Scene 26
The scene opens back at the party in Mac's apartment.
MAC: Does anybody know where the heck Elise and Allegra went? They've been gone for, like, twenty minutes. Maybe longer.
KAORI: Viggo just went outside to check on them.
MAC: Well if he's not back soon I say we send out a search party.
GRIFF: Aw come on, Mac! Let's get the tunes goin' already!
MAC: If you don't shut your trap there ain't gonna be no tunes at all.
GRIFF: But Ma-ac-
MAC: Well, okay, maybe I'll still play some tunes. But there'll be no Smashmouth.
GRIFF: Aw come on. You'd seriously do that to me, man?
NATE: I'm getting a little concerned myself, Mac. I'm going to go outside and see where they went-
The apartment door suddenly flies open. ELISE steps into the room.
MAC: Right on time! (He pauses.) But where're Allegra and Viggo?
ELISE: All right everybody, listen up. As far as I'm concerned, we're all family here, so I don't feel the least bit guilty for telling everyone in this room what's really going on between Allegra and Moby.
MAC: Er...you make this sound like it's really bad news.
ELISE: As we all know, the situation between Moby and Allegra was not a kidnapping. Or...well, not really, anyway. Moby skipped town when he learned the cops had gotten wind of him and Psymon's plan to play a prank on Mac-
MAC: That was not a prank, yo! I could've been killed. Griff could've been killed!
ELISE: Yes, but you weren't, were you?
MAC: That's not the point...
ELISE: Anyway, after Moby learned that the police intended to bring him in for questioning he made the stupid mistake of driving to his sister's place in Cedarville-
MAC: Where the hell is Cedarville, anyway? I've never even heard of it.
ELISE: It's some podunk town a few hours north of here. Anyway, Allegra happened to be in the car with Moby when he learned about all this. So he decided to just take her with him to his sister's and-
MAC: See? I told ya'all that Mobes isn't dangerous.
ELISE: Need I remind you of what you just? You or Griff could've easily been killed if something had gone wrong with that prank, a prank that Moby did, in fact, help orchestrate.
MAC: Oh...right.
ELISE: Anyway, to make a long story short...Griff, I hate to say this, but you were right. Allegra and Moby have totally got the hots for each other-
MAC: (He bursts out laughing.) Oh my God. You're not serious.
ELISE: I am.
GRIFF: So my theory was right after all! Wow...
MAC: (still laughing)
KAORI: Mac...please stop laughing. It is really not that funny.
ELISE: It isn't funny at all. It's appalling. But it's the truth, nonetheless.
NATE: So where's Allegra now? I know I saw you both go outside together.
ELISE: I told her what you told me right before we came here, and she immediately jumped into her car and took off. She's headed to see Moby, wherever the hell he is, to try and talk him out of it. I told her that he's probably with Zoe.
NATE: With Zoe? Why?
ELISE: According to Allegra, Zoe still hasn't gotten over her breakup with Moby.
NATE: Didn't that happen on the Tricky world tour?
ELISE: It did.
NATE: That was an awfully long time ago. I never took Zoe as one to hold a grudge.
ELISE: Then you don't know her nearly as well as some of us do.
NATE: That still doesn't explain why you would suspect that Moby is with Zoe today. Do you get the impression that Moby is having second thoughts about his relationship with Allegra?
ELISE: It seems that way, considering he's been ignoring her all day. And, let's not forget that he's made the sudden drastic decision to move back to England once the season's over.
MAC: What? Mobes is leaving us? You've gotta be freaking joking!
NATE: She's not. I had a talk with Atomika this morning. He was confirming my retirement, since he heard that I will no longer be taking up a position with the police force this spring. While we were talking he made a comment about how SSX is going to need two rookies next year since.
MAC: Shit, dude...
NATE: I asked him who else was leaving. I could tell that he realized he'd said something he probably shouldn't have. But in the end he told me that Moby had recently informed him that he would be moving back to England at the end of the season. And that he would not be returning.
GRIFF: Man, that really sucks. We're losing two of the best guys on the circuit!
ELISE: Agreed. Anyway, that's the story. Allegra took off, and naturally, Viggo went after her. This probably isn't going to end well.
NATE: You're probably right. I don't like the idea of Allegra, Viggo and Zoe being in the same room together, especially after all that's happened. There may be trouble.
MAC: Yo, I say we all get in the car and head to Zoe's now. Stake the place out. You know...make sure nobody gets killed.
Everyone looks at MAC.
NATE: I agree. Is anyone else up for it?
ELISE: Well if you're going, then so am I.
NATE: Of course. Mac, you can ride with us.
KAORI: If Mac goes then I am also going.
Griff: Hey! You all can't just leave me here!
NATE: (He looks to ELISE, who nods.) All right. In that case, Elise, you ride with me. Mac, you take Griff and Kaori.
The scene shifts back to Zoe's apartment...
ZOE: He's retiring, at age twenty-two. I still can't believe this shit. What the hell is he thinking?
PSYMON: (He is peering out the window, watching MOBY and ALLEGRA out on the front lawn.) Ugh. Gross.
ZOE: What?
PYSMON: He kissed her.
ZOE: (She rolls her eyes.) Get away from the window.
PSYMON: But I want to go outside!
ZOE: Well, tough shit. You can't.
PSYMON: You're jealous, aren't you?
