AN: Hi!
Chapter 9 (EPOV)
Bella was beaming at me as I took in the orange and brown paint on the walls and the blue carpeting. I felt that I was stuck in one of those seventies pornos that Alec talked me into watching. Of course, those didn't have the echoing sounds of balls hitting pins.
Alec would be making a dirty joke about that right now.
"What do you think?" She asked excitedly taking my arm. I did like her hands on me.
I didn't like the smell.
"What's the smell?" I looked around trying to decipher the offending odor.
Bella looked around and sniffed into the air. "French fries and beer?"
That was the sticky substance I stepped in.
"No," I said, taking another sniff of the horrible stench. "It smells like feet."
She cocked her head to the side and smiled. "It is a bowling alley."
"Oh."
This place is germ infested horror show.
The pretty, but over enthusiastic Bella clapped her hands. "That reminds me! We need shoes!"
She dragged me towards a large counter.
"What about getting a lane?" I was getting confused.
She pointed to Alice bickering with a curly haired man. They were wearing matching bowling shirts. It was odd.
"They got it!" Bella exclaimed and pointed to a row of shoes. "What's your size, handsome?"
Those shoes were revolting. My OCD was having a panic attack. They were stained, covered in viruses and pieces of the sole were missing.
"I can't wear those things! Those shoes are filthy!" I complained.
Bella rolled her eyes. "They spray them."
"With what? Shoes shouldn't be science experiments gone wrong!" I was losing my mind.
"They're sprayed with pixie dust and good intentions. You'll be fine." She smirked, then took in my horrified expression. "They spray them with disinfectant."
This did not make me feel better in the least.
We gave the giant man wearing thick framed glasses our shoe sizes. I was mesmerized and appalled by the giant stain on his Star Trek tee-shirt. I had no idea what made that color stain, but even with my curiosity piqued, I was too frightened to ask.
I took out tissues to carry my shoes.
Bella took one look at what I was about to do and sighed. "I'll carry them."
It was embarrassing having her carry my shoes, but it was better than the thought of touching them.
That's why I carried our balls after sanitizing them with sanitizing gel. Bella was giving me nervous looks. I think I was scaring her off.
I kissed her quickly. She smiled.
I found her weakness.
We walked over to a livid Alice. "Whitlock? Really, Bella? Really? He's a beast!"
"I'm standing right next to you, Brandon," the man stated. He held out his hand to me. "Dr. Jasper Whitlock."
"Edward Cullen." Dr. Whitlock had a strong handshake. I respected that.
"I thought you weren't coming, Jasper," Bella said with a twinkle in her eye. "How wonderful! Alice is overjoyed."
Alice pursed her lips and muttered, "I hate you, Swan."
"I wasn't going to come, but Garrett's here with his practice." He pointed to a group of people wearing matching shirts that read, Women's Eternal Light OBGYN. "Those bastards brought the mid-wife. Chelsea is their ringer. How's your game, Cullen?"
That's when I noticed Jasper's shirt read, Brandon, Whitlock and McCarty OBGYN.
"I've never bowled before," I admitted.
"God damn!" The man threw his arms in the air. "What the hell, Bella! Can't you date a pro bowler?"
Bella snickered and he threw a bowling shirt at her head. Jasper handed me a shirt and said, "Put this on and pretend to know how to bowl. Alice, we're a team."
"Kill me now," Alice replied. She stuck out her tongue and Jasper pushed it back in.
He kept his finger on her lips. Was this their foreplay? I wanted to touch Bella's lips. "Head in the game, Brandon."
She bit him and he smirked. "You better be ready to bring it, Whitlock."
I sat next to Bella and was surprised when she knelt down and put the bowling shoes onto my feet. She said sweetly, "This way you won't have to touch them."
Bella Swan was amazing.
She stood and helped me put on my bowling shirt. "Would you like to practice?"
I just grinned, as she led me to the balls. She had my balls whenever and wherever she wanted them.
I grabbed my ball and tried to get a grip on it. Why was it so slippery?
I smiled at Bella and said, "I have a good feeling about this."
Bella did her happy clap and walked with me to the front of the lane. "Remember to follow through!"
She patted my butt. I was doing an internal happy clap.
I walked up slowly, trying to keep a hold on the ball. I realized the sanitizing gel hadn't dried in the holes.
Play it cool. Play it cool.
I moved my arm back and...
A loud voice boomed, "Hey gang! Ready to get bowling? Jas, get Rosie a shirt!"
Rosalie?
"What the hell, Emmett?" Alice complained.
I turned at the same time I threw the ball. It bounced down three other lanes and went down one that was being used by the other doctors.
The pins went down. Every single pin.
"Thanks for the strike, buddy! Great teammate you got there, Dr. Whitlock." The dark haired doctor laughed and pointed at a scowling Jasper. He looked at my girl. "Hi Bella."
She gave a tiny wave. "What up, Garrett?"
He winked at her.
I was going to take that guy out! Show him who's boss!
I should probably figure out how to play this stupid game first.
