La Arquitecta

Chapter 38

There was no live event for the Smackdown roster the day after Ronda Rousey's debut on the show. That fact had given the members of The Vega Cartel two days to travel to the next town they were scheduled to perform in, meaning a rare hotel night was possible on the Wednesday.

When the bus arrived at the hotel they had booked, Bobby and Joe had immediately noticed a bowling alley on a short distance away on the opposite side of the road.

"I know what we're doing tonight," Bobby said, meaning the whole group.

"What?" Seth enquired. He had been too busy on his phone to notice anything out of the window, and it was too late to look now, since Elena had just swung the bus into the hotel's secure parking area.

"There's a bowling alley just across the road," Bobby said. "What do you say we go over there, have a few games, then find somewhere to have dinner?"

"That sounds good," Bayley said. "At least it's a game I might be able to play, unlike your poker nights."

"I keep trying to teach you," Joe said defensively.

"I think that's most likely the problem; the fact that you're teaching her," Seth said, drawing laughter from the group.

"What about you, Daga? You in?" Bobby asked their driver.

"Yes, I will bowl," the Italian replied. "But not much drinking for me, I have to drive tomorrow, yes?"

"I love how she does that," Bobby mumbled to Joe, meaning the way her less than perfect use of English seemed to often make her end sentences with unnecessary questions.

"Yes, we know," Joe replied, shaking his head. Bobby's crush on Daga was the worst kept secret on the bus, and was now a constant source of humour for everyone, knowing that she was both gay and off the market.

"I can hear you, you know," Bayley said, feigning annoyance. "That's my girl you're talking about."

Elena was concentrating on backing the bus neatly into a parking spot, but she still kept up with the conversation. "Don't worry, Bay. If we bowl, we bowl in couples. And we kick their ass!"

"Oh, really? Couples now, is it?" Joe asked. "Okay then, the third placed couple has to buy dinner for everyone."

"Awesome idea," Bobby said, slapping the big guy on the shoulder.

Bayley shook her head. "Why is it always money with you two?"

"Are you in or not?" Bobby asked.

With a loud hiss from the airbrakes, Elena brought the bus to a stop in its resting place for the night. "We're in," she answered on behalf of her couple.

"Seth? Zel?" Joe asked.

"We're in," Seth answered.

"Looks like we're eating for free," Bobby said to Joe, since they would default to being the third couple.

Elena stood up and stretched her arms after the long drive. One of the running jokes that was now established among the group was Elena ordering Bobby around. "Forget eating for free. Off the bus, before I throw you off."

"You do realise that out of those options, I actually want you to try and throw me off?" Bobby asked her, nevertheless heading for the open door.

Laughing, the rest of the group followed him. Once they were all off the bus, Elena opened the luggage storage compartment. Seth and Zelina's cases had been the last ones to go in, so they were the first to come out. Seth retrieved them both and set hers down in front of her.