Chapter I - Memories
"... Her trembling hands brushed the boy's pale cheek, as if she were making sure it was him, her son ..."

-I-I. .. I went back to normal? - He asked looking at his hands.
- Here! Let me show you! - Gwen pulled her small hands on the Kevin's cheeks and pulled his face lightly to her lips. Kevin took some time to process what she had spoken, but understood enough time to be not surprised by the kiss that she was hinting to. By the time their lips touched nothing else around them mattered ... Only he and Gwen, trapped in a single kiss. But as always, the moment was interrupted by Ben:
- What was thatfor?
Their lips parted, Kevin closed his eyes as if he was dreaming, while Gwen spoke normally:
- Victory kiss!

Kevin opened his eyes ... He was not next to Gwen, and was not in a ship. He was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling thoughtfully. Since the kiss, he could hardly talk with Gwen, and that was enough to make him more anxious and have more time to think about it ... Should ... He ask her out? Or she should ask...? Of course it should be him! After all the times he told her "It's the boy who calls the girl out!" Gwen must be expecting the same from him ... Damn! Why was it so difficult? He became more nervous every moment he thought about it ... Water ... He needs a glass of water.
Kevin stood up and hesitated while looking for the nightstand, on the top of it was his ID mask. He smiled, took the mask, stared at it for awhile, then threw it on the floor and stepped on it until it broke in half, causing a noise that reminded him of an electrical discharge. Then he went to the garage to get his glass of water, leaving behind what once he wore as a disguise.
In the garage, the boy took his glass of water and then went to his car. He examined his car with a sad expression. The car was wrecked! Thanks to Albedo. Seriously he needed even do some ... Maybe shield it? Right! What a joke! Where would he get the money? Maybe if he asked to his mother ... No! Another joke! Where did you ever ask money from his mother? After all she did for him, he still goes after her to ask for money? No way! Kevin even remembered her face when he came back after so many years ... Even after all he did ... She forgives him. This also made him remember everything that happened ...

After leaving the Null Void; Kevin took shelter beneath some trees. Thanks to Vilgax he got out of that hellish place! Kevin helped him collect all the materials needed to build a machine that opened a quick hole back to Earth. Of course, they betrayed each other in the end, but both managed to get out of there before the hole closed and the machine virtually self-destruct. Kevin jumped at the chance to get away Vilgax, because he was too weak to fight. He hid under the trees to hide and not to scare anyone, since he was still in monster form.
He still could not get out because of the heavy rain. He became increasingly weak. As the weeks passed, it was like his stature was decreasing, along with the weight on his back because of the wings of one of the aliens. He also felt that two of his four arms "disappeared." His eyes were also becoming more "normal." First the right side, which belonged to the galvanians or "Greymatter" began to take shape of human eyes, brown eyes to be exact. The antenna that was on his forehead also began to fade; his skin became increasingly pale and white. On his left arm flaming stones of the alien Heatblast began to drop from his arm and it became increasingly thin and white as well. All his characteristics of the aliens disappeared ... Until he was completely human! What makes him very happy but also very cold as he was wearing only ripped shorts, and also they were tight.
As he was very hungry, Kevin had to venture out in the rain at night to being able to find something to eat, which would be difficult, but he was very hungry. He ran through the rain, his stomach growling more. Kevin realized he was in the same place he was, when he battled with Ben the last time: Niagara Falls, New York. He rushed up until he was able to meet the many lights of the buildings of the city, he stopped for a moment under some trees in the park to look for a place to take shelter in the buildings, when he could find it, he ran up there, and finally succeeded come under one of the balconies of the buildings. He tried to recover a little of his breath, leaning back against the wall. A little time later he began to smell of food, he took a few seconds to identify the smell, hot dogs. This time he looked through the eyes to see where the came from. He found it. A stand of hot dogs, its owner was trying to shelter from the rain coming down under the balcony of a building that stood a little away from where Kevin was. As his stomach could no longer, the boy left where he was and slowly approached the cart doing his best to not be viewed by anyone. While his owner was distracted selling hot dogs for a couple; which was trying to don't get wet by the rain. Kevin hid behind the trolley and hoped to make sure that the couple delay to give the change back to the seller. He tried to stretch a hand to grab the nearest hot dog. Just a few inches...!
