I sighed as I fixed Percy's tie for the fifth time, well, I shouldn't be complaining, at least he's wearing one. Today is Chase and Sophia's parent/teacher conferences and I told him that he had to look nice, or else. He stopped whining after my threat but I did promise him that if he wore a tie, I would wear a dress. And now, I'm regretting that I ever promised him that because I didn't think he actually go through with it, even if his fatal flaw is loyalty. I finished by buttoning the very top button of his polo shirt, lightly patting his cheek with approval.
"There," I pulled away from him, giving him one more, quick scan before we headed out. "You look semi-decent." I smirked to let him know that I was only joking. He pursed his lips at me and then turned to the mirror that hung near the door, his fingertips nervously picking at the tight tie as he looked at himself in the mirror.
"Love you too, WiseGirl," He rebuttal was mumbled. I rolled my eyes in response, walking into the living room that my kids were in. Chase was at his usual spot of being too close to the TV, eagerly playing his latest video game. They're both thirteen now, but have such different interests. Sophia sat in the kitchen, diligently attending her homework.
"All right, the parentals are leaving now." I looked around for any sign of movement but they were still as rocks. "That means no parties," I pointed to Sophia. "And no girls," I pointed to Chase. I heard Chase slightly chuckle at my attempt at a joke but he was too busy slashing a zombie or alien or something, making hurried gun shots echoing throughout the room as his thumb busily hit a button on the controller, a whispered curse shortly following. Sophia looked up from her notebook after she erased something, annoyingly brushing away the eraser bits, I knew how she felt.
"Like I would so throw a party, mom," She rolled her eyes and I smiled as I walked over to her. I wrapped an arm around her shoulders and squeezed them, placing a goodbye kiss on her temple.
"I was just checking, Soph." I gathered my coat from my chair at the table and shrugged it on, some lonely keys jingling in my pocket; they were probably Percy's ones that he "misplaced" a couple of days ago. I'm still a little dumbfounded at how they made their way into my coat pocket. Sophia smiled up at me, she was still wearing her school uniform, but her shirt had become untucked and one of her knee socks was down to her ankle. Her leg impatiently bounced until I left the kitchen area.
Chase's game was surprisingly on pause as he talked to his father. Percy cracked a grin once his son was done sharing and was cool enough to recieve a fist bump. Percy stood up before ruffling Chase's hair. Chase's smile matched his father's as he resumed his game.
I watched as Percy put on his coat, my eyebrow was raised and my arms were crossed. He caught my gaze and he gulped, since he knew this was one of my infamous looks. He's never truly scared of me when I give him these looks; he just gets a tad bit nervous. But I'm pretty sure this one was my what do you know that I don't? look. He scurried out of the door as we finally exited the household.