A/N: Haha! I be updating this chapter on time this week! So for those of you who have been waiting so patiently, here be Chapter 11 of ZADR Orange. X3 Much love sent out to those of you who have faved the story or added it to your story alert list. You guys are awesome. And remember, feedback is much appreciated as well. So we hope you all enjoy this next update. =3

Warnings: Extreme OOCness

Rating: M for later chapters

Disclaimer: We do not own Invader Zim, nor any of the characters from it. We do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Zim: Notgonnadie

Dib/Miss Bitters/Gaz: Me

Beta: Notgonnadie

Dropping a giant pile of papers on his desk, Miss Bitters then pointed out the door. "Fine! Now get out of here!" she ordered Zim to leave her classroom.

Grabbing all the papers, Zim wasted no time at all making a break for Dib's house. "M-Maybe...Maybe he will forgive me." he said to himself, holding the papers tightly as he made his way to the human's house. Arriving at the house within a matter of minutes, he hesitated before making his way up to the front door. "Well...Here goes nothing..." he whispered to himself before knocking on the door.

Answering the door a few moments later, Gaz could only glare at him when she saw who it was. "What the hell do YOU want?" she demanded, standing in the doorway with her arms crossed, tapping her foot on the ground impatiently, having had to pause her game to answer the door.

Zim could only flinch at her words a bit. "I-I'm here t-to-" he stopped his stuttering to swallow thickly. "TO BRING DIB HIS HOMEWORK!" he spit the rest out quickly, head bowed as he held up the stack of papers in front of him before glancing back up at her from his hiding place behind them, unsure of the current situation.

Merely glaring at him, Gaz stepped out of his way nonetheless to let him in the house. "He's upstairs in his room, SULKING." she informed him before turning away to walk back into the living room. "Good luck getting him out of there." she then muttered, returning to her seat on the couch. "And close the door!" she yelled back at him, not wanting to have to get up again to close it herself.

"Uhh..." Zim stepped inside and closed the door behind him, still feeling unsure about himself. "I'm going to...go up then..." he said, rather nervously.

"Whatever." Gaz responded back, really not caring what he did so long as he didn't disturb her again.

Nodding in her direction, still trying to build up his courage enough to confront Dib, Zim finally proceeded to head up the stairs towards Dib's room, knocking on the door softly when he came to stand right outside it. "Dib?" he called out the others name through the door quietly, not sure what to expect from the boy.

Eyes snapping wide open at the sound of Zim's voice on the other end of his door, Dib sat up slightly in the bed. "Z-Zim...?" the Irken's name escaped his lips before he turned to glare at the door, throwing something at it in response.

"Go away, Zim! Just leave me alone! I was stupid to think you wanted anything more than sex from me!" he screamed back through the door, feeling himself breaking down again as the memory of Zim's words yesterday ripped through his heart a second time, leaving him to bleed on the inside even more.

Feeling a stab through his spooch, Zim could only pull back slightly, flinching at Dib's words. "Dib? I-I'm sorry...I shouldn't have come..." he sighed to himself. "I knew you hated me..." he continued softly, unable to bring himself to leave as he just slid down to the floor in front of the door. "Please come out, Dib..." he still tried to convince the other to open the door regardless.

Wiping at one of his eyes with his wrist, Dib couldn't stop the tears from coming as more tears just took the place of the tears he had already wiped away. "And why should I forgive you? You didn't exactly forgive me yesterday when I apologized for not being ready to take such a huge step in our relationship! I know you wanted to have sex, but humans don't just jump into such things as that so suddenly! Besides, Zim! I'm 16 for crying out loud!" he exclaimed, glaring even more in the direction Zim's voice was coming from.

Wilting at those words, Zim could only drop his gaze to the ground, ashamed. "I-I'm sorry...I thought you were mad at me...I-I didn't know you just weren't ready...You didn't say anything..." he tried to explain his actions, pulling his knees to his chest and sighing. "I'm sorry...I forget sometimes...humans are...very different..." he apologized again, praying the other would understand his reasoning for acting in that way.

"What made you think I was mad at you? Do you think I would have apologized if I had been mad at you?" Dib could only explode on the other now, sniffling wetly still. "I was just nervous! I've never...I've never done anything like that before!" he pulled his own knees to his chest, glad now that there was a door between them seeing as how his cheeks were burning from that statement.

A sad look coming to his face, Zim remained silent, feeling horrible now. "...Can I come in, Dib?" he finally asked after several moments of silence.

Remaining silent for a few more long moments, Dib finally let out a shaky breath before answering. "Th-That depends...Do you plan on trying to force yourself on me again?" he still sounded angry as he asked that question.

"NO! Don't say I would do that, Dib! I won't! I swear!" he panicked now, not wanting Dib to think of him in that sort of way.

Falling silent again for several moments, Dib finally stood up after a minute or two, blanket draped about him, and made his way over towards the door to unlock and open it slightly, peeking two tired, puffy eyes out at Zim. "Fine..." he finally gave in, stepping away from the door to allow Zim entrance into his room as he headed back over to his bed and wiped his eyes on a pillow, his room a mess, old photos of Zim scattered across the floor from photo albums he had thrown at the door every time somebody had tried to get him to come out of his room.

