ADRENALINE — CHAPTER 15
vegas, baby!

11th november 2023
phoebe's point of view

"okay so you actually thought gunpoint was a real place?" i ask between laughs as jacob and i walk across the hotel casino.

he nods "i'm serious, until i was like 12, i'd always see stuff like 'man killed at gunpoint' or 'tourists held up at gunpoint' and i just kept thinking, why do people keep going there?"

i can't help but cough out a laugh, clutching the right side of my stomach.

we calm ourselves down a bit before quietly walking over to a blackjack table, taking 2 empty seats, trying to avoid any attention.

jacob throws a few poker chips into the small yellow rectangle in front of us on the table, the dealer looks up at us and nods.

"okay so in blackjack you're playing against the dealer" jacob begins to tell me "you wanna get as closer to 21 than the dealer without going over 21, if it goes over 21 it's a bust and the wager is lost."

he tells me, his lips almost pressed against my ear to make sure i can hear over the loud casino noises, making my stomach flip.

"jacks, kings, queens and 10s all count as 10, an ace can be played as a 1 or an 11, this casino plays at 11. the dealer will give you two cards, you can decide if you want to hit, so he'll give you another card, or stand, if you think you're close enough to 21. all your cards will be face up, the dealers first card will be face up, any others will be face down. if you get exactly 21 it's a blackjack" he continues "make sense?" he asks.

i nod "mhm" a wave of excitement passes through my body as the dealer hands out the cards.

face up infront of me is a jack and an 8 "so that's 18?" i clarify a jack's worth with jacob, he nods "yep."

i look to see the dealers one visible card, it's a 9. "he'll be closer to you if he has anything above a 10, so if you wanna hit again you can only get a 2 or 3 otherwise it's a bust" jacob tells me.

"hit" i say to the dealer, he nods and hands me another card, i cross my fingers and look, it's a 2, making it 20.

i squeal from happiness, probably a bit too loud considering a few people start to stare, and jacob chuckles lightly.

"stand" i tell the dealer, who shows his cards to be a 9, 5 and 3, making 17.

"so i won?" i clarify with jacob, before letting myself get too happy, a grin spreads his face and he nods "yeah you did."

i feel a rush of adrenaline, the same type of adrenaline i get when performing.

i've always craved that adrenaline, only ever being able to find it in singing before, it's addictive.

"okay i'm playing a new game, whenever i'm sad i'm gonna come to vegas and play blackjack" i tell jacob, making him chuckle loudly.

"that's already a game, it's called a gambling addiction" he chokes out in between laughs.

"oh" i laugh back.

"wanna play again?" he offers, i nod, letting the adrenaline wash over me as the dealer clears the cards and gives me 2 new cards.

a 9 and a 2. 11. the dealer's visible card is a queen.

"hit me" i tell the dealer, not asking jacob for a second opinion before, which he looks a little impressed by.

the dealer places down my third card, an ace.

"that's 11?" i ask jacob, who's now tucked his lips in between each other in disappointment, he nods "mhm."

"so i got a bust?" i ask, feeling really disappointed.

"not so fun now?" he chuckles lightly, i respond with a slightly annoyed expression, biting back a smile.

"come on pheebs, we can play again-" he's cut off by a large group of people pointing in our direction and starting to walk towards us.

i've never had an issue with fans coming up for autographs, or even paparazzi for that matter but i just wanted some time with jacob without a million cameras in our faces.

"come on" he nudges me as he grabs my hand and pulls me out of the casino, us both bolting and laughing past all the machines.

after about a minute, we reach a door leading us to a back alley, both out of breath and laughing.

it takes me a second to catch my breath before i look at my surroundings, we're in a quiet alleyway, we're both leaning against the wall of the hotel, staring at each other, our faces dangerously close.

"hi" he whispers, "hey" i whisper back.

his right arm snakes around my waist while his left arm gently touches my neck, making my breath hitch.

i slowly wrap my arms around his waist, gently reaching up on my tip toes to even be near his level, he notices this and chuckles lightly.

my hand moves up to the side of his neck as he pulls me into a kiss, his tongue teasing my bottom lip.

his arms grip around my back, keeping me in place and lifting me up ever so slightly so he's not having to hunch.

that familiar adrenaline rush crushes me, the same one i felt inside the casino, when i went skinny dipping with jacob, when i hear tens of thousands of people cheer for me.

i've always been worried about coming down from that high, about trying to make it last as long as possible, but right now i'm only thinking about this.

about his lips on mine, i'm not worried about what other people think right now, i'm not worried about the past or the future, it's just right now.

his lips make their way to the right corner of my mouth, then the left, my cheeks, my temple, my nose, under my eyes, if i was doing this to him he'd have lipstick stains all over him.

he gently places me down on the ground again, leaning his nose against mine, his hands moving down my body.

he looks up and nudges me softly in the direction behind us.

there's a man with a camera, trying - and doing a miserable job - to discretely take some pictures.

i can't help but laugh softly, mostly out of self pity, he joins me.

we walk back around to the front of the hotel, he squeezes my hand three times as we walk towards the elevators.

i can tell nothings gonna happen tonight, and im okay with that.

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t's notes
if it's not already painfully obvious, i've never been to a casino or played blackjack so i have absolutely no idea of the rules of this game or how it works lmao, also my layout is being so fucked up rn wattpad is glitching kms & thank you sm for 7.5k reads that's crazzyyyy i love you all sm <3 also i have such an urge to rename this book adrenaline, it's gonna be a big topic throughout the book but idkkkk i would have to change sm.
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