Terry shivered as Ernie whispered into his ear. "He's busy. He doesn't even care about us now," he whispered back, leaning to Ernie a little. "Saturday night. I have a meeting at school, but I'll leave Ben with a sitter afterwards and come to you. I don't know what time, but...we could make a sleepover of it?" He really wanted to be alone with Ernie too. Time had been scarce lately, and Terry wasn't certain it would get better.
He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that Ben was thoroughly engrossed in reading The Princess Bride for the hundredth time. Taking a chance he leaned up and pressed a soft kiss to Ernie's lips, lingering just a little before drawing back. "Is it a date?"