Well, this chapter is a special one! You'll see why. *wink*
Chance
Chapter 4
The next morning, Dib wasn't surprised to see that Zim wasn't in skool. In fact, he was rather glad. After reading that....thing....last night, he didn't know if he could face the alien. Of course, now the only problem was how he was going to feed Pip, since so far Zim had always provided the nutrient drinks during the passing period between the two classes they had with Ms. Bitters. Just then there was a timid knock at the door, interrupting Ms. Bitters' rant on the ice age. A boy opened the door and stood, obviously afraid of Ms. Bitters.
"I-Is Dib Membrane here?"
Dib stood up, and the boy quickly ran up to him and handed him a small package.
"This is for you."
Dib had barely got a hold of it before the boy turned and ran from the classroom. Dib sat down and looked at it, almost grinning when he saw it was a nutrient drink, along with a small package and a note.
'Dib, mix the powder into the liquid, Pip's nearly old enough to move on to solids, this'll help the transition. -Zim'
This time, Dib did grin.
And he still remembers to feed Pip. Well, I guess that he's determined to take care of her, since he took care of her mother.
Dib carefully poured the powder from the packet into the nutrient drink, covering the hole with his finger and shaking it, then handing it to Pip, who grinned at Dib before taking it. Dib just shook his head, she'd been grinning at him all morning, as if she knew some big secret.
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Zim sat at his computer console, staring at the moniter. All day he'd been debating on whether or not to send a transmission to his Tallests and ask them if what Det had said was true. For the thousandth time that hour, Zim held his hand over the transmit button, then pulled it back.
Why can't I make up my mind?! All I have to do is ask them if my mission's fake or not! If it's not, they'll just laugh at me, like they always do. But, if it is, then....
Zim sat straight up as the realization hit him.
I...I'm afraid. I'm afraid to find out. But, I've never been afraid of anything before! How could this be any different?!
Today seemed to be a day of revelation, because Zim realized the answer to that question, also.
Because, if it's false, I have no purpose....
Zim hastily stood and backed away from the console, knocking over his chair in the process. He got upstairs as quickly as he could, half expecting Gir to lunge at him. When that didn't happen, Zim remembered that Gir was at Dib's house. Zim swiftly tossed his disguise on and began running to the human's house, telling himself that he just wanted to make sure Dib hadn't dissected the robot.
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Dib supressed a sigh. Lunch was boring without Zim to fight with. He decided to leave the cafeteria and sit outside, where he could at least play with Pip for a while without too many people asking about her.
Pip laughed as she tried to grab a dandelion that Dib held just out of her reach. Suddenly, she sat down and looked at Dib.
"Bitch."
Dib blinked, then began laughing.
"Pip, did...did you just call me a bitch?"
Pip laughed as she nodded. Dib, still laughing a little, shook his head.
"I should stop bringing you to skool with me."
Pip grinned again.
"Hell yeah."
This sent Dib into another bout of laughter.
"Pip, you...really shouldn't say those things..."
Dib managed to choke this out while gasping for air. Pip simply grinned and shrugged, before preparing to say more.
"Zim is really cute. I bet he's a goo-"
Dib clamped a hand over the smeet's mouth, his eyes wide.
"Did...did you read that?"
Pip nodded, since she couldn't speak. Dib removed his hand, and looked Pip sternly in the eye.
"How much did you read?"
"All of it."
Pip giggled again, while Dib just groaned, smacking his head with his hand.
"Pip, never, ever, ever, repeat anything from that file to ANYONE. Got it?"
Pip slowly nodded and Dib sighed in releif.
"Good. Well, lunch is almost over, we should go back inside."
Dib put Pip back in his backpack, then went inside the skool.
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Zim paused a moment, just outside Dib's house, to make sure no one was home. Once he was certain, he went inside, where he ws immediately attacked by Gir.
"HI MASTER!!!"
