When Dreams become Reality: Chapter 11: The Day Before Tony's Birthday... (Part 2)

Story by wolfy22 on SoFurry

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#11 of When dreams become reality


This part of the chapter is clean compared to part 1, and four new characters get introduced in this chapter. Strong language though, but either way, check out Ryan Masterpaladin's page and enjoy :)

Oh yeah, before I forget, I included a few youtube reference links in this chapter, so please check them out to get a better perspective of what happens in this chapter.

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"So.....what can we do before the other people arrive tonight?" I asked, putting the framed jersey away and ball back in the closet. "Uhhhhhhhh......we hung out here yesterday....any ideas?" Ord replied, looking a bit confused. Just then, a lightbulb went off in my head.

"Say, any of you know if there's any.....bowling alleys around here?" I asked with a bit of hesitation, since my parents and my brother knew exactly where I was going with this. My dad sorta gave me a sarcastic look, but didn't actually say anything. "I think there's one...maybe 10 minutes from here?" Sull replied, scratching his head trying to think about where one could possibly be. "So...do you guys...wanna all go bowling or something?"

"Yeah that sounds good to me!" Gantu replied, with Kumi agreeing as well. Ord and Sull didn't seem to enthusiastic about it, but they also nodded and so did my family.

"Well I gotta go pick up the cake, so let me check where both places are on my computer here" Sull said as he took his laptop from the kitchen counter, and opened it up to look up where each place was.

We were all now starting to get ready to head out, but I then heard Sull yell out "SWEET!" "The bowling alley is literally a block away from the bakery!"

"Wow, that's PERFECT!" I exclaimed, and we all eventually grabbed our stuff to head out to each other's cars.

It was now 2:45 P.M., and we all arrived at the bowling alley. It was pretty empty since it was a Monday afternoon, which I thought was perfect since no one could really bother us. "ALLEY STRIKERS" was the name of the center, and it seemed VERY spacious when we walked into the place.

The eight of us settled in, got a pair of lanes, and started bowling not long after. My parents sat out and just watched us, while my brother went over to the arcade on the other end of the area. I could clearly tell that Ord and Sull had probably never bowled in their lives, but Gantu was a completely different story.

"STRIKE!" Gantu yelled on the right lane, coming back to the seating area as we all high fived him. The look in his eyes showed that he seemed VERY passionate about the game. "Do you guys all bowl a lot?" I asked the four guys around me. "Nope, Sull and I never do" Ord replied. "Oh yes, we used to bowl in a league together in Tokyo, that's how we met..." Gantu said as he then gave Kumi a quick kiss in front of all of us.

"Awwwwwww..." I said softly. The two of them seemed very happy to bowl with each other, and with all of us as well. I failed to realize that it was now my turn on the left lane. "Oh shit, I'm up haha" I exclaimed as I quickly got on the approach and grabbed the green 15 pound ball I had chosen from the ball rack beforehand.

"I wanna curve this thing...I don't have my old bowling ball with me, so I guess I have no choice" I thought to myself. I then put only my two fingers on the top holes, and then cupped the ball into two hands without using my thumb, much like the bowler Jason Belmonte. I took my stance, started my approach and released the ball off my top two fingers, with both my hands putting the spin on the ball.

*WHOG WHOG WHOG WHOG...CRUNCHHHHHHH* You could hear the ball spinning on the lane, as it was near the right gutter the whole time before it curved towards the 1-3 pocket INSANELY fast, knocking down all the pins.

"HOLY CRAP!" "DAMN!" "THAT'S SWEET!" I must've heard at least five voices behind me complementing my two handed style. "Heh....that's nothing" I murmured, as I walked back only to be swarmed by nearly everyone talking to me about it.

After my turn was done, Sull was up. He grabbed the ball with two hands much like I did, and pretty much threw the ball halfway down the lane, with a look of shock on his face with that expression on his face that you could tell meant "Wait, I didn't mean to do that!" as well. The ball spun right into the gutter, and I quickly got up on the lane to explain to him how to bowl properly.

"Here big guy, take your middle two fingers here, put them in the top holes here, and then put your thumb in the bottom one." I grabbed his hand and helped him put his fingers into the ball, but I couldn't stop myself from blushing as I held his fuzzy hand. "Thanks mike, hopefully this one is better than before!" Sull exclaimed as he walked up to the foul line, and threw the ball much more smoothly down the center of the lane.

"Sweet, I got 8 pins down!" He said, clinching his fist and acting happy that he didn't throw it into the gutter again. "You should be a tutor on this Mike!" Sull said back to me as he put his hand on my shoulder when he walked off the approach. "....thanks Sull" I replied, blushing deep red as Ord was now up. I showed him pretty much the same thing I did for James, and Ord actually started to bowl somewhat decent afterwards.

