Given the rumored emergency situation at Alex's house, it can only be Ben's charitable duty to go rescue his friend (and his friend's dad) from an eternity of lamb stew. He was all set to be heroic and everything, until he remembered that he can't actually cook-- luckily, he knows somebody who can. So he's wheedled Emerson somehow (better not ask ( Read more... )

For the first and hopefully last time in his high school career, Ben is cutting school. He got up and dressed this morning, left the house, then went around the block and snuck back in and slept-- badly-- for most of the day, until finally giving in and getting up sometime early in the afternoon ( Read more... )