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Chapter 5: Poker
It had been a very, very windy day at Camp Greenlake, and several tornado warnings were in effect for the rest of the week. So the Campers had a lucky day off. Breaks were extremely rare at Greenlake, and they only got them is something serious was up. So today, the boys were a bit edgy.
"I'm telling you, I saw it with my own eyes! A yeller-spotted lizard with big red eyes, and yellow spots. Sitting right on the side of our tent!" Ricky exclaimed.
Alan noticed the worry on Terry's face and whispered:
"Don't freak out. He suffers from acute paranoia. He makes up crazy stories like that all the time."
Terry raised her eyebrows. Ricky was raving on and on about how the lizard spat at and chased him. It seemed logical…
"Ok, Ziggy, we get the point. Now shut up and grab that there deck of cards." Said Rex.
'Ziggy…What…do they have nicknames or something?'
"Ok, but if an acid spittin' lizard attack you in the middle of the night, it ain't my fault." He reached up to the top metal shelf and snatched a well-used deck of cards. He ripped the elastic off and gave it to Stanley.
"So are we playing poker again?" He asked.
"No, Cavey. We're playing dollies." Rex said sarcastically.
"But that's not fair, you always win in poker!" Complained Theodore.
Terry's eyes lit up.
"Can I play?" She asked nervously.
They all looked at her as if she had just dumped a basket of worms on her head. 'Ok... maybe not…'
José spoke up: "Yeah she can play, guys. She'll just lose, anyways." He smiled.
'Yeah, I'll lose alright. Lose the need for socializing with people like you!' Rolling her eyes, Terry sat down on the ground next to Alan. The small one called Zero quietly sat on the edge of his bed, watching.
"Ok everyone put down an ante." Said Rex. Everyone dug around in their pockets. Ricky slapped down a ball of lint, Stanley threw in a couple of quarters, Theodore tenderly placed a broken nail clipper, Rex tossed a shower token, Alan flicked in a crushed ball of paper. And Terry set down a faded cowboy boot keychain. Rex dealt the cards, while everyone else watched and fiddled with their shoes.
"Alright everyone take a look." They all picked up their cards. A few coughs occurred, and a smirk split Rex's Face. Terry picked up her cards. She had a ten of hearts, a queen of hearts, an ace of spades, a jack of clubs, and a nine of hearts. 'These are pretty good…' Rex bet one dollar, and everyone else folded. Except Terry! She placed a dollar coin as well.
"Think you have some good cards, do you?." He chuckled. "Alright. Now toss out the cards you don't want and.." She interrupted him. "Yes, I'm not stupid. We draw new cards after we toss." Said Terry impatiently. Rex raised an eyebrow. He slapped down three cards and drew three new ones. Terry discarded her ace of spades, jack of clubs, and nine of hearts. She drew three new ones, and smirked at her cards. 'I knew it!'
She had:
10 of hearts,
Jack of hearts,
King of hearts,
Queen of hearts,
Ace of hearts.
'A ROYAL FLUSH!!!'
(A/N: A royal flush is where you get all of the above in the same suit. It is very hard to get and it is the best hand in poker a.k.a. nothing beats it ;D)Without giggling, Terry took a deep breath and dug around in her pocket to find that old $10 bill she'd been saving. Apparently Rex had something good too, but no matter what he had, Terry would win. EVEN if he had a royal flush in another suit, she would still win because hearts is the highest rank. Oh the joys of beating people! Rex smiled as if he had something good. He slapped down a fistful of shower tokens. Terry smiled back and pressed the neatly folded dollar bill onto the ground. A few 'oohs' and 'ahs' arose. In camp, only newcomers had actual money. Because at CGL, there was nowhere to get it. (A/N: Obviously!) Rex shook his head and laid down more tokens. By now, most of the boys had gone over behind him, seeing his cards.
"You don't know what you got yerself into Terry." Said Ricky, smiling as well. Rex looked up and locked eyes with Terry. They both knew they would win. Rex tossed in a gel pen. Terry threw in a gold earring. They continued like this for about half an hour, until neither one had anything else to bet. Now other tents were in now, watching. All of them were on Rex's side, except for the little Zero dude. He was just staring at her cards, but did not smile.
"Wanna place a final bet?" Asked Rex, a broad grin on his face.
"Only if you're up for it." Replied Terry smugly.
The boys behind Rex all began to whisper suggestions to him, until he raised a hand and said:
"I got one."
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