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Chapter 3: Do the insane know they're insane?
That night Dib lay awake in bed. He watched his bare ceiling. His glasses reflected a bit of streetlight light on the wall from their nightstand perch.
A couple of things were on his mind. Why was he upset with Zim's death? He had died years ago, but the memory was sprouting up now of all times. It wasn't that Dib felt sorry for Zim. Zim was evil. Insane too. But Dib had taken something from him, something he himself wanted. But what Zim wanted would have cost earth.
Zim wanted respect. If he had captured earth he would have probably gained that admiration from his leaders, the Tallest. He could have taken any planet for that matter. But Dib had killed him and took away any chance of that.
Any chance of getting respect.
The kind everyone deserves.
Including Dib, who'd give almost anything for it.
Auri, too, was invading his thoughts. Dib needed a friend. He had no one, no one in his life who cared. Not his idiotic-yet-brilliant dad. His sister cared a little, but not at the level where it was reassuring. The school kids…did he even want to be friends with them? But Auri, Auri might understand.
Dib was trying to figure her out from first impressions. She was a loner. She hadn't tried to make one friend. But she could just be shy, waiting for people to make the first move.
Like him?
She hadn't shooed him away, that was a good sign wasn't it?
Dib gulped. Sure, he could make friends with her. How? By mimicking the other kids. But would that truly be a friendship, one based on lies?
He admitted to himself that he had a crush on her. He had had a crush on Tak too. It meant nothing, and would go away.
Wouldn't it?
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Dib drifted off to sleep…
Dib opened his eyes, as if waking from a long period of unconsciousness. He was sitting and tried to rise, but something held him back. Rope. He was tied to a pole behind him. No…it was a tree, because now he saw grass below him.
Auri stood in front of him. Dib tried to speak, to ask what was going on, but no sound came out. She stood there, in her men's boots, twirling a knife in her hands. Dib felt that she wasn't going to use it to cut the rope…
Without warning Auri ran toward him. Dib closed his eyes, unable to dodge her.
Slink, went the sound a knife sinking into something. Confused, Dib opened his eyes.
The knife handle stuck out of the tree's bark, only inches from his head. He looked to his "attacker". She was kneeling in front of him, her face not far from his. Dib's heart beat loudly in his chest. He continued watching her watch him.
Auri surged forward and kissed him. Surprised, he kissed back.
Then she separated from him, got up, and took a few steps back. She smiled, bearing pointed fangs, and laughed. Then she disappeared.
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Beep, beep, beeeeeeeeep…
Dib's hand fell on his alarm clock.
He groaned.
How had he gotten to sleep last night?
What did that dream mean?
Where'd he put his glasses last night?
