Author's Note: Hello friends and fellow Zim fans! I do not own Invader Zim or its characters. I wish I owned Zim & Dib though but I don't. Once again, my character is an OC. The love triangle between Erin, Zim and Dib still thrives. So Enjoy!

Story Disclaimer: This is the sequel to I'll Always Be Yours. If you have not read it, I'd recommend that you do because you will get lost and we don't want that to happen. Also, there is more of a romance theme in this one, SO DEAL WITH IT. We will also see what the future is like for our "heroes" and there will many surprises along the way too.

Chapter Eleven

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Zim's lips moved across hers, as the early hours of sun light streamed across the living room couch. When she finally opened her eyes, he smiled at her with a mischievous glint in his eyes. She smiled back, knowing what he'd been up to.

"Skool doesn't start for another hour", Zim replied softly.

"Where's GIR?" Erin asked. The little robot usually woke them up when breakfast was ready.

"I sent GIR out this morning", Zim said, "We have the whole house to ourselves".

So he was up to something. Interesting.

"What do you have in mind?" Erin asked grinning.

She and Zim started kissing. Just as before, their kisses were more passionate, much deeper. Zim had put his left arm under her head and held her close with his right arm. Zim's mouth began to wander across her cheek and down her neck. There was almost a playful feel to it. Ever since they had reached their respective maturity levels, they had been all over each other. Even holding hands seemed to drive them crazy. But Irkens tended to be some-what...aggressive, so Erin had learned quickly not to fight back.

Erin brushed her palm against Zim's cheek. To him, her skin felt cool and soft at the same time, and it even smelled...good. Whatever it was she used to bath herself with, he liked it. Erin usually went to Dib's house to shower since Zim had forgotten the importance of having a bathroom in the house. And if she were to bathe, she'd have to stand nude down below in the lab but the water that Zim used to bathe in was mostly paste since his skin was allergic to the human water.

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They were intially late for their first class by ten minutes. Nobody but Dib seemed to noticed as Erin and Zim slipped into their seats. Their teacher had his back turned to them and the students were writing what was up on the board. Zim and Erin got out their notebooks and started copying what was up on the board. Dib, who always sat behind Erin, leaned forward, tapping her shoulder.

"Where were you this morning?" Dib asked.

"None of your business earth-worm", Zim hissed before Erin could answer his question.

Dib ignored him and then noticed Erin looked rather flushed. But before he could even ask her anything else, their teacher turned back to them.

"I know it's near the end of the week and we usually don't start a new book until the beginning of the week but I thought it would be nice to skip the usual reading traditions. We'll be reading Shakespear's romance classic: Romeo and Juliet", Mr. Carson replied, passing out books for each row of kids, he continued as each student received a book, "And I'll need two volunteers to be in the lead roles for our Fall's Annual Drama Theater".

Nobody raised their hands, so Mr. Carson looked around the class room. He even walked around the room, looking at each student over. He stopped beside Dib and Erin's desks. The whole class was now staring in their direction.

"Dib, Erin, you're my voluneteers", Mr. Carson exclaimed brightly.

"WHAT?!" Zim asked rather, very loudly.

Erin put her head in her hands as Mr. Carson went back up to the front of the class room and started telling them what the book was about. Zita turned around in her seat only a second later.

"Is she going to be okay?" Zita asked, having heard Erin crying quietly.

Dib got out of his seat, "Erin, are you okay?" He asked.

"Get away from her you filthy-", But Zim didn't get a chance to finish his sentence.

Erin got up and gathered her things, "Mr. Carson, can I please see the nurse?" Erin asked.

"Oh...of course", Mr. Carson replied, he made out a blue slip and handed it to her.

Erin took the slip and left class as fast as possible. She, however, didn't go to the nurses office. She wanted to leave skool for the rest of the day. She felt like she was going to throw up. She took out her cell phone and called GIR. GIR came without one second hesitance, though he was in his dog disguise and she and Zim hadn't really seen him all morning since Zim had sent him out of the house so they could have some privacy.

"Take me home GIR, please", She added as she climbed on to his back, holding on to his dog ears.

