It was another perfectly normal day for Dib Membrane.
He'd been jerked away from a highly pleasant dream of being awarded the Noble Prize for his capture and then autopsy of Zim by the sound of fire engines. It seemed that Dad had caused some sort of power surge while working on his newest invention - a rocket pack for chickens so they could fly too (penguins and ostriches coming soon!) - which had blown up one of the neighbor's houses. Dib was amazed really that anyone still bothered to move into this neighborhood. Then he had the usual early morning battle to the death for the last of the cereal with Gaz, which he lost, though he did manage to drink the last of the milk before fleeing her wrath back up stairs to get ready for skool.
Ah yes, skool. He'd hoped as he moved into high skool that the other kids would miraculously become smarter as they became older but no; STILL no one seemed to think having green skin and no ears or nose was odd and STILL he got taunted almost relentlessly for trying to point out how abnormal it all really was.
They'd had a few blissfully Bitters-free years of mindless education before the old woman was "promoted" and given a job at the high skool. Somehow, she was the teacher of every single one of Dib's classes. He didn't know how and he didn't know why, unless he'd reeeally pissed someone off in a past life or something. Or maybe Gaz hacked into the skool computers when she was still upset about him accidentally throwing her pig sketch book away. Dib shuddered at the memory.
"Whatsa matter, wussy? Cold even in that stupid trench coat?"
"Maybe he got it because it would make him, heh, _cool_. Get it?!"
A few of the jocks laughed as he walked by, heading up the steps towards the skool. Dib just gritted his teeth and ignored them the best he could. He didn't feel like playing 'dent Dib' today.
"YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"
Everything suddenly went quiet; it seemed that the random screech had shut everyone up, even the gossipy girls who liked to laugh at Dib in class. Slowly, Dib turned around, though he knew already who had screamed. He could recognize _that_ particular voice from anywhere.
Zim.
Panting and looking ready to kill. His bad toupee was on a little crookedly and one eye seemed to be constantly twitching.
"Uh... me?" Dib said slowly. Zim looked really pissed off, and, Dib figured, that was a good thing. It was always fun to see the 'superior alien race' lose his cool.
"You," Zim seethed, starting to draw a small crowd. Their confrontations weren't anything unusual, but the sheer weirdness of them seemed to amuse their classmates. One or two were passing out popcorn.
"Um, yes, me," Dib said, starting to get annoyed. He was glad to see that he'd apparently done something to upset the alien, but he would reeeally like to know what. Then he could do it again!
"This is all YOUR fault!" Zim said, pointing an accusing finger at Dib. "You.... You infected me with your vile... vile... um... EARTHNESS!" A few of the girls giggled and Zim scowled at them briefly before returning his attention to Dib. "I stayed up all night reading about what YOU did to me. Oh, I'll get you back for this, you WILL pay for this. I'm not going to give into this silly virus and act on my urges because that's what you WANT me to do, isn't it?! You sick waste of organs!"
Dib eyed Zim warily, wondering if maybe he'd fallen into a reeeally big puddle and melted his little alien brain. Infected? Virus? Dib had had a cold, but that had been months ago.... "Look, Zim, I don't know what you're talking about. Maybe if you described the symptoms to me?" he added hopefully, getting out his notepad and a pen. If Zim really was ill, he wanted to know allll about it; maybe it'd be a new way to weaken Zim enough to capture him.
"Ohh, don't act so innocent like some sort of... innocent... thing! Youuu know exactly what you did! YOU DO!"
Dib was kind of surprised Zim's hair piece hadn't fallen all the way off with how he was jumping around. "Zim - "
"You MADE me fall in love with you!!!"
There was a long and deathly silence, until one of the jocks suddenly spoke up.
"The green guy is GAY? Dude! That is SO unnatural!"
Dib stared at Zim who seemed to be almost shaking in rage. Zim... who was in love with.... Nooo. Heh, no no no. Zim was just getting Earth emotions and customs and words confused again. Yes, that's it. He's always doing stupid stuff like that.
"Well?" Zim suddenly spoke up again, eyes narrowing at Dib. "Do you deny it? Do you deny the fact that you made me fall in love with you?"
Dib did the only thing he could think of.
He turned on his heels and fled screaming into the safety of the skool.
