Love Roulette

Craps

(A/n :) How to play craps is in my profile.

"Well if you are done visiting the floor, there has been a new game I wanted to try out ever since you brought that 'Casino Gambling for Dummies' book." Rosalie said. "I've been thinking that with just the right luck, I might take home more money then what I brought."

I snapped out of my daze, and followed Rosalie to a different area of the casino. People were crowded around different tables and every other minute one of the crowds would either holler or awe, because of the outcome of their game.

Crap. We were going to play craps. I had played online several times and found out that not only did I have bad luck in the real world, but in the virtual one too.

Alice was a pro, and had racked up so many virtual chips that if they were available to us in the real world, we would have taken this trip long time ago. With the table being set up so that more than one person could play it was easier finding a table then it was when we were searching for a blackjack one.

We spotted an empty craps table only shared by a huge man on the left side of the table. Alice and I went to stand where you were to make bets but Rosalie grabbed Alice's hand and pulled her to the shooter's spot. Rose then stood next to me and prepared to make her bet.

There was confusion written across Alice's face but only for a second, then a wide smile dominated her face. We each turned to face a dealer as he held out six dice, Alice knowing the rules very well reached with one hand to take only two dice. She then threw the dice so they hit the opposite wall.

"Eleven." the dealer called out. Automatic win. No wonder Rosalie put Alice in the shooter's spot. Everything about Alice was lucky, and she gave off this vibe that she just knew everything. It was weird but useful.

We placed another bet on Alice this time taking it up a dollar and watched as she rolled again.

"Five" the dealer called. Another man who I labeled as the 'stick man' picked up an long stick and guided a buck (which I knew because of my Casino Gambling for dummies book) over to the number five spot on the table.

I tore my eyes away from the 'stick man' and looked to my left. The big burly man was still there and someone had joined him. The man that stood to his right was blond haired and tall. He had assumed shooter's position and was now preparing to roll the dice.

I looked back towards Alice who had just rolled a three. "Nothing." Rosalie muttered under her breath. And Alice once again scooped up her dice. I turned my attention towards the blond man again. He was handsome no doubt, but not my type. I looked back and forth between him and Alice trying to see who was going to roll first.

Each threw there dice at the same time. Alice rolled a five and what the blond guy rolled had to be something bad, because the same time Rosalie screamed yes, the burly man screamed no. The blond and Alice both looked up and their eyes met. They stared at each other before the blond man looked away. Alice let out a soft laugh before returning to the game.

Rosalie was to busy collecting our winnings to notice the exchange and the burly man standing next to the blond was to busy complaining to notice anything.

"Bella, you want to take a turn?" Alice asked. She was staring back at the other end of the table where the blond and the burly man were in a heated argument. "Maybe you'll have better luck actually here in the casino then at home in the virtual one."

One chance couldn't hurt I thought. I mean the whole purpose of this trip is to have fun it wouldn't hurt if I gave it a chance. I moved to the shooter's slot and the dealer held out his hand where there were six dice.

"Only bet a dollar one me." I said before grabbing two dice. I shook the dice in my hand and threw the dice against the wall.

"Three!" the dealer yelled out. "Craps!"

Crap was right. Well there goes the end of my maybe I'll have fun at this game. I turned to Alice and Rose who were both laughing at me.

"Bella the look on your face was priceless." Alice laughed. I backed out of the shooter's spot and pushed Rosalie into it. "Looked like you smelled crap." she continued. I rolled my eyes at Alice and took Rosalie's old spot.

Rosalie wasn't as good as Alice but she was better than me. By the time her turn was over there was a small crowd of men gathered around our side of the table. When asked if she wanted another turn she refused and Alice stepped back up to the shooter's spot.

"I have more money taking the money then making the money." Rosalie told me, as Alice rolled another lucky number.

"It's all in the hand." Alice yelled to me and Rosalie as the crowd that was growing larger around her whooped and hollered. I peeked towards the other end of the table and noticed that someone else had taken the shooter's spot. The blond and the burly man on either side of this new addition.

I saw the blond watching Alice as she made another win and watched as Alice met his eyes again. She smirked and prepared to roll again. I focused my attention back to the new addition on the left side of the crowded craps table. The new addition was bent over as if he was studying his dice and his two-toned hair fell into his eyes.

