The Big Score (Closed)

[FireyIce]

The ocean had started to appear as they went around one of the turns. He heard her ask if there was a hint of what he had in plan. “Long walk on the beach,” he said with a slight laugh. He wanted to make her not be completely sure if he was serious or not. “Not a bad choice of music,” he admitted as the sound helped fill the car.

It wasn’t too much longer before the iconic sign came into view. Sadly, that was the part of his plan that he didn’t like, but was inevitable. Though they were going to be near the “downtown” portion of the city, they parked in a parking garage near a hotel for the day. “Look in the glove box,” he told Belle as he started to turn off the car, securing their parking stub. In the glove box were new IDs and wedding rings. “Today, we get to play newlyweds,” he said as he looked at Belle’s face. “This part was Freddy’s idea by the way. I was very vocal about it,” he said with honesty in his voice.

As they put their rings on, Alex went and helped Belle out of her side. As they left the parking structure, he started to lead her down to the beach. They started to walk and talk, learning more about each other as they made their way over towards a small cruise line that specialized in day trips. Once they got close to their destination Alex told her, “Here we are dear.”

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle was shocked when the ended up in downtown Cali and she laughed as well when he told her teasingly he was going to take her for a long walk on the beach. She looked at the fake id's he had for them that she supposed he collected from Freddy earlier and the fake wedding rings as well which she thought were beautify and must have cost quite a buck because nothing Freddy put his time into was cheap.

She was shocked he has helped her out of her side and led her by the hand down to the beach which she didn't protest to though she did have to carry her heels so she would not sink into the sand.

She was shocked when he had brought her to the cruise and she looked at him and chuckled saying " Wow Alex you went all out honey.. I've flown plenty of times but being on a boat is actually a first for me " she eyed the ship carefully and raised an eyebrow " It isn't rigged to sink or anything?" She teased unknowingly gripping the hand he was holding of hers a bit tighter to calm herself.

 

[FireyIce]

Alex looked at her as they continued to walk up to the boat. “You know,” he started out saying, “I thought about having it rigged. But then I figured Freddy would get back at me by setting me up with someone less tolerable,” he said with a sly grin as he chuckled a little after that. He helped her up onto the dock leading up to the ship as he pulled out the tickets that were pre-purchased and handed them to the crew member.

“I’ve only been on here once before. But it was very nice. There’s a small buffet and some drinks,” he told her as he held Belle’s arm. He walked them over to the edge of the ship. “It has such a nice view of Malibu, don’t you think?” he asked while wondering what she was thinking. “I figured this would be something unique,” he mentioned as he held her closer to him. “I figured this would be simple yet elegant. After this we can get dinner somewhere,” Alex said as he thought there wasn’t much left to really spoil.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle smirked at him and looks over the side of the boat enjoying the view of the beach and Malibu. She smiled looking at it and said "Yes the view is beautiful.. I have to admit lm impressed Alex I didn't know you'd actually go this in depth into your character.

She looked into his eyes and grinned then said"well honey come on let's explore the ship at sea" she teased grabbing his hand so they could go into the ship . There was so much to do she didn't know where to start. "Do you want to see one of the boat shows?"

 

[FireyIce]

Alex gave Belle a slight smile as she complimented him on his efforts. He did take pride in the fact that it was something new and unique that he guessed she would’ve never expected. “Thank you,” he said to Belle as they continued to look at the view.

He looked into her eyes as she wanted to go inside the boat to look around. “There are a few things to do,” he said. “I do think the casino, when it hits international waters, will be fairly…profitable,” Alex mentioned. He figured another thief such as him probably would have some good skills at putting the odds in their favor. “But, I think a drink at the bar followed by whatever show you want to see, dear,” he told her with a grin.

They walked into the boat and headed to the bar. They were able to get one drink for free so Alex ordered himself a martini. “What would you like, sweetie?” he asked in a playful tone as if they were newlyweds.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle laughed and said " I think a cosmopolitan sounds really good about now honey."she grinned back actually starting to loosen up some now that she and Alex weren't bickering with each other.

She noticed a hot guy eyeing her from the end of the bar and was tempted to talk to him but she didn't want to ruin her and Alex's "date" and she pointed to her wedding ring she wore and then to Alex as well. The guy quickly looked away and she grinned looking over at Alex.She drank her Cosmo quickly then was to her second . "Let's go to the casino "she said grabbing their drinks and headed toward the small casino.

 

[FireyIce]

Alex was surprised as how quickly she wanted to get to the casino as she finished her drink and had another. “What’s your vice?” he asked as they made their way in. They had a few minutes before they were allowed to play via the cruise rules. “If I had the right partner, either poker or blackjack would be the dream payout,” he mentioned as they browsed around. “But I think some slots might be in order first. There’s usually a good payout at the beginning of these trips to help encourage the guests to spend more time here,” he pointed out to Belle.

