She Shows Restraint

(I wasn’t sure if the mom had an official name, so I’ll just call her Kelly in the narration. If I somehow missed it in other chapters, let me know what it is in the comments please!)

Kelly’s gaze of lust quickly flicked towards the wand, and a long moment of silent tension hung in the kitchen until John spoke up.

“M-Mom?” He asked, taking a nervous step towards her. John could see the gears in her mind turning by her wide eyes and smile.

He didn’t have a reason not to trust the woman, who has always been a very gentle and kind soul, but she could get eccentric when she got excited about something, and right now she was holding something that might be very dangerous.

“Mom?”

“Hm?” Kelly asked, breaking from her trance to face John. “Yes?”

“Maybe we should put that down.” John said, taking another step toward her as he extended a hand. “It could be dangerous…”

“It could, sure.” She said, her smile turning into a knowing smirk. “But I bet you just want to use it for yourself, don’t you?”

John froze for an instant before his face twisted into confusion.

“I, uh…” He actually hadn’t considered that, but she wasn’t totally wrong. “I mean, sure, but we should probably play it safe until we know that it’s, uh, safe.” John said, scratching his head as a few ideas began to pop up in his hormonal mind. “Right?”

His mom’s expression began to match his own for an instant, and she then took a deep breath to steady herself.

“You’ve got a point, I guess.” Kelly shrugged. “I guess we should preform a few tests with it, first.”

“Small tests.”

“Small tests.” His mom agreed with an eager nod. “God, this is so exiting!”

John couldn’t help but let out a nervous chuckle at that, but he felt slightly more at ease now.

“So…” He began, undeniably curious as both of them stared at the wand. “What should we do first?”