I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Adora's Point of View-
After the show ended, I got up going over to kraft grabbing some water to drink heading to the women's locker room chatting with my sister until she was ready to go and followed her out to meet up with Alex and Mike.
"You like the match?" Alex asked as he wrapped his free arm around me kissing the top of my head.
"Yeah…you guys did great." I said.
"Thanks." Mike said as we headed out of the arena going to Mike and Maryse's car first seeing them load their things up.
"Let me get my things from Alex's car." I said.
"I was going to see if you wanted to go out tonight." Alex said as he looked to his feet doubtful that I would say yes.
"I would love too, what do you have planned?" Mike asked when Maryse nudged him, Alex and I looked to each other giving each other these indescribable looks.
"I was thinking the underground bowling place." Alex said.
"Underground? How weird is that." I said sort of excited to go even though I have bowled a game in my life.
"We'll meet you guys there." Mike said as Alex led me to his car.
"Sorry about him." I said.
"It's fine…he's probably still getting used to this…" Alex said, he was still making excuses for Mike but at least we get to spend time together. Alex drove us over to the underground bowling alley, I have never been there and it seemed like a mixture between a club and a bowling alley because it had the loud music and a bar filled with different types of alcohol.
"Definitely not what I thought it would be." I said as we made it to the last step looking around seeing Mike and Maryse waving us over to their lane, we walked over hand and hand to lane 6.
"We already got you your shoes." Maryse said loudly over the music.
"Thanks." We said as we slid our shoes on.
"I'll help you grab your ball." Alex said as he led me through the racks of balls grabbing one that was a good size for me, Alex went and grabbed his ball setting it on our racks.
"Anyone thirsty?" Mike asked.
"I'll have water." I said.
"Me too." Alex said.
"Maryse?" Mike asked looking to my sister.
"Same." Maryse said as Mike left leaving us to enter our names into the monitor hanging from the ceiling. Mike came back right when it was time to begin the games handing us each a fresh bottle of water, the bottle was wet due to the condensation. "Adora, your up!" Maryse said, I went over to the rack moving Alex's ball to grab mine.
"Stop grabbing my balls!" Alex said getting Mike to tense up and lock his jaw not amused by his joke.
"I'll touch it if I want to touch it." I said back looking back at him giggling as I pulled my ball off the rack, I went up not really caring just throwing it and it rolled into the gutter.
"What was that?" Alex asked.
"I don't know how to bowl." I answered.
"You have never bowled before?" Alex asked.
"Never…" I said.
"And you let your sister not go bowling, you should be ashamed Maryse." Alex said looking to my sister.
"I'm sorry, she's never asked to go and every time we went she never asked to play." Maryse said shrugging.
"Can we just get this game going?" Mike asked.
"I'll teach you, grab my ball…" Alex said as I reached for his ball feeling the wetness of the water that I had put on there from touching it earlier after touching my water bottle.
"Your ball is wet." I said giggling.
"It's always wet." Alex said.
"Oh god…" Mike said grossed out, we couldn't help but to laugh as I picked his ball up and Alex helped me up onto the wooden floor showing me how to position myself and the ball, he walked with me all the way through the steps. I rolled his ball down the lane knocking down 4 pins, it wasn't much but at least it was something.
"It's that easy, but next time don't use my balls like that….they don't like being teased." Alex said smirking as I turned around facing him.
"I won't….but do they like being wet?" I asked pressing my lips against his for a kiss.
"It depends…." Alex said.
"Excuse me, it's my turn." Mike said as Alex led me off the wooden floor to let Mike bowl, Alex and I sat on the chairs next to each other. Alex had his arm wrapped around me keeping me close to his embrace as we were playing game after game making jokes about the balls we were playing with getting Mike more and more uncomfortable.
"I'm bowled out, anyone want to play some pool?" Maryse asked.
"We can play with more balls?" Alex asked.
"Well, after tonight, figured you would want more balls to play with…" Maryse said smiling.
"But this time their small balls not the large form." I said.
"Which kind do you like better? Large or small?" Alex said.
"I'm not picky." I said smiling.
"I like large balls." Maryse said.
"You would." I said as I untied my shoes sliding them off and pulled on my original shoes before I took care of my bowling ball before we went to an empty pool table setting it up.
"Do you know how to play this?" Alex asked.
"I think so, but if you want to help you can." I said smiling as I blew off the extra chalk off the pool stick. I walked over to the side of the pool table leaning over it to set up the stick to hit the cue ball feeling someone standing behind me and arms wrapped around me.
"It looks good, just don't hit the poor balls too hard…" Alex said in a whisper.
"You don't like it hard?" I asked looking back at him.
"I do, but I don't have a stick poking at mine." Alex said smirking as I burst into a chuckle as he helped me break the table of pool, we each took our turns knocking in the balls and Mike of course had to be better than everyone else. We didn't even bother with a second game, us four walked out of the bowling alley to go to our cars.
"Addie, grab your things we are driving you home." Mike said.
"But-" I begun to fight when Maryse grabbed my arm to get me to stop.
"He isn't in the mood, the whole ball jokes did not amuse him and he is very aggravated by it."
"Why is he aggravated by that, we were joking…"
"He isn't yet comfortable with this…just do it and it'll get better, I promise." Maryse said as I turned to Alex who was trying to make sense of what we were saying.
"He's right, I should go and it'll save you gas and time…I had fun tonight and thanks for earlier…I'll text you…love you!" I said giving Alex a big hug and he wrapped his arms around me holding me to him feeling him press his lips to my cheek.
