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"Yeah! That was good, Sam! Real smooth and stuff!" Avery congratulated her, then went for his own ball. He centered himself on the lane, then bowled the ball. When it reached the end of the lane, it sent most of the pins flying, missing three on one corner.

He 'grrr'd' at the lane a bit, then retrieved his ball and went back for the second try. "C'mon!" he said as he tried, and he got all but the cornermost one.

"Aw, shoot." he said with a sigh, and rolled his eyes at Sybil as she pranced past him for her turn.

"Give it your best, Syb!" he said as he plopped back down in the seat.

Sybil rolled the ball down the lane. It was slow at first, but it began to pick up speed, and when it reached the end, it took out half of the pins.

"Now I just need the other ones!" she said with a smile, and got her ball for another try.

She moved over and rolled the ball again. It hovered on the edge, almost a gutterball. "Oh, no!" she cried.

Then it curved back around a bit, and struck the rest of the pins, getting all but two of them. She jumped up and down happily.

"That was good, Sybil... You're better then me," Ritsu offered.

"Whatchu talking about, Ri? You got the only strike so far! ... Well, the only strike that counts, anyway. Sorry, Sammy," Avery apologized with a grin.

"Anyway, that means it's Ri's turn. Go on! I'll score this time!" Avery jumped up, and was in the seat as soon as Ritsu vacated it, looking victorious.

Ritsu approached the lane, sighted, and bowled. The ball had some curve to it, so it struck the pins and sent them flying, but missed four on the left. He tried again, and got them all. Avery dutifully marked down the scores, and grinned at Ritsu as he gave back the scorer's seat.

"Okay, that means Sam is up!" he said, and winked at her. "Hey, is anyone thirsty? I got some money, I was gonna go get a soda." he offered, looking around at the group.

Ritsu shook his head. "I am fine, Avery-san," he said,

Sybil, however, nodded enthusiastically. "Do they have Coke? Or root beer?" she asked, kicking her feet in the chair she was sitting in.

"I dunno. Hey, Sammy, how 'bout you?" he asked.

Avery smiled, and ticked the list off on his fingers. "One Sprite, one Coke or Rootbeer, and I want a Mountain Dew. You sure you don't want anything, Ri?" he asked. Sometimes Ritsu really did want something, and would just say he didn't to be polite. You had to insist.

Ritsu tilted his head, and looked down at his lap. "Perhaps... a water? I don't... really like soda. Thank you very much, Avery-san." he ducked his head a bit more, embarrassed at both the offer and that he didn't like what everyone else was having.

Avery was about to respond when Sammy threw her strike, and he whooped so loud people in the other lanes were looking at him with amused looks. He cheered, and said, "Awesome! That's great! Now I have to try and get one!" he said.

Sybil cheered as well, clapping her hands, and Ritsu smiled as he marked down the strike.

"It's your turn, Avery! Go, quick, before you get drinks!" Sybil said as Avery started to count the crumpled bills in his pocket.

He blinked, looked at the screen, and grinned before stuffing them back. "Right! Okay. Here we go!"

He approached the lane, and didn't get the strike he was hoping for. Instead, he got half the pins with the first ball, and ended up with the two back corner pins remaning after the second.

"Aw, sucks. Oh, well. You go Sybil, and I'll go get drinks," he said, and leapt up the steps to the main floor two at a time.

Sybil rolled the ball down the lane, and managed to get all but four of the pins in her two turns. She frowned down at them for a second, wondering why they handn't fallen, too.

But Avery came back with the drinks on a tray, and set them on one of the chairs.

"Okay, here you go! But now I'm broke!" he said, and made a dramatic pose of dejection, scuffing his foot against the ground and hands in his pockets. But he was smirking under his ducked head, and his eyes had never lost their mirthful sparkle.