A good Poker Face

by Bartimaeus

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I couldn’t help but let out a playful chuckle, seeing her so disgusted by me.
“Really, I don’t think you want to be doing that.” I said calmly.

She pressed the gun harder against me.
“Oh, I think I do.”
I caught her eyes and raised my eyebrows.
“Oh, baby!”

The smirk on my face would have stayed quite a while longer had the look on her face not shattered it into a thousand little pieces. For a brief second I thought she was going to pull the trigger, and my eyes widened.

“You don’t know who you’re messing with.”

Ok, now I was starting to worry. Not only for the sake of my future lineage, but also that I just might have underestimated her by a smudge. As my father always said: In times of trouble, you better have a damn good poker face…

“Oh, but I do. Do you honestly think I would be stupid enough to pursue you on my own? Look around you, bella. They could be anywhere.”
“You’re lying…”
I shrugged indifferently.
“If you say so…”
The second she turned, the gun was down the sewer.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. A good Poker Face

    Lone Writer's Buddy Icon Lone Writer

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ohh Snap…
    LoA

  2. A good Poker Face

    Eckhouse's Buddy Icon Eckhouse

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Cool continuation. You’d almost never guess that these two met in church.

  3. A good Poker Face

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great sequel! Wonder what bella will do now that the gun is down the sewer?

  4. A good Poker Face

    g2 (la pianista irlandesa)'s Buddy Icon g2 (la pianista irlandesa)

    Posted 2 months ago

    Eckhouse is right… if no one knew better, some random person might think they met in a bar or something. This is intense, man!

  5. A good Poker Face

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great, creative way to break the impasse. Very fun stuff, fitting several of the themes of previous parts to this rather disjointed series all at once.

  6. A good Poker Face

    AwkwardlyReversed's Buddy Icon AwkwardlyReversed

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    i agree with everyone

  7. A good Poker Face

    NightMaiden's Buddy Icon NightMaiden

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Waah! Great sequel, and I’m loving where this series goes…lovely job, you guys. Really awesome work! : )

  8. A good Poker Face

    NightMaiden's Buddy Icon NightMaiden

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Waah! Great sequel, and I’m loving where this series goes…lovely job, you guys. Really awesome work! : )

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    Bartimaeus' Buddy Icon Bartimaeus

    Posted 2 months ago

    Any bids on the sequel to this ficlet? anyone, anyone? going once, going twice, going three times… er, going four times?
    XD

  10. A good Poker Face

    Mighty-Joe Young's Buddy Icon Mighty-Joe Young

    Posted 2 months ago

    wacked out how this just got a life of its own

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    NightMaiden's Buddy Icon NightMaiden

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oh! I’d like to sequel. I was actually ready to send a note asking, but my computer crashed. =/ Great timing, ne?

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