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@benjy-montgomery
"I don't want to complain, but it's just not summer without at least one trip to the beach." Leila really was trying to be reasonable, but really, this is why she could get so tired of this town. "You understand, right?" @havensdalestarters
Benjy smiled at Leila. He had expected her to say a lot of things, but this wasn't on his list at all. "You know, I do actually. I miss the Ocean and the beach."
"Oh, sorry... you go ahead, I have no idea what I'm gonna get." @havensdalestarters
Benjy hadn't been paying too much attention. He hadn't noticed that it was even Harry standing in front of him. "Oh no, it's cool." He paused. "Harry. Hey, man."
"Oh my goodness...Is that Benjy Montgomery? Wow. Long time, no see! Wow. Oh wow. Um, how are your parents?"
"It is me in the flesh, I am still around. To the surprise of everyone, I think. As can be expected, they are better now that Ava is almost out of the hospital."
"You always knock 'em right out of the park, champ," she grinned. Andy took his arm, almost rolling her eyes at what a perfect little gentlemen he still was. "Scandalous! You should try to get to Sal's at least once a fortnight, you never known when a bucket-load of cheese might change your life. Yeah, that's true. Liss does love to worry to about you, kid."
Andy wanted to deflect his question but knew it'd be no use. "Yeah, she's alright. Been keeping busy as hell, no change there. I'll, ah, be better once they discharge Ava."
Benjy didn't even mean to put his arm out. It was kind of hard-wired into him to do those kinds of things. "I know I should, but I haven't been even slightly social in years at this point." He rubbed the back of his neck, shrugging. "Might be part of it. I don't want to make her worry any more than she has been."
"I thought so, you haven't been around too much. I will be too, and Ian. I am just glad everyone is alive. I thought the shake might be the end of all of this."
"You're so welcome! I know I would be, like, totally lost without mine. How else could you roll your eyes at mom without her seeing? Kidding," she added with a grin. This was a pretty big deal, you know? Benjy out and about.
"Oh, yeah. Could you even imagine? That would be the last straw, forsure. I was heading over to Robbie's unofficial birthday party at Sal's, I already went to see Ava this morning. She looks good, right? We shouldn't be worried. We're totally fine to go eat questionable, greasy, food and not be worried. Right?"
"Oh I will leave the eye rolling to my dear sisters. I prefer not to get the soul-crushing glare from Mom." The last time he could remember rolling his eyes at their Mom was in middle school, and he never planned on doing it again.
"I think I might even get outside and be mad if we lost the sun. The only bright side of all this is that my tan looks great. Ava is okay. We shouldn't sit around doing nothing until she gets home. We can lower the worry down to the normal amount again. You should go have fun."
In high school Benjy was just so much older, and therefore cooler, than Robbie. On top of that he was a Montgomery so automatically he was significantly more successful than Robbie Wilson in all departments. Robbie had remembered all this as Benjy approached, but this wasn't high school anymore. Age was just a number now, and there had not been much of a gap between them to begin with - and the Montgomery's lived with the McArthur's in a house two sizes too small. "Benjaaay," Robbie cheered, "thanks dude. Have you sampled the beige yet? It's profoundly delectable."
Benjy had gone through high school as himself, his family name did a lot of the heavy lifting. Being a Montgomery had a way of doing that, plus everyone had always liked him. It wasn't something he tried to do, it was just kind of who he was. Comfortable in any room he was in. "I will trust you on that, not super hungry." He looked around the food, definitely not interested in eating anything. "I would love to get a drink."
"I know, you really couldn't write this shit. Well, I was lucky - or unlucky - enough that eventually someone let me out. Terrifying, though. Vampires, werewolves, warlocks... You never know who's going to open up the dumpster and try to kill you." Greg expected Benjy to politely decline and was visibly shocked when he said yes. "Yeah?"
He promptly cleared his throat, throwing in a "Cool." Which is something Greg was sure he used to be. Or was at least better at pretending to be. "Franks'? You can tell me all about your live as a Montgomery-McArthur." The Porters home was right across the road from the McArthurs, but even Greg hadn't seen Benjy that much over the years.
"That truly does sound like your kind of luck. I can't say I would want to be in your position. I am trying my hardest to avoid anything supernatural as much as possible." Benjy should say no, he should walk away from Greg. But he was going to try to be nice to Greg. At least as much as he could. "Why not?"
He walked alongside Greg, nodding as Greg spoke. "Yeah, Franks is good. Oh, the exciting stuff then. I am sure the stuff here has been much more interesting." He had been a recluse with everyone, even the people around the McArthurs.
"Benj-er-roni!" Ian greeted with a wide grin, throwing his arms out wide - not for a hug, they definitely weren't back in their best era. Yet. Instead, he pulled his shirt back on and abandoned his body spray onslaught.
Ian figured it would be a long road back to forgiveness when it came to the Montgomerys. He knew Elena would rather kill him, but maybe there was still hope with Benjy. "Oh, the best. I'm living, breathing, and your Aunt Andy brought me an extra pudding cup earlier. Is this what nepotism feels like? Were you, ah, checking up on Ava?"
Benjy wanted to roll his eyes at Ian, but he couldn't help the smile on his face. They had been close when Ian had dated Ava. He always wanted a big brother, and Ian had been a good substitute. They hadn't talked since Ian had come home, definitely a long-overdue conversation.
