A Ben & Gwen FanFict. Disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10 characters but I use them for my personal enjoyment .

Turn Of Tides

"How many times do I have to say it? Get off me, Dweeb!" Gwen screamed trying to push Ben off her. It had been an ordinary day; everything was going fine until Ben wanted to use Gwen's laptop to play Sumo Slammers Ultimate Showdown 2. Eventually it broke into a fight and the two began wrestling.

"How many times do I have to say let me use your laptop?" Ben pinned Gwen down on the Rust bucket's funky carpeting "If you let me use it I'll get off!"

"No! No way! You'll get Ben germs all over it or worse you might break it!" Gwen struggled to get out of his grip but that wouldn't help her much since he was sitting on top of her. Luckily for Ben, Grandpa Max was 'out' for the night. He said he had official plumber business to attend to and left the kids to behave, yeah right Ben thought.

"Well if you're gonna be like that," Ben shifted his head up and took a deep breath, Ben collected all the spit he could in his mouth and began hanging it in front of Gwen's face.

"No! Ben that's so gross! Get off me!" Gwen began violently shaking, Ben couldn't help but swing along with her, Ben quickly swallowed the spit before he would choke on it later.

"Hey! Quit it! You're gonna make me- Whoa!" Ben's head hit the fridge, hard nudging the item on top slightly "You idiot!" Ben complained.

"You're the idiot, idiot!" Gwen shook her body again; causing Ben hit his head again causing the item to nudge forward. Ben grabbed both her wrists and pinned her down completely, she could barely move with his weight on her like this "Get off me Dweeb!" And with that she made her last ditch effort to get Ben off. She thrust her hips up which only caused Ben to hit the fridge again. Not being able to stay on top the fridge anymore the item, a old dusty manual fell and hit Ben's head forcing his head to go down.

Gwen didn't know what happened, or why it happened. She ran the situation through her head over and over but it didn't add up. Ben's face was only centimeters from hers, and their lips…were touching. Ben his eyes wide with as much surprise as Gwen slowly lifted his head. He didn't look at the book; he didn't even know what hit him he only looked Gwen straight into the eyes. Then the situation suddenly hit them as Ben backed away from Gwen who did the same, pointing and screaming at each other.

"Ahhhh! Ewww! I kissed Gwen! I have cooties now!"

"Ahhhh! I kissed a Dweeb! I'll be stupid now!" Gwen got up and ran to the bathroom to wash her face, and a quick shower while she was at it. She had to get Ben's germs off her. Ben on the other hand, rushed to the kitchen sink to wash his mouth out with soap but before he did he stopped to think for a minute. Hey, do I really have to do this? I mean, that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be…it was actually kind of nice…Ben's train of thought came to a halt when his cheeks turned a light pink. No, why am I blushing? I mean it was just Gwen! Ben shook his head and eyed the soap…God was he ever going to regret this.

Little did Ben know that Gwen was suffering the same fate. She looked into the bathroom mirror; her cheeks tinted a light pink. How could I like that? I mean it was Ben! The Dweeb! The idiot! The lamebrain…with really soft lips…what? No! Argh! She splashed some cold water on her face in her attempt to drown out her thoughts.

"Hey kids! I'm back!" Grandpa Max's voice boomed through the front door "Er, Ben any reason your trying to wash your mouth out with soap?" Ben shook his head from side to side before continuing, Max gave him a suspicious look before shrugging it off and heading to the driver's seat. Gwen exited the bathroom and sat in the passenger's seat next to her grandpa avoiding to look at Ben. She really didn't want to see him right now.

"So anything interesting happen when I was gone?"

"NO!" Both Gwen and Ben answered in unison, they looked at each other for a short moment before turning away from each other their faces red with embarrassment.

"O-Kay…?" Grandpa Max didn't prod them for answers, if they wanted to tell him they would do it when they wanted to. The rest of the night went off without a hitch; they had dinner (Ben and Gwen sitting the furthest they could from each other not giving each other any eye contact) and they went to bed.

Gwen tossed and turned in her bed, for some reason she couldn't get the kiss out of her head. Even if it was totally an accident, and it hurt a little but it was still nice. Ben was her cousin for god sake, her total Dweeb of a cousin. So was he on her mind like this? She recalled the kiss as she faintly pressed her finger against her lips. His warm breath, his sweet lips- Oh my god what am I thinking? Gwen turned over again determined to fall asleep.

Ben mentally slapped himself over and over again, why was falling asleep so hard? All you had to do was put your head on the pillow, close your eyes and the next thing you know it was tomorrow but why wasn't it working? Was the kiss doing this to him? He was Ben 10, something like kissing a girl should be nothing to him but it was because it was Gwen this was happening. He couldn't get her out of his mind, he tried thinking of a new move to make with his heroes but Gwen's face kept popping up. Ben sighed heavily and tried to fall asleep.

