A NOT SO DOUBLE DATE

Dione's POV

I started to get a hang of bowling thanks to Elijah.

"You're getting better, Dione." Elijah complimented.

"Thanks, it's because I've got a good teacher" I complimented back. We laughed.

"Wow, what a cute couple." Alice teased. I looked at Alice with a sharp look.

"Don't ruin our friendship." We said in unison. Elijah and I looked at each other and high fived.

"I've found my platonic soulmate." Elijah dramatically said.

"Mine too." We shake hands.

"Wow, you two would make a good actor." Paul claps. Elijah and I posed with imaginary guns.

"Okay that's weird. Care to explain why you two just clicked?" Alice cornered us.

"Well, as we were bowling here, Elijah confessed in a friendly manner. We like each other but not romantically." I explained. Elijah also nodded.

"Oh, so it's fine to say that you used to have a crush on him?" My face grimaced.

"Now that I think about it, it's kind of weird." I said.

"Hey, I'm just attracted that's all." He boasted, I just punched him playfully.

"I imagined that this was the time that Dione finally had a romantic feelings to someone. But, why did it turn out like this?" Alice sighed in defeat.

"Why don't you just practice bowling." I said.

"nah, I give up, the bowl is too heavy for me." Alice whined.

"You can do it babe." Paul cheered. Alice blushed and immediately pick a ball.

"Wow, Paul-effect." I teased.

"Shut up."

"Dione! Alice!" A familiar voice from afar called out to us. We turned to see Chloe waving at us.

"Chloe!" We both said and waved at her. She approached us. And she's with her friends.

"These are my friends, Guys, meet Dione and Alice. They're from V College." Chloe introduced us.

"Oh, I've heard of these two. They're like top idols in that college." Girl 1.

"Yeah! Alice is the mean idol while Dione is the aromantic idol." Girl 2.

"Wow, I never thought we have titles." I said in amusement.

"Aromantic indeed." Alice agreed. I looked at her.

"Mean girl." I teased. "Anyway, this is Paul, Alice's boyfriend and Elijah, My new best friend." I introduced.

"Excuse me, what? I'm shocked." Chloe's eyes went wide.

"Don't be, you know Dione's attitude toward guys." Alice hopelessly said. What's wrong with having a best friend.

"Let's go back to bowl." I suggested to Elijah, he nods, and we went back to play.

"OMG I just realized that Elijah is the captain of V college's Basketball team!" Girl 1 exclaimed.

"Chloe, tell Dione to introduce us to him." Chloe shrugs.

"I can't, that's also my Crush!" Chloe also fan girls. I turned to look at her.

"Oh, I thought Marco's your crush?" I asked. Chloe immediately shakes her head.

"No, that guy is way out of our league. He is like a god." Chloe said.

"We can't even touch him, let alone took a picture with him and talk to him." Girl 2 sighed.

"Oh, I see." I only said. And focused on the pins. I threw my ball, and it went straight.

Strike!

Oh my gosh.

"Dione! You just hit a strike!" Alice jumps out of her seat. Chloe is hopping. Elijah looked proud. I zoned out because it was unexpected. Paul looked amused.

"Your turn Alice." I challenged her. I know she won't back down in the challenge. She smirked at me and picked a ball.

"Don't let me down, Brown ball!" She threw the ball.

…..

It went sideways. Alice was dumbfounded.

"Nice one, Alice." Paul cheered. Holding his laugh. Alice was embarrassed.

"Don't laugh at me! I haven't practiced enough, okay? Let me practice and I'll definitely score a strike." She defended.

"Your turn, Elijah." I told him. He wipes the ball first. Oh? I want to wipe mine too.

"Here I go." He said then positioned to throw the ball.

Strike!

"As expected from my teacher." I boasted. Elijah turned to me for a high five. Chloe's friends cheered for Elijah while Chloe is busy staring at Elijah. I noticed that she wants to approach Elijah. Hmm?

"Eli, why don't you teach my friend Chloe? I think she's also interested in learning it." I tell Elijah.

"Sure. A friend of yours is a friend of mine." Elijah smiled. I signaled to Chloe to come.

"What is it?" Chloe asked.

"Elijah's done teaching me, it's your turn." I winked and left the scene.

"Dione!" Chloe cried. I waved at her as I sat down to eat some snacks. We ran out of drinks, so I volunteered to order more. I went by the counter to see a familiar figure. He turned around and our eyes met.

"Hi." He greeted.

"Hey." I greeted. "You're here to play?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'm with my friends." He answered. I nodded. I went to the counter to order the drinks with Elijah's card. Well, he lends it to me since it was his treat.

"I see that you're also with your friends?" He suddenly asked. I thought he already left.

"Yeah, we're over there." I pointed them.

"I see, we're just like 9 meters apart. We're right next to you." He told me. "You've got a big group though." He chuckled. I pressed my lips.

"Well, some unexpected turn of events just happened that it became a group hang out." I replied. "I'll go back first. I still need to tease Chloe with Elijah." I grinned.

"Elijah?" He asked. I walked slowly since I think the conversation will be long.

"Yeah, Elijah Anderson." I confirmed.

"Oh, your captain in basketball." He said.

"I heard you're also a player." I told him.

"I'm also a captain. Even though I don't want to." He replied.

"How come?" I asked.

"Don't like responsibility. I have things I'm more concerned about, like my academics." He answered.

"Oh."

"I guess I'll see you from there, Dione." I chuckled at his response.

"Yeah, See you from across, Marco." I replied and went to my group.

"What took you so long?" Alice asked.

"I bumped into Marco who's currently over there." I pointed at Marco. Alice's eyes went wide.

"Oh my gosh! I can't believe you; you just ditched your supposed to be date and bumped into another one?!" Alice exclaimed, luckily, no one heard it.

"I just bumped into him at the counter, and also, this is not a date." I denied.

"Yeah, cause Chloe's the one who took Elijah." I laughed.

"Let's just play."