Zim sat on his couch staring at the phone, ready to jump at it if it rang. It had been 3 days since Dib left and he was a wreck, he was so lonely and all he did was sit by the phone. Why hadn't Dib called? Was he to busy having fun? Had something happened? Was he hurt? Had there been an accident? Zim sighed and realized he was overreacting, Dib probly just had a lot to do and hadn't been able to call yet. Zim wrapped his arms around his knees, he wanted to do something, he wanted to do something with Dib. There had been nothing to do and it was getting boring, world domination wasn't a thing anymore, and there was no new machinery he needed to build, no homework to do, how was he going to survive this?

Woosh! Sand flew up all around Dib as he missed the volleyball and tumbled into the sand. From the other side of the net he could hear Laura laughing. He got up and brushed the sand off him.

"Oh yea?" He said, with an evil grin on his face, then he started to chase Laura. Laura shrieked and started to run but Dib was too fast. He tackled into and she fell into the sand. They both started laughing as some other kids came toward them, a girl and two boys.

"Hi Rach!" Laura yelled, waving her arm franticly in the air.

"Hi Laura!" Screamed the other girl, she was dressed in a tank top and shorts. She waved franticly back. "Who's that?"

"This is Dib, he just got here!"

Rach grabbed Dib by the shoulders and started to shake him back and forth. "Nice to meet you!" She shouted.

"N-n-nice to m-meet you t-t-too!" Dib said shakily.

Rach turned to Laura. "There's a beach party tonight, you wanna come, you can bring Dib too!"

Laura gave Rach the evil eye. "This isn't just another plan to steal my balls, is it?!"

Dib stared at them both, "Balls...?"

Rach laughed and pulled off Laura's hat. Laura had her hair up in two balls on either side of her head.

"Ohhhh!" Said Rach, "Your balls are so shiny today, can I rub them for good luck?"

"Of coarse, everyone come gather round and rub my balls!"

Dib laughed, Laura had such a great sense of humor, he liked her a lot.

A few hours passed, Dib and Laura had spent the whole day together, and Zim had sat by the phone. It was 9:00 and it was time for a beach partay!

Dib arrived at the beach party with Laura pulling him along quickly. He had never been to a beach party, he hoped it wasn't too boring. When he got there he knew it wasn't going to be boring at all, there was a nice fire going, a table off to the side piled high with food and a….Karaoke Machine? Laura sat Dib down by the fire and set off to find Rach, he looked around, there were about 15 other people there he didn't know. Laura came back a few minuets later and took Dib around introducing him to everyone, it seemed she was pretty popular and knew a lot of people. Everyone sat down around the fire, food in hand.

Dib turned to Laura and said, "What happens now?"

"Karaoke!" Laura said as she watched Rach get up onto the stage.

Rach began to sing in the loudest voice she could.

"OOPS! I DID IT AGAIN! I PLAYED WITH YOUR HEART! GOT LOST IN THE GAME! OH BABY BABY!"

Everyone laughed and clapped when she had finished.

Laura stood up and took Dib's hand, she then pushed him up onto the stage.

"What?" He said, "I can't sing."

"Try!" She yelled back at him.

Dib gulped and began to sing the only song he knew he started off really softly and shakily but when he heard the crowd clapping he got louder and louder until...

"HEY HEY WE'RE THE MONKEYS! PEOPLE SAY WE MONKEY AROUND! WE JUST TRY TO BE FRIENDLY!!"

The party went on for a few hours, Dib had such a great time. There had been more singing, and dancing, and the food was just wonderful. He was now walking back to his cabin with Laura. They went inside and looked around. Laura picked up the photo of Dib and Zim and looked at it.

"Who's this?" She asked.

"That's my uh..."Dib tried to figure out what to say, "....brother. In his Halloween costume." He kicked himself inside for what he said. But he just couldn't tell her he had a...

"Oh, cool." She said, sitting down on his bed. He sat down next to her, he could tell she was a bit nervous. Very slowly he took her hand in his. She blushed and looked at him. He wrapped his other arm around her waist, pulled her close, and kissed her.

Ring Ring Ring. Zim tackled the phone and awnsered it.

"Hello?"

"Hi....Zim..?"

"Oh Dib, I'v missed you so much, why haven't you called more, it's been total he-"

"Look..." Dib cut him off, "I'v met someone else...her name is Laura. I....i'm staying here....with her....hello...?...Zim....I'm sorry.....are you there....?"

Click.

Zim had set the receiver down, his hand still on it; he stared at it for a long time. How could this have happened....?

~*~I would wish upon a star, but that star, it doesn't shine.~*~
~*~So read my book, with a boring ending.~*~
~*~A short story of a lonely guy.~*~

TO BE CONTINUED : If I damn well feel like it.