A couple hours passed, with only Gantu, and myself doing really well at that point. Kumi wasn't doing too bad either, but his scores were still a lot lower compared to us.

The other four seemed to be watching Gantu and myself face off in a little competition. By the end of the 4th game we had all bowled together, Gantu and myself had a 220+ average going.

"I'm done, I wanna watch these two duke it out" Sull exclaimed, as he laid back in the chair he was sitting on. "Same here" Ord said right after. "Yeah, this is definitely a great duel here!" My mom exclaimed, with my Dad nodding as the two were reading and also eating in the seating area behind the bowling area. "This is fun to watch, you two can have your fun haha" Kumi finally said, and the three all took themselves each off the scoreboard except for myself and Gantu.

"So it's you and me, Red Sox vs. Yankees" Gantu said looking down at me with a bit of a dirty grin. "Let's do it, you're going down! Hehe" I responded sarcastically, and we both started to face off against each other.

*CRUNCH*

*BWACK*

*KLASH*

Pins were flying everywhere, and before I knew it, we BOTH had a perfect game going after six frames. Gantu was throwing the ball as fast as a rocket towards the pins with a straight shot, while I was still using my two handed delivery.

It was now the 9th frame, and we had both struck in every frame beforehand in the game. The other five did not say a single word, as their eyeballs were only locked onto our bowling balls heading towards the pins frame by frame. "You're up" I told Gantu, who immediately took his 16 pound ball, and whipped it down at the pins at an astonishing 33 miles per hour.

*KABLASH!!!!!*

The pins made an ENORMOUS sound as the ball made contact, but I noticed that one pin was still up. "Oh shit, the 4 pin!" I shouted, with all the others still focused on the pins. I couldn't even say another word before I heard Gantu throw the ball down as hard as he could at the 4 pin after the pinsetter reset. The ball hit the pin so hard that the pin actually BOUNCED OUT of the pit area, but the rake blocked it from going out to the lane. Gantu looked somewhat pissed off that he didn't strike there, but I was more focused on my own turn.

"I'm up..." I thought to myself, grabbing the 15 pound ball with my two hands, now feeling a bit more nervous since I had never thrown a perfect game in my life, and was only four strikes away from perfection. I started my approach like usual, and let go of the ball with my two handed style.

*BANG*

The ball hit the surface very hard, and was rolling towards the pins, but it was also hooking earlier than before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVyxRzH2HGw&playnext=1&list=PL5E5DA31911715349

"BROOOOKKKKKKLLLLYYNNNN!!! YES!!!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, as the ball hit the other side of the head pin and still struck.

"....You...suck.................hahaha." Gantu sarcastically replied with a smile on his face, knowing that I was going to probably win the match now, even though it still wasn't over. Gantu grabbed his bowling ball again and immediately threw it down the lane, faster than I had ever seen any other person throw a bowling ball.

"..............oh.............shit....." I heard a voice from behind me softly mumble. "fuck...." Gantu slurred, as he was left with the 4-6 split after the ball went right through the center of the pins, leaving a nasty pick-up. He picked up his ball again, and whipped it at the 4 pin, only to barely miss it and end up with a 255 game. "Great game Gant!" Kumi exclaimed, with everyone else also complementing his performance. "...It's nothing, come on mike, finish this one up!" Gantu replied in front of everyone as he himself went back to the seating area to watch me bowl my final three shots.

My heart was skipping beats left and right at this point as I stood up onto the lane. I had gotten nine strikes in a row in the past, but was able to get the last three in all the years that I had bowled. I picked up my bowling ball which now felt like 30 pounds compared to 15, and put my two fingers in it. Step by step, I walked faster to the foul line before releasing the ball from my two hands.

*BANG...BUMP* The ball sounded louder than ever when it hit the lane.

"Go.....Go......GO....GET THERE!!!" I screamed, as my ball was heading closer to the pocket. *KAWALASHHHHHHHHH*

"YEEAAHHHH!!!!" Everyone screamed around me, including myself, as all ten pins had fallen for my 10th strike. The 11th was now upcoming, and I felt like I had no heart left in me. I actually felt a cold sweat running down my forehead as I quickly grabbed the ball out of the ball return and started my approach and style without even thinking.

*...bump bump* The ball made a much softer noise compared to before, but I didn't even notice as I was only staring at the pins as my ball headed down the lane.

*WONG WONG WONG WONG WONG WONG* The ball spun making the spinning noise. "Go...." I thought to myself, feeling like I could barely muster anything at that point. "COME ON!" Gantu yelled as the ball was now near the pocket.

