Gaz was quite pleased with herself. She could see this going well for Jack.

She was lonely...now she had someone to be around to help with that.

Dib would hopefully be less of a problem for her...at the very least, he couldn't pester her too much about homecoming.

Zim seemed very polite, and was showing signs of chivalry...both good things. On top of that, he didn't seem like an idiot, he liked video games, meaning maybe they could all hang out together...Time would tell if he was on the up and up. Plus...he was good looking even with the green skin. He smelled good too.

Gaz went to bus her tray and head to class, and damn near got knocked over by some idiot. Instantly pissed, she righted herself and broke away from the assailants grasp.

"What the hell!? DIB!?" She glared up at her older brother. "What the fuck man!?"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dib

He watched as they talked...god he wished he had his recording equipment on him...The guy had his back facing Dib, so he couldn't see what he was doing...but he did see him get up and take Jacklynn 's tray...and pull out her chair...he damn sure didn't miss the blush that blossomed on her porcelain skin. What the hell?!

Something was going on and he did not like it. He was not about to be beat by some green kid...He hung back to see what Gaz was doing... surely she'd have some info. He started packing up his things when he realized that Gaz was about to leave.

Full panic, Dib leapt over the lunch table, knocking two chairs over in the process and ran over to Gaz. He'd underestimated his momentum and nearly went careening into her. To keep them from falling, he had to take hold of her and counter leaver his weight backwards.

Understandably, this pissed Gaz off ... even moreso when she realized it was him.

" I'm sorry I'm sorry! Please don't kill me!"

"You had better have a good excuse Dib!"

" I just...look, dont yell at me, I was just wondering who the hell that green freak was."

Gaz stopped brushing her shirt off and slowly looked up at him.

"What the hell Dib? Where were you?! Did you camouflage yourself to the wall or something!? You really are a damn stalker you know that?"

Dib scowled.

"I was right over there, in the corner. Eating my breakfast...I wasn't trying to creep or anything."

"No...you just are one... Don't you go bothering Zim. He's new. Moved in over by Jack, so shes the one showing him around. He's foriegn so leave him be, he's not used to anything yet. And his English isnt too hot. Jack has enough on her plate as is, and she just took on helping Zim out too...so I swear Dib, if you fuck with either of them, I'm telling Dad, and he'll pull the plug on military school."

"But Gaz...why was he doing all that stuff for Jacklynn? He seemed awfully familiar with her..."

"You mean pulling her chair out and carrying her tray? He held the door for her on the way out too...I had no idea your standards were so low that you see that as "all that stuff". He was just being nice. Maybe he's the chivalrous type...or maybe its a culture thing."

"No...he likes Jacklynn...I can tell. He kept looking at her in the way out."

Gaz growled in the back of her throat.

"Dib... listen. Leave. Them. Alone. Jack isn't yours, and Zim is a nice guy. Let Jack have a damn friend for once. Half the reason everyone ignores her is because you're constantly skulking around. Why don't you try and find a date to homecoming or something? Get your mind off of Jack."

"...But I was going to ask Jacklynn..."

"DIB! WHY!? So you can keep up a tradition of rejection!? Let it go man!"

"That wasn't nice Gaz. Last year Jacklynn had court. She might have said yes..."

" She literally didn't Dib. Her and I spent homecoming night at her place, in our dresses, playing video games. She didn't want to hurt your feelings, but she didn't want to go with you because you creep. Her. Out!"

Dib made a face at that.

"Why are you just trying to hurt me? What's the harm in me asking this year?"

Gaz rolled her eyes and threw her head back in exasperation...when she righted herself, she was pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration.

"Dib ...I was going to wait to tell you this, but Jack has a date."

Dib's blood ran cold...his heart skipped a beat, and all of the air suddenly keft the room. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't think... surely he didn't hear her right...wuth his ears suddenly ringingn and all...after a few beats that seemed like an eternity, he noticed his mouth was painfully dry as he tried to force a swallow.

"Sh...she already...h-had a...a d-date?"

Gaz was giving him an odd look, as if she thought he might explode at any moment.

"Yyyyyeah Dib...She already has a date...So you...should ask someone else."

Dib screwed up his face in concentration... Who could it be? Jacklynn didn't talk to anyone...wait a minute...

"The green kid!? Is it him!?"

Gaz sighed.

