A/N: Alright. Let's see. It's been...one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, EIGHT months since I last updated this story here. Wow. You guys must hate me for taking so long to update this story again. But, for the record, a lot of shit went down during those 8 months that I'd really rather not get into on here. To keep things short and sweet, let's just say that NGD and I had a bit of a falling out with each other during that time away and are no longer in any sort of contact whatsoever.

I assume some of you may have heard rumors about this falling out over on DA, but just to set the record straight, I have NOT stolen ANYTHING from NGD, which is the rumor she started about me. -I- was the one who put all my time and effort into converting our script role play to a narrative format, and -I- was the one who made this fic available for you guys to read in the long run. NGD can baww to as many people as she'd like about me "stealing" this fic from her. It's not true though. I worked my ass off on this fic. I have every right in the world to continue posting it. Especially after how she tried to claim the entire thing as her own, saying to me, and I quote, "You didn't do boo-fucking-hoo on this fic." Yeah. Right. I guess all the hours I put into re-writing it for posting equates to not doing "boo-fucking-hoo" in her book. But whatever. -I- know how much time and effort I put into this fic and that's all that really matters. And despite everything that happened, I -STILL- give her credit for what she did do, even though she didn't want to acknowledge my work on this fic. Thankfully, her attempts at reporting me for theft have proven pointless. She has no evidence I stole anything and as such, I shall continue to post this story, even if I have to finish up the ending on my own.

On a side note, you guys can look forward to faster updates now. And by faster, I mean HOURLY updates as opposed to weekly or even daily updates. As things stand now, I'm just trying to catch this story up to where it originally left off (before NGD had a cow about it the first time and forced me to delete the entire story from DA) So yeah. Hopefully these fast updates will more than make up for the 8 months of inactivity.

I want to thank those of you who reviewed this story in my absence. I REALLY appreciate your guys' kind reviews. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to respond to you all at this moment. So, come next chapter, I'll pick back up on responding to you guys. This is just one of those rare chapters where I won't leave feedback to you at the end of the chapter. Sorry about that. Chapter 55 of ZADR Orange is here though at last and I'll see how many updates I can get in today as I work my way towards building this fic and its fanbase up again. =3

Also, I graduated from college this semester! X3 So I should finally have plenty of time to be getting back to all my fics on here! 8D *Dances* Looking forward to continuing my currently ongoing fics. =3

Warnings: Extreme OOCness

Rating: M

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: Me

Still feeling a little bit unsure about all of this despite Rose's words, Zim could only nod his head slowly, blushing a bit as his antennae drooped and he realized he had completely forgotten his disguise back at his base when he had fled the house to find Dib. "Y-Yeah..." the word left his mouth shakily. He didn't really care that he was out of disguise, but he knew Dib would. "So...Are you okay?" he then asked, directing his question at Dib.

Still quite embarrassed himself, Dib could only lift his eyes up to look at Zim before dropping them back down to the ground and responding in a quiet voice. "Y-Yeah..." he nodded his own head slowly.

Rose smiled even more. "Wow, you two certainly are both shy!" she said before ruffling Dib's hair a bit and helping him back to his feet to take a seat on the couch.

"Zim is not shy..." Zim blushed, taking a seat next to Dib.

Rose smiled back at him. "Oh? Well, I'm sorry then. You are rather quiet though." she pointed out, Zim having hardly said a word since she first walked into the living room.

Zim looked away. "Zim has...not much to say..." he said rather uncomfortably, not used to having conversations with anybody other than Dib.

Standing up straighter, Rose then straightened out her back before bringing a hand down to place over her belly. "Well, that's fine. I'm certain you'll be too busy listening to the babies anyways. In fact, I assume you could probably hear their heartbeats already if you wanted to." she smiled, remembering how she and Jack had been able to hear their own baby just a few months earlier.

Zim's antennas perked up. "Heartbeat?...But...They are eggs." he looked confused, starting to doubt himself just a little bit more at that comment.

"Hm? Well, how far along is he? I believe I was at the end of my second month when Jack and I could hear the heartbeat on an ultrasound. Though I suppose it may be different for an alien baby in an egg."

"Uhh...Three-ish? I think..."

Merely sitting back listening to their conversation, Dib pulled his legs back up onto the couch to curl up on one of his sides, hugging his abdomen. "Ugh...How long does the morning sickness last?" he joined in on their conversation after a moment, wanting to know how much longer he'd have to suffer through all this.

"Well, it can last up to the fifth month...It just depends."

Curling in on himself even more, Dib groaned. "I don't know if I can put up with another 2 months of this...I've reached my limit. I want it to stop..." he sobbed to himself lightly.

Reaching out to rub his back comfortingly, Rose sighed. "This will pass too...You only feel that way because of all the hormones, Dib." she tried to calm him, knowing he would start to feel better about all of this soon enough.

Feeling useless, Zim looked away.

Noticing this, Rose then reached out to take Zim's hands, pulling him closer to Dib and wrapping his arms around him. "You stay with Dib, Zim. He needs you right now. In the meantime, I'm going to go get breakfast started." she smiled at him before standing up to head into the kitchen, leaving Zim to comfort Dib alone.

Still sobbing gently to himself, Dib, after a moment, then turned over to hide his face in Zim's side to continue sobbing against him.

