Blood Rose Chapter 7:
Knives and Grey were trying to double up their money by hitting the hotel casino. Knives was at the Poker table while Grey was taking his sweet time at the Blackjack table.
I wonder how Grey is doing, I need to get some more cash soon. I bet the girls wanna buy some expensive stuff here. Oh man, that red haired guy has got me in a tight spot. Knives thought.
The man looked at his cards then he looked at Knives, one of his eyes was twitching.
Bingo! He's bluffing! Oh baby that cash pile is mine. Knives thought as he was looking at his cards.
"Mr. Knives, what is your move?" The dealer asked.
"I put all of it on the table." Knives said as he was putting all of his chips on the table.
"Okay, let's turn over the cards." The Dealer said.
He turned over the cards and it was King, Queen, and 10 of Spades. Knives only had a King of Hearts and a 2 of diamonds. The red haired man on the other hand had a 9 and 8 of Spades.
"Mr. Bates wins the pot, I'm sorry Mr. Knives." The dealer said.
"It's okay." Knives said with a fake smile.
Oh shit! I lost all of my money, how am I gonna get lunch for the kids? He thought as he panicked. Oh Vash and everyone are going to kill me when they find out about this!
Knives looked over to the Blackjack table and noticed that Grey was winning a lot of money.
"Look at the money that kid has," A passerby commented.
"Jesus, Lady Luck must love him." Another passerby said.
Knives walked over to the Blackjack table and watched Grey closely as he played Blackjack.
"Mr. Grey got Blackjack again, another $$1000.00 for the young man." The Dealer said.
"I'm done for today, thank you. I'm off to lunch now." Grey said.
He turned around to notice Knives watching him.
"Hi Knives." He said.
"How much money did you make today?" He asked.
"Well, I started out at $$5200.00 and now I have $$100,000.00." Grey said.
Knives gave him a big hug. Grey was signaling him to give him air.
"Sorry, I'm just happy!" Knives said.
"You need money right?" Grey said.
"Please?" He said.
"Okay, I'm giving you half." Grey said.
Knives took the money and put it in his wallet. They walked out of the casino and in front of the doorway. Knives took out his cellphone and called Remus to pick them up and take them to lunch.
Yes, I have a lot of money. Now I can get Rose that special something. I'm so happy, I can't wait to see her at lunch. He thought.
Back at The Mall...
The girls were trying on dresses. Lenn looked through the racks. She finally found the perfect dress. She pulled it off the rack and showed it to Rose. It was a blue and pink chrome dress, very simple, but stylish at the same time. It was short though, but Rose liked the fact that it covered up her cleavage.
"What do you think?" Lenn asked.
"Try it on, I think it's pretty." Rose said.
"And it's on sale too!" Lenn said as she looked at the price tag.
She went into the fitting room to try on the dress, while Rose was looking at more of the dresses on the racks.
These dresses are funky and cool, but they're not me. I probably look terrible in a dress. I wish I was pretty like Lenn, she thought.
Lenn came out of the dressing room and twirled around like a supermodel.
"What do you think?" She asked.
"I think it looks great." Rose said as she smiled.
Rose noticed a a beautiful, black silk, charmeuse cap sleve dress on the rack. She picked it off the rack and placed it on her body. She pushed Lenn out of the way and went into the fitting room. Rose tried on the dress and it fit her perfectly like a charm. She squealed with delight as she came out of the dressing room and acted like Lenn as she wore the dress. Lenn and the other customers were stunned by Rose's beauty and by how she looked in the dress.
"You have much better tast than I thought." Lenn said.
"I thought it was the prettiest one out all of the dresses here, so I picked it out. Do you think Grey will like it?" Rose asked.
"He'll be all over when he sees you in that dress." Lenn said.
"Okay let's buy the dresses then." Rose said.
The girls changed back into their clothing and paid for the dresses.
"Just our luck, both dresses cost $$20.00! This is awesome!" Lenn said.
"This the most fun we've ever had and it's all thanks to Uncle Knives!" Rose said.
"You know what we're missing, shoes!" Lenn said.
"Let's go!" Rose said excidedly.
The girls went into the shoe store. It only took them 15 minutes to find the right shoes to match their dresses. Lenn bought a pair of of high heeled shoes with pink sequins on it and Rose bought a pair of black ankle high strap shoes.
"Let's change before we call Remus to come pick us up." Lenn said.
"Good idea." Rose said.
The girls went into the bathroom to change into their pretty dresses and to put on their shoes. Rose finished putting on her dress when she put her regular clothing in the shopping bag, when she looked in her purse to make sure she had everything. She felt some strange packaging in her purse. She took it out and realized it was a condom.
"AAAHHHH!" Rose screamed.
Lenn rushed out of the bathroom stall to check on her friend.
"What happened?" She asked as she opened the door.
"There are condoms in my purse!" Rose shrieked.
Lenn took her purse and counted the condoms, including the one in her hand.
"There's six of them." Lenn said.
"I bet you anything my dad did this. Don't our parents trust us anymore?" Rose asked.
Lenn looked into the purse and picked up a note.
"Hey look, there's a note." Lenn said.
Rose and Lenn read the note together:
My beautiful Rose,
As you have become a beautiful young woman, I have decided that you should be prepared for when that special time and someone (a certain young man I might say) are getting ready to, how should put this, um, express your love for each other. Please use the condoms and the birth control pills, I'm too young to be a grandpa. If anything happens, your mother and I will always love, after she kicks my ass when she finds out what I snuck into your purse. Keep an eye on your Uncle for me and have fun.
Love,
Your father, Vash.
PS. Bring back some souvenirs for all of us and a box of Krispy Kreme donuts for me. ;)
"Our parents are really messed up." Lenn commented.
"At least he means well." Rose said.
"If you're not gonna keep the condoms, then can I have them?" Lenn asked.
"No, but you can have one." Rose said as she handed the condom to her friend.
"Thanks." Lenn said.
The girls left the bathroom and called Remus to pick them up. They waited in front of the hotel entrance for their ride. Remus finally pulled up and came out.
"Wow, you ladies look gorgeous!" He said.
"Can you take us to the Hard Rock Cafe?" Rose asked.
"Wanna make an entrance, huh, your uncle and Grey are already there waiting." Remus said.
"Making an entrance is better than just showing up." Lenn said.
"Agreed." Remus said as he smiled.
He opened the door for the two girls and closed it as they both got in. He droove them to the Hard Rock Cafe to meet the boys for lunch.