"Yeah Dib. It's him. And Jack is excited about it so let them be. I swear to god if-"

"But hes GREEN!?"

"It's a condition Dib. He has hypochromic anemia. He can't help that. He's perfectly normal, he just isn't from here."

"Ive never heard of a skin condition that turns you green. He's probably an alien!"

" Dad did a whole study on it Dib! If you paid any attention at all you would have known that! Instead, you just kept insisting all of his test subjects were aliens! I just said he's not from here. Of Course he's an alien Dib! Just not your kind of alien! Look...I swear if you do anything to mess with them, im going straight to Dad!"

With that, Gaz stormed off to class, slamming the door behind her. Leaving Dib to navigate this new information on his own.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Jacklynn

Jacklynn sat at her regular desk in home room...Zim seated right next to her. She was finding it hard not to smile...she felt like an idiot.

Zim carried her books for her, opened doors, pulled her seat out...He even got up to sharpen her pencil when it snapped.

She kept catching him gazing at her, and she couldn't help but to admire his face... she should not be feeling all giddy like this.

First period went pretty smoothly. It was English too, which was a good way for Jacklynn to get an idea of what Zim needed to work on. He spoke well enough to be understood, and his vocabulary wasn't too shabby. It seemed that he needed the most work on grammar. She'd noticed that he always said "Many" instead of using the plural of the word... she'd start with that and sentence structure, as well as saying "of Zim or of Jack Lynn" instead of " Zim's or Jacklynn's". It had to be nothing more than a translation issue.

He was also having some issues with reading and writing...but he was able to do some, which was good. She noticed that he had a device that was translating the english to Irkis did he call it? He let her see it and it was pretty damn cool. you just hold the camera on the device over what needed translated, and it changed it with AI in real time.

Zim wrote something in Irkis for her to translate. And reversed the control on the program. She held the device over it and it and the odd charecters changed to english before her eyes.

"Many thank for the help of JackLynn"

She smiled and handed the thing back to Zim.

"You're welcome Zim. Im glad you showed me that, it's going to come in handy teaching you."

"Hey!"

Jacklynn jumped as the teacher sudennly came walking over to them, his hand out.

"Give me the phone. You know the rules."

Jacklynn scowled and stood up.

"Mr. Sloan, it's a translator, and Zim doesn't know the rules yet, that's why I'm his student guide."

"Translator? Let me see that..."

Jacklynn held out her hand to Zim, who passed the device over.

"See? English is his second language. He's still having some trouble, so he needs this."

Mr. Sloan nodded his understanding.

"Oh, alright then...my apologies. Miss Clay, I'd suggest taking this to the principal and getting a note for him so this doesn't end up confiscated. You can go after class."

"Sure thing Sir. Thanks for understanding."

The rest of the day until gym was going fine... Jacklynn was actually surprised by people paying attention to her again. Sure, it was only because they were all buzzing about the new kid, but it was nice to feel a bit more normal again.

Gym was right before Lunch. Jacklynn took Zim to the locker room hallway and stopped.

"We have to split up here Zim, just until we get changed, then we'll meet here to go into the gym. That's the boy's locker room and this is the girl's"

"Ah, Male and female...I understand. Jack Lynn... Zim did not bring the clothes of gym."

Jacklynn nodded.

"That's ok, I think I have an extra set in my locker. Wait here."

Going into the girl's locker room and to her locker, Jacklynn pulled out her duffel bag. After the day she started her period in acid washed jeans, she made sure to bring extra clothes to school.

Her emergency outfit was picked with her period in mind, so black leggings for comfort and hiding blood should she have an accident. And a black oversized sweatshirt as well as extra underwear and socks. She had just washed her gym clothes, red under armor tshirt with an adidas zip up, and a pair of grey drawstring sweatpants. she grabbed her spare tennershoes as well. So she supposed she could give Zim a pick of the clothes.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Zim

He waited patiently for Jack Lynn to come back, which she did quickly enough. She emerged with a ruck sack of sorts, and plopped it on the bench outside the locker room door.

"Here we go... go ahead and pick an outfit. Here's some shoes as well... I'm thinking they should fit."

"Many thank Jack Lynn." He rifled through the bag and pulled out an odd...garment?

" What is this?"

Jack Lynn's eyes went wide and she snatched it out of Zim's hand. A deep blush stained her cheeks.

