"If we're waiting on them, we may as well quit now," Ariana teased him
"I do 'ope you were not talking about me," Ashley said as she approached them, armed with a cardboard tray filled with corn dogs and chips, as well as three lemonades.
"Ben found some books," she said to explain his absence. "I told 'I'm I would come fetch the dog, and per'aps we will find a quiet place, non? I do not think 'e is much for carnivals."
She paused and winked playfully. "But that is what 'appens when you get old, non?"
"You watch it with that old talk, missy. It'll happen to you, too."
Ari grinned as she took one of the drinks and a plate of the chips with a corndog on it.