Hey, just want to thank everyone who has reviewed so far, I'm people are liking this story as it is my first Monsters Inc fic, so hopefully this time I wont go half way through and get bored but I'll actually finish this one. Also a quick response to FickleDelerium - Thank you for the awesome review but no, this isn't a slash story.

Okay, well, time to crack on :)

There wasn't much change in the weather as the day drew on. Rain still darkened the skies and soaked anyone who dared walk outside. Thunder and lightning was no more innocent as they both clashed through the air and the doors to the local Monster Schools were locked tight as all students were sent home early.

At one particular house in the heart of Monstropolis, despite it being near midnight now, a light was glowing bright through the dripping window, where a group of teenage girls all huddled in the middle of the floor surrounded by duvets, candy and make up. They were all in pyjamas and sitting on pillows, the laughter could be heard streets away.

"How stupid was that School trip today!" a purple four-eyed Goth like girl commented before blowing a bubble with her over chewed gum and painting her extremely long nails red. "I know right? I mean who would seriously want to work for a Scream company? Boring!" another teen commented, picking up a pillow and holding it close to her chest.

The smallest and plumpest of their small group smiled suspiciously as her six eyes took a glance at the girl in their group who was being unusually quiet at the moment, a girl with pink skin and purple snakes for hair. "Oh I don't know, I don't think everyone hated it" the plump monster said, pushing the pink cyclops slightly with her tentacle hand and bringing her out from her daydreams. "Huh, what was that Fay?" the girl asked, not understanding why all her friends were now suddenly looking at her.

Fay pouted her extremely big lips together and snorted while the rest of her friends giggled among themselves. "Hey come on, tell me what you're talking about!" the cyclops pushed, now getting more frustrated as the snakes in her hair hissed at them.

A blue girl, with her blond hair tied back, placed her claw like hand over her mouth, "Oh nothing Celia, calm down. We're just referring to-" "That totally hot boy you were flirting with!" the youngest of the group cut off excitedly, she looked just like a mini version of the girl who spoke before as she styled her hair the same way and dressed in near enough the same clothes. She had always hoped to seek the older girl's approval, but this time she wasn't even close as the girl glared at her.

"You guys saw that!?" Celia cried, now going completely red in the face. Fay smiled once again, "Um yeah, the whole School saw" she said in her deep voice, "but we don't blame you, that guy was some fine piece of work, phew!" she swooned, fanning herself off, the other girls agreeing. Celia wasn't part of it though, the whole situation actually surprised her, "Wait, you mean, you guys think he's cute too?" she said, though with more suspicion then excitement. "Come on, that guy's got it all!" the blue girl, Taffy, commented, "He's big, and handsome... and big" she sighed, lying down and resting her head on her palm dreamily, up until a young voice rang down her ear, "Plus he's blue, which means he's awesome!" the youngest cried, once again not getting the approval she hoped for. "Plus, he was totally flirting back with you" the Goth girl finished up, finally taking an interest in the conversations.

Celia's eye went wide as she realised who her friends were talking about. "Oh... yeah, that guy... Umm... about that..." she trailed, not knowing what to say.

She was cut off by the sound of Fay laughing, "Well it was either that big guy or that little beach ball she was flirting with."

"Oh shut up Fay, she was not flirting with him!" Taffy burst, though laughing just as much as the other girl. "Yeah, she's desperate, but I'm pretty sure Celia's not that desperate" the Goth like girl snorted.

Celia was silent for a moment before forcing herself to chuckle awkwardly; her whole face was now once again red. Her eye gazed down to the floor, preferring to look there instead of her friends who made fun of the small guy from Monsters Inc. She actually felt guilty, feeling it was her fault for what they were saying.

Every comment and laughter was instantly silenced though as Celia's phone began to ring. "Huh?" she exclaimed, picking up her phone and seeing an unknown number.

"Answer it, answer it! Put it on loud speaker!" Taffy whispered excitedly. It seemed like all her friends already knew who was calling and Celia feared the worst. Still, she did as she was told and answered the phone on loud speaker.

"Hello?" she said shyly.

