Ben's POV

I was sitting on a seat in the RV, since I chose to spend my summer this year with grandpa and Gwen.

Besides last summer I didn't get to spend time with them because the RV kind of needs repairing and Gwen has to go to Manhattan with her parents.

I missed grandpa, but I really didn't miss Gwen, um well, not that I didn't miss her at all, its just that we spend most of our time together.

In fact, we do almost everything together….. and by that we got more and more closer to each other, more than even bestfriends, sometimes I wish we could be more than friends, but that's kinda impossible because we're cousins, it'll be weird if we have a relationship, and if we do, how could we ever explain that to our parents?

I was staring outside the window, there was really nothing to stare at anyway, just bunch of trees and fields of flowers,

I stood up and sat on the edge of Gwen's bunk bed, where she had fallen asleep.

She was beautiful, even when she's asleep.

I really wanted to touch her, but she's a light sleeper, one slight move she might wake up……. I tried to kiss her, but just when I was very close to kissing her she woke up.

She gasped noticing that our faces were just millimetres away.

"B-Ben?" she asked

"Oh, Gwen, I see, you're already up." I said nervously, somewhat moving away from her

"Ben, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here because I'm with a vacation with you and grandpa in the RV duh."

"I'm not asking why you're in the RV, I meant, why are you sitting on my bed?"

"Oh……. I was just getting bored, I got no one to talk to and there's really nothing fascinating to look at outside."

'Gwen…Gwen….just saying her name mentally makes it sound more fascinating every time…… I love you Gwen so much— Whoa! Wait, what?! Well, yeah, I guess I love her as a cousin, but could it ever be more than that? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING BEN?! Think clearly! She is your cousin! If you spill out the truth she might not talk to you anymore!'

Gwen snapped her fingers in front of my face and got me out of my trance

"Wh-what?" I asked

"You're staring at me like a puppy….. you ok?" Gwen asked

"Y-yeah…. I was just….. thinking about something."

"Yeah? Thinking about what?"

"You…..don't wanna know." I frowned as I reminisced what I've been thinking of earlier

"Fine then….. aren't you gonna play some video game dweeb?"

"No, you geek, I've been kinda bored of that stuff lately."

"Whoa, what? Did I just hear you say you're bored of video games, or I just have many earwax?"

"No, you just have many earwax, haha!" I grinned at her, suddenly a throw-pillow hit my shoulder

"Drop your insults you doofus! "

"Hey, chill, it's just a joke."

"Yeah, I know, throwing stuff at you just never gets old."

"Dork!"

"Geek!"

"Dweeb!"

"Nitwit!"

"Witless!"

"Idiot!"

"Stupid!"

"Queen of cooties!"

"King of idiots!"

"Leader of geeks!"

"Champion of nitwits!"

"Empress of boringdom!"

"You stupid twerp!"

"You………..you….. oh, you—heck I don't have any more names to call you!"

"YES! I win!"

"This time maybe, but next time you wont."

"Yeah right Ben, next time I'll—"

"Kids, you two are already fourteen years old and you still bicker like six year olds?" Grandpa's voice piped from behind us

"Sorry grandpa, its just that this dweeb, is so irritating." I said, I saw Gwen stick her tongue out at me, I stuck my tongue out at her as well

"Oh you two act like six year olds. I'll just go outside and buy some food ok?"

"Yes grandpa." I said

Grandpa left us with a 'don't-fight-while-I'm-gone' look

"Oh you little idiot." Gwen said

I sat next to her and scooted a little bit closer to her

"I maybe an idiot…… but I'm your idiot right?" I grinned

"Yeah I guess you're my idiot cousin."

"And you're my geeky cousin too."

"Yeah, hahahaha, oh Ben, even if you make me mad sometimes, you still know how to make me smile."

"Same for you…..you maybe boring sometimes….. but you still know how to have fun."

We both laughed in unison.

"Gwen?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you love me?"

"What?"

"Do you love me?"

"Well, yeah, I guess, you're my cousin, even though how much I despise you sometimes………. I still love you."

"No, I meant—"

Just when I was about to ask her if she loved me more than just a cousin/bestfriend/friend….. grandpa arrived with our lunch (talk about spoiler)

Well….. it wasn't actually a spoiler, if I asked Gwen if she loves me more than a cousin, she might avoid me or see me in a different way.

"Lunch guys!" Grandpa cried out

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I sat on a bolder near the river after lunch.

Besides, the river is just near the RV so I have no problem going back.

"You should tell her Ben……. you should tell the truth to her…… go talk to Gwen, Ben." I talked to my reflection in the water

"Tell me about what?" a voice piped from behind me

"G-Gwen! You're here! Did you hear anything?"

"Yeah I heard everything."

"Gwen….I—"

"What are you going to tell me?"

"Um…er, well……"

"Well? What?"

"I just wanted to tell you that……. you're the best cousin in the world. You maybe be geeky but I've had the most fun memories with you. And no matter how much I insult you or make fun of you I love you Gwen, I'll always love you and I'll always be here for you to protect you." I don't know why that came out of my mouth, but it just did

She ran towards me and hugged me…..

"Aww Ben, you dweeb! That's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me! Thank you."

Unexpectedly she kissed me (on the cheek)

I touched the spot on my face where she had just kissed

"Y-you're welcome."

"Why so nice to me Ben?"

"Because….. I haven't been that nice to you before and I wanted to make some changes."

"That's good to hear then."

"But hey, we can still make fun of each other, and have fun."

"Of course we can…….. CANNONBALL!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Gwen dragged me to the river and jumped

"So, how's this for fun?"

"This is fun…" I splashed some water to her face, she splashed back at me

We stood there splashing water at each other and laughing at each other

"Oh, Ben.... I'll miss you when summer is over."

"Why? I mean, our houses are just meters away."

"I'm going to a university in Manhattan, I wont be coming back here until next summer."

"Why are you going there anyway? Isn't school here in Washington ok?"

"It's not that, its just that I want to improve my studies and I want to graduate from an eligible academy."

"Gwen, you don't need to go to a some high-quality university full of snobs to know you're smart."

"Ben….are you trying to persuade me not to go to Manhattan?"

"Uh,….duh! I don't want you to go Gwen….."

'Why?"

"Because I—" Just when I was about to tell Gwen I really love her Grandpa arrived (for the second time this day!)

"Kids, we got to get going." he said

We followed grandpa to the RV.

I sat on top of the bunk bed and though about this day.

It's kinda weird that the day is almost over and I haven't gone alien yet.

Well, besides from the thoughts I've been having, today was certainly a normal day.

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