Wow, you know I really didn't think people would like my story and i'm sorry it took so long to update...I had to go to my grandparents house and they don't have the internet.

Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim...it hurts to admit it, but I don't...I just...don't. sniff

Warning: ZADR and if you don't like it you can kiss my $$...that is if you want to...

Chapter 2

"So...I was kind of wondering if you had any advice on how to deal with these...thingies..." Zim stated after his explanation to the Tallest, who were obviously shaking with laughter on the other end of the line, unknown to the preoccupied Irken.

"Oh! Well snicker um...I think you should go along with it Zim" Purple said as Red ducked out of sight.

"You do!" Zim asked incredulously, his eyes widening in shock.

"Yeah!" Red chimed in as he sidled back into view."That way you can...um gather...information-", At this point Red underwent such a bad fit of the giggles he grasped his stomach and slid to the floor to keep from letting it overflow.

Zim started analyzing what the Tallest said, and by the time he had turned back they were both keeping their faces respectively straight. Zim was about to say something when the computer announced that there was someone at the door.

Feeling slightly foolish, walking in plain sight up to Zim's house like this Dib sighed and rung the doorbell, immediately Gir showed up in his lame dog costume.

"Hello!"

"Uh...hi. I was just wondering if-"

"Masters' boyfriend!"

Dib cringed. "His...what? Um...nevermind" Did shook off the feeling the something very weird was going to happen tonight and proclaimed uneasily that it was just one of the robots' insane statements.

"So...Where's Zim?"

"Who?"

"Zim..."

"Who?"

"You know...alien, has green sk-"

"What are you doing here Dib!" Zim said shakily. Zim didn't understand, he thought he was beginning to get over these weird thoughts and things he was having for the human, but now that he saw the Dib- stink in person, they returned full throtle. Now Zim was startled to realize that he was somewhat glad that Dib was here, and hearing his own voice shaking didn't help his resolve.

Being cut off by Zim wasn't at all unusual, but that wasn't why Dib was looking at Zim the way he was...okay so maybe he was staring, but who wouldn't. As if Zim's appearance wasn't enough, though he had gotten taller in the last couple of years, but he still was green and he still didn't have ears. No, Dib wasn't staring at Zim in that sense, but...did Zim's voice just quaver? Zim never sounds like that, it just wasn't right. Even if he had no idea what he was doing or talking about, he always sounded confident, but he sure as hell didn't sound confident right now.

Zim started to sweat. The human hadn't answered him at all, not even with a, 'I know what you're up to Zim!' Even though he wasn't up to anything it still would have been reasurring to have him say something like that, but no- the human did nothing but blankly stare at him as if he couldn't believe his eyes. Was something wrong with Zim? Did he suddenly sprout antlers or something? Something in his chest was thumping madly. What was this? Why did he suddenly feel this way. He hadn't set eyes on Dib for days and he had felt fine, but suddenly-...Oh, now he understood perfectly.

"You! You booby trapped yourself or something didn't you!"

"What!"

He looked confused, maybe he really hadn't done anything to himself, or maybe he had done something to Zim! Yes, that must be it! He had done something to him when he was spying! Somehow he had known and had done something!

"What did you do to me Dib stink!"

"I didn't do any-"

"YOU'RE LYING!"

"Zim I came over here to find out what you were up to!"

Zim was suddenly struck with a thought.

"You...wanted to see Zim?"

"Wanted to see what you- wait. Why am I telling you this?"

Zim was filled with a peculiar feeling that he couldn't quite place...happiness? satisfaction? Pleasure? He didn't know but he liked the feeling immensely. The scene from the spycam came back to him and he was struck with a longing to be physically close to Dib. He moved closer to were Dib was standing framed in the doorway and closed the open door.

"Zim, what are you doing?" Dib said as he moved further into the room away from the door and Zim.

"You're a human, Dib..." Zim trailed off.

Suddenly Dib was sure Zim was going to capture him and run experiments on him or something as Zim once again approached within a few feet of him, but Zim's next question threw him off his track completely.

