"Hey, Fred, Catherin said Satoshi said he is going bowling with Konata, Blaze and Shiro and he invited Jeffrey and Jeffrey told him he needed to bond with Catherin so he invited Catherin to go with him who invited me to go with them who said I could bring you, so, do you want to go bowling with Konata, Shiro, Blaze, Satoshi, Catherin, Jeffrey, and I? You can bring George." Caitlyn said quickly. Fred looked at Caitlyn, who was sitting on her bed, cross legged.
"Uh, come again? What is…bowling?" He said. Caitlyn laughed and kicked her socked feet at him.
"It's a Muggle sport…There are these pins, you see. Ten of them you see, at the end of a long aisle. There is a big ball, uh, I don't know what it's made out of, but it's really heavy. You roll the ball down the aisle in attempt to knock down all ten pins." Caitlyn explained, looking Fred directly in the eyes. Fred slightly cocked his head.
"Where did you hear about that?" He asked suddenly.
"Catherin's in Muggle Studies. She tells me about these kinds of things. So, you wanna go?"
"Sounds fun. Sure. When are we going?" Caitlyn glanced at the wall clock that ticked away the hours.
"In about thirty minutes. The bowling alley isn't too far away, but we'll have to leave in about fifteen minutes." She claimed. Fred got up off of the desk chair he was sitting in and sat on the edge of Caitlyn's bed. Caitlyn slowly picked up one of her pillows and smacked Fred on top of the head with it. Fred sat there for a moment, but began to laugh slightly. He soon picked up a pillow as well and hit Caitlyn in the back. She fell off the bed, but in the process of doing so managed to pull Fred down onto the ground with her. The carpeted floor gave them a soft fall, but they heard a slight stirring downstairs and Caitlyn squealed. The door creaked open slowly. The couple poked their heads slightly over the edge of the bed to see Catherin standing in the doorway.
"What are you two doing in here…?" She said softly.
"Nothing," They both said in unison. Catherin shook her head.
"Right…C'mon, we should get going to the bowling alley." Catherin slowly said as the two got up off of the floor.
"Hey, is there any way I can talk to George so I can invite him?" Fred asked. Catherin's eyes lit up and she clasped her hands together.
"Ooh, have you ever heard of a telephone? Surely you have one in your house! Doesn't your father work at the Ministry with Muggle artifacts?" She said excitedly. Fred nodded.
"I-I do believe I remember Father telling us something about a fellytone." Caitlyn glanced at Catherin, whose face had gone pale.
"Telephone. Not…fellytone." Catherin said softly. She walked to her side desk and picked up the telephone on it. She glanced at Fred. "What is the house number? Do you remember?" Fred smiled.
"Yes! The number is 826-264-2093!" Caitlyn stared at Fred.
"You know this…how?" Fred shrugged as Catherin entered the number into the phone. She sat there for a moment, but she smiled.
"Ah, yes, is this the Weasley household? Yes, I would like to speak to George. Thank you." There was a short silence. "Hullo, George! This is Catherin. I was wondering if you'd like to come bowling with us. Yes…can you use the Floo Network to my house? Of course! Bye!" Catherin hung up. "C'mon!" Catherin sped out of the bedroom and down the stairs. Caitlyn and Fred exchanged glances, but walked out of the room nonchalantly. The Lumbach's parents weren't home at the moment, so they weren't in their usually places; Mrs. Lumbach in the kitchen and Mr. Lumbach lounging on the couch. Instead, Catherin was pacing the floor by the fireplace, waiting anxiously for George to appear.
No sooner than later, a green puff of smoke appeared and the fifteen year old redhead stepped out of the fireplace quite happily. "We're going bowling! Whatever the bloody hell that is!" He exclaimed first thing. "As long as it isn't in Knockturn Alley-"
"Mum'll have a fit when she finds out we've-" Fred interrupted.
"It's a Muggle sport…" Caitlyn pointed out mid-sentence.
"Taken," Catherin walked out the front door impatiently and tapped her foot.
"Well?" She said, agitated. The other three that were in the house ran out the door as well (Caitlyn had grabbed Catherin and her own handbags off the table before exiting) laughing happily. "We are going to walk since none of us can drive and there isn't Wizarding transportation available that we can take to arrive there." They all nodded.
"How weirded out do you think all the Muggles would be when they see TWO pairs of twins walking down the street?" Fred stated. His brother smirked.
"Or when they see a bunch of random kids at a bowling alley…with their boyfriend or girlfriend just snog-" George started, but Catherin covered her ears and shook her head violently back and forth.
"NOOOOOOOO, NONE OF THAT." She squealed. Naturally, her twin and the other twins were laughing their heads off. "Blimey, I think I'm actually witnessing someone really die of laughter," she muttered.
