Disclaimer: I own nothing

It was the day after Kevin's sister arrived and Kevin had already phoned him and Gwen to tell them that Kayla would be staying with him for a while. Naturally, Gwen was worrying on how Kayla would affect the team, and ultimately the team's relationship with each other. And since she obviously couldn't talk the matter through with Kevin, she decided to bother Ben on his supposedly do-nothing-Sunday.

"Gwen," Ben said, irritated that his cousin barged into his room just ten minutes after Kevin told him about Kayla's plans. "First Kevin wakes me up, now you're here to keep me up?"

"It's important Ben," she said seriously, closing the bedroom's door behind her and sitting on a chair. "Now, wake up so we could brainstorm through this whole Kayla thing."

"What's to brainstorm through?" he asked as he stretched. "She's his sister, just like you're my cousin. There's nothing wrong with being related, is there?"

"No," Gwen admitted. "But don't you think it's just odd how she new exactly where we were?"

"We could just ask her you know," Ben pointed out. "She seemed nice enough."

"So did Mike," Gwen countered. "The thing is Ben, if you haven't forgotten, before we met Kevin, he wasn't really a good guy."

"So you're saying that she's evil?"

"No," Gwen shook her head. "I'm just saying that it's a possibility, you know?"

"Yeah," Ben nodded. "But we shouldn't jump to conclusions. I mean, Kevin wasn't good before, but he's on our side now, isn't he?"

"You have a point," Gwen said grudgingly. As much as she liked it that Ben was finally thinking logically, she still didn't admitting that he had a point.

"Besides," Ben smirked, blanching a bit at what he was about to say but quickly covering it up. "As long as you're into the whole evil alien fighting thing, he'll be into it too."

"Ha ha Ben," Gwen said sarcastically, noticing and wondering about the look that flashed on Ben's face when he teased her. "It's too early in the morning for teasing."

"Teasing you?" Ben clarified. "It's never too early to be teasing you."

Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Kevin woke up to his sister shaking him. At first Kevin just shrugged her hand off his shoulder and turned away from her, but soon her shaking was too intense to ignore.

"Kayla," Kevin said with barely concealed irritation as he sat up. "What is it?"

"Breakfast," she said seriously as she thrust a plate into his hands. "Eat up. You promised we'd start training today."

"Yeah I guess I did," Kevin said as he relaxed and shook his head. Glancing at a nearby clock he scowled. "But did you have to wake me up so early?"

"I woke you?" she asked. "I heard you on the phone earlier, so I assumed that you were already up."

"Oh, that."

"Hmmmm?" she asked, her confusion obvious.

"I knew Ben would still be asleep," Kevin explained. "I thought it would be fun to annoy him by waking him up early."

"Seven-thirty in the morning is early?"

"Early for him," Kevin said. "He's got nothing to do today."

Kayla raised an eyebrow at that but said nothing. She had a feeling that Ben was someone important to her brother, even if Kevin denied it.

"So," Kayla said. "It's important to annoy Ben?"

"It is to me," Kevin admitted. "Although don't go telling anyone that."

"Duh," she narrowed her eyes. "Who do you think I'd go around telling? I don't know anyone in this town."

Kevin shrugged as if that thought never occurred to him. Kayla just stared at her brother, wondering if she'll ever understand him. Sensing that his twin had no intention of leaving him alone just yet, Kevin stared at the plate she thrust at him.

"Where did you get this?" he asked, fairly certain that he had no bacon or eggs in his refrigerator, and he definitely knew that he did not have rice in his apartment.

"From the neighbors, it was easy to pick their door," Kayla joked. When Kevin gave her a look, she told the truth. "To you road trip might mean: eat wherever. To me, it means I have to have my own supply of food. My car has a fridge installed in the trunk for perishables while the rice I keep in a container in the backseat. Oh yeah, I have cooking stuff in there too. I didn't rob anyone, happy?"

"This is good," was all Kevin could say. While Kayla was explaining where she got everything, he dug right in to his breakfast. "Could use a drink though."

"Don't push your luck," she warned. "But I made some iced tea. I'll go get it."

She was about to leave his room when Kevin called out.

"Kay?"

"Hmm?" she asked, stopping in the doorway.

"Kinda glad you're my sister."

"No you won't get seconds," Kayla replied acting tough but inside, she was happy that he said it.

"Darn."

When Kayla came back, she was bringing her own plate and a pitcher of iced tea. She put the pitcher on the floor and the plate on the bed next to Kevin giving him a look to make sure that he didn't take anything from her plate. She left the room again to get glasses and returned quickly. They ate in silence for a while until Kayla broke it.

''Kevin?''

''What?''

''I don't think Gwen likes me very much.''

''What gives you that idea?'' Kevin asked between bites. "You only met her yesterday."

''Nothing, it's just a feeling, ya know?'' she sighed. ''Did I do something wrong that I don't even know about?''

''Nah,'' Kevin said, trying to assure her. ''Gwen's just cautious. Ben's her cousin, and they're pretty tight, see? Like siblings. She might be thinking that you're out to get the omnitrix or something.''

''It's kinda attached to him right? How could I possibly take it?'' she asked. ''Besides, I'm not even happy with my powers, so why would I take the onmitrix?''

''She doesn't know that,'' Kevin defended. ''She's just looking out for Ben.''

''Uhuh,'' she answered, not really listening to Kevin. ''Aren't you the one doing that?''

''Huh?'' Kevin asked, unsure of what he heard.

''Nothing,'' Kayla said quickly. ''I mean, what's the big deal with them? Their names rhyme.''

''It's just how their family is,'' Kevin explained. ''We have the same initials don't we?''

''That's different. They look alike too,'' Kayla observed, then she realized something. ''Well, at least their eyes do. It's kinda amazing how they have the exact same shade of green as your car Kevy.''

''It is?''

''Yeah...'' she confirmed. ''So, which one?''

''Huh?''

''Don't play dumb with me Kevin,'' she scolded. ''Which Tennyson made you paint your car green?''

''I have to go to work,'' Kevin said, suddenly remembering. He got out of the bed quickly and gulped down a glass of iced tea. ''Stay here and behave okay?''

''Kevin Ethan Levin!'' she shouted. ''Don't you dare run away from this discussion. I need to know.''

''Why?'' he asked. ''Does it matter?''

''Yeah it does,'' she replied. ''If you like Gwen or Ben...I need to know which one.''

''If it were Gwen,'' Kevin sighed, ''She wouldn't have had to pester me to take her out so much would she?''

''So it's Ben?'' Kayla clarified.

''It doesn't matter since he's straighter than a ruler,'' Kevin answered. ''So just drop it okay?''

''Yeah yeah.''

Sorry it took so long for another update! I wasn't really sure as to how to get this story from point a to point b and so on so please bear with me.

Thanks to Skylark Evanson and bree tennyson for their reviews. :D

Sorry for any and all grammar errors. Please leave a review?