"Benson?" Elise asked, calming down. "Nope. He was dating someone...Katherine...but they broke up even before Garrett and I did. They were roommates--Garrett and Benson, not Katherine and Benson. And Garrett is Benson's brother's girlfriend's cousin," she added, a little proud that she'd been able to remember all that.
"I think that I need another beer," she told him in a resolute tone. She gestured over to the case he had brought that was a few feet away, closer to Benson and Mallory. "Want me to get you one?" she asked politely.