**I got to stop this. Not only am I writing this fic but I have started drawing pictures for it as well. Although she does not look much like she does in the show I love how my pictures of Tenn come out. She looks so adorable. Maybe when I get a decent scanner I'll sign up on side 7 and put it there. Who knows? On with chapter 11 I say!**
Disclaimer: I do not own Jhonen Vasquez or Invader Zim. I own the fan characters that I own but not he Irken race. That too belongs to Jhonen.
Schools out for summer.
(Two months after the last chapter.)
A bell rang at the Military training school and suddenly a hoard of rushing students burst through the doors. All sorts of sounds could be heard, laughing, screaming (with joy), gossiping, shouting and all your usual happy people sounds. Inside the building two heads peeked from around a corner, both female.
"I wonder if anyone was trampled in that?"
"That's not funny Tak. But I guess it's safe now...right?" Tenn looked at Tak as she walked into the hallway.
"Looks it. God you'd think there was the universes largest ice cream truck outside. Although I must admit. I am feeling immensely happy." Tak looked at Tenn and smiled as they started walking towards the doors.
"Yeah. Always the best time of year. Unless it's the time of year when you leave." They reached the doors and stepped out into the open, cobalt blue evening sky of Irk almost shining above them. The sky sure was beautiful on Irk, at every time of day, and year. As they walked down the steps Tak took in a deep breath, and breathed out heavily and smiled.
"Ahh. Twelve weeks of pure bliss. I love summer vacation. And I can't wait to spend it with..."
"Mar!" Tak was sharply cut off by Tenn who shat her a playful grin as they walked up the steps of the conveniently waiting bus, doors snapping shut as they stepped inside.
"Hey! And you. Don't say we leave you out cos we don't." Tak half-heartedly stropped as she sat down and folded her arms in front of her chest. Tenn sat down and gave an 'um' of agreement. It was true. Tak and Mar very rarely went out without Tenn, unless it was a special or romantic sort of date. Sometimes Tenn thought she didn't deserve a friend like Tak. Tenn now knew about Tak telling Instructor about Zee in order to help, and Tenn was very grateful for that. When Zee stopped taunting her she realised what she had turnt into and she hated it, but she was back to her old Tenn-ish self now, happy, loves cooking and great fun to be with. Tenn smiled as she thought of all the great things herself and Tak had done, along with Mar as well. Life couldn't get any better.
"Sorry. I didn't mean what I said, well, not as it sounded." Tak turnt round and smiled.
"Ha! I knew I could make you feel guilty and I did." The smile stayed as Tenn laughed and playfully hit Tak on the arm. Tenn was really lucky to have Tak as a friend.
As the door slid open Tak walked in and slung her bag on the floor then walked into the kitchen. Tenn did the same apart from the fact she carefully placed her bag on one of the coat pegs. In the kitchen she saw Tak rummaging through the fridge and smiled.
"Hey!" Tak hit her head on the top of the fridge as she went to stand up and rubbed it then looked at Tenn as she swung the door shut with a look on her face that said 'what?'
"How bout you ring Mar and we all have some 'first batch of vacation pancakes'?" Tenn smiled she really did love pancakes. Tak too smiled as she walked to the living room and grabbed the phone.
"Do I even need to give an answer?" And the answer to Tak's question. No she didn't need to answer. So with that Tenn started getting everything she needed to make pancakes.
In the living room Tak had dialled the phone and smiled insanely as Mar's voice said...
"Hello?"
"It's me. Tak."
"Oh hey babes how are ya?" Tak blushed and was suddenly glad Mar couldn't see her.
"I'm fine. I've got a proposition to make." Mar looked confused at the other end of the line and scratched his head a tiny bit.
"Hmmmm."
"Mine and Tenn's, five minutes, first batch of vacation pancakes. You up for it?" Mar smiled gleefully and nodded his head even though she couldn't see it.
"I'll be there!" And with that he slammed the phone down. Tak knew he was already on his way, probably running on his spider legs.
