DISCLAIMER: Nope still not mine.
SUMMARY: Kim's on Deal or No Deal. She's surrounded by the people that mean the most to her with one notable exception. Can Howie bring her the one thing she wants more than anything else in this world?
A/N: I know another one. This one's been floating around in my head since I watched the season finale of Deal or No Deal a week or so back.
Howie Mandel stood up on the stage. "Our new contestant is Kimberly Hart!"
Kim walked out onto the stage smiling and waving. The audience was going crazy. Everyone knew who she was and it showed. She was still America's sweetheart after all these years.
The petite young woman was beautiful. Her caramel colored hair was pulled up in a white ribbon. She wore a pale pink short-sleeved sweater and deeper pink Capri pants with white ankle boots. She turned her shining smile on Howie and he was just about struck speechless.
"Hi, Howie!" Kim exclaimed, bouncing up and down.
"Hi!" He looked around. "Did somebody give her some coffee or is she always like this?"
"She's usually like this!" yelled a voice from the crowd. A large group of people laughed out loud. Even Kim giggled.
"He's right. I'm usually like this."
"Okay. Well, you know how we play the game. The models have various amounts in their cases from one penny to one million dollars. I want you to pick a case."
"Okay. Well, my birthday is on the fourteenth and my best friend's birthday was on the fourteenth just different months so I guess I'll choose case fourteen."
The case was brought down to her and she put her hand on the case. "This is for you, Trini." Howie noticed the sad look that crossed the young woman's face and felt bad for her.
"Okay. Now we have to find out what's in your case. How do we do that?"
"I have to open those cases." She smiled at him. "I start with six, right?"
"That's right. Let's get started."
"Well, Trini's birthday was in December so let's start with case 12."
"Okay. Jill, open your case." The case was opened to reveal $500.
Kim smiled and nodded. "Okay. Good start. Let's go with case 9."
"Any significance there?" He couldn't miss the sadness in the young woman's eyes as she pointed to the case.
"We lost Trini in September. So case 9 it is."
"Patricia, please open your case." The penny was there.
"Since we lost Trini on the third of September let's go with case 3."
"Lisa, let's hope that number three's a lot luckier for this young lady today."
"I hope so, Kim." Lisa peeked into the case and smiled at Kimberly. "Much luckier." She flipped open the case to reveal the $1.
"So far so good, Kimberly. Three cases and three amounts on the left side of the board. Where to next?"
"Well, let's see. My best friend Jason was born on the 17th of September so let's go to case 17."
"Jenelle."
The young lady peeked into her case and flinched. "Not bad," she said opening the case the rest of the way. It was $75000.
"Not bad. Not bad at all." Howie turned his attention to the brunette at the podium.
"Billy was born in January so let's go with case 1." She clasped her hands in front of her and started chewing on the tips of her fingers.
"Claudia." Opening the case just enough for her to look in, the model sighed and opened it wide. $200.
"Zack was born in November so let's go with case 11!" Kimberly was excited. She hadn't imagined she would be doing this well.
"Katie, open the case."
"Way to go," the model said as she opened her case to reveal $25.
"You know what happens now?"
"The banker calls with an offer."
As the phone started ringing, Howie smiled at her. He answered the call and listened carefully for a moment.
After he hung up, he turned to Kimberly. "It's a good offer. It's a really good offer. $43000." He opened the box in front of the young woman and walked in front of her.
"Howie, everyone knows that this is celebrity week. Whatever I win goes to a special charity. Well, I'm playing for Little Angels' Haven. It's a children's home in my home town. And since I know that they could use the money, I have to say, Howie, NO DEAL!!"