"Nicky! Start my victory music!"
Nick rolled his eyes and pressed play on his phone. Skye grinned at him before pointing to Judy.
"Judy! My cape, please."
The bunny doe picked up her stool with the cape draped over her arm. Standing on the stool, the cape was swung and fastened around the vixen's neck. The females exchanged smiles, Skye's smug and boastful, Judy's annoyed with a hint of amusement and affection.
"And last, but certainly not least," her eyes turned to the buck already dragging a bar stool over to where they were gathered. "Jackie?"
"I hate that name," he grumbled as she sat regally.
"My Crown!"
He sighed and withdrew an ornate paper crown, decorated with glitter and plastic jewels. It was secured around her ears and the buck stepped away to join the couple in front of his girlfriend.
"Now, say it." There was a collective sigh from the trio. Skye merely smiled. "Say it….."
One more sigh.
"You're the Queen of the Pool Halls," they began together, "the undisputed champion in the game of Kings-"
"Ah-HEM!"
"-Queens," they corrected with simultaneous eye rolls. "Long may she prevail."
"And with my glorious crown in place," Skye stood and clapped her paws, taking up a pool cue, "time to defend it! Who's first?"