(At Murphy's Cafe: If Murphy's Law happens, you signed a waiver. Melissa, Zack, and Mort are seated at a booth, and Zack is texting)
Mort: Zack, are you texting Lydia again?
Zack: Yeah, we're at odds deciding where to go later. She wants to go get frozen yogurt, but I wanna go see a movie.
Melissa: Well, don't fight about it. Manipulate the situation!
Zack: Manip- the wha?
Melissa: (sighs) Okay, guys, listen up. Pretend you don't care about your movie, but then hint that it's playing at the theatre next to the fro-yo place she likes. The seed is planted, and she'll think it's her idea to go there. I do it all the time with Bradley.
(Zack texts Lydia)
Milo: Hi guys! Food's up! (Hands them their food) Aw, just think, this may be the last time I'm stuffing your faces before I'm off to school. (the phone rings) I got it mom! (to his friends) Anyway, enjoy! Gotta treat my band mates right. (he leaves)
Mort: You know what's weird? Murphy's Law hasn't really been active lately.
(A waiter slips on a puddle of water, and the food he's carrying lands on a customer)
Customer: My face! (He backs into another waiter who stumbles outside through an open door and bumps into a trash bin causing it to roll away)
Melissa: Yeah, it's more quiet than usual.
Zack: (His phone buzzes) Hey! Lydia says okay to my movie!
Melissa: Mm-hmm. Works every time.
Mort: Where is Lydia anyway?
Zack: Oh, she's over at Amanda's.
Melissa: Oh, Amanda. It's a shame she and Milo never got together.
Zack: Yeah, I always thought they were meant for each other. Remember when Amanda kissed him when she was our band manager?
Melissa: I may have snapped a quick picture. And just look at him. Working so hard.
(Milo is on the phone)
Milo: We ordered eight fire extinguishers, not eight-hundred! And where are those welding masks?... Well how else are we gonna make coffee?
(Back with them)
Melissa: He doesn't have time to manipulate a situation where he and Amanda can get together!
Mort: But we do! We should set them up!
Melissa: (to Zack) Hey, Speedy-Thumbs, text Lydia and tell them we have a plan to get Milo and Amanda together!
(In living room Bradley, Lydia and Chad are eating sandwiches. Lydia receives Zack's text)
Chad: Zack texting you again?
Lydia: Yeah. He, Melissa, and Mort want to get Amanda and Milo together. Wasn't that our idea?
Bradley: Yes, but now you've got to write him back in a passive way that makes him think it's really him idea. He's trying to manipulate the situation. It is how Melissa and I show our affection.
