I do own these characters. Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Tangled are all property of Disney. I write just for fun.
Club 23 - Chapter XI - The Bowling Boys...And Girls
It's around 7 pm and the sun is about to set, which means the night is upon us. After two weeks of work and work and boredom, finally, the group does something fun, like really fun. It's time to go bowling!...but first we need to get picked up. Flynn told Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Megara to meet at his house so they could get there faster and beat a little bit of the traffic.
"Sup, yall", says Flynn to the three of them, "Ready to get your bowl on!" he continues excitingly
"Sure am, bud, bowling boys are back in action!" Aladdin says as he high-fives Flynn
Pocahontas rolls her eyes, "Oh yeah, I forgot you four had that little group"
"Hey what gives," said Flynn slightly offended, "Aren't you three the bowling girls?" he added
"Only by default", Megara added, "I swear, how mini factions do we have in our group?" she added
Aladdin tried to count on his hands, "Don't know, too many to count I guess"
"That doesn't matter though", said Flynn, "Tonight we are both united by bowling and we are going to have a great time, now let's all get into the car, we don't want Downtown Disney too crowded when we are there" he continued and everybody got in with Flynn taking the driver's seat, Megara calling shotgun, and Aladdin and Pocahontas taking the back passenger seats, now the four were on their way. In the car, Flynn opened up a conversation
"So, how are we feeling, good?" everyone gave a thumbs up
"Flynn", Megara raised her voice, "Out of curiosity, why did we have to wait two weeks to go bowling?"
"Simple Meg", he starts off, "Last Saturday, everyone was doing something, Poca and Quasi went to the Tree of Life Festival, Esme and Phoebs went to the gym, and me, you, and Ali were doing…well…"
"Nothing" she finished his thought
"Yea nothing" he responded back, "And also, it's one of the busiest places in the entire district, not only do they have bowling, they have an arcade and other wacky experiences, plus I heard the food there is pretty good, so we should be fine"
"Ok cool" she responded and Flynn once again opened a conversation
"So, Spring Formal is coming up, what is that looking like?" After he asked that question everyone went silent briefly, then Aladdin was the first to speak
"Well, I'm hoping to take Jasmine out as my date" with everyone nodding their head in approval
"Oh that's sweet", said Pocahontas, "I'm sure you two would look cute together"
"I'm hoping everything goes well, my plan is to ask her out on a date and pop the question to her"
"Ooh a date", said Flynn, "How thoughtful, what about you Pocahontas, you got a special someone"
"Oh Flynn", Pocahontas said nicely, "You know how I am, I don't really bring a date to those sorts of things"
"Well, why not, your dresses are amazing, you should at least have someone accompanying you" he responded which got a smile out of Pocahontas as he tries to cheer her up since he knew bringing up the Spring Formal would not sit well with her
"Meg, how about you?"
"Don't have anyone either, don't care really though, how about you Flynn?"
"Oh me, I don't got a plan either"
Megara raises an eyebrow, "Are you sure about that?"
Flynn looks at her funny, "Um, yeah, I'm pretty sure"
Megara smirks and says to herself, "Hmm…we'll see about that." Meanwhile, Phoebus is going around the neighborhood to pick up Quasimodo and Esmeralda, he can't get what Esmeralda said during their video call last night… 'You'll know, because she will come to you.' That sounded cryptic but made sense at the same time. Anyway, he had to steer his mind off of that and focus on picking Quasimodo up. He arrives at his house and sees him walk out the front door.
"My man Quasi", Phoebus greets him, "Looking stylish, as always"
"Thanks, you to dude", He then moves into the back seat, this cue giving Phoebus a puzzled look
"You're sitting in the back seat? you always like shotgun, wait…no…that means"
"Yep," Quasimodo says with a grin
"But why?"
"Because you need to talk to her more, that's why, look there's now Naveen here to ruin your sunshine, sunshine meaning Esmeralda, just pretend I'm not here"
"Okay, whatever you say man, but if this backfires…"
"It's not", Quasimodo assures him
Quasimodo buckles his seatbelt, as does Phoebus and they take off, it doesn't take long for them to get to Esmeralda's house, so when the car approaches, Esmeralda is already at the door. She's a little surprised that Quasimodo isn't sitting shotgun.
