Author's Note: Well, I wasn't expecting reviews last chapter, but hey, stoicism took effect. Well, anyway, the guys will all be bowling this chapter, and I think you'll find some interesting styles. And yes, to my previous reviewers, The group'll be going up against Kevin's team… And now for something completely different: Chapter 4

Stoicism: the belief that whatever life gives you should be accepted

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Chapter 4: Bowling

When all was said and done, Bobby went up to the front desk and entered his team; he even took the trouble of getting his team's shoes for them. "Bobby, I have two questions for you: Number one, how did you know my full name was Eddward? And Number two: How do you know our shoe sizes?" Double D asked. "Simple really, I compare my current show size with what it was when I was younger. Your shoe size is exactly what mine was about three years back. And as for your first question, I was simply assuming; just as I always do." Bobby answered

"Well, you know what they say about assuming, it-" "Makes an ass out of you and me." Rob cut into Double D's sentence. "Tisk, tisk, Rob said a naughty word!" Ed said with a disapproving air. "Well, anyway, shall we get our balls ready?" Bob asked. The group, including Rolf snickered. "Oh, come on, guys, I thought you were all more mature than that!" Bob scolded. Bobby calmed down enough to say "Yeah, let's pick a ball each. Double D, if you come with me, I'll see if we can get you one of the lighter ones."

Five minutes later, everyone returned with a ball. Eddy's looked like a melon with finger holes, Bob's was a purple ball with green markings that read "slime ball", Rob's was black with two red eyes, Rolf was going to try and use a pig's head until Bobby caught him in the process and said he'd get thrown out for it, and had thus decided on a simple dark green ball, Ed had Zorba the two-headed mutant on his, Double D had a white ball that weighed eight pounds at most, and Bobby had brought his own ball, just as Rob and Bob had; Bobby's ball had his name written in Black, and a simple sniper scope decal on it.

"Alright, so are we ready to bowl?" "We have to wait for the other team to arrive, I believe." Double D put in, as he knew all the rules. "Well, who is the other team?" Bob asked. Eddy looked over at the front counter. "Oh, you've gotta be kidding." Kevin's team was coming straight towards the other lane. "Aw man, why do we have to go up against Dorky's team? " I know, my idiot brother's such a loser." Sarah added. Rob simply gave a scowl from under his hood and hissed "Drop it."

Kevin wasn't intimidated by this. "Oooh, Dorky's friend's getting' angry. Let's see what you've got then." Rob merely continued to glare for a moment and then turned back to the lanes. "It all depends on whether or not you keep this overly confident air up. Should you persist, I will give in to your request and leave you bruised, in pain, and- for lack of a better word- half-dead." Kevin Snorted. 'Yeah right, let's just get started." Bob and Kevin went up first. Kevin rolled the ball with a curve to the left and it went straight for the center pin. Kevin got a strike.

Bob, however tossed it in a straight line at full force and got a strike. Next up were Jonny and Rolf. Jonny apparently took advice from Plank and rolled to the right. Jonny was left with a seven-ten split, which he managed to make a spare out of by throwing the ball for a short distance on the lane and curving it to the extreme left. Rolf had perhaps, the strangest throw. He pulled out his great Nano's Kidney Stone Keychain and said a few words in his country's language and threw the ball through the air and straight into the pins. Rolf got a strike.

When Rob's turn came around, he went up against Nazz. Nazz threw the ball, but only knocked over two pins with her first, the second time, she knocked down seven. Rob looked straight down the lane, his eyes narrowed, and when he threw he ball, Eddy could hear the air rushing through the rest of the lane.

The pins cracked when the ball hit them. Rob ended up getting a strike. Everyone stared at him, Eddy's jaw dropped when this happened; Kevin's eyes widened and he fell off of his chair. "What? I just threw the ball, what's so special about that?" Rob hissed. Nazz just gave him a thumbs-up and smiled.

Double D went up against Jimmy. Double D could just lift the ball and throw it, he ended up knocking down seven pins leaving a one, two, four, and seven pin line.
He threw it again and got a spare. Jimmy, however, got two gutters in a row because the ball was eleven pounds.

Sarah went up against Eddy after trying to make Jimmy feel better for the two gutters. Sarah got a strike opposed to Eddy's five pins. So far, Kevin's team was down by sixty-five points. Rob decided to yell to throw May off

"LOVELY WEATHER OUTSIDE, HUH?"

When May went up against Ed, the music started; May managed to throw the ball straight, but just barely. Ed tripped over a small splinter and got a foul. May knocked over three pins.

Everyone looked around; it wasn't until they looked at Rob that they realized what he was doing

"WELL, IT SEEMS THAT ED HAS GOTTEN A FOUL, OH WELL, WE'RE DOING ALRIGHT

"Tell your dorky friend to shut up, he's making us lose." Rob looked over at Kevin and glared.

"WELL, AT LEAST I DON'T HAVE A GIANT CHIN LIKE THE IDIOT OVER THERE IN THE RED HAT!" Kevin ran towards Rob and was about to punch him when Rob raised his hand, closed it around Kevin's fist and twisted Kevin's arm. "Nobody touches anymore for this exact reason, Kevin." Rob's eyes began to glow red and he threw Kevin back into his seat. Eddy just stared. "That's it?" "Eddy, unless you wish to face me when I am in a bad mood, I suggest you keep quiet." Eddy just curled up when he heard this.

Marie and Lee finished bowling and both got spares. At the end of the game, Ed, Bob, and Rolf had a score of 348 combined whereas the Chins had a score of 247.

"Big deal," Kevin grumbled, "We could have won if Rob hadn't crippled me" Rob merely turned his head away from Kevin. "I told you that you would have felt noting in your arm if I had broken it, because there would be nothing left."

"Guys, let's just hand in our stuff and get going, remember, we've gotta get these guys there own stuff." Rob stood up and walked away from Kevin's team. Ed was the last one to get out of the alley.

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I know, I left some things unfinished there, but I'll probably cover it up next chapter. Just hang in there!