When they reached the bowling alley, everyone was standing at the doors waiting for them. Shiro, standing next to Konata, both looking a bit annoyed. Satoshi, eyeing Catherin carefully. Blaze, standing on Konata's other side, smiling slightly. Jeffrey, watching Satoshi with a confused look on his face.
Catherin pranced up to Satoshi and placed her arm around his shoulder, propping her chin on his shoulder. "Hullo, Sato, darling." She said, batting her eyes flirtatiously. Caitlyn gasped dramatically, in acted shock.
"CATHERIN, are you flirting with Satoshi Ueda?" She said, glancing at Fred, who in turn was laughing.
"Who wouldn't be?" Satoshi claimed quite happily, enjoying the attention. Caitlyn crossed her arms, pursing her lips.
"You certainly know I won't be. I'll be over here,"-She stepped in place beside Fred- "and in case anyone wonders NO, we were not snogging," She pulled Fred by the wrist into the bowling alley, followed by Catherin shrugging while George, Jeffrey, and Satoshi all burst out in loud laughter. Catherin pushed the door open and slowly trotted in, peering around the large Muggle bowling alley. She let her jaw fall slack; she remembered it being...less colorful.
"Blimey, did they paint the place?" She said, gazing up at the Japanese boy beside her. He raised his shoulders and let them fall again. "Probably," He responded softly. There was a faint tint of pink on his cheeks. Catherin whipped her head around; her sister was whispering her name. She glanced at Caitlyn, who was hanging onto Fred's arm, and Caitlyn winked. She whispered something into Fred's ear, and his mouth fell open, looking back and forth from Catherin and Satoshi. He closed his eyes melodramatically and smiled, nodding. Catherin laughed nervously, walking over the front desk. Caitlyn rushed over, giggling.
"Two size seven and halves, please!" Caitlyn said, holding up two fingers. The bowling clerk nodded, ducking his head underneath the counter, and emerging with two pairs of red and blue bowling shoes. When everyone had gotten their own shoes and pulled them onto their feet, they all walked to the far right end of the alley. Caitlyn ran to the controller's seat and slid in. "I'M CONTROLLING IT!" She exclaimed happily. She pressed each button one by one (very slowly at that), making sound effects each time she pressed one ("Boop, beep, BUTTONS, beep, blup, blep"). After what seemed like forever, the names were all lined up. Satoshi and Catherin were playing a double team against Fred and Caitlyn as a double team, George and Jeffrey as a double team, and Shiro, Konata, and Blaze on the next row all playing against each other. When Catherin questioned her theories, Caitlyn just shrugged and said, "They didn't want ANY of us to come; let them play by themselves." Catherin just went along with it.
After everyone had gotten their bowling balls (and explained to Fred, George, and Jeffrey how bowling works) Fred aligned himself at the front of the aisle. He raised the bowling ball, swung his hand back, and hit the pins...every single one of them falling over. Caitlyn's mouth gaped open. "WHAT? It's your first time playing...AND YOU GOT A BLOODY STRIKE?" She shouted. Fred was grinning.
"Is that a good thing?" He asked, a hint of sarcasm ringing in his voice. Caitlyn nodded quickly.
"Course it is! I think!" She looked at her sister for approval, who nodded. Satoshi was up next. He slid out of his chair, picked up the bowling ball and inserted his fingers into the three holes (with some help from Catherin; he had no idea what fingers went in which holes), and rolled the ball down the aisle. It rolled, the red blur going down the wooden floor...and it fell into the gutter.
"What? You-(he called the ball something that made Catherin go, "SATOSHI!")-, I should've gotten that!" Catherin swallowed, and looking at her sister, nodded her head towards the bathroom. Caitlyn's eyes flashed with anxiety, though when she looked at her twin the expression in them softened. She slowly got up from the chair, shoving Fred into it as he looked at the control panel with awe. Caitlyn led Catherin into the bathroom, and when they got in there, she whipped around to face her twin.
"What's up, Catherin?" Catherin closed her blue eyes, turned to face her reflection in the mirror, and opened them again. She didn't dare look at Caitlyn.
"I-I think I'm in love with Sato-" She stopped midsentence to clear her throat, "With Satoshi." Caitlyn blinked, confused.
"Catherin, this may come as a shock, but I know this fact already." Catherin shook her head grimly and licked her lips.
"N-no...I'm really...in love with him. It's not just a crush. I have much more feeling for him." Caitlyn looked down at her feet, then hopped up on the counter to sit on it. She swung her legs.
"Are you sure you aren't just dreaming?" She whispered. Catherin shook her head violently, gripping the sink.
"Sometimes-sometimes I feel like I could murder myself when he gets near another girl. I get so jealous. And it won't stop."
"Murder is a strong word."