"HEY! YOU" - The vendor noticed the boy and tried to catch the Kevin's arm "You have to pay before!"
'Shit!' Kevin got the hot dog as soon as possible and ran out of there, ignoring the stares of the pedestrians surprised to see a boy wearing wet shorts ripped running with a hot dog in hands, while the vendor shouted: "THIEF! THIEF! "
This wasn't normal! Although ... Ah! Here is New York!
He had to get out of there as fast as possible before the salesman called the police, even though this is somewhat unusual since he only stole a hot dog instead of cash. But the way the world moves everything could be expected from one person, especially in New York.
His hair was already stuck in his face and neck. Still, he continued running to get where he was hidden before. Wow! Kevin sat leaning his back against the trunk of a tree. He looked at his hot dog, which somehow was dry. He wasted no more time and gave a bigger bite on it. How long did not eat something decent? When he was trapped in that hell, his "diet" were some kind of alien plants and even other aliens; even if it looked strange and disgusting.
Now he was on a full stomach, he needed to find dry clothes that fit on him, of course. The short he was wearing was quite bumpy. The more "easy" would break into a store. At that hour it shall be closed.
Kevin looked at the rain with an expression of dismay, but went back to face it. He ran, now looking for a place where there were many. Searched the store and spotted a single-story building where it was written Thrift Store. Great! A thrift store! Well... Better than nothing, huh?
Kevin ran behind the building, looking for somewhere where he could break. He found a door that seemed where the employees came to open the store ... Right. How to open it now? Maybe if he ... Kevin looked for a box of strength ... Does he still had his powers of before? It would be a good time to try, if it was not raining ... But he wanted to risk it. When he found the box of strength, he put his hand under the lid and tried to absorb the energy that was inside. Nothing! He tried again, focusing more. But this time, he didn't absorb the energy, but the box. A layer of cold metal began advancing on his hand and arm, according to his whole body until he look like a statue made of iron. 'Whatthehellisthat?'. He looked at his hands, even having "absorbed" the metal, he could move normally. Kevin smiled, "It is not sooo cool as my old power ... But it can help!" He went to the door and punched it. It flew to the other side of the store no more or less. "Wow!" And he had not made much effort.
The boy began to snoop around the shop - which luckily had no alarm, let us say in passing; maybe the owner thought that a thrift store would be the last place a thief would try to steal.
Clothes were never his forte ... First he searched for some pants on the closer racks, the better would be to take two numbers more than he used before.
He found a pair that seemed on its size. Attempted to place, but was not very successful. Tight! 'Wow! Do I have to get extreme BIG now?'
Kevin came in front of a mirror to see better and got surprised. He was two times taller than when he was eleven. His arms were somehow more defined, with the addition of having been with a muscular abdomen, now; instead of his eleven years old tinny body. His face was with strong traces; his chin and nose became more defined as well. Even his eyes changed, they were narrower and the color seemed darker than before. And you can say that he was, in some way...Beautiful. His hair stretched until his back. "I look just like Tarzan." How old must he be now? Thirteen? Fourteen? Maybe fifteen ...
