Disclaimer: I don't own Nelly Furtado nor do I own a copy of her CD so I don't know what order the songs are actually in so I'
Disclaimer: I don't own Nelly Furtado nor do I own a copy of her CD so I don't know what order the songs are actually in so I'm just making it up. Oh…yeah…another thing…I still don't own Pop Tarts…nor do I own Nutri Grain bars…but I am eating both things right now. Plus I don't own the new Code Red Mountain Dew.

Annoying Author's Note: Hey the first chapter of my revised edition is finally out. That copy has a few changes and the flashbacks are indicated because of my italics not working. Hope you read it…if you don't I won't continue doing the revised edition where everything should make a little more sense. Oh…and the songs in the background are the ones that present day Gaz is listening to as she remembers these things.

Chapter 6: Bus Ride From Hell I

"Welcome, everyone, to the bus to Cambridge, New York," the bus driver said into his microphone. "I'm bus driver Keef."

"Hello, Keef," everyone on the bus besides Gaz said.

"This bus ride will take twenty hours not counting pit stops. It is 9:30 A.M.  now and it should be about 6:30 A.M. tomorrow when we arrive," Keef said as he got onto the highway.

"Whatever," Gaz mumbled to herself as she pulled out her CD player and her new Game Slave.

Quickly she put the new Nelly Furtado CD in, and put it on the fifth song.

~*~ Song insert (Turn off the Lights-Nelly Furtado) ~*~

* It's getting so lonely inside this bed

Don't know if I should lick my wounds or say 'woe is me' instead

And there's an aching inside my head

It's telling me you're better off alone*

"Should we go give her our condolences, Jean?" a short lady asked a tall lady next to her.

* After midnight

Morning will come

And the day will see

If you will get some*

"No, she's a tough girl, but we should go talk to Dib, Cathy; he's such a nice boy," the tall lady that seamed to be named Jean said.

* They say that girl ya know she act too tough, tough, tough

Well it's 'til I turn off the light, turn off the light

They say that girl you know she act so rough, rough, rough

Well it's 'til I turn off the light, turn off the light

And I say follow me follow me follow me down, down, down, down

'Til you see all my dreams

Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems*

"And she does seem somewhat rough," Cathy replied looking over at Gaz.

*I looked above the other day

Cuz I think I'm good and ready for a change

I live my life by the moon (by the moon)

If it's high play it low, if it's harvest go slow and if it's full, then go*

Gaz was standing across the grave from Dib with Zim. She and Dib kept giving each other the nice brother-sister looks that you see super close brothers and sisters giving each other when something sad happens in the family. This certainly had been a sad day, their father's funeral just got over and both of them were doing their best not to break down.

*But after midnight

Morning will come

And the day will see, yeah

If you're gonna get some*

"How are you doing, Dib?" Cathy asked walking up to Dib with Gaz staring at her and her sister Jean.

*They say that girl ya know she act too tough, tough, tough

Well it's 'til I turn off the light, turn off the light

They say that girl you know she act so rough, rough, rough

Well it's 'til I turn off the light, turn off the light

And I say follow me follow me follow me down, down, down, down

'Til you see all my dreams

Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems*

"I'm doing better," Dib said noticing that Gaz was staring at the two women with a sad look in her eyes.

*I'm searching for things that I just cannot see

Why don't you don't you don't you come and be with me

I pretend to be cool with me, want to believe

That I can do it on my own without my heart on my sleeve*

"So, how's your sister doing," Jean asked being polite.

*I'm running, I'm running, catch up with me life

Where is the love that I'm looking to find

It's all in me, can't you see

Why can't you, why can't you see it's all in me*

"She's doing her best, she's tough," Dib said, quickly adding, "She's right over there if you want to talk to her."

*Where is your logic (turn off the light, turn off the light)

Who do you need (turn off the light, turn off the light)*

"Yes, well, I suppose that we'll all have to do our best during this sad time," Cathy said.

*And I say follow me follow me follow me down down down

'Til you see all my dreams

Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems*

"Your father was a wonderful man," Jean said quietly.

*Follow me follow me down, down, down, down

I do not need I do not need nobody (turn off the light, turn off the light)*

"Yes, he was," Dib said sadly.

*Follow me follow me down down down down

I do not need I do not need nobody (turn off the light, turn off the light)*

"Well, we should be leaving now," Cathy said looking down at her watch after a few minutes of uncomfortable silence.

