According to your reviews I seem to be doing a good job. Well, here I go with the 8th chapter. It's a bit fuzzy and cute. I hope you enjoy it.
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When I thought about spying on Zim and my sister, I thought I'd see something horrible... Like Zim trying something evil on Gaz… But…
What I saw made me see things a bit differently…
Zim was sitting on his couch, and Gaz was lying down with her head on his lap. Zim was watching TV and Gaz was asleep. Zim was brushing the hair out of Gaz's face, stroking her cheek…
I stood and began walking away…
"Dib…?" Madelyn cried out as she stood and walked after me. "Dib where are you going?"
"Did you see it?!" I turned and snapped at her. Madelyn stepped back with a hurt look on her face. I looked at her sadly. "Did you see?? They… AHHRRGG!!!" I turned around and held myself up by leaning onto a tree. Madelyn sighed and walked towards me.
"Yes, I did see… Dib, they do love each other…"
"But what if he's tricking her? What if he's using her?? Madelyn, Gaz may be horrible towards me, but she's my sister and I still love her!" I clenched my eyes shut and felt tears stinging the corner of my eyes. Madelyn sighed. I looked to her and she had a worried look on her face. She walked over and slipped her arm around mine. I was shocked by her sudden movement but did nothing to stop her. I let my tears fall. Madelyn felt a tear fall to her shoulder and looked up to me.
"Dib… We'll figure things out, I promise…" She hugged my arm and began walking towards the park; a short cut to her house.
I took off my glasses and wiped the tears from my cheeks. I followed her into the park, which was a lot darker than the streets, as there weren't many lights around it. She stopped at a hill, and lied down into the grass. I watched her do so before running to catch up with her. I sat down next to her, and she motioned for me to lie down next to her. I did what I was told and looked up. The stairs glimmered beautifully from where we were, as did the moon…
"I come her often…" Madelyn said. "It's a nice place for me to just… Think…" I smiled.
"Why didn't you invite me out here before? I would have liked it…" I asked. Madelyn laughed.
"Because you were always busy…" She giggled. I gave a small laugh and sighed.
"You know, I miss the days when we used to hang out at the play ground… up in that fort…" I said, pointing towards the playground.
"Yeah! Remember when you pushed Zim off of it, and he broke his arm? You nearly got him then, I was surprised he got away with his injury…" I started laughing.
"Yeah but I couldn't stop laughing when he ran away with his arm flailing limply behind him… HAHAHAHAHA!" Madelyn and I laughed briefly. I sighed.
"Yeah… Those were the days… Remember how we met, Dib?" She asked. I looked at her.
"Of course…" I said. I remembered it well…
It had been a half day on there last week of my 7th grade school year. I ran into some jerks who tried to steal the money I needed to take the city bus home, and they almost succeeded… They had me pinned up against a wall, and punched me square in the face, breaking my glasses. They took the bus money out of my pocket and more, and then let me fall to the ground. Everything was a blur as I couldn't see 3 feet in front of me without my glasses, but a girl had stood up to the bullies. She was new to the school, and I had only seen her a few times before. The bullies were making fun of her for standing up to them. But she showed them, and sent them running after she got my money back. I got my glasses back, and looked through them. The first thing that ran through my mind was… "God has blessed me with an angel…" From that point on, we had been best friends… She was the first person to believe me, and UNDERSTAND me… I really thought that I had been blessed…
"Dib?" Madelyn called my name and it threw me out of my memories. "You just zoned out there for a second…" I smiled.
"Yeah I know…" I laughed. She sat up and looked at me.
"What's so funny?" She asked, a curious look to her face.
"You know what I thought when I first saw you?"
"What?"
"I thought that God had sent me an angel…"
At first she had no reaction. But shortly after I told her, she smiled.
"Really?" She asked. I shook my head yes and sat up as well. Without thinking, I told her what I had been thinking since our first meeting…
"Madelyn, I think you are the most beautiful girl to have walked this planet…"
Madelyn looked shocked by the comment. It looked like she didn't know what to say, and looked like she was blushing… But I couldn't really tell because of the dark. Finally, she spoke up.
"You aren't bad yourself, Dib…" She smiled and stood. "We should probably get going. It's late." She said. I stood and she walked forward. "I'll race you…" She said with a smirk. I smiled back at her.
"You're on…" She had taken a head start so she was already half way down the hill. I chased after her, and was almost a head of her when she tripped on a rock poking out of the ground. She fell forward and I fell with her, and we rolled the rest of the way down the hill. We landed with me leaning over her, and her lying on her back… We just stared at each other, not knowing what to say and frozen by the realization of how we were posed. I was so close to her that I could feel her breath against my face… She was… Beautiful…
I started to lean in, and almost made it to my destination when I heard her voice.
"Wait…" She said, pushing me up right. She sat up next to me, and I was confused as to why she stopped me. "Not yet…" Was all she said. She stood, and held out her hand. I grabbed it and she helped me up.
The walk home was an awkward one. Neither of us spoke much, and the memory of Zim and Gaz rushed at me.
It was funny how when I was with Madelyn that I forgot most of my problems…
I started to think about what I saw at Zim's house, and didn't know exactly how to react. Before I could really think about it, we reached Madelyn's house. I walked her to her doorstep and waited for her to get inside before saying anything.
"I…err, sorry about earlier…" I said. Madelyn smiled softly.
"It's ok…" She said. I wanted to ask her why she had really stopped me, but I'm sure she had her reasons, so I didn't. "I had fun." She said. I looked to her and smiled.
"Yeah, me too."
"Good night Dib."
"Good night Madie…" I said. She shut the door and I sighed. "Sweet… Dreams…" I said before turning and walking back towards my house.
Looks like it was just going to be me at home tonight…
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Aww…. So very cute if you ask me. ^_^ I love writing fluffy moments. Review please!