Returning to the clothes, Kevin sought larger jeans, took off the one he was wearing and put the other jeans on. This time served. Great! Now he just needed a shirt. He looked in the group of the larger T-Shirts. He found a black shirt with short sleeves and one long-sleeved, beige. It served. Now the hair ... There would be some scissors here. Hm ... On the table ... There must be something ... He began to search the table, took the papers up and down and found what he wanted: Scissors. He returned to the mirror and tried to cut his hair as much as possible, which does not work very well; on one side his bangs got bigger on the other side very short, the way was to cut the largest. In the end his hair was a bit short, but it was better than before. Kevin took a bag and then put the hair that was cut. Sought after shoes, and ended up with some black ones. He packed up the mess. Then he took the door down and tried to fix it, absorbed the material and tried it smoothed it. When he saw that the door was in a somewhat "better" he searched for the screws and nuts. He went to the opening, which was before the door, and tried to fit it. Better anyone knows he was there. When he finished repairing the door he examined it. It was good ... The only problem was that the door would stay open since the lock was forced ... But better so, than not having any door! Kevin came out with one of the bags in hand, luckily the rain was much weaker and it gave him a chance to go out and find shelter before the rain came back to get stronger. He threw the bag in the nearest trash and started looking for a place to sleep, maybe ... The place where he used to live when he was a kid ... It was a bit far, but he could be going up there. Soon the day was starting to dawn was the best he was going out of there before anyone suspected anything. As he walked, his stomach rumbled again. Damn! He needed food, but he had no money ... From what he remembered, when he was 11 he hid some money where he lived for these case of something happens, $ 200 and some cents, he gathered all that was left, just in case. He could hold his hunger until he gets there.
After a few hours walking, Kevin came to an old abandoned subway entrance. To prevent the entry of someone, some people put some wooden stakes in front. But the boy had made a small hole in the concrete wall to gain entry for inside. Kevin looked around to see if there was nobody, when he saw that everything was free, he tried to squeeze between the hole and the entrance ... "Ugh! Before, it was much easier!" With great difficulty he got in and took the dirt that was in his shirt, and then he started to get down the stairs that led to his "home." When he arrived, he was surprised to see that everything was the way he had left since the last time he was there, the only difference is that everything was a little dusty. Kevin looked at one of its improvised drawers, when he found the money he had saved; he did the math to see how much he had ... Two hundred and thirty three dollars and fifty cents ... If he saves it, everything would work. He left there to go buy some food.
The weeks went by, and Kevin began to live in the same place as before. He cleaned everything, he arranged the old TV and radio he had. He also bought some food and drinks. For a while he did not have to leave there because the rain had not given any rest during the whole week.
Kevin got up from the "improvised couch" to try to fix the television antenna. The image reappeared; it was the face of one of the reporters of the newspaper. He was talking about people who were "supposedly" abducted by aliens and returned to Earth with some souvenirs from them. Kevin could not help but laugh at the situation ... How many people are still unaware of the existence of aliens? Many! Except; of course, the Plumbers and their children know. While he was inside the Null Void, he met many aliens who were children of Plumbers, many said they were there without having done anything, and they were arrested there because of a boy named Peter, Pierce ... Something like that. He did not give much attention to them. He was too busy trying to save his butt.
Once the image was back to normal, Kevin sat back, grabbed a blanket and covered himself. He looked at the corner of the TV screen and saw the date: 11/10/2007. Three years! Three years ago he got stuck inside that place! So now he should be 14 year ... But with this size and appearance, he looked to be about 15. Kevin picked up the rest of the money that was left ... $ 120 ... Soon he would need more ...
The boy yawned, his eyes were too heavy. He thought about it later. Now all he needed to sleep. His eyes closed, and gradually he got out of consciousness.
Blaft! Blam! Kevin woke up because of the rumbling noise that was coming out. He got up frightened, but willing to fight with whatever he was going. The noise stopped, but now he could hear the sound of footsteps descending the stairs, which resembled small steps of a mouse. Kevin leaned against the wall beside the entrance.
The noise of footsteps was increasing. The person went through the entrance, and Kevin saw who was ...
The boy with the face of a rat began to dig into the boxes and drawers as if he was looking for something ... He found it on top of one of the boxes: the money that Kevin had left last night. He smiled, took the money and was about to leave when he saw the shadow of a tall young and truculent man. He came out of the shadow. "Kevin?" He shouted scared. "Argit... ". Kevin spoke between his teeth, nervous, while playing a game against him. The rodent began to walk backward with fear, while Kevin walked to his direction. "Dude! What ... But how did you ... Gasp ... I-I thought you ... I mean ... I heard that you were trapped in the Null… Void"
"It's ... And so you decide to come steal my stuff, huh?" Kevin replied, coming closer.
