Sharp as a Marble

Lionel, a rather thin, but attractive young man walked into the living room of his friend's house. A house party was beginning to simmer down, so he sat next to a blonde and popped open a can of beer.

The blonde looked at him with a wide smile before yelling in glee.

"The puzzle, I finished it!"

"And it only took you three hours, Leni." Lionel slammed the drink in one gulp.

"But the box says it was for 2 to 6 years."

Lionel silently looked at the cute blonde before releasing a heavy sigh. He picked up a TV remote.

"Let's see what's on, shall we?"

The 16-year old boy secretly liked Leni. He was often entranced by her sensuous curves, but it was her smile that really moved him. She always managed to be in a good mood, no matter what was going on. She was kind, and beautiful...

And smart...

In his mind, he was going to get a girlfriend tonight.

"Oh oh oh, let's watch the news." Leni said excitedly.

Sure enough, he immediately turned on the 11:00 news. The news crew and staff was covering a story of a man running from a group of police officers. When the cops realized the criminal was much faster (and in better shape) than they were, one of the officers began to draw his weapon and aimed at the criminal.

"Do you think he'll really shoot him?" Leni asked wide-eyed.

Lionel looked at Leni. "He probably will."

"No way, he would just use a taser if he wanted to stop him...there's no way he'll shoot him."

"I bet he will."

"Well, I bet he won't."

Lionel laughed and placed 50 dollars on the dining room table. "You're on!"

Just seconds after Leni pulled a fifty out of her purse, the officer fired his weapon, putting a bullet in the perp's leg. Leni cried in shock before handing the boy the money. Way to go Lionel, taking her money will surely win her over.

"Good bet." Leni said with respect. Lionel turned his body to face her.

"No, it wasn't. I can't take you're money...I saw this earlier on the 6:00 news and knew that cop would shoot him."

Leni opened her mouth in surprise. "Wow, that's crazy! So did I, but I didn't think he would do it again."

Lionel took the money and left the house.