The Sleepover:
Part 3

Hello all! Well here I am again with another chapter! But this one will be the last chapter, but don't worry it has a happy ending and, I got a review saying that I put to many author's notes in my fics (I do agree ^_^; ) so I present you this special chapter with NO author's notes in it, this one's a little more serious and less humorous (there are some pretty lame jokes in it though -_-; ) so I guess the author's notes would seem a little out of place. Also thanks to Goth Girl and Dead Kitty I could get out of my writer's block!! She wrote the beginning from "Back up in Dib's bedroom" to "We'll just have to bear it together..." then in comes my stuff, THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH GOTH GIRL AND DEAD KITTY!! ^_^ Now on to the ficcy...

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Back up in Dib's bedroom, both alien and human were still struck with an unimaginable fear. Dib shuddered. He couldn't let this happen to Zim... His one and only love... Zim was having the same fears, pertaining to himself.
He hoped Dib didn't take this all to his own fault... there was nothing he could do, anyway. Zim looked up and an almost-convincing smile took over his face. Only his drooping eyes showed his inner feelings.
For a moment, their eyes locked.
"Zim..." Dib started.
"No," Zim stopped him, swallowing a lump in his throat. "It isn't your fault."
"But..." Dib looked to the ground, his eyes slowly filling with tears. "I--I hurt you before. I was so stupid!" He punched his pillow. "Just because I wanted to hide the fact that I loved you so much. I had to go and try to expose you...to hurt you with that whole water thing..." He felt a gloved hand on his arm and his shoulders slumped.
"It wasn't like this before," Zim reminded him softly. "Now it's different."
"I know, but..." Dib looked up, a small tear cutting a trail down his cheek.
"I love you."
"I know," Zim replied, pulling Dib into a hug. "We'll just have to bear it together..."
"But" Dib started "Isn't there something we can do?" Dib asked him
"......" Zim started to think as he sat down on the bed.
Dib started to nervously pace back and forth "I mean, I know your disadvantage is water and of course pools are filled with water and.... oh I should've thought of more excuses... I'm such a--"
"PASTE!" Zim shouted.
Dib stopped pacing "I'm paste?!" Dib yelled.
"What? NO! I could cover myself in paste, and since paste resists water, I'll hide my disadvantage and be able to have "swimming lessons" also" Zim told him smiling.
Dib blushed and his worried expression turned to happiness as he jumped into Zim's arms,
"I'm glad you'll be be ok" Dib said to him as Zim gently hugged him back. Dib looked up into Zim's eyes and they slowly kissed each other.

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Dib and Zim could hear the voices of people and the splashing of water as they approached the pool. Even if they had paste to protect Zim, Dib was still worried about him...
"We're here!" Pro. Membrane announced as they walked through the gate. They walked over to a bench and put their bags down, expect for Gaz since she was playing her gameslave.
"Ok, everyone remember to put on their sunscreen!" Pro. Membrane reminded.
Gaz groaned as she pulled out the bottle of sunscreen, she opened it and put a little on her arm,
"There it's on" Gaz said as she turned back to her game.
Dib sighed as he pulled out the "sunscreen", which was really the paste for Zim. After everyone but Gaz had put their
sunscreen on, and Zim his paste, they headed out to the pool. Dib was still a little nervous about the whole situation but was
still keeping a straight face. Pro. Membrane had already gotten in,
"Come on in guys! The waters only about 60 degrees!" he shouted to them.
Dib looked over at Zim as he climbed into the icy cold water, shivering he turned around to see Zim attempting to get in. Dib
swam over to the ladder and held on to Zim's waist as he stepped in. Zim almost turned blue when the water hit his skin, but
since Dib was there he felt slightly warmer. Dib helped Zim swim out into the middle of the pool and started to teach him
some strokes. Dib first taught him to float on his back, then treed water. Zim was actually doing pretty good, surprising Dib.
After the basics were done Dib decided to teach him some strokes,
"First you should learn...." Dib thought for a minute "Freestyle"
"What? I don't have a free style?" Zim asked him.
"No, I mean the swimming stroke freestyle!" Dib explained, smiling slightly.
Dib first taught him to kick on the side of the pool, and then helped him to learned his strokes. Zim, being a fast learning, had
learned this all in short amount of time. They went over over the lesson only one time and Zim had understood it fully. Dib
smiled as they swam to the side and climbed out of the pool, sitting on the edge Zim thanked Dib,
"Thank you" Zim smiled and hugged him. Dib blushed bright red,
"Um, Zim not here" Dib said wishing they were alone.
"Oh, sorry bout that" Zim said letting go quickly. They stood up and walked over to were Gaz was, they really had nothing to
do... Pro. Membrane was still swimming and Gaz was playing her game slave. Dib sat in the bench next to Zim,
"So, what do you wanna do?" Dib asked him.
Zim sort of grinned and leaned over to whisper something in his ear, Dib smiled and blushed as Zim grabbed his hand and
they both ran to the bathroom.
"Boys..." Gaz groaned as she continued to play her video games.

