Gentleman's Bet
Jul. 26th, 2008 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jack_babalon"Remember" Jesus reminds Judas solemnly over their third order of drinks, "If any of this shit is going to work... one of us is going to have to betray the other!"
"Yeah, sure..." Judas lights the last cigarette in his pack, "but which one?"
"Tell you what we'll do..." Jesus snorts at some private joke, downs his drink in a sloppy guzzle that sends cheap red wine to soak into his beard, belches and produces a single gold coin with a snap of his fingers, "we'll flip for it!"
"Fine..." Judas slams back the last dregs in his glass, reaches into his pockets and fishes out a well worn silver dollar, "but we'll use one of mine!"
Jesus gives it a thinking over, brushing his beard thoughtfully (the red wine staining the inside of his hand) before nodding a reluctant, "Alright... deal!"
They shake hands on it, one wiping the stain to the others palm, then order a round of shots and while waiting, Judas turns to Jesus: "Well since it's my coin... what side you want?"
Jesus flips his gold coin, snatches it and turns it over in his palm to show his friend: Heads. Jesus then proceeds to peel the gold foil carefully from the chocolate coin. Judas nods, leans over the counter of the bar and spins the silver dollar on it's axis and wishes he had another smoke after this one. Jesus eats the coin with a satisfied smudge of chocolate smeared across his lips.
The shots arrive. They toast, they clink glasses in salute, they shoot and score.
"Alright ready?" Jesus asks.
Judas goes to flip the coin then his eyes widen and he freezes: "Waitaminute? Which one's which?"
"You're Tails" Jesus answers patiently.
"Yeah I know that... I mean which one are we flipping for? If I win do you betray me... or is it the other way around?"
"If you win you betray me!"
"Really? That doesn't sound right..."
"It is what it is..." the Son of God shrugs helplessly.
"Yeah..." Judas narrows his eyes suspiciously at Jesus, "but don't you know what's going to happen next?"
"Of course I do..." Jesus laughs now,"why one of us is going to betray the other. Now flip it!"
Judas sighs and flips the coin.
The silver dollar twirls up, flutters at the apex for a suspended second (sending entire universes of possibilities to ripple out of its wake), then falls into the sudden snatch of Judas' grab.
"Well?" Jesus asks.
"Well..." Judas slaps the silver dollar across the top of his hand and slowly removes his red stained palm, "here goes nothing!"
"Yeah, sure..." Judas lights the last cigarette in his pack, "but which one?"
"Tell you what we'll do..." Jesus snorts at some private joke, downs his drink in a sloppy guzzle that sends cheap red wine to soak into his beard, belches and produces a single gold coin with a snap of his fingers, "we'll flip for it!"
"Fine..." Judas slams back the last dregs in his glass, reaches into his pockets and fishes out a well worn silver dollar, "but we'll use one of mine!"
Jesus gives it a thinking over, brushing his beard thoughtfully (the red wine staining the inside of his hand) before nodding a reluctant, "Alright... deal!"
They shake hands on it, one wiping the stain to the others palm, then order a round of shots and while waiting, Judas turns to Jesus: "Well since it's my coin... what side you want?"
Jesus flips his gold coin, snatches it and turns it over in his palm to show his friend: Heads. Jesus then proceeds to peel the gold foil carefully from the chocolate coin. Judas nods, leans over the counter of the bar and spins the silver dollar on it's axis and wishes he had another smoke after this one. Jesus eats the coin with a satisfied smudge of chocolate smeared across his lips.
The shots arrive. They toast, they clink glasses in salute, they shoot and score.
"Alright ready?" Jesus asks.
Judas goes to flip the coin then his eyes widen and he freezes: "Waitaminute? Which one's which?"
"You're Tails" Jesus answers patiently.
"Yeah I know that... I mean which one are we flipping for? If I win do you betray me... or is it the other way around?"
"If you win you betray me!"
"Really? That doesn't sound right..."
"It is what it is..." the Son of God shrugs helplessly.
"Yeah..." Judas narrows his eyes suspiciously at Jesus, "but don't you know what's going to happen next?"
"Of course I do..." Jesus laughs now,"why one of us is going to betray the other. Now flip it!"
Judas sighs and flips the coin.
The silver dollar twirls up, flutters at the apex for a suspended second (sending entire universes of possibilities to ripple out of its wake), then falls into the sudden snatch of Judas' grab.
"Well?" Jesus asks.
"Well..." Judas slaps the silver dollar across the top of his hand and slowly removes his red stained palm, "here goes nothing!"
