Chilly Boulder [Wednesday evening]
Ben was on his nightly food run (when your cooking repetoire consisted of microwave popcorn, reheating soup and making salad, you ate a lot of take-out) and decided to make a stop at Chilly Boulder for milkshakes.
He walked through the door, smiled a bit as his phone beeped an alarm for the hour and texted a quick still here to Ender. He'd set the alarm to go off just after he heard Jaina on the radio that morning about William and seeing that the employees of the ice cream shop seemed to be down to one shell-shocked looking guy only reinforced his reasoning that it was better to be a little obsessive on checking in right now.
"Two chocolate milkshakes, please," he said with a tiny smile. "Extra whipped cream."
He walked through the door, smiled a bit as his phone beeped an alarm for the hour and texted a quick still here to Ender. He'd set the alarm to go off just after he heard Jaina on the radio that morning about William and seeing that the employees of the ice cream shop seemed to be down to one shell-shocked looking guy only reinforced his reasoning that it was better to be a little obsessive on checking in right now.
"Two chocolate milkshakes, please," he said with a tiny smile. "Extra whipped cream."