Raining Acid

Chapter 14

The last class of the day, and it was starting to take its toll on little Gaz. She sighs softly as she jogged down notes from the teacher's current lecturing. A sudden rumble ripped her from her constant writing. Looking up and turning her head towards the classroom windows, she saw that it had gotten dark and cloudy. "Mmm..looks like rain.." she thought to herself before going back to writing. Her eyes then noticed something hopping from her peripheral vision. Turning her head slightly, she saw Zim…looking a bit stiff. His leg was constantly hopping while his three digit hands scratched at the desk, his notebook and pen being completely ignored. Seeing this, Gaz leaned over a little and called to the tense looking male.

"Zim..?"

"Miss Membrane! Am I going to have to hold you in after class again?" spat the teacher, her pencil tapping on the board with irritation. Sighing, the purple haired teen shook her head. "Good, now then, as I was saying.."

Gaz huffed, but once the teacher went back to her lecture, she leaned over once more, this time calling with a whisper, "Zim…are you ok?"

Zim finally snapped out of his quiet mindless state and glanced over at the female teen. Quickly he recovered his posture and relaxed. "Of course I am…why wouldn't I be, silly human?" he smirked.

Seeing as he was back to normal, she let out an annoyed grunt and straightened herself back in her desk. She soon felt a weight lift when the skool's bell rang and the students around her, Zim included, all got up to gather their things. "Alright, don't forget about the test next week, study hard….miss Membrane, will you stay for a few moments?" Gaz halted just as she was about to rush out. Her shoulders slumped and she turned to face the teacher. Unbeknownst to her, Zim had stopped as well and glanced back. Unfortunately, he had other matters to deal with, so he quickly left the room, not saying a word.

Gaz ambled over and stood in front of the teacher's desk. "Am I seriously in trouble just for checking on a friend?" she asked, but tried to keep her attitude to a minimum. "Wait…did I just call Zim a friend..?" her thought as soon interrupted when her teacher snorted.

"It has nothing to do with that miss Membrane…the principle simply asked that I run this by you.." she said while keeping her eyes down on the papers before her. Gaz rolled her eyes and shift all her wait onto one foot as she waited for what the teacher had to tell her. "This had better be good.." she groaned inwardly her mind.

A few boring minutes later, Gaz was walking through the halls, heading to the skool's exit to the main campus. "Honestly….did she really have to hold me back just to suggest I join the matheletes?" she thought while looking at the pamphlet in her hand. Her amber hued orbs narrowed, and without a care, she tossed the pamphlet into the first trash bin she saw. "Yeah right…like hell I'm joining those.." she grumbled to herself. Gaz knew that when it came to mathematics, she was a genius. Not even her sibling Dib, could surpass her grades in math, which actually impressed their father a bit. Yet, she always tried to keep it to herself; math simply seemed to calm her. Personally, she loved puzzles and solving problems, she just never liked telling people this. Then again, who could she tell?

She reached the front of the school. She came to a sudden stop when she saw that it indeed was raining. "Wow…" she whispered. Shrugging, she opened her bag and pulled out her descent sized umbrella, but before she opened it, she noticed another figure standing by the entrance. "Zim?"

Hearing a voice call him made the alien jump and take a few steps back, distancing his frame further from the endless drops of liquid falling from the heavens. Looking around, he saw the human teen and pulled a face. "W-what?" he threw at her.

Lifting a brow, she stepped closer to the male teen. "Zim…what are you still doing here? I thought you left.." she pointed out.

The extra-terrestrial male nervously chuckled and reached up to brush back his well combed obsidian hair. "Well…I uh…I'm….I'm simply enjoying the scenery.." he exclaimed.

Not falling for it at all, Gaz thought it humorous to play along with the guy. "Really? ….of the skool's campus?" she asked, her brow still perked up.

Zim began to feel uneasy, not to mention he felt his cheeks beginning to grow warm. "Wh-what's it to you anyway?!" he finally snapped and turned away to cross his arms over his chest.

Gaz rolled her orbs and shook her head. "So childish…yet….cute.." she chuckled and approached the male alien teen. "Zim…did you….forget to put on your waterproof paste suit?" she asked, a sly grin plastered on her lips.

The said alien finally turned to face her. His fake eyes widening at her assumption before he huffed, "NO! …..Maybe…" he sighs, "..yes."

Again the female human teen chuckled. Without saying another word, she opened up her umbrella, and carefully slipped her arm around the other adolescent's arm. Just when Zim was about to protest, he went still when she shoved the now open umbrella into his free hand. "Just…shut up and walk…" she whispered, "I'll escort you home." Dark shades of green formed over his cheeks when both began walking under the rain. Gaz felt the tall green skinned male tense from the drops hitting the umbrella, but she simply smiled and tightened her grip as well, trying to silently assure all would be well.

Waiting around the corner of the skool campus exit, was Dib. Leaning on a tree, he looked around, waiting for his young sibling to appear. Long obsidian hair drooped down over his face. Gaz had told him that it seemed like it was going to rain, but seeing how the morning was cleared, it made him think she was still trying to get back at him. So of course, here he was, soaking and sulking over the freezing sky water. A sudden "rough" pat on the shoulder soon brought the dark teen out from his thoughts.

"Hey feakazoid! Isn't that you sis walking all snuggly with the green dude…under the rain?" Dib gave the bulky male, whom he figured was Torque from elementary, a confused gaze. "Well someone has added a few pounds.." he thought. Finally the large brute's words make it to Dib's abnormally large brain.

"Wait, what?!"

Chuckling, Torque lifts a meaty hand and points it behind Dib's thin frame. "They getting it on, huh?" he commented.

Dib stares as the snickering giant leaves before turning around. His spectacle shield orbs widen when he sees his young sibling indeed walking close to his alien advisory. Too close for his comfort. But what caused for his boiling point to reach, was when he noticed both teens were smiling. His sister…smiling and seeming way too happy. It reminded him of the Christmas day their father bought her the new Game-Slave 3.5 when she was still addicted to them. He had never seen his dark demented sibling so happy. Until this moment.

Morphing his hands into tight closed fists, he began stomping his way towards the couple. He gasps and suddenly halts. "Did I just call them a couple?!" His inner thoughts were screaming with rage. "Hell no.." he hissed and continued to make his way towards the cou- er, teens.

Zim was far too busy secretly enjoying the moment, that he had not noticed the Dib-worm making his way towards them. An evil looking grin stretched across said male earth-teen's dripping face.

Thankfully, Gaz sensed her dark lean sibling right away. Gritting her teeth, she inhaled a breath, ready to scream at her brother to back off. That was, until she saw him suddenly leap up, still aiming towards them. Instinctively, her amber hued orbs motioned towards the sidewalk ground, only to widen when she saw what her male sibling was truly aiming for. "God damn it…" she cursed inwardly.

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