Oddly quiet, Zim could only hold Dib tightly and begin rubbing up and down his back gently. "I'm sorry...for all of this." he apologized, never having wanted Dib to go through this.

Sniffling and nuzzling his face even more into the Irken's side, Dib could only scoot in closer to Zim. "I love you..." the words sounded shaky coming from his mouth.

Zim's eyes watered up. "I love you too...So much..." he rubbed his antennas against Dib's.

"Then don't leave me...Not even for one second..."

"I promise. I'll never leave you..."

Swallowing thickly, Dib then continued. "A-And don't leave them either..." he said before reaching down a hand to his stomach to stroke it.

Eyes still wet, Zim smiled at those words. "I swear, I'll never leave any of you..." he pulled Dib into a deep kiss. "You are mine, Dib. All mine, and I love every bit of you..." he said, lapping at Dib's bottom lip one last time before licking his own lips.

Calming a bit now, Dib sighed into the kiss. "I don't want the smeets to grow up like I did..." he looked away to the ground, antennas drooping now.

Nuzzling more into Dib, Zim then licked his cheek sweetly. "I'll never let that happen..." he didn't want their smeets to be in the same situation Dib had been in with his father.

"I may not have wanted them so early in life, but I wasn't lying when I said I wanted to have kids someday...A-And I just hope you weren't either. I hope that you weren't just saying what you said because you knew I was pregnant..."

Zim shook his head furiously. "Of course not! Every Irken DREAMS of having their own smeets...But naturally born smeets are so rare, hardly anyone gets that wish fulfilled..." he then smiled, nuzzling Dib. "I was just lucky..." he breathed out against Dib's antennae.

"How did they become so rare on your planet? Reproduction doesn't seem to be all that different from the way humans reproduce."

Zim shrugged. "I'm not really sure...But for some reason, it's very hard to get pregnant or to keep the baby once you are..." he tried to at least give Dib an idea of how reproduction worked on his planet.

"Do you think my being part human had something to do with why it was so easy for me to get pregnant then?" Dib looked back down at his stomach, giving it another gentle stroke.

"It might have...Honestly, I thought it would make it even more impossible because human males don't get pregnant...But..." Zim placed a hand on Dib's belly, rubbing it gently. "Maybe your human genes made it possible." he really had no idea how Dib had so easily gotten pregnant when it was so hard for his own species to do so.

"Is it normal to have so many all at once? Because humans don't usually have so many. Even having two is rare, let alone three."

"Well, when it DOES happen, it's about an average of six eggs at a time...So three is a very small number in comparison...But I think that would work to our advantage. With less eggs, there is a better chance of them all surviving."

Closing his eyes, Dib rested a cheek in Zim's lap before opening them back up halfway. "Will it hurt a lot?" he knew he had to ask the question, unable to imagine having one, let alone three.

"...I don't know, Dib..." Zim sighed. "Y-You remember when I said...that I was afraid to have sex with anyone?" he asked, glancing down at Dib.

Looking back up at Zim, Dib nodded his head slowly. "Y-Yeah...I remember..." he wasn't sure whether he liked where this conversation was going anymore.

"Well...The only reason I was scared...was because Zim did not want to carry smeets...Every Irken dreams of having them...But I was afraid that I would end up being one of the special cases where I could get pregnant...And on Irk, because of my height, I would have had to be submissive if I ever had more than foreplay...So, I just refused..."

Dib's antennae drooped a bit. "A-And so that's why you wanted me to be bottom...J-Just in case...Wh-What if you had been with a female? W-Would it have been any different?" he asked, wanting to know whether height played a role in any of the heterosexual relationships on his planet.

But Zim could only smile at that question, shaking his head. "Zim has no interest in females, Dib. I never have, and I never will." he snickered to himself at the thought of being with a female.

Seeming to deflate a bit at that information, Dib could only sigh and sink his head down into his arms in Zim's lap. "I almost wish you had...I don't know if I can do this, Zim...I mean, there's no going back now, b-but I just don't see how I'm going to be able to do this...I wasn't born female. I wasn't built for this kind of thing. And yet, I wish I had been now because maybe this all would have been so much easier if I had..." he closed his eyes, feeling slightly defeated.

Zim ran his hands through Dib's hair. "Dib, no matter what gender you are, it's going to be hard...But you're strong. I've seen you at your best and at your worst. You can do anything." he said, leaning down to kiss Dib on the forehead.

"But I'm at my worst right now, aren't I? If I were to puke right now, I don't even think I'd have it in me to get up and get to a bathroom."

Zim kissed Dib's head again. "That is why you have me to carry you there..." he smiled wide down at the boy.

Dib let his eyelids slip closed tiredly. "Before long, you won't even be able to do that because I'll gain lots of weight and be too large to carry anywhere..." he pulled his knees up to his chest, yawning tiredly.

Petting Dib gently, Zim smiled. "Good thing Zim is strong. And if all else fails, I still have my PAK legs..." he pointed a thumb behind himself at his PAK.

"Mmhm...Maybe you can just leave me in the bathroom for the rest of my pregnancy..." Dib mumbled, antennas curling back to press against the back of his head as he began to doze off on the other.

A/N: And there you have it for Chapter 55. Like I said in my above A/N, I'm not going to be responding to reviews this chapter. However, should I get any for next chapter (given you haven't all given up on me), I'll definitely respond to you guys. Talk to you all in a few hours~ I hope...