Everyone at the bowling alley.
Dick making a strike.
"Not too bad." Kory crosses her arms
"I told you. I'm a champ."
"Congratulations. You're good at bowling." Kory teases and the team laughs along
"Whatever." Dick scoffs
"Gar you're up." Conner says before handing him a ball.
"Knock em dead, tiger." Kory slaps him on the back.
As gar bowls Rachel and Kory go get some drinks.
"Kor. Is it just me or are you and dick getting along again?" Rachel asks
"Rachel!" Kory giggling
"Well. Not that you should be asking.. but I mean kinda yea."
"I'm glad. You two look good together."
"We ain't the only ones." She says sipping her drink
"What do you mean?" Rachel confused
"Well.. I could tell you.. or you could just look over the table and see for yourself.." Kory says pointing her eyes to the table where Gar is staring.
"Kory!" Rachel hurry and turns away.
"Just like old times." She winks and walks back.
"Rach. You're up." Tim writes down the prior score
Rachel goes up giving her best shot.
Dick whistles at her strike. "Atta girl!" He claps for her.
She takes a bow and goes to sit beside Gar.
"Not too bad, Miss Roth." Gar smiles at her
She smiles back but turns away feeling she will blush.
As the night goes on they head home.
Rachel brushing her teeth and in her pajamas.
Gar walking by korys bedroom leaving training room hearing moans come from there.
"Ugh. Gross." He whispers to himself.
He passes by the bathroom seeing the door open and Rachel putting her hair up in pigtail buns admires her beauty and walks to not seem creepy
"Gar." She opens the door seeing a shadow walk by
"Hey. Didn't want to bother you."
"You aren't. I was just finishing up. " she says leaning against the wall
"Um..I like your hair." Gar says smiling and pointing to her hair
"Thanks." She chuckles. "You look like you're kinda bleak.. are you okay?"
"Yea.. Uh.. well let's just say kory and dicks room is definitely off limits."
Rachel looks down. "Yikes. I'll do that."
"I mean.. aren't we supposed to be like family or something?" Gar nervous
"I mean.." Rachel shrugs. "We're not blood. None of us are. I mean I look at dick and Kory like parental guidance.. but they're not actually people I'd call dad or mom."
"Right.."
"Plus.. you can't help how you feel." She says walking slowly beside him giving him eyes making him feel nervous and yet confused how to feel
After Gar showers. He goes to conners room.
*knock knock*
"Come in." Conner says playing with crypto. "Gar. What's up?"
"Bro..what would you think if I said Rachel may or may not have just came onto me?"
"What?" Conner chuckles
"Rachel. I don't know.. she just like gave me these eyes.. and said "you can't help how you feel." Walking about like the way she does." Gar imitating her
"I'd say you're either wishing too hard you're thinking you see it that way.. or maybe she feels the same way.." Conner openly shares
"I don't.. Ugh.. I don't like feel that way." Gar scoffs
"Are you serious? You were having conversations with yourself pretending to be Rachel when she's gone.. yea normal guys do that all the time." Conner mocks
"I was just- eh." Gar stuttering
"Dude. Come on. It's okay you feel for her. There's nothing to be ashamed of." Conner comforts
"Well.. what should I do?" Gar confused
"You know her best. What would Rachel want you to do if you think she gave you this hint?"
Gar snaps his fingers. "Got it." And leaves
"He's hopeless." Conner says to crypto as crypto whimpers and tilts his head.
The next day
Rachel drinking coffee and reading a book on the couch.
"Um.. Rach?" Gar comes to her and asks
She lifts her head.
"Can I um talk to you about something?" He asks her
"Sure." She says walking with him to his bedroom.
"So.. I was playing this last night and I thought hey.. isn't Rachel good at this game.." Pointing at the twilight zone arcade machine.
"Oh wow..I didn't notice you still had this." Rachel smiling looking over at it.
"Let's see what you got." He puts a coin in
"Ready to lose?" Rachel smirking
"We'll see about that."
She plays and wins and turns around grinning. "You were saying?"
"Let the master show you how you can get a higher score." Gar boasting
"A master?"
Gar pings higher than her. "A master."
"Well to be fair, I don't play as much as you." Rachel points out
"Hm. True." He holds out for her hand. "Which I'm happy to teach." He pulls her in front of him and guides her hand with the controls.
"There you go." Gar guiding her hands
*Ding ding* ah! I got it." Rachel excited.
"I remember when you first played this and won." Gar smiling
"Good times."
"You were so cute." He smiles cheekily
Rachel looking at him blushing.
"And.. you still are." He bravely pointed out
"Gar." She puts her hair behind her hair and blushed.
"Okay, okay. So you won. What prize you want? Anything." He says close to her
Rachel looking at him with her blue eyes sulking in his brown eyes before they both lean into kiss slow and meaningful then resting their forehead resting each other.
