Ever since he had transferred to the elementary school Ben cherished socialization with adults a lot more than he had before. Not that he'd ever been anti-social in the least, he was just more eager to meet and talk to people his own age now than he'd ever been before. Especially because children were damn insufferable, weird and not really his cup of tea - not even from a counseling point of view. Teenagers could take the sort of laid-back inappropriateness Ben was known for, but not the little tots. Rather, some could, it was just frowned upon.
Not wanting to get into the mess of traffic at this hour Ben had walked from the school to Lenore's, coming to meet Erika by her car. "Hey you," He greeted his old friend with a smile before being assaulted with the voice of an over-enthused goat right into his brain. He leaned closer to the windscreen to see Petunia in the car as well. "Hey Petunia!" Ben gave Erika a cocky grin. "See, she likes me!" He was extremely oblivious as to just how much, however.