"I wonder why Mr Scott didn't come to chat today." Minion said as he was clearing up his work at the end of the day, having made photocopies of documents and invoices that had to be sent over to the large father company of Metro Cover along with all the others from across the company.
"Hm." Megamind grunted as he slid his glasses off and slipped them into his case. He might admit to punching Wayne at some point to his friend but he knew better then to say it now not only because they were still in the office where anyone could over hear, but Roxanne would be coming over to their place this evening and if Minion was still angry at him for striking the 'nice guy' of the office it would make it quite awkward.
"Are you all right Sir, you're very quiet. Still in a grumpy mood?" Minion asked as he walked out of his cubicle, waiting for Megamind to join him. "You surely don't want to be in a bad mood when Miss Ritchi comes over!"
"Oh, no. No, I do not want to be. I'm sorry." Megamind apologised once he knew his computer had properly logged off and walked with Minion to the elevators where most of the other workers stood awaiting their escape from the company.
Bernard was there, talking to somebody named Lee, and he seemed fairly amused judging by the way one of his eyebrows was raised. But when Megamind and Minion approached his expression shifted to that of his usual look, boredom. He heaved a heavy sigh.
An elevator door opened and a good chunk of the people squeezed in, leaving little to no room for the two aliens.
"Oh, no worries we'll get the next one!" Minion assured them, despite having neither seen concern on anyone's face at leaving them behind. The doors shut, and Minion pressed the down button again.
"There you guys are!" Roxanne announced, having just gotten out of the ladies at the end of the day, as she approached the two. "I was almost afraid I'd missed you."
"Hard to fit into a lift with no room." Megamind replied meekly, hands in his pockets.
"Man I think that's lousy when they do that to you, or anyone really. Cram in as many people and just give those of us left a look." Roxanne scoffed, adjusting her shoulder bag strap.
"You get used to it." Megamind admitted as the elevator door opened which was empty. The trio got in and Minion hit the G button.
"Looking forward to your first foray into video games since childhood, Miss Ritchi?" Minion asked cheerily as the lift lurched down towards the ground.
"Mmm!" she nodded, "I kind of am. What kind of games do you two have in mind for me?"
"That's the mystery," Megamind interrupted, moving his hands in a mysterious manner. "When you come to our apartment you shall be at our mercy! The anticipation! It must be excruciating!" he grinned at her as the doors opened up on the ground floor.
Stepping out of the building they began heading towards their apartment block when they found their way blocked by somebody. Wayne. Megamind's face automatically drained of color and he took a step back so he was slightly behind Minion.
"Ah Roxanne there you are." Wayne smiled at her, totally ignoring the two aliens besides her. "I was wondering if you would like to join me for dinner tonight, at Conroy's?"
Conroy's was the five star restaurant that normally took months in advance to book a table at. Numerous times in the newspapers in the gossip section you would see the city's celebrities dining there, enjoying themselves and the atmosphere it created.
Roxanne's eyes widened in surprise, a blush smothering her face rapidly. "Conroy's?" she asked, her face breaking out into a surprised smile. "Oh that...!" but then she saw Minion and Megamind standing there besides her, the fish looking a little apprehensive and Megamind's expression she had no idea about since he was behind Minion. Being a girl, she would have loved to go to Conroy's but at the same time, being a friend, she had made a promise to these two besides her.
"Well?" Wayne asked, giving her that patented smile of his that normally got him exactly what he wanted.
"Look, I'd love to." she started, but before she could continue Megamind began walking again, past Minion and Roxanne and going around Wayne as if he were contaminated. "Megamind-" Roxanne called out but the blue alien was well and truly gone.
"Sir!" Minion called after him, before looking to Roxanne. "It's all right Miss Ritchi, I understand, so does Sir. You have fun!" he said before hurrying around Wayne, pausing to only briefly give the man a hard-edged glare, before rushing on after his friend.
Wayne watched the two go, before looking back to Roxanne, smiling triumphantly. "So when can I expect to pick you up?" he asked.
"Never." Roxanne replied. "I'd love to go, but I already promised those two that I was going to spend the evening with them playing video games."
"...playing what?" Wayne asked, unsure if he had heard her correctly or not.
"Video games. We're neighbours and I like going over there to talk, and tonight they offered to let me play video games and since I haven't in years I'm looking forward to it. Look, I appreciate you asking me to Conroy's but next time? Try to ask me in advance. I'm not about to wipe my schedule clean for you." Roxanne said sternly.
"But I thought after last night-" Wayne started, but stopped when Roxanne stepped forward and put a hand to his mouth.
"Don't. Just don't assume things. I'll see you tomorrow Wayne." she whispered warningly, before stepping back and walked around him at a hurried pace to catch up with Megamind and Minion and explain what was going on.
