What's up guys? Hope you're doing well. I'm so sorry for not updating earlier but, life happened. Anyway, I'm back with another one-shot. I'm a bit disappointed with the number of reviews I received for chap 4, so please review, they make my day, even if it's a few words. I'll be really happy if you do, anonymous will do too, because I only got like 2 reviews for the last chap. Now, on with the story!

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JACK

I trudge my way to the bench to sit down. Overcome by fatigue, I collapse onto the bench and take a swig out of my bottle in effort to refresh myself. After draining its entire contents, I glance around the dojo. Jerry and Eddie are passed out on the mouldy mats with their loud snores resonating around the dojo. Milton is lying on the extra pile of mats at the corner with a towel on his face that's muffling his moaning. Kim is sitting with her back against the wall and breathing heavily.

Since Rudy wasn't here for practice today, he sent a substitute trainer to take his place. It turns out that he is a military officer who trains new recruits for the army. Let's just say, I certainly have more respect for the army officials and the pain they have to endure. He trained us like we're his new recruits and totally wringed out our energy within the first hour, well it took me and Kim an hour but the others only 20 minutes. I know I'm trained and everything, but there's only so much you can take.

"Guys!" Rudy shouts as he bursts through the dojo doors, snapping me out of my train of thoughts.

"You'll never believe what ju- GET UP!" he shouts realizing that everyone is not paying attention to him. That immediately wakes everyone up and we sit up straight.

"What Rudy?" I ask him, half annoyed and half sleepy.

"Whoa! What happened to you guys?" he asks confused.

"I think I just went through a shorter version of an army boot camp" Eddie says while rubbing his sore muscles.

"Yeah, I didn't even realise I had muscles at places I thought I didn't" Milton says.

"Rudy, you could have warned us that you're sending an army official to be the substitute" Kim says accusingly.

"Well if I did, you guys wouldn't have shown up for practise and not know the awesome surprise I have for you!" he starts off sheepish and then ends with an excited note.

"What surprise?" we say in unison. I got to admit, I'm sort of excited, even though his surprises always end up with someone hurt, in trouble or both.

"Well, remember when I said I'll treat you guys if we win our previous tournament?" he asks. We all nod our heads vigorously, or at least try too with us totally exhausted.

"Well, how about we go bowling?" he says happily. That is such an awesome surprise! I love bowling; my mom says I'm a natural, unlike my non-existent dancing skills.

"Wow, thanks Rudy!" I say happily. He smiles at us but his grin is a little too wide and forced. Uh oh that means there's a catch. I think Kim caught on to that too because she asked the question which I was about to,

"What's the catch Rudy?" she asks in an annoyed voice with exhaustion clearly shining through, Rudy seems a little hesitant

"Why do you think there's a catch? Pfft, silly Kim thinking there's a catch" he says as his voice climbs higher by a few octaves. Now he's definitely hiding something.

"Rudy…" I say with a spit-it-out glare and he sighs,

"Well I kind of challenged Ty to a bowl-off between the black dragons and the wasabi warriors" he says quickly.

"What?!" Kim shouts making Rudy flinch.

"How did you even meet Ty? Weren't you at an all sensei meeting with Bobby?" Milton asks. Rudy plays with his fingers, not meeting our eyes.

"Wait… you didn't attend that meeting because there wasn't one, am I right? And then you went over to the new nail salon you've been talking about to get a power pedicure where you met Ty, didn't you?" Jerry says accusingly out of nowhere. Okay, I think the fatigue has got to me because I just heard Jerry say something smart.

"Wow Jerry, that was inevitably smart for you to say" Eddie says shocked.

"What, what did I say?" he asks confused and I internally face-palm. Well, good things don't last very long.

"And he's back" Milton says, unhappy with the Latino's short term smarts. While all this is going on I see Rudy trying to sneak into his office and grab him by the arm, making him squeal in process.

"Where do you think you're going?" I ask him.