"That's my bra Zim..."

"What is this bra?"

She looked puzzled.

"Zim, I know you're not feom here, but surely you know what a bra is? It's a...supportive garment. For a woman's breasts."

Realization dawned on Zim. A quick glance between the strange garment and Jack Lynn's chest let him know he'd made an elementary mistake.

"Apology Jack Lynn... All female of home wear binding top."

" Doesn't that hurt their breasts?"

Zim was inspecting the clothes as they talked... these black oants seemed nice, but he was fairly certain only females wore them... He'd take the grey colored ones instead.

"Hmm? Zim would not know this. But females of there do not have large breasts like Jack Lynn. They are small...more like the breasts of all male."

~~~~~~~~~~Jacklynn

Did he just...he did...he definitely did. Jacklynn blushed and laughed nervously.

"Oh, well...I guess not then. Those work for you?" She gestured to the underarmor and sweatpants zim picked. He nodded in reply.

"Ok, well let's go get changed and we'll meet out here when we're done. Oh! And Zim, when you get a chance, ask the coach for a toiletries bag so you can shower after class. His office is in your locker room."

" Zim will do this."

With a relieved sigh, Jacklynn went into the locker room. As she passed the girls to her locker, she could hear giddy laughter.

" Zim? The new kid, yeah." "He's in gym this period!" " Hes pretty hot for a green kid" "Some sort of skin condition" "Well as long as its not contagious, I dont give a fuck."

Jacklynn rolled her eyes. Girls.

"I wonder if he's going to be at homecoming,should i ask him out?" "No! I told you I wanted to ask him!"

Jacklynn couldn't help but to feel smug ...all these girls drooling over the guy she'd be going with...should she say something? Nah, let them try and fail. That wasnt on her... besides, maybe Zim would like a few to choose from? Maybe there was a better option for him.

She changed into her gym clothes and opted to just wear her support top which looked like a spandez cropped tank, with her leggings and zip up which she keft open. Tying her hair into a high ponytail, she walked out to meet Zim.

Her eyes nearly dropped out of her head. Grey sweats were not a good choice for school on him.

~~~~~~~~~~~Zim

Zim changed quickly enough. He was stopped by a few of the boys.

"Hey man, welcome to town." " Dude, sup with the green skin though?" "You hanging out with Jacklynn? watch out for that creep Dib man." "You going to homecoming? got a date yet?"

"yes. Jacklynn is the date of Zim"

"Woah...damn man, congrats, she's a looker."

"A looker?"

"Yeah, it means shes hot. Nice tits, dump truck booty, pretty face, small waist...and those legs man. You could have some fun with her. Ah, shit, sorry man, wasn't trying to disrespect your girl "

Zim pondered this...he needed to do more research. Apparently Jacklynn was grade A when it came to attractive qualities...enough to induce jealousy amongst the males. He listened in to their conversations as he dressed.

"did i hear that right? hes taking Jacklynn to the dance?" "Damn man...if only that creep weren't always around her, i would of asked her" "Hah! you think you could bag Jacklynn? Try Gretchen man, you'll have better luck!"

Zim made his way out of the locker room...aling the way, the males were acting as if they had seen a spirit.

"Holy shit!" "What the fuck!?" "Dude!"

Zim stopped to look at them.

"What is it?"

"Zim! Dude! You're hung like a fucking horse...You need a jock strap dude or youre goung to put someone's eye out with that thing.

Zim arched an eyebrow.

"What thing? Jock strap?"

" Dude! your dick!" The male grabbed his genetalia for emphasis. "A jock strap, support wear"

Zim took a quick glance at the boys odd appendage... small and thin...were all humans like that?

"No worries...Zim is wearing one." With that, he walked on out into the hall. As he emerged, he saw Jack Lynn coming out as well. She wore the oants that Zim had passed over, and a top that showed her midriff, the tops of her breasts showed and were mooshed together. Shed put her hair up into a long tail at the back if her head.

Her eyes, as green as his natural skin, were wide as she took him in.

"Zim! Uh...you...you look..."

" What is it Jack Lynn? All male say Zim needs support wear... one said Zim would 'put some ones eye out with that thing' What means that?"

Jack Lynn was turning red. She hid a snicker behind her hand.