Alex moved his hand around Belle and pulled her closer to him, making them seem like more of a couple. He figured he might get either hit or an earful, or maybe both, from this action, however, what harm would happen on the trip. “But,” he added, “You get to choose what we do. It can be either together or apart. No pressure,” Alex told her as he gave her a quick peck on the cheek as his hand found its way farther down her backside to the top of her ass.

 

[MzSeductress]

I'm a Blackjack and Poker kind of girl but we can start at slots or roulette"she said knowing she had manipulated men out of thousands that way by cheating and keeping up her game face on.

She felt him pull her in closely and his hand move close to her ass. She gave him a grin to keep the appearance up and stopped him wrapping her arms behind his head and looking into his eyes with a chuckle " I'd suggest getting your hands off my ass honey that is if you'd like to keep them "she smirked them pulled away still holding his hand.

 

[FireyIce]

Alex smiled back as Belle gave him a smirk as she made her comment. He leaned down and gave her a small peck on the lips as he responded to her, “I’m sorry dear. I forgot you aren’t a huge fan of PDA,” he added as he moved his hand back up away from her ass.

He watched as Belle took another sip of her drink. “I say we get an early start on the slots,” he said as they walked near a few of the machines. He sat his drink down and put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a fresh hundred dollar bill into Belle’s dress. “Feel free to have fun, cutie,” he told her. “I’ll be at the poker table in about 30 min or so in case you want to help me out with being my muse,” Alex said with a bigger grin on his face.

“I know Freddy said that we were to go out as if it were a date, however, I don’t see why we can’t both put in some effort and make some extra money on the side. I’m willing to go 50/50 with our winnings on the boat,” he offered her. It was only fair, and he was hoping that she would see that in the same light.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle had to blink to keep herself calm and was stunned he had kissed her. She looked at him seeing what kind of game he was playing and she wouldn't let him get to her. She moved away taking another sip of the Cosmo and she eyed him curiously.

She saw him dig into his pocket then he dug out $100 and stuffed it into her cleavage and told her to have fun. She laughed and slapped his chest playfully and hard enough" You know what baby ..I just may take you up on poker but I'm not going to be arm candy I want to play with the big boys and win" she grinned and leaned in planting a big kiss on his lips then said " Now that is how you leave a kiss" she chuckled pulling back and winking before walking away toward a pull slot machine she spotted in the corner of the room.

 

[FireyIce]

Alex gave Belle a smile as she mentioned that she wasn’t going to be arm candy for him. “Oh, don’t worry hon,” he started out saying, “I don’t want you to be arm candy. “Besides, nothing is as fun as having a partner help out hustling people out of poker and blackjack,” he added with a wicked grin. The next thing that happened probably surprised him just as much as what he did to her. He felt her kiss him with a sense of passion. Even if it was faux passion, it was very good.

This wasn’t the first time that Alex had been on a cruise line that had a casino on board. As he expected, he went and found a descent slot machine without a huge massive jackpot. He sat down and started to play for a while. Shortly after he started to win at least twice of what he spent, he moved on to another one. Within a half hour or so he had already nearly doubled his winnings. When he was finished with it, he went and changed his winnings into chips for blackjack. As he walked past Belle he gave her a wink before sitting down to play some cards.

Alex was wondering if it was natural for criminals such as him and Belle, to be good at cards. He played a few hands, losing on purpose. There was no doubt in his mind that he was counting cards, however, he made sure to throw a couple guaranteed hands to draw away any suspicion. He was hoping that Belle would help the dealer get thrown off his game.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle left the slots after winning at least 2,000 total. She got about 1000 in chips knowing it wouldn't take her all of those and appeared to be a woman who had no idea how to play and sat next from Alex and smirked.

The dealer instantly flirted with her asking her if she was sure she knew how to play and she giggled saying " I'm sure if I watch all of these fine gentleman I'll figure it out"She lost about three rounds then pretended she was upset " Maybe I should google this?" She said pretending to look at her screen. She smiled and said " ok boys now it's time to play" she said splitting a hand then she smiled at the dealer saying she would deal all of the chips she won certain her cards were a hard win she saw Alex's hand hoping he did the same seeing his hand was solid as well.

 

[FireyIce]

Alex looked at Belle as she joined the table. He watched as she put on her show of being clueless and losing some of the first hands she was dealt. When he saw her go in he looked at her in the concerned person look and asked, “That’s quite a bit you have there. Are you sure you want to do that?” he inquired to her. He knew what she was doing though.

“I’ll match her,” he said as he bet the same amount. “This way, if you lose, you won’t be left out,” he added trying to make it seem like he had no idea what cards were coming. As expected, the cards that were dealt resulted in the dealer busting. “Holy shit!” Alex exclaimed as he saw how much money was being added to both of their piles. “I think I’m going to take my winnings before my luck changes,” he said as he started to cash out from the blackjack table.

