Chapter 2

She knew a lot of things about herself. She knew she was vain and shallow, a bit of a gold digger. Didn't she have the right to be?

Minerva was beautiful. So she had a right to be vain.

She didn't have any deep interest in anything or anyone so she called it as she saw it. So that's how she knew she was shallow.

She didn't want to be poor. So she scouted for a man with a fat wallet.

Minerva was raised to rely on her looks and a man with money.

So a beautiful mink, with no responsibility often spend her night partying in the hottest toon clubs.

Except tonight was different. Her Saturday plans were thrown off by her lack of cellphone.

"Oh where is that darn thing!" she yelled in frustration. With some help from the males of forest she had searched her house, when they turned out useless she kicked them out. Then she began looking herself with the same results.

"It's been a week since I saw my poor baby." She sighed plopping on her now crooked couch. "Oh woe is me, I can't seem to find it anywhere."

"I haven't seen it since my encounter with….Those little thieves!"

XoXo

"Wakko! Dot! Hurry up!"

"I'm on the computer/phone!" They both shouted.

"Family game night can and will start without you!"

"With one player?" Dot taunted.

Yakko sighed. "By force then."

First Wakko.

The eldest Warner trudged up to his little brothers' room. Opening the door quietly so you wouldn't be noticed.

"This is what they call annoying!? This guy's barely a nuisance!" Wakko complained into the phone resting between his shoulder and his head. "If he's annoying I'm then what I did on Animaniacs should get me arrested." He continued glaring at the screen.

Yakko rolled his eyes. He closed to lid of the laptop.

"Hey!"

Yakko took th9s chance to snatch the phone. "Goodbye Buster, Plucky, Max, or Hampton."

"Why'd you do that?!"

Surprisingly Yakko didn't respond, Instead he grabbed his brother and tucked him under his arm.

"Yakko! Let me go! You can't do this to me I'm not a little kid anymore!"

"Just did, and if you even give a second thought to pulling your mallet out you'd be grounded so hard coffee bean will look at you and go 'damn'."

"This is unfair!"

Next Yakko marched to Dots room. Where he found his sister giggling and rolling on her bed.

"No he didn't! No he didn't!" She shrieked into the phone. "Oh my god!"

"Ugh.." Both brother gave a simultaneous roll of their eyes.

"You think he'll ask me out?"

Yakko took an opportunity to snatch the phone away. "Little Dottie's too young to date."

"Yeah and no punk is going to try." Wakko added still tucked under his brother arm.

The eldest then hung the phone throwing it on the bed.

"Why'd you have to go embarrass me?"

"Oh you better believe we're talking about this dating thing tomorrow little missy." Yakko seethed picking up dot and tucking her under his other arm.

Both of his younger sibs were shouting in protest trying to wriggle free from their older brother's grasp. Yakko took a deep breath he was about to start lecture.

"We set aside every Friday of the week for family." Their protest had turned into under breath grumbling. "Just for family, not your friends, not for the laptop, but for family." He continued setting them on either side of the game board he had laid out. "Playing a little game or watching some movies. We do this to keep our close family bond." Yakko then took his spot on the floor.

"Now start bonding."

Wakko and Dot groaned.

"Now!"

"Fine I'll got first." Wakko stated reaching for the di.

"Who said you get to be first?!"

Yakko sighed per usual it was going to be a long night.

XoXo

"Oh when I get my hand on them." Minerva finally made it to the lot and after 'persuading' the idiot guard she got in.

The miffed mink began climbing the water tower ladder. She was mad she hadn't noticed the sky turning grey or how high she was really going.

Then she reached the top she gave a glance downward and shuddered. Immediately hugged the railing and squeezed her eyes shut. "S-so high." She choked out. Minerva used her tail to knock on the WB sign.

As soon as she heard the creak of the door open her tail wrapped itself around said opener.

"Uh hello." A confused voice spoke out. She pulled herself to the opener and stay hooked on to him. She was trembling and felt who ever opened the door stumble back. Though after regaining their footing, they closed the door.

