Snickering, Thomas said, "I think I got lucky with that because it's pretty much been the only thing, besides skating with you, that I've done that's just for fun. Everything else I've been doing has a reason, an aim. Bowling was just because I saw it one day and dragged Derek along with me."

Derek hadn't been that excited to go but Thomas thought he'd ended up having a good time. He'd loosened up, teased, and laughed so Thomas had considered the trip to the bowling idea a success even if he'd been terrible at the actual act of bowling. He was never going to win any tournaments or trophies.

"And even if you're bad or he's bad, it's still fun to laugh at each other," Thomas shared. "That's what Derek did with me. Just teased me and let me tease him back until we eventually just gave up and had food."