A/N: So the chapter title explains this chapter more than I ever could. And YAY finally some romance back in the story again. You all may be shocked, disgusted etc etc. For me I'm like whatever I don't care, lets just get the damn story moving! I have an AP test tomorrow so I am NOT going to be doing review responses. Terribly sorry D: but I really want to pass this class, like more so than any of you know XD. So yeah...whoot whoot. I don't know what to say, if I forget to say anything now, I will address it in the next chapter that is 10% done right now, just be expecting an update every other weekend (Depending) or weekends and Wednesday mornings. We'll see how things go. LOVE YOU ALL. :D

FOOL I OWN NOTHING! But Damn...that smexy evil guy known as Jax...yeaaahhhh He IS MINE so do NOT NOT NOT! Copy write him or I will find you and I will destroy you. I've already dealt with a couple cases of copy writing my man, but I shall not name names. If you are one of them, HE IS MINE. And I am possessive over him. If you use him and I find out, you'll be reported and greatly flamed on. But with MY SOUL PERMISSION you may use him ONLY WITH MY SOUL PERMISSION! Remember I created him and I can destroy him any time I damn well please, so you just think of that...

~You know who I am.


Narrators POV.

The next afternoon the gang had been patiently awaiting the arrival of the next supplies load. Currently, Areo, Cari and Riley were out. Cari was sent for more medical supplies, Areo for weapons and ammo and Riley for food. But hell they'd be lucky if she even decided to come back in the end.

It had been about three hours since they left and it was slowly etching into later hours making most of the crew nervous, but they were keeping everything in over a small talk in the area they turned into a kitchen, "Are they any better?" Sol asked as Vex exited his room, a very worried and forlorn look present on his face.

"No, the fevers have gone up again," Vex mumbled, not making eye contact as he walked by them and sat down, alone in the living room, "how's Jeb?" Sol's antenna perked at that. This was the first time Vex had asked about Jeb since they took refuge here.

"He's conscious, sore and very upset," Sol responded looking down at his hands, "He is having a hard time coping with the loss of his daughter."

"I don't blame 'im," Vex sighed back, "I might be sharin' the same boat as him not long from now."

"What're you saying?"

"I think…Axel an' Angel are jus goin' ta get worse until they pass away. But I don't wanna talk about it, I'm hopin' it'll pass but she's made it clear that I'm not ta worry bout her whichever way the wind blows so ta say."

"Has Zim even seen her since you rescued her?"

"No," Vex responded quietly, "I don't think she wants him ta see her in this state," He sighed after that while hugging himself and biting his lip rather hard, "How is Zim?"

"Fine, his wounds are healing nicely and he hasn't complained about anymore discomfort since Val and Reth brought him home."

"Good, nice ta know at least someone is doin' ok. Where are Val and Reth anyways?"

"They're with Mia; she desperately wanted to learn about their home planet, so Mia's trying to squeeze some info out of them. Valenth's very open with her conversations but Reth is a little more hesitant. I don't think he fully trusts us yet."

"Ah I don't blame him fer that either. He's an interestin' species, I sure as hell never seen anythin' like 'im before. But I'm sure I haven't seen a lotta things that are happenin' round here lately before."

"You and me both," Sol sighed back, antenna perking upon hearing the patrols coming back; "I think the patrols are back! I need to go see if we scored any more medical supplies!" He shot off without another word, zipping upstairs and stopping in the door way where Cari was about to exit holding a nice sized back pack, stuffed to the brim with supplies.

"Here," She said, her voice wavering. Already Sol could tell that something happened, she wasn't making eye contact with him and she wasn't being her normal, playful aggressive self. This was just cold.

"Is…everything alright?" Sol asked, eyeing her as the other two slipped in through the windows. All carrying a nice amount of supplies.

"Never been better," Cari said, though her voice faltered again and her antenna were pressed flat against her head. She shoved by him seconds later, not bothering to stick around to explain what happened.

