Me: Hello fanfictioners of KND. So, here's the fourteenth fanfic in the collection. It's a Numbuh 11.0/Numbuh 10 (Eva Roberts) fanfic. For all of you waiting on the Chad/Rachel one-shot, I had to move it back one because I need to work on it a little more.

Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING! NOTHING! DO YOU HEAR ME? NOTHING! If I did, KND would still be going on. Also, since Numbuh 11.0 didn't have a name (I looked everywhere for one), I decided to name him.

Title: Just a Laugh
Author: AnimeGirl 144

"Ugh. Can't you be funny if you're not going to be serious?" Eva remarked to her fellow anchor-kid.

Kade just smiled at his fellow anchor and shook his head. In his mind, he was already funny. The only kid in the whole Kids Next Door that appreciated his humor was Numbuh Two of Sector V. But that didn't stop him. He was determined to get his co-anchor and secret crush to laugh at one of his jokes. Eva rolled her eyes and went back to her papers muttering, "Whatever."

"Awh come on Eva, you know that was funny," Kade protested/whined.

"No, it wasn't," Eva replied.

"Hey, everyone come here. We gotta new recruit to the KND Nightly News," Numbuh 9-Film explained.

"A new recruit?" Eva asked. "How come I wasn't alerted? I'm the leader for Pete's sake."

"The Moonbase just called, said he's new," Numbuh 9-Film explained. "Everyone, meet Steven Nolan, codename Numbuh 3456."

Said kid walked out of the shadows and stood before Sector L, staring at them with his piercing blue eyes. For a ten-year-old, he was good looking with tan skin and neatly combed brown hair.

"Nice to meet all of you," Steven said with a grin.

"Uh,... hi," Eva said before shaking out of her stupor. "My name's Eva Roberts, Numbuh 10 and leader of this Sector. Welcome to Sector L, Numbuh 3456."

"It's a pleasure to be here, and to have such a pretty leader," Steven said with a flirtatious smile.

Eva blushed and lightly giggled, catching Kade's attention as he sent a curious look at the duo. Kade was a nice guy, but something about Steven didn't sit well in his stomach. The other's warmed up to this kid quickly, and Eva promptly found a position on the team for him to fill ("Adult Activity", much like the weather segment on adult news, this was an adult segment, where Steven would talk about what some adults had been doing over a time period of seven days (whether it be early or late)). Time went on, and Kade's suspicion continued. But something more troubled him: jealousy. Almost everywhere he went, he saw Eva with Steven, both of them talking and Steven being able to make Eva laugh! Laugh! It irked Kade to no end. But Kade wouldn't show it; he was a nice guy and would make people think he was okay.

"Hey Kade, listen to what Steven just told me," Eva called. "It's the funniest thing I've ever heard."

"Oh, you flatter me too much Numbuh 10," Steven said with a small blush.

"For the last time, I told you to call me Eva."

"Awh, yes. Eva," Steven said. "Anyways, Eva. I was wondering if you'd join me at the Underground tonight. Say, nine?"

"Underground? You mean like a date?" Eva questioned.

The word caught Kade's attention as he stared wide-eyed at his teammates. The way Steven smiled... Kade didn't like it and grew suspicious.

"Well, if you so boldly want to call it that, then yes! It is a date," Steven said. "Will you still come?"

Eva blushed a little and seemed to think it over before nodding to her newest teammate, not noticing Kade's jaw drop to the ground in shock. Steven smiled even more as he nodded back at his leader.

"Wonderful. I'll meet you over there," he said.

The nightly news went on with Kade hiding his disappointment. The minute they finished Eva high-tailed it out of there and headed for the Underground. Kade, deciding he needed a drink, headed off to the Underground as well, walking on the sidewalk in the dark. As he was passing by the local park that was across the street from the KND pub, he could hear the sound of someone crying. Naturally curious, the anchor kid look in the direction and found, sitting on the fountain at the entrance directly under one of the lights, his leader. Worry took over his grief as he ran across the street without looking and slowly came upon her.

"Uh, Numbuh 10, are you alright?" Kade asked carefully.

"Huh?" Eva asked, looking up quickly. She calmed down when she saw that it was her fellow teammate. "Oh, Kade. It's you." She sniffled as she rubbed her eyes. "No. I'm not alright."

Kade stared at his leader in concern, having never seen her like this.

"What happened? Why are you out here? Shouldn't you be with Steven down in the Underground?" Kade questioned.

Eva's eyes lowered into a slight glare.

"Steven," she said with a bit of venom attached to her voice. "That creep... I found him kissing another girl."

Kade's eyes widened in shock to hear what she said. He was very angry at the thought about Steven kissing another girl (How could anyone do that to Eva?) but didn't voice such an anger when he saw her hurt look. So instead he decided instead of making her even more angry, he'd make her happy; make her smile and laugh.

"What a jerk," he said as aloofly as he could. "Obviously not as smart as he thinks he is."

Eva stopped wiping her tears mid-wipe as she looked up at her fellow teammate, shocked. Then, to his delight, her frown turned into a small grin as she released a small chuckle.

Me: Finished! How was it? I like it. The ending may not be great, but I like it a lot (it's suppose to end like that; I meant for it to be like that). I actually had fun with this couple; I think it could work out (and yes, they do remind me of an inverted 2/5). As for what happened to Steven, Eva called Rachel and had her reassign the kid.

Next will be Chad/Rachel (hopefully) and then 86/19-th Century (that's going to be FUN! ^^).

Now, some of you don't know, but I'm stopping my story at twenty. I may come back and do more, but my goal is twenty. I encourage all of you to write stories like these; stories focusing on couples rarely seen on the sight.

Continue to send me in couples you want to see in this collection, and if I can, I will make them appear in here. Till then, this has been AnimeGirl 144.