John was eating his dinner with mickie and Tommy at the table in the kitchen it amused John that Tommy kept looking at John nodding then going back to eating. He'd have to ask mickie later why he did that because it was bugging him that he didnt know why
He looked at mickie "this is nice" he said trying to make conversation
"thanks" she said with a small smile
The one thing John had noticed, there was no sign of a man in the house or that one even lived there, he looked at Tommy shovelling his food in "got an appetite hasn't he" he said with a soft smile towards the boy
mickie nodded "dunno where he gets it from, it certainly isn't me"
John wanted to ask about Tommy's father but he didnt want to over step the mark "cant hurt" it was the only thing John could think of saying
Tommy looked at his mother
"you finished?" she asked which caused John to look up from the food he was enjoying
Tommy nodded
"you can go play then"
Tommy hoped down and ran out the room
"runs a lot don't he" John said with a soft smile to mickie
"yeah, don't know why he does that" mickie said
"must be hard, raising a kid who's" John trailed off not knowing whether he should finish that or not
"deaf, you can say it yanno" mickie said "he's my little boy, he's perfect deaf or not"
John smiled softly towards mickie
"annoys me when people shout at him when they talk to him thought he's" mickie went to continue but John interrupted
"deaf not stupid" he said with a nod looking at his food he looked up to find mickie giving John a look he couldn't read
"yeah, that" she said
John put more food in his mouth and spoke after he swallowed "yanno this is really good" he said using his fork to point to his plate
"there's more if you want some" mickie said noticing John was nearly finished and he said he liked it
John looked like he was thinking about it which made mickie chuckle "i shouldn't but go on then"
mickie stood up off the chair and went to the cooker where the stew she made was keeping warm mickie reached and pressed a button
"what is that button, you pressed it before" John asked intrigued why she kept pushing it
Tommy walked in and watched mickie put some more food on john's plate "there's like a little panel thing in each room with a button on it so say im in the kitchen and dinners ready I push it and Tommy can know to come get his dinner"
"smart" John said
mickie looked at her son standing up on his tip toes trying to see what John was getting "want some more?"
Tommy nodded
"sit down then" she said to him with a soft smile
"you cant still be hungry" John said to the little boy when he looked at him
"dont be cheeky" mickie said tapping Tommy's shoulder
"what did he say?" John asked intrigued he looked from Tommy to mickie for the answer
"i could say the same for you" mickie said looking at John trying not to chuckle at his reaction
John chuckled "well played Tommy" he said to the little boy who smiled at him "well played" John gave him a look and Tommy giggled