"Cari," Sol said, trying to attract her attention but she was having none of it, she just turned to slip down the stairs without a word. So he then turned to the other members, "Did something happen?"

"Don't know," Areo answered, smiling at the ammo he got from the local weapons store. Though it was over run and already nearly cleared out, he managed to score some ammo and a couple guns at least, "She's been in a foul mood since we met back up with her. She didn't look like she was attacked though. Maybe it's just lady problems."

Riley rolled her eyes, "God men are such idiots sometimes. Clearly, someone's upset her maybe she saw a family member or friend who had turned. But it's best not to bother her right now."

"No shit Sherlock," Sol growled, he wasn't exactly fond of Riley, "Though I thought she didn't have much of a social life outside of the group she's in now."

"It's not our business, I'm sure we'll be able to find out from Zim later but for now, I think it's best that we share the supplies with the group and get our priorities straight. Maybe start devising a plan to get the hell out of this city?" Areo cut in, hoping that an argument was not about to break loose.

"You're right," Sol said, shooting another glare towards Riley, "We should go spread the joy I guess."

Meanwhile, Cari walked down the narrow hall way hurting in every way possible. She hated this life, she hated people and she sure as hell hated being told what to do. It infuriated her and made her want to throw someone into a wall more than ever. However this was just her body language. Her mind was spinning, not a single thought sticking with a logical idea. She wanted to be alone for a while, she wanted to think, to breathe but with everything that's been going on, it's been getting harder and harder to do just that.

She stopped outside of her room, letting her hand hang above the door handle for a moment, debating on if she wanted to walk in, or if she wanted to find a better place to clear her mind. She knew Zim was in there, and she knew as soon as he found out she was back he'd be searching for her, wanting to know all about it and make sure she's ok. But she just wanted to be left alone.

Zim invaded her thoughts every day and it was starting to grind on her nerves. She couldn't do one thing without having to worry about him or think about him in the slightest. Hell she couldn't even sleep without dreaming of him, back when they were kids, when they were happy and carefree.

She gritted her teeth together as she thought of this, making up her mind and slowly twisting the door knob, entering the room quietly.

Zim was sitting on the edge of the bed, reading a book while using his free hand to rub his still probably sore arm. She caught him doing this nearly every day now, though she did find his focused expression to be kind of cute.

His antenna perked as she shut the door and he immediately put the book down, directing his attention towards her, "Hey Car, how was the run?" He asked that stupid goofy smile of his lighting his face as she took a couple steps forward between his legs and wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

"Fine," She mumbled, 'He's giving me those damn puppy eyes again,' she thought as she bit her tongue. He snuggled his face into her belly and rested his chin there so he was looking directly up at her. His big maroon puppy dog eyes and bright smile following after. She hated moments like this, when she had to do something she knew would make all that disappear.

"Well tell me about it," He purred, wrapping his arms around her waist and bringing her closer to himself, "Anymore walker troubles?" She stared down at him, biting her tongue hard.

'Not even close,' she thought about saying, but knew she couldn't so instead all that came out was, "Zim we need to talk."

"Ok about what?" He asked, still clearly in a good mood, "You can tell me anything."

'I can't do this,' Cari thought as she looked away for a minute, trying not to show any kind of pain or fear. She unhinged from his shoulders and cupped his cheeks, staring down at him for a long moment. He smiled at her with those freaking puppy dog eyes again while rubbing his face against her hands, soaking up any kind of affection he could get from her, 'just say it, just do it Cari you can do it. Just fucking do it.'

"I…" Already her voice faltered which perked Zim curiosity a little bit, making his expression turn from a freaking adorable one to a more curious one.

"What? Did something happen?"

She felt her blood run cold as her breathing started becoming labored, "Zim I…We…" He was giving her a concerned look now.

"Cari, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Nothing," She said feeling her face scrunch up in a pain a little bit, "Nothing I just…You are invading my thoughts every day and I can't think with you around. I need to breathe Zim but I can't when I'm always worrying about you. Every moment of my life, even in my dreams you are on my mind and I can't get you out!"