Almost five minutes later:
'Ding dong' Tak was so glad they got the annoying buzzer changed to a chime instead, who in their right mind wanted a glass shattering buzz for a door bell? Tak glided over to the door and opened it as Tenn poured pancake mix into a sizzling frying pan. Mar stood on the other side smiling.
"That smells good. Hey!" Mar leaned forward and hugged Tak tightly. Tak sighed and hugged back as she dragged him into the apartment and kicked the door shut. Tak loved moments like this.
"Smells better in the kitchen. C'mon let's go keep her company." Tak grabbed Mar's hand and dragged him into the kitchen. Tenn turnt round as she heard them and smiled.
"Hey Mar, long time no see!" Tenn said in a chirpy tone. Tak and Mar sat next to each other at the new table.
"I know. A day is a long time." He looked at Tak and smiled as he leaned over and gave Tak a nice little kiss. Again, she blushed. All this time and they still blushed in front of each other. Was that weird or was that just what Tak thought? She didn't know but she wished she did.
Two hours, pancakes, and a movie later they all lazed about. Mar slouching with Tak laid delicately across his lap and Tenn cosily bundled up in the overly large arm chair with her red blanket and a few of her cushions, one of which she was hugging. Plates were all over the coffee table with nothing except a few crumbs on each, half empty (or half full) glasses on the warm, under floor heated, carpet tiles and a bunch of credits slowly scrolling down the large, flat, wide screen T.V. With the title track song of the movie playing. Now it was the chill out part of the night.
Everything was so relaxed and peaceful. Tenn had gone to do some reading in her room; she wanted Tak and Mar to have some 'alone' time so she let them.
Tak and Mar sat out on the balcony, sitting on the bench. The bright sparkling stars shone magically against the deep violet backdrop, which was the sky above. The beautiful bright white crescent moon hung beautifully as well, and every few minutes the small form of ships with bright blue engines majestically drifted pass. This was the benefit of having a ninth floor apartment. The views were breathtaking, even the city looked stunning with all the street lamps alight and the glow of neon signs for various pubs, clubs and 24 hour movie theatres that littered the streets. Simply beautiful. Tak sat next to Mar, leaning closely into him with her head firmly yet softly against his chest as he had his arms wrapped around her. They sat in silence, relaxing and taking in the views. It seemed there was more to see then could ever be seen. They had been there for about two and a half hours now but it was starting to get chilly outside. Tak gave a slight shiver as a delicate gust of wind fluttered past like a butterfly. Mar felt her and looked down at her.
"It's getting cold. We should go inside." Tak opened her eyes and looked up at him and nodded with a sleepy smile on her face.
"I agree." She yawned holding a hand over her mouth. Mar smiled and lightly brushed her antennae before picking her up, like a parent with a small child, and carried her inside. He used a spider leg to slide the balcony door shut and carried her to her room, once again using his extra mechanical limbs to open the door.
Once inside he took her to her bed and carefully placed her down and covered her with the blankets. Tak looked up and smiled at him as she sat up.
"And where are you sleeping? Y' goin' home?" Tak tilted her head to the side as she looked at him. Mar just shrugged his shoulders. Tak got out of bed and stood by Mar. She lightly kissed him on the lips and smiled. "You wanna stay here? I'll fold the sofa out." Mar smiled, he really didn't feel like going home now. Not at this time.
"Yeah."
"Good. Go outside and give me five, I'll help." Mar saluted and made his way out. Tak quickly got changed into her black and white cow patch pyjamas and went outside. Mar starred for a while then smiled. They folded the sofa down and Tak re-arranged all the cushions so they would be comfortable, then she got the blanket out and neatly put it on top.
"Go on. I wanna tuck you in. You treated me like a kid, I wanna treat you like one." Tak smiled and Mar sat down and swung his legs onto the bed and layed down, just like a kid. Tak grabbed the top two corners of the blanket and lifted it up. Then she quickly jumped onto the bad and layed down next to Mar pulling the blanket nice and cosy. Mar didn't say a thing and neither did Tak. Soon enough they were both peacefully asleep wandering about in dreamland.