Zim simply sighed and pried the insane robot off of his head. Before Zim could do anything else, however, Gir and grabbed his arm and was dragging him up the stairs.
"Gir! What is the meaning of this?!
Gir grinned.
"I found something fuuunny of the big-headed Dib human's computer.....It's aallll about you, master!"
Zim's eyes narrowed in thought.
Well, I'm here already, plus it's about ME. I shall look at this thing.
Zim allowed Gir to lead him up to the human's room.
Oh merciful Mother of Irk.
Zim stood, stunned, in front of Dib's computer. He recognised the date on the file as the same as when he had written his particularly embarrasing entry, but still, this was just....
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After skool, Dib decided to go straight to Zim's base, and see if there was any way to erase particular memories. As soon as he stepped in, he noticed that the house was eerily quiet. As he wandered through the lab he'd been in yesterday, he saw a small console in a side room that was blinking. He walked over to it, curious. When he got it to stop blinking and saw what was on the screen, he froze. After a few minutes, he shook his head and looked away, then sat down on the bed he saw in the small room.
That's gotta be fake....he probably wrote it just to confuse me....probably skipped skool today because he was laughing so hard at what my reaction would be.....
Suddenly, he heard the platform come down and someone walk towards the room. Dib dove under the bed, holding his breath as Zim climbed onto the bed and layed down. Unfortunately for the human, Pip chose that exact moment to decide she didn't like being in the backpack and began crying.
That settles it. Pip is TRYING to get me in trouble.
Zim pulled Dib out from under the bed and glared at him.
"What are you doing here, Dib?"
"I came to see if there was any way to erase particular memories from Pip's file."
"What, so you decided to hide under my bed until I came back?"
"Actually, I had expected you to be here, since you skipped skool today."
"For your information, human, I was at your house to pick up Gir."
Before they could continue their argument, Gir ran towards them, giggling hysterically.
"Master and Dib are in LOO~OOVE!!"
Gir continued running around the room, singing the tree song. (that so-and-so sitting in a tree one)
Zim quickly caught him and turned him off, tossing him carelessly in the corner.
"Annoying peice of scrap metal."
Dib stared at the robot for a moment, thinking about what he'd said.
"Zim, you didn't look at my computer while you were at my house, did you?"
"And what if I did?"
Dib paled slightly, before recovering his composure.
"Nothing. Just don't want you deleting anything important."
"Like that entry you made while you were quite possibly drunk, considering how horrible your spelling was?"
Dib froze.
"Well, at last it wasn't as bad as the one you made."
Now it was Zim's turn to freeze.
"Y-you saw that?"
"Maybe."
Suddenly, they heard a small electric zappy noise, and saw that Pip had figured out how to turn Gir back on. Before Zim or Dib could react, the two small, hyperactive beings had pressed Zim and Dib together, forcing their lips to meet. Pip and Gir backed away, but the two boys didn't.
Dib was in shock. He was kissing Zim! And....he really was a good kisser.....hmm...
Zim nearly pulled away in surprise when Dib started kissing back. He hadn't really expected Dib to like it, but....It's not like he minded....
Gir covered Pip's eyes once the robot realized that those two didn't plan on stopping any time soon. Suddenly the intruder alarm went off and the two boys broke apart, Zim cursing loudly.
"Computer! What the hell is going on?!"
"Gaz is at the door, demanding to see Dib."
Zim growled, then turned to face Dib again.
"You should go, I do not need that demon child loose in my base."
Dib nodded and headed towards the platform, glancing back at Zim before going up to the ground floor.
"Dib! There you are, you idiot! We're going out for dinner with dad tonight, remember?!"
Dib nodded slowly.
"Oh yeah. Sorry, Gaz."
"Come on! We're gonna be late!"
Dib nodded and followed Gaz outside, where Membrane was waiting in the car.
