Hathafuck?
When: After school (around 4pm)
Where: Outside the Hathaway residence
Ben's cousin's reaction to his announcement that he'd gone on an impromptu date with a Hathaway had been hilarious. It had been like Ben had told him he was getting married - which considering how the date came out in the first place, was kind of appropriate. Later Ben realized that had been his first date since Amelia, and it had been with someone who was virtually himself only of the opposite sex. He wasn't sure he wanted to love and leave this one, even if he didn't really want to illude himself with long-term possibilities again either. Actually, Ben had sort of settled on best friends for life, maybe platonic soulmates or something. Melody had seemed as up for anything as he was, with about as many concerns as he had. They would get into all sorts of shenanigans, he just knew it.
Another difference was that for all the upper-middle class privilege he'd been born in he did not belong to a big name family who actually owned most of the town. Melody did. He had to admit he was curious, so the next logical step was to check out the Hathaway mansion when he had some free time. He had actually called his mother - who loved the Hathaways for how much business they gave her - and asked for the address, stating some bogus reason that didn't mention dating or women anywhere in it.
Once he had dropped his stuff of at home after school he got back into his car and drove to 3rd Street. She didn't live that far from him but her neighborhood was eons above his just by looking at it. Ben drove slowly up the street, parking across the street from Melody's house in order to not look conspicuous. Of course the fact that he then crossed the road and stared up at the huge house, pacing up and down its length and peeking to the sides, rendered his parking strategy useless.