ZOE: I...what?
PSYMON: You don't need to pretend. (He hangs his head sadly.) You never wanted me. It's always been him. Even after what he did...
ZOE: Psymon? (She scrutinizes him more closely, her eyes gleaming with hope.) Are you back with me now?
PSYMON: Does it matter, Zoe? As far as anybody's concerned, I'll always just be the crazy guy.
ZOE: You're fucked up, Psy. But so am I. And that's why we make such a good team.
PSYMON: Yeah. We do, don't we? (He looks again at MOBY and ALLEGRA outside the window, watching them forlornly.) But I'd always hoped that... (He trails off, shaking his head.) Ah, what's even the point of saying it? What's even the point of anything?
ZOE: Psymon...what are you doing?
He picks up the landline phone that sits on the table near Zoe's couch.
PSYMON: I don't know what I even bother-
ZOE: Hey! Stop that. You're weirding me out with all this depressive talk. Who are you even calling, anyway? Give me the phone-
She tries to grab it from him, but he sidesteps her, holding the phone out of reach. He presses several buttons. They grapple with the phone for several moments before ZOE finally manages to wrench it from his grasp, pressing several more buttons in the process.
ZOE: What the fuck is wrong with you? Do you have any idea-
VOICE: 9-1-1, what is your emergency?
ZOE: (Her eyes widen as she stares down at the phone in her hand.) SHIT. (She slams the phone back down onto the receiver, then whirls around to face PSYMON.) What the hell have you done?
The setting shifts to outside the apartment, where MOBY and ALLEGRA are talking...
MOBY: Please, love, just calm down-
ALLEGRA: (She is in tears.) No, I will not calm down. You're leaving us. For good.
MOBY: It was a tough decision to make, believe me. But I-
ALLEGRA: Couldn't have been all that tough, considering you made it in less than 24 hours. Without asking me what I thought first.
MOBY: Allegra-
He reaches for her, but she swipes at him with her hand.
ALLEGRA: When, exactly, were you planning on telling me, Moby? A week before you left? A day?
MOBY: You've got to understand-
ALLEGRA: Understand what? That something's obviously happened in the course of the last few days that's made you want to get so far away from me that we're not even on the same continent?
MOBY: It's not like that-
ALLEGRA: Then what is it, Moby? What is it? (A sob catches in her throat, but she quickly turns her tear-filled gaze away from him, trying to appear indifferent.)
MOBY: It's just that... (He sighs.) Zoe was my friend first, Allegra, and as much as it pains me to say it...I can't bear the thought of upsetting her. Of ruining our friendship, I mean. And so as far as I can see, the only way to prevent that from happening is-
ALLEGRA: To leave. To get as far away from me as you can so that we can't possibly hope to sustain a relationship.
MOBY: You see, the thing about it is...if I stay here, there's no keeping me from you. Not a chance.
ALLEGRA: (She raises an eyebrow.) Then stay. To hell with Zoe. To hell with all of them. What we have is...
MOBY: Incredible?
ALLEGRA: (She smirks.) Yeah. Or, well, I think it could be, if only we gave it the chance.
MOBY: I want to, love. Believe me, I do. But I don't think I can. I don't have it in me to just-
ZOE: Moby!
ALLEGRA and MOBY both turn to see ZOE coming toward them.
ZOE: You guys should leave. Dipshit just dialed 9-1-1. Not sure if it was an accident or not, but they'll probably send a cop over to investigate, and I don't think you guys should be around for that.
MOBY: Well, that's unfortunate. But I don't see any reason why we need to leave. We haven't done anything wrong.
ZOE: No, but I figure you guys have had enough confrontations with the police lately.
MOBY: What about Psymon? Will they arrest him again?
ZOE: Doubt it, although with his record, who really knows?
Just then, a white car rolls down the street and stops alongside the curb near Zoe's apartment building.
ZOE: (She glares at the car.) Oh now what's that skank doing here?
The driver's side door opens.
ELISE: For your information, Zoe, I am not a skank. Nate and I are getting married next year, and I don't plan on cheating on him. Now if I hear that word one more time in reference to me, I swear I will-
ZOE: Yeah, yeah, blah, blah, whatever. We're kind of in a crisis here right now, in case you haven't noticed.
Two more cars pull up behind Elise's, and ZOE groans.
ZOE: Brought the whole cavalry with you, now did you?
NATE: We just came by to make sure that none of you try to do anything stupid.
ALLEGRA: Well, you're a little late for that. Zoe says Psymon just phoned the police on accident. So they'll probably be showing up here pretty soon.
VIGGO steps out of his car, slamming the door shut as he shuffles over to join the rest of them. He and ALLEGRA look directly at each other, though neither of them says a word.
ELISE: So what if they police do come? We'll just tell them it was an accident.
ZOE: That's the thing. When it comes to breaking the law, Psymon has quite the resume. And it certainly wouldn't be beyond him to prank the police like this. Frankly, if they don't believe him when he says it was an accident, I won't exactly blame them. He's on probation right now, after all.
MAC, KAORI and GRIFF step out of their car just as ZOE finishes speaking.
MAC: Hey, who started the party without us? Oh, and just so ya'all know, we passed about five cop cars on our way here. Sirens blaring and everything. Not sure where they were headed, but... (He trails off, noticing that everyone is staring directly at him.) What?