I hate naming chapters it's so hard ): So yeah, I decided to post a new one of these woo hoo. Might add another tonight I have no idea. Who even reads this? Well, I'm posting them anyways lol
I had served dinner and now we were all sitting at the small little table, some people were standing. Well it was me and Josh standing because I insisted that Zim and Dib sit because they were guests and Rachel is a princess so I knew I'd be standing. Thankfully, Josh volunteered to stand as well.
"I hope everyone liked it." I said as everyone lined up to place the dirty dishes in the sink.
"It was great! Thanks Katie." Dib said appreciatively. Rachel, who continued to text, walked by without a word. She didn't even greet Dib or Zim.
"Delicious as always, Kate." Josh said, he had eaten my cooking several times before.
"I despise human food." Zim said as he placed his dish in the sink. "But, your food is tolerable." he added, looking at me.
"Oh, you sure know how to make a girl feel better about herself." I replied sarcastically.
"Yes, yes. But you're my servant so I don't have to be nice to you." he said back.
"Oh please. You're still my friend. So you are nice to me." I said accusingly to him. He simply shrugged at me. "Loser." I said, taking his hand and leading him towards my door. I passed by Dib and grabbed him by the ear.
"Come outside with me!" I said in a sing-song kind of voice. I dragged them outside and laid down on the ground. "Remember when we did this?" I whispered as they laid on the ground next to me. We laid there staring up at the cloudy sky, always so dark and depressing. Yet I'd never been happier.
"Ya know, I really missed you." Dib said randomly, breaking the silence. I turned towards him and smiled.
"I missed you, too. Both of you." I said, glancing quickly at Zim. "I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to come back but I did and I'm so happy I did." I said. "We sure had some crazy adventures... and I almost died. I was kind of dumb back then, wasn't I?" I asked, although I was just babbling at this point.
"All of you humans are dumb in comparison to the mighty Irkens." Zim replied.
"Oh shut up, you." I said with a laugh. I sighed and sat up, looking around. "Is Leah still around?" I asked suddenly.
"She went off to college, actually. She comes back on her breaks though." Dib replied as he sat up as well.
"Oh." I said sadly, I missed her too. "Why didn't you go to college, big head? You're so smart." I asked Dib. He rolled his eyes at the 'big head' comment.
"I wanted to stay here and focus on just doing the science instead of going to college. My dad is already a professor so it feels kind of useless to go to college." he explained.
"Fair enough." I said with a shrug. It was getting pretty dark by now.
"I should probably head home. I'll see you tomorrow, though." Dib said with a smile as he stood up.
"Help me up please!" I said, sticking up my hands. He laughed and grabbed my hands, pulling me to my feet. I hugged him and smiled. "See you tomorrow then." I said. He ran home, turning back once to wave.
By this time, Zim had already gotten to his feet. I turned to him and smiled brightly.
"Kat-Human... I have to tell you something important... you remember the tallest, yes?" He asked, I nodded my head yes. "Yes, it seems they lost interest in getting me back to foodcourtia a long while back. They said they would leave me here on Earth but they don't care if I destroy it or not. They don't even care if I'm alive." he said, and he actually sounded quite sad.
"Oh... Zim I'm sorry." I said, not knowing what else to do I simply hugged him. I know how much it meant for him to be an invader and to be able to destroy Earth and win the love of the tallest and whatnot. "You... you don't need them. They're stupid if they say that. You can just stay here with me!" I said defiantly, I actually felt pretty angry towards the tallest now. Not that I could do anything but stand here and be mad at them.
"Kat-human, you're..." Zim said, but he seemed not to know how to finish the sentence.
"Listen Zim, I have something important to say, too. I know you don't care for human affection and whatnot but..."
"Hey Katie, it's getting pretty late. Aren't you tired? Oh your friend is still here..." Josh had interrupted my sentence. I sighed and looked down at the ground.
"Yeah. Yeah it's late, you're right. I'll be right in." I replied, looking back up at Zim. Josh returned inside and I sighed. "I'll... tell you tomorrow. Goodnight Zim." I said quietly, hugging him once more before retreating indoors. I went upstairs and went right to bed without another word, yet I stayed awake for hours staring at the ceiling and thinking.
The next day I woke up early, despite having stayed up pretty late the previous night. I got up and showered, I put on a cute little dress with stockings and my favorite combat boots and headed downstairs. I made some waffles and waited for my sister and Josh to wake up. I sat at the table and ate some of the waffles while listening to some music on my phone. I don't know how long I sat there alone but eventually I heard someone moving around upstairs, it was already 9:30 so I was pleased someone else was up. Suddenly there was a knock at the door that made me jump, I pulled my earbuds out and went to answer.
"Dib? What are you doing here so early?" I asked once I opened the door to see Dib standing there.
"I... well I was just excited to come see you. I mean, it's been five years..." Dib said, he sounded so awkward. I laughed and hugged him tightly.
"Okay, let's hang out today. Come in for a second I have to wait for someone else to wake up so I can let them know I'm going out." I explained, I took his hand and brought him inside. I sat down on the couch in the living room and he sat down next to me. We made small talk for a while about what town has been like for the past few years until someone came downstairs, it was Rachel.
"Oh Rachel, you're awake, good." I said, hopping up off the couch. "Dib is here, we're going out for a while okay? Um, do you know if Josh is up? I feel rude leaving him around here all the time but I need this one day for my friends okay? Alright, well I made waffles so you can go enjoy those. See you later." I rambled senselessly to my sister. I turned to Dib and took his hand, "okay, let's go." I said with a smile, and led him out of the house.
Well I hope you enjoyed. I hope my writing has improved since Adjusting to Life, or maybe it hasn't. I don't know o.o