"Wait…" she says sarcastically, surprised, "I'm sitting shotgun, I have to pinch myself to see if I'm dreaming or not", she actually does, "Nope, I'm not dreaming, Yes!" she adds as she gets in the car and they drive off to meet their friends. There's a little silence, but Phoebus decides to break that
"So bowling boy Quasi, are you ready for some fun?", Phoebus asks
"Fellow bowling boy Phoebs, you know I'm always ready", Quasimodo responds as Esmeralda giggles
"Bowling boys…that's got to be like the dumbest thing ever"
"For your information, Esme, it is a lifestyle, we wait for nights like this, isn't that right Phoebus" As he shakes his head, yes, Esmeralda just laughs some more
"You four have to be the biggest nerds ever when you do that shit", she continues to laugh as Phoebus and Quasimodo give her the silent treatment
"But, in a weird way, it's astonishing how much you guys care about bowling, and to be honest it's really fun", they then look at each other and smile
Phoebus is not trying to think about the Spring Formal as he's driving, but can help it when he looks at Esmeralda's smile, he can see his opportunity to dance with her on the floor right there
"So, Spring Formal, who's got offers?" said Phoebus with those words slipping out…kinda. Quasimodo talks first
"Well I don't have nothing, Esme"
"Don't have nothing either" Quasimodo and Phoebus all looked at Esmeralda like she was some sort of alien
"What?", she looks confused
"Honestly, we thought that you'd already had a date the day posters came out", said Quasimodo
"No kidding", Phoebus shook his head in agreeance
Esmeralda smiles, "I'm flattered, but I just don't know who I am going to go with this year, I just might be single"
"Single?", Phoebus says to himself, "I'm sure you find somebody, same with you Quasi"
"Really, you know so?", said Esmeralda a little optimistic
"Trust me", said Phoebus and their ride went silent for most of the time, as did Flynn's ride. They were driving for minutes and minutes on end until finally, they reached their destination of Downtown Disney, welp time to go bowling! Flynn's car parked around the same time Phoebus got there, Flynn's group and Phoebus's group met in the same area
"Woah, did we get here at like the same time?", said Flynn
"I think so man", responded Phoebus
"Perfect!" Flynn and Phoebus high-fived each other, "Well group, Let's bowl"
The group all together went in, got checked in, got their shoe sizes and shoes, got their lane, and started to bowl. For the most part, people were doing pretty well, some spares here and there. The only people to get a strike so far were Quasimodo and Phoebus. The girls for the most part were just roaming through the arcade playing some games, but then came back to watch the guys bowl. Looking at how weird the bowling animations for the strikes are.
"I swear, tell me why every time I get a strike, something weird happens on that screen," says Phoebus
"Yea, I know", says Flynn, "It's literary Mickey Mouse wearing Iron Man's suit then morphing into the Incredible Hulk"
"Oh and out of nowhere, Donald Duck comes out of nowhere and he's the Iron Man", chimes Aladdin
"Don't I get me started on how Goofy is Captain America and Pluto is supposed to be Bucky Barnes", says Quasimodo
"Yeah this stuff is pretty weird," chimes Meg
"Yep you can say that again," incomes Esmeralda
"All this confusion is making me hungry, says Pocahontas, and Flynn looks her way
"You know what, Poca's right, we should order some food"
The group goes and sits in their area next to their lane to order food. After the order, a good 15-20 minutes pass and they have their food. The boys ordered the same thing, which was sliders, while the girls had the same thing, some salad
"Mmm, man, I'm so happy the internet is right for once, these sliders are good," says Flynn
"I know right, very mouth watery", said Quasimodo who agreed with Flynn
"Speak for yourselves", said Pocahontas, "This salad is to die for" she continued
"I agree," said Megara
While they're eating Phoebus notices that Aladdin had barely touched his food and he's starting to get worried. He worries some more and notices the look on Aladdin's face, looks like at the moment he isn't enjoying himself. Luckily, he is sitting right next to him, so he taps his shoulder and whispers a question to him.
"Hey…are you alright?"
"Sorta, but not really…can we talk in private?"
"Umm…sure, let's go"
Phoebus now talks out loud
"Umm hey, Ali and I are going to the arcade, see y'all there if you guys are coming to that area"
"Ok cool", says Flynn, "Ali, do you mind if I eat your slider?"
He smiles, "Knock yourself out" and Flynn takes the slider and eats it while Phoebus and him go to a secluded area in the arcade
"So…what is this about?" Phoebus asks
Aladdin sighs, "...It's about Jasmine"
Interesting development coming from this bowling night, what does Aladdin have to say to Phoebus...find out in the next chapter coming Thursday, August 24. What was your favorite out of this chapter, leave in the comments as well as your favorite moment overall. Thanks so much for the views and reading on this story, consider leaving a like and a review, and see ya soon... :)
I do own these characters. Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Tangled are all property of Disney. I write just for fun.