Ben was excited! Daddy and Bob had picked him up at school and now they were going to see Ernie at the shop, and maybe Ernie would play pirates with him and let him stack and count apples. He wondered if Daddy and Ernie would kiss again too. They liked doing that at Ernie's house. It made Ben giggle.
"Come on Daddy! Ernie is waiting for us!" Ben said, eager to get there. He giggled when Bob 'woofed' his agreement. "Bob says hurry up too!"
Daddy laughed and Ben beamed. He liked making Daddy laugh. He'd missed Daddy lots when Daddy was sick, but now Daddy was better, and so was Ernie, and Daddy said they'd have a picnic soon at Hogwarts which would be great because he wanted to try the boat Uncles Stephen and Adrian had gaved him for Christmas.
He finally saw the shop and after a quick look at Daddy to make sure it was okay, he ran ahead and burst into the shop. "Ernie! Ernie I'm here! Where are you?" Bob couldn't come in the shop, so Ben knew Daddy would be a couple minutes making sure Bob was comfy. "Ernie I'm read to look for pirate booty now!" He loved that game he and Ernie played.
He stopped quickly and then crowed in delight. LIAM was there! He hadn't seen Liam since school! "HI LIAM!" he shouted. "Ernie, this is my bestest best friend Liam!" He ran up and monkey crawled up Ernie's legs, knowing that Ernie always catched him. "Liam, Ernie is Daddy's BOYFRIEND did you know that?" He looked and saw that Liam's new mummy was there too. He didn't know her, but that had to be who it was. "Hi Liam's new mummy! I'm Ben!" He puffed up his chest and held out a hand for her to shake.