Chapter 3

          Make a Move, Stupid!

                Dib, Clem, and Tip were having conversations about animes and video games. Zim stayed home to avoid after skool detention. Clem started to talk about starting an anime store when she noticed that Dib wasn't listening. He was too busy staring at Tip with lovey dovey eyes. Clem smiled and grabbed Dib's jacket. She pulled him out of the lunchroom. 

                               "You're in love with her!" Clem said

                               "What?" Dib asked

                               "Tip! You lover her!"

                               "No I don't!"

                               "I see the way you look at her,"

                               "I do not-"

                               "There's no use in denying it!"

                    Dib paused then looked at his feet. He grabbed Clem's arm.

                               "Don't you DARE tell anyone!" Dib yelled

                               "Okay I won't-"

                               "I MEAN IT!" Dib yelled cutting off Tip

                               "I...won't...," Clem said in a low, angry tone

                     Dib let go of her arm.

                               "What should I do?" Dib asked Clem

                               "Duh! Tell her!" Clem smiled

                               "I wish it were that easy," 

                               "What does she like?"

                               "Anime, Manga, Computers, Video games...anime, manga, computers, video games,"

                               "Can't think of anything else can you?       

                               "Uh....WAIT!...Uhh...Wait no. No I can't actually. That's weird,"

                               "Try laser tag places, anime conventions, and watching movies in theaters,"

                               "But...she's never been to any of those places!" Dib said raising an eyebrow

                               "Exactly! But she's always wanted to! That's why you're going to take her there. There's an anime convention tomorrow at the convention building. It's called AnimeToday. You are going to take her there as a friend,"

                               “...Well that seems easy enough,”

                               “And buy her whatever she wants,” Clem added

                               “Well aside from my future empty wallet, that seems easy enough,”

                               “You’re telling me that you have enough money to buy her whatever she wants?”

                               “Yep!”

                               “Okaaayy...,” Clem said then walked away from Dib back into the lunchroom. Dib waited a little bit before going back.

                               “What the hell were you two doing? Kissing? I’ve been waiting for a long time!” Tip said tauntingly

                               “Whaa?? N-No! B-Baka!” Clem said embarrassed

                               “Haha! You’re such a tsundere!” Tip said with a smirk

                               “Sh-SHUT UP!”

                     Both Dib and Tip laughed now. Clem sat next to Tip and pouted.

                               “Aww. If you feel bad that they left you to go have a make out session we could always do the same!” Someone said covering Tip’s eyes “Guess who?”

                               “The flirtatious asshole from down the street?” Tip said

                      Clem snickered, but Dib got a twinge of jealousy in him.

                               “You’re no fun!” Dan pouted

                               “Dan go away!” Clem yelled

                       Dan was about to protest, but it was almost time for lunch to be over so he had no choice. “You win this one little sis!” He said and walked away.

                       After Skool Dib ran up to Tip. They both said hello and started to have small talk about anime and computers.

                               “Yeah that one was SO funny! Anyway Tip? There is this anime convention tomorrow and...well...would you like to go with me?” Dib asked

                       Tip’s eyes lit up. There was a big, wide smile across her face, but that smile started to fade.

                                “I would like to, but...I can’t” Tip sadly said

                                “Why not?” Dib asked

                        The truth was that Tip ran out of money. She was absolutely broke. She didn’t want Dib to know that though because well knowing Dib he would offer to pay for her.

                                “Because I have something important to do,” Tip lied

                                “Well cancel it! I won’t take no for an answer!” Dib smiled

                                “But it’s really important-”

                           Tip cut off her sentence when Dib handed her something. It was a card attached to a lanyard

                                “Here’s your ticket! I’ll pick you up at 12:00 tomorrow!”

                           Tip took the ticket with a wide smile. He already bought it for her. She wasn’t going to say no! 

                                “THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!” Tip yelled and hugged Dib extremely tight.

                                “N-No problem!” Dib said almost out of breath.

                            Tip let go of Dib. Dib filled his lungs with air.

