WHO: Ben Braeden, Dean Winchester, Claire Bennet (future) WHERE: driving, then ice cream place WHEN: Wednesday, March 29, 2006; after 11 p.m. WHAT: A talk. RATING: TBD STATUS: thread; in-progress
After glancing out the window – not having to go to bed at all early on a technical school night (because there was no morning class) was still awesome, especially when it meant going out for ice cream at midnight – Ben turned forward again, looking at the back of his Dad's head. Something was going on with him, it had been since he'd gotten on the computer tonight. Going out at night wasn't exactly weird, but it wasn't something his Dad often did with him because Ben could tell he was really into being a responsible parent whenever he could be. It was mostly cool with Ben, though, because he still did stuff like this – as long as said stuff wasn't part of his Dad acting weird.
"Hey, Dad?"
After it went without a reply, Ben leaned forward from the back seat and raised his voice a bit to say it again. "Dad."
When that went unanswered, he leaned forward and poked him in the back of the neck.
"Dude, what is up with you?"
As he asked it, he turned to look at Claire too, eyebrows raised.