BEN'S POV

It was finally the day that Gwen got to go home. The doctors had kept her for a week saying that she wasn't acting normal. I strode happily into the hospital walking past Frank who had been talking with the Grandpa Max about something urgent for a while. I still hadn't told her how I feel about her yet I told her that it would be a surprise when she gets home. I stared down at the yellow roses in my hand and smiled.

'she's gonna love them' I thought to myself as I entered her room. My face dropped as I saw her on the edge of her bed dressed and ready to go. Should've made me happy you may ask well that was until I saw Kevin in front of her whispering something into her ear as she kept her gaze down. Her head was still bandage as well as her ankle with the bruises still apparent on her face.

I decided to ignore Kevin and walk straight up to Gwen instead. "Gwen you ready to go?" I smiled at her. she turned her head looking up at me and forced a smile but it quickly faded as Kevin stood in her way.

"I think you have it wrong Tennyson" he crossed his arms and smiled.

"she's coming with me" he told me.

My face dropped.

'WHAT' my head screamed. She looked over to me eyes begging. I grabbed the wheel chair and moved over to her. "common Gwen lets go home" I told her making her smile. I picked her up and placed her in the wheel-chair. "Hands off Tennyson" he hissed at me.

"Back off she's not a prize she's my cousin. Stay away from her" I hissed back at him and walked off quickly. I could hear him growling even as I walked outside towards my car.

I smiled by the sound. "Oh Gwen I almost forgot these are for you" I passed her the flowers. "Thanks Ben" she blushed slightly. 'smooