Chapter 4
Cullen home
When Rayona heard Rook's scream, she shushed him and reminded him that everything would be alright. Meanwhile, Carlisle was talking with Alice about Rayona's unusually high pain tolerance. They both agreed that more research on the Revonnian alien race to know why.
Benjamin Kirby Tennyson's room
Ben was embarrassed. He was worse than embarrassed. He was embarrassed because he was sad, and missed Rook's quiet confidence and the way he talked about what he knew about Ben, what he had learned, and what he knew about all living species on Earth. Whenever he thought about Rook, he felt like crying, but when he thought about the girl named Shines-Like-The-Morning-Star, he felt a feeling he did not recognize, in a way that only his cousin would understand, and he decided to talk to Gwen about it. Whenever he felt like crying over Rook, he went to his bedroom, made sure nobody was in the area to catch him crying, and locked his bedroom door to sit down on his bed and cry. One day, upon concluding his crying for that time, on a day three days after Dr. Cullen had taken Rook to his house for treatment, he decided to call Dr. Cullen and ask how Rook was doing. He dialed the phone number with the phone in his room, and when someone at the house answered, it wasn't Dr. Cullen, it was Emmett. "Hi, this is Benjamin Kirby Tennyson calling," Ben said, "may I ask who I am speaking to?" He listened. "Okay, Emmett, I was just calling to ask how Rook is doing." He said. He listened some more. "Okay, yeah good to know. I'm glad to hear he's up and around." He continued to listen. "Okay, sure, I'll tell Grandpa Max that for you. Yeah, goodbye." He said. Then he hung up and unlocked his door. He then ran down the stairs, and headed for his Grandpa Max's store.
Plumber headquarters
When Ben got to the base, he spoke to Magister Patellidae. "Magister Patellidae," he asked, "do you know where my Grandpa Max is?" Magister Patellidae replied, "If by that you mean Magister Tennyson, then yes I do know where he is. You will find him in his office downstairs. Oh and take this with you, because you will need it for the elevator, because his downstairs office is on a restricted level. Oh I forgot to name the level number. You are looking for level 13." At that he pressed a Plumber's access card badge into Ben's hand, then pointed to the elevator. Ben nodded and walked to the elevator. He waved the card in front of the scanner, pressed the down button when the up/down direction buttons appeared, entered the elevator, pressed the level button that corresponded with the number he had been told, and when he was prompted to scan the card, he did so. He rode the elevator down and when it reached the level he had pressed, he walked out of the elevator and followed the directions he had been given. When he found his grandfather's downstairs office door, he knocked on the door. Immediately he heard his grandfather say,"Come on in Ben." he opened the door and walked into the office. "So Ben," his grandfather asked, "what brings you down here?" Ben replied, "I was told by Dr. Cullen's son, Emmett, to give you a message." "Okay," his grandfather said, "let's hear it." Ben nodded, and said, "I was told to tell you that Dr. Cullen wants you to know that when Rook get's back, he is going to have a different appetite, and will no longer be able to digest what he used to eat , because he will only be able to digest blood." Max nodded, and said, "Thanks for taking the time to come down here to deliver the message for him." Ben said, "no problem." Magister Tennyson then dismissed Ben. Ben left and went home.
Ben's Room
When Ben got home, he called his cousin, Gwen and said, " Hey, Gwen, this is Ben. Can you come to my house and meet me in my room? I need to talk to you." He listened. "Okay, yeah, thanks, that would be great. Bye!" He listened some more, then hung up. Fifteen minutes later, the doorbell rang. When Ben went downstairs, he saw his mother talking to Gwen, and smiled. "Excuse me for a minute, Aunt Sandra, I only came here because Ben wanted to talk to me in his room alone." Sandra smiled. "Oh that's alright, I noticed Ben spends a lot of time alone in his room with the door locked, and I think some time alone with some company in his room might be just what he needs. You two run along now, and if you need anything just holler for me, and I will be right there." Gwen said, "Thanks, will do." With that said, she turned and ran up the stairs with Ben. They did not speak, not even in their playful bantering sort of way they used that summer they spent with Grandpa Max that changed their lives forever, until they were in Ben's room and the door was shut behind them. "Okay, spill Dweeb. Something is bothering you, or you would never have called me at this time of day." Gwen said. Ben sighed, "Okay you're right, something is bothering me, but it isn't how Rook is doing, I already know the answer to that. It's Shines-Like-The-Morning-Star. I think she's absolutely gorgeous, so I was wondering if you could help me figure out where to go from here. In fact, could you call their house and ask to speak to her, then mention to her what a great person I am, and that sort of thing?" Gwen laughed, then said, "Oh I see. You have a crush on the Cullen's native american daughter, Shines-Like-The-Morning-Star. In that case, Kevin and I will do better than that for you, in fact we'll land you a date with her, and help you prepare for it."