"What in the world are you doing?!!!" Elle shrieked as she finally managed to pry her lips away from X's. She was surprised that she hadn't lost and eye with that big nose of his! "So, do you want to explain what you were doing or should I just kill you now and save some time?!"

X quickly looked around and was relieved to see that his mother was out of earshot. Just to be on the safe side, he hurried into a nearby supply closet and shut the door before putting Elle down. "I need your help." he told her.

"What? And exactly why do you think I would want to help you after all of the awful things you've put me through during this partnership?! Sticking us in that SUV instead of an LTD like I wanted! Driving down into that subway tunnel! Trying to feed me to a barruga! Then there were the incidents at the oil fields not to mention how you constantly call humans hideous and...."

"Okay. I think we all know about my faults," X grumbled. "Although I still argue that my discription of humans is highly accurate."

"Uhm, X, I don't think you're getting off to a good start here if you expect me to help you," Elle told him, not that she intended to do whatever that annoying alien wanted, but maybe it would be good for a chuckle. "So care to explain why your mother seems to be under the impression that we're engaged?"

"Because I told her that we were," he muttered, "You have to help me! I'll do anything! Please!!"

"You want me to pretend to be engaged to you? No way! I can barely stand being partners with you! She's your mother. Don't get me involved in this mess!" Elle said as she started to open the closet but X reached out and stopped her.

"PLEASE!!! I'll do anything you want!! I'll let you get that LTD!! I'll never say another bad thing about humans again!! I'll wait on you for the rest of my life! Just please go along with this until my mother leaves! You don't know what she was planning to do! She was going to sign me up for Martin's Dating Service, a six month manditory sentence to date every looser in the galaxy!"

"Martin's on 82nd?" Elle murmured. "That's an alien dating service?"

"You know about it?"

"Oh, yes. An alien dating service. That would explain a lot about some of those guys they set me up with," she said as she winced at the thought. Suddenly she was feeling a bit of sympathy for X. "It was a very bad birthday present. With friends like that one, it's no wonder I gave up my old life and joined the MiB."

"Please! You understand what she's going to do! You have to help me! It won't be for long! Now that she thinks I'm engaged, I'm sure she'll leave soon!" X begged.

"Well, alright," Elle murmured. "As long as it's not for long."

Just then they heard his mother calling, "Son, are you in there?"

"Quick, make it look convincing," X whispered as he scooped Elle up again and started to kiss her just as the closet door came open to reveal his mother standing there with Zed beside her and the hall full of agents.