*WALLASHHHHH*

"........................... ..................................... ................................ ................................."

I fell to the ground speechless, as my ball hit the pocket PERFECTLY, only to leave the 8 pin standing right in front of my eyes.

*******Off story-note, the 8 pin pocket hit is pretty much the worst break you can get in bowling. this is how a solid 8 pin is left: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALPwCDw0AE *****

"WOW....." Gantu yelled, as no one around me could believe what they just saw. I was on the ground for at least a good minute, before finally getting back up and yelling "FUCK!"

I quickly picked up my ball again and whipped it down at the 8 pin, knocking it down and achieving a 289 game. "Wow, that's amazing..." my mom said, with my dad agreeing. "I think I'll need to join a league here haha" I laughed. "Hey, we could make a sick team!" Gantu then said as he came over to me, along with Kumi. "The three of us, we'd be unstoppable!" Kumi pointed out.

"Yeah we would be, let's get into a summer league then!" I happily replied, with the three of us high fiving each other afterwards. We were all done bowling right then and there for the day, and the seven of us started getting our stuff together, except for my brother who was still at the arcades. He eventually came back over to us with a pissed off look on his face. "That arcade sucks" He said softly, and we all just laughed and finished up.

After paying for the bowling, signing up for a summer league with myself, Gantu, and Kumi, and also having Sull pick up Tony's cake right down the street, we were ready to head back home. "Hey Ord, I'ma ride back with my family since I need to also grab some stuff for the party" "Sounds good, we'll be back at the house." He replied. I got into my parent's white van and drove off with them to a Wal-Mart down the road. We all walked in and grabbed some soda and snacks for the big day tomorrow, as well as other shopping items that we needed. I also realized that I didn't have my change of clothes with me, so I bought some extra jeans, as well as a couple of button shirts and some boxers.

It was now 7:30 P.M. and we all had arrived back at Sull and Ord's house in the white van, with the other cars already there. Before we could get out though, Gantu and Kumi came out of the house and walked over to their truck.

"Sull ordered us to park at least a good few blocks down the street though in his neighbor's driveway, since he doesn't want Tony knowing about ANYTHING." Gantu said to all of us when we rolled down the windows asking what was going on.

My dad brought a suitcase with him that had all their changes of clothes in it, and we took out the items in our car before we had to move it. After bringing the party items, as well as the suitcase and my change of clothes into Sull and Ord's house, we decided to follow Gantu's truck to see where he was going.

The six of us finally walked back to Sull's house after parking at a GIANT mansion's driveway right down the street, about 2 blocks away. As we were walking back, I couldn't help but ask Gantu a question.

"So, did you guys get Tony anything?" I asked, with Gantu looking at me and smiling. "I bought him a Tiger striped bowling ball, I just hope he likes it hahaha" He replied, with all of us smiling. We all eventually got back and greeted Sull and Ord there at the house as we walked back inside.

"Are your neighbors ok with this??" I asked with a concerned look on my face, as Sull and Ord were sitting on the couch watching TV.

"Don't worry hun, they own several homes and they NEVER use that one." Sull replied.

"You get called hun now Mike?" My mom asked, looking a bit confused, with my dad and brother kinda caught off guard too. "Uhhhhhh....sure." I replied, trying to avoid the topic. "Um....Ok!" My mom said back looking a bit surprised. I quickly changed the subject after that.

"So when are Tony's friend's coming?" I asked Sull.

"I told them to be here between 8 and 8:30, so not long from now."

"They know where to park?"

"Yep, I told them exactly where to go".

Around 45 minutes passed with the eight of us doing the same stuff as last night pretty much, just watching TV and chilling around the house.

*DING DONG*

"Yes! They're here!" Sull exclaimed as he bolted for the door from the kitchen. We all looked on in anticipation to see who else was going to be staying for the event. Sull opened the door, and then shouted as loudly as possible "HEY THERE GUYS!!!!". You could probably hear his shouting from a mile away with the way he greeted the people at the door. I looked over from the couch to...once again...have my eyes open widely at who walked in.

One by one, each person walked into the house. First was a gray bear who I thought I had seen before on TV, followed by a tall, well built gorilla whom I wasn't familiar with though. The two looked pretty good looking, and I wondered if they were together. A lion then walked in that I had also never seen before, but boy was he handsome, wearing glasses and somewhat formal clothing. Finally, I noticed a human which took me by surprise. The human was female, and I actually thought she looked familiar. It took a few seconds for me to recognize where I had seen her before, and then it hit me.

