The night of reckoning had come. Just so he could watch Gaz and make sure that she wasn't with his worst enemy, Dib asked a nerdy girl named Chis to the dance. Of course, she agreed, seeing as she was too nerdy to have any friends to go to homecoming with. At his house before the dance, Dib put on a tuxedo suit. Under his jacket though, he kept his alien handcuffs (he still didn't get to test those), a water gun, and some water balloons. He just has to make sure to not get too close to anyone or it's bye-bye dryness, hello wetting humiliation. Once he was sure he had everything he needed, Dib walked down the hall to Gaz's room and knocked on the door.
"What?" asked a very annoyed Gaz from behind the door.
"Come on Gaz, it's time to go." said Dib, checking his watch. It read 6:30, exactly 2 hours before the dance started. "Dib, the dance doesn't start for 2 hours. We can't go yet." Di rolled his eyes and said, "It's better early than late."
"Not in this case, Dib. In homecoming, everybody's gonna come late. Don't you know that?" Now that she mentioned that, he did know that. Why didn't he remember that before? Geez, that was embarassing.
"DIBBY-WIBBY! GAZZLY-DAZZLY! TIME FOR DINNER!" cried an exceedingly chipper and annoying Mrs. Membrane from downstairs. Dib sighed, straightened his tie, and went downstairs. There he saw that the entire dining room had been transformed into an elegant black-and-white room. The usual maroon curtains were replaced with white curtains with black trimming. The tablecloth had the same design as the curtains, and had an elegant dining set for four people, who he assumed was for himself, Chis, Gaz, and whoever Gaz was going with to the dance (it better not be a certain green alien). Out of the kitchen came Mrs. Membrane, who wore a dollman-sleeved black dress that actually fitted her rather nicely, despite her obese shape.
"Wow, Mrs. Membrane. You look good." said Dib without thinking. Mrs. Membrane blushed into a very dark red and replied, "Oh, Dibby-wibby. I'm glad you like it. I actually wore this same dress when your father proposed to me." What? Professor Membrane actually proposed? Dib always thought his dad just told Mrs. Membrane to marry him. But an actual proposal? Dib's confusion was interrupted when the doorbell rang. Mrs. Membrane went to answer it and came back with Chis in tow. Chis wore her usual glasses and her usual braces (the braces couldn't be helped, Dib'd give her that). The dress she wore, though, didn't really do much for her. Chis looked like she came back from the 50's. Her dress was pink with lots of frills. Her sleeves were very puffy, and she had a giant bow in the front. Chis smiled sheepishly at Dib. Dib just smiled sheepishly back and said in a tight voice, "You...look...great, Chis." Chis smiled at Dib and said, "Thanks, Dib." Then, Mrs. Membrane gave an excited cry from the front room, giving Dib the chance to get away from Chis for the present. He ran to where Mrs. Membrane was and stared in complete shock.
Mrs. Membrane cried, "Oh, Gazzly-dazzly, you look so beautiful!" Dib had to agree. Gaz wore a very beautiful dress. Her dress was a shimmering black, and had a halter top. Her torso is ruched, and the skirt is cut with a high low hemline so that it looked like the skirt was cut in multiple places and ended in multiple places. It was very Gaz, and very beautiful. Mrs. Membrane then took a ferret stole from the closet and draped it around Gaz, giving it the final touch. "Oh Gazzly, I knew this dress was perfect for you." Dib knew that Gaz actually was the one who picked out this dress (the pink short dress with the rose in front that Mrs. Membrane picked out was too girly) and he could tell Gaz was very close to correcting her, but then Chis joined the group and started hugging Dib's arm so tight that it was turning purple and she asked, "Can we eat yet? I'm so hungry!" Mrs. Membrane smiled at Chis and replied, "Of course, of course. Right this way, kids."
Dib, Chis, and Gaz all enjoyed themselves to a delicious dinner consisting of black salmon, white lasagna, and a delicious dessert of tuxedo strawberries and white chocolate mousse. During this dinner, Mrs. Membrane kept asking Gaz about her date, but Gaz said nothing. Then it was time for pictures. Gaz insisted that she stay out of the pictures, so Dib and Chis were the main object of the pictures. By then, it was 7:30. Dib escorted Chis into the shotgun seat of his car while he himself got into the driver's seat. But that's when he realized that Gaz was not in the car. So he got out and asked,
"Hey Gaz aren't you coming?" Gaz shook her head and said, "My friends are picking me up." Dib wanted to protest, but Mrs. Membrane shooed him away and said, "Gazzly is going with friends. Now you go with your date and have fun, Dibby-wibby!" Dib had no choice but to leave with Chis.
As soon as Dib and Chis had left and were completely out of sight, Gaz looked across the street to a certain house and gave that house a thumbs-up, the signal for 'Dib isn't here. Come on over.' In a matter of seconds, out of the house came a long limousine that was black with green stripes across the sides. The limousine pulled out in front of the Membranes' house and almost crashed into the neighbors' house. Out of the back of the limousine stepped out a certain green alien with a tuxedo and a dark pink tie. He yelled to the driver,
"GIR, be careful with the driving!" From the driver's seat, Zim's loyal robot shouted back, "You want taquitos with that?" Zim rolled his eyes in annoyance, but when his eyes reached Gaz instead, he thought that he had stopped breathing for a good five seconds. Gaz gave Zim a smug smile as he walked up to her and said to her, "You look beautiful." Gaz was about to say back, but Mrs. Membrane came out of the house and gave an excited squeal. "Oh Gazzly-dazzly! Is this your friend? He's so handsome!" Gaz face palmed in complete embarassment of her step-mother, so Zim chuckled a bit and then extended his three-fingered hand in greeting. "It's a pleasure meeting the matriarch of the infamous Membrane household. Zim's the name." Mrs. Membrane took Zim's hand and shook it with such eagerness Gaz was worried that Zim's arm would fall off. But Zim just smiled as Mrs. Membrane said excitedly, "Darla Membrane! Oh, what a delightful boy! You have just wonderful taste, Gazzly-dazzly!" Then, Mrs. Membrane ushered the two to the backyard for pictures. "Gazzly-dazzly?" Zim whispered to her. "Pet name. Don't even try calling me that unless you want to get beheaded." Gaz whispered back. Zim chuckled as Mrs. Membrane took numerous pictures of the couple.
After Mrs. Membrane was satisfied with the pictures, she asked Zim, "Now, Zim dear, have you eaten anything? Because I have fantastic tuxedo strawberries or white chocolate mousse if you're hungry." But Zim shook his head and replied, "No, thank you, Mrs. Membrane. I've already had dinner." Mrs. Membrane insisted, but Zim was firm. Finally, Mrs. Membrane let the two go. By then, it was 8:15. Zim checked the time as the limousine sped away from the house and muttered to himself, "Perfect timing. We're right on schedule." Gaz didn't even need to ask to know that Zim had planned something for homecoming. But she was curious to know what was going on. So she asked him,
"So, what do you have planned for homecoming?" Zim chuckled a bit and replied casually, "You'll see when we get there." Gaz couldn't help but smile smugly. But she was still worried. What if Dib saw her and Zim together? Then what? But her thoughts were interrupted when the Skool came into sight of the ridicolously speeding limousine. Worriedly, Gaz asked Zim, "Um, does GIR know how to drive?" Zim shrugged absentmindedly and replied, "It does now."