"Honey, I'm back," Roger's voice said, a bit higher than it usually was. Roger entered the living room with Mikey in tow. Mikey was hiding behind Roger looking sheepishly.
"So what happened?" Linda asked not taking her eyes off the game.
"Mikey got into a fight with one of the kids at school". Roger said crossly.
"S'not my fault" Mikey said. "Fred stole one of my toys at break time and I tried getting it back".
Linda instead of feeling disappointed suddenly felt a sense of pride for her son. "Trying to stand up for yourself eh son?" She asked ruffling Mikey's hair. Roger looked at her crossly folding his arms across his chest. "Excuse me! But we do not encourage violence in this house"
Linda grimaced. "Right, er Mikey. That was very wrong. You should have told a teacher".
"But..." Mikey started
"No buts. You go up to your room and think about what you've done". Mikey started to argue but then sighed and went up to his room.
As Mikey left Roger was still looking at Linda sternly. "What?" Linda asked...