                                 “I need to tell you something...I don’t really...have my own house,” Tip started to say “I...LIVE WITH ZIM!” Tip blurted out “LOOK IT’S A LONG STORY AND-”

                                 “Tip...I’ll pick you up at 12:00,” Dib said with a smile

                            Tip smiled. Both of them waved goodbye and parted ways.

                            When Zim’s house came into view there was a small explosion and a puff of smoke came up from the roof.

                                 “ZIM!” Tip yelled in worry

                             Tip climbed the house onto the roof and jumped through the hole that the explosion made.

                                 “N-Not that one GIR,” Zim said in a weak tone

                                 “ZIM!” Tip yelled running to Zim and putting his head into her lap.

                                 “Ugh...I’m fine,” Zim weakly said

                                 “No you aren’t!” Tip protested

                                 “Sorry...I went a little crazy,” GIR said

                                 “....There must be something wrong with the program I installed into you. Come here GIR,” Tip said

                              GIR walked over to Tip. She opened his head and plugged in a flash in the side of his head then took out her phone. Holographic images of charts and graphs came up through the phone’s camera. Zim looked at her with a confused look.

                                 “New program I made for my phone. You like?” Tip said while reading GIR’s stats.

                                 “Yeah. Think you could install that into the base’s computer?” Zim asked while closing his eyes and resting

                                 “Sure,” Tip said while tinkering around in GIR’s head.

                             Zim lifted up his head and looked at Tip who was doing random stuff with GIR’s head. He started to think about how warm Tip’s lap was then he shook his head. 

                                  “What am I doing?” Zim thought to himself “I'M SUPPOSED TO BE INVADING THIS PLANET NOT FALLING IN LOVE WITH A HU-” Zim cut off his thought. But she wasn’t human. “Still...,” Zim thought once more “No...wait...NO STILL! THE DIIIIIBBB!!! I can’t let him have her! I can’t let him win! I love her therefore she will be mine!”

                                  “The hell could you be thinking about Zim?” Tip said while working on GIR

                                  “What? I wasn’t thinking about NOTHING!” Zim said then started to yell

                                  “Yes you were. Your facial expressions were changing rapidly, therefor you were thinking about something perplexing,” 

                                  “Damn she’s smart. She’s like what the humans call Einstein!” Zim thought

                                  “What are you doing to GIR?” Zim asked Tip

                                  “Replacing wires that shorted out. Doesn’t surprise me. These wires are complete crap however that's not the case. Judging my how sticky GIR’s head is, the wires must have been shorted out by the soda cans he keeps in his head. One of them must have opened and spilled,”

                                   “He carries lots of things in his head. How do you know it’s soda?” 

                                   “Well it’s the only thing he drinks and I don’t think tuna salad would ruin wires,” Tip said flicking a piece of tuna off her finger “And like I said his head is sticky. Yes it could be from candy, but..,” Tip then held up a half empty open soda can “I think this was the only culprit here,”

                                    “...Oh...well...good work Detective Tip!” Zim said giving her a salute

                                    “Hahahaha!” Tip laughed

                                    “I’m going to the lab,” Zim said

                                    “Oh no you don’t!” Tip stopped working to grab Zim before he could leave “You’re gonna rest! Hear me? You’re in to shape to do anything, BUT rest!”

                                    “So you’re a nurse AND a detective?” Zim clasped her shoulder “I’m...fine,” Zim said sternly with a smile

                                Tip inhaled deeply “Why must you worry me so much?”

                                    “I could ask you the same thing,” Zim thought 

                                Zim took his hand off her shoulder and walked away to the elevator,

                                    “Computer! Take me to the lab!...and...,”

                                    “Yes Zim?” The computer said

                                    “Give Tip access to the elevator for every room except the lab!” Zim commanded

                                    “Sure,”

                                Zim looked at Tip who was now starstruck

                                    “Now you don’t have to climb the roof to get to the attic next time I blow up something when trying to repair my ship,” Zim smiled

                                Tip slowly nodded her head. That's all she could do.

                                    Tip started to think to herself “Zim gave me access to something?”

                                    “He trusts me?”