"Hey, you're Janice, right? I asked, as I got off the couch to greet her, while the other three were still talking to Sull and greeting everyone else while taking off their jackets. "Yep, Tony's been such a great companion, he really is a great guy" She replied back as we shook hands. "Yeah...Tony is amazing...that's why I love the big guy" I replied, almost getting lost in the moment. "Uhhh....you ok there?" Janice asked back at me as I looked nearly brain dead from the daydreaming that was going on at that moment.

"oh damn...sorry haha" I laughed back. Everyone was now there, except for the main guy that was going arrive tomorrow. There were now 12 of us in Sull's house, and we were all ready for the big day to come in less than 24 hours.

Before long, I went over to introduce myself to the other guests that had just come over. The bear, gorilla, and lion had introduced themselves to the rest of the group including my family, and before long, I walked over to Sull to hear him talk about me.

"And this is Mike, who is Tony's boyfriend. "Heh, you certainly are lucky" The gorilla said to me as I started shaking hands with the three guys. "I'm seth" The gorilla mentioned. "Are you baloo?" I asked the giant grey bear, who nodded and then shook my hand as well. I wasn't as stunned to meet him compared when I first met Tony, Ord and Sull, but it was a pretty amazing feeling to shake his hand. "And I'm Junir, I see you know my friend Janice." The lion replied.

We all spent the rest of the night talking to each other and discussing everything for the party tomorrow. We ordered out a bunch of food again for everyone to eat like the night before. As I started to talk with Junir a bit, I heard a noise emitting from my pocket.

"EVERYBODY...WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD...."

I pulled out my phone, and my eyes widened when I saw that Tony was calling.

"GUYS BE QUIET, TONY'S CALLING ME!!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, as everyone looked at me and quickly zipped all their mouths. I still ran upstairs though to make sure Tony didn't hear ANYONE else talking as I hit the answer button on my phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey there hun!" I heard the low voice emitting from the Tiger on the other end.

"Hey big cat! How was everything today with the commercial shoots?"

"Things were awesome! I made a whole bunch of kids smile, as well as make a bunch of new friends. The day couldn't have been better."

"Oh but tomorrow will be better" I thought to myself and let out a smile.

"That's awesome Tony! The...five of us went bowling today, you should've seen the match Gantu and I had, it was AMAZING." I almost ended up saying the eight of us since my family was here, but quickly caught myself before saying it, and acted like no one else was actually here besides the five of us originally.

"Heh, I should go bowling again, I haven't done it in quite awhile." Tony replied.

"Yeah, Gantu, myself and Kum all signed up as a team for a summer league. It's going to be AWESOME this upcoming June."

"Nice! Anyway, I'm going to probably head back around 2 ish tomorrow, so I'll call you before I head back to their house."

"Sounds like a plan! Oh yeah.....happy birthday hun" I replied very slowly, expressing how much I wish Tony was right here at that moment."

"Thanks Mike..... I'll see you guys tomorrow then! Love ya hun" Tony said back.

"Love ya too, see ya later!" I replied, and I hung up the phone. I quickly rushed back downstairs, and was SWARMED with people asking me what Tony said. After explaining the whole situation, everyone seemed pleased knowing that Tony was coming at the time he originally said he was probably going to head home by.

"Everything's all set now then, we'll get the party supplies ready for tomorrow" Ord exclaimed, pulling out the supplies and starting to set them on the dining room table. Before long, some people looked like they were getting tired.

"Uhhhh.....where are we all sleeping tonight???" My mom asked. "I got the couch" Baloo exclaimed. "Same here" Seth replied, and the two of them plopped onto it. "We have four guest rooms, pick which one you all want haha" Sull laughed, and we all started thinking for a bit. "I guess the three of us will sleep together in one of the rooms," My dad replied, as he grabbed the big suitcase he brought in that was next to the front door and started to head upstairs while letting out a big yawn. "Mind if I use the shower?" My brother asked, with Sull quickly replying "Go right ahead!" as he sat down to use his computer in the kitchen.

"Where are you sleeping Mike??" My mom asked, as my brother eventually started heading up the stairs himself.

I hesitated at that moment, thinking it would be somewhat awkward to explain where I slept the night before. I mustered the words out of my mouth though, softly saying "I....guess..I'll sleep with Sull and Ord, since.....I did that.......before...." My mom's eyes widened a bit, but she then said "....Oh.....ok then" before she headed upstairs herself. I could tell she definitely was VERY surprised by my statement, but I forgot about it after awhile as I started to get ready to head upstairs myself. The others didn't seem to even notice that little confrontation my mom and I had, since they were busy watching TV and using the computer in the kitchen.