He watched Belle as he started to head to exchange most of his chips. He kept some for poker, though he knew he was going to end up having “bad luck” when Belle got there. As he made his way to the table, he started to join in and play casually for the first time in a while. He showed some senses of frustration as he saw Belle eventually walk by. “Excuse me, miss?” he asked politely. “You were at the blackjack table with me and I started to win big. Any chance you’re my good luck charm for the day?” he asked with a quick wink.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle had cashed majority of her money stuffing her earnings into her small handbag. She and Alex won about 40 grand each and she had spotted him sit at the poker table. He acted like he hadn't known her which was great since they didn't want to appear suspicious and she smiled responding "I just might be handsome"she smirked and sat down beside him.

"Are you going to explain this one to me or am I going to have to google it again? I don't want to push my luck"she said teasingly and laughed keeping up the airhead routine because she saw someone from blackjack at the table.

 

[FireyIce]

The good thing was that Alex figured Belle would know how this would play out. “You can try to google it quickly if you think it’ll help,” he said in a nervous tone. “Or you can just watch me and learn,” he said with a cheesy grin. He had only invested close to 5 grand in poker and played a few more hands. Even with good hands, he was tossing them and folding quite a bit. He figured Belle probably knew what he was doing.

He was there with Belle for not even ten minutes when his luck had run out. He was down to $500 and looked at her. “I guess you aren’t as lucky as I hoped. Here, buy yourself a drink or something,” he said as he got up. “I think I’ll go wait for the concert to start,” he said as he stormed off, looking frustrated that he was 5 grand poorer. At least she had a good tip and reputation for when she was going to start cleaning the rest of the people clean at the table.

Alex went to use the bathroom and then headed to the concert venue. There was still close to 30 minutes before it started. He had looked around and saw the view before taking a break and heading back in. Just as he thought, his timing was good as he sat in the back and waited for Belle to come in. “Over here, love,” he said to Belle as he waved her down. “I figured back here would be good, but we can always move,” he offered as she approached him. “So, how did you do at poker?”

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle looked after him after he stormed off in a fake rage and she said "I umm I guess I can take over for him.."she said seeing the smirks on the men's faces thinking they had an easy win because she mentioned she didn't know how to play but when she wiped them clear 1
150,000 dollars the men looked just about ready to strangle her.

"Did I win ?"she asked keeping the act up and grinned taking the money and splitting even 75,000 for her and Alex. She spotted him waiting for her and asked how she did and she laughed pulling out a wad of cash and stuffing it into the waist of his pants saying " How does $75,000 dollars each sound to you baby?.."she grinned"You should have seen their faces"she laughed stuffing the rest of her cash into her purse.

 

[FireyIce]

“Sounds like this trip is being very profitable for us,” he said as he felt her stuff the wad of cash in his pants waist. “Any day I can make over $110K for gambling is good. Though I do miss my 5 grand I had to ‘lose’,” he said when she sat down next to him. “Good work,” he said in a sincere complimentary tone. “Perhaps we did first meet on the wrong foot,” he admitted as he got comfortable securing his winnings.

They watched as the concert began. It was fairly entertaining and relaxing, something that had been missing lately for Alex, at least. “So are you enjoying your time with me yet?” he asked as they listened a little bit more to the music. “I saw a nice restaurant just off the pier from here that we can get dinner at after the boat re-docks,” he offered as a suggestion.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle smirked and said " Perhaps we did...I am enjoying myself So far Alex.. Are you?"she asked looking over at him. She grabbed his hand and said " We have about an hour till we're back at dock and I am hungry so I think diner sounds incredible."

She turned her attention back to the concert a slight blush on her cheeks. She felt him move in to hold her and she didn't resist this time. She had actually felt relaxed and age which she scolded herself slightly for.

 

[FireyIce]

Alex smiled as she admitted that she was having a good time. That was part of the plan with these “dates” by the way. “I’m having a very good time,” he told her as he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer to him. He figured, worse case, she would hit him again, which didn’t hurt too much. He continued to watch the rest of the concert with her before they got ready to disembark.

The hour seemed longer than it did. Once they finally got off, he held his arm and escorted her to the restaurant that they had seen earlier. “Don’t worry, I’m sure I can cover dinner for us,” he said with a grin as they were greeted and heading to their seat. Alex was being a gentleman and held the chair for Belle before going and sitting down. He had ordered some water for himself while he waited for Belle to decide what she wanted to drink.

“What other kinds of jobs do you have lined up before ours?” he inquired as they started to talk before ordering. “I was thinking,” he started to say, “What if we did a job or two without Freddy’s approval? You know, kind of a test run,” he offered as he looked over the menu. He looked his eyes up and tried to see the expression on her face. He wasn’t sure how she would react, but he could only hope for the best.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle smiled over the rim of her glass deciding on a glass of wine and she laughed "You actually want to work jobs...with me?"she stayed silent for a while and thought it probably would be fantastic practice and she and Alex looked like they hit similar places .

