It was decided that everyone would go glow bowling that saturday night. A huge, group date is what it was turning out to be. Couples seemed to be the theme of the evening: Ashley and Spencer, Justin and Aiden, Carmen and Madison, Clay and Chelsea, Glen and… Grace?, as well as Sean and Richelle. Sean and Clay met Richelle and Chelsea respectively at a party that Sean’s cousin, Boz, had the night before. Glen had met Grace (or whatever her name was) right after he was told to bring a date because it was only couples attending the bowling outing. Grace had pixie-cut blonde hair, pale skin, and seemed as though she wouldn’t know a bowling ball from the pins. Richelle had long brown hair, milk chocolate skin, and reminded Sean of Beyonce: he definitely found her attractive. She was definitely more intelligent than Grace and probably Glen, combined.

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The teens all gathered at the shoe counter to get their size of shoe. They flocked to the lanes that they were assigned to. They decided to break up into three groups of four. Ashley, Spencer, Madison, and Carmen at one lane. Glen, Grace, Justin, and Aiden in another lane. Sean, Richelle, Clay, and Chelsea in the final lane. After the decisions were made and names were entered into the computer, the games began!

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“OH!!! Strike bitches!” Ashley was clearly winning their fourth and final game. Aiden was winning from his group, and Clay was winning from his group. Needless to say, they were less vocal about their wins than Ashley.
“Babe, I swear if you shout like that one more time, you will get no sex for a month.” Spencer put her foot down.
Ashley ceased her happy-dance and sat down quietly. “Spencer?” The blonde heard from behind her.
She swiveled around and found herself face-to-face with none other than Paula Carlin. “Mom?!”
“Hi, Honey.”
“What are you doing here?”
“I’m here with your father, Spencer. We had no idea you were coming to this bowling alley, but I have to say it’s a pleasant surprise. Hi, Glen.”
“Where’s Dad?” Spencer asked, still skeptical.
“He’s gone to the bathroom, then to the snackbar for some food.”
“Oh, lay-off, Spencer. Just give Mom a chance. She wants us to be a family again. Can’t you just accept that?” Glen piped in.
“I’ll accpet that, when she can accept me!”
“Oh, Spencer, I do accept you. I’m trying to do the right thing, here. Your relationship with Ashley makes you happy, I get that now. Glen and your father have been patient with me.” She turned her attention to Ashley which made the brunette tense up. “Ashley, I know I’ve been terrible to you, and I’m sorry. You care for Spencer, I can deal with that now. I didn’t think it was natural for you two to be together, but I see now that its who you both are. I really am trying to put our family back together; and if that means a few add-ons,” she montioned to Ashley, Chelsea, and Bimbo-Blondie, “Then so be it.”
Spencer and Ashley were both still weary when Arthur came up behind his wife.”Hi, Sweetheart, Ashley, boys.” He adressed Spencer first.
A chorus of “hi’s” came from the group.
“I was just explaining to Spencer that I’m doing better.”
Arthur nodded his head in acknowledgement.
“Yano, Mom, I really don’t care how much better you’re doing. You pulled my girlfriend out of the house by her hair! Repenting might get you back into good graces with God and whoever else, but ‘sorry’ just isn’t good enough for me!” The young blonde stormed out of the bowling alley with Ashley in tow. Everyone inside was trapped in awkward silence.

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“I hate her! Who does she think she is: trying to just walk back into my life and be super-mom again, like nothing ever happened?! She’s out of her mind! I can’t even believe that she expects me to actually FORGIVE her for everything she’s done!”
“Spence, you gotta calm down, babe.” Ashley tried to comfort her lover.
“I can’t, Ash! She makes me so crazy. She almost ruined our relationship: I can’t forgive that.”
“She didn’t ruin us though, Spence. That’s what you have to remember. We are strong enough together to withstand anything. You gotta hold onto that, and keep yourself together. She can’t hurt you or us. Trust me on this.”
“I trust you; it’s her I don’t trust!”
“You have to calm down… And besides, we still have to go back in there.”
“What, why?” Spencer looked confused.
Ashley pointed at their less-than-chiq, rented shoes. “The shoe guy would get his laces in a bunch if we didn’t.”
They both laughed, shared a short kiss, and started their trek back into the bowling alley.

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Returning the shoes was relatively uneventful. The girls said goodbye to the rest of the group and took their leave. The group left not long after since they had almost finished their games when Paula crashed the party.
Spencer and Ashley were happily kissing and snuggling in the comforts of Ashley’s room.
Aiden and Justin were in the Aiden’s room with the lights low and music playig softly.
Carmen and Madison were in Carmen’s apartment making out on the couch.