BITTERSWEET

CHAPTER 20 / BOWLING

Garroth and Laurance spent the next day exploring every corner to Kawaminami, cancelling the beach trip everyone else had ran off to. The pair walked past every sidewalk, plaza and high strip, witnessing the most breathtaking views as they went along. 

They also managed to draw attention from some of the young women as they walked by. I mean, who could blame them? 

The only thing that caught Garroth's attention was not only the baseball field, but the bowling alleys, which was at least a block away from their centre point (meaning the beach house). 

Garroth stopped, and yanked Laurance's collar as he passed him, getting his attention. 

"What the fu-? Garroth? What the hell was that!?" Laurance protested, massaging the front of his neck that had fallen victim to the grab. 

"No, no, Man, you don't understand. There's bowling here!" Garroth exclaimed, looking back and forth from the centre and his best friend. 

"What's so great about bowling? You throw a ball, hit some pins. C'mon we gotta find the strawberry farm."

"There's more to the game than that. It's like baseball, soccer even. Anyway, the strawberry farm is behind the food plaza. We've passed it twice. Let's go get the others so we can have a game. Dinner too, there's nothing like those bowling wedges and fries," Garroth hinted. He then began tugging at Laurance's sleeve and started to complain. 

Laurance sighed squeezing the bridge of his nose with his free hand, before allowing Garroth to drag him down. After returning to the main residence, they managed to find everyone who were having an afternoon snack, the so-called casanovas happened to catch up with them minutes after they'd come back from the beach. 

The blonde-haired man found them out of breath, as was Laurance who'd chased his best friend reluctantly after he began running. He instantly regretted doing so and should've just let Garroth on his own without making a fool of himself. 

"Oh hey Garroth, Laurance! What're you doing back so soon?" Aphmau asked, "Are you guys okay?" She questioned, picking up on their unstable breathing choices, their chests hauling up and down as they caught up. 

"You're not gonna believe this..."

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Two hours passed and everyone (including Lucinda) had met up outside the bowling alleys. After those who were wearing sandals, flats or other non-sneaker shoes (*cough* Lucinda, Aph, Nana and Tatiana *cough*), they scored four seperate bowling aisles to split between the group of seventeen. 

Kasey and Zane seemed to have the most luck and skill when it came to the game, scoring a variety of strikes and spares at the ten pins. 

Tatiana also surprisingly had a good run with her wolf-like hand eye coordination. Katelyn simply shrugged it off as beginners luck. 

The complete drama (nothing horrible, good actually) actually began when Nana noticed six familiar faces, down at the other side of the building. 

She brushed down her dress, that now looked a light violet under the luminescent lights, and caught Zane's attention by annoying tapping him by the shoulder, then grabbing a grip on his hand. 

"Darl? What is it?" Zane asked, then saw the six familiar faces. "Oh shit!" He whispered, running a hand through his hair. 

"ZuZu!" Zianna squealed, running over to her son, engulfing him in a warm hug. 

Good thing the older ladies were sensible about what they chose to wear, except for the fact that they had tie tops with cheesy sayings, about being a mum in general. 

Soon enough the other five joined her and gave their welcoming stances as the younger generation played. 

Eric smirked when he read the scoreboard finding Kasey with the most points. You could practically see it written over Kasey's face. 

"The whole gang's here, huh!" Sylvanna said happily, as she released her daughter from a bear hug. 

"Yeah! Thanks to Zane and Garte, we were all able to come," Aph chirped, her attention soon compromised when she saw Katelyn literally laughing her lungs out. 

Katelyn's laughing source was Travis who was posing with his new-found glowing hair, supposedly looking like Violet Beauregarde. 

Remember, anything that's white glows violet under the lights; Nana's dress and flower pin, the bowling sneakers, Melissa's skirt, the guys' t-shirts and newly added to the list, Travis' hair.