Another Heartwarming moment...

at the Jaye household:

Vanessa Jaye comes home, late, after a long day at the office and the completion of several errands afterwards. Dear son meets Vanessa at the front door and relieves her of the groceries. He takes them into the kitchen to unpack, and Jaye assures junior she'll start a supper in a minute-- she's just going to relax a bit, change clothes and check her email.

ahem.

Several hours Awhile later, as Jaye sits in front of computer surfing through various sites, junior enters the room.

"Hey, mom."

"Yes, my love?" she says with syrupy sweetness, attention still on the screen.

"Mom, my love," (just a soupçon of sarcasm here, so subtle as to be almost undetectable), "You know what's better than starving...?"

::blink blink::

Jaye hunches shoulders and looks at junior, he of the arid wit**. He can barely hide his smirk. She bursts out laughing, then sheepishly gets up and makes her way to the kitchen, where she makes a kick ass stir-fry, well worth the wait.