"Hurray!" Beauty applauded again, and rewarded A.J. with a tight hug before going to trade places with him. "I haven't even got one yet, how do you expect me to give five?"

She grinned at him from the head of the alley, and then took probably way longer than necessary studying the pins.

Or maybe not, since this time the ball, although wobbly and slow, managed to roll gently into a pair of pins at the corner before finally falling over into the gutter. "TWO!" Beauty hollered, jumping up and down happily.