"Well did you find out if anything was wrong with Emmet?" Richard called from the lounge when he heard the front door close to.
"Of sorts dear, Rose get in."
Rose, Emmet and Liz all fell into the living room.
"Hello all, what's going on?" Richard asked, slightly chuckling at the entourage of people standing before him, all looking rather embarrassed.
"That's what I am about to find out." His wife replied.
"Well you see" the three people being interrogated said in unison.
"One at a time, thank you" ordered Hyacinth.
"Well you see, I bumped into Rose last night as I was coming home from the church hall, she looked a bit upset as she told me her date was a disaster and she had lost her keys. She knew nobody would be likely to be awake back home and I suggested that you wouldn't be too happy being woken up. So I suggested that she had my bed and I slept on the sofa, promising to help her find her keys when it was light. And that's the truth." He smiled looking rather smug with his impressive lie.
"Are you always that good at lying?" Rose whispered.
"Oh I see, I am so sorry for jumping to the wrong conclusion but you know what my sister is like-"
"Watch it!" Rose bit back.
"Well all's well that ends well" Liz said clasping her hands together, eager to make her excuses and leave before she was offered a cup of coffee.
"Yes indeed, well I better be getting to work, hope you find your keys Rose, goodbye" Emmet said smiling at her before heading towards the Bucket's front door. Rose waved and smiled suggestively at that 'dishy' Emmet.
"Goodbye Emmet" her sister said in a loud, shrill singsong voice, causing him to bolt out of the door faster than an Olympic sprinter.
"Well I'd better be going home too."
"Heavens no, stay and have coffee Elizabeth. Rose you'd better stay here too and wait for Daisy to get back with Daddy. Richard will go and find your keys."
"Will I?"
"Yes dear, now" she said pulling him to his feet.
"See you later" he said shuffling reluctantly towards the door.
"Now you will both have a beaker won't you?"
"Good lord yes a beaker" the two ladies replied at the same time, both equally dreading this ritual.
"I am surprised she hasn't hidden me in the wardrobe with you being here, she is always so ashamed of me." Rose said once Hyacinth was out of the room.
"She is very particular with whom she is seen to know but I think as we have already been introduced and she has recovered over the unnecessary shock of you and Emmet spending the night together, she probably thought it was needed."
"Perhaps" Rose said running her perfectly long, pink manicured fingernails through her hair. "Tell me, that brother of yours is he looking for anyone... special?"
"Not at the moment, I don't think."
"Pity, well when he is, tell him that there is a rather attractive blonde who is very interested in him."
Liz just laughed awkwardly and replied "I think perhaps you should tell him yourself." She couldn't resist the urge to not only wind him up but Hyacinth as well.
"Oh don't worry in that case, I'll make sure I will." Laughed the younger woman.
The end! :) If you enjoyed this feel free to drop me a review. Gee :) x