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Zim and Dib ran into the boys bathroom and looked around to see if anyone was there, no one. They quickly ran into the
handicap stall and locked the door. Dib pulled Zim into a deep kiss as Zim embraced him in return....

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Meanwhile....

Pro. Membrane had just gotten out of the pool and walked over to the bench,
"Where are the boys?" he asked Gaz.
Gaz just shrugged her shoulders as she played her game,
"Well, I'm going to the bathroom, kay?"
Gaz didn't really care, "Yea, sure" she said.
Pro. Membrane walked to the bathroom and into a stall....
As he entered he heard some noises coming from the stall next to him,
"Wha?" he said to himself as he put his ear to the side of the stall to hear what it was. He then heard some moaning, he stopped listening and decided it was none of his business, even if the moan did sound a lot like Dib...
When Pro. Membrane walked out of the stall and went to wash his hands, the door creaked open a bit.
"Dib?" Pro. Membrane said to him.
Dib almost jumped at the sound of his father's voice "Did he hear us?!" Dib thought nervously and motioned for Zim to stay back.
"What was all that noise?" Dib's dad asked turning around to face him.
"Um... well--" Dib thought for a second "I was just... I had er... a reeeeeally bad stomach ache and well--"
Pro. Membrane was a little confused by his stuttering, but only shrugged a bit and walked out of the bathroom. Zim fell out of the stall breathing heavily,
"That was close...." Zim said sitting up.
"Yea..." Dib said looking down.
"You Ok?" Zim asked him.
"Um, it's nothing... lets go" Dib answered starting to walk out.
Zim wasn't going to fall for the old 'it's nothing' routine, "Dib, what's wrong?" Zim stood up, walked over to Dib and lightly touched his hand. Dib slightly smiled at Zim's touch but then his expression sadden.
"It's just-- Zim, I have to tell my dad about us, but I'm just afraid he won't understand and--" Dib started.
"Dib" Zim said softly, Dib looked up "He'll understand, just tell him, and if I'm wrong then... I still love you no matter what, ok?" Zim told him as he lightly kissed Dib's cheek.
"Gosh, your good at pep talk Zim..." Dib grinned before kissing Zim back on the lips.
The two boys left the bathroom and walked back down to the pool bench,
"Where have you two been?" Gaz asked winking a bit.
"Oh, no where..." Dib blushed a bit.
Gaz giggled a little before asking "You were making out weren't you?!" Gaz laughed uncontrollably.
"Gaz! Not so loud!" Dib told her as an older woman passed by hearing the conversation.
"Aw, isn't that cute, the little boy has a girlfriend!" she said walking by them.
"Excuse me?! He doesn't have a girlfriend he has a--" Zim started angrily.
"No wait, Zim it's ok..." Dib quickly stop Zim as the woman sort of stared a bit at them before walking off.
Dib sighed as his shoulders dropped and looked over his shoulder to see that his dad wasn't anywhere to be seen,
"Where's dad?" Dib asked his sister.
"He's at the snack bar... probably trying to order toast again..." Gaz replied.
Dib turned to Zim "Do ya wanna go hit the pool again before we have ta go?" he asked.
"Sure, but don't you think it would be better to swim in the pool then hitting it?" Zim asked him.
Dib laughed a bit before applying a little more paste on Zim and walking over to the pool with his lover.
Zim started to climb down the ladder, it seemed the water was at least three more degrees warmer. But they didn't realize someone coming up behind Dib... a little boy pushed his way to the ladder.
"Hey! Outa the way peoples!" he yelled pushing Dib forward and accidentally knocking Zim off the ladder. Dib landed safely in the water but Zim was flipped back and hit his head on the bottom of the pool. Dib didn't notice this and started to bash on the kid.
"Watch where your going!" Dib yelled "You could've hurt someone!"
"Sheesh, I'm sorry!" the boy said then paused "Hey, is he ok?!" the kid asked looking down at Zim.
Dib quickly sifted his gaze to Zim, floating on his back, and unconscious.
"ZIM!" Dib yelled as he grabbed his loved one's waist and tried to carry him out of the water. Dib almost slipped off the ladder with all the weight he was carrying but luckily he succeeded and Dib slowly laid Zim down on the ground. Some people had already crowded around them.
"Zim! Wake up!" Dib shouted to him though he got no answer, and almost in tears leaned down to kiss Zim, forgetting the crowd of people gathered around. Dib raised his head slightly and broke the kiss, to see Zim stir a little before opening both eyes slowly. Dib almost cried in relief as Zim smiled and sat up,
"Gosh my head hurts!" Zim whined holding his head.
The little kid was starring with wide eyes along with the rest of the people,
Dib looked up "What?! It was CPR!" Dib came up with another excuse.
The people looked kind of freaked out but believed the lie anyway and most of them started to walk away.
Dib turned his gaze back to his boyfriend, he quickly helped Zim up, it seemed that he was ok.
"What happened?" Zim asked him. Dib explained the whole crisis to him,
Zim thanked Dib by hugging him, but they couldn't kiss because of all the people around. They both walked back to the bench before Dib's dad came with a piece of brunt toast and told them it was time to go.

