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Chapter 8 {UNDER REFERB}

It always did.

  "But what if I freak out or mess up?" You ask as your mother gave you a hug. "I'll be right there with you." She responded smiling. You couldn't help but smile back. "Now what do you want to eat for Dinner?" She asks. You thought for a moment but finally came up with something. "(Favorite Food) Please." She smiled and patted your head. "Then it's done." She got up and shut the door behind her until you were left alone with your own thoughts. You didn't want to be faced with these thoughts so for the rest of the night you decided to listen to music and play video games on your computer.

  The day was cloudy and damp, but another school day was done and this time you walked home with Dib. "Why do you have a water balloon?" You asked. "Oh I forgot you weren't here to see this, come on follow me!" You shrugged and followed him. He finally stopped and- oh dear gosh.

  "Hey Zim!" He called out ready to throw the balloon. You sighed and face palmed. As he threw the water balloon it bounced a bit and finally popped and splashed Zim. The thing was he was starting to smoke and was on the ground screaming. Did the water...burn him? This felt very wrong. No one deserved to be hurt like this. "Dib." You grabbed his shoulder before he walked up to Zim. "Help Him." You said in a soft voice. He looked at you shockingly. "Help the Alien bent on destroying Earth are you crazy? Did he do something to you?!" You cowered back and shook your head. "N-no...I'm sorry." He then continued to taunt Zim. You were too frustrated with yourself to notice anything they were saying. You shouldn't have been afraid of what Dib would think of you, you should of stood up for what you believed in, but he was your only friend right now and you didn't want to loose that. After that, Dib began to walk back home and you followed him. "Are you ok? Lately you've been...I don't know a little off. I'm starting to think a tired old shapeshifter took your place. And they do exist before you ask." You frowned looking the ground and sighed sadly. "Oh I'm fine." You responded. And you left it at that.

  For the whole weekend you spent some time to yourself like reading and playing Animal Crossing and whatnot.
(Again you can pick your favorite video game but Animal Crossing is one of my many favorites.)

  But sadly, good times must come to an end. Monday had finally arrived and your Mother was nice enough to drive you to school. Things were pretty quiet in front of the school yard until Dib came with a tank of water and a slingshot. "Oh dear god." You groan pinching the bridge of your nose. "Zim! Come out and face me you coward!" He yelled out as a few kids moved out of the way to reveal Zim but cowering pretty still. He kept yelling things to Zim like "Come at me scrublord, I'm ripped."...Well he really didn't say that but that was it in a nutshell.

  You watched in awe as his machine finally took action and began creating water balloons to launch at Zim. Buuut this didn't go as you had expected and it went right through Zim and he disappeared. "A hologram." Your immediate thought was. For a few moments everything was silent. Until it happened.

  A giant water balloon was falling from the sky and covering the sun. All the children were screaming and running away but you were in utter shock and terror. "SON OF A-" and before you could finish your sentence, the water ballon hit the ground and engulfed the school and presumably the city underwater. You were underwater too but your breath was running short. Everything had finally settled and you gasped for air. Your first thought immediately was your family. Were they ok? You began to freak out in the now shallow water. And seemingly like a miracle, your Mother had come over to find you tearing up. You hugged her tightly and she held your hand guiding you out. "M-mom? Is Dad ok? What about the house?" Your mom smiled. "Dad's fine and the house was protected by that iron forcefield case that came with our last muffler job." You were so confused. "Why a muffler job?" You asked looking at her. She shrugged. "I don't know, but it's cool." She said simply. Your brain hurt even more but you just decided to go with it.

  As you got to your house it finally hit you. "Mom, shouldn't I be in school?" You mom smirked. "Yeah you and what school?" She asked snickering. "If they ask where you are I'll call them and said you were sick. But I doubt it since it's all washed away." You nodded and went to your room and lied down on the bed. At that moment you felt the need to listen to music out of stress and frustration. As you shuffled through one song stood out. You stopped and listened to it letting the lyrics sink in as they were deeply resonating your thoughts.

"But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?

I don't belong here."

(A/N: Sorry this chapter was a bit long, I just went on a writing rampage and couldn't really stop. Also the lyrics to the song were from Creep By Radiohead if you were curious, and it in no way belongs to me.)