"Morning you two- Whoa, you guys look like you got run over by a truck…twice," Max scratched his head, looking between the bags under Bens eyes and Gwen's red eyes "Well breakfast is all set…you guys should get some sleep after this…Oh, I won't be here…I have more Plumber work to finish so you guys behave alright?" With their nods Max went out the door. Ben and Gwen sat down and looked at their 'breakfast'; they couldn't even identify what it was. Ben thought the brown stuff was bread…at least until it moved.

"You wanna go out to eat?" Ben suggested not wanting to stay near the 'food' anymore.

"I'll get the money," Gwen went to their room and got her purse and with that they made their way out, and to the nearest food place.

"Gwen?" Ben asked, putting his sandwich down.

"Huh? What?"

"Why were you staring at me like that?" Ben said eyeing Gwen suspiciously. Gwen had been staring at him in between bites and it was starting to get on his nerves.

"What? No I wasn't!" Gwen defended eyeing Ben angrily "It must be the heat! It is summer you know so of course my face would be red," Gwen lied, she had to. She couldn't tell her cousin she was staring at his lips; she bit into her toast trying to avoid any eye-to-lip contact she would have in the future.

"Um…what are you talking about…?" Ben asked raising an eyebrow, Gwen's eyes widened and her blush deepened.

"Never mind! Just eat your breakfast! And leave me alone, sheesh!" Ben blinked, what did I do?

Ben was beginning to think that Gwen was acting weird, well weirder than usual for Gwen at least. All through the day she stared at him, she would get angry well angrier when he talked to her. Ben got tired after trying to talk to her for five times. After a few hours of hell, Ben finally gave up and went to bed early he was already tired from thinking about Gwen all night, now she was making it worse with her moodiness. He collapsed on his bed, and fell asleep right away.

"Ben? You awake? Ben?" Gwen came into the room to find her cousin sleeping. Perfect, she thought just one quick one and I'll never have to think about it again. She climbed her bed and looked at Ben sleeping peacefully on his bed; Gwen had to admit Ben looked really cute when he was asleep. She never realized it before; she was always too busy making fun of him. Ben was laying on his back with one hand on his stomach and the other hanging off the bed. Now all she had to do was kiss him, then she would be done with it forever. She took a deep breath and leant forward, slowly and calmly she pressed her lips against his. Ben momentarily opened his eyes to see Gwen's face; she was kissing him, again! But he didn't want to stop her, despite his protests he enjoyed it as well. He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep as Gwen opened her eyes and brought her finger to her lips.

"Wow," Gwen said "No! I'm not supposed to do it again, it's wrong but why does it feel so nice? Argh," Gwen groaned as she walked out of the room, leaving Ben bewildered, confused and strangely happy. Later, when Ben got out Gwen was on her laptop typing away not even paying attention to Ben. He sat down across from her and stared at the back of the laptop. After a few minutes of boredom he spoke up.

"When is grandpa coming home?"

"He didn't say remember?" Gwen continued typing not looking away from the screen "I'm sure he'll be home soon." And with that the conversation died, Ben was bored and tired of looking at the laptop back.

"Hey Ben…" Gwen said closing up the laptop "I wanted to talk to you about something."

"Shoot," Ben felt like his brain was numb, she was probably gonna ask about something girlie.

"I've been thinking…about what happened yesterday." Both Ben and Gwen blushed, Ben knew she would eventually talk about it but he didn't think that it would be now "And well I was wondering whether you would or…"

"Gwen spit it out already," Ben was tired of her beating around the bush

"I was wondering if you hated what happened…" Gwen asked him sincerely, looking deep into his eyes.

"Oh…" Ben was taken aback, Gwen didn't look like she was kidding she was fidgeting a lot and her face was as red as a tomato "Um…well," Ben turned around scratching his head "I didn't hate it…but if you think-"Ben turned around but he could finish his sentence, Gwen had sealed her lips with his. Ben was surprised at first, but he slowly gave in as he closed his eyes and began kissing her too. Ben didn't feel grossed out as he thought it would be, Gwen's lips tasted sweet and faintly of strawberries, her lip gloss. This kiss had much more emotion behind it and to Ben, he liked it that way. Slowly they parted lips, both blushing brightly not know what to say or do.

"Umm…Gwen…?" Ben broke the silence but Gwen smile gently and flipped his nose with her finger before running away "Hey! What was that for?"

"You're still a Dweeb!" Gwen turned around sticking her tongue out at him, a light blush still lingering.

"Hey! Get back here!" Ben broke into a grin as he chased Gwen through the Rust bucket.

This was the beginning of their relationship that would continue until the end of time. An accident between the young cousins blossomed into something more, something deeper. Love.

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