"What are we going to tell him?" X asked as he caught up to Elle, no easy feet considering how fast she was storming through the halls.
"The truth! That's what we're going to tell him!" Elle muttered. Why had she been stupid enough to agree to help X out? She should have known that there would be trouble. There always was with that alien.
"We can't tell him the truth!" X moaned. "What if he tells my mother?!"
"X, if we don't tell him the truth, he's going to have both of us committed to the MiB mental ward!"
"The mental ward's good," X murmured. "My mother couldn't harrass me in there. Why don't we go for that?"
"Absolutely not! I am not being committed as a favor to anyone, especially not for you!" Elle cried as she stormed into Zed's office.
Zed looked up when he heard them arguing. What in the world was going on with those two? One minute they were doing something he didn't want to think about and now they sounded ready to kill each other again. Well, Elle did anyway.
"So, would you like to explain what everyone saw in that closet and why your mother seems to have the impression that the two of you are engaged?" Zed asked. "Or should I save myself some time and arrange your padded cell now? Oh, will it be single or double occupancy?"
"It's your fault. You should have let me escape when I had the chance!" X muttered. Just then he noticed something. "Where's my mother?"
"I don't know. She said she had to call someone with the happy news. Now, about that explanation?"
"I hope she isn't calling my cousin or everyone on the planet will know about this in an hour," X moaned.
"What?! Absolutely not! I refuse to have an entire planet think that I'm despirate enough to marry you!" Elle shrieked.
"Think about how I feel!'
"Excuse me, but I really would like that explanation now!" Zed yelled loudly so he could be heard over the two agents.
"It's all his fault," Elle said with a frown. "His mother kept bothering him about getting married and...."
"Well, do you blame me for doing what I did? You know what Martin's is like! Six months of manditory dates! I would do anything to escape that!"
"And exactly what did you do, Agent X?" Zed demanded.
"I told my mother that Elle and I were engaged," X murmured.
"And you went along with this?" Zed asked Elle.
"Well, I have had some experience with Martin's. Very bad birthday present. And surely X's mom will be leaving soon."
Just then the door came open and X's mother came bustling in. "There you are!" she said as she swooped down on the 'happy couple.' "Well, I just made arrangements for my flight home. I'm leaving in two days." X let out a small sigh of relieve when he heard this. He could survive two days. Somehow he would survive two more days with his mom.
"So of course that means that the wedding will have to be tommorrow," his mother said as she reached out and took Elle's arm, pulling her to her feet and starting towards the door. "Come along, dear. We have a lot to get done. You're going to need a dress."