The charming, winning, Mr Scott stood there watching the brunette chase after the two aliens before frowning. He was willing to forgive Megamind for having a hissy fit at him that day, for trying to punch him and failing miserably, but to be turned down by Roxanne while offering her a free meal at Conroy's? That dented his ego, and it took a lot to do that. Heaving a sigh he shook his head, and headed off home.
"Sir, Sir! SIR." Minion finally caught up with Megamind, grabbing his shoulder. "That was very rude, Sir... I know it wasn't nice seeing that happen but-"
"I know, I know, I know!" Megamind said, not attempting to pull away from his friend. "But look at the choice she's got, Minion. Dinner at the fanciest place in town with Mr Big Chin or video games with a pair of alien nerds. Which would you pick?"
"Video games with a pair of alien nerds of course." Minion replied gently, letting go of his friend. "Why would I want to go to Conroy's? Bunch of stuff shirted people who think they're better then everyone, menu's that are way too expensive..."
Megamind gave him a small, tiny smile before rubbing at the back of his neck and looking down at the ground.
"There you two are!" Roxanne's voice surprised both of them, causing the two aliens to look up at her and gape in surprise at seeing her re-joining them. "Man you two move fast, especially you big guy." she smiled at Minion.
"Miss Ritchi?" the fish asked, surprised.
"Roxanne." Megamind breathed the name more than spoke it, his face turning purple again as he did. "But, I thought-"
"You thought wrong." Roxanne said with a soft smile. "I promised video games, and I'm looking forward to video games. I dunno who Wayne thinks he is, swooping in and asking me to dinner on the same night. Leaves me NO time to get ready at all! Plus, it interrupts my schedule." she reaffirmed with a firmer smile and a nod of her head. "So come on. Let's go get in our casuals, veg out on a couch and play video games till our thumbs ache."
Megamind could have kissed her. He could have flung himself forward, wrap his arms around her shoulders and kiss her any and everywhere. Instead he stood there awkwardly and gave her a small smile.
"Thank you." he said quietly.
"For what?" Roxanne asked, but Megamind just smiled at her in such a way that made it so she knew just what he was thanking her for. Nobody would pick him over Wayne for anything, that much was clear. She was the first, and that made her feel... well, she wasn't really certain as to what she was feeling but she liked it.
The trio split up once at the apartment, Roxanne entered her apartment and changed out of her work gear and tugged on some jeans and a simple pink shirt along with her slippers. In the bathroom she brushed out her hair, before looking at her own eyes reflection.
"So, no Conroy's huh?" she asked herself before chuckling, splashed some water on her face and turned to head downstairs.
"Come in!" Minion called when Roxanne knocked on the door.
She walked into the apartment, closing the door behind her and found tonight they had Beatles music playing on their music system since she could hear John Lennon singing about a man who blew his minds out in a car. Interesting choice of music, to be sure. Minion was going through a few covers of video games in front of the television and sat up, grinning at her. Megamind must have still been in the bathroom.
"Miss Ritchi?" he said in a softer tone, which caused the woman to walk closer to him. "I just wanted to thank you for deciding to stay with us. It really means the world to Sir to have you here." more then she probably knew, he wanted to add but held it inside.
Roxanne smiled as she eased herself onto the couch. "It's only right to keep the engagement you made first, no matter how flashy the second one seems."
The fish grinned.
"Ah, Miss Ritchi." Megamind announced as he exited the bathroom, wearing black shorts and a deep blue shirt, which showed a Katamari being pushed by the Prince with the phrase 'This is how I roll' emblazed beneath it. "We meet again." he said with an impressive flare to his voice before jumping over the couch nimbly and landing on the couch besides her.
"Wow, nimble aren't you?" Roxanne laughed, having never seen Megamind really jump before.
"Ha ha." Megamind said sarcastically.
"So what are we going to be playing?" Roxanne asked, hugging her knees to her chest as she watched Minion insert a disc into one of the many, many consoles before the television.
"Mario Kart for the Wii." Minion announced as he got up, "It's a good starting point. It's a basic driving game only in this game you get little collectables as you drive along the roads. There are mushrooms to give you speed, green and red shells to throw at your opponents, bananas and false boxes on the road for people to drive into and spin out of control, and if you're the very last person in the race you get the all purpose blue shell which seeks out the driver in front and takes them out with an explosion!" Minion explained excitedly as he handed her an old school Game Cube controller that was connected to the Wii.
"But I thought Mario was... you know, side scroller?" she asked.
"He hasn't been a side scroller for a long time, not counting Paper Mario which is more like a RPG." Megamind explained as he watched the screen come to life on the television and began selecting the right options.
"R... RPG?" Roxanne felt like she was learning a new language.
"Role Play Game. You follow a path in the game but you're capable of doing other things first before continuing on with the story. Maybe we'll play some Paper Mario with you at some point too." the fish explained.
