"AWESOME" Ben shouted as he threw his suitcase into the RustBucket. "ROADTRIP" He called out as he jumped in to see Kevin with his arms wrapped around the redheaded girl. His 16 year old cousin to be exact. "Hey, Tennyson?" Ben shook his head caught off to see Kevin staring daggers towards him. "You wanna stop staring at us. You're creeping me out" Kevin stared daggers towards him as Gwen rolled his eyes.
"Sorry I'm just so excited" Ben told them coming down and sitting opposite them. "well take it somewhere else; Gwen and I are busy" He whispered the last part turning back towards his cousin. In an instance Max bursted in.
"Oh good you guys are here" Max placed a duffle bag on the door and came over to the trio. "Great to see you kids have settled down then" Max said looking over to Kevin who was holding his granddaughter by the waist. "So we should hit the road then," Max clapped his hands and walked off to the front of the RV.
"So," Ben began. Kevin ignored him and kept his attention to Gwen. She could feel the gazes of both boys. It was pretty uncomforting. "Julie not coming?" Gwen perked as the RV took off. "Huh?" Ben was caught off guard. "Err… No, she has a tennis tournament on" Ben itched the back of his neck. "Oh," Gwen sighed. "Guess you'll be the only girl here, Gwen" Max joked. "Yeah, Great" Gwen slugged being sarcastic. "I have to go to the bathroom" Gwen sighed getting up and walking towards the door. Ben waited for Gwen to leave before returning back to Kevin.
"So," Ben began. "What?" Kevin asked not in the happiest of moods. "What's wrong with you?" Ben asked.
"Nothing Tennyson, Leave it" Kevin crossed his arms and turned away. Ben sighed and waited for his cousin to come back.
"Dinner," Max placed a bowl of what seemed like stir-fry down in front of them. "Thanks Grandpa" Ben smiled at him. "What's in it?" Gwen asked as Max smiled and sat down next to her. "Some octopus, pork" Max carried on as the trio ate. "Oh and cockroach" Max added. In an instance all three of them spat it out. "Ah, Gross" Kevin wiped his mouth out. Gwen placed her fork down and stared at her grandpa. "Cant we have like" Kevin stared down at his bowl. "Normal food?" Kevin asked. "Well you can either eat it or starve?" Max told him chugging it down.
"Not hungry, pumpkin?" Max asked eating the rest of his. "err… I had stir fry with cockroach last night" Gwen forced a smile before shoving it away. "Alright then, Who's sleeping where then?" Max looked around the room. "Well since there's only three beds Gwen and I will have to share" Kevin draped an arm around her shoulder. "Yeah, no" Ben simply told him.
Kevin growled.
"It's not your decision, Tennyson" Kevin tensed his hand til his knuckles turned white. "Now, Now calm down you two, I've got an easy way to settle this" Max told them.
The dim light of the moon pierce through the windows of the curtain of the midnight hour. "This is ridiculous" Kevin narrowed his eyes as he stared up at the roof of the RV. "Get used to it" Ben told him as his face hit the pillow on the top bunk. "Hey, Gwen" Kevin whispered over to her. She turned her head away from him as she laid on the bottom bunk.
"Grandpa said no, Kevin" Gwen told him drowsily. "But-" Kevin picked up as he lifted himself from the floor. "Kevin, Be quiet you'll wake my grandpa" Ben hushed him. "Ah," Kevin huffed letting his upper body fall back on the floor as his head hit the pillow.
"This is stupid" Kevin crossed his arms. Instantly a pillow came down on his face. 'Oof' Kevin stared at it as he picked it up and held it in front of him. "Rrrrr" he growled as he looked up to see Ben sticking his tongue out at him. Kevin sighed and placed it behind his head.
"Hey, Wakey Wakey you guys" Max clapped his hands as he walked over to the two. "Woah"
"Hey, watch it" Kevin held his head as Max took a step away from him. "Woops sorry Champ" Max chuckled as Kevin rolled his eyes. "Guess you're not to happy sleeping their, huh?" Max winked at him. "Nope," Kevin got up and stretched his back. "Morning Pumpkin" He kissed her on the cheek. She smiled as her eyes slanted open. "Morning Grandpa" She told him closing her eyes. "Morning Ben" Max ruffled his hair. Kevin's eyes sunk as he watched the family. Max turned round and noticed his mood. Max forced a smile. "Kevin, How bout You and I go out and get some firewood for tonight?" Max asked. "Gwen and Ben can cook breakfast" Max added. Ben groaned. It made Kevin smirk. "Alright" Kevin grabbed his jeans and green army jacket. "Lets go" Kevin smiled walking out. "You two will be fine on your own for a few hours, right?" Max asked. Ben lifted himself up and dropped onto the floor. "No problem, grandpa" Ben smiled walking over to the fridge. "Alright see ya later" He walked out. Ben grabbed the milk out of the fridge and opened the lid chugging it down.
