Pendant
by Keruseyu
Chapter 2
Poker
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"Hey, Kel, wanna play poker?"
Kel jumped at Lalasa's voice. Lalasa giggled. "Kel, you're way too tense. Relax, girl!"
Kel rolled her eyes, but reluctantly began to shuffle the deck. Lalasa watched as her friend's eyes drooped.
"What's the matter, Kel? You've been out of it, since, like, 12!"
She looked up. "Um, no. I just feel strange. You know that I've gotten hit on by at least 50 guys tonight?" Lalasa grinned. "Gettin' popular, are you? I bet us'n the girls have almost every guy on campus twirled around our fingers."
Kel sighed. "I feel guilty, teasing them so." A dry voice commented from behind them. Pulling aside the curtain that seperated the pair of girls from the chaos of dancers on the floor, Alanna, Daine, and Buri climbed into the booth.
"Poker, is it?" Buri smirked. "Let the queen deal, then!" Kel laughed. "As if, Buri! You couldn't win a game of poker if your life depended on it!"
Buri twitched in annoyance. "I can too!"
"Well, bet on that, then!" Buri looked confused. "What?"
"I said, bet on it! Y'know, put down some money. Bet that you can play poker. That way, when we prove we're right, we'll get some money out of it."
Buri groaned and slapped down a 100 dollar bill. "Bring it... No poker chips this time."
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Kel grinned as she snatched the 100 off of the table. "Sweet!"
Buri retreated to the corner of their booth to sulk.
Alanna set down her cards. "Okay, let's play it our way."
They all grinned. "Sure!" They said simultaniously. Only Lalasa and Buri were silent.
Alanna gathered the deck and began to shuffle, absently doing tricks with the cards.
"Okay, topic!" She demanded.
"Um... Shirt sayings!"
Lalasa watched, confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh... You're new. We forget that, sorry!" Kel murmured. "Buri, since we're busy, tell Lalasa how to play."
Buri sat up. "You get 5 cards. Every time you exchange with new cards, you have to say a shirt saying. If you don't answer within five seconds, you have to put all your chips in the middle without actually raising. They're just free chips. You continue to play, but if you lose to anyone, you're out. You have to make a deal to get back in." Lalasa smiled. "I can handle that!"
Alanna dealt the cards, looking down at her own hand.
She reached in to exchange. "Um..."
"One, two..." The others chanted. "I've used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead!" Alanna said quickly.
They all groaned. Lalasa exchanged, calling out, "My husband and I divorced over religious differences! He thought he was God, and I didn't!"
Buri touched the card pile. "Um, um, um..."
"Four, FIVE!!!" They all yelled. Kel grinned. "Put em' in, Buri!" The fuming woman slid all her poker chips into the center of the table.
Things went on, with both Daine and Kel quick-minded enough to supply answers. Laying down their cards, Alanna won beautifully. Buri begrudgingly promised to pay for dinner.
"New topic!" Lalasa shouted.
"Mean sayings from anything!"
They all stared at Kel. "What? I'm good with this stuff." She said huffily.
Buri clapped. "I'm in my element!" She said happily.
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste; I'm glad they didn't waste one on you." Buri said primly. She gathered her new cards.
"If it weren't for people like you, nobody else would have an above average IQ."
"THINK--it gives you something to do while the computer is down."
"Don't piss me off! I'm running out of places to hide the bodies.
"You are depriving some poor village of its idiot."
Everyone turned to Lalasa. "What? I'm not that much of a goody-goody, am I?"
*Silence.*
"I guess so..."
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Kel flopped back on her bed. After winning about 300 dollars off of the game, she had left to get a drink. Unfortunately, some guy made a comment on how girls couldn't hold their alchohol.
Bad idea. Veeerrryyy bad idea.
So, she had beaten the shit out of him...
In a drinking contest.
Of course, she won.
But she passed out on her 30th shot.
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"Kel, you idiot! How the hell did you end up in a drinking contest?"
"He insulted the female race."
"I see your point. I'm leaving now."
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That was my horrible attempt at humor. I am NOT good with humor.