Shocked that Dib had actually agreed to let him in, taking the gesture as a good sign, Zim hesitantly stepped into the room, staring nervously at all the scattered images of himself on the floor and dented albums laying in the doorway. "Heh...Looks like you had a war in here..." he tried to make small talk, getting really nervous when the joke was met only with silence from the other, causing him to grip the homework papers in his hands tighter, worried something bad would happen...like rejection. "C-Can I sit down?" he asked, pointing awkwardly at the foot of the bed.

Hugging a pillow to himself, Dib merely glared off to the side. "I guess..." he said, pulling his knees up to his chest again, trying to keep the tears back.

Sitting down on the bed across from him, Zim couldn't help but glance up at Dib nervously. "I'm sorry..." he apologized yet again, this time holding up the homework papers for Dib. "I-I brought you your homework..." he tried to keep his voice from shaking as he had no idea what to do or say now that he was in Dib's room. "P-Please forgive me..." he begged the other in a quiet voice, squeezing his eyes shut tightly. "I didn't mean to come off that way, honest I didn't..." he said, just wanting to prove to Dib he wasn't as bad as how he had come off yesterday.

Hiding his face in his pillow, Dib could only shaking his head slowly. "Y-You really hurt me yesterday, Zim...Worse than you ever have before...A-And it's going to be a long time before I can fully trust you again..." he inhaled shakily then exhaled, his body shaking with emotion.

Shaking now himself, Zim couldn't keep hold of the papers any longer as he dropped them to the ground. "I-I know...But please...I won't do it again. I swear...J-Just...Don't avoid me like this..." he couldn't bring his gaze up to look at Dib any longer.

Lifting his head slightly to stare back at Zim for a few moments, Dib also dropped his gaze back down to the ground when Zim refused to look at him. "I'm not avoiding you now, am I?" he asked in a suddenly very low and calm voice.

Entire body drooping, Zim could only sigh again. "It feels like it..." he admitted before looking back up at Dib sadly. "I'm still over here alone, aren't I...?" he finally managed to look Dib straight in the eyes.

Sighing at Zim's words, Dib slowly scooted himself up closer to Zim, knowing that if he was going to get over this, he'd have to at least stop avoiding Zim in order to do so.

Smiling weakly at Dib, Zim eyed Dib sadly still. "You do hate me, don't you?" he said, bringing his gaze back to down in front of him.

Not answering right away, Dib merely seemed to give it some thought before responding back to the other. "...I don't hate you...I wanted to...after I got home last night...but I couldn't bring myself to..." he squeezed his eyes tightly shut, hugging himself and shivering slightly.

"I'm sorry...I couldn't keep myself away, Dib..." Zim said as he timidly went to wrap an arm around Dib. "Will you ever forgive me?" he asked, knowing that just so long as there was a chance, he'd be okay in the end.

Tensing slightly at Zim's touch, Dib could only peek his eyes open partway, new tears streaming down his cheeks. "I-I don't want to be hurt again..." he seemed hesitant to forgive the other.

"I-I don't want to hurt you again, Dib." he pulled back, thinking that perhaps he had done something wrong again.

"I-I don't want to be alone anymore..." he then returned to sobbing into his arms when he felt Zim pulling away.

Worried now that he really had done something wrong, Zim quickly brought up his hands to try and calm Dib down. "No! No, don't cry!" he started waving his arms at the other. "I'm right here! I'm not leaving you!" he didn't want Dib to feel alone either.

Wiping at his eyes with one arm, Dib could only cry more, however, his tears overflowing now. "B-B-But you left me all alone in your ship last night and didn't even care how much it hurt me when you walked out of the room and told me to leave!" he cried, bringing his hands up to hide his face in.

"I...I..." Zim wasn't sure how to respond to that as he stood up from his spot on the bed and stomped his foot frustratedly. "Oh, forget it!" he stopped trying to explain himself and just glomped onto Dib, holding him close now. "I don't WANT to leave you!" he told the other, running a hand up and down his back reassuringly.

Curling up in Zim's arms, Dib hid his face in the others chest, clinging tightly to his uniform top. "Then why did you?" he exclaimed, wanting to know why Zim had walked out on him last night.

"I don't know why! I thought...you didn't like me...I'm sorry. Irkens and humans show their emotions much differently." Zim held Dib tighter, nuzzling into his neck.

Sniffling wetly, Dib slowly began to calm but only slightly as he was still fairly upset. "I didn't know that refusing to have sex with you would give you that impression of me! I thought you would have just wanted to be with me regardless!" he threw out, unable to get over the fact that Zim had reacted so strongly to his not wanting to sleep with him.

Embarrassed now, Zim blushed. "I do though! But...You didn't say you didn't want to...You just changed the subject to go home...You were avoiding me!" he said defensively.