He seemed slightly shocked at this, though more confused than anything, "Ok…So what can I do to help?"

She looked away at this, antenna lowering, "You can't do anything…which is why I've decided that…we…we need to break up for a while."

"What!?" Zim said, his eyes now wide open filled with shock and hurt, "What no, no it'll be ok! I-I can leave you alone for as long as you need but you don't have to leave me!"

"Yes I do!" She snapped, clamping her eyes shut so she didn't have to see the hurt in his eyes anymore, "It's the only way I can get you off of my mind right now."

"No, no Cari please don't do this. You're just messing with me right? I mean we've been together for—for years now to just, call it off because you're a little stressed it just…I mean I…"

"Zim I was with you for 60 years before I was taken away. We have been together no longer. Hell this is the first time I've actually spent time with you in months!" She snapped making Zim flinch and more hurt worm its way into his eyes, "I was dumb and in love back then. But this is now."

"What's wrong with now? Why is this a problem!?" Zim asked frantically, feeling his eyes well up with tears a little bit.

"I'm older Zim, I'm not some dumb love struck school girl anymore."

"Are you saying you found someone else?"

"No," She snapped, pulling away from him completely and turning around so he wouldn't see how much she wanted to just take back everything she was saying, "I'm saying I don't want to be with you anymore."

"Why, I'll do anything Cari but please! I spent half my life searching the ends of the universe for you, you, you can't just leave me, after I've done so much for you!"

"I'll do as I damn well please," She spat back, clenching her fists to the point of making her knuckles turn white, "I just don't want to be chained down anymore."

"You shouldn't need to feel chained down, Cari I love you and I-I thought you loved me too," Zim said frantically, zipping up in front of her as she tried to exit the room.

"Yeah well I don't anymore so just…just back off!" She snapped, for the first time looking into Zim's now broken and hurt expression. She'd never seen him so shattered before and she never wanted to see him like this again.

"W-what? But just earlier today we-."

"It didn't mean anything to me," She growled darkly, turning her face away from his so he didn't have to see her hurt expression either. His antenna just dropped at this and plopped down on either side of his face. The first tear was now spilling out of his eye but he quickly wiped it away, making more come out.

"I thought I meant something special to you. Like you've always meant to me?" He whispered hoarsely, feeling his body start to physically shake, "Y-you're my whole world, I've shaped my life around you and you're telling me I never meant anything to you?"

"Yes, get it through your head Zim I don't want to be with you anymore and I'm not going to change my mind."

Zim was silent for a long time, staring at her but not daring to touch her. He couldn't believe this; he had to be in some kind of fucked up nightmare. He meant everything to Cari, she told him so every day. This…this couldn't be happening, "Then…" His voice cracked heavily, making him feel even worse, "This is goodbye?"

"There is no good, in this goodbye," She growled making him full on crumple in agony, "Bye Zim," She walked by him seconds later, shutting the door tightly and walking down the hall to a spare room that would now turn into her room. Zim on the other hand stared at the door and collapsed to the ground, crying harder than he had in a long time. He'd never had his heart broken before, but now he didn't think there was anything left to break after that conversation.

Lexy's POV.

It'd been about three days since Tabitha's little panic attack but now…NOW Liao hardly EVER left her side. To say I was jealous was an understatement. All he ever talked about now was Tabitha, Tabitha, TABITHA. I hated it! He wouldn't even devise a way into town now because he was so caught up in her problems that he couldn't even think of his own!

"Ahh, he's an idiot!" I snapped to myself, punching the door frame of the kitchen, thus attracting Difetto's attention.

He hurried over with perked antenna, generally curious about my little rage quit there, "Don't worry about it!" I snapped at him, though he didn't flinch. He just gave me an even look that made me even madder, "LOOK AT THEM!" I spat, pointing out the window where Liao and Tab were sitting in his truck again, talking and laughing with each other like they were already married! "He doesn't even care anymore! It's always 'oh I'm gonna go check on Tabitha' or 'Lexy make dinner please, I'm gonna sit with Tabitha for a while longer' AHH I can't stand it anymore! We have problems here and now! They don't ALL revolve around little miss perfect!"