Minerva looked up, she was nose to nose with Yakko Warner. He had a dreamy gaze while she just glared at him.

"You have pizza sauce on your chin." Minerva jumped of the ink blot toon hand placed firmly on her hips.

Yakko using the back of his hand to swipe at his chin respond with a slight pink blush. "So uh came to take me up on my offer?"

"Yeah right pal. I just here to get my phone."

"Your phone."

"Yes my p-h-o-n-e phone, I know one of you took it."

"Now listen here lady I don't care how pretty you are I kn-"

"Uh Yakko."

"Not now Wakko, I know for a fact that my sibs wou-"

"Um Yakko."

"I said not now Wakko, My sibs would never even do som-"

"Yakko!"

"What is it Wakko? I'm trying to defend you here." Wakko looked half embarrassed half guilty.

"You didn't." Yakko gazed shifted to the smug mink. "Heh heh sorry?"

Minerva just held her hand out. "Give us minute."

At once the three Warner formed a huddle filled with fierce whispering.

Xoxo

"Thanks for making look like ass Wakko." Yakko whispered.

"Hey I didn't
technically take it, she dropped it and I never gave it back."

"Yeah that's stealing." Dot whispered.

"Oh who asked you?" Wakko mumbled.

"Just give me the phone so I can regain some points with this girl, if even possible. Then this Saturday we can have a long talk about your stealing habits."

"Uh wait, I mean why spend your Saturday lecturing me while you can have a date with Minerva."

"What are you going on about?"

"W-well this." Wakko said pulling the phone from behind his back. "Can be your key tool for persuasion."

"How desperate do you think I am Wak?"

"Desperate enough to try."

"….Fine."

"What makes you think I'll go along with this?" Dot asked.

"5 dollar raise in allowance?" Yakko pleaded.

"Make it 10." Yakko groaned but nodded.

"Hey what about me it was my idea."

"Fine, How about short version of the lecture and eeeeeh curfew pulled back let's say 10 minutes."

"Deal."

"Thanks sibs."

Xoxo

After a few minutes that seemed like an hour they turned around back toward the mink. Each sharing the same devious smirk.

"We'll give you your phone back. If you agree to a date, tomorrow."

"With you?" Minerva scoffed. "Not on your life."

"Well that's your choice." Dot said teetering on her feet.

"I'm awfully hungry." Wakko dangled Minerva's phone above his wide opened mouth.

"You wouldn't."

"Try us." Dot dared.

Minerva sighed. She put on her best pouty flirty look and walked toward the brothers. "Please, I just want my phone." She used her hands to cup Yakko's face and her tail to tickle Wakko's chin.

"Oh no you don't." Dot grabbed the phone a second before Wakko handed it to the mink. "This still can be flushed."

"Fine, I'll go on a date with Yakko just don't hurt my phone."

"Glad you decided to come around. And you'll get this when my brothers home safe." Dot said throwing the phone in her hammer space.

Yakko and Wakko snapped out of their dreamy daze.

"Just one date." Minerva reminded poking Yakko's chest.

The Mink then whipped around and stomped towards the door. When she opened it she was welcomed with some very unwelcoming rain.

"You know that ladder gets extremely slippery and it's a long way down." Wakko stated.

"You can stay here if you like." Yakko offered.

"Fine, but only till the storm passes."

"Good because we were just in the middle of a game of chutes and ladders."

Xoxo

Three hours. Three hours of nothing but rain. Of nothing but board games.

This was insane.

"I need to use the bathroom." Yakko excused himself.

"For the fifth time this hour ladies and gentlemen."

Wakko and Dot giggled at this.

"So what he bribe you with?"

"What?"

"Come on I worked with you two long enough to know he had to offer you something." The younger Warner siblings look at each other and shrugged.

"Shortened lecture on my 'stealing habits' and curfew pushed back 10 minutes." Wakko stated.

"10 dollar raise in allowance." Dot mumbled.