Brad is bad at bowling

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Alexithymiaa: -Brad was sitting on the edge of his seat watching the lanes and the people walking by enjoying their bowling time. When his name flashed on the screen, he pushed up and grabbed the ball he'd picked out from the rack, holding it up awkwardly and walking forward to give it a techniqueless throw at the lane. Of course it angled off into the gutter and he slumped his shoulders.-
Covet: Kelsey looked at Brad and gave him a frown, "Better luck Next time hun." She got up and went to roll her ball down the lane, managing to knock down six out of four pins. She cheered all excitedly because she was easily exciteable .
Alexithymiaa: "Is it though? Because Im not going to have better luck next frame. I'm still going to suck." He said with a grumble as he dropped back into his chair, not liking not being good at thhings.-
Covet: "What if I gave you a good luck kiss? Maybe that will help? You know, like when the arm candy hot girl blows on the dice at a casino?" Kelsey suggested as she got her ball and picked up the spare on her next throw.
Alexithymiaa: "I'd be more than willing to give it a try, but something tells me the luck of the dice and my bowling skills aren't exactly the same sort of deal." He started to laugh, rubbing his hand back over his beanie. "How are you throwing it down the middle?"-
Covet: "Well no, but you get the concept." Kelsey said with a smile, then looked at him, I line my feet up with the arrows and the body automatically wants to throw it that direction, you might be turning your wrist too much when you throw, that would make it angle into the gutter, so unless you start throwing it with more of a spin... that's where it's going to go every time." She explained.
Alexithymiaa: "I don't have the slightest clue what I'm doing, honestly. And I dont even know if I would be able to follow what you're saying since my body clearly has a mind of its own. Even though... it does. But... you know what I mean." He tried to brush it off, not wanting to explain further since he already felt like an idiot.-
Covet: "Just try it, focus a little more on the motions, not where the ball needs to go. Think.. streamline." She said closing one eye as she pointed down the lane and moved her other hand down and back from her body. Honestly she looked like a dork.
Alexithymiaa: "I think I'm just bad at bowling." He got up from his seat again, picking up his ball and sliding his fingers into the holes. Walking up to the lane, he looked down at the floor and the little arrows, trying to line himself up with them as he pulled his arm back and just threw it straight. The ball still happened to surve off to the left halfway down the lane, landing in the gutter again. "We need to find a different hobby that I'm not as bad at."-
Covet: " Okay... on your next throw, try throwing it harder and faster, It should curve back away from the gutter with more force behind it with how you turn your wrist. It's called, power bowling or something... Maybe that's the kind of bowling you're good at?" She asked him, staying lighthearted about it.
Alexithymiaa: "Not exactly the kind of power I think I'm good at, but I'll try?" He asked, his mind beginning to wander to other more interesting things than bowling. He went to fetch his ball for his second throw, trying to remember all of her comments as he swung his arm back and threw it, clipping one pin on the end.-
Covet: "Yay! See... Just keep doing it like that, but move over one set of arrows. You'll definitely hit more pins next time." She said to him after jumping up and down all excitedly.
Alexithymiaa: "Why are you so excited over this? It's just bowling." He grumbled, still not amused since he wasnt amazing at it. He walked over to drop back down into his seat, gesturing toward the lane. "You go. I like watching you better anyway."-
Covet: "Because, it's fun and you hit something, which is also fun. I'm being the supportive girlfriend here." She said to him then took her ball, throwing it down the lane only hitting five this time.
Alexithymiaa: -Instead of watching her technique like he probably should have been doing, his eyes were dropped down to her butt, watching her move and thhrow the ball. "Looked like good form from here."-
Covet: "Yeah? do you think you could duplicate it?" She asked him as she got her ball and threw it again only hitting two of them. "Dang it.. Missed the center." She said with a frown.
Alexithymiaa: "I really really don't think it can be duplicated." He said with his eyes still on her ass before they jumped up to look at her face.-
Covet: "I didn't mean my ass." She said with a laugh watching his eyes move back to her face. "C'mon your turn."
Alexithymiaa: -He let out a groan and dramatically dragged himself up off his chair, grabbing for his ball and holding it up toward his chest. He was pretty tired of this activity at this point and significantly less inclined to actually try, sort of just heaving the ball down the lane. "See, I went."-
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Covet: "You didn't even try. If you're not going to at least try... then why are we here?" She asked crossing her arms with a pout.
Alexithymiaa: "To get out a little bit?" He answered honestly with a shrug. "I did try... I'm just tired of trying. Whether I put everything or nothing into it, I still suck so why waste all that extra energy when it can be saved for something better."-
Covet: "Because you could get better at it if you actually worked on it. You're not going to instantly be amazing at everything." She said rolling her eyes.
Alexithymiaa: "Hey, it's worked out pretty well for me up until this point." He said with a cocky grin, leaning his arm on the ball return.-
Covet: "Well then you could at the very least try to be a good sport about it. It's nothing serious, just for fun." Kelsey told him watching his cocky smirk.
Alexithymiaa: "What? I am being a good sport. You don't see me kicking and screaming about it like some little kid." He retorted defensively. "I just accepted Im not good at it."-
Covet: "Yeah but you're doing it half assed now, and that's making it not fun, if I'm the only one enjoying it." She said with a pout, kind of done and over the game now too.
Alexithymiaa: "How does me not putting full effort into this effect your fun?" He asked with a roll of his eyes, easing off the ball return. "Whatever, let's just go home then if I'm such a killjoy."-
Covet: "Because it makes it not fun for me. I want to enjoy it together." She said to him. " I didn't say you were a killjoy... tonight..."
Alexithymiaa: "Well sorry I'm ruining your night then. Whatever you want to call it." He glanced over toward the snack bar, just wanting a big tall soda with tons of real sugar to sate his craving right now.-
Covet: "It's fine. I'm over it already." Kelsey said rolling her eyes as she started taking her shoes off to turn them back in. "Can you go put the balls away and give me your shoes?"
Alexithymiaa: "Yeah." He said in a smaller voice, pulling his bowling shoes off to hand to her, slipping his feet into his smelly sneakers. He reached into the ball return to grab both their balls, turning to walk them over to the racks lining the walls.-
Covet: "Thank you." She said to him and put her regular shoes back on before walking up to the counter to turn their shoes back in. Then she went and waited by the door for him so they could get back to the dorms.
Alexithymiaa: -He'd stopped by the snack bar on his way out to grab himself a diet soda, knowing the regular one would probably kill him even if he really really wanted it. He walked up to her by the door, holding the diet soda out for her to sip as he held the door open for her so they could head to the car.-