Chapter 4: Bowling and Dinner
The next day, I met some more of my best friends, Alex Russo, Justin Evans, Max Greenwald, and Carly Shay, as well as Carly's parents, Sam and Freddie, at Arsenal Bowling Lanes. "Hi, guys!" I greeted my friends. "Hi, Angel!" Alex greeted back. Before we went bowling, Alex sold Valentine's Day cupcakes to all of us. We used lanes 13 and 14 to bowl. Carly, Alex, and I bowled on lane 13 with bumpers, while Mrs. Shay, Mr. Benson, Justin, and Max bowled on lane 14 without bumpers. "I have really improved my bowling skills over the past few weeks," I told Carly and Alex. I bowled a 93 on my first game, beating out Carly and Alex. Carly won the second game, cracking 100 points. "That was probably one of the best games I bowled since I went bowling at Zone 28 back in middle school," Carly told us. "I was a little bumpy that game," I told my female friends. "Do you girls want to play another game with me? Maybe give Alex a chance to win?" "Sure, Angel," Alex agreed. "You are so sweet." Our extra game was a close one. Alex was in the lead for most of the game until I got 2 spares and a strike towards the end of the game, and I cracked 100 points. "Good job, Angel," Alex congratulated me. I gave Carly and Alex a high five. "I'm sorry that you didn't win," Carly told Alex. "That's okay, Carly," Alex replied. "Angel is really good." "I will let Jenna, Matt, and Jill know when they meet us for dinner at Caliente," I stated. We then went to Caliente in Bloomfield for dinner and met my mentor, Jenna, her boyfriend, Matt and her younger sister, Jill there. "Look at my bowling score from today," I showed Jenna, Matt, and Jill. "Wow, that's very good, Angel," Jenna told me. "Carly cracked over 100 points, too," Mrs. Shay told us. "We saw her." "Bowling was a lot of fun," Mr. Benson agreed. "Yes, I love bowling at the Brunswick Zone Playmor Bowl every Thursday," Matt stated. "I remember bowling there a few times last year with Angel," Max remembered. "It was a lot of fun," Justin agreed. "It's too bad we missed out on Zone 28, though, since it was on Saturdays." "Angel was there with me when we bowled there together our junior year, and I believe that we bowled there another time in the spring of 2010, as well," Alex remembered. "I was never good at bowling until today. I need to practice bowling more often." We then ordered meals to eat. I ordered an All-American burger, Jenna ordered an Avocado Mango-Tango burger, Matt ordered a Caprese burger, Jill ordered a Sun-Dried Summer burger, Carly, Mrs. Shay, and Mr. Benson split a pizza with pepperoni, black olives, green peppers, and pineapple, Alex ordered an appetizer of chicken fingers and a side salad, Justin ordered a bacon cheeseburger with fries, and Max ordered a pulled pork cheeseburger. We also went to Scoops in Bloomfield for ice cream since it was a nice day outside. I ordered a French vanilla cone with rainbow sprinkles, Carly ordered a vanilla cone with rainbow sprinkles, Mrs. Shay ordered a coffee ice cream cone, Mr. Benson ordered a birthday cake ice cream cone, Alex ordered a strawberry sundae, Justin ordered a chocolate sundae, Max ordered a caramel sundae, Jenna ordered a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone, Matt ordered a Moosetracks ice cream cone, and Jill ordered a Phish food ice cream cone. "I already have flyers for the dance in 2 weeks made," Alex told us. "Thanks for considering my idea, Alex," Jenna stated. "You're welcome, Jenna," Alex replied. "We can even share leftover sweets from Hannah's slumber party with you guys," Matt pointed out. "There are these really cute sprinkle treats that Hannah plans to make, along with a pan-cake for breakfast," Jill added. "Oooh, those sound yummy," Alex remarked. Pretty soon, Jenna, Matt, and Jill drove me back to my mom's apartment in Highland Park. "Thanks for a great day, everyone!" I thanked my friends. "You're welcome, Angel," Alex replied. "Bye, guys!" "Bye!"
