John smiled, it was nice to be joking together with someone.A little bit he was worried she would take the joke bad. "Well eggs might be babies. I can understand being protective of them. But. I am not scared of a hen. The worst it could do is a nasty peck, and I think that if that happens it won't be so bad. I will be as careful as can be with getting the eggs. You will see I wil be an egg-cellent egg gatherer."<br/>He blushed when she made the comment about his change.<br/>"Um..well being in a new place, seeing so many lovely women well got me nervous. But I see you accept me  for who I am, and do not feel poorly about the way I feel about my family. I love them, but a lot of things they do make me feel bad. They have this idea about..."<br/>He then trailed off, maybe he shouldn't talk about the marriage thing. He didn't want her to think that was all he was looking for. There was so much more in the world he wanted than just to be a husband. It seemed that is all his brothers wanted. It seemed in a way, even though they married odd women his brothers were boring.