As expected, Alexa and Dean had arrived at the bowling alley before any of the people they were going to spend the rest of the evening with. The bar was off to the right hand side of the entrance. Alexa saw that it was almost empty, in contrast to the busy bowling lanes, almost all of which seemed to be in use. She hoped that someone had called ahead and reserved a lane, otherwise they were in for a night of boring small talk instead of bowling.
"What are you drinking?" Dean offered as they walked into the bar.
"I'll have an orange juice, please," Alexa said. Having driven them to the bowling alley, and needing to get back on the road to a hotel after Dean's six hour booking, she was going to have to stay clear of alcohol.
Dean ordered her drink and a beer for himself. Once he had been served, they walked over to one of the nearby plastic tables and sat down to wait. The bowling alley in general was quite well maintained and modern, but the bar could have used some renovation work. Some better furniture would certainly have done no harm.
"Haven't been in here before," Dean commented, looking over at the lanes. "Doesn't look too bad, apart from the bar."
"I'm going to guess this will be their next project to work on," Alexa said. "Doesn't look like they get many people over here." As she spoke, she spotted why. There were a couple of young girls wearing purple polo shirts with the bowling alley's logo on the breast serving people with drinks over at their lanes. "Ah, look, you can have drinks brought to you while you bowl."
Dean looked at her and gave a crooked smile that made her instinctively want to laugh. "Then I'm fucked. I can't bowl straight without girls bringing me beer faster than I can drink it."
"Well, don't expect me to carry our team," Alexa giggled. "I already told you I can't bowl."
They chatted away for a few minutes, sharing a few laughs at each other's jokes. Alexa wasn't having to act like she was enjoying herself. Dean was actually good company.
Over Dean's shoulder, Alexa saw Marty and Deonna walk into the building. They had happened to do so while she and Dean were both laughing at something he had said, and they looked towards the bar right away. Perfect, have that for a first impression, Alexa thought. She made like she hadn't noticed their 'friends' arriving and continued talking to Dean. What delighted her was the glance that Marty and Deonna exchanged as they started walking towards the bar. They were surprised to see her again, and not in a good way from their point of view. They had imagined they would be able to laugh at Dean that his supposed girlfriend mysteriously hadn't shown up when invited, yet here she was.
Alexa took a sip of orange juice, waiting for them to get nearer to the table before pretending to notice them. "Oh, hi!" she exclaimed cheerfully when she judged the time to be right.
"Hi, Lexi. Dean, glad you could make it," Marty said.
To Dean's credit, he played things perfectly naturally as he turned in his seat to greet them, making no attempt to throw Lexi in their faces. "Alright? What are you drinking?"
"No, I'll get a round in," Marty insisted. He enquired about Dean's choice of beer and asked Alexa what she wanted, then headed for the bar.
"Deonna," Alexa said in a friendly tone. "How's your pool game?"
"Probably not as good as yours," Deonna admitted as she sat down next to Dean, at least attempting to respond to the banter with good grace. "Let's see who can bowl the best."
"Oh, that'll be you," Alexa said with a smile. "I'm hopeless at it, I just came for the night out."
Deonna looked a little disappointed that she wasn't going to have a competition to triumph in, but then her demeanour seemed to change a bit. It was as if she had decided that since they had been wrong about Dean's relationship, and since Lexi wasn't being confrontational, that she might as well try and have a good time. "I'm not exactly the best myself," she confessed. "Bowling is Marty and Jinder's thing. They get competitive with each other over it."
Dean let out a single laugh. "Why does that not surprise me? I'm afraid I'm at Lexi's end of the scale as far as bowling is concerned. I've hardly ever played, and I don't think I've ever gotten a strike when I have."
Now it was Deonna's turn to laugh. "You sound as bad as Alicia."
"Speaking of, here they are," Alexa said, spotting Jinder and Alicia entering the building.
Deonna turned around and beckoned her friends over to the table. For the second time, Alexa saw an exchange of a surprised glance when her presence was registered. She felt good for Dean. Bullying was something she had always hated, so she was glad that her client had now put them in their places for a second time. Hopefully that would be enough for them to get the idea into their heads that he was no longer the loser they had known in school. He was a nice guy, doing well for himself, and he at least appeared to be in a happy relationship.
Returning from the bar with the drinks, Marty arrived at the table at the same time as Jinder and Alicia. Greetings were exchanged all round, and Marty passed out the drinks he had bought. Jinder went to the bar to get something for himself and his girlfriend, then it was time to get down to business.
"Right then, let's teach Jinder how to bowl again," Marty said as the group walked over to the counter where they would all have to change into bowling shoes.
"You wish," Jinder fired back.
"I seem to remember beating you last time. And the time before that."
"Lucky streak," Jinder commented.
"What about you, Lexi? Are you any good?" Alicia asked.
"Nope, I suck," Alexa said comfortably.
Her disarming attitude drew a smile from Alicia, telling Alexa that this wasn't going to be the kind of confrontational evening that they had gone through at the school reunion. "Good. I wouldn't want you handing us our asses again, like you did to Deonna at that pool table."
"Can we stop talking about that, please?" Deonna asked, drawing some laughter from the group.
Before long, they were all changed into their awful bowling shoes. Alexa and Dean walked at the back of the group as they headed over to their lane, which was right at the far end of the building. Dean gave her a look that said, "Ha! We gave them just the surprise I wanted!" She was happy to see it, since it meant that she had already delivered on the first part of his moment of Bliss. What happened during the game was pretty much irrelevant. All that mattered was that they put themselves over as a happy couple having a good time. To that end, Alexa decided to put on a little show when they got to their lane. She waited for Dean to put his beer down on a table before stepping up to him, reaching up and giving him a peck on the lips. "You look great in bowling shoes. Now that is something impressive to pull off."