"Hey Celia, it's me from Monsters Inc. You left me your number, and I dunno, guess I'm just bored but-" "Oh good job Sulley, tell her you're only calling cause you're bored, smooth" "Will you shut up! I'm on loud speaker! Sorry about that, anyway, me and a bunch of mates, you know the Scarers and whatnot-" "Nobody else is coming Sull.." "Shut up! Celia, do you wanna go bowling tomorrow?"

Celia had to take a moment just to register the conversation; her friends were already trying to stop themselves from laughing. The problem was though, even though she couldn't see which one was talking, she had a pretty good idea.

"You still there?"

"Oh yes, um sorry. Ugh.." she looked at her friends, each one waiting for her to say yes, but if it was the guy she thought it was then yes was the last thing she wanted to say. But what could she do? She didn't want to suffer the humiliation of her friends, and she didn't want to embarrass the guy on the phone.

"... Bowling would be great" she muttered in defeat.

"HA Told ya Wazowski!"

"Excuse me?"

"No sorry, I was talking to someone else. I'll text you the place and meet you at six. By the way, the name's James. P Sullivan, you can call me Sulley" his voice rang boastfully.

"Okay..."

"... My dad's a Scarer. He's the famous Bill Sullivan-" "That's enough Sull, hang up the phone!" "O-okay bye"

Celia couldn't even think for herself now as her friends made ridiculously loud noises in celebration, she however was too sure if she had anything to celebrate or not.

"Why did I have to come with you on your date?" the small green monster moaned as he type their names into the small screen below him, registering themselves into the system and setting up the bowling alley. The music was pretty loud, blurring out different kinds of techno tunes that didn't actually have lyrics to them. The whole place was a glow with neon lights and different flashes from the arcade games, there was a lot of chatty noises and cheering, not to mention it wasn't the best smelling place in the world.

However, it was a Saturday, and every Saturday evening Sully and Mike would go down to their favourite bowling alley and play a few games. Sulley had a much fairer advantage though and would usually win, as he was stronger, bigger and a lot sportier, but that didn't make Mike any less, he was good but just not as good.

It was a nice little tradition they had, one they had decided not to give up with their cutbacks, especially if Sulley was getting up in the night to work on the apartment himself, they were saving a pretty good amount and decided to keep Saturday how it was.

Until Sulley decided to invite a girl…

Mike shifted his eye to the lay-about who sat down on the bench and rested his feet upon the small table in front of him. The bigger monster could see the foul look on the others face and gave a light snort, "Come on, you know it's not an actual date. I want to see if this girl is any fun before making her my girlfriend. Sides, I'm gonna be showing her my moves" he said, while slowly slicing his hand through the air, "So I'm gonna need you to get the food and drinks so she won't miss the show" he smiled.

"You're a jerk, you know that right?" the cyclops commented, completely bored by his friends arrogance.

Sulley just chuckled to himself, not really getting how serious his friend was being. His eyes soon trailed past the green monster and rested upon the door, waiting for it to open. It was now 6:10 and the blue monster was starting to feel nervous. What was taking her so long?

It must have shown though, due to the fact that Mike was now standing next to him and looking surprised to see him like that. "You okay pal?" he asked concernedly. Sulley realised what he must have looked like as he stood up and brushed off his shoulders before smiling. "Oh please, I'm fine! Come on, she's just a chick after all" he said loud and arrogant.

Mike however was no longer looking at him, "She's right behind you."

Quickly turning around, Sulley was met with a tall, slender pink one-eyed monster, with crossed arms and a lowered brow.

"Celia! I'm so glad you made it" the big monster shouted happily, putting on a bit of a show. Celia however, was anything but, "Good to be here" she mumbled with no enthusiasm.

There was a small moment of pure silence, even the background noises seemed to go quieter as the two stood about awkwardly. Sulley raised a fist to his mouth and gave a small cough while Celia rubbed her arms.

Mike, feeling this was too painful to watch, poked the big monsters side, "Hey Sull, it's all set up now" he hinted.

When seeing Mike next to him, Sulley realised there was something he had forgotten, "Oh right. Umm Celia, this is my roommate" he introduced, placing his hand on a surprised Mike and pushing him slightly forward towards the now smiling girl. "Sorry I had to bring him, but he just can't be alone without me" he tried to whisper but failed as the smaller of the three rolled his eye before it laid upon the beautiful girl in front of him, noting that she looked no different than how she did when he first saw her... she was still perfect...