"Huh? What? NO! You... Still ... Is my partner ..."
"I see!" Kevin said pointing to the money that was in the hand of the boy. "Ah ... This ... Well... I-I ... "He ran out, or at least tried, Kevin held him by the tail, causing him to start running in the same place. Seeing that running wasn't going to help, Argit aligned his thorns, to try to immobilize Kevin. But Kevin was faster, and said smiling: "It will not surer" Kevin put one of his hands on one of the iron pilasters and absorbed it. The layer of iron advanced in his whole body. Argit got shocked, but still threw his thorns against his old partner... The thorns did not do anything, the only thing they did was hit against Kevin's chest and fall to the ground.
" I'm fried ..."
"Yeah... You are fried ..." Kevin said smiling. He took the rodent by the collar of his orange jacket, raised him without making much effort and looked in his eyes "You know this ain't the first time you give me a foot in the ass, huh?"
"Anh ..."Argit did not know what to say "I'm sorry man!"
"Bullshit! When we were nine years, you left me to face those bullies! ALONE! You know how hard it is to face four thugs who are twice bigger than you at once?"
"Anh ... No... But I think I'll find out ..."
"Yeah! Ya right!" Kevin raised his fists ready to punch Argit's face.
"HEY WAIT! WAIT! IS THERE SOME WAY THAT I CAN REWARD? Please say you do!"
Kevin lowered his fists.
"Actually ... I do."
"Really? I mean ... I knew you had ..."
Kevin put him on the floor but still holding his jacket.
"You know that guy? Andrew ...Something..."
"Andrew? Ah! The great Andrew! Who faked two tickets for us once? That bastard owes me ten bucks!"
"That's him ... you know where he is living now?"
"Sincerely ... I think he must have moved again ... Ya know how the guy is ... He has to be clever, with the guys behind him and everything ... Once someone told me where he was, but I never went there to confirm. "
"Take me!"
"Huh! You're Crazy?... He owes me ten bucks... But I owe him much more!"
"It doesn't matter! You come with me until I find him and get what I want ..."
"And what is supposed to be 'it' you want? "
"False documents."
"Why? "
"I need money ..."
"Huh? You're the same Kevin that I knew? It seems you do not know the keyword! Seven letters! I-S-S-T-O-L-E!" *note: Stole*
Kevin sighed not surprised with the illiteracy of Argit.
"I know, I know. But it is easier to find the guy ... I am needing a lot of money. I will ... Get out of town ..."
"WHAT! You've just come back! Ta for fun?"
Kevin looked at him with a straight face and replied:
"No."
"Why? Can I know?"
"No."
"You will find someone there? "
"I will... not."
"I knew it! Who is she? A girlfriend? An ex?"
"I just came back here and you already think I'm getting a girl?"
"The way you are ... "
Kevin grabbed the collar of his blouse and pulled his old colleague to go away.
"Let's..."
He took the money from the hand of Argit, put in his pocket and pulled him out of his old home.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Kevin asked Argit with an air of wary.
"Ahem! I guess...! Now ... Could you let me go? I've done my part!" Argit pointed to Kevin's left hand holding the collar of his hood. Since they began walking through the alleys of the city, Kevin didn't left Argit for one second.
"No. You have not done your part of the deal yet! I want to see if he is inside it. Kevin pointed to the abandoned building with his free hand."
He pulled Argit. He kicked the old door that was on the road and entered.
"Anh ... Dude ... I think we'd better not come here ... Remember the last time ..."
"Shut this fucking mouth!" Kevin replied coldly.
"It's good for me ..." Argit replied, a little nervous.
