Ch 14 WHAT HAVE I DONE!
disclaimer: IZ never belonged to me! Neither did survivor! Oh, what woes of melodrama! I like cats!
"Allison... what is love?" The kind blonde was shocked by Zim's question. Everyone else was gone collecting food, leaving Allison alone to hold down the fort when Zim arrived to ask the said question. "Well...hmm...uh.. Let me try to find a way to describe it..." Allison got out a dictionary from Brandy's suitcase. She cleared her throat. "Love: part of speech: noun. Definition: Intense affection for another, or a strong feeling of attraction resulting from sexual desire-"
"That's it! I don't want to hear any more" Zim plugged his ears(yes, they're there) at the last two words Allison uttered. She put away the dictionary. "Whenever someone is in love, they'd do anything for the object of their desire." Zim removed his hands from his ears. "I see...and the one in love ...would they be hurt if something happened to the 'object of their desire'(he's using air quotes)...something bad?" Allison wasn't liking the way the conversation was going. "What're you getting at, Zim?" Zim spins in place to defend himself. "No! I'm not planning anything! What makes you think I'm planning anything!" But before she could answer, Zim leaps through the bushes, laughing manically. "Okay... I think I told Zim something I wasn't supposed to."
Later, at Zim's hideout (it's a cave...the rent is cheap and pets are allowed!) He is seething with giddy over his brilliant scheme. " When we get off this filthy Island and the Dib's girlfriend moves to our town... I will us the Dib-pig's feelings against him, giving him no choice but to surrender, giving me time to fix the voot cruiser, fly to the south pole, and resume my plan to destroy all of humanity! It's perfect Gir, no flaws whatsoever!" Gir was busy playing with a monkey(not the same one Zim stole the mango from), "Did ya say something, master?"
"Never mind, Gir. keep playing with your little friend."
Meanwhile, at camp, Allison was wondering what she had done. "First of all, why did he ask such a question? You'd think an alien trying to destroy all of humanity would know of human emotions." she tumbled deeper into thought. "Maybe he saw something that brought up the question in his head" deeper... "Wait! Brandy said last night that she loved Dib! What if Dib found her, she confessed, and Zim saw the entire thing." Deeper still... "Oh no! Zim must be planning to use the two's emotions against them!" just then, Heather, Jennifer, and Gaz got back from foraging. Allison didn't notice them as she stood up. "WHAT HAVE I DONE!"
" Nothing. You're lazy today." Heather didn't realize the seriousness of the situation.
Later, at the lagoon...
"I never realized how beautiful the stars were until now" Dib wondered as he gazed up to the heavens above. He and Brandy were lying down, holding hands as they conversed with one another. "I live a long ways out of my home town, so for me being able to see the stars was a nightly blessing for me, one that I was grateful for." Brandy turned to stare at her new boyfriend. "Tell me.. Can you see the stars where you live?" Dib shook his head. "No, the city lights drown out the light of the stars. It gets kinda depressing for me, not being able to see the stars..." she looks to the shore of the lagoon. Then, Brandy turns her eyes to Dib "wanna go for a swim?"
"What? This late at night?"
"Yes. It'll be fun. Besides, there's enough moonlight for us to see" Brandy guides Dib to the edge of the water, her blue-green eyes almost glowing in the moonlight, a loving smile on her face. They wade knee-deep in the warm sultry water, eyes locked onto each other. Deeper into the water the two go, until it was deep enough for them to swim in. Brandy dives in, and Dib follows. Getting over the salt water stinging his eyes, Dib stared at his girlfriend; the way she moved in the water, the way her hair flowed in the soft current, Brandy looked more like a mermaid than a human in the water. For some unknown reason, Dib looks down and sees something glinting. He swims deeper to inspect it, and finds an oyster shell, it's inhabbitant long dead. He reaches for it, and swims to the surface. He breaks the surface, Brandy as well. "What did you find?" she asks Dib. He opens the abandoned oyster shell, and finds inside it a silvery pearl, glinting in the moonlight. The strange thing about this pearl was that it took the perfect shape of a flower, as if carved by mother nature herself. "Amazing..." the paranormal investigator exclaims. As they reach the shore, he takes Brandy's hand. "Here" he places the pearl into her hand, "Take it. It's a gift, from me to you"
"Thank you Dib" A long moment of silence passed between them. But the silence wasn't awkward, like before. The silence was that of Dib and Brandy savoring the moment.
(A/N: Awww... what a romantic moment...Brandy and Dib are together... too bad it'll be ruined by Zim's meddleing! Opps! I spoiled part of the upcoming moments of the next chapters! Bad writer! Bad! I condemn myself to the realm of etearnal screaming and...restlessness! Wait! If I condemn myself, who'll be there to write upcoming chapters! Never mind then.)