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Chapter Four:

Korben's Advice and Nine o'clock Ice Cream

Once in a while the clock tolls nine and I think

I've fallen for deep for this guy

Once in a while the clock tolls ten and I think

This is gonna be one Hell of a ride…

-"Ten o'clock Ride"

Zorg sat at his desk and reviewed his thoughts… trying to file them as he went… which wasn't half as easy as filing order forms and the like.

"Hmm," he muttered as he sifted mindlessly through his forms and papers. The printer works now… but it's been working for a while… He thought randomly as he picked up the papers and tossed them into the shredder.

"Mr. Zorg?" One of the material transporters poked his head into the doorway of Zorg's office.

"W-what?" Zorg jumped out of his seat as if… as if I were about to go badaboom, his mind muttered as he walked towards his employee with his traditional limp.

"Sir, we're out of steel base," the man said timidly to his as-of-lately explosive boss.

"Oh… uh," Zorg looked at the circular window behind him as if it would give him some sort of suggestion. "Go… ask Katrina for the number of the… uh… whatever store sells it," he said as he walked back over to his window. He always looked out it when he was in deep thought. And today he was very deep in thought… about the fiery-haired woman.

"Umm, okay," the young employee raised a brow at his spaced-out boss before walking out of his office.

"What time is it?" Zorg asked the empty room. He realized the employee had left and felt like a schizophrenic as he looked around for a working clock. In his office it was perpetually eleven twenty two in the morning.

"Mr. Zorg?" A purple-haired woman poked her head into the room. She kind of resembled a violet-headed Katrina, although skinnier and paler.

"What time is it?" He asked without even looking up to see who it was.

"I think it's nine oh five," she said as she continued to stand in the doorway.

"Oh, thank you," he still didn't look up.

"Mr. Zorg, we're out of plastic base," she told him.

"Who the hell is eating my materials!" He cried.

"Leeloo, where did you go?" Korben asked the next morning as he walked out of his bedroom sleepily to find Leeloo hanging up her coat.

"Leeloo visit Zorg. Tell him no go badaboom," she said proudly as she sat down on the couch. "Give Leeloo breakfast too." Korben's mouth fell open.

"Z-Zorg? You mean the Zorg? The one who exploded?" Korben said as his eyes widened.

"No Zorg badaboom!" Leeloo erupted as she ran over to Korben and clung to him nervously. "No Zorg badaboom!" She wailed.

"Wh-what? B-but… n-no… like I told you… he didn't go badaboom… only left the ship early," Korben tried to convince her through his own confusion.

Zorg is still alive? That good for nothing bastard, he thought to himself.

"Why did you go visit him, Leeloo? How did you even find his house?" Korben asked.

"Leeloo make him good. He remember and he still good," she announced as she hugged Korben tighter.

"What do you mean, make him good? Leeloo, he shot you," he reminded her.

"Mr. Shadow bad… Zorg good," she argued back.

"Leeloo… shot you. He shot you…" he tried again. "Mr. Shadow didn't shoot you, Zorg shot you." Leeloo shook her head defiantly.

"Mr. Shadow make Zorg shoot Leeloo," she explained but Korben still didn't believe her.

"Leeloo, how long were you there?" He asked, realizing only then how hard his heart was pounding.

"Leeloo sleep over," she said, "sleep with Zorg." Korben's eyes almost fell out of his head they opened so wide.

"What!" He cried, waking up his sleeping wife.

"Leeloo sleep with Zorg," she said.

"What the hell did he do to you!" Korben wailed as Lily-Ray walked out of the back bedroom.

"Give Leeloo chicken," she said.

"Leeloo…" He didn't think she'd understand even if he said it straight out… then he found it. "Did he take your clothes off?" He asked as his heart pounded ever harder.

"No, Leeloo sleep in clothes," she said and he sighed.

"Leeloo, why don't you stay away from Zorg, okay?" Leeloo gave him a sturdy eye-meeting stare.

"Okay," she said as she shook her head.

…

"Gage-Gaston Abdukrahman Sheromacciin Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Casimir Runielle Zorg!" Leeloo wailed from below the open bedroom window that evening.

"L-Leeloo?" Zorg asked as he poked his head out the window.

"Leeloo!" She cheered when she saw him.

"Just a minute," he said as he ran down the stairs and let her in. When he opened the door she noticed his bare chest. She'd never seen a bare male chest before… She stared at him, unreservedly fascinated before poking at his body. He had a very nice figure for such a skinny man. Although you could see his ribs, it was still muscular and shapely.

"Dot," Leeloo said as she poked a scar across his left ribcage.

"W-what are you doing?" He asked curiously as she continued to poke. He could feel a strange chill circling in his stomach.

"Scar? Zorg get hurt?" She asked as she embraced him.

"Oh that, it was a long time ago," he said as she squeezed him tighter. He could only feel the pressure on his left side… but it was still enough to cut off his breathing.

"L-Leeloo, I'm okay," he said as he pried her off. "It was a long, long time ago."

"Leeloo miss Zorg," she said as she smiled at him, showing off her perfect teeth.

"I-I missed you… too Leeloo," he said. He wasn't sure if it was quite true… or if he just didn't want to admit it was.

"Good, ice-cream?" Leeloo opened the brown messenger bag she was carrying around her shoulder and pulled out a box of chocolate ice cream.

"Where did you get that?" He asked her as he led her into the kitchen.

"Korben's house," she said as she placed the box down on the kitchen table.

"Here you go," he said as he handed her a perfect glass bowl. It had no scratches, no cracks, no stains. It was perfect. Zorg was a very meticulous man. There was never anything out of place in his home… the same couldn't really be said about his office although it was usually neat… except on days when his mind was wandering. His desk was particularly messy today.

"Two please," Leeloo ordered.

"What?" He was snapped out of his relation of Leeloo and the bowl when she said something.

"Two," she reached up into his cabinet and pulled out another perfect bowl. She pulled a spoon out of the drawer and began to scoop ice cream into the two bowls.

"How did youknow where the spoons wer—nevermind. Ice cream at nine at night?" He asked as she handed him a bowl.

"Yes. Eat," she commanded as they sat down at the table.

This, Zorg thought, must be Leeloo's idea of a date… ice cream at nine.

"Zorg like?" She asked as she spooned some into her own mouth. He nodded and muttered yes through his full mouth. He was never a big fan of ice cream but tonight it just seemed to appeal to him… it was tasty tonight.

"No badaboom?" Leeloo made sure he hadn't exploded yet… no that he was sitting right there or anything though…

"Hm-mh," he shook his head no. "No badaboom, Leeloo. Don't worry," Leeloo smiled and nodded too.

"Leeloo want to sleep over," she announced as they put the dirty dishes into the dishwasher.

"Thank you," the dishwasher announced. Zorg jumped.

"I hate it when it does that," he muttered as he switched the automated voice off.

"Leeloo want to sleep over," she said again as he turned to face her. She was still captivated by his chest and it showed.

"Uhh… would Mr. Dallas mind?" He asked nervously. Leeloo shook her head no.

"Leeloo got permission," she said as she held out a thumbs-up.

"Um, okay then," Zorg led her into the bedroom. Before he could even suggest a cot or sleeping bag she bounced onto the bed and cuddled into his blankets. When she noticed him just standing there she reached out, grabbed his arm, and pulled him down next to her. Her job wasn't finished yet. Next she spread the blanket around both of them and cuddled against him.

"Leeloo love Zorg. Goodnight," she said as she cuddled gently against his chest. He felt his heart pound as his mouth fell open.

"Korben say when sleep together you must take Leeloo's clothes off," she announced. Zorg gasped.

"What!"