It had been almost a month since I had made my choice and I had to say, it had been brilliant. Some days I'd hand out with Dib and help him break into Zims base to gather Irken information, others I'd be protecting Zim from the rain and keeping an eye on GIR for him while he was working on his plans for world conquest. Although, he had gotten pretty relaxed about it lately, more interested in setting traps for Dib than anything else. Like Dib had come to realise that Zim wasn't all that bothered on taking over the planet now, and focused on exposing the alien instead.

Even the two had gotten used to my being on the fence in the battle. We were all content, in our own way. I was more than happy to help out the two while they were more than happy to beat the living juice out of each other. It was an odd set up, but that seemed to fit well with us.

One day, me and Dib were talking in the park about the possibility of one of the students in the class below being part vampire, Gaz sitting near us on her game and sipping her water bottle, when out of nowhere, Zim jumped out and launched a miniature missile at Dibs head. It bounced off and landed lifelessly on the ground.

"And that was...?" I left the question hang there.

"Curse this futile human equipment!" he spat, throwing the device on the ground.

"It's not real Zim, it's a toy gun, and the bullets are foam." Dib shook his head, mockingly.

"Zim knows that!" he said nervously, "Zim was just target practicing!"

"Awe, you okay?" I asked Dib, seeing the red mark left on his temple.

"Yeah, no damage." he smiled, locking eyes with me.

I tilted his head forward and kissed the mark gently, sending the rest of his face into a deep blushing scarlet. I blushed myself, I hadn't meant to do that. Oh god what the hell was I doing?

I bit my lip and turned away, Zim had been observing us with great interest. I watched as he edged his way closer to Gaz and arched his brow. There was that glint in his eyes, even through the plastic lenses you could see it. For a moment, she looked taken aback and, dare I say it, shy. But she quickly recovered by forcing her water bottle in his direction, soaking him and sending him screaming in pain as the water burnt his skin. I pulled out my emergency back and tossed him a towel.

Lately I'd taken to carry an emergency bag for moments like this. Towels and an extra wig and lenses for Zim, spare glasses and extra spy equipment for Dib. Including a few personal items for my own emergencies. I had to say, it had come in handy more than once or twice.

"She's not going to protect you forever, Zim! One day I'll expose you for the menace your are!" Dib declared, getting to his feet.

"And one day you'll find it's not her you need to worry about!" Zim returned, sneaking a glance in Gaz' direction.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Zim wins!"

"We weren't fighting!"

"LIAR!"

"Get back here space-boy!"

"Too late, Dib-filth!"

I rolled my eyes as the vanished further into the park, throwing dirt and whatever they would get their hands on at each other. They were like a pair of children, but they were mine, and I didn't care. I glanced over at Gaz and was about to ask her about her little moment with Zim, but she cut me short by forcing the water bottle in my mouth.

"Not a word."

"I promise."

I returned the bottle and nodded, grinning. Turning around, I noticed that they were gone. Well, I'd better catch up if I wanted to be part of another adventure. I ran and couldn't help but glance back at Gaz, man, Dib was not going to be happy when he found out about this. Not that I would tell him, it wasn't my place. Plus, I never break a promise.

As I caught up with the pair, now rolling among the dirt and me diving in to separate them, I couldn't help but wonder. I wasn't naive enough to think that I alone could change people, I wasn't a miracle worker, but I did wonder, what would happen if they actually realised how similar they were. Would they become friends? Would Zim make a move with Gaz? Would she kill him if he tried? Would I stop being such a weirdo around Dib?

I honestly had no answer for any of those questions. But for now, I was happy. Happy being in the middle and being open to whatever came my way. I never thought that moving to a new country could be so much... fun. And what was coming up next?

I couldn't wait to find out!