Justice: Chapter 1 - Bowling
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Justice. That was what the league stood for no matter the planet or universe. At least that's what I stood for, not for sure about the rest of the team. The lanterns would always be there to help those in need. As I walk down the street the feeling of the wind slipped over my face. I grinned as the flash of light breezed by me again until he stood before me. He appeared in front of me in the blink of an eyes wearing his civil clothing. I hid the bag of food behind my back as my eyes narrowed, "so you wanted to hangout? I don't see why, I thought we saw each other enough as it is." Chuckling, I locked eyes with him before we began to walk.
He slightly fidgeted as we slowly went along, "I just never get to hang out with anyone from the team unless we're fighting. I feel that it's important that each of us get to know each other out of work, or in this case hero-mode." The blond shrugged, "besides it isn't like it'll be harming anything if we get to know one another."
"You choice me to get to know though. Why not invite the entire team along?" One of my eyebrows perked as I glanced at him.
He rubbed the back of his neck for a moment before responding, "We each have our pair in the group. Batesy and Diana, Superman and Shazam, Aqua and Cy, the Hawks, and then us... Plus the rest of them." He waved at the air, dismissing the rest of our team for the time being. His eyes narrowed, "also, you've been hiding something behind your back this entire walk." In a flash he held my burger and I huffed in irritation.
"I should never get food when I'm going to be around you." I reach from the meal, but again in a flash it was gone. He grinned and within seconds held a new bag with flesh food. "I thought you'd prefer something hot." I smirked and took the bag, pulling out the sandwich and eating it before Barry changed his mind.
"Where are we going anyways?" I glanced at him as we reached an odd looking building."
The brainiac chuckled, "I thought we'd go bowling?" He raised his hand to a place we now stood in front of it. It had an old lit up bowling pin with a flashing ball lighting up in different places to make it appear to be rolling down the lane.
I glanced at him, "bowling? Really? Okay, but there's no way this will help us bond."
Once inside the place I found out that the inside didn't match the beat up outside. Everything looked new and they had a side arcade. Most of the lanes were packed with people as well. One of his hands fell on my shoulders, "This place is always this busy. One of my favorite spot actually." The speedster grinned from ear to ear as his eyes ran around the room before landing back on me.
One of my hands darted through my hair, "let's bowl than."
We got shoes and our balls, and then payed for a lane. I elbowed Barry as we made our way over. Women were checking us out. He glanced in their directions before getting seated and probably fixing his shoes on his feet. I guess he wasn't as into showing off as I thought. I sat back and let him go first. He seemed to go through this ritual before tossing the ball. It rolled and slightly curved before running into each pin and making them fall. A strike!? Shock hit me as the nerd danced around in front of me like it was nothing. So he could bowl. Popping my knuckles, I got up and grabbed my ball trying to figure out how he just did that so perfectly. I took a step back before throwing the sphere half down the lane before it hit the ground with a thud and slowly crashed into the pins making only half of them topple over. Once seated again, I watched as Allen did his ritual and gently tossed his ball before it did exactly what it did before. How the hell? My eyes widened as he came back over, the grin on his face held more pride than I'd ever seen.
"If we were playing for money, you'd be kicking my ass." One of my hands ran through my hair at the thought. He chuckled and plopped down beside me as if it was nothing. "Do you play perfect games?" I got up and got the ball again.
"Most of the time, but it's only because I've practice." He tilted his head to the side as I took my stance. "You should try holding the ball higher." Raising my eyebrow, I glanced at him before doing at he said. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw him get it. I almost pulled away as his presence pressed into my back, but I stood frozen as he fixed my form. "Now keep this position and go forward." He pulled himself from me and I did just as I was told. Instead of just half this time I got all of them expect one. I smiled, turning to him and we high-fived. "Good going, Hal." I nodded to him and got ready to take out the last pin, and I did using the stance Barry showed me. At one point, Allen even brought over some drinks which always makes bowling more interesting.
The rest of the night continued like that. Now I knew a little more about bowling. It was nice. However, as we left the building Barry turned to me. I showed as his atoms apple moved and he gulped, "the real reason I asked you to hangout was because…." The speedster began to fidget again before raising his head with a determined look in his eyes. "I actually wanted to ask you on a date." A stream of red came across his face, but he didn't look away. "Hal, will you go consider going on a date with me?" His fist were clenched and he'd locked eyes with me. Once I realized he wasn't joking, my face heated with embarrassment and I couldn't hold the serious expression I had tried to keep plastered to my face. The heat reached up to my ears and I knew my face had to be completely crimson as he stared at me. This was so awkward. My teammate—no, my best friend wanted to go on a date with me. A grin crept across my face and I nodded at him, "I'd be happy to."
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