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11 o'clock at night and his sister was just gettin into the door...the back door...with a six foot electric fence around the whole back yard and no gate. After the day he just had, he almost wanted to let it slide, bit Dib took being a big brother very seriously. And honestly...with as much trouble as he was in...it was only fair that she get in trouble for breaking curfew.

"Where the hell have you been Gaz!? I've been worried sick!"

Gaz glared at him as she dropoed her bookbag by the sliding glass door.

"So Dad caved huh? I was hoping he'd not go soft and let you stay in the slammer."

"How did you know about that!?"

" Bad gas travels fast in a small town Dib"

"We're in the city!"

"Pfft... you know what I mean. You scared the shit out of Jack by the way. What were you thinking?"

"Now kids..." Their dad said as he came over to the kitchen table with a casserole dish he'd just heated up. "It's been one doozy of a day, I don't want any fighting. Daughter, will you grab the plates please?"

Gaz sighed and went to do as asked.

"You're not going to say anything to her about being out until 11!?"

"Dib. You are in no position to point out anyone elses misdeeds. I suggest you sit and eat your food. I should just send you yo your room with a dry balogna sandwich after your antics today. That's what you would be eating for supper in jail at any rate."

"You're not even worried?"

"Dib, you sneak out all of the time past curfew, I can see it on your tracking device. Your sister was out with Jacklynn...Should I worry about my precious daughter being out an hour past curfew with a straight A, perfect attendance honor student graduating a year early at the top of the state? Who also supports herself and lives on her own with multiple forms of employment? Who also donates her time to the labs, elderly, tutoring and nannys?...I think not. You'd do well to surround yourself with better role models like your sister has...instead of your psuedo science eyeball club."

Dib glared at his sister as she sniggered at his expense.

"So where were you, huh? If you were with Jacklynn why didn't you guys answer the door?"

"Easy, you're not allowed in the building Dib. Jack would have gotten in trouble with her landlord."

"What's with that huge pipe crashing a hole into her wall? And when dod that weird house get there?"

"It's a prefab house that they messed up. Jack is waiting on her landlord to fix it."

Their Dad paused in dishing out the food.

"Her apartment has a big hole in the wall? How bad is it? It's getting awfully cold..."

"Its like five feet in diameter Dad!" Dib cried.

"Well that's just not good...Gaz, let Jacklynn know that I insist she stays with us until her apartment is fixed."

"Dad, I know she'll be greatful for the offer, but I really don't think she's going to be ok with living with Dib."

Their Dad sighed. "Yes, you have a point. "

Dib looked at them both in shock. "Im right here you know!"

Gaz shot him a look, his dad just shook his head.

"Besides" Gaz said, taking a bite of food. "Jack has a safe place to stay, I'm pretty sure she'll be staying ther permanently."

"Well good. I hope she's happy there."

"Where is she staying?"

"Like I'd tell you that Dib!" Gaz said venemently. "You need to get over her already and let her live her life. She's under enough stress as is."

"Your sister is right Son...this obsession of yours isn't healthy."

"I'm not obsessed! I love her!"

Gaz choked on her food, and their Dad just sighed, shaking his head.

"Son, you may think you love her...but she doesn't feel the same way...and stalking is not something you do to someone you love."

Dib stammered a bit, finally groaning his defeat.

"Here is that footage you asked for Dad" Gaz said, passing their father a holo drive. He inspected it with interest.

"What interesting tech...I havent seen a holodeck like this outside of our lab...and this isn't from our lab..."

"Uh...the new kid in school is really techy, he gsve it to me. I just downloaded the footage to it."

"Really!? This is quite impressive! You should bring him to the lab sometime."

Dib looked at the holodeck...New kid...techy...Gaz coming in through the back, having avoided the fence somehow...He glared across the table at his sister.

"It was Zim wasn't it! That's not human tech! He's an alien! Hes been hanging around Jacklynn not leaving her alone! And he probably dropped you off in his space ship! That's how you got past the fence! What did he do to Jacklynn!? I saw him inject her with something yesterday and today she's out of school!? She's never out of school!"

Gaz rolled her eyes and threw her hands up in exhasperation.

"Yeah Dib, Zim is an aLiEn! He dropped me off in his InViSaBlE SpAcE sHiP. He turned Jack into a hybrid for a breeding experiment and he's here to conquer our planet. Is that what you think is happening?" She said sarcastically.

"That was...oddly specific."

"Dib, he has a skin condition, he's a foriegn tech nerd and he's dating Jack. He's not a damn alien."

"Son...go to your room. I warned you about this kind if tslk at the dinner table."

Dib groaned and made his way upstairs. Pausing to scratch at his ankle monitor.

~~~~~~~Gaz

Her eyes widened when she laid eyes on the monitor.

"He's under house arrest? What happened to letting him sweat it out in jail Dad?"

Her Dad sighed and fiddled with the food on his plate with a fork.

"I couldn't bare to leave him there Gaz, he'd annoyed all of the hardened criminals in the holding cell...he wouldn't have survived the night...My poor insane little boy...The officers let him out under house arrest pending his arraignment next week. I spoke with the academy...they want to wait to see if charges will be filed before they take him...they advertise that they take wayward boys...so it seems a bit odd that they dont accept anything less than a pristine legal history. "

Gaz groaned. She hoped that Zim and Jack didnt mind her hanging around too much...she didn't know how she was going to be able to tolerate being home with Dib. Usually hed be out antmd about doing... paranormal stuff.

"Oh, and don't let him watch TV... I've taken all of his privileges away, including his phone. "

Oh great. So he'd be stuck at home and bored...either he'd go crazy -er, or he'd drive her crazy...there may even be blood.