"Wait," Sizz-Lorr said. "This lady is your MOM?"

"CHA!" I said. "MOM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! THIS IS A NEW KIND OF DESPERATE!"

"Well," She said. "He WAS awful nice to me. He picked me up by Denny's. And he's kind of cute. Honey, aren't you happy that you might get a new daddy?"

"NOT IF IT'S HIM! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES HE'S KIDNAPPED ME? SLAPPED ME? FORCED ME TO WORK? GOTTEN ME INTO PRISON?" I screamed. "HE'S TRIED TO KILL ME!"

"Well if you're Candy's mom, I don't want to marry you." Sizz-Lorr said to my mom.

"W-well we can still go out, right?"

"I…don't know. You see, your daughter is the most stubborn, demonic, annoying, stupid girl I have EVER met in my entire life."

"HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT ABOUT MY DAUGHTER?" she screamed, slapping Sizz-Lorr.

"WHOO! GO, MOM!" I screamed. Sizz-Lorr grabbed me and put his arm around my neck as soon as my mom was going to slap him again.

"If you touch me again, she gets choked to death."

I bit his arm and he screamed, letting me go.

"I didn't want to do this…" he said, grabbing a large knife. "But I'm killing everyone in this ship."

"Even me?" the pilot asked randomly.

"Naw, you're cool." Sizz-Lorr said. "But everyone else…"

I kicked him in the stomach and he hit the wall.

"YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!" he screamed, running towards me with the knife. My mom punched him and Sizz-Lorr quickly stabbed her. I took the knife and stabbed Sizz-Lorr.

I was pretty sure I had killed him…

I knelt down to my mom. I checked her pulse. Yeah, she was dead.

It's pretty scary to see your own mother dead on the floor, bleeding like crazy.

Zim pushed the pilot out of the way and I took the ship's controls.

"I can't believe I killed him…" I said quietly. "I don't deserve to live…"

"Candy, you did the right thing." Dib said.

"No…" I said. "I had no right to kill him."

I pointed the ship straight towards the ground. Not to land it. To crash it.

"NO!" Zim said, pushing me so hard that my head hit the wall. The impact knocked me out.

When I woke up, I was on Dib's couch. I had an ice pack on my head and a massive headache. Zim and Dib were right in front of me like the good friends they were.

"Oh, I had the worst dream…" I said. "That I killed Sizz-Lorr and my mom died…"

"Um, I hate to be the one to break it to you but that stuff did happen." Dib said. "I'm sorry, Candy."

"Oh…" I said, putting my head down. I held my head in pain.

"Sorry." Zim said. "But you were trying to kill us all."

"Where did you land the ship?" I asked.

"On my lawn." Zim said with a small laugh. Dib hugged me and Zim looked a little annoyed.

"How long was I out?" I asked.

"Four days." Zim said.

"WHAT? WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS IT?"

"Friday." Dib said. "We missed a lot of skool."

"And the party?"

"Yeah. But Richard throws a lot." Dib said.

"Who would have a party on a Tuesday?" I asked.

"Richard would." Zim said. Dib stood up.

"Well, I'm gonna go hop in the shower. Zim, take care of Candy, okay?"

"Sure, whatever." Zim said.

I sat up.

"Dib is so cute when he's being nice…" I said, blushing.

"SILENCE! THE DIB IS NOT CUTE!" Zim said angrily.

"Um…okay." I said.

"Yes…"

"You're acting weird." I said.

"No…it's just that I kind of like you…"

"What?" I asked.

"I LOVE YOU! YOU KEEP ME ALIVE! YOU'RE THE REASON I GET UP IN THE MORNING! THE REASON I LIVE! BUT YOU LIKE THE DIB-HUMAN! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT! YOU'RE THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO ME!"

"…I think that's sweet but-"

"NO! I know what you're going to say, Candy. You still like the human. Well, for the five years you were gone, you were the only thing on my mind. I would DIE for you. But Dib would cheat on you for some other girl."

"But we're not even going out so how could he cheat on me?" I asked.

"EITHER WAY, YOU BELONG WITH ME! NOT DIB-STINK!"

"Zim…do you think you might be OBSESSED with me?" I asked.

"No, no." Zim said, looking down.

"Look me in the eyes and say that." I said.

His face went up a little.

"MY EYES ARE UP HERE!" I said. He looked me in the eyes.

"I'm…kind of obsessed."

"Thanks for being honest." I said. "But it's just that I…I really like Dib."

"Of course." Zim said, looking down.

"I'm sorry…" I said. "But I still like you. Just not in the same way that I like Dib."

"I understand." He said quietly.

"Thanks…" I said, looking in the opposite direction. I couldn't dare look him in the eyes anymore in fear that I'd start bawling after seeing all the disappointment that clearly filled him.

He hugged me tight like an anaconda.

"Ouch…" I said. "…Y-you can let go now…"

He kept his arms around me and I tried to pry them off. His grip was too tight so I had about three choices.

1. Smack him so fast, he won't know what hit him.

2. Hug him back.

3. Don't do anything and let him squeeze me to death.

(Jeopardy music)

Okay, I pick option two.

I hugged him back. He looked like he needed a hug. This hug lasted awhile. I wanted to let go but I didn't want to let go until he did.

Finally, oh finally, he let go after about two minutes or so.

"Um, I feel really, really…awkward right now…" I said.

"Mmhmm," Zim said. He seemed to be lost in my eyes.

"I think I want to be alone." I said standing up. I began to walk towards Dib's room.

"WAIT!" Zim said.

"What?" I asked.

"What should we name our kids?"

I rolled my eyes and kept walking.

I lied down on Dib's bed. I buried my face into his pillow. Why the heck did Sizz-Lorr kill my mom? Why did I kill him? He was finally out of our way but I just couldn't live knowing I had done that. I looked up from the pillow. I hadn't even noticed that I was crying but I knew once I had seen how soaked the pillow was. After awhile, Dib walked in. By then, I had wiped the tears from my face. Dib sat down. I reached up and grabbed his wet scythe-like hair and began to pet it.

"What…are you doing?" he asked.

"I've always wanted to feel your hair." I said. Dib laughed and hugged me.

"You're so cute." He said poking my nose.

"Hey, where's Zim?" I asked.

"He went home to spend time with Gir. Why?"

"I was just wondering." I said.

"Okay." Dib said. "Well, it's Friday. What do you wanna do?"

"I don't know." I said, leaning on his shoulder.

"Should we go to Islands?"

The moment he said that, my eyes widened.

"I haven't been there since we were like, twelve." I said. "Of course we should go there!"

"Okay then." Dib said, smiling a little. I got up and put my shoes on. Dib's so weird. He always has his shoes on.

We walked out the door and went to Islands. Just like we used to.

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