"Are you familiar with a feeling to were you can't get someone off your mind?"

Dib was sure that this conversation was going somewhere that he wasn't willing to go.

"Uh-"

"For some reason, I seem to not be able to get you off my mind."

This was too weird, it sounded kind of like Zim thought he was in love with- no! No the thought of that is too outrageous! The thought of it made Dib laugh uncontrollably.

Zim didn't understand, he thought he had the upper hand in the conversation, but Dib all of a sudden just started laughing at him. His feeling of satisfaction or whatever it was vanished with Dib's laughter.

"What are you laughing at me for! I demand you to stop pitiful human!" Zim shouted in outrage.

Dib straightened up and said trying to keep the laughter out of his voice.

"It's called love, Zim."

"This...love...tell me more."

"Well it's just a sort of affection for another person, someone you care about."

Zim was confused, the word love seemed to fit his state of elation he had a moment ago, before Dib started laughing at him, but he didn't really care for Dib...or did he? He looked over at Dib who was slightly smiling at him as if he knew something Zim didn't.

"Now do you see, that it's completely-"

Zim cut Dib off one more time that night as he leaned up and kissed him firmly on the mouth.

Dib pushed Zim off of him.

"What do you think you're doing Zim?"

"I don't know. I was trying to-"

"Zim! I know what you're thinking, but you can't be in love with me!"

"Why not?"

"Because you're trying to take over the world and i'm trying to save it! It could never work!"

"Yes it can!"

"How could it? And even then I don't think-"

Dib looked up at Zim's widened eyes and felt the heat travel to his cheeks.

"Dib.."

"Yeah?"

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Your face is all red."

Dib looked down at the foor. This was all too weird, he didn't think he could take this. Zim, in love with him? I mean it wasn't necessarily bad, but I mean...come on? Who saw this coming? Dib looked back up at Zim, he looked forlorn as if he just lost his best friend or something, but that didn't make sense! I mean sure Dib just let him down, but you couldn't lose a friend that you never had. Dib wondered just how it would feel to be friends with Zim, it really was ironic that the one person who actually wanted to be with Dib was the one he was enemies with. Maybe he didn't give Zim enough credit, Dib actually felt sort of happy that someone felt that way for him. But, Zim didn't have anyone either, just that robot, but otherwise he was alone too. Maybe, just maybe one of Zim's reasons for taking over the world was because he didn't belong in it. If Dib could help him feel accepted then maybe he wouldn't seem so obsessed with it. Just then a thought occured to him-

"Zim?"

Zim looked up hopefully.

"Maybe this could work somehow."

"Really! Tell Zim!"

"I can't let you destroy the Earth, bu-"

"Why?"

"Because I live here."

"But you don't belong here."

"How do you know?"

"No one here cares about you at all, Dib."

"You do."

"Yes, but...but I don't belong here."

"Maybe you don't belong with the Irkens, Zim, just like I don't belong with the humans."

"You don't know what you're talking about!"

"Okay, we can work this out...somehow. How about, I won't be mean to you anymore. If you don't try to take over the world anymore."

"I couldn't do that! I have to complete my mission! If I don't-"

"But they don't appreciate you!"

"Don't talk about what you don-"

"They won't care about you the way I do, Zim!"

Why did I say that? I'm not sure I love him, but I couldn't let Zim go that easily, especially since no one else will probably ever care about me, no one ever had before.

"You mean...you care...about me?"

"I don't...i'm not sure...I know that I feel like I like you..." Dib looked up and saw Zim looking hopefully at him.

"Dib..." Zim said smiling slightly.

"Yes?"

"I think I can deal with that."

Dib smiled and kissed him gently on the top of the head. Zim smiled and wrapped his arms around his waist and for a while they stayed just like that...

Okay, that's chappie 2 and they are older than they are in the show, I forgot to put that in there somewhere...Hope you enjoyed it. Please review...please...