As the two entered the building, Argit grew ever more fearful of being caught in a trap that the "Big Andrew" could have left... The guy was too smart, he was able managed to build a new circuit using just a bit of bodywork he had. For both heard, Andrew was the son of a plumber, but was abandoned with his mother who died some years later ... As he had no place to go, he stayed in the old buildings of the city some three years ago and discovered his powers. Since then he used his intelligence to survive ... The way was beginning to forge some documents, in the beginning he had a lot of people paying him. But the police were behind him ... So he had to get a little smarter to whom he sold the "documents". When Kevin and Argit met him, Andrew was able to sell some fake tickets to watch a movie's release, (of course Argit had to put the hood over his head to disguise the time of entering the cinema.)
Kevin began to call him:
- HI! Andrew? It's Kev-! - Before he could finish speaking, a shadow jumped out from somewhere and landed in front of them. Kevin was not very surprised at the sudden appearance of the shadow, while Argit tried to escape; of course it was not possible, since Kevin was holding him.
The shadow began to rise and approached by one of the locks of light that entered through holes in the wall. The light revealed that the shadow was a boy of the same stature of Kevin; his hair was brown, smooth and long to his shoulders. His eyes were light green and he had a pale skin. He was wearing an old pair of jeans with a dark blue shirt.
"Andrew?" Kevin asked this time a little surprised ... When they were ten years Andrew was taller than Kevin, and a little chubby. Now, so it could see, Andrew had gained more muscle and lost virtually all the "calories" as before, and have let his hair grow, since before the boy loved to cut his hair until he got bald. The only thing that had not changed was the color of his skin and eyes.
"Kevin?" He said, looking even more surprised that Kevin himself, his green eyes widened "I do not believe ..."
"The same ..." He said with a half smile, trying to hold Argit harder because he tried to escape.
Andrew smiled. And he spoke again:
"Wow... You got taller"
"And you got taller..." Kevin said jokingly.
"Wow!" Andrew continued without paying attention to the answers "Before you were so skinny, and now…"
"Anh ... Thanks ... The same to you ... I think."
"Well… What brings you here after all this time gone?"
"Documents"
"Hm ... Right. What kind?"
"False identity and a plane ticket too..."
"A PLANE TICKET? Are you crazy? Do you think I can fake a plane ticket? I got to know a lot of things ... The flight, time, number, date ..."
"Ah! What's up? You are Andrew! You are smart enough to do that!"
"Ahem ... I know ... I may try, but if it goes wrong, no refund, and it gonna be expensive for you... ".
"Expensive?"
"Let me think... Hm..." Andrew used his fingers to do the math "About five hundred bucks ... But I'll give you a discount ... 300 bucks!"
"What, three hundred dollars!"
"I told you so..."
"Now I know why you call the Big Andrew, you must be full of money in there. You can not diminish a little more? I'm with 200..."
"Hm… Sorry, but no, I've already done that…. "
"There is nothing more I can give in return besides money?"
Andrew looked at him and then looked at what Kevin was holding. Behind him was Argit shrinking his best to not be seen.
"You know ... You give me this guy there and it's done!" he pointed to Argit.
The rat-faced boy was frightened and this time tried to escape as much kicking:
"What? Kevin does not do that!"
"Done!"
"AHHHH!"
Kevin was going to push Argit to Andrew, but thought twice before doing so.
"Wait!" He dropped the hand holding the tail of Argit. Argit looked at him, thinking he had some hope of Kevin still had some mercy "I give him when you give me the documents that I want ... Caution, know?"
Andrew grinned:
"Ok!" He walked away without more ado.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
"I'll do the job. Wait a second! The documents, in a few hours, will be ready" he turned and disappeared in the shade.
Kevin spent his time sitting on the floor talking to Argit and wondering what had happened while he was away. Earlier Argit not open his mouth, but after a while he returned to talk like never. Kevin's hands were already numb from both handle it. He his turned sideways, tired of hearing Argit and fell into his own thoughts, until Argit stopped him.
"Do you remember Steph?" Argit asked.
Kevin's eyes widened and turned his attention to it.
"What!"
"Steph: Blond, blue eyes, short, hot..."
Kevin blushed and hoped that the shadows of the building hide his face.
"So…?"
"She… Well… was wondering where you had got into. ".
