as he held the door open for her. He stared as she strolled through the doorway, her sparkling ocean blue eyes meeting his. He gazed at her bright blonde hair, and how the light bounced off of her curls, and how her dazzling smile showed off her impossibly pearly white teeth. His eyes followed her into the building, locking onto the curved, hourglass figure showing through her slim blue jeans and skin tight sweater. He took a deep breath as he followed her into the bowling alley, his brain still trying to piece together the perfect words for what he had wanted to say to her for so long.
The couple walked right into the middle of the midnight bowl.
The entire building was dimmed to a dark shade of midnight blue, but the assortment of different colors and designs darting and flashing all over the walls, carpet, and waxed wood floors made the place look like the dance floor at a disco. Wheels of color whirled wildly The sound of glowing neon pins clapping from the collision of neon swirled bowling balls sprung out left and right throughout the bowling alley, even through the blaring rock music coming from the speakers. Simultaneously, other balls rolled smoothly down lanes lit like airport landing strips ready to obliterate the set of pins in its way, while others winded up, building power for their next roll.
Lenny and Alexis made their way to the front desk, where they
were greeted by a stalky teenager in a red “LL” collared shirt behind the register.
“What’s going on you two, are you guys looking to bowl this
evening?”
“Yes, sir,” Lenny replied.
“Alright. Sweet. And how many games will you be playing?”
Lenny paused to think for a moment.
“I think we’re gonna go with, uh, two games, I think?” He felt a
nudge on his arm from Alexis, and glanced down to see her pouting, unhappy with his answer. “Nah, we’ll go three games instead.”
“Alright awesome. Let me just put that in real quick.” The teen
tapped quickly on the touch pad to get the couple set up. “And what
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along the walls while several other designs crawled across the floors.