zzzzzzzzz!
May. 28th, 2016 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ljgeoffThis afternoon when I got off from work, I spent a couple of hours with Luke, buying groceries and stuff. We were on our way to drop him off at his buddy Aaron's house, and a motorcycle went by. He made some kind of comment about it, and I said, "I've always wanted to ride around on a motorcycle, but I figured, having kids and all, I couldn't risk it." I grinned at him. "I was thinking that, now that you guys are mostly grown up, I could maybe get one." He gave me a curious look and I shrugged, "I mean, if something happened, statistics and all, well, you guys don't need me like you did when you were little."
Luke considered me. "Hmm." He smiles a lot with his eyes, and that's what I usually see first. But this time, he was outright mirthful. "You can get a scooter. One of those electric ones." Then he put his hands out, as if goosing a motorcycle, and instead of VROOM, he said, "zzzzzzz."
We lost it, both of us going, "ZZzzzzz, zz, zzzzzzzz!"
But I'm sitting here thinking ... what went on in his head between hearing his mom say that she didn't think he needed her so much anymore, to allowing that she might get a scooter, as a compromise, to how funny mom on a scooter would be. In the time it took his grin to go from his eyes to his lips.
Luke considered me. "Hmm." He smiles a lot with his eyes, and that's what I usually see first. But this time, he was outright mirthful. "You can get a scooter. One of those electric ones." Then he put his hands out, as if goosing a motorcycle, and instead of VROOM, he said, "zzzzzzz."
We lost it, both of us going, "ZZzzzzz, zz, zzzzzzzz!"
But I'm sitting here thinking ... what went on in his head between hearing his mom say that she didn't think he needed her so much anymore, to allowing that she might get a scooter, as a compromise, to how funny mom on a scooter would be. In the time it took his grin to go from his eyes to his lips.