"Well...Zim... it's a crude way of saying that you're...uh...well endowed. Since we're at gym...if you run... It's going to...well flop around."

"Oh, no worries, Zim has support wear on."

Jack Lynn blushed more.

"Oh...well...thats, thats good then...Here."

She took off the outer jacket that she had on and handed it to him.

"Tie this around your waist, it might help."

Zim took the garment and inspected it...he wasn't sure how he should tie it on. He looked to Jack Lynn and shrugged. She blushed harder and reached out to help him, having to kneel in order to get the right angle without pressing herself to him.

At that moment, Zim saw something whiz by behind Jacklynn uttering a high pitched "Shit im late" Before they could even react, Jacklynn had been knocked right into Zim's crotch.

The wind went right out of Zim's squeedelyspooch as he fell to the ground, Jack uttered a muffled "Oof" into his crotch, faceplanting onto him.

She scrambled up quickly, her face beaming red as she pushed herself off and away from him, then immediately to his side to see if he was okay.

"Oh my God, Zim, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?! Does it hurt?!"

He let out a long exhale and groaned as he got up. He took her offered hand to help him stand, and squatted to adjust himself.

"Zim is fine...lost the wind is all. Not the fault of Jack Lynn...Was that dirt monkey that did it."

Jack Lynn finished tying the garment around his waist and stood up, groaning in pain as she did.

"Jack Lynn is hurt?"

She looked to Zim and smiled sheepishly.

"Eh its just my back... between my chest, working a lot, and sleeping on a floor, my back is always sore...that fall kind of knotted me up."

Zim took a quick scan of her while she wasn't looking. Her spine could use an adjustment... particularly right...here.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Jacklynn

i cant believe that just happened She thought to herself, still feeling the heat of her blush. Im going to kill whoe- "Ahh- Ahh...oh!"

At first her thought was cut off by pain. Searing pain, but that was gone even quicker than it had arrived, and replaced with relief. Pure sweet relief. She had never realized just how much pain her spine caused her from day to day.

She could feel a warm hand massaging pressure into the very top of her lumbar...god that was good.

"Better?" Zim seemed to purr.

"Mmhmm" Jacklynn nodded dumbly. "Holy shit Zim thank you."

She turned on her heel and enveloped Zim in a hug. She was so greatful for the relief that she hadn't thiught first.

~~~~~~~~~Zim

Spotting the enflamed disk in her spine, Zim saw this as the perfect opportunity. No one else was around, and he did have a nanobite injection...he subconsciously accessed his pak and added a tracking chip to the injection. In the matter of a second, the injection was in his hand, and in Jack Lynns back. The nanobites would secrete a gentle steroid and fuse themselves to any afflicted areas in Jack Lynn's body, the tracking device would send real time data to Zim, so he wouldn't have to keep scanning her. Win win.

The injection was painful at first, then she had immediate relief if the sounds she made were anything to go by. He was caught by surprise as she wheeled around and grabbed him.

At first, he thought maybe she had reacted defensively, but she didn't let go, and her hold was firm but gentle...She thanked him as well...was this a gesture of gratitude?

She pulled away and blushed. "Sorry, I just ...that really helped Zim. What did you do?"

Zim wasnt about to admit to injecting her without her knowledge...he thought on his toes.

"Acupressure Jack Lynn...Zim pinched a pressure point here" He pressed the area gently. Jack Lynn arched her back and her eyes rolled toward the back if her skull.

"That...is dangerous Zim...heh, thank you."

"Dangerous? But the reaction of Jack Lynn is good?"

" It's a saying...like its dangerous because its too good " she said getting redder. There was a loud whistle in the gym that alerted her. "That's the coach, let's get in there."

~~~~~~~~~~Dib

He knew he'd fucked up. In his haste, he hadn't noticed until after he was undressed that the person he'd knocked into was Jacklynn...and she was with that Zim. He hurried into his gym clothes, and was almost out of the door when he saw they were still in the hall.

He saw Zim glance around and pull something out of his backpack...was that a needle? He was frozen as he watched him shoot his arm out and stick Jacklynn right in the spine with it!

She made a painfilled cry that turned into a...moan? She spun around and hugged him!? What the hell was going on!?

Before he could gather himself to move, they were already making their way into the gym. He hurried behind them. He had to get Jacklynn alone and figure out what the fuck had just happened.