"BUT IT'S TRUE." She pulled her wand out of her boot and pointed the tip to her forehead. "I should just kill myself now, get it over with..." Caitlyn snatched the wand away from her.
"Oh no you won't, you are my sister and I will not allow you to do that." Catherin looked at Caitlyn, pain clearly etched into her normally brilliant eyes.
"Why not? You kill me, then. Do it."
"NO!" The door to the bowling alley opened up and Konata peeked her head in.
"Um, it's your turn, Caitlyn..." She muttered. Caitlyn nodded, getting down from the counter. She tugged on the sleeve of Catherin's yellow t-shirt, symbolizing her to come with her. Catherin, pushing back a strand of her blonde hair, pushed herself through the door first, trudging her feet. "Blimey, what did you say?" Caitlyn shook her head.
"Nothing. Just that I wouldn't kill her." Konata's small eyes widened, and she walked over to join her friends in the next lane over.
Catherin had sunk into a chair beside Satoshi, taking tiny glances at him every once in a while. Little did she notice he was doing the same thing. When Catherin looked at Caitlyn, she realized that fiery competitiveness had returned to her eyes. Caitlyn had rolled up the sleeves to her dark blue sweatshirt and pulled her shoulder-length hair into a high ponytail. She lined herself up with the pins, and glaring at them over the bowling ball, she threw the ball. The dark navy ball rolled, but unfortunately it swerved around the front pin and only hit pins 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10. The others were left standing. "AH HA HA HA! Fail!" Fred shouted. A few people from close by lanes gave him looks of disgust, but he ignored them. Caitlyn placed her hands on her hips.
"I'll have you know that I still have one more turn." She said, raising her eyebrows. Fred got up from his seat, crossing his arms, and stepped up to Caitlyn. He looked down at her, and they were so close they were almost touching.
"I don't care," He said softly, kissing her. This action got more nasty looks, but some people around them gushed at the sight. One older man muttered, "Ah, young love." Caitlyn pulled away from Fred when the ball came rolling into the ball retrieval area and grabbed the bowling ball. She tossed the ball, and naturally, she got a spare. She punched at the air.
"YES! Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!" She said, grabbing Satoshi's hands and dancing around in circles. Catherin looked at Caitlyn quizzically. "He was the closest person," Caitlyn said innocently. Satoshi went along with it, shrugging, but smiling all the same. Fred's face contorted into something of a mixture of pride and extreme competitiveness.
Naturally, the game went by quicker than they seemed to want it to be. As Fred, George, and Caitlyn were giving the man at the front desk the shoes back, they shook his hand gratefully but jokingly.
"Pleasure meeting you, sir." Caitlyn said, smiling wide. Fred closed his eyes and bowed deeply, taking Caitlyn by the arm and leading her out of the bowling alley. George had actually hopped over the desk and hugged the man, then ran out after his brother. Satoshi kissed all the girls that he passed as long as they were young on the cheek (Catherin's face had gotten VERY red when he kissed her), thanking them for the cookies. None of it made any sense, but the Weasley twins, Caitlyn, and Satoshi seemed to be getting a kick out of it. Catherin threw her hands up in exasperation.
"What are you doing?" She squealed. They all shook their heads.
"I have no idea," George said.
"But it's hilarious!" Caitlyn added. They all nodded in agreement. Satoshi walked over to Catherin, picking up a strand of her hair as he walked around her in circles.
"Catherin, sweetheart, you need to get a life if you don't think that's funny," He whispered, but loudly enough so everyone could hear. Catherin, of course, nearly died at the fact that Satoshi had called her sweetheart.
"Oh! I just realized something!" She said. Everyone gazed curiously at her. "Gaia never made it here!" Satoshi's face had gone extremely pale for some reason. Caitlyn seemed to be the only one who noticed, for she pulled him away to talk to him privately. She placed her hands on her hips casually and looked around.
"Why did you look like you wanted to be sick when Catherin mentioned Gaia?"
Satoshi's normal, cheerful expression turned dark.
"I don't want to see her at all," He said. Caitlyn's mouth hung slightly open. "I dumped her for a reason. She was not anywhere near my type. She didn't get me at all like-" He stopped mid-sentence, as if daring himself to say the next line, "Like Catherin does." Caitlyn gazed up at Satoshi, whose blue eyes were staring right into her own. He was breathing hard, but calmly.
"L-like Catherin? Satoshi, do you like Catherin?" Caitlyn whispered. Satoshi swallowed.
"Maybe a little, I don't know. But she's…she is different from other girls. She isn't always hanging on my arm like most girls do." He admitted softly. Caitlyn grinned. Satoshi's eyes darted around. "You won't tell anyone, will you?" He said.
"Of course not," Caitlyn muttered, placing her hand on his shoulder. "I won't tell a soul."