Megamind quickly showed Roxanne what buttons on her controls did what and how, and she nodded, taking mental notes as she did. She had only played the driving game on the old Sega System back when she was a child but she couldn't even remember the name of it since it had been so long ago. Soon the trio were set up on the couch, Minion on the left end, Roxanne on the right, and Megamind sitting on the floor between both of them and all three held a controller in her hands. Minion appeared to have one that was larger than Roxanne's, and she guessed that it had been customed to fit his large robot hands. Megamind, meanwhile, held the white wheel for the Wii in his hands.
What followed was some of the most fun Roxanne had experienced in years. She had chosen Peach and a Koopa in Mario's car, while Megamind had Waluigi and Wario in their purple Cadillac. Minion, meanwhile, had chosen Luigi and Toad in Luigi's car. Roxanne's first foray into the game had her rolling out of control and falling off high bridges much to the amusement of Megamind and Minion. More often then not she was the one to get the blue shell, making both Megamind and Minion hit the brakes and trying to make the other one the ones in front so they would blow up.
At one point she got both of them at the same time. They raced around the game tracks, all three leaning to the left, or right, with their drivers unable to stop themselves. Roxanne swore as she was hit by Mario's green shell, but then Megamind had Wario send a red shell right up the plumber's rear end, sending the Italian spinning.
"Chivalry isn't dead!" Roxanne laughed, to which Megamind only smiled to himself quietly as he continued to turn the wheel in his hands.
"Look out for Bowser he's got a blue shell!" Minion yelled and all three screamed in laughter as they tried avoiding or driving right into the oncoming blue shell.
They ended up playing every track on the game at least four times, sometimes more. There were pit stop breaks to get snacks and water, but nothing heavy enough to count as dinner and that was fine by Roxanne's standards. It had been a fairly crap day at work, so this was a perfect way to end it.
"Man why didn't I come do this earlier?" she asked as she sipped from a can of soda.
"I don't know. Why?" Minion asked as he was feeding himself some fish flakes via the lid at the top of his dome.
"Hmm... I guess I thought video games were just for... well. Nerds. No offence." she grinned at Megamind who scoffed.
"None taken. But there are so many kinds of video games out there, side scroll, fight, RPG, combat, first person... and they come in all kinds of genre. Romance, action, kids, humour, slice of life, Star Wars..."
"You know I've never watched those movies?" Roxanne asked with a grin.
The silence that followed that statement was so powerful she could hear the television of the neighbour down the hall, and on top of that could probably had heard a pin drop.
"What?" Minion asked in a small voice.
"You've never..." Megamind said shakily, dropping his controller to the ground.
"Well no. I was a fairly girly girl growing up, Star Wars was never really my thing." Roxanne admitted, shrugging her shoulders.
"You HAVE to watch them!" Megamind, and Minion, said at the same time. "The first three movies are possibly one of if not the greatest trilogy ever created!" Minion went on to gush.
"Counting Indiana Jones trilogy AND the Lord of the Rings." Megamind pointed out.
Roxanne stared at the two before smiling meekly.
"Oh my God you haven't even seen those three either?" Minion asked, to which Roxanne shook her head.
"I feel like my head is going to implode." Megamind said, and it looked it since his whole body was shaking. Here was a woman who hadn't seen Star Wars, Indiana Jones, OR the Lord of the Rings. It was like he had happened across the perfect canvas, and had the chance to show her the greatest nerd films of all time for the first time.
"Let me guess you guys are already planning a movie marathon as I speak right?" Roxanne asked with a warm smile.
"You bet your freckles we are!" Megamind was to his feet in a split second. "All right. This Friday, you come here straight from work. We'll start with... oh man. Minion, I don't know what to start with!"
"How about alphabetically?" Minion asked.
"Indiana, Lord, Star... that works! Leave the best till last." he rubbed his hands together in a conspirator kind of way. "So, this Friday we begin with Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom then Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
"What about the Crystal Skull one, that came out a few years back?" she asked.
Both he and Minion looked disgusted that she even knew of the existence of it. "We don't consider that part of the Indiana Jones canon. No, we won't be watching that." Megamind said in a dignified way. "On top of that, we'll be watching the original theatrical release of Star Wars. No out of focus dinosaur butt, added effects, and NO Greedo shooting first."
"Greedo?" Roxanne blinked.
"You'll see." Minion grinned.
"Well, I'm not afraid." Roxanne shrugged.
"You will be. You. Will. Be." Megamind said suddenly, leaning into her so close she felt a blush coming up to her face as she leaned away. Megamind stayed there for a moment longer before he scoffed, laughed, and stood back. "Oh man I'm sorry I just had to say that, you had the greatest opening there for that quote." he grinned.
Roxanne felt like she had just signed up for something both amazing, and terrifying, at the same time. Taking at least one look at Minion and Megamind's apartment the two were into these kinds of things hard core since she could see the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings posters. There was also Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and other movies she didn't recognize since they were in other languages. It was like she had just now finally taken a step into a world she knew very little about, but was very much interested in learning all she could.
After all, it might be a lot of fun.