"It's a sign of his affection," Ben said wryly, rubbing the back of his head. The tap hadn't really hurt, and he was laughing as he did it. "Or so I'm told. Frankly, I'm not sure I see anything affectionate about it."
He grinned at the question and nodded. "I wouldn't miss it. I'm even going to drag Brynnie up onstage with me. When he's not photographing things or smacking balls around on the tennis court, he's my bassist. And, I wrote a song for him and Rose. They don't know about that yet."
He was quite excited about the song, it was one of his newest favorites.