"Yes well, what he's not telling you is that I gave up happiness for lent this year" he joked, his confidence picking up as the pink girl placed her hand to her lips and chuckled to herself. He could feel a toothy grin forming at his lips as he watched her brush back her hair and send him a sweet little smile.

Boldly, he held out his hand, "Mike Wazowski, by the way. When you leave the introductions to Sulley, people tent to not realise I have a name."

Laughing once again, Celia gladly accepted his hand and shook it, "Well I'm sure you know my name... Unless Sulley forget to mention that as well..."

It took him a moment, but Sulley soon realised that they were both taking cheap shots at him just to make each other laugh... Time to break that up, "Okay, okay, haha very funny. Can we just play now?" he said, turning away from the two, leaving them to just watch as he walked to the alley.

Mike gave a short laugh to himself and shook his head before turning back to the other cyclops. She smiled directly at him and he just couldn't help but smile back. He looked down as soon as he realised the two were actually still holding hands. A blush instantly came to his face as he pulled away with embarrassment, taking Celia by surprise also, and even disappointment. "Uhh... Let's go bowl" he smiled, quickly pacing up to Sulley's side and leaving the girl to sit by herself of the bench.

Mike could only rest him arm on top of the small screen and sigh to himself as he watched her play with her hair. "Hey Mike, you put me in first right?" Sulley asked, not even noticing what his friend was doing or who he was looking at. "Yeah sure" Mike stammered, snapping awake from his thoughts and taking his eye off the girl.

Sulley stretched and cracked his fingers loudly, "Well here I go" he boasted, picking up the heaviest bowling ball and bouncing it in his hand. He sent a small wink towards Celia, making sure she was watching, before spreading his feet in position and stretching his arm all the way back before throwing the ball down the alley. In a matter of two seconds the ball had zoomed across the floor and knocked every single pin down.

"Strike!" Sulley cheered wildly, throwing his arms in the air and jumping about. He turned around, waiting for his friends praise, but instead all he found was Mike sitting next to Celia with his chin resting on his hand and a smitten look on his face as the two were deep in conversation.

Sulley let his arms drop to his sides; his mouth was no different as it hung loosely at them. He had just opened the game with a strike and neither of them had noticed?

"Mike!" Sulley whined, slumping his shoulders in frustration. The green monster's eye flickered to him for a second before he realised what he was doing. He quickly stood up and ran towards Sulley, leaving Celia behind in annoyance. "Hey you got a strike, you the man" the cyclops laughed, holding out his hand for the other. Sulley rolled his eyes, "Now you notice..." he complained, but still took the high four, "You're up."

As Mike picked up a much less heavy ball, Sulley sat himself down in the spot his friend was formally on and placed his feet up on the table. He sighed comfortably and placed his arm around the young girl next to him. Celia smiled politely, but removed his arm and shifted further away. Not taking the hint, Sulley moved along with her and got close once again. "So, do you go bowling much?" he asked, striking up a conversation.

Celia laughed to herself lightly, "I've played once or twice, but I'm not that good" she admitted shyly. "Nah, come on it's easy. I'm sure you'll be great at it" Sulley said, placing his arm over her shoulders again, much to her disapproval as she grunted to herself.

"Ha, looks like we are even my friend" Mike gloated as he approached the two smugly. "What? You got a strike as well?" the bigger monster cried, taking his arm away from the relieved girl and getting up to check the screen, "You never get a strike, how did you do that?"

"I guess I'm not the only one who doesn't pay attention. Okay you're up Celia" the cyclops said, dusting off his hands and motioning to the alley. "Show us what you got" Sulley cheered, grabbing her hand and walking her forward.

Celia blushed as now both lads were watching her, "Okay... but I'm really not that good" she shyly said. She walked up to the bowling balls and picked up the one made for monsters with no fingers, only she didn't hold it in the best way. Instead she held it in her arms like a grocery bag and faced the 10 pins in front of her. While Sulley and Mike had cheered her on, they had now resorted to just watching, both looking as uneasy as the other.

Brushing a snake back lightly, Celia bent herself down and allowed the ball to fall out of her arms.

She stood up with a fresh breath and watched as the ball went... slowly.