"Wanna..... sleep together?" Junir asked Janice, who seemed a bit surprised. "Suuurrreee....I have a boyfriend though, so don't try to go anywhere haha" She mumbled back with a smirk, as the two headed upstairs to one of the rooms. "Kum and myself got our room covered heh" Gantu responded towards Sull, as they finally went upstairs themselves.

"Alrighty, I'ma head up to bed, I'm kinda tired myself" I explained to Ord, Sull, Seth, and Baloo that were all still hanging around down there. "We'll be up there soon mike, we just gotta clean up some stuff here" Ord replied. I grabbed my change of clothes and quickly went upstairs. I noticed one of the doors that was opened, and peeked my head inside it. My family was getting settled in, and they were taking the stuff out of their suitcase. The room they were in was decent sized, usually the size of a typical bedroom. It had a small TV in it, and also a small closet next to the window. "Hey mike, does James have wi-fi here?" My dad asked, as he pulled out his toughbook from the suitcase. "Uhhhh...I think he does, he used his laptop last night" I replied, though I didn't know if it was password protected or not.

"Mike, come over here, we want to talk with you." My mom said to me, with my body feeling numb at that exact moment. I knew EXACTLY what they were going to talk to me about, and they actually ordered my brother to head outside of the room, since he needed to take a shower anyway.

I walked over to the bed, and sat down on it, as my parents were still unpacking their stuff. My dad was the first one to speak up, and eventually started talking as he walked over to me. "I'll just put it like this mike, I love you, you're my son, but I wish you didn't end up turning this way. I just hope that you know what you're doing." I nodded and then turned towards my mom.

"My son, you have a great job out here, and it seems like you have made some great friends.....and even people that are more....than friends....I just hope...that you stay safe out here, no matter who you're with..." My mom said.

"Yes...I know guys....can you guys just be happy for me?" I replied.

"It won't be that easy....but at least you're with good people" My dad replied, putting his hand on my shoulder, with my mom then hugging me afterwards.

"But are you sure this is who you want to be with? I mean, you and Tony have only been together for like a week....are you two seriously in love with each other??" My dad then exclaimed.

"It's like love at first sight dad, I didn't think Tony would want to be with a person like me. I'm just really thankful to have him, he's already saved my life you know. I uttered back.

"Yeah I guess so....just remember, if you ever need to talk to us about this, PLEASE do." My dad said, as he seemed like he was done with his little "pep-talk".

"I will....thanks....I just hope everything goes well tomorrow though." I responded.

"That gift you got Tony is unbelievable, I'll make sure I have my camera ready when he gets it." My mom responded.

"Sounds good, I'ma head off to the other room to crash then" I said back, as I hugged both my parents and went out to the other room. Before I headed over to the other room though, I quickly walked back in, and had a question on my mind.

"Wait, that bed isn't big enough for you three, where's Will sleeping?"

"He brought his sleeping bag, and we have an extra pillow he can use. He'll survive on the floor for one night." My mom replied sarcastically, and I smiled back and left the room.

I finally was able to see the rest of the top floor of the house, since I really couldn't see much last night. The second floor was a VERY spacious hallway, with 3 bedrooms on the left side including a full bathroom, and two more bedrooms on the right, along with an office too. Nearly every bedroom door was open as it seemed like everyone had just got settled in there. The room that Junir and Janice were in had its own bathroom and a HUGE bed. Oddly enough though, there was no TV in the room. "Goodnight guys" I exclaimed as I passed by the two of them. "Night mike" Junir replied, with Janice nodding as the two were taking off their clothes for the night. Junir showed his ripped body as I passed by the room and I thought it was unbelievably good looking.

There was another guest room that wasn't occupied on the left, and was like the bedroom that my family was staying in. Decent sized, average TV, and a closet near the window. On the right was the guest room my family was staying in, as well as the office after that. The office had a desktop computer in it as well as a HUGE bookshelf with lots of educational books from what I could see. It also had a printer, and a TV in it that had a Nintendo Wii hooked up to it. After the office, I passed by the room that Gantu and Kumi were staying in, but their door was closed. I finally got to the bedroom I stayed at the night before, and still noticed the scent of the hot lovemaking the three of us had the night before. I closed the door behind me and started to take off my clothes, feeling the erection building in my pants thinking about how much Ord, Sull, and Tony meant to me. I took off my boxers and changed into the brand new pair I bought, and that was the only piece of clothing I put on myself. I then climbed onto the GIANT bed, and tucked myself into the covers.

"Tomorrow is going....to...be...the.....best..." I thought to myself, before falling asleep for the night.