#basil bennett

Pulling out a weed Blaze sighed “I saw you kissing like you and mommy used to.”

“Did that bother you?”

He dug in the dirt considering the question. Shaking his head “not really. Mommy would want you to be happy.”

“What makes you think I’m not happy now?” he asked somewhat surprised at how observant his son was.

“Isn’t that just adorable,” Jaime asked sitting beside Basil on the bench.

“What?” he grunted scooting over to give her more room.

“Your brother” she nodded towards where Chelsea and Gabriel were walking in the moonlight.

“I guess,” he shrugged uninterested in his brother’s love life.

“You can do better than that,” Iris snorted joining them on the porch followed shortly by Willow.

“I think it’s romantic,” Jaime sighed.

“Me too,” Willow added, leaning into Iris who wrapped an arm around her.

Jaime leaned into Basil resting her head on his shoulder. “I hope they fall madly in love and have the biggest wedding ever.”

“Not likely,” Basil mumbled, “we have to conserve our resources not squander them on frivolous things.”

“Good thing you’re not the group leader,” Willow groaned, shaking her head at her twin.

Andrew looked out the window keeping a watchful eye on the teenagers. “Let them be,” Charlie said, taking him by the shoulders and turning him away.

“They’re too young…”

Sitting on a chair opposite his son Charlie leaned forward. “What was that all about?” he repeated.

There was a moment or two of silence before Basil rolled his eyes before saying “I was frustrated. I thought I knew what it meant to be a good leader.”

“And you found out otherwise?” Charlie prompted knowing all about the project having been the one to suggest it.

Shrugging he stared at his feet. “My group hates me,” he mumbled.

“Do you know why?”

Nuzzling his neck he groaned “what kind of example would that set for our son?”

“You could let him off the hook so he could go help his sister” Andrew suggested as his hands tugged on Charlie’s shirt pulling it free from his pants.

“Hold that thought,” Charlie whispered, stepping back “I have to tell Basil there’s a change in plans.

“Hurry back” Andrew said walking towards their room shedding his jacket as he walked.

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“Yeah we get it,” Iris huffed irritated that her evening had been ruined by the annoying rug rat.

“Come here kid,” Jaime inclined her head to the boy.

Moving forward he cuddled into her lap “you’re not mad at me?”

“Nope,” she shook her head “just promise you won’t tell your parents what you saw us doing.”