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After returning home from the pool Dib asked his father to come in to the kitchen with him. Zim nervously watched his love walk into the kitchen, it was obvious that he was going to tell Pro. Membrane about them.
"What's bothering you?" Pro. Membrane asked his son.
Dib sighed "Do you remember-- when we went to the movies and I told you Zim had fallen down and got candy stuck to his head and the time when I told you I had a bad stomach ache at the pool?" Dib asked his father, his heart was beating faster and faster by the minute.
"Yes..." he replied.
"W--well" Dib paused for a second "I was lying... dad, Zim didn't really fall, and I didn't really have a stomach ache, Zim and I were doing something else..."
"What's that?" Dib's father asked gaining more interest.
Dib took a deep breath and looked down and shuddering a bit he stated "I'm gay" Dib expected to hear a yell or a sigh or something but he didn't hear a thing from his father until he lifted his head up.
"I knew it..." Pro. Membrane said.
"What?!" Dib said surprised.
"I knew it!" Pro. Membrane repeated "I just knew with all that stuttering and disappearing with Zim and everything!" Pro. Membrane said "I was sooooo right!" Pro. Membrane said happily flinging his arms in the air and gaining a "what the heck are you doing?!" look from Dib. "Um, but anyway I accept it and I'll support you in anything you choose and blah blah blah" Pro. Membrane said coolly with a little sarcasm in the end.
Dib almost fainted from shock, "You aren't mad or anything?!" Dib asked.
"Why? Do you want me to be?"
"No, it's just that well, thanks" Dib walked over to his father and hugged him.
Pro. Membrane smiled and said "Your welcome"
Dib broke the hug and walked out of the room with a satisfied look on his face and turning to Zim he grinned even more.
Zim smiled sweetly before embracing Dib and kissing him on the cheek,
"See, I told you he'd understand" Zim whispered to him.
Dib smiled and the two boys walked into the bedroom.

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There, that's the end! I hope you all liked it! Sorry for the delay, I know I said soon but I had to go to Maine and I got a writers block and *cries* I'm sooo sorry! ;-; Now go on down to that little box and type something in it! ^_^; Seeya for now!