"You did not tell anything right?"
"No"
"Good..."
Kevin remembered her. Steph was a girl who lived in the streets, blonde and pretty much living on the streets and met Kevin when he was eleven years old, before his meet with Ben. It was with her that he gave his first kiss. He did not really like her. Not because she is annoying to everyone, it was just that he saw nothing "special" in her, besides the beauty. He only agreed to stay with her because she kept insisting on it. Then Kevin was not the way she expected. He did not care for her, often unaware of it. The only time he liked to be with Steph as when she had pulled him closer to her and kissed him. Of course he thought it ... Well the beginning was kind of disgusting, but then ... When the two broke up, Kevin never stopped, and began to attract all the girls over to him. Argit began to call him the big "sucker" or something ... Steph still had a crush on him. One time she came out of nowhere, at the time he was making out with another girl, gave him huge slap on his cheek and called him a "Roguish Bastard" as in a movie. Kevin smiled at her, while Steph was going away and said:
"That's why you wanted to stay with me? Because I have got the Roguish Charm?".
Steph blushed, but walked anyway. Kevin didn't care on follow her, and turned his attention to the girl who watched everything without giving the least importance. Kevin was just "a guy" that served to spend her time.
Argit watched him and shook his hand to get him out of the trance of thoughts.
Kevin looked at him.
"What now?"
"She still likes you know?"
Kevin was quiet for a moment.
"Really Well she shouldn't..."
"Oh now you are the Kevin that I know" Argit not seem at all frightened by the Kevin's answer. It was good to have Argit as a friend in those situations ... He did not charge a lot from these types of responses, with no notion the way he was.
Kevin knew she really did not like him the way it looked like. Steph actually did all that drama to get Kevin, just for her dump on him and don't have a "bad reputation". Since last time, the one who broke up was Kevin. At least that's what he thought ...
Argit and Kevin went back to talk until Andrew appeared from the shadows, with two papers in hand. He came up to Kevin, who stood up. While Argit tried to escape again. Andrew showed the two papers. One was an identity and the other a plane ticket.
"It's done!"
"Thanks man!" Kevin caught his false documents and handed Argit to Andrew without hesitation.
"Hi, Argit Remember me?" Andrew asked, grabbing the tail of Argit.
Kevin turned and walked away putting the documents in his pocket, without even caring Argit.
He smiled and left.
After leaving Argit in the old building, he returned to where he was staying to pick up some things, such as leftover food, and other things.
He went to the airport. The flight he had to take was that of 7:00 p.m... It was still 3:00 p.m. The best to do was already getting going, since the airport was close. He took the time to memorize the information he had in the passage and identity.
Kevin arrived at the airport and headed for the nearest attendant to follow their instructions. For some strange reason the airport was not very full, so everything was easy.
He came close to the clerk, who seemed bored, watching the computer screen.
"Excuse me ..." He tried to speak into a formal way.
The clerk looked up to see him better and almost staggered from her chair. It seemed that she expected to see another tourist wearing a flowering T-Shirt with a camera around his neck, but what she saw was the totally opposite.
Kevin tried to hide his amusement.
"Yes... H-How can I help you?"
He smiled. The clerk fumbled more.
"I wanted to confirm my 7 hours p.m. flight to Bellwood. Please."
"S-Sure..."
Kevin extended his hand with the ticket. The attendant took it with her trembling hands and read the passage.
"Document, please" she said get recovered.
Kevin took the identity of his pocket and gave it to her. She examined the documents and stamped the ticket.
"Here. Do you have any luggage?"
"Nope. Just my backpack" He pointed to the backpack that was on his back.
"Right Your flight is now available, just enter in corridor nine ... If you want something else ..." She smiled. Kevin agreed and realized there was a double meaning of the words of the attendant.
He turned and hope for everything get well. He passed through the metal detector and entered in the plane. He looked for the number of the chair and sat down. As time passed, people came and sat on their seats.