(many, many thanks to everyone who's reviewed so far - 'scept for 'Ice of Death'. I can't say I'm fond of you - , you're doing wonders for my ego. Chapters will be done as I finish writing them. Please don't turn me into a milkshake)
He'd been jerked away from a highly pleasant dream of being awarded the Noble Prize for his capture and then autopsy of Zim by the sound of fire engines. It seemed that Dad had caused some sort of power surge while working on his newest invention - a rocket pack for chickens so they could fly too (penguins and ostriches coming soon!) - which had blown up one of the neighbor's houses. Dib was amazed really that anyone still bothered to move into this neighborhood. Then he had the usual early morning battle to the death for the last of the cereal with Gaz, which he lost, though he did manage to drink the last of the milk before fleeing her wrath back up stairs to get ready for skool.
Ah yes, skool. He'd hoped as he moved into high skool that the other kids would miraculously become smarter as they became older but no; STILL no one seemed to think having green skin and no ears or nose was odd and STILL he got taunted almost relentlessly for trying to point out how abnormal it all really was.
They'd had a few blissfully Bitters-free years of mindless education before the old woman was "promoted" and given a job at the high skool. Somehow, she was the teacher of every single one of Dib's classes. He didn't know how and he didn't know why, unless he'd reeeally pissed someone off in a past life or something. Or maybe Gaz hacked into the skool computers when she was still upset about him accidentally throwing her pig sketch book away. Dib shuddered at the memory.
"Whatsa matter, wussy? Cold even in that stupid trench coat?"
"Maybe he got it because it would make him, heh, _cool_. Get it?!"
A few of the jocks laughed as he walked by, heading up the steps towards the skool. Dib just gritted his teeth and ignored them the best he could. He didn't feel like playing 'dent Dib' today.
"YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"
Everything suddenly went quiet; it seemed that the random screech had shut everyone up, even the gossipy girls who liked to laugh at Dib in class. Slowly, Dib turned around, though he knew already who had screamed. He could recognize _that_ particular voice from anywhere.
Zim.
Panting and looking ready to kill. His bad toupee was on a little crookedly and one eye seemed to be constantly twitching.
"Uh... me?" Dib said slowly. Zim looked really pissed off, and, Dib figured, that was a good thing. It was always fun to see the 'superior alien race' lose his cool.
"You," Zim seethed, starting to draw a small crowd. Their confrontations weren't anything unusual, but the sheer weirdness of them seemed to amuse their classmates. One or two were passing out popcorn.
"Um, yes, me," Dib said, starting to get annoyed. He was glad to see that he'd apparently done something to upset the alien, but he would reeeally like to know what. Then he could do it again!
"This is all YOUR fault!" Zim said, pointing an accusing finger at Dib. "You.... You infected me with your vile... vile... um... EARTHNESS!" A few of the girls giggled and Zim scowled at them briefly before returning his attention to Dib. "I stayed up all night reading about what YOU did to me. Oh, I'll get you back for this, you WILL pay for this. I'm not going to give into this silly virus and act on my urges because that's what you WANT me to do, isn't it?! You sick waste of organs!"
Dib eyed Zim warily, wondering if maybe he'd fallen into a reeeally big puddle and melted his little alien brain. Infected? Virus? Dib had had a cold, but that had been months ago.... "Look, Zim, I don't know what you're talking about. Maybe if you described the symptoms to me?" he added hopefully, getting out his notepad and a pen. If Zim really was ill, he wanted to know allll about it; maybe it'd be a new way to weaken Zim enough to capture him.
"Ohh, don't act so innocent like some sort of... innocent... thing! Youuu know exactly what you did! YOU DO!"
Dib was kind of surprised Zim's hair piece hadn't fallen all the way off with how he was jumping around. "Zim - "
"You MADE me fall in love with you!!!"
There was a long and deathly silence, until one of the jocks suddenly spoke up.
"The green guy is GAY? Dude! That is SO unnatural!"
Dib stared at Zim who seemed to be almost shaking in rage. Zim... who was in love with.... Nooo. Heh, no no no. Zim was just getting Earth emotions and customs and words confused again. Yes, that's it. He's always doing stupid stuff like that.
"Well?" Zim suddenly spoke up again, eyes narrowing at Dib. "Do you deny it? Do you deny the fact that you made me fall in love with you?"
Dib did the only thing he could think of.
He turned on his heels and fled screaming into the safety of the skool.
(many, many thanks to everyone who's reviewed so far - 'scept for 'Ice of Death'. I can't say I'm fond of you - , you're doing wonders for my ego. Chapters will be done as I finish writing them. Please don't turn me into a milkshake)