"Oh no, she pulls out the stops much more for family." He smiled at Ian. "When I got my tonsils taken out, I got the biggest room and Cartoon Network as much as I wanted. Yeah, she is doing well, trying to do too much, but you know Ava."
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"Hi." You already said that, dumbass. Greg wasn't naive enough to think that Benjy suddenly woke up one day and decided to become his BFF. He knew he was lucky to be quietly tolerated never mind accepted. And that should be good enough! For some reason though, he found himself blurting -
"Oh, yeah, forsure. I'm alright, yeah. Just, uh, getting by... Almost got left to die in a dumpster when we had that freak earthquake, that was pretty gnarly. Are you, uh, headed anywhere? Do you wanna get a beer or something?"
With all the things that had changed in town, it was nice to know that some things would never change. So, Greg being a disaster was almost comforting. He didn't expect that offer, and there wasn't a way out of it; he had come into town to be more social. He couldn't turn down his first offer at it.
"A dumpster?" He couldn't help but smile at that. "How did you get out of that?" He looked around, hoping to see anyone else right now. "Um, no plans. A beer sounds great."
Having arrived fashionably late to his own birthday party / 4th July celebrations at Sal's as one so often does, Robbie's mission was now twofold; pretend to be unbothered by the existence of Isabel Valentine for the rest of the day, and avoid Joey Salvatore at all costs, forever. Easy as pie. Speaking of, "I'm starving," he announced before practically lunging at the party food, adding a third layer to his mission involving fistfuls of beige food. "God bless America. God bless Sal."
@havensdalestarters
Benjy had been a shut-in, only making scattered apperances in town or seeing certain people. Tonight, he planned to change that; even if they were trapped in town, they could have a good time. Right? He raised an eyebrow as he saw Robbie basically attack the food. "I can tell, man." He shook his head a bit. "And happy birthday to you."
Arriving at the diner just a tad later than the already late birthday boy, Isabel manoeuvred her way through Sal's, doing everything in her power to keep her eyes off Robbie as he attempted to consume an entire platter of party food. Honestly, she felt the urge to do the same, but she opted to wait, instead heading to the counter to order a beer. Her hand kept lifting to her hair, too aware of the blonde or concerned that it was more tousled than it should be? Who's to say? "Wait, does Sal's still do shots or was that just a fever dream I had?"
@havensdalestarters
Benjy had been a ghost for the last couple of years, but he was trying, and he figured Robbie's birthday and the Fourth of July was the best opportunity. He had shown up early, beating most of the guests and definitely the man of the hour. He had been talking to everyone, getting hugs or stunned greetings. He definitely needed a drink. He walked up behind Isabel. "God, I hope so." He paused to look at her. "I like the blonde."
Ian couldn't believe he was still alive. You can't keep a good dog down, huh? After the big shake - trademark pending - Ian thought forsure he was a goner. And that was okay, really. He did everything he could to make sure Ava got out of that rubble alive and she did. He didn't remember too much after passing out on that rebar, but Ava really did the whole damn thing.
Waking up, on and off, he'd been holed up in the supernatural injuries ward for a hot minute. Long enough for the mustache to make a comeback and definitely long enough to feel kinda gross. He was in the middle of layering on ten tons of body spray when he heard the door open behind him- "Oh! You've caught in a moment of absolute indecency. I hope you like the smell of sandalwood."
@havensdalestarters
Benjy had just seen Ava, and he wanted to check on Ian. He supposed he owed the other man at least that. Ian had managed to save Ava and nearly died himself. He had liked Ian before he left town, leaving behind a devastated Ava. When it came to his sisters, Benjy was overprotective even when none of them needed it.
Benjy walked into the room, shaking his head a bit. "Total indecency, man." He covered his eyes, laughing a bit before dropping his hand. "There are worse smells. You seem to be in good spirits."
Ava still couldn't wrap her head around everything that had happened on the night of The Big Shake. Ian had almost died again–she had almost died–and it was really forcing a lot of things into perspective for her. For far too long she had been avoiding her feelings for Ian and, more importantly, her feelings about her family, herself, and the fact that she was a shifter. That last one still made her head spin.
Avoidance had always been second nature to Ava, so when everything had come out about Andy being her birth mom, she sort of shut down. She never spoke about it, never asked Andy any questions, and didn't dare try to figure out how her siblings felt about not actually being her siblings, never mind how they felt about her not being human. In the moments before her almost demise, too many questions had come screaming to the surface, and now she couldn't ignore them.
Ava almost jumped when Benjy appeared in the doorway, a bright smile appearing on her lips before it faltered slightly. His greeting hit her harder than he had probably meant it to, but it had her eyes burning with the threat of tears. "Hey, Benjy." She sat upright in the bed, only flinching a little before attempting a joke. "I really did come too close to death if you're braving the outside world."
Benjy was nervous seeing Ava, and he hated that; he didn't like seeing anyone hurt. But when it came to his sisters, even his older sisters, he was protective. He still didn't like Ian much after he broke Ava's heart, but he was glad that Ian had managed to keep her safe during everything.
He walked over to her with a smile and a vase of flowers he had picked for her. "For you and your wounds." He joked back at her. He looked at her, his smile fading a bit. He was happy that she was okay, but seeing her in the hospital was not what he wanted to see. "A bit too close, gotta say not a fun phone call to get."
Things had been weird between them since everything had come out about Andy being her biological mom. They used to be so close, but Ava had been distant, and he could do a better job at being there for her. "How are you doing?"