She nodded and looked up at him " Ok.. Let's say we do work together on some jobs ... No pulling out guns on me and you let me worry about hacking systems,credit cards and getting in and you come up with our covers you seem to be very good at that. Sound like a deal honey ?"she said cheesily and reached over adjusting his tie.

 

[FireyIce]

“Why not?” Alex inquired as they talked before the waiter would come back to take their order. “You know what you’re doing. No one on the cruise knew we were working in tandem in the casino. Who’s to say that we can’t run a few low key pick pocket scams in a public area?” he asked. “No one gets hurt, no guns are involved, we walk away a bit richer,” he pointed out with the idea being more of a white collar based system and not using any weapons.

“I think those sound like good ideas that we can work with, babe,” he told her as he agreed to her terms. “And if we do anything bigger, we can actually plan it out in advance,” he added as the waiter came back and they ordered their food.

Alex and Belle continued to talk to each other, getting to know each other more and more. It was a bit strange; however, it was also nice. He told her about some of his more lucrative times he pulled heists and how he didn’t really talk to his family anymore. He also told her about some of the movies and music he listened to, how he was able to get false ID’s and other things.

When they finished dinner, they started to make their way back to the parking garage, noting how late it was getting. “Do you want to crash at the hotel for the night?” he inquired even though he knew they were probably booked since it was a nice vacation spot. “Worse case is they say no and we get back very, very late,” he pointed out.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle listened to him as they spoke both of them revealing what they did as jobs what they enjoyed for movies and music and they both had a few more glasses of wine before they decide to call it a night.

She smirked as he asked if she wanted to crash in a room because it'd be a long night and she said " Well we've both had a lot of wine ..me more so..it's about an hour and a half drive back and there is noway I'm getting in your car."she laughed

"Hotel sounds fine for me if we can't get in I don't mind crashing in the back of the car for the night to rest then heading back on the road though a bed would be incredible at the moment "she said holding onto him as they walked down the shore toward the hotel.

 

[FireyIce]

Alex held her close as they finished eating, paid and headed to the hotel. “Well, at least you didn’t say my pants,” he pointed out laughing with her comment about getting into his car. He wanted her to be tipsy and giggly enough to where it was apparent she was well beyond intoxicated. He had looked over at her and saw that she was a bit sleepy as well.

When they got closer, he pulled the ring off of his finger and put it in his pocket. He was hoping she didn’t notice or that she was too intoxicated not to care. When they got in to the hotel he walked them over towards the counter. “Excuse me,” he said to the lady working in an Irish accent. He looked closely at her name tag, “Sherry. I know it’s late and you’re probably booked, but do you have a room that my ‘friend’ here could crash in? She goes to my church and I got a call about her being down and depressed, though she lives about two hours away,” David had told her.

He opened his wallet and showed Sherry his ID and his card showing that he was an ordained father in the Catholic Church. “I promise there won’t be any problems or issues,” he said with his accent as he gave a sad attempt of showing puppy dog eyes, hoping to win some pity.

 

[MzSeductress]

Belle was in a fit a giggles and a bit fuzzy from the drinks she had not expecting them to get to her so quickly. They got to the hotel with him mainly supporting her and he sat her in the lobby while he checked in.

She saw him remove the ring and was curious but she hadn't said anything her judgement getting cloudier by the second. She pulled her heels off and grinned over at him as he checked them in but she was unsure what he was saying as the woman looked over concerned.

She sat up pouting and saw him walk back over wondering what he had told them to get them the room. She laughed and said " So.. What did you tell them?"

 

[FireyIce]

Alex started to walk from the counter over towards Belle as she had started to lean against the wall. In his Irish accent, he talked to Belle, “Mrs. Williams, you’re in luck. They gave us a room, lass,” he told her as he helped her up. He kept letting her use him as leverage as they walked to the elevator and he selected the third floor.

As they got in and started to head up, he cleared his throat as he began talking like normal again. “They were full, except these hotels usually have a few rooms for emergencies for clergy members,” he told her as she probably wondered what was going on. The ride was quiet and short. When the door binged and opened, he walked her out to the hallway. Once they got to room 308, he opened the door and helped her to one of the beds.

“Here you go, Belle,” he told her as he helped her down. The last thing he wanted to do was get yelled at for taking advantage of her. So he pulled the covers over her while she was still closed. He took her purse and his wallet and winnings and placed them in the safe as he watched her start to pass out. Shortly after that, he started to get undressed as he got into bed. “Good night, Belle,” he said as he looked over the small gap between the two beds. “I’ll see you in the morning,” he told her as he started to fall asleep.