Jeves and Winchester, Arrival

There was a grinding of gravel as the car stopped in the driveway.

'Well, this is it. Our potential new home.'
The woman told him she didn't like it, that thier unborn child didn't like it.
He looked at her, a blank expression on his face ' What isnt there to like?'
'Just a feeling' She tenses as the child kicked again, more forcefully.
He shook his head and got out. ' You know, this place just needs to..
Pain ripped through his head, causing him to wince.
'Needs to what? What's wrong Stuart?!'
'Nothing. I'm ok' he replied 'Just a bit of eye strain'
The woman shook her head. ' You should wear your glasses more often'
Stuart counted down from ten slowly, readying himself to go over a familiar argument
When he reached one stuart started him reply, the same one he always used.
'The glasses dont do any good. I have keretoconus. And besides, the glasses hurt my nose'
Contacts? The ones you saw in that newsletter.'
He began to give his reply, then changed direction.
'You coming or not?'
'You opening the door for me or not?'
Stuart made his way around to her side of the car, smiling at their game.
'Of course'
She pulled herself out of the seat and stood.
Then she doubled over as a bright shard of pain sliced through her gut.


It saw the whole thing from its place in the hedgerow
The vixen, attracted to the building by food smells had jumped for cover as soom as the car had appeared. Usually this fright would be enough to scare the fox away, but it was hungry. Very hungry, and soon it would need all the strength it could get as the belly was now fully swollen with pups.
It saw the man get out of the noisy smelly thing. Saw him wince, walk around to the other side and open the door to let the other human out. There was a bang that only the animal coule hear, then a flurry of movement and the car was gone.
It sat there a moment longer, deciding if the way was safe, then it moved forward one step at a time.
Then it suddenly turned tail and ran as a chair smashed through an upper window and landed in a broken heap in the churned gravel

quiet descended. Then a flock of birds took flight, as if startled by something only they could hear.