JEEZ!!!  IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!!  I'M SO SORRY!!!!!!   I've just been so very busy lately…  Oh and by the way, remember how I said that my friend wrote most of this?  Well the last chapter is as far as we got.  I'm continuing the rest though.  In this chapter we get to see things growing between Dib and Madelyn… And we are introduced to Madelyn's older brother… AND BEHOLD!!!  You will know what Madelyn looks like now! I should probably fix it into the 2nd chapter though…  But you can just listen now.  For those who cont want to read it all over again.  She has shoulder-length black hair with red tips.  Her eyes are dark, dark red, and the tank top she wears is the same color.  She wears 2 necklaces; an ankh and a cross.  She wears black shorts that go to her knees; baggy with many pockets.  She has lace-up army like boots that cover the rest of her legs.  And ta-daaa!!  There you go.  Ok on to the story, and sorry for the hold up.  Wing-cha!

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Madelyn stood up from the couch and stretched.  We both had been working on our homework for a good hour, and we finally finished.

"It's about damn time…"  She said, brushing her shoulder-length black hair out of her face and leaning back into the couch.  I was sitting beside her, writing the last detail into a paper I was writing titled, "Squirrels and Spontaneous  Combustion" ((the whole class was confused as to why the teacher was giving them such an odd topic…))  I sighed and set my paper onto the coffee table in front of me.  I leaned back into the couch as well, yawning slightly and looking to Madie.  She looked back to me and smiled. 

"So when should we go spy on them?"  She asked.  I actually had almost forgotten about that.  We were having so much fun when we were doing our homework, which consisted of making fun of the paper I had and laughing a whole lot.  I was just glad that Madie was my friend again.  But back on subject.  I looked to her and thought. 

"Well if we have nothing else to do, we should go know…"  I looked out the window, noticing how it was dark enough to sneak around in.  "Yeah," I stood.  "Let's go now."  I held out my hand for her to grab, and helped her stand up.  I guess I pulled a little too hard, seeing as she fell into me slightly.  I noticed her blush and turn towards the door.  Wait she blushed?  I had no time to think as Madelyn's brother, Nick, walked out from the kitchen.

"I saw that Mad…"  He smirked.  "And how cute it was...  What, are you two going on a date or something?"  He asked jokingly.  Madelyn stuck her tongue out at him and he did the same, showing the barbell that was pierced through it. 

"We're just friends, you ass…"  Madelyn snapped at him, blushing lightly.  She grabbed my hand and started walking.  "C'mon Dib…"  She said as she dragged me out of the house.  She let go of my hand and slammed the door behind her.

"So that's your brother?"  I asked, walking down the sidewalk.  Madelyn was walking at my side with a rather angry look on her face. 

"Nick?  Yes, that retard…"  She said.  "Che…  I hate him…"

"I noticed…"  I said as we walked.  The rest of the walk went on in silence.  Madelyn looked to angry to talk and I was lost in thought. 

What were we going to find when we got to Zim's house?  Was he going to be doing other experiments on my sister?  Or did he really love her and things actually happened like he said they did?  I shook my head.  Of course he didn't love her.  He was a heartless alien…  But then he was getting pretty emotional when he was telling me his story on everything… 

"Madelyn?"  I said, breaking the silence.

"Mm?"  Madelyn said as she looked up to me.

"What do you think about this whole thing?  Do you think Zim really loves Gaz, or is he just using her to make more aliens to help him rule the world?"  Madelyn stared at me blankly. 

"Dib, do you really think that Zim would be smart enough to think of such a thing??"  She said, her tone growing to a slightly angry one.  She sighed and looked up to the moon.  "Dib I'd bet that he really loves her…" 

Again, silence pursued.  I glanced over at Madelyn.  She was still watching the moon as she walked, its light shinning onto her face.  She was beautiful…  I blushed and my heart skipped a beat.  Why was I thinking of her like that?  I almost wanted to tell her how beautiful she looked, but decided to as I couldn't summon up enough courage to tell her to begin with.  And plus, I shouldn't have been thinking that anyway.  She was just my friend…  Really…  But what if I AM in love with her…?  I shook the thought out of my head, sighed and looked towards Zim's house, which was coming into view. 

"Well we are almost there…"  I said, pointing towards Zim's house then letting my arm fall to my side.  Madelyn nodded.

"How are we gonna do this?"  She asked as she looked to me.  I looked to the ground and thought. 

"Well, we could try getting in through the back…"  I said, knowing that we could sneak on the side of the house to avoid the lawn gnomes.  But Madelyn walked ahead of me, walking up the center path to his house.  She turned back to me and held back a laugh.  "It looks like they are only programmed to stop you…"  She said.  She walked over to each gnome and turned their heads in the opposite direction.  "There, know they wont see you!"  I gave a small chuckle and walked up the path.  She went to the left window and me to the right. 

You wouldn't believe what I saw…

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Meh.  Did it sound close enough to the story?  I don't even think this was a very long chapter.  Like I said it's been a while…  I hope you like this as much as the rest of the story.  I could really use advice right now so please review!!!