"Ben!" Gwen complained lifting her upper body up drowsily. "What?" Ben stared at her cluelessly. She pointed to the milk bottle. "Use a glass" She told him getting up and stretching. "Oh common Gwen live a little" Ben told her putting the milk away. Gwen looked away in disgust and went to go sit at the table. "So what do you want to do in the meantime?" Ben asked sitting down opposite her. "What, oh yeah" She itched the back of her neck. "we should probably start on breakfast" Ben told her about to get up but Ben placed a hand on hers.
"Kevin and Grandpa are gonna be gone for hours we might as well do something else for a while" Ben told her. Gwen sat back down. "All right what did you have in mind?" Gwen asked. Ben thought for a moment. "We could play a game?" Ben told her. It caught Gwen's curiosity.
"O-Okay" Gwen answered. Ben smiled goofily. "There's a basketball hoop outside" Ben pointed with the back of her thumb to the window. Ben looked outside to see the woods with a lake nearby as well as half a basketball court. "When did we get here?" Ben asked. Gwen just smiled rolling her eyes and shaking her head.
"I'm gonna go get changed. I'll meet you outside" Gwen told him walking towards the bathroom.
Ben smiled walking outside awaiting for Gwen. He smiled picking up a dusty basket ball just near the RV. He spun it on his finger and looked up to the ring thinking to himself.
3hrs later
"Thanks Max. I really needed the walk" Kevin smirked at him as they walked back to the RV. Max chuckled and placed an arm around the boy's back. "Glad you enjoyed the trip" Max told him.
"YOU CHEATED"
Kevin looked over to the trees in front of him as Max sighed. "here we go" Max rolled his eyes picking up the pace to see the two cousins out by the basketball court. The redhead had her lips pursed with her hands on her hips. "Ha Ha you lost" Ben laughed mocking her. "That's not fair Ben you cheated" Gwen hunched her back as Ben continued to laugh. "You have to be my slave for a whole month now" Ben told her. It made Gwen cringe. "Alright break it up you two" Max stepped in the way. "Ah, man this is gonna be so fun" Ben continued to go on. Gwen huffed crossing her arms. "You to made a deal?" Kevin asked. "A bet" Ben corrected. "And I won"
"You cheated" Gwen interrupted. "Alright stop both of you's" Max told them. "Tell you what Gwen" Ben grabbed the ball. "If you get this in I'll be your slave for a month" Ben threw her the ball. "But if you don't you remain my slave for a month" Ben crossed his arms. Gwen stared down at the ball before sighing. "Fine" Gwen clutched the ball in her hands and looked over to the ring. Gwen took a few steps in towards the ring. She took a breath and aimed. She pushed the basketball away from her chest.
'Bang' It landed with a thud on the side of the ring.
'Bang' It hit the opposite side of the ring.
'Bang, Bang, Bang'
Everyone watched it anxiously. Gwen crossing her fingers, Max sighing and rolling his eyes, Kevin crossing his arms and Ben with the biggest smirk plastered on his face.
'Bang'
The ball fell to the ground. Gwen's expression awed. "Ha," Ben pointed his index finger straight towards her. "You lose" Ben told her. "Oh yeah, I'd like to see you get it in" She grabbed the ball and roughly chucked it over to him. Ben just smirked and slammed the ball to the side of the black lines. It instantly went in. "Ah," Gwen breathed out bringing her hands towards the bridge of her nose. "Alright that's it you two I'm not going to ask again" Max stepped in the way between the two. "You've finished your game now can we please go have a nice quiet breakfast?" Max looked towards Ben. His eyes widened and so did Gwen's. "Err…we kinda forgot" Ben itched the back of his neck. "Sorry Grandpa" Gwen told him. Max sighed. "I asked you kids to do one thing" Max cringed. "Ha grandpa I got an idea" Ben told him. His expression turned to a childish glee. "Gwen can go make it" Ben's goofy smirk was really starting to annoy her. "Why?" Max crossed his arms looking for an answer. "Me and Gwen made a deal" Ben's smile widened. Gwen just crossed her arms and looked away. "If I beat her in basketball she has to be my slave for a month and vis versa" Ben informed the two.
"And you agreed to this?" Max turned to his granddaughter. "I thought I had a good chance at winning" Gwen backed up. Max sighed. "If you agreed to something Gwen, then you have to carry it out" He placed a hand on her shoulder. "But-" She was cut off by Max. "Run inside and go make some breakfast. Ben will make some tomorrow okay?" He tried to reason with her. She sighed.
"Fine" She breathed out before turning round and heading towards the RV. "Ben don't abuse this too much, your cousin has to enjoy her vacation too" Max rustled his hair before walking over to Kevin and talking to him. Ben smiled. "Sure thing" Grandpa" Ben smiled walking back inside the RV.