First Floor Lobby [Saturday Evening]

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Benton woke up this morning to Dief licking his face and wanting to go outside. So, after sliding on clothes and tying his own shoes, Benton wandered into the lobby with Dief at his side.

He's got a book in front of him, a puppy at his side and cereal to eat.

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"Yep!" Benton was quite proud of having a doggie everyone liked. "He's my bestest friend. I'm Benton."

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Aiden grinned, still rubbing Dief's back. "I'm Aiden," she said.

She then might have pouted a little. "I don't have a bestest friend here."

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"Really?" Benton frowned and scooted his book towards her. "I can be your friend!"

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She seemed to perk up at that. "I can?" Aiden beamed at Benton. This boy was waaay nicer than Stupid Jarod.

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"Yeah!" Benton bounced around on the floor. "Wanna read together? Or play with the doggie some more?"

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Aiden peered at the book. "Whatcha readin'?" she asked.

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"It's got pictures of boats!" He really didn't know what about the boats but boats!

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"There are lots of boats here," Aiden said. One of the benefits of living on an island, of course. "They're near where I live. Do you live here?"

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"Yep!" He pointed down one of the hallways. "I live in a room down there. I have my own bed!"

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"I have my own bed too," Aiden declared with a grin. "But the couch is bouncier."

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"You bounced on your couch?" Benton looked quite envious.

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Aiden nodded vigorously. "Yup," she said, grinning proudly. "This morning. It was fun."

She looked around the room. "You could bounce on one of these couches, instead."

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"Wanna?"

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Like she would turn down an offer like that. Aiden jumped up, reaching to pull Benton over to the nearest springy looking sofa.

"Uh-huh," she responded. "But there's no music, so we'll have to pretend."

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"Pretend," he repeated and climbed onto the couch. "Okay, I'm pretending."

And he started jumping on the couch.

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Aiden giggled and bounced with him gleefully, humming a Hannah Montana song she had heard on MTV this morning.

Her couch was better, but the company was so much nicer this time around.

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Benton put his hands in the air and made gleeful noises. Dief, from his position on the floor, started barking.

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"Dief wants to bounce, too," she said, still bouncing.

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"Can doggies bounce?" Benton wasn't sure.

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Aiden shrugged. "Never seen 'em do that," she said. "Maybe?"

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"Let's try!" Benton took one big bounce off the couch and grabbed his doggie. He put Dief on the couch. "Bounce, Dief! Bounce!"

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Seeing as Dief didn't seem to be getting the concept of jumping very well, Aiden helped him out by getting even more overexcited in her actions as encouragement.

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Dief bounced around on the couch but not because he was bouncing himself. Nope, the combined bouncing of Aiden and Benton seemed to just make him bounce by proxy.

"He's bouncing!"

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"Yaaay," Aiden gleed. Bouncing puppies were cute. She liked cute things.

"This is fun," she decided. "You're so much cooler than Jarod. He sucks."

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"It is fun!" Benton agreed. "Is Jarod mean?"