There Is No Love
Chapter 2
Love is Stupid
The next day at skool, January sat with her cousin and brother during lunch. Dib Jr. typed furiously on his laptop listening to January and Dex's conversation. "I'm starting to suspect there is some story behind our family," said January, "I don't think we are Crewkin at all."
"No offense January... but you're crazy," said Dex.
"I agree... January's insane," Junior grinned, not taking his eyes off the laptop screen.
"I'm not crazy! I really think we're not from this planet!"
"You saying we're aliens?" said Dex raising an eyebrow.
January rolled her eyes, "Listen... the other day, I heard my dad talking to uncle Zim... they got into another one of their arguments, and Dex, your dad called my dad a filthy human. Now I ask, what is a human?! Not anything from this planet!"
"And..."
"And I think that's what we are! We're human!"
"Hmmm..." said Junior, studying the screen. He turned it so January and Dex could see, "According to universalspecies.com, humans are creatures that inhabited the planet Earth. Very little is known of these beings, because 98.6% were killed during the invasion of their planet. Humans are very rare."
"If humans are rare, then there is only a small chance we are human," Dex pointed out, "Maybe no likes these humans, so he called your dad it... like calling him a rat or something."
"Maybe.." began January, "But I don't think so... I really believe we're this human species. I mean look at us! No antennas! Peach skin... well except you Dex, you got that icky green like you're dad... Uh, ugly black hair! We're definitely not Crewkin."
"Now that I think about it... I do remember my parents speaking with yours of some kind of truth..." Dex said, "I'm not sure what this truth is, but they came to the conclusion that we were too young to know."
"Me and my dad are supposed to talk about it tonight..." said January, "I hope he tells me of this truth..." she paused, "I just have a huge feeling that our parents are keeping something from us."
Seconds later, the bell rang telling everyone they must return to class. Dex and January stood and began to walk out of the cafeteria, but noticed Junior did not follow. They turned and saw thatJunoir no longer stared at the screen of his laptop, but stared across the lunch room at a girl. "D!" shouted January, "Hello?! Class!? Skool?! Stop staring at that girl again!"
Junior blushed, embarrassed, and raced to where Dex and January stood. "Hey, I don't blame you D! Jina's hot!" said Dex.
January rolled her eyes, "Ugh, boys! They're so naive!" she turned to her little brother, "Dib, how many times do I have to tell you? There is no love. No such thing!"
"Nuh uh! What about mom and dad!?!" exclaimed Junior.
"Psh, that's different! They have the same skin color!" said January.
"Then how do you explain my parents?" Dex asked.
"Well... they're almost the same..." said January, "Whatever, all I know is I don't believe in love. There's no way I'm living with the same person for years and years. Love is stupid."
Chapter 2
Love is Stupid
The next day at skool, January sat with her cousin and brother during lunch. Dib Jr. typed furiously on his laptop listening to January and Dex's conversation. "I'm starting to suspect there is some story behind our family," said January, "I don't think we are Crewkin at all."
"No offense January... but you're crazy," said Dex.
"I agree... January's insane," Junior grinned, not taking his eyes off the laptop screen.
"I'm not crazy! I really think we're not from this planet!"
"You saying we're aliens?" said Dex raising an eyebrow.
January rolled her eyes, "Listen... the other day, I heard my dad talking to uncle Zim... they got into another one of their arguments, and Dex, your dad called my dad a filthy human. Now I ask, what is a human?! Not anything from this planet!"
"And..."
"And I think that's what we are! We're human!"
"Hmmm..." said Junior, studying the screen. He turned it so January and Dex could see, "According to universalspecies.com, humans are creatures that inhabited the planet Earth. Very little is known of these beings, because 98.6% were killed during the invasion of their planet. Humans are very rare."
"If humans are rare, then there is only a small chance we are human," Dex pointed out, "Maybe no likes these humans, so he called your dad it... like calling him a rat or something."
"Maybe.." began January, "But I don't think so... I really believe we're this human species. I mean look at us! No antennas! Peach skin... well except you Dex, you got that icky green like you're dad... Uh, ugly black hair! We're definitely not Crewkin."
"Now that I think about it... I do remember my parents speaking with yours of some kind of truth..." Dex said, "I'm not sure what this truth is, but they came to the conclusion that we were too young to know."
"Me and my dad are supposed to talk about it tonight..." said January, "I hope he tells me of this truth..." she paused, "I just have a huge feeling that our parents are keeping something from us."
Seconds later, the bell rang telling everyone they must return to class. Dex and January stood and began to walk out of the cafeteria, but noticed Junior did not follow. They turned and saw thatJunoir no longer stared at the screen of his laptop, but stared across the lunch room at a girl. "D!" shouted January, "Hello?! Class!? Skool?! Stop staring at that girl again!"
Junior blushed, embarrassed, and raced to where Dex and January stood. "Hey, I don't blame you D! Jina's hot!" said Dex.
January rolled her eyes, "Ugh, boys! They're so naive!" she turned to her little brother, "Dib, how many times do I have to tell you? There is no love. No such thing!"
"Nuh uh! What about mom and dad!?!" exclaimed Junior.
"Psh, that's different! They have the same skin color!" said January.
"Then how do you explain my parents?" Dex asked.
"Well... they're almost the same..." said January, "Whatever, all I know is I don't believe in love. There's no way I'm living with the same person for years and years. Love is stupid."