Friends...?

Today Benjamin and Hannah got on their scooters and were riding out on the sidewalk when a boy from across the street came over. He is about 8 or 9 years old and he was on his scooter too. Ben couldn't have been more excited about having someone to scooter with! They went back and forth to our regular stopping point (about 3 houses down from our house so that we can watch them) and back. Hannah trailed along too. When the neighbor boy stopped to take a break on the curb, they both put their scooters in the street and sat next to each other. It didn't seem like the boy was bothered by having Ben follow him around but he wasn't engaging him in conversation either...just doing his own thing with Ben on his side. He did, at one point help Ben "fix" his scooter. At one point in their cruising together they stopped at the neighbors garage and were just standing next to each other. Ben looked up at him (I don't know what they were talking about but this is what I overheard) and asked "Do you like cauliflower?" the boy said "no" and Ben said "I do, it's good." And off they went.