So don't flame me, pretty please?
by Keruseyu
Chapter 2
Poker
===
"Hey, Kel, wanna play poker?"
Kel jumped at Lalasa's voice. Lalasa giggled. "Kel, you're way too tense. Relax, girl!"
Kel rolled her eyes, but reluctantly began to shuffle the deck. Lalasa watched as her friend's eyes drooped.
"What's the matter, Kel? You've been out of it, since, like, 12!"
She looked up. "Um, no. I just feel strange. You know that I've gotten hit on by at least 50 guys tonight?" Lalasa grinned. "Gettin' popular, are you? I bet us'n the girls have almost every guy on campus twirled around our fingers."
Kel sighed. "I feel guilty, teasing them so." A dry voice commented from behind them. Pulling aside the curtain that seperated the pair of girls from the chaos of dancers on the floor, Alanna, Daine, and Buri climbed into the booth.
"Poker, is it?" Buri smirked. "Let the queen deal, then!" Kel laughed. "As if, Buri! You couldn't win a game of poker if your life depended on it!"
Buri twitched in annoyance. "I can too!"
"Well, bet on that, then!" Buri looked confused. "What?"
"I said, bet on it! Y'know, put down some money. Bet that you can play poker. That way, when we prove we're right, we'll get some money out of it."
Buri groaned and slapped down a 100 dollar bill. "Bring it... No poker chips this time."
===
Kel grinned as she snatched the 100 off of the table. "Sweet!"
Buri retreated to the corner of their booth to sulk.
Alanna set down her cards. "Okay, let's play it our way."
They all grinned. "Sure!" They said simultaniously. Only Lalasa and Buri were silent.
Alanna gathered the deck and began to shuffle, absently doing tricks with the cards.
"Okay, topic!" She demanded.
"Um... Shirt sayings!"
Lalasa watched, confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh... You're new. We forget that, sorry!" Kel murmured. "Buri, since we're busy, tell Lalasa how to play."
Buri sat up. "You get 5 cards. Every time you exchange with new cards, you have to say a shirt saying. If you don't answer within five seconds, you have to put all your chips in the middle without actually raising. They're just free chips. You continue to play, but if you lose to anyone, you're out. You have to make a deal to get back in." Lalasa smiled. "I can handle that!"
Alanna dealt the cards, looking down at her own hand.
She reached in to exchange. "Um..."
"One, two..." The others chanted. "I've used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead!" Alanna said quickly.
They all groaned. Lalasa exchanged, calling out, "My husband and I divorced over religious differences! He thought he was God, and I didn't!"
Buri touched the card pile. "Um, um, um..."
"Four, FIVE!!!" They all yelled. Kel grinned. "Put em' in, Buri!" The fuming woman slid all her poker chips into the center of the table.
Things went on, with both Daine and Kel quick-minded enough to supply answers. Laying down their cards, Alanna won beautifully. Buri begrudgingly promised to pay for dinner.
"New topic!" Lalasa shouted.
"Mean sayings from anything!"
They all stared at Kel. "What? I'm good with this stuff." She said huffily.
Buri clapped. "I'm in my element!" She said happily.
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste; I'm glad they didn't waste one on you." Buri said primly. She gathered her new cards.
"If it weren't for people like you, nobody else would have an above average IQ."
"THINK--it gives you something to do while the computer is down."
"Don't piss me off! I'm running out of places to hide the bodies.
"You are depriving some poor village of its idiot."
Everyone turned to Lalasa. "What? I'm not that much of a goody-goody, am I?"
*Silence.*
"I guess so..."
===
Kel flopped back on her bed. After winning about 300 dollars off of the game, she had left to get a drink. Unfortunately, some guy made a comment on how girls couldn't hold their alchohol.
Bad idea. Veeerrryyy bad idea.
So, she had beaten the shit out of him...
In a drinking contest.
Of course, she won.
But she passed out on her 30th shot.
===
"Kel, you idiot! How the hell did you end up in a drinking contest?"
"He insulted the female race."
"I see your point. I'm leaving now."
===
That was my horrible attempt at humor. I am NOT good with humor.
So don't flame me, pretty please?