As November came and went, the excitement level of the school turned up to eleven. Why? Because homecoming was just around the corner. The theme this year was supposed to be a "winter wonderland". To Zim, it looked like one of the stupidest things that humans could ever have come up with. However, he was surprised to see that all of the females (Gaz included, she just didn't show it) were excited about homecoming. They talked endlessly about it, like what dresses they were wearing, or which boy was taking which girl to the dance. Gaz sometimes was involved with the conversation, but sometimes she just let the other girls be. Immediately, Zim thought of a plan of how to turn homecoming (and the girls) to his advantage. But first, he had to make sure that Gaz wasn't mixed in with the plan. So, he decided to ask her to the dance. What he will do after that, he wasn't so sure.
Zim found Gaz reading a book (again) next to the school's main entrance. Casually, he walked over to her and sat down next to her. Gaz glanced at him only once, realized who it was, and went back into reading immediately. "Hello Gaz," said Zim. Gaz grunted in hello. Zim stretched his arms casually and then asked, "So, are you going to homecoming?" This surprised Gaz apparently, because she looked at him in a shocked manner and then asked, "You're actually into homecoming?" Zim shrugged and replied, "Well, it'd be a good time to..." He was about to say 'take over the world' but he suddenly wasn't sure that saying that would get him into Gaz's good books. So, he recovered by saying, "get to know you." Gaz was even more surprised. In fact, she was so surprised she actually put her book down beside her stuff and replied, "Well, I'm not really into that kind of stuff, I am not very good at having a social life." Zim only gave her a surprised look and said, "Really? I though I heard you talking about it rather excitedly about five minutes ago." Gaz only shrugged and said, "Sometimes I'm into it and sometimes I'm not." Zim nodded in understanding. Then he finally popped the question,
"Well, would you be into it if you went to homecoming with me?" Gaz stared at Zim for what seemed like ages. Meanwhile, Zim was enjoying looking into those amber eyes of hers. Finally, Gaz just said, "Sure," picked up her things, and went inside the school. Zim, smirking with victory, strutted into the school.
Later...
"Okay, GIR, phase 1 of the homecoming terror plan is complete: get Gaz to go to homecoming with me. Now for phase 2." GIR looked at his master from eating his chicken leg and asked, "Master, what is phase 2?" To this Zim replied, "That...I don't know." So he started going through his mind about all that he knows of homecoming thus far. "Let's see...Gaz is going with me to homecoming...the girls are all very excited about it...Gaz is going with me to homecoming...they're serving Squirt at the dance (ew...)...Gaz is going with me..." Finally he came up with an idea. After writing down the idea and going over it again and again, Zim hides the plan so that nobody can find it but himself and goes to bed, excited for the day that he sees Gaz in a dress.