Difetto grabbed his note pad and scribbled on it, 'You're just jealous that he's not paying attention to you,' I growled upon reading it and whirled around.

"I am NOT jealous! Ever since this stupid Jax kid ruined Tabitha's life, she's been a whiny pathetic Irken! So now Liao thinks he had to 'help her through her problems' when he can't even help his own damn problems!"

'Calm down,' Difetto wrote again, grabbing my arms in the process.

"I know I need to calm down but I just…AHH I am sick and tired of having to pull all the weight around here. I like Tabitha, hell I love her, she could be my sister for all I care but I can absolutely not stand another day of being ignored and seeing them in that stupid truck!"

Difetto shook his head before pulling me into a much needed—but much unexpected—hug, "You're just trying to calm me down…aren't you?"

He shrugged and nodded a calm look still present on his face before he pointed out the window towards the truck again. I looked over and nearly died of a heart attack, "SEE WHAT I MEAN!" I screeched throwing the towel down as I glared at them. They we're wrapped up together, arms around each other and in a heated lip lock that could make anyone sick just from watching them.

Difetto rolled his eyes and pretended to make little cooing noises at them, trying to act all French and clasped his hands together by his face, making kissy faces at them, "Stop it, you make me sick now help me cook dinner so I can destroy something." I hissed making him 'giggle' in his own little way.

About an hour later Lover boy himself came in the house, CLEARLY in a good mood but he was alone, "Did you actually decide to come in for dinner tonight?" I grumbled, crossing my arms and glaring at him.

"It's dinner time already?" He asked, stopping and peering his head around the corner, "Oh uhh well hold on." He left again, making my eye twitch.

Difetto put a hand on my shoulder so I didn't destroy my brother as he came back, pillows and blankets and a bunch of other stuff shoved into his arms, "Liao," I hissed as he struggled to keep hold of all the items.

"Hmm?" He asked, looking up at me with his big yellow puppy dog eyes.

"Are you not going to actually eat with us tonight?" I hissed, eyes narrowing as he looked over at the stove where a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches were browning nicely.

"Not tonight sweet cheeks," He smiled, walking by and planting a kiss on my forehead before snatching a sandwich off the stove and sticking it in between his jaws.

"Liao!" I snapped, turning around again to face him impatiently.

"Hmm? I gotta go lex," He mumbled around the sandwich while turning his face to look at me again.

"I think you can make time for Difetto and I, don't you think?"

"How bout we all have dinner tomorrow, I'll even cook," he said, not even noticing how mad she was, "A'ight well enjoy the food." He left after that, not even considering how his baby sister felt about this.

'See we'll all have dinner tomorrow,' Difetto wrote on his sketch pad.

"No we won't," I said, a now darker, depressed voice going, "He probably isn't even aware that he just promised me that. He's too focused on Tabitha."

'He likes her,' Difetto wrote quickly, shrugging at me and motioning out to them whom were kindly snuggling up with each other, Liao was rolling Tab's antenna through two of his claws as she let her head fall onto his shoulder. It was sickening.

"Don't remind me," I hissed watching as they smiled at each other before lip locking again. I clenched my teeth while turning the stove off and handing Difetto his food, "he doesn't even care about me anymore."


A/N: So yeah...all that just went down...O.o. K I don't know about you guys, but I wanted to strangle Cari and she's my freaking OC. I want to hug Zim and tell him he don't need her to survive...though he'd probably argue with me...

Well anyways yes WHOOT LATR XDDDDDD going on there, some romance nothing too big just boring I think personally. I care not of the relationship between Tab and Liao at the moment. to me it will forever be JATR and Liao is for LATR LOL get it? Ok no that was stupid. Well anyways drop a review in the button just below and yeah...that's all I have for tonight. I hope you enjoeyed!

~ Killer filler chapter LOL.