After the plane took off, Kevin slept during all the flight and only woke up when the pilot advised for the entire passengers to return to their seats to get prepared for landing of the airplane. Kevin left the same time the airplane doors opened. At the airport, he bought a soda and left.
He'd have to walk a little more, before arriving where he wanted. He began to see the city he lived a long time ago, before anything happens. He, his mother and… Him: his stepfather. The three were making a trip to New York ... Until Kevin got hurt, because of him , enough to make the boy nervous and return the fight. Except that the stepfather got injured more than Kevin ... Many more injured than Kevin. He was so frightened that he fled; leaving behind an unconscious man in a coma and his wife scared of everything that happened and all she had seen. After that, Kevin never saw her again. His mother ... Now he was returning to her, wanting to ask forgiveness for everything he had done. Wishing that she would forget what had happened. Perhaps this was impossible, but he had to try...
Kevin looked at his watch... 11 p.m. He has walked for an hour or so, but he was already coming, and the hours he spent sleeping on the plane fairly compensated.
He arrived there just before 1 a.m. He watched the house for a while. It was just like he remembered. A small single story house. It was simple, but very beautiful. That little house brought many memories, almost no bad. Kevin came over and stood in front of the door. He thought twice about pushing the doorbell. It was 1 a.m. She should be asleep. But he was too anxious to wait another hour.
After pressing the doorbell he waited for her to open the door. One of the house lights came on.
"Coming!" A voice from inside the house said sleepy.
The door opened. And inside the house can see who he was. A short woman with straight black hair, brown eyes and small wrinkles around her eyes and her mouth opened the door. One of her hands was holding a glass of warm milk.
She tried to squeeze her eyes to get a better view.
The glass that was being held by her hands fell to the ground and broke into a thousand pieces. She widened her eyes; her hands were covering his mouth showing an expression of awe and sadness. Kevin felt as if he had butterflies in his stomach, he began to cold sweat when he saw the expression of his mother. That was it ... She would rush to the phone and would call the police saying there was a crazy kid in her house. The better would be run out of there as quickly as possible, before police arrived. He would run at the time she directs herself to the phone. But she did not. Her trembling hands brushed the boy's pale cheek; as if she was making sure he was his son. His skinny fingers walked their eyes. Kevin was paralyzed, after so long without feeling the loving touches of his mother...
"K-Kevin?" She stammered "Son?"
Her eyes were getting red with happiness. And she did what he did not expect. Her arms, involved him in a hug. Kevin has not done anything for a while. It took a few moments to process what happened. Once he understood, he wasted no more time and hugged her back.
"Mom…"
She lifted her face to watch him better and smiled.
"Do not believe ..." She said, still smiling, her cheeks wet with her own tears.
Kevin smiled.
"Get in!" She took Kevin's hand and pulled him into her home without worrying about the broken glass on the floor.
He entered the room and began watching it. Not even the inside of the house has changed. Even the frame where Kevin and his father were was not moved. He sat on the couch and put his backpack by his side, while his mother looked at him.
"Want something?"
"No thanks..."
His mother smiled.
"Do not be embarrassed ... This is your home anyway..."
He blushed slightly.
"Remember that cake I used to do when you were five years? My cake with chocolate inside? You want it?"
He got redder. He did not like being treated like a child, but he was so happy inside, and only nodded.
"And a glass of warm milk?"
He nodded again. But to regain the little pride left. He said:
"Want to help?"
"No need ... "
"Need yes, mother ..."
He rose from the couch, happier than ever, and ran to the kitchen. His mother looked at where he had left and followed him after a few seconds, running and jumping like a child.
In the kitchen, Kevin took the cake under the stove and looked for a knife; he looked back and saw that his mother held one. He grabbed the knife and cut a big piece. He put the piece inside of his mouth with just a bite.
"Thish ish delishioush, as I hare ...Hm..."
His mother laughed. She did not feel like that a long time ago. Since Kevin was gone, she rarely smiled.
She went to the pantry to get a glass, reminding her that she should then clean up the mess of milk that was in the entrance of the house, but she was concerned about that later.
