Walking into his old room he found his father Richard sitting on the floor a game controller in his hand and completely focused on the Television screen. Completely unaware of Jon's entrance. Jon sighed and shook his head, the disappointment he felt first for Richard not asking if he could use Jon's property, and second that he was wasting his time with the video games was the nail in the coffin.
Jon walked over to the television turning it off immediately eliciting a cry from the forty two year old man. "HEY! I WAS PLAYING THAT!"
"Which you didn't bother to ask to do. Plus you have your own room, this is my space. Do you see me going through your things?" Jon was calm, and centered as he chastised his father. It felt good in the moment but he also was sad that he had to have this type of talk. "Go read a book, or see if Mikey needs help with anything. And don't just come into my room without asking again. Clear?"
Richard frowned but nodded looking down, "Alright... I'm... uhm... I'm sorry Jon. I was just so bored! And your games are actually pretty cool." He blinked then as an idea must have hit him. "Uhm... Jon... if I help out with Mikey would it be okay after dinner if I played the game some? Not alot but I was really starting to get it..."
Jon grinned at that. He used to do this with his Dad. Negotiating seemed to make his Dad happy and it had a similar effect on Jon now. He smiled and nodded, "If you're good with Mikey, and you behave at dinner you can play. But get out of here for now... I need some privacy."
The agreement elicited a smile on Richard's face Jon couldn't remember seeing in a very long time as the adult male scrambled up onto his feet and left the room.
Jon chuckled and walked to the door quickly shutting and locking it. Then moved to the head of his bed and laid down reaching under for his stash. Feeling around he felt the messenger style backpack that had all his porn and other secrets he kept from his family. Unzipping it quickly without pulling the bag out he reached in and felt the wish stone.
Pulling it out from the bag and getting up laying onto his back he started to orient his thoughts on how to solve his immediate problems. After a few minutes he smiled and started to speak, "I wish..."
