I know
Well, he knew the truth now. He was kicking himself every
moment, even when his grieving period was over and he was back at school, for
being such an ass around her. Such regrets can only be realized with death. He
also felt great pangs of envy. She got her dream life, and he was still
stuck as a normal guy, forced to write and daydream of what he could be.
It never ends
It never ends
When it's over
Can I still come over
Would
she ever come back? Apparently, only he and her father believed what had truly
happened. Everyone just dismissed the dream and said it was kidnapping and -
most likely - murder.
And when it's over
Is it really over
When it's over
That's the time I fall in love again
Classmates
held a prayer service. The town was baffled for a while, and even started up a
little search. Strange that a girl that always preferred to be left alone in
the dark could call up such attention, but there they were. After a week or
two, the efforts died, and life got back to normal. There was even an obituary
in the paper.
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All the things that I used to say
She walked up the stairs toward his room. Smiling, she
entered the room and saw the boy at his computer consoles, tapping away.
All the words that
got in the way
He hopped out of his chair and brought over a chart of
some kind, then explained it. She smiled lovingly at him, and he returned it
with a quick grin. A rotation model of a familiar, freakish house spun on the
computer screen, and disappeared to show a green figure with red eyes and
antennae, then that diminished and a model of a small robot came up. She
commented on it, and realized she had never dared to hope she would ever say
and do what she was doing now.
All the things that
I used to know
Have gone out the
window
Her home, her parents, and her old life…everything was
gone, but she couldn't be happier. Sometimes she felt a pang of regret, but it
was quickly pushed aside by the presence of her new friend, and her new family.
She had been adopted since his father was quite a genius and was working on
what happened to her exactly.
"Let him take all the time he wants," she murmured softly,
flicking off her shoes across the hall into her room. The boy inquired about
what she said, but she made a dismissing hand motion. They had work to do. She
smiled again; just being with him was eternal happiness plus another day.
All the things that
she used to bring
Once in a while, she'd try to explain the subtle
differences between her world and his, but it was usually interrupted by
'business,' i.e., the alien or another Swollen Eyeball meeting (it was nearly
as creepy as she had thought…before).
In
the beginning, she had been like an alien. Not knowing what was going on, not
knowing where she was and what she should do, but that feeling had diminished
almost as quickly as he had started to trust her. They even had Skool classes
together. How she loved Skool now! Ms. Bitters was, despite doom and gloom, a
great teacher (in the girl's opinion), just the kind she liked: just talking
and lectures, and wonderfully doomy facts. Of course, the alien's misguided
attempts at being human were nothing short of hilarious. She would have liked
to have been there for the 'room with a moose' incident.
All the songs that
she used to sing
Often, she'd be humming an old song by artists that didn't
exist in this world. Actually, it wasn't a different world, as she had
found out, it was a different timeline. The birth of his father and all the
things his father did greatly affected this timeline, but in her world, the
professor was never born or, of course, heard of.
All of her favorite TV shows
She could hardly talk about Invader ZIM during
lunch, but there were fairly entertaining shows here. StarGate SG-1 still
existed, thankfully. The Bloaty's Pizza Hog commercials were really, really
funny, and the piggy video games were much more entertaining than they looked.
Strangely, Bloaty's had good pizza. She liked nothing more than watching Mysterious
Mysteries with him, or just hanging out. That was her dream after all.
Have gone out the
window
Despite all this, it was a great turnout. As she lay in
her new bed, she realized with a glance to her neatly-hung trench coat that she
had sworn by way of caressing a cardboard cutout that she would side
with him. It really wasn't only the start of new life, but her redemption. She
wasn't evil in an evil way; she was just bad in a way ZIM didn't like. Of
course, that meant she was actually a good guy…what ever sense those statements
made. Always one to fall for the bad guys, this new attraction was surprising
and pleasing to her.
She was looking for to a real good life with Dib.
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