As the three of them get close enough to grab the bone it gets knocked about resulting in everyone climbing over each other in order to get a hold of the bone. Eventually the bone is knocked towards the front door, the trio are intertwined and as they start to scramble once more the front door opens. All three stare at the bone as a pair of female feet wrapped in small heeled black shoes appear either side of the bone. Dave, Jack and Bunny freeze with horror.
“Hi just me” Aunt Jane says cheerfully as she closed the door. Aunt Jane was given her own door key despite living a couple of blocks over but she had been given free use of the house and she often just turned up unannounced. “Oh what’s this?” she asks as she looks down and spots the bone.
“Aunt Jane!” Dave calls out as he was pressed between Jack and Bunny. Aunt Jane didn’t listen as she picked up the bone.
“What a strange little trinket” Aunt Jane says to herself, before finally noticing that she was being watched. “Dave!” she gasps, shocked at the sight before her, “What’s going on?” she asks.
“We were, er, fighting over that trinket” Dave answers as he wriggles free from the human sandwich.
“And why would you be fighting over this little thing?” Jane questions, crossing her arms, the bone still in her hand.
“There was some… disagreement, over who owns it” Jack chimes in, placing his hands over his privates as he stood up.
“Excuse me Mr No-Pants I believe I was talking to my nephew” Jane answers back, “Dave?” she adds, expecting an answer
“He’s right, we were arguing over who owned it” Dave confirms.
“I found it it’s mine!” Jack snaps hoping that getting the first word of ownership in might help his case.
“You! Shut up!” Jane snaps pointing to Jack, the bone warms slightly in her hand and Jack is forced into silence, “What, what was that?” asks Jane as she looks at her hand that held the bone, “That felt kinda nice” she adds with a smile.
Dave ponders his quickly reducing options, he could tell his Aunt the truth about the bone, or he could try and argue that it belongs to him, or he could try getting physical and making a grab for the bone. |