"Look, I'm really sorry guys. He was getting on my nerves on how good his black dragons are at bowling so I challenged him, saying that my wasabi warriors are way better" he says sadly with a puppy dog face.

"Fine. We'll compete in that stupid bowl-off" I say reluctantly. Rudy is so ecstatic that he's practically jumping with glee.

"Thank you guys! I knew you wouldn't let me down!" he says truthfully.

"Oh and remember that it's tomorrow and we'll be heading over there earlier for practice." He informs us.

"What?!" Milton shouts making Rudy wince.

"I'm sorry! I didn't have any choice! Please, just this once" he begs.

"It's okay guys. Remember, never say die? Come on, we got this" I say encouragingly and they slowly nod their heads.

"Okay, so who knows how to bowl?" Rudy asks jumping from his position.

"Not being boastful or anything but uh, I've won a few trophies for bowling" I say smugly.

"Wow Jack, you are so not boasting" Kim says rolling her eyes and I mimic her by rolling my own eyes.

"Jack isn't the only one who can bowl. You're looking at the Seaford's bowling champion" Jerry says popping his collar.

"You won because bowling is a game where thinking is not required" Milton says irritably.

"I got to warn you Rudy, I have never done bowling in my life" Kim says a bit embarrassed.

"And I'm not very good at it. The last time I tried bowling, I almost killed someone's cat" Eddie says wincing at the memory.

"How did you…?" I start,

"It's better if you don't ask" he says and I nod my head unsurely.

"I can't bowl very well since I find the bowling ball very heavy" Milton says as his face takes on a red colour, typical Milton, always flustered over the smallest things.

"It's alright guys, we'll train you. Right Jerry?" I say putting my arm around his shoulders. When I don't receive an answer, I see that Jerry has dozed off with a trail of drool tickling down his mouth that's about to touch my shirt. I quickly push him off and he falls on floor and continues sleeping, I just roll my eyes at him.

"How about you Rudy?" I ask hopefully.

"Me? Pfft… I know how to bowl… why would agree to this bowl-off if I don't know how to bowl… stupid question you asked me Jack. I'm a pro bowler" he says in a high pitched voice.

"Rudy…" I say warningly.

"Ok fine! I don't know how to bowl! Happy that you killed my fake dream of being a pro bowler?" he shouts looking like he's about to cry.

"We have a lot of work to do" I say, face-palming myself.

The ball is hurling towards the pins at top speed, I brace myself for the impact and close my eyes. Upon hearing the sound of the buzzer, I open and see that all the pins are knocked down and earning an applause from my viewers. Strike!

"Wow Jack that was a impressive shot" Kim says approvingly and I can't help but blush. We are all here for an early practice wearing matching green wasabi shirts. I am unashamed to say that Kim looks great in hers.

"Thanks Kim. Now it's your turn." I say as I grab her hand and lead her towards bowling balls, ignoring the unexplained tingles.

"Ok, now you try" I say and hand her a bowling ball.

"Try what? I told you, I don't know how to bowl" she whines.

"Do you at least know how to hold the ball properly?" I ask expectantly. She nods and slips her thumb and two fingers into the holes. I beam at her,

"Perfect! Now, follow my lead" I say and stand at the lane next to hers and demonstrate the technique, hoping that she would catch on.

"No Kim. That's not how you do it." I say and head over to where she is unsuccessfully trying to bowl.

"Let me lead you. Okay?" I say as she nods. I hold her hand with the bowling ball and almost immediately warmth rushes to my cheeks but I shake my head. She is just a friend. A really pretty and cute friend. A really, really beautiful friend with an awesome personality. I was about to go on when Kim's voice sliced through my thoughts.

"Jack? I said I'm ready to bowl now" she says blushing as she looks down at our touching hands.

"Right, sorry. Now, let me guide you okay?" I say. We are standing so close that our bodies are touching. I place my other hand on her waist and she tenses up on my touch but relaxes gradually.

