Well, THAT was a screwup. I wonder how he got out of that one?
"I, uh, wasn't talking to YOU, Iris, I was talking to, uh... myself! Yes, you see, I'm here to see 'The Iris and the Rose', playing, as you can plainly see, at the El Grande theater across the street from you. Been looking forward to it for weeks. So I was just, y'know - 'yay! I'm on time! I'll see the play!' Didn't see you until after I'd said that; sorry for the confusion. My next line was going to be 'I'll be seeing you, Rose, in about five minutes once I've gotten myself some popcorn!' So, uh, yes, I'd better get going, 'cause I reserved a seat. Oh, and as for Barry Allen, I just saw him - he's about five blocks away, the slowpoke, should be here any minute. Bye! *zips off*"
Seriously, though, you just know that, had the writer bothered to wrap up the story properly, we would've gotten something like that.