"God, you're finally back," Laverne breathed a sigh of relief after Adrian had taken his seat again. "If it were a few more minutes, I wouldn't know how to arrange the camera for the introduction of the Best Original Screenplay nominees."
"Sorry," Adrian smirked insincerely and then, adjusting his bow tie, looked towards the stage, "Have they reached Best Original Screenplay yet?"
The presenter had already started reading the list, with Adrian's "Braveheart" being the first mentioned. His face appeared on the big screen, and he smiled and nodded to the camera amid the applause, pretending as though he had been seated there all along and hadn't briefly run off to the restroom for a semi-forced intimate moment with Sophie.
