Her son had a secret and she needed to know what it was. It wasn't uncommon for her teenagers to not tell her everything that was going on in their lives, her own father still didn't know most of what happened to her during high school. It was part of growing up and she mostly accepted that fact.

Then there were moments like this where she knew her kid was hiding something from her and she had to know what it was. Her husband said she was too nosy, but she liked to think that she was being a good mother.

Her son had been on his phone and computer more than usual and when anyone got too close to him he quickly hid the screen. She tried to casually ask what he was doing, but he would shrug his shoulders and say nothing.

Really he shouldn't be surprised that his mother kept pestering him, she was a PI and made a living out of digging up secrets. Then again he spent a lot more time in his room with his door shut after she started snooping.

It was hard to search his room for clues when she worked during the school day. Which was why she took the opportunity to have a look around when all three kids were out one evening.

"You know if I had realized you were working a job I might have gone to Dick's for a slumber party." her husband said startling her.

She turned around to glare at him.

"Hey do you remember the days when we couldn't wait for the kids to leave and the moment they were out we jumped on one another because we didn't want to waist a moment of alone time?"

"Sorry I didn't realize my good parenting skills had cut into your love life."

"Oh no what you are doing isn't good parenting, this is obsessive Veronica mode."

"It's not obsessive. I just want to know what James is hiding."

"If he's hiding something it's probably for a good reason. Trust me I know how a teenage boy's mind work."

"I do trust you, which is exactly why I need to find out the truth."

Her husband rolled his eyes and laid down on his son's bed. "I thought we were going to have a date night tonight or was this all a plot to get the kids out of the house so you could search James's room?"

She ignored his question and went back to looking around for clues. He knew her too well and was spot on with the real reason why she asked the two oldest to find a friend's to sleep at and sent the youngest to her father's.

When he realized his guess was correct he sat up, "That's it isn't it? You got me all excited that we would get to spend the next 12 hours alone and naked and all along you wanted to look through our kid's bedroom."

"I'm sorry." she shrugged though she really wasn't.

"Perhaps you'll take me out one day - or do I have to make an appointment?"

"I promise you as soon as I finish looking we can get to being naked and doing things we can't do when the kids are in the house. Or if you get me his phone, I might reconsider. We could head to our bedroom right now and I'll won't search his room again."

"How do you expect me to get his phone? He won't let it out of his sight. Not that I can blame him with you as a mother."

"Hey I'm not that bad." she pouted, "And I'm sure you'll think of a way, you always do." She walked over to him and sat down on his lap and started kissing his neck and face. "Please?"

"Fine I'll do it."

She gave him a big smile and eagerly kissed him on the lips. He wrapped his arms around her so that he could stand up from the bed and carry her out.

"It's bad enough you were searching through James's room, let's not risk making him angrier by having sex here."