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Yay! They kissed! And Pip decided to speak! That's gotta be one of the best first words ever. Well, see ya next chappie, and please review! *walks off, humming and overly-pleased with herself*
Chance
Chapter 4
The next morning, Dib wasn't surprised to see that Zim wasn't in skool. In fact, he was rather glad. After reading that....thing....last night, he didn't know if he could face the alien. Of course, now the only problem was how he was going to feed Pip, since so far Zim had always provided the nutrient drinks during the passing period between the two classes they had with Ms. Bitters. Just then there was a timid knock at the door, interrupting Ms. Bitters' rant on the ice age. A boy opened the door and stood, obviously afraid of Ms. Bitters.
"I-Is Dib Membrane here?"
Dib stood up, and the boy quickly ran up to him and handed him a small package.
"This is for you."
Dib had barely got a hold of it before the boy turned and ran from the classroom. Dib sat down and looked at it, almost grinning when he saw it was a nutrient drink, along with a small package and a note.
'Dib, mix the powder into the liquid, Pip's nearly old enough to move on to solids, this'll help the transition. -Zim'
This time, Dib did grin.
And he still remembers to feed Pip. Well, I guess that he's determined to take care of her, since he took care of her mother.
Dib carefully poured the powder from the packet into the nutrient drink, covering the hole with his finger and shaking it, then handing it to Pip, who grinned at Dib before taking it. Dib just shook his head, she'd been grinning at him all morning, as if she knew some big secret.
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Zim sat at his computer console, staring at the moniter. All day he'd been debating on whether or not to send a transmission to his Tallests and ask them if what Det had said was true. For the thousandth time that hour, Zim held his hand over the transmit button, then pulled it back.
Why can't I make up my mind?! All I have to do is ask them if my mission's fake or not! If it's not, they'll just laugh at me, like they always do. But, if it is, then....
Zim sat straight up as the realization hit him.
I...I'm afraid. I'm afraid to find out. But, I've never been afraid of anything before! How could this be any different?!
Today seemed to be a day of revelation, because Zim realized the answer to that question, also.
Because, if it's false, I have no purpose....
Zim hastily stood and backed away from the console, knocking over his chair in the process. He got upstairs as quickly as he could, half expecting Gir to lunge at him. When that didn't happen, Zim remembered that Gir was at Dib's house. Zim swiftly tossed his disguise on and began running to the human's house, telling himself that he just wanted to make sure Dib hadn't dissected the robot.
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Dib supressed a sigh. Lunch was boring without Zim to fight with. He decided to leave the cafeteria and sit outside, where he could at least play with Pip for a while without too many people asking about her.
Pip laughed as she tried to grab a dandelion that Dib held just out of her reach. Suddenly, she sat down and looked at Dib.
"Bitch."
Dib blinked, then began laughing.
"Pip, did...did you just call me a bitch?"
Pip laughed as she nodded. Dib, still laughing a little, shook his head.
"I should stop bringing you to skool with me."
Pip grinned again.
"Hell yeah."
This sent Dib into another bout of laughter.
"Pip, you...really shouldn't say those things..."
Dib managed to choke this out while gasping for air. Pip simply grinned and shrugged, before preparing to say more.
"Zim is really cute. I bet he's a goo-"
Dib clamped a hand over the smeet's mouth, his eyes wide.
"Did...did you read that?"
Pip nodded, since she couldn't speak. Dib removed his hand, and looked Pip sternly in the eye.
"How much did you read?"
"All of it."
Pip giggled again, while Dib just groaned, smacking his head with his hand.
"Pip, never, ever, ever, repeat anything from that file to ANYONE. Got it?"
Pip slowly nodded and Dib sighed in releif.
"Good. Well, lunch is almost over, we should go back inside."
Dib put Pip back in his backpack, then went inside the skool.
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Zim paused a moment, just outside Dib's house, to make sure no one was home. Once he was certain, he went inside, where he ws immediately attacked by Gir.
"HI MASTER!!!"
Zim simply sighed and pried the insane robot off of his head. Before Zim could do anything else, however, Gir and grabbed his arm and was dragging him up the stairs.
