Elise getting the last few things for the party at the crafts store, in which she was getting some napkins and some party cups. It turned out that Vida was inviting a lot of her coworkers from work, and Bernard was inviting some of his old coworkers as well. The party was being held at a reception hall a few blocks from their home.

Elise was in a sweater dress with white thigh high socks and platform sneakers. She was trying to find which set of napkins should she get for the party.

Mika was in the store as well, getting some little trinkets for his enrollment party. He had on stonewashed jeans and a sleeveless white shirt. He had sunglasses on with peace signs on the iridescent lens. He was whistling a random tune, his head bobbing and his feet tapping the ground.

Elise heard the rhythmic tapping and had reached the aisle that held it. She had looked at Mika and had giggled a little. She approached him from behind, checking to see he had an old-fashioned music player. She had tapped on his shoulders, Mika jumping and pausing his music. He turned around and smiled, "if it isn't Pinkie of the Meat Aisle," he said as he had crossed his arms.

"Mika, right?" she said as she had cringed lightly in hopes of getting his name right.

"Bingo, Pinko," he said as he looked at the items in her hand, "I see you're having a celebration, are you having a birthday or something."

She looked down and giggled, "it's not for me, and it's not a birthday. My stepdad got a job at the Megamind Museum as the curator," she started off, "my mom is having a huge blowout for him," she said, now scoffed.

"You should get him a gift," Mika said.

"Ha, yeah right. He'll probably gloat about it to my mom and make me feel bad," she said.

"Still, you should get him something. You should always show love for the people in your life, even if they haven't been in it for a while," he said.

"You're starting to sound like a talk show therapist," she joked.

"My advice is free, so I'm no talk show anything," he said, his hand whipping his hair back. Elise had laughed, looking at him and blushing.

"I gotta get going, but it was nice seeing you again," she said as she turned around and walked off, only to stop, "but the way… did you get into any of the schools you were looking for?"

"I got into this rich school, it's called Metro City Academy," she said, Elise's face beaming and soon jogging to him.

"Get the hell outta here I go there!" she said, her eyes wide, Mika's face mirroring her.

"Yes!" he said with joy, "at least now I won't have to make new friends at that school," he said.

"Awesome," she said, "so you're going?"

"Seems that way," he said as he looked at her, her smile as wide as before.

"That's great," she said as she had hugged him tight. She soon caught wind of her actions and back off. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hug you like that!"

"It's okay… it felt nice and it smelled good," he joked, her face red at what he said, "sorry I didn't mean to sound weird… I say stupid things when I'm under a lot of pressure."

"It's okay… see you soon," she said as she turned around and started to walk away. "Also as a student of Metro City Academy, the boys have to have their hair cut and tamed. No 'hippie' hairdos," she said as was now out of his sight.

Mika was much over due for a haircut, to which he had headed to a local barbershop and had asked the barber to cut his hair at a good length but still maintained his bangs. The man had soon started to work on his hair, to which he had created a messy bowl cut. Mika paid handsomely, thanking the barber and looking at himself in the shopping window and smirked.

Bernard's Apartment

Bernard was sitting down in the master bedroom in nothing but sweats and a shirt. He was waiting for Vida to come out of their bathroom. "Honey, are you sure we should be doing this? I mean, Elise is gonna come home soon," he urged.

"Give it 15 minutes honey, besides she likes to wander," Vida said as she stepped out in a silk pajama romper, her hair done up. Bernard had looked at her up and down, "what do you think?" she said, twirling around.

"I think you should come over here and show me who's boss," he said, a small smirk at the corner of his lips. Vida had giggled, soon following a small purr as she had straddled the man. Bernard held her hips and rubbed them lightly.

"Kiss me," she said, Bernard taking her head and kissing her sweetly, Vida expressing her utmost devotion to the man with little french kisses. As soon as things were escalating, Elise had knocked on the door of their bedroom, Bernard jumping and panting and Vida cursing under her breath.

"Mom? I gotta ask you something!" she said. Bernard had looked at Vida, Vida sighing and getting off of Bernard, her feet stomping to the door and opening it.

"What. Do. You. Want?!" she said aggravated, Elise kinda backing off.

"W-Well…. I was thinking about what you said about inviting Megamind and Minion to the party this week," Elise said, her eyes focusing onto of her mom's head.

"Yeah, yeah whatever," Vida said, waving her off daughter in a rude matter, "are you gonna be in the house or are you gonna step out again."

"I was gonna go to my room and sleep," Elise said.

"Well I want you to go out for a bit, like a lot a bit," she said, Vida said, handing her $200 and slamming the door on her, Elise's nose getting on impact. Elise held her nose, rubbing it and blushing. She was in shock and stood up, heading out again and rubbing her eyes.

The Lair

Mika had returned home, now being in an oversized pajama shirt and sweat pants. He was in his room surrounded by sheets as he was thinking about Elise. Elise Fitzgerald. Pinkie. All little nicknames he could think of. It was no pure coincidence that she and he met at the grocery store. It had to be something else. Something bigger than him.

Minion had soon came up to his room, having a plate of food for him, "Young Mikhailov, I have your lunch," he said as he looked at him some baked chicken and broccoli.

"Thanks, Sir," he said as he took the plate. He had begun to eat.

"So I see you got a hair cut," Minion said as he had looked at his messy bowl cut.

"Yeah, I was long over due for a trim," he said as he had his hand go through his blonde locks.

"You are going to school. I highly doubt that they'll let you in with your long hair," Minion informed as he looked him. "Did you keep a lock of it? I wanna keep it as a memory of your first haircut," Minion shyly utter, his metal fingers fiddling with one another.

"As a matter of fact I did," he said, pulling out a little bundle of his once long blonde hair in a little ribbon. "Here," he said as he gave it to him.

"This is certainly going into the album," he said as he walked away.

Mika chuckled and continued to eat his food. He couldn't wait to go to school, mainly because he wanted to see Elise again. She seemed good.