"Before you bowl, you have to relax your body and clear your mind" I whisper in her ear and she shivers slightly. I'm glad I have this kind of effect on her. She takes a deep breath and I push her arm forward and she releases her grip on the ball and it goes straight towards the pins at full speed. It crashes into them with such a force, that it knocks all of them down.

She turns around in my hold and looks directly into my eyes with a huge smile on her face. It's like we're in a movie and someone pressed the pause button and is just admiring the scene. We gaze into each other's eyes and continue our never ending-staring competition. Then, I start to lean in and I can see her doing the same but the loud buzzer signalling a strike snaps us out of it. My face feels like it's on fire and Kim's face matches mine.

She glances up at the score board and squeals happily and hugs me tightly, the awkward moment completely forgotten, I hug her back with equal tightness. I think she is squeezing me too much because I begin to choke.

"Too ti-tight" I choke out. She immediately lets go and apologizes.

"Did you see that Jack? I got a strike at my first try" she says gleefully and starts dancing badly, I laugh and tell her to get more practice before the bowl-off and go to check on the guys.

"So how's it go-"I say but stop mid-sentence when I see the whole scene unfold in front of me. Eddie is nowhere in sight, Jerry is busy hitting on random girls. Milton is trying to carry the bowling ball but fails and narrowly misses his foot as it fell from his hands. Rudy is chasing the ball which has rolled away from him. I spot Eddie at the café stuffing food into his mouth. When he catches sight of me, he gobbles down the remaining pizza and waves at me.

"Eddie! What do you think you're doing? You were supposed to be practising, and here you are stuffing your mouth!" I say accusingly.

"I'm sorry Jack, can't bowl on an empty stomach!" he says and I drag him by the ear and pull him to the lanes and hand him a bowling and show him the correct way, not the way I did to Kim! That would be so weird, it's not even funny. After many misfired attempts, he manages to bowl correctly. Next, I head over to Milton and see that no progress has been made.

"Milton, if you can't carry the three-holes one, then use the five-holes one" I say, "it's a lot lighter compared to the other one and you can get a better grip"

"Thanks Jack, but I still don't know if I can do it" he says uncertainly.

"You can do Milton, I know you can" I say supportively and he nods.

Next, I head on over to Jerry and drag him over to another lane by the ear and hand him a ball. He's speaking rapid Spanish along with other English words like 'busy', 'flirting' and 'stupid Jack'.

"You are ruining my swag Jack!" he says angrily.

"You're a pro bowler, am I right? Well, prove it" I say challenging him. He smirks at me before launching the ball and scoring a direct strike.

"That'll do" I say and he dusts his hands before stalking off to flirt with another girl. I shake my head and walk over to Rudy. I pass by Kim and she smiles at me before nailing another strike. Man, that girl is a natural bowler!

"Uh Rudy, what are you doing?" I ask cautiously, and see him sitting down while cuddling the bowling ball. He looks up at me and shushes me.

"I'm concentrating Jack" he whispers.

"Well that's not how yo-"I start but get cut off by the loud buzzer and see who scored the strike. The black dragons are here and are already scoring strikes and pushing the Wasabi Warriors away.

"Are you stupid Wasabi Warriors ready to lose?" Ty says mockingly and crosses his arms with Frank and Bryan doing the same.

Rudy says standing up, having forgotten the bowling ball in his lap. It rolls off nearly crushing his foot, earning a squeal from him. He then regains his composure and crosses his arms.

"I believe you'll be eating my dust" he says confidently. We all gather behind him for support.

"We'll see what the scoreboard says" He replies. Frank's face takes on a confused look and says,

"Scoreboards talk? Oh man I have got to me one of-"

"Shut it Frank!" Ty hisses and Frank pouts.

"Let the bowl-off begin!" an announcer declares out of nowhere.

KIM

We are five strikes behind; we all need to score one strike each in order to win. Jerry is up and we cheer loudly for him as Jack goes up to say a few words of encouragement.