"Gir! What is the meaning of this?!
Gir grinned.
"I found something fuuunny of the big-headed Dib human's computer.....It's aallll about you, master!"
Zim's eyes narrowed in thought.
Well, I'm here already, plus it's about ME. I shall look at this thing.
Zim allowed Gir to lead him up to the human's room.
Oh merciful Mother of Irk.
Zim stood, stunned, in front of Dib's computer. He recognised the date on the file as the same as when he had written his particularly embarrasing entry, but still, this was just....
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After skool, Dib decided to go straight to Zim's base, and see if there was any way to erase particular memories. As soon as he stepped in, he noticed that the house was eerily quiet. As he wandered through the lab he'd been in yesterday, he saw a small console in a side room that was blinking. He walked over to it, curious. When he got it to stop blinking and saw what was on the screen, he froze. After a few minutes, he shook his head and looked away, then sat down on the bed he saw in the small room.
That's gotta be fake....he probably wrote it just to confuse me....probably skipped skool today because he was laughing so hard at what my reaction would be.....
Suddenly, he heard the platform come down and someone walk towards the room. Dib dove under the bed, holding his breath as Zim climbed onto the bed and layed down. Unfortunately for the human, Pip chose that exact moment to decide she didn't like being in the backpack and began crying.
That settles it. Pip is TRYING to get me in trouble.
Zim pulled Dib out from under the bed and glared at him.
"What are you doing here, Dib?"
"I came to see if there was any way to erase particular memories from Pip's file."
"What, so you decided to hide under my bed until I came back?"
"Actually, I had expected you to be here, since you skipped skool today."
"For your information, human, I was at your house to pick up Gir."
Before they could continue their argument, Gir ran towards them, giggling hysterically.
"Master and Dib are in LOO~OOVE!!"
Gir continued running around the room, singing the tree song. (that so-and-so sitting in a tree one)
Zim quickly caught him and turned him off, tossing him carelessly in the corner.
"Annoying peice of scrap metal."
Dib stared at the robot for a moment, thinking about what he'd said.
"Zim, you didn't look at my computer while you were at my house, did you?"
"And what if I did?"
Dib paled slightly, before recovering his composure.
"Nothing. Just don't want you deleting anything important."
"Like that entry you made while you were quite possibly drunk, considering how horrible your spelling was?"
Dib froze.
"Well, at last it wasn't as bad as the one you made."
Now it was Zim's turn to freeze.
"Y-you saw that?"
"Maybe."
Suddenly, they heard a small electric zappy noise, and saw that Pip had figured out how to turn Gir back on. Before Zim or Dib could react, the two small, hyperactive beings had pressed Zim and Dib together, forcing their lips to meet. Pip and Gir backed away, but the two boys didn't.
Dib was in shock. He was kissing Zim! And....he really was a good kisser.....hmm...
Zim nearly pulled away in surprise when Dib started kissing back. He hadn't really expected Dib to like it, but....It's not like he minded....
Gir covered Pip's eyes once the robot realized that those two didn't plan on stopping any time soon. Suddenly the intruder alarm went off and the two boys broke apart, Zim cursing loudly.
"Computer! What the hell is going on?!"
"Gaz is at the door, demanding to see Dib."
Zim growled, then turned to face Dib again.
"You should go, I do not need that demon child loose in my base."
Dib nodded and headed towards the platform, glancing back at Zim before going up to the ground floor.
"Dib! There you are, you idiot! We're going out for dinner with dad tonight, remember?!"
Dib nodded slowly.
"Oh yeah. Sorry, Gaz."
"Come on! We're gonna be late!"
Dib nodded and followed Gaz outside, where Membrane was waiting in the car.
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Yay! They kissed! And Pip decided to speak! That's gotta be one of the best first words ever. Well, see ya next chappie, and please review! *walks off, humming and overly-pleased with herself*