[Scene: The Crown Game Center. El is sitting in the corner in a sky blue dress, playing the new Sailor V game on the ultra challenging level.]
[Occasionally she glances at the clock.]
[It's three. Mamoru was supposed to be there at two. For the third time she decides to give him ten more minutes, and then she's leaving.]
[The words BONUS ROUND appear. On the screen a bunch of guys with glasses try to throw Sailor V of out an arcade but she defeats them easily. The game pauses and El hears a clunk. She looks down and there is a prize in a cubbyhole near the bottom.]
[She picks it up. Its a big pink plastic pen with rhinestones on it. She doesn't want it so she tosses it over her shoulder and goes back to her game.]
Motoki: You're really good… I assume you've played this before?
El: Nope. It's easy. The AI in this game is a joke.
Motoki: Judging from your pretty outfit, as well as your look of distraught boredom, I take it you're meeting a boyfriend, and he was already supposed to be here?
El: Yeah.
Motoki: Shame on him, standing up a cute girl like you. Tell me what he looks like, and I'll keep an eye out for him while you focus on your game.
El: [smiles] He's tall and incredibly good looking, with short black hair, and the dreamiest sapphire blue eyes.
Motoki: [his own smile vanishes] You're not talking about Mamoru Chiba, are you?
El: [gives him a harsh stare] As a matter of fact…
Motoki: He's not coming here today. You must have gotten the day wrong. He's helping a friend.
El: [fuming] And you know this, how?
Motoki: I'm his best friend. He tells me everything.
[El turns away from the game shaking with fury.]
El: But clearly, he hadn't told you anything about about me.
Motoki: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you upset. Would you like me to call him and tell him you're waiting here for him..
El: No! I'd rather you forget you ever saw me! [grins evilly] You know what? That's a not a bad idea.
[She turns to Motoki and blows on her palm as if blowing him a kiss. Sparkles like glitter rise from her palm into his face.]
El: [grips Motoki by the shoulders and stands on her tiptoes to whisper in his ear] I was never here. You didn't see me. You have no idea who I am.
[She leans in and gives Motoki a very grown up kiss.]
El: And I didn't just do that, either.
[El giggles cruelly and teleports away]
[An instant later she stomps into her bedroom, where Dev is working on some wiring.]
Dev: That was a short date.
[El flops down on the bed, looking tense.]
El: What date. The jackass stood me up.
Dev: What?
El: It seems he forgot all about me.
Dev: That son of bitch! [rises from his chair] Nobody treats my sister like that. I'm going to go right over there and teach him some manners!
El: Forget him. He's lame. I want nothing to do with him anymore. [crosses her arms in front of her and heaves a heavy sigh] You should be happy. Now I can focus all this pent up negative energy on completing our mission.
Dev: [walks over] No! Don't let the sun go down on your anger! It's not healthy! You need closure! You need to call him right now so we can make this right again.
[He holds out a cellphone to her. She just looks at it before hanging her head down and moping.]
El: I don't need an apology. Haven't I been humiliated enough? I don't want to hear a bunch of lameass excuses from some lameass idiot.
Dev: Who said about an apology? I'm talking about a pound of flesh.
[El and Dev make eyecontact. Dev is grinning like a fiend. Then El starts grining like a fiend as well. She grabs the phone, and dials Mamoru.]
Mamoru: Mamoru Chiba.
[El puts on an expression of fake panic]
El: Mamoru! Oh my god! Thank goodness I got a hold of you!
Mamoru: [hisses in contrition] El? Is that you? What's wrong?
El: Oh my god! I am soooo sorry! I was here at home helping my brother with his science project and I completely lost track of time! You aren't still waiting for me at the Crown are you?
Mamoru: No, no. I'm at home helping out someone else as well.
El: Oh thank heavens! I wouldn't want you to think I flaked without having the common decency to call you, because that would be awful!
Mamoru: To be perfectly honest, I totally forgot about you.
[El makes a snarly face. Dev crawls over and snuggles against her bosom]
Mamoru: I guess I assumed Usagi told you she was grounded this weekend, so you knew we weren't coming.
[El is practically growling. But she smiles warmly the instant he stops talking.]
El: [giggling] I guess everything turned out for the best then! Thank goodness! I so was afraid you'd be mad at me!
Mamoru: Listen, progress reports are coming out in a few weeks, Usagi's really been studying hard so I don't think she'll be grounded for much longer.
[El resumes her scowl as she strokes Dev's hair]
Mamoru: So how about if we-
El: Awww. I appreciate you making an effort to include me. I really do, but I've been helping my brother work on his project, and I'm kind of hooked. It's pretty groundbreaking stuff, but it's going to take weeks, maybe months–
Mamoru: That sounds great.
El: It is! I think if we enter it in the science fair he might win a prize!
Mamoru: I hope so. Tell him good luck.
El: Thanks! Goodbye, Mamoru!
[El hangs up and looks at Dev]
El: Think he believed me?
Dev: I don't see why he wouldn't.
El: Good. [rises and takes Dev's hand] Lets go out and have some fun.
[She teleports and they appear in a desolate clearing, a few miles away from Hen Tie. She pulls Dev back a bit as Mamoru's VW rabbit appears in front of them.]
[Dev regards the patched up exterior with a critical eye]
Dev: What a hunk of junk.
El: Don't judge. Not everyone gets snatched up by a rich Daddy.
[Dev nods and grins as a pair of baseball bats appear in their hands]
Dev: Still…I almost feel like we're gilding the lily on this one.