Love or hormones
I do not own Ben 10
It was a normal day at school; Ben and Gwen were sitting next to each other in astronomy class and were taking notes from the whiteboard. After a few minutes the teacher wrote something on the board and faced the class
"Nebulas" she said and pointed at the word
"Can anyone tell me what they are?"
No one raised their hands except for Gwen and Ben was not surprised. She was always the smart one
"Yes Gwen?" she turned to her
"Nebulas are clouds of gas and dust in outer space where new stars are born"
"That's correct. Very good Miss Tennyson…"
Later that day…
When the bell rang Ben and Gwen were walking home together (They live next door)
"Congratulations on passing the math test. Getting a B+ is pretty good" said Gwen
"Not as good as you. You got an A+"
"Practice makes perfect"
"Right"
"Hey listen tomorrow is Saturday, you wanna go to the lake?" asked Gwen
Ben blushed at the thought. Normally he didn't have a problem seeing her in her bikini but lately he felt uneasy when he saw most of her body exposed and he had a hard time figuring out why. Still, he didn't want her to get suspicious so he played along
"Um… sure, why not?" he said and Gwen smiled widely
"Great. Meet me there tomorrow at ten" she said as they reached her front door
"Okay. See you tomorrow" he said and Gwen's smile widened. To his surprise she leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek
"Bye" she said
Being in shock all Ben could do was wave as his cousin disappeared behind her door. When she did e touched his cheek with his finger where she kissed him as he blushed and smiled happily
The next morning, Ben went to the lake wearing his trunks and a T shirt. He found Gwen sitting on the grass in her swimsuit with a pair of pants and a shirt near her pack that she wore on her way over. Ben's face turned a deep shade of red when he saw her in her swimsuit
She got up and approached him
"Hey cuz" she said
"Hey Gwen. Wanna go for a swim?"
"Yeah let me just put on some sun screen lotion…" she said as Ben nodded and removed his shirt. Gwen turned around in mid action and stared at his bare chest. She forgot how muscly he was and how it turned her on to see him like that... she gulped as her cheeks reddened a bit and continued to rub the lotion on her arms and nose. When she tried rubbing it on the back of her shoulders she had trouble reaching them
She felt embarrassed by what she was about to ask of her cousin
"Hey Ben can you give me hand?"
"With what?"
"I can't reach the back of my shoulders. Can you smear some sun block on there for me?"
Her cheeks were red at the thought of his hand on her back and so were his but he complied
"Umm sure…" he said and did what he told. Once he was done she gave him the bottle and he began rubbing the sun block on his own body. When it was time to spread it on his shoulders he had the same problem and asked for her help
"Oh great, now it's my turn…" she thought and rubbed the cream on his back. Once done she removed her hands and stood there in an awkward silence. Ben turned around to face her. She was standing closer than he thought so when he turned around his face was pretty close to hers. He lost his breath when he saw his cousin's green orbs peering into his. After he few seconds he regained his composure and took a few steps back and looked away
"I think we're ready to hit the water" he said nervously
"Yeah…" said the girl as they both entered the water and swam around in it and splashed water at each other. When they got tired of it, they got of the water and took out towels from Gwen's pack and laid on the grass while having the towels beneath their backs
"That was fun…" said Gwen
"Yeah…" after a few seconds Gwen yawned loudly
"I'm tired. I think I'm gonna take a nap"
"Sounds good" Said Ben and before long Gwen was a sleep and he could hear her soft snoring. He smiled to himself. He always found her soft snoring kind of cute. He then felt something touch his shoulder and was surprised to see that Gwen's head was leaning on his shoulder. His face became so red it could be mistaken for a sun burn. He knew it was awkward and kinda wrong and yet he found pleasure in the affectionate gesture even though it was not intentional. After an hour Gwen woke up and the first thing she saw was Ben's hair. She immediately jerked up and drew her head away
"Oh man, I'm sorry Ben. I didn't mean to do that…" she said, her face red as a rose
"It's okay, don't worry about it" he said and smiled at her and she smiled weakly too and seemed to calm down a little…
After another hour the two teenagers went home for the day and entered their own houses. That night the two youngsters had trouble falling asleep. They lay in bed thinking similar thoughts
Ben was lying in bed staring at the ceiling trying to sort out his thoughts
"I don't get it. Up until a year ago I was fine when I saw her in her bikini. So why do I now feel uneasy when I do? In general I feel like my stomach churns and my heart flutters every time I see her or hang out with her… why? Could I be actually developing romantic feelings for my cousin out of all people? How? She's my sousin. Sure she's good a friend and she's good looking but this is wrong. But how can something so wrong feel so good and wonderful?..." Ben sighed and turned to his side and closed his eyes in an attempt to fall asleep
Gwen lay in her bed deep in thought
"Every time I see him or hang out with him I feel my heart flutter and my stomach keeps doing a summersault. This is wrong. This is so wrong. I'm the smart and rational one and yet I've developed romantic feelings for my cousin… I hope it's just hormones… then again another part of me hopes it's not. Ben may be my cousin but he's always there for me. He's fun and funny and he knows how to cheer me up. He's the only one I can talk to everything about…" she thought as she tossed and turned in bed…
To be continued…
Another teenage Bwen story. I hope you like it. Reviews are most welcome…