* Follow me follow me follow me down down down

'Til you see all my dreams

Follow me follow me follow me down down down

'Til you see all my dreams*

"Yes, we should," Jean said almost too quickly.

*Where is your logic*

"Ok," Dib said. "Good bye Aunt Cathy, Aunt Jean. Thank you for coming."

*Who do you need*

"Good bye, Dib," the two women said together.

*Where can you turn*

Dib quickly walked over to Gaz as soon as the two women were out of sight. Zim easily that Dib wanted to talk to Gaz alone, and only because of their new alliance, did he leave as soon as Dib got over to them.

~*~ New song now (I'm like a bird-Nelly Furtado) ~*~

*You're beautiful, that's for sure

You'll never ever fade

You're lovely, but it's not for sure

That I won't ever change*

"Gaz," Dib said when he got over to her. "They said they had to leave that's the only reason they didn't come over."

* And though my love is rare

Though my love is true*

"No, they think I'm too tough, and in their words, 'rough,'" Gaz said sadly. "They don't like me, they never did."

* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

And baby all I need for you to know is*

"Wait till they find out that you're the executive of dad's estate," Dib said with a small laugh, the first in months.

* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

All I need for you to know is*

"How did that happen anyways?" Gaz asked that question had been on her mind ever since she found out.

* Your faith in me brings me to tears

Even after all these years

And it pains me so much to tell

That you don't know me that well*

"I talked dad into it," Dib said quietly.

* And though my love is rare

Though my love is true*

"Why?" Gaz asked not understanding why he would do that.

* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

And baby all I need for you to know is*

"Because you're the executive of mom's estate when  dad died, so I just thought it would be easier to put the two estates together and separate them how ever way you wanted to," Dib said.

* It's not that I wanna say goodbye

It's just that every time you try

To tell me, me that you love me

Each and every single day I know

I'm going to have to eventually give you away*

"Why would I be the executive of mom's estate, I mean she died years ago, dad could have done whatever he was going to do with her stuff by now," Gaz said wiping away the tears that always formed in the corner of her eyes whenever anyone mentioned her mom.

* And though my love is rare

And though my love is true, yeah

Hey I'm just scared

That we may fall through

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah*

"He couldn't bare to touch her stuff," Dib replied sadly, "And dad knew how much she loved you."

* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

And baby all I need for you to know is*

"Oh," Gaz said looking around.

* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

And baby all I need for you to know is*

The cemetery was empty except for them.

* I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

And baby all I need for you to know is*

"You ready to go?" Dib asked Gaz noticing that it was only them left.

"Yeah," Gaz said as they walked to a new blue Volks Wagon Beatle that had been their father's.

Gaz wiped a tear away as she put her CD player away and began to play her Game Slave.

"Nineteen hours," Keef said over the intercom. "The first rest stop will be coming up in about ten minutes.

Realizing that she was hungry, Gaz reached into her backpack and pulled out a box of Pop Tarts. Quickly she took out one of the two pack packages and put the rest back into her backpack. Then, she settled down into her seat, and ate them before quickly pulling out more from her backpack. By the time she had finished eating, she had finished off the whole box. Keef had made the announcement that the rest stop was only five minutes away, then, two minutes away, then, one minute away, before finally pulling into the parking lot.

Gaz quickly looked at the watch pendant around her neck, when the bus pulled to a stop, it was 10:30.

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Annoying End of the Story Author Note: yeah!! This is the longest chapter so far, longer ones will come soon. And it took so long to publish cause I was waiting for some reviews to answer. Yes, I was waiting for reviews to answer. I illiterate on that cause my friend is reading this over my shoulder asking if I'm sure about whatever I'm typing. But I didn't let her ruin this chapter, nope, my characters just jumped out of the computer and tied her up and made it so that I can't save her, so there won't be anymore of that repeated stuff any more. Oh…yeah…I forgot to tell you something…when this chapter gets put up on ff.n I will already have up to chapter 12 done. ^_^

~*~ Review Answers ~*~

Shibby: You'll find out later. I know why, but I'm not sure how to get the fact into the story. Maybe if you read the revised edition, you won't be so, so confused. ^_^

Ztarlight: Thanks for being a faithful reviewer. I'd say more but I'm like totally zonked. (I just fell a sleep a few minutes ago while I was waiting for ff.n to open one of your stories. I had this totally kewl dream that started a new fic so I'm trying to work on that before I fall asleep waiting for AOL to update me to AOL 7.0)