He beamed as he tossed her a mock salute, managing not to jostle the cup of coffee in his other hand too badly, not enough to spill it, anyway, "Yes ma'am, my idea after all, only fair if I help make it happen."

He was pretty sure it was something that they'd have to do for a day or two before anyone really noticed, but maybe not. Sometimes things happened in the house and everybody knew about it within hours, he just wasn't totally sure where this one was going to fall on the scale.