**Awww. I really like this chappie. It was sweet. Hope you all enjoyed it. If you did please review it.**
Disclaimer: I do not own Jhonen Vasquez or Invader Zim. I own the fan characters that I own but not he Irken race. That too belongs to Jhonen.
Schools out for summer.
(Two months after the last chapter.)
A bell rang at the Military training school and suddenly a hoard of rushing students burst through the doors. All sorts of sounds could be heard, laughing, screaming (with joy), gossiping, shouting and all your usual happy people sounds. Inside the building two heads peeked from around a corner, both female.
"I wonder if anyone was trampled in that?"
"That's not funny Tak. But I guess it's safe now...right?" Tenn looked at Tak as she walked into the hallway.
"Looks it. God you'd think there was the universes largest ice cream truck outside. Although I must admit. I am feeling immensely happy." Tak looked at Tenn and smiled as they started walking towards the doors.
"Yeah. Always the best time of year. Unless it's the time of year when you leave." They reached the doors and stepped out into the open, cobalt blue evening sky of Irk almost shining above them. The sky sure was beautiful on Irk, at every time of day, and year. As they walked down the steps Tak took in a deep breath, and breathed out heavily and smiled.
"Ahh. Twelve weeks of pure bliss. I love summer vacation. And I can't wait to spend it with..."
"Mar!" Tak was sharply cut off by Tenn who shat her a playful grin as they walked up the steps of the conveniently waiting bus, doors snapping shut as they stepped inside.
"Hey! And you. Don't say we leave you out cos we don't." Tak half-heartedly stropped as she sat down and folded her arms in front of her chest. Tenn sat down and gave an 'um' of agreement. It was true. Tak and Mar very rarely went out without Tenn, unless it was a special or romantic sort of date. Sometimes Tenn thought she didn't deserve a friend like Tak. Tenn now knew about Tak telling Instructor about Zee in order to help, and Tenn was very grateful for that. When Zee stopped taunting her she realised what she had turnt into and she hated it, but she was back to her old Tenn-ish self now, happy, loves cooking and great fun to be with. Tenn smiled as she thought of all the great things herself and Tak had done, along with Mar as well. Life couldn't get any better.
"Sorry. I didn't mean what I said, well, not as it sounded." Tak turnt round and smiled.
"Ha! I knew I could make you feel guilty and I did." The smile stayed as Tenn laughed and playfully hit Tak on the arm. Tenn was really lucky to have Tak as a friend.
As the door slid open Tak walked in and slung her bag on the floor then walked into the kitchen. Tenn did the same apart from the fact she carefully placed her bag on one of the coat pegs. In the kitchen she saw Tak rummaging through the fridge and smiled.
"Hey!" Tak hit her head on the top of the fridge as she went to stand up and rubbed it then looked at Tenn as she swung the door shut with a look on her face that said 'what?'
"How bout you ring Mar and we all have some 'first batch of vacation pancakes'?" Tenn smiled she really did love pancakes. Tak too smiled as she walked to the living room and grabbed the phone.
"Do I even need to give an answer?" And the answer to Tak's question. No she didn't need to answer. So with that Tenn started getting everything she needed to make pancakes.
In the living room Tak had dialled the phone and smiled insanely as Mar's voice said...
"Hello?"
"It's me. Tak."
"Oh hey babes how are ya?" Tak blushed and was suddenly glad Mar couldn't see her.
"I'm fine. I've got a proposition to make." Mar looked confused at the other end of the line and scratched his head a tiny bit.
"Hmmmm."
"Mine and Tenn's, five minutes, first batch of vacation pancakes. You up for it?" Mar smiled gleefully and nodded his head even though she couldn't see it.
"I'll be there!" And with that he slammed the phone down. Tak knew he was already on his way, probably running on his spider legs.
Almost five minutes later:
'Ding dong' Tak was so glad they got the annoying buzzer changed to a chime instead, who in their right mind wanted a glass shattering buzz for a door bell? Tak glided over to the door and opened it as Tenn poured pancake mix into a sizzling frying pan. Mar stood on the other side smiling.