She took a glass and filled it with the rest of the milk she had left to take in the morning. After that she warmed it and brought the glass to Kevin.
She nudged him, Kevin turned to her just to show that his lips were stuck together thanks to the excess of the chocolate of the cake he ate. Kevin took the cup and drank the milk in one gulp. After he finished drinking the milk he let out a big burp and covered his mouth with one of his hands.
"Sorry..."
His mother laughed. Kevin did not understand why, but the laughter contaminated enough to laugh along.
"I missed you so much little Kevy ..." She said, approaching him and hugging him. He returned the hug.
"Me too, mom..."
She began to cry again. This time Kevin was also unable to restrain himself and cried.
It's so amazing, before, Kevin was so tiny ... But now ... His mother looked small!
"Now that you're here, take a break, will be so nice to have you living here again!"
Kevin stopped smiling.
"What is it dear?"
"Y-You want me to go back to live here? Even after everything I did?"
"Of course I do!"
"But ... And…Him…?"
"Him…?"
"John..."
"Oh! Him .. After you ran away ... He decided not to live here anymore, I guess he was afraid of me doing what you did ... But we still see ourselves. "
"Ahem... "Kevin did not like the last sentence.
"Please, Kevin ... Do not go away again just because of him!"
"No mom... Not only that. Is that ..."
"What?
" I've always ... I've always been a nuisance-"
"Kevin Ethan Levin! Never say that! You'll never be a hindrance to me! You are my son!"
"But I ..."
"What?"
"I do not want to be living at the expense of anyone ..."
"Kevin! You are only FOURTEEN!" Kevin was a little frightened by his mother to remember his age more than him.
"Yeah, I know! But until now I lived without anyone's help... Since I was eight years ... "
His mother had no objections to it."
"Why do you want to do this? "
"Because ... I want to be ... How can I say…?"
"Independent ... "
"Yes! Independent ..."
"Right ... Stay here at least until tomorrow, then we talk. Now you should sleep."
Kevin nodded. But he did not have the slightest desire to sleep. His mother seemed to read his mind.
"Wanna know ..." Her smile was back slowly "I'm not willing to sleep ... Why don't we choose a DVD and watch a movie like we did before?"
Kevin smiled as if they had not argued a few minutes ago.
"With popcorn… And everything?"
The mother laughed.
"With popcorn and everything!"
He stood for a moment staring at her with a big smile on his face.
"Sure! I pick the movie! You prepare the popcorn! Wohoooo!" He ran into the room with his arms outstretched up like a child who just find a playground with toys made of candy.
The mother began to prepare the popcorn and the candy. Then she directed herself to the room, and saw that his son was sitting on the couch watching TV with control in hand, wait for with food. She sat next to Kevin and gave him the pot full of melted butter popcorn the way he liked. She reached into the pot and ate popcorn all at once, before the child could get. There is off her diet ...
"Ready?" Kevin asked excited.
"Put the movie!" She replied with a mouth full of buttered popcorn.
Kevin shook the play control and let the film run: Sumo: The Movie. She remembered that when Kevin was young he could not stop watching this movie.
After several "Wohoooo" and "Go Sumo Master!" the movie was over and finally, Kevin began to feel sleepy. He leaned his head on his mother's shoulder and finally slept.

Kevin smiled. Even after everything that happened. His mother had forgiven him enough to offer him a place to live. Kevin course in the end had to accept since ... Well... Where would he be staying? That place looked like a garage, where he still lives until now, he found a rusty old Camaro. Even the red dye looked old. It was he who got the car, painted it on green ... It was he who arranged everything using his knowledge of mechanical parts and everything else ... And now ... He was there again, swinging his little sweetheart after being destroyed by the clone of his former rival.
Ready ... Now he just needed a new glass. It was then that he remembered that next to the boxes where he kept his auto parts had a new glass ... Kevin was there, picked up the glass and tried to put the car to see if it fits. Yes, it did.
Wonderful! Kevin could not stop smiling. He was proud of his own done. And now... "To Gwen's home!".