Well, he had been joking. Any reply on the topic of his mother was lost when he saw the way she simply stared at him in shock. Then she attempted speaking, which did nothing but confirm what her look said: she had something up her sleeve.

The look of interest and curiousity was unmistakable on his face. Keegan sat up enough so that he could lean back on one elbow, tilting his upper half on it so that he could look at her more directly. "No, I don't have anything planned," his eyebrow lifted, as did the corner of his mouth as he added, "Liar."