Style - Experimentation

Chapter 10

Kyle's mom drives Bebe and him to the movie theatre. Kyle has never felt so embarrassed.

Kyle's mom smiles at Bebe, "Oh, Bebe. I just need to tell you how happy I am that you and my son are happy together. I was starting to worry he was... you know... funny."

"MOM!" Kyle yells.

"Oh, Kyle, relax! I just want to thank you girlfriend for taking good care of you."

"Oh god..." Kyle pulls his hat down to cover his face. Bebe giggles at the situation.

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Bebe and Kyle get to the theatre before the other couple does. 

Bebe looks around, "Hey, Kyle, since we're early, can we try a couple of those arcade games?" She points at a two-player shooter game.

"You like arcade games?"

She gives him an annoyed look.

"Right, sorry. I shouldn't have assumed. Let's do it."

Kyle buys a few tokens and puts them in the machine. They both pick up the plastic gun replicas and point at the screen.

Bebe starts shooting zombies as the story starts, absolutely owning Kyle.

"C'mon Kyle! They're gonna get to the jeep if you don't keep your side clear!"

"Ugh. I'm trying! They're just so fast..."

"Kyle, they are zombies."

"Oh, shut up."

Bebe laughs.

They get to phase 3 in the game, the final phase.

Bebe nudges Kyle, "Hey, boss fight. Don't mess it up."

"Pfft. I wouldn't mess this up if you paid me." Kyle says confidently.

Kyle ends up dying almost immediately. Bebe finishes off the boss.

Kyle sets the gun down and slumps over, "Man..."

Bebe laughs, "Oh, Kyle. We can't all have skills. I'm sure you're better at other games."

"You totally owned me..."

Bebe laughs again, this time Kyle joins in. "Ah.. Man. That was pretty fun."

Bebe wipes a tear from her eye, "Yeah. It was."

She holds up her hand for a high five and Kyle hits it. They clasp the hand they just high-fived with together.

A strange thought crossed Kyle's mind. Was THIS friendship? This was nice. This was definitely not as fun as hanging out with Stan, but it was way less stressful.

"Bebe, I have to admit, you're pretty good at that."

"You think?"

"Mhm!"

Stan speaks up from behind Kyle, causing him to jump. "Having fun, Kyle?"

Kyle turns around, "Oh, hey. Did you just get here?"

"Yeah, Wendy is just getting her ticket at the counter. Are you two done with whatever this was? Let's go."

Kyle looks over at Bebe, and she just shrugs.

They all get their snacks for the movie. Kyle gets a small tub of blue cotton candy, and Stan gets pink cotton candy. Kyle actually hates sweets, but movies were an exception. Movies were just better with sugar.

"Kyle? Are you all set?" Stan gets on his tip toes to look over Kyle's shoulder.

"Yeah, are you?"

"Yep. Give me your snacks, I'll pay."

"I can pay for my own-"

"Hand it over."

"Jesus, dude. Okay, take it." Kyle surrenders his candy.