"Okies!" GIR exclaimed taking off at once.

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Red and Purple were in the middle of playing a gam of Go Fish. They were bored and had nothing really to do. All their Invaders were busy and nobody had really bothered them in a while. One of the Irkens at the head console turned in his seat.

"Sirs, there is in-coming transmission from...Earth", the Solider replied.

"We'll take any kind of message. Maybe Zim has actually got good news", Red exclaimed laying down six pairs, making Purple whine in frustration.

The big screen came on but it wasn't Zim. It was Erin. The Tallest stopped their game, mostly because Red had actually won and they weren't bored anymore.

"Haven't heard from you in a while", Red pointed out.

"I'm sorry to bother you but I..I..I needed someone to talk to", Erin replied.

"Well, where's Zim?" Purple asked, though this got a glare from the other tallest.

"He's at skool. And it just happened so fast...", Erin trailed off.

"Hold on. Hold on. Back up, what happened so fast?" Red asked.

"Oh god", Erin exclaimed starting to cry again.

"Do something!" Purple said jabbing Red in the ribs.

"You do something!" Red hissed back.

"Dib and I...got...paired...up...in a...stupid..play!" Erin replied loudly, still crying.

"Hey, isn't that the kid you used to -", Purple started to say but Red put his hand over his mouth.

"Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. You're making it worse", Red exclaimed and then let go of him.

Erin had stopped crying after a few minutes, she didn't feel remotely better but she had gotten it out of her system. She hadn't exactly been paying attention to what they were doing, so she just acted like she was fine despite the fact she was feeling horrible.

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Zim and Dib weren't exactly having a good time either. Both had picked up Erin's homework assignments, since all three only had three class togethers: English, History and Math. Erin and Zim had science and Biolgoy together while Erin and Dib had Creative Writing and Gym together. The reason they weren't having a good time was that Erin was usally their middle person. With her abscence, they were stuck "hanging out" together. By Lunch time they figured she wasn't showing up at all. Zim had figured she'd called GIR, which meant, she went home.

"This is your fault ya know", Zim replied sitting down at the their usual table.

"My fault? How is this my fault?" Dib asked sitting opposite him.

"Oh cm'on, your filthy puppy dog eyes tell me that someone is still...I don't know...love sick perhaps?" Zim asked smirking.

"If your implying I still have feelings for Erin, you're - ", But Dib was cut off.

"Ah ha! So you admit it", Zim exclaimed.

"Okay, so I might not exactly be over her but that doesn't mean I wouldn't steal her from you. God, what kind of person do you take me for? Erin and I are just friends. Just friends", Dib said, emphasizing the "just friends part".

Zim narrowed his eyes, "Oh and I'm a complete angel half the time", He replied sarcastically, "We all know the horrible things I've done to you. That doesn't change anything. And I don't buy that you just like her as your friend".

"Fine. Fine. You know what. I do love her. But she loves you. If you don't say anything to her about this, I'll ask Mr. Carson to replace Erin with someone else", Dib replied.

"You do that. But you know what? You won't. I know you won't. You know why, Dib? Because you're human organs go crazy everytime you get close to Erin. But I promise I won't say a word about your feelings", Zim said.

"You..you'd that?" Dib asked.

"Sure. I mean, if she found out...that would be bad. Just bad", Zim pointed out.

"Uh...thanks Zim", Dib replied.

"Don't get used to it. You're lucky I'm even helping. It makes me sick. Sick like...eating peanut covered soap waffles", Zim exclaimed.

Dib didn't go see Mr. Carson. In fact, Zim had been right. He couldn't ask their English teacher to ask someone else to play Juliet in the skool play. Dib found that perhaps this was a test. In a way...it was. This would prove once and for all that he and Erin were just friends. But of course, Dib knew something bad was bound to happen. He also knew trusting Zim wasn't his most brightest ideas. He just hopped Zim wouldn't take all of this too personally. More importantly, he hopped Erin didn't take it too personally either.

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Author's Note: Sorry for the late update. I had a hard time writing this chapter. Erin loves Zim but Dib still likes Erin. Wow. What a strange web we have weaved! REVIEW!