Mike and Sulley walked up to her side, painfully watching as the ball rolled down the middle, slightly moving towards the edge... Slowly getting there... Finally hitting the edge... any moment now... nearly there... yep, the ball just rolled off the alley and missed the pins.

The boys smiled very uneasily and sympathetically as they faced her, but she didn't really need to look at their faces to know what they were thinking. "Ugh, I told you I was bad" she moaned, placing her face into her hands completely embarrassed. "No no, it was... good, honest" Mike chuckled nervously, trying to make her feel better, but even he could say it convincingly.

Celia drew her hands slightly away and looked at him with the corner of her eye, feeling foolish, she pulled her hands away and brushed off her dress, "Maybe you guys should just play without me" she said, heading back towards the chairs.

"No way, come on we can teach you" Sulley offered, grabbing her arm and bringing her back. She stood next to Mike as they both watched the blue monster pick up another bowling ball. Cracking his neck side to side, Sulley positioned his feet once again and stretched his arm all the way back before taking a swing and letting the ball roll. He cheered when 7 pins fell to the ground, leaving just a few left standing.

"Do you get it now?" he asked, no longer gloating but facing the unsure girl. She paused before she admitted, "No not really."

Mike decided now was his turn, "Sulley she'll never learn with you just showing her, she needs to do it herself. Come on Celia" he said, taking the girl's arm and walking her to alley while the other monster stood aside.

Not wanting to be involved, Sulley sat down on the bench and watch as they two got awfully close together in front of him. He smiled at first, but then raised his brow as a thought came to him and he realised there was something not quite right. He watched as Mike picked up the right sized ball for Celia and guided her on how to hold it, he placed his hand firmly on hers… just to make sure she had a good grip? Right? Not only that but he stood behind her and helped to stretch her arm all the way back, his fingers getting cosy as they brushed on her wrist.

"How do I stand?" he heard Celia ask, her voice sounding a bit flirtier the usual, "Oh that's simple…"

Sulley, who was no suspicious, straightened up his back and watched them a bit more intently, however his face showed no emotion as he tried to figure out what it was that bugged him so much.

Mike helped his date stand correctly and not only now did he have his hand on hers, but he helped her keep perfect poster by resting his once free hand on her hip, a gesture she seemed to like as she blushed a little. With a few more reassuring words, Mike pulled her arm all the way back and together they threw the bowling ball down the alley, rolling it fast and knocking down 9 pins.

"Yes!" Celia cried, jumping up in the air and waving her arms, "I did it, I can't believe it!" She quickly turned to the grinning monster that stood next to her and threw her arms around him, which he gladly accepted and returned.

Sulley continued to watch as the two laughed and held each other... for a long time... a very long time...

His eyes widened instantly! That was it! He finally realised what was bugging him so much!

"Hey Wazowski!" he called, his voice getting low and a bit more threatening. The two pulled away guiltily as the big monster walked up to them, not looking happy at all.

"You guys used up my turn! I wanted to try for another strike" he complained, placing his hands on his hips in annoyance. Mike simply brushed him off though, "Get over it, we're not competing this time, we're having fun" he said, "I'm gonna get us some drinks, I'll be right back" with that he left the two monsters alone together and walked to the bar.

Celia watched him and let out a dreamy sigh, which was unfortunately cut short by the sound of Sulley's laughter, "He's a good teacher huh? Helps by the fact he's such a nerd" he said finishing with a short snort.

Pouting in annoyance, Celia took a sharp breath and breathed away all of her frustration. She smiled and turned to face the bigger monster smugly who simply raised his brow curiously and watched as she made her way to the bowling alley once again. Without so much as a stumble, she picked up the heaviest bowling ball and spun it effortlessly on her hand. She expertly positioned her feet and leaned her body in the correct way, she stretched back her arm, without so much as a struggle or a sweat, and with perfect confidence written all over her face, she threw the ball forward, letting in slice through the ground with sonic speed and smashing every single pin down. It was the perfect strike.

Sulley's jaw had never opened so far before as the girl flicked her snake hair and faced him proudly; "You're right, he is a good teacher" she smiled innocently before walking past the frozen monster.

Longest. Chapter. Ever!

Took me two days to write this -_-

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