"Not as great as you look," he replied, following her lead without pause and giving her another kiss.
"Jesus, get a room," Marty chirped.
His sarcasm didn't matter at all, Alexa thought. If anything it was a good thing, as it showed that he no longer doubted their relationship. Indeed, he was willing to make quips about it. Excellent, she thought, smiling to herself.
Alicia took it upon herself to sit down in front of the terminal and start typing in the names of the players. "We're bowling in couples, right?" she asked.
"Yeah," Jinder said.
"I guess we know who's going to come last," Dean muttered to Alexa, giving her a grin
"As long as I get a strike at some point, I'll walk away happy," she replied.
A couple of minutes later, Alicia announced that she was done. The game was ready to start. Jinder's name was first to appear on the screen. He was over at the nearby rack of balls, finding one that was the right weight for him to bowl with. On the way back over to the group, he looked at Alexa and Dean. "Guys, let me show you how to bowl."
Once his back was turned, Alexa rolled her eyes at Dean. Jinder honestly thought he was going to impress them with his ability to knock pins over. As if they gave a shit.
Jinder stepped up to the lane and delivered the ball in a fluid motion. "That's a strike," he said, turning his back on it before it was halfway to the pins. Sure enough, they exploded everywhere when the ball made contact.
"Nice," Dean commented, sipping from his beer.
Marty went next, also getting a strike. Then it was Dean's turn.
"Go on, babe," Alexa said cheerfully.
Dean found a ball that felt right for him. The only problem was that it was pink. "I'm going to use this incredibly manly ball," he laughed, carrying it over.
"I like it, but it's probably too heavy for me," Alexa said. Watching on, she willed Dean not to get a gutter ball. That was her fear ahead of her own first attempt.
Dean bowled, and she saw that his ball was not headed for the gutter. It smashed into the pins just to the right of the centre line, and they all fell down. He had scored a strike.
"Yes!" Alexa cried, raising her arms excitedly.
"Nice one," Jinder admitted. "I thought you said you can't bowl?"
Dean laughed as he walked back over to Alexa. "I can't. But a strike is a strike."
Alicia went next, scoring eight.
The next turn was Deonna's. The letter D appeared on the screen instead of her name, and Marty immediately burst out laughing. "What's up, Foxy? Can't you spell Deonna?"
"Of course I can spell it!" Alicia cried as everyone laughed.
"So why did you put D?" Dean asked.
"Because it was easier," Alicia said feebly, drawing more laughter.
Shaking her head in amusement, Deonna took the same ball that Alicia had used and bowled. She knocked down all but two pins. They were easily cleaned up on her second go.
"Right, me next," Alexa said, actually feeling a bit nervous when her name appeared on the screen.
"The pressure is on, Lexi," Marty said, needling her a bit.
"Thanks, that's a great help," she said dryly. Taking the same ball that the other two women had used, she stepped up and bowled. Immediately she knew she had started it too far to the ring. Just over halfway down the lane, it dropped into the gutter.
"Gutter ball! Everyone finish their drinks!" Jinder called.
"You're going to get wrecked if that's the rule you're going with," Alexa warned him good-naturedly as he knocked back his drink. She noticed Dean smiling. He looked like he was actually having a good time.
Alexa's ball re-appeared out of the machine, and she picked it up for her second attempt. This time she at least managed to keep it out of the gutter, knocking down four pins on the right hand side.
"I told you I can't bowl," she said sheepishly, walking back to Dean, receiving commiserations from everyone. "I suck," she said, walking into his arms.
"I hope so," Dean said for her ears only. Holding her clearly had him feeling horny.
"Easy tiger," she replied, licking her bottom lip seductively. "There's plenty of time left tonight."
The bowling had been about as much of a failure as Alexa had expected. She and Dean had finished a long way behind the other two pairs. It didn't matter though, for neither her nor Dean had been in any doubt by the time they said goodnight that Marty and the others now really did believe they were a couple. That was what Dean had paid for, and he had voiced his satisfaction on the way back to his place.
Once they had gotten back to his house, it had been time to end his booking in the right way. At the bowling alley, he had dropped a pretty strong hint that he wanted her to suck his dick, so that was how she had decided to start things off. Unsurprisingly, given her line of work, she gave great head.
"Fuck! Oh my god!" Dean grunted as he unloaded into her mouth after just a couple of minutes of attention.
Alexa further satisfied him by swallowing what she could, leaving the rest dribbling down her chin. "I should go and rinse," she said, getting off the bed to go to the bathroom.
"That was the best blow job I've ever had," Dean said, relaxing back on the bed.
"Glad you enjoyed," she said on the way to the door. She stopped in the doorway and looked back at him. "Have a minute to get your second wind, because I'm not done with you yet. There's one more moment of Bliss to come." Studying the look on his face as she spoke, she recognised the tell-tale signs that told her she had another long term client on the hook.
"This has been such a good night," he said, sounding incredibly relaxed and content. "Maybe I'll book again."
"You should," Alexa said sweetly. "I've been known to offer improved rates to regular clients."
Dean lifted his head. "Have you now? Then I'm sure I'll be having more moments of Bliss down the road."
A/N: Thank you to everyone who dropped a review last time!
Dean finally convinced his high school bullies that he is in a relationship with Alexa. They had a fun night, and he got the perfect ending that he paid for.
Next time, we're going to see a new client and get a bit of news regarding a previous one. I think it might be interesting to drop in some little titbits about Alexa's clients from time to time, so if you want to see more of that let me know.
Lastly, as ever, if you have an idea for a moment of Bliss feel free to leave a review or contact me via PM.