"Love you too." Alex whispered. I stepped back from his embrace trying to give him a half smirk before I looked down at my feet upset and angry about this when he lifted me to look at him, "It's fine." He said smiling. I nodded as I pulled my stuff out of his car going to Mike's car where he already had it running buckling up, I watched the scenery of LA as we passed things to his house. We went inside where I went straight to my room to get some sleep because after that much crying earlier and the little sleep I had gotten last night made me more tired. I slept until I was woken up by Maryse shaking me in the morning yelling at me to wake up.
"What?" I asked rolling over.
"Come on, we are going to be late." She said.
"I'm coming." I said as I got up quickly getting dressed, I made a quick bag for the next few days following them to Mike's car letting him drive us to the next town. The night went by quick, I couldn't exactly remember what happened because it seemed so rushed that it all blended together. We were walking out to Mike's car, Alex had left his rental at our house to save the gas and miles on his rental and Mike obliged to give him a ride.
"You want to go out tonight?" Alex asked wrapping his arm around me pulling me into his embrace kissing the side of my head.
"I would love to." I said.
"I was feeling Chili's." Mike said as he pulled the trunk open for us to put our stuff into it.
"Mike, I think they wanted to go alone." Maryse said.
"Your guys are welcomed to come." Alex said as I could tell he was irritated about Mike going with us again.
"Told you." Mike said sticking his tongue out at my sister, I rolled my eyes as he slammed the trunk and I climbed into the backseat with Alex, he wrapped his arm around me.
"You okay with that?" Alex whispered.
"I guess." I said not wanting Mike or Maryse there since lately we haven't had much alone time but for Mike to get used to this we have to deal with this. Mike drove us to a local Chili's where he pulled in going into the restaurant, we were seated at a table but this time he didn't scoot into the same side of the booth with me. Alex slid in next to me wrapping his arm around me as Mike did the same with my sister as I opened my menu to see what they had. "You want to split something?"
"They have 2 for $20." Mike said as I begun to look for that in my menu to look at, I looked up to Alex who was looking at it in my menu.
"You want to do that?" I asked.
"Yeah…you want the Con Queso?" Alex asked.
"That does look good, so does the cheese fries." Maryse said.
"Why don't we get one and you guys get the other?" I asked.
"And all split them?" Mike asked.
"Yeah, that was the plan…what meal looks good for you?" Alex asked.
"I was thinking of getting the bacon cheeseburger…splurging this weekend." I said smirking.
"Good choice…." Alex said giving me a kiss.
"I am completely opposite, I want the quesadilla." Maryse said.
"No, it's just you like more Mexican type foods than I do." I said.
"I was looking at that myself, I think we got the wrong girls Mike." Alex said jokingly.
"Good, switch with me then." Mike said getting up seriously pulling Alex out of the bench and slid into his spot.
"Mike, I was joking." Alex said standing beside him.
"I'm not, go be with your new girl…" Mike said being dead serious as Alex gave me a last look before he slid in beside my sister shrugging as our waitress came taking our orders. Throughout the dinner, Mike kept asking Maryse if she was mad at him and it seemed like he kept asking this every five minutes until it got towards the end of the meal and by this time Maryse we really aggravated with Mike. "Are you sure your not mad at me?"
"I wasn't but now I am because you keep asking me every five minutes." Maryse said putting her fork down for a few minutes.
"Well, I thought you were mad with me because I have been trying to play footsies with you but you won't play back." Mike said.
"No you haven't." Maryse said as I casually nibbled at my fry watching this scene unfold.
"Then who have I been playing footsies with?" Mike asked trying to look under the table.
"Me, and let me tell you I am mad at you Mike." Alex said seriously.
"Why are you mad at me?" Mike asked.
"You have been neglecting me this whole time, now I find out you've been playing footsies with other people, it really hurt my feelings…" Alex said trying to bring out fake tears, "I'm getting misty." Alex said waving his hand in front of his face seeing a gator tear, I covered my mouth trying not to laugh.
"I'm sorry I have been neglectful…" Mike said.
"It's too late…" Alex said turning to look the other way when the waitress set down our check, "And for that you shall pay for our dinner…" Alex said.
"No, you're a grown man…" Mike said.
"Fine…we're over then mister." Alex said crossing his arms over his chest chuckling and I was laughing harder than I was supposed to, Maryse rolled her eyes as she took the last bite of her food.
"I'm full." Maryse said.
"That was a good snack." Mike said.
"You say that after every big meal." I said.
"Well, I have an endless stomach." Mike said.
"I believe it…" I said as Alex handed Mike some cash to cover half of the meal, Mike pocketed the money but put his card into the holder for them to take. We waited until it was brought back and Mike filled out the receipts before we had left to go to a hotel for the night since it was closer to the next venue than going back home for the night. We went up to our rooms where we crashed for the night. "I was thinking about my party." I said as I was braiding my hair for the night.
"What were you thinking?" Maryse asked walking out of the bathroom wiping her face with an Oxy pad.
"I want a costume party." I said.
"Sounds fun…considered it done." Maryse said smiling.
"I just don't know what to dress as yet…but I never had one and think it'll be fun." I said.
"I think it would be too, our friends are goofs and they will totally go all out for it too…"
"What games should we do?" I asked.
"Don't worry, Mike and I got it covered…let us throw your first official birthday party here in USA." Maryse said.
"I'm trusting you, don't let Mike do a lot of the planning, he can be very…eccentric."
"I know, that is why I have majority of the control." Maryse said smiling as she went back into the bathroom finishing up as I texted my good-nights and love you to Alex before I fell asleep.