If Only It Were True
By: Kari T.
Chapter 7
Bernadette cried herself to sleep, clenching Dib's coat, her face still buried in his chest. She slept leaning against Dib, who was sitting on Zim's couch. It was silent in the room, Dib looked down at Bernadette, "What happened?"
"I don't know..." Zim said quietly. Bernadette shifted in Dib's arms. Zim sighed, "This was my fault."
Dib didn't know how to respond, he looked down at Bernadette again, "She just cried..." He looked at Zim, "She pushed you, which was unusual, and then... cried.... and... just... just didn't stop." He looked back down at Bernadette, "I think... I think, she's been so nice, for so long.... for a long time she just let others push her around, so today... after going through hell at school, she just... exploded.
"Do you think she'll be OK?" Zim asked.
"Why do you worry about Bernadette?" Zim didn't answer. "You like her, don't you?" The words slapped Zim across the face. Dib noticed his expression, "Then it's true." He looked at Bernadette, stroked her hair, "I don't blame you." Dib slipped himself out from underneath Bernadette. He stood, staring down at her.
" She's unlike any human," Zim confessed.
Dib turned around and faced Zim, "Yeah."
"You are lucky Dib. She is yours, you are hers. You are lucky."
They both looked at Bernadette. A few seconds later, Bernadette sat up, awake. Dib walked over and sat down next to her, "You OK?" he asked, looking in her eyes, red from crying.
"Yeah... I'm a little... well, embarrassed."
Dib hugged her, "It's OK. You ready to go home? I'll walk you."
Bernadette nodded. They got up and walked to the door, "Thank you Zim," Dib said as he and Bernadette walked out the door.
Dib walked inside his house. Home at last! He threw himself on the couch, "What a day!" Events from the day, flashed through his head. The way his classmates acted... The way Bernadette acted... And the most surprising, the way Zim acted. He snapped out of his deep thoughts. He had to focus on just one thing... Zim was in love with his girlfriend... what to do? He stared up at the ceiling for a while. Did Bernadette know? Should he tell her? Would Zim tell her? His head began to hurt, the day was long and hard. He tried to think of some way to fix everything, so Dib and Bernadette would be together, with no problems. No problems, none. He remembered the first day he and Bernadette met, she said, "No one's perfect." He ran the words over and over in his head. No one's perfect... Nothing's perfect. He then realized, His relationship with Bernadette would have it's ups and downs, it's twists and turns, good times treasured, and bad forgotten. Their relation will still be gold, even though at times it may have looked like dirt.
Bernadette... he would love forever.
By: Kari T.
Chapter 7
Bernadette cried herself to sleep, clenching Dib's coat, her face still buried in his chest. She slept leaning against Dib, who was sitting on Zim's couch. It was silent in the room, Dib looked down at Bernadette, "What happened?"
"I don't know..." Zim said quietly. Bernadette shifted in Dib's arms. Zim sighed, "This was my fault."
Dib didn't know how to respond, he looked down at Bernadette again, "She just cried..." He looked at Zim, "She pushed you, which was unusual, and then... cried.... and... just... just didn't stop." He looked back down at Bernadette, "I think... I think, she's been so nice, for so long.... for a long time she just let others push her around, so today... after going through hell at school, she just... exploded.
"Do you think she'll be OK?" Zim asked.
"Why do you worry about Bernadette?" Zim didn't answer. "You like her, don't you?" The words slapped Zim across the face. Dib noticed his expression, "Then it's true." He looked at Bernadette, stroked her hair, "I don't blame you." Dib slipped himself out from underneath Bernadette. He stood, staring down at her.
" She's unlike any human," Zim confessed.
Dib turned around and faced Zim, "Yeah."
"You are lucky Dib. She is yours, you are hers. You are lucky."
They both looked at Bernadette. A few seconds later, Bernadette sat up, awake. Dib walked over and sat down next to her, "You OK?" he asked, looking in her eyes, red from crying.
"Yeah... I'm a little... well, embarrassed."
Dib hugged her, "It's OK. You ready to go home? I'll walk you."
Bernadette nodded. They got up and walked to the door, "Thank you Zim," Dib said as he and Bernadette walked out the door.
Dib walked inside his house. Home at last! He threw himself on the couch, "What a day!" Events from the day, flashed through his head. The way his classmates acted... The way Bernadette acted... And the most surprising, the way Zim acted. He snapped out of his deep thoughts. He had to focus on just one thing... Zim was in love with his girlfriend... what to do? He stared up at the ceiling for a while. Did Bernadette know? Should he tell her? Would Zim tell her? His head began to hurt, the day was long and hard. He tried to think of some way to fix everything, so Dib and Bernadette would be together, with no problems. No problems, none. He remembered the first day he and Bernadette met, she said, "No one's perfect." He ran the words over and over in his head. No one's perfect... Nothing's perfect. He then realized, His relationship with Bernadette would have it's ups and downs, it's twists and turns, good times treasured, and bad forgotten. Their relation will still be gold, even though at times it may have looked like dirt.
Bernadette... he would love forever.