"I was avoiding having sex with you! Not avoiding YOU! I-I just wanted to wait a bit...You know...before we decided to do that...B-Because I didn't want it to be rushed...E-Especially since I have absolutely no idea what the fuck I'm doing, and I just wanted my first time to be perfect...A-And it wasn't helping that contrary to what I thought it would be with another guy...o-or an alien even...o-or YOU..." he argued back, blushing himself now and staring down at the ground with wide eyes.

Facial expression softening, Zim smiled back at Dib. "If you were feeling so confused, why didn't you just tell me?" he asked, hugging the other close and nuzzling up to him. "I could have waited. I still can." he said, hopeful now that he could save this relationship.

"I-I just didn't want you to get the wrong idea...o-or be hurt or disappointed..." his blush deepened as he began to play with his fingers a bit. "...B-Because...and don't take this the wrong way, but...y-you just never seemed to be the most patient of beings when it came to what you wanted...I-I mean...In the past, you never hesitated to go after what you wanted..." he just came out and said what he thought of the other, flinching back afterwords, afraid of what Zim's reaction would be.

A/N: And there you have it. Your weekly update of ZADR Orange. And yesh! Hehehe. More OOCness for you all. XD. No real plot development here, but oh well. Next chapter should be where you all pick up the next plot bunny to follow after. Anyways, keep your eyes open for Chapter 12. We'll see how I do getting it up on time next week. =3. Now let me take this time to respond to those of you who reviewed.

To ClockwerkOrange: Why, thank you very much. =3 *Takes sandwich* For taking the time to read and review, here be a cookie in return. *Hands you cookie* Hope you continue to read and enjoy this story. =3

To Don Svelte: Lol. Sorry for the bit of wait. Though, really, it wasn't a full week seeing as how I got it up late last week and on time this week. XD So hopefully the wait wasn't too horrible. Glad to hear you're enjoying our story so much. Here be Chapter 11 to hold you over until the next update. 8D Until next time~!

To : Lol. No. As you'll see in this chapter and the next, they work things out in Dib's room. Heh...He doesn't kidnap Dib until LATER in the story. XD Or does he? Lol. You'll just have to keep on reading to find out. XD

To 1337kitsune: Lol. Anytime. *Hug* I love getting to know my readers. 83 Whether they want to get to know me or not. XD Anyways. Yesh! This be rated M! Chapter 34 is what you'll be looking for in that area and a link will be posted to AFF when we get to it. Glad to hear you enjoyed the last chapter so much. I was a little worried people would be driven away by my overly OOC Dibbeh. XD But I should have more faith in the addictiveness of this story, OOC or not. XD And yes. Zim and Dib have relationship problems all throughout this story. Oh, such relationship problems they have! As for the length of this story, I can assure you this story is nowhere NEAR being done. We're still writing it. And I'm 99.9 percent sure that this story will reach over 100 chapters. It will possibly be one of the longest stories you've ever read, given you don't get scared away by any of the upcoming chapters. They're not really scary. Just a matter of taste in respect to where we take the plot. But I get the feeling you'll enjoy this regardless, given you've read Notgonnadie's stuff and she's doing Zim's parts in all of this. XD I don't think you have much to worry about. But we'll see. =3 Anyways. You'll have plenty to look forward to when it comes to this story for even years to come. Because I know this story will take us well over a year to complete if not more time. After all, I have to completely rewrite our script form RP in narrative form. That's a lot of work. So I hope you enjoy my crappy ficafied version of this story. And once again, yes. That happens a lot in this story. Nothing's set in stone yet until we write it. XD The water balloon idea was mine but we never really entered into a part of this story that I could put them to use. So yeah. XD Thanks again for reveiwing. Until next time. =3

To kaoru1174: Aw, yesh. And here be another new chapter! 8D The Earth is indeed safe and shall most likely remain safe for the remainder of this story. But as this story progresses, so shall the relationship problems. So, no. They really don't ever get a break in this story. We torment them ever so much in it. Thanks for reviewing again. *Hug* Hope to hear from you soon. =3

To Illisandria Carthain: Woot! XD I always look forward to your weekly questions. Anyways. You have actually asked me this question before, so let me give you a clearer answer than I did previously. As I said before, Professor Membrane IS in this story. However, he doesn't make an appearance until Chapter 18. So we still have a few chapters to get through before we get to him. For now, just assume he's working, as always, at his lab outside the house. Glad to hear you're enjoying the OOCness of this story. Trust me, there's plenthy of it. And thank you for such a kind compliment. 83 We really do try to keep our readers happy when writing this story, though of course, we also have to keep ourselves interested when writing it. So, if you don't mind following our crazy plot bunnies, you should find yourself quite pleased with the flow of this story. Thanks again for the kind review. *Hug* And we hope to speak with you soon again. =3

To .: And another new reviewer! Hello and welcome! =3 Please don't explode. Here's an update to keep you from exploding for now. But really. You'll want to stay with this particular story as long as you can stand it. XD It has much to offer in the way of plot bunnies and surprises galore! 8D So I hope you continue to read and enjoy and review! 8D Always love getting new reviewers. =3