VLT (Writing)

I look around as I enter.

There are but a few regulars sitting at the bar, the tables empty.

I ask the bartender for a draft.

I turn around and head towards the machines.

My plan is to put in what was left of the twenty I used for the beer.

That's always the plan.

Cherry Rain is the name of the game.

I stick in a five sheet.

Five turns in to ten, the ten burns from excitement.

I should just keep the ten I have left, but she seems like she's playing well.

Spin after spin, my money rises and falls.

The outcome, disappointment.

I planned to spend that anyway, not a big deal.

I would leave, though the machine is playing well.

One more twenty, bet raised.

As my twenty doubles, I max the bet.

This is it.

I feel the energy, I feel the win.

My heart is racing in anticipation.

Spin after spin, loss after loss, twenty after twenty.

She tricked me yet again.

I really fucked up.

Two weeks before Christmas, no presents.

My last two hundred dollars...

Reviews

[Larry Dyson]

yes such is gambling...first time I lost I quit...guess how many times I gambled?..yeppers.read one of mine and comment?

[Damien Davison]

I'll be sure to read on of yours. Thanks, I appreciate you reading mine!