The next day, Zim sat at his desk, he was wearing his usual jeans and salmon shirt, adjusting his wig; it had a messy look to it and had big bangs in the front, his pencil was twitching as the teacher was talking about something that didn't really interest him. His blue contacts looked down on his desk waiting for something interesting.
Gaz was right behind him silently playing her game; she had been bumped up a grade because of her intelligence, she wore a fitted black dress, striped leggings and sleeves like she always did, her skull necklace hung loosely on her neck.
From across the room her brother Dib was scribbling in his notebook furiously, he wore his usual black jacket and blue t-shirt, he was still being teased about his head size even though he had grown into it more.
The morning was lazy and slowly draining the lives out of everyone but when the teacher said that their was a project that they would have to do with a partner the whole class stood up looking for their buddies to work with. Zim just leaned back in his chair; no one ever picked him for everything, him or Dib.
Suddenly Zim got a tap on his shoulder; he turned around in surprise as he met a pair of eyes that looked like melting honey,
"Do you want to be my partner?" asked Gaz slightly squinting at him,
His first reaction was to interrogate her, "Why?!" he asked in his usual screaming way,
"Because it's either you or my brother," she said a little aggravated
He nodded, "I am honored to have been picked as a 'partner' for the 'project' over the HUMANGOUS HEADED EARTH MONKEEEEY!!" he said as he stood on his chair,
People stared at him oddly, he climbed back down and sat in his chair,
Gaz rolled her eyes, "Whatever," she went back to her game and Zim turned around and played with his pencil, now if only he knew what was a 'project',
"Its due in two weeks," said the teacher"You have to build an electronic mini car about the size of a shoe box using these measurements" she started writing the measurements on the board,
Gaz wrote them down quickly,
Zim tried to write them down but he fumbled with his pencil, getting more and more aggravated, he turned red in his face and wiped out what looked like a little gun and pointed it at the pencil, "DAMN YOU STINK SAP!!!" he shouted
Everyone looked at him and rolled their eyes, the teacher zipped around in surprise,
Zim put the zapper gun away, coughed lightly and twiddled his thumbs;
Dib glared at him waiting for the bell to ring, he stared at the clock.
After what seemed like forever the bell rang loudly and all the students rushed out of class to get to their last class, Zim walked out the door doing his little 'march step'. He walked to his locker and opened it, his books accidently fell on the ground, he sighed in frustration and bent down to get them.
Their was a tap on the locker door, he stood up with the books in his hands. Gaz was leaning on the locker beside him, "hey,"
He looked around and whirled behind him,
"What are you doing?" she asked,
"The Dib has hired you to distract me as he gets ready to attack with his…GIANT BOXES OF MUFFINS!!!"
She raised an eyebrow, "I was actually going to ask you if you wanted to come over to my house after school,"
He turned and looked at her oddly, "why?" he actually wasn't screaming this time,
"For the project," she said sounding a little pissed,
"YES!! I will transport myself to your home-base after school!" he said screaming,
"See you there," she said walking away,
He had the strangest feeling to watch her walk away; he almost unwillingly stared at her as she walked down the hall clutching her Game Slave in her hand,
Suddenly he was grabbed by the collar and pushed into the bathroom, he stumbled as he was kneed in the back and he fell on the ground, his hands spread out, a knee cap pressing against his back, he screamed in pain as his arm was being twisted,
"Don't go near my sister you son of a bitch!" shouted Dib twisting Zim's arm, he grabbed his wig and threw it at a corner as he got up and walked off,
Zim rushed to his wig and fastened it on his head, wiping his mouth and rubbing his arm, he knew only one thing, he was defiantly seeing Gaz tonight.