"I got this Jack" Jerry says smugly and Jack shrugs and stands back. The ball is rolling and in a blink of an eye, all the pins are down. We cheer and go in for a group hug.

"Ok Milton, you're up" I say patting his back. He looks hesitant, but complies.

"Milton, calm down. You can do this." Jack says.

"I don't know Jack." He whispers, Jack has his thinking look on and is looking really cute. Yeah, I called him cute, so what, live with it.

"Then why don't you think of this as a physics problem?" Jack asks expectantly. Milton brightens up and nods feverishly. He goes over to the lane while Jack looks at me and I nod approvingly. Milton concentrates and then finally bowls. The buzzer goes off and we cheer and go in for another group hug.

Eddie is next and this time I go up for encouragement, much to Jack's pleas.

"Eddie, if you score a strike, Stacey Wiseman over there would be pretty impressed" I sat nudging him. He looks over my shoulder and breaks into a huge grin. I smirk and walk over to an unsure Jack and whisper my 'encouragement' to Eddie in his ear, he smirks along and we high five. Although, the words of wisdom were pretty great, I was slightly nervous.

Nevertheless, Eddie managed to score a strike and instead of going in for a group hug, he ran over to Stacey to brag. My mouth dropped open and I huffed, mostly because I wouldn't get to feel Jack's arms around me again.

Rudy is walking towards the lane and Jack gets up and whispers something in his ear. This cause Rudy to fume and he practically launches the ball and it hits the pins with such force, the first one is in halves. My mouth drops open, for the second time, and I run over to Jack who is smiling proudly at himself.

"What did you say to Rudy that caused him to break one of the pins?" I ask shocked. He just smirks,

"I told him that it was Ty who his girlfriend cheated on him with" he says and this time I nod approvingly before high fiving him.

I'm up next and fully confident, well I should be I'm the fearless Kim Crawford. Anyway I get into position and Jack gives me thumbs up, accompanied by a smile. I take a deep breath and let loose of the ball, it's rolling at a good speed and like I predicted, the buzzer goes off indicating a strike. I turn around and run right into Jack's outstretched arms and squeeze him, he squeezes back equally tight. As I break free, the others envelope me in a group hug while congratulating me at the same time.

Lastly, its Jack's turn and I know he can do it. He picks up his favourite ball and steadies himself, and then he lets go of the ball. It's like everything is moving in slow motion, probably because the ball is literally moving that slow towards the pins. I walk up to Jack, ready to ask him if he has finally lost his marbles or something and why he sent the ball at such a slow pace, but he beats me to it,

"Just wait and watch" he says gesturing to the bowling ball moving at a snail's pace. When it finally reaches the pins, it tips the first one and then gradually all the pins follow and are down on the ground. It takes me a second to register his tactic, by then everyone is cheering while the Black Dragons look defeated and some of them are jeering. They are such sore losers. When Jack pulls out of the group hug I run up to him and hug him for like the don't know what time, but it gets better every time I do so.

"We won" I say muffled by his neck. He nods his head and we pull away but our arms are still around each other. We engage in another staring contest and this time no one backs out and we both lean in, putting aside all the consequences of what we are about to do. My eyes flutter close and I can feel his hot breath on mine. When our lips meet, those tingles came back, only in a more magnified version along with the butterflies boogying in my stomach.

We pull away and smile at each other ridiculously ignoring the cheers and claps in the background and shouts of 'kick prevails' and 'I won the bet'. I'm too happy to bother about any stupid bets, I sigh and lean my head against his chest while he tightens his grip around me and rests his chin on my head.

"Who knew that a silly bowl-off would make us a couple" he says and I laugh and pull him in for another kiss.

Done! Finally, I managed to finish this. I wrote it down three days ago and lost interest so I stopped and today I continued and finished it. Anyway, please review. Again sorry for the super late update, life is just too annoying sometimes.

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