Chapter 12: The Winner Takes It All

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"Ha! You suck!" Donnie yelled in Darren's face as he had just rolled his bowling ball into the gutters.

Darren scoffed, "Right, because you totally aren't behind everyone else in the game."

Donnie rolled his eyes, "Whatever you say, douche. Alright! Demi, you're up."

Demi grabbed the dark blue ball,

You got this.

You're a winner.

Winners don't lose.

Not even at bowling.

She focused her aim on the middle pin, and with that, she let go of everything.

Donnie bounced his leg up and down as hoped she would make the ball go into the gutter.

"Strike!" Duncan shot up from his seat and high fived Demi.

"Suck on that, Donnie! You got beat by a girl!" Demi was mocking him.

Moments before he said that he was the "bowling king" and that he would make the most points.

"Yeah, yeah." Donnie rolled his eyes.

Duncan was up next, he walked over to the lane and grabbed the orange ball.

Middle pin.

Go for the middle pin.

Middle pin is sexy.

Middle pin is hot.

Middle pin is Chelsea.

Go for it.

Duncan let go of the ball, praying to God it wouldn't roll into the shame lane aka the gutters.

He crossed his fingers and curled his toes.

"Strike! Again!" Demi yelled as she highfived  her brother.

"Okay that's it guys, games over." His mother said.

"Already?" Duncan whined.

"Sweetie, it's been nearly an hour. Why don't you guys go in the arcade and win something for your birthday?"

Duncan felt like he was a child again, which is ironic because tomorrow will be his 18th birthday.

He agreed and bought the coins for the arcade.

He walked back over to the gang, "You guys coming?"

Donnie and the rest of his siblings looked shocked, "Um, duh?" They all said at the same time.

It started with Duncan and Darren playing basketball, seeing who could get the most points.

And it ended with Duncan and Demi playing Dance Off, which the winner was obviously Demi.

In the end they all had around 200 tickets each. All together they had exactly 1000 tickets.

"So Mr Big Man, what would you like?" Donnie said as he folded the tickets together.

Duncan scanned his options,

a stuffed giraffe,

a MineCraft poster,

and finally, a baby cactus.

"Baby cactus."

Demi looked shock, "Really?"

"Yeah. My room is too plain, I need more plants." Duncan said as the man handed him the cactus.

Duncan strolled out of the arcade, happily carrying his new baby.

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