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Ben10 Fanfic: Revealing What Has Been Hidden: Chapter 1

It had been 2 summers since Ben had found the omnitrix, also 2 years since he had seen Gwen. He had missed spending time with her and Max since the first summer they had spent together. But that all was about to change...

Ben was asleep in bed on the 3rd day of summer. He had planned to spend the day inside playing the new Sumo Slammer game that had just come out last week. But those plans were quickly going to change.

Ben's door kicked open and Gwen came in yelling at him to get up. "Wake up dweeb! Start packin'!"

Ben looked up at her in surprise. "What're you doing here?" still half asleep.

"Me, you, and Grandpa Max are going on a summer road trip together! Just like we did 2 years ago!" said Gwen.

"But I don't wanna get.. AHHH!" Ben was pulled by his arm and fell off his bed onto the ground. "Alright, fine, I'm awake!"

Gwen victoriously smilied, "Good, now start packing and get out to the RV!" She left the room and walked down stairs as Ben got up to his feet and started to pack.

Ben started thinking to himself, "Geez... Gwen seems pretty excited about this trip, but to me, it's just another lame summer with Grandpa and Gwen..." But deep down inside, he had missed spending time with them, especially Gwen.

After spending about 5 minutes packing, Ben raced outside to the RV to meet up with Max and Gwen so they could start their journey. "Hey Ben! Good to see ya buddy!" Ben looked up at the side door of the RV to see Grandpa Max standing there. "Hey Grandpa, what made you decide that we were going on a road trip this summer?"

"Well to be honest, I missed spending time with the two of you and I wanted to bring it back." explained Max.

"Ah, well, I guess I kinda missed spending time with you guys too.." said Ben.

"Well what are you waiting for? Get in so we can get a move on!"

"Alright, alright." Ben jumped into the RV and off they went.

Ben went to the back of the RV to find Gwen sitting at the table. He looked at her in shock. She sure had changed in the past 2 years. Ben thought to himself, "Wow, she is actually cute now.. But what am I saying, she is my cousin, snap out of it."

"What are you looking at dweeb?" said Gwen.

"Oh, nothing, just staring off." Ben said nervously.

Ben walked up to the table and sat across from Gwen. He urged to speak with her, but was too shy. Gwen broke the silence, "So, what have you done with yourself the past 2 years?"

"Eh, nothing really, just school and video games." Ben smiled.

"Nothing else at all? Is there a special girl you like or anything like that?" Gwen demanded.

Ben looked down at the table, "Well... um... not really.."

But deep inside, he wanted to tell Gwen that he had developed feelings for her ever since that summer, but he was too afraid of the outcome because he didn't know if Gwen felt the same way.

"Hmm.. Well same story here.. all of them are immature and stupid.. Just like you." Gwen had an evil smile on her face.

Ben scrowled, "Hey, shutup doofus, you're talking about being immature when you just called me stupid."

Then the silence struck again, they didn't speak a word till they reached the first camp site.