He seemed familiar and I wondered if I knew him from somewhere, but then his head snapped up and I knew. It was the guy that knocked me down. He rolled the dice and whooped. I didn't fail to realize that there was also a crowd gathered around their end of the table. But unlike ours theirs mainly consisted of women.

The one I had once referred to as hotter than Adonis slapped hands with the guys on either side of him and prepared to roll again.

"Bella!" Rosalie screamed. She pushed my winnings towards me and I made another bet, this time slightly larger than the others. "What are you looking at?" she asked me. I had once again returned my gaze to the guy with the green eyes. "Ooh, he's hot."

"He's also the guy that knocked me over." I replied.

"Wow, I'm surprised you don't have any broken bones." she told me. I was confused, why would I have any broken bones? "I mean look at the size of his arms." His arms? His arms were perfect, not scrawny but not quite like a body builders, which was strictly his friend's job.

"Rose?"

"Uhn?" she asked me, her attention was still focused on the boys end of the table. The craps game was long forgotten.

"Which guy are you talking about?"

"Brown curly hair, brown eyes. Sexy body." she muttered. She collected both of our winning and placed bets for us.

"The bodybuilder?" I asked her. "He's not the one that knocked me over the one that rolling the dice was. Reddish hair, green eyes. Man made from heaven."

"He's okay I guess."

"Okay! He's gorgeous! And I guess your body builder isn't too bad looking if you're into that whole steroid type thing." I retaliated.

"Bella I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that!"

"Rose! Bella!" Alice shouted our names. She was still standing in the shooter's spot. I guess we were more focused on the Adonis, blond and bodybuilder then we were the game. She nodded, indicating to look behind us.

The bodybuilder was standing off to the side of us smirking. I wondered how much he heard if he had heard anything at all. He looked Rose over before taking a step closer to us.

One of Rosalie's favorite games was playing hard to get. Even though she could just about have any man she wants, she didn't date a lot. She had told me and Alice that a man had to show her that he was worthy of her attention before she actually gave him a chance.

"If I said you had a great body would you hold it against me?" He asked, speaking to Rose. I exchanged looks with Rosalie both of us shaking our heads at his corny pick up line. You've got to be kidding me? That was not a way to come off on Rose. That was a way to get slapped by Rose. She shook her head in disgust and turned back to the craps table.

"Seriously I just came over here to ask you if you would like to go out for drinks with me and my friends?" He had recaptured Rosalie's attention.

"And why would we want to go out for drinks with you?" Rose sneered. "Do you think that we want to date guys with filthy mouths?" Filthiness had never been a problem with Rose. I had heard worse things then what he had said and some of those things had been said by Rose herself. All a part of the act.

"Well," I interjected. "Can we at least know who you are?" I asked him.

He smiled at me, probably happy that someone was giving him a chance.

"Emmett McCarty!" He boomed. "And my two lovely friends over there would be Jasper Whitlock," pointing to the blond "and Edward Cullen." he announced pointing to my Adonis.

'Edward' I mused. His name was old fashion way outdated, but he did have the manners of an old time gentleman. He unlike most men apologized for knocking me over while others would have kept walking.

"We just happen to notice the crowd the three of you had created." He said pointing to the three of us. Alice had appeared with all our chips and was now listening to Emmett talk. "You three are quite a hit and me being the smooth talker I am, was given the job to come over here and ask you lovely ladies for drinks."

"We accept!" Alice said quickly. She shot a quick glance over to Jasper.

"Alice!" Rosalie hissed.

"That would be great." I finished off. Majority rules. I was curious about Edward, even though I was still a little peeved that he had knocked me over, I wasn't going to lie and say that I wasn't attracted to him.

"Great" Emmett smiled. "So we'll meet you at the Rouge at 8?" Alice agreed and we watched as he walked back to the others. "They said YES!" He boomed loudly. And they all high fived each other like they had just won the lottery. We all laughed at him.

"Let's go!" Alice grabbed our hands and pulled us towards the exit. "We only have an hour and we have things that need to be done."

"Are we gonna cash the chips?" Rose asked.

"Beauty first, money later." Alice replied.

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A/n: thoughts

Hotel where everyone is staying link in profile.