed.
She looked at the clock. IIt was inching towards midnight, then there was a blackout. Probably from Zim place...again. She had wondered what the weird guy would be doing whenever he caused the power outages.
When the power was back, she reset the clock. She then picked up her skull necklace. Opening it, she pulled out to pics. There were two. The first was her father, Dib and herself from about five years ago. The other was of Zim from more recently. He was working on one of his projects, wearing his Irkin like attire. At the time, he was poking at the school food. He had never noticed that she had taken it.
Even though she hadn't been completely honest with herself, she couldn't say that she had taken some interest in the alien. He was different, very different, and that was one of her interest in him.
But she couldn't tell him what she thought of him. He was always trying to avoid her. And she could guess why.
But there was nothing she could do about that. It was all up to Zim whether or not he would talk to her, even if they did have Home Ed together.