"That smells good. Hey!" Mar leaned forward and hugged Tak tightly. Tak sighed and hugged back as she dragged him into the apartment and kicked the door shut. Tak loved moments like this.
"Smells better in the kitchen. C'mon let's go keep her company." Tak grabbed Mar's hand and dragged him into the kitchen. Tenn turnt round as she heard them and smiled.
"Hey Mar, long time no see!" Tenn said in a chirpy tone. Tak and Mar sat next to each other at the new table.
"I know. A day is a long time." He looked at Tak and smiled as he leaned over and gave Tak a nice little kiss. Again, she blushed. All this time and they still blushed in front of each other. Was that weird or was that just what Tak thought? She didn't know but she wished she did.
Two hours, pancakes, and a movie later they all lazed about. Mar slouching with Tak laid delicately across his lap and Tenn cosily bundled up in the overly large arm chair with her red blanket and a few of her cushions, one of which she was hugging. Plates were all over the coffee table with nothing except a few crumbs on each, half empty (or half full) glasses on the warm, under floor heated, carpet tiles and a bunch of credits slowly scrolling down the large, flat, wide screen T.V. With the title track song of the movie playing. Now it was the chill out part of the night.
Everything was so relaxed and peaceful. Tenn had gone to do some reading in her room; she wanted Tak and Mar to have some 'alone' time so she let them.
Tak and Mar sat out on the balcony, sitting on the bench. The bright sparkling stars shone magically against the deep violet backdrop, which was the sky above. The beautiful bright white crescent moon hung beautifully as well, and every few minutes the small form of ships with bright blue engines majestically drifted pass. This was the benefit of having a ninth floor apartment. The views were breathtaking, even the city looked stunning with all the street lamps alight and the glow of neon signs for various pubs, clubs and 24 hour movie theatres that littered the streets. Simply beautiful. Tak sat next to Mar, leaning closely into him with her head firmly yet softly against his chest as he had his arms wrapped around her. They sat in silence, relaxing and taking in the views. It seemed there was more to see then could ever be seen. They had been there for about two and a half hours now but it was starting to get chilly outside. Tak gave a slight shiver as a delicate gust of wind fluttered past like a butterfly. Mar felt her and looked down at her.
"It's getting cold. We should go inside." Tak opened her eyes and looked up at him and nodded with a sleepy smile on her face.
"I agree." She yawned holding a hand over her mouth. Mar smiled and lightly brushed her antennae before picking her up, like a parent with a small child, and carried her inside. He used a spider leg to slide the balcony door shut and carried her to her room, once again using his extra mechanical limbs to open the door.
Once inside he took her to her bed and carefully placed her down and covered her with the blankets. Tak looked up and smiled at him as she sat up.
"And where are you sleeping? Y' goin' home?" Tak tilted her head to the side as she looked at him. Mar just shrugged his shoulders. Tak got out of bed and stood by Mar. She lightly kissed him on the lips and smiled. "You wanna stay here? I'll fold the sofa out." Mar smiled, he really didn't feel like going home now. Not at this time.
"Yeah."
"Good. Go outside and give me five, I'll help." Mar saluted and made his way out. Tak quickly got changed into her black and white cow patch pyjamas and went outside. Mar starred for a while then smiled. They folded the sofa down and Tak re-arranged all the cushions so they would be comfortable, then she got the blanket out and neatly put it on top.
"Go on. I wanna tuck you in. You treated me like a kid, I wanna treat you like one." Tak smiled and Mar sat down and swung his legs onto the bed and layed down, just like a kid. Tak grabbed the top two corners of the blanket and lifted it up. Then she quickly jumped onto the bad and layed down next to Mar pulling the blanket nice and cosy. Mar didn't say a thing and neither did Tak. Soon enough they were both peacefully asleep wandering about in dreamland.
**Awww. I really like this chappie. It was sweet. Hope you all enjoyed it. If you did please review it.**
