[the gang left the boutique n made their way towards the arcade where Baxter said he was]
Sylvia: (looks around) ...there he is. (smirk)
Baxter: [was at one of those jackpot machines playing slots] Almost... Almost...
Peepers: Hey, Baxter. We're done. Watcha playing?
Baxter: [not looking at them, his eyes concentrated on the jackpot] Oh hey, sorry, be right there, I've got a good feeling abt this [pulls the slot]
Sylvia: ^^;; Oh boy.
Peepers: I guess ur mom was right abt not wanting u to grow up to be a gambler. U seem to be a bit of an addict
Baxter: No, I ain't [pulls again] Almost, almost... [suddenly hits jackpot, the coins flying out of the machine] Wooohooo~~!! I won! I knew my gut instinct was right!! Aww yeaahh!
Sylvia: (giggle)
Brad: ^^;;
Peepers: [facepalmed] How much did u get?
Baxter: [collected all the coins into his container he had by his side] Not sure, bt we can bring it to tht coin counter ovr there to count it
Sylvia: Your Ma won't be happy about this. (smirk)
Baxter: Who cares? She'll be too busy doing ur wedding thing to notice. Besides, I'm gonna treat myself good with this n then just say u guys got it for me, win-win ;)
Peepers: Sure, watevr u say [follows Baxter to the coin counter machine nxt to the redemption counter]
Sylvia: (shakes her head amused)
Brad: O...k.
Baxter: [pours the coins into the coin counter machine n waited expectantly for the results]
Peepers: So how much u got? [listening to the machine counting the coins noisily]
Baxter: Patience. Gotta wait for the machine to finish counting, then it'll print out a receipt telling me how much I won
Sylvia: Hm.
Baxter: [sees the receipt pop out] Ooh, let's see how much I got... [reads the receipt] 1,500 space credits! Sweet!
Peepers: Wow, u sure r lucky. Gonna go cash it in?
Baxter: U bet! [brings the coins to the counter n hands the counter girl his receipt]
Sylvia: (leans to Peepers) Think he plans to buy something with that much money?
Peepers: Who knows? Its up to him, it's his money. Ready to go?
Baxter: [got the money] Hold up. Gotta make a pit stop first
Sylvia: :^) Figures.
Peepers: Alright, bt not too long. They might need our help bk home
Baxter: Dont worry, it'll be a minute [walked towards the nearest electronic store]
Sylvia: (crosses arms, deep in thoughts...) ...(giggle)
Peepers: [sees Sylvia giggle] Wat's so funny?
Sylvia: Sorry, can't tell ya. :p
Peepers: C'mon, couples don't keep secrets frm each other
Sylvia: You want me to spoil my surprise on our honeymoon? (smirk)
Brad: Not in front of Angel. ^^;;
Peepers: [blushed a little, then rolled his eyes] Fine, I'll play ur game |-(
Baxter: [comes out of the electronic shop with a laptop bag]
Sylvia: :) Got what you need?
Baxter: Yup, totally
Peepers: Care to share?
Baxter: Well... Remember wen I said I got a head for gut instincts n betting n Mama said I can't grow up to be a gambler? Well, I was thinking maybe I could try my luck in actually going into stock broking. U knw, play the stocks n earn some bucks to support the ranch. Gob knws we need money to keep our ranch running, n I can't just use our home computer wat with us sharing n all, so I got me my own personal laptop so I can work on my stock broking skills. Maybe someday I might actually earn enough to expand the ranch n turn it into something better. Papa said he was gonna let me run it wen I'm older aftr all
Sylvia: Huh. Interesting.
Peepers: Tht's good. Its good to look to the future n hv an ambition.
Baxter: Thanks. Dont tell Ma I played the slots to get this tho ^^;;
Sylvia: We didn't see anything you did. ;)
Baxter: Thanks, guys. So u ready to go?
Peepers: Ready wen u are, kiddo
Brad: I'm good to go, too. Someone's getting a little sleepy. (looks to Angel)
Angel: (yawn)
Baxter: Right. Let's go. Truck's up ahead
[The gang made their way to the parked truck, then got on n made the 45min journey bk to the ranch]
Sylvia: (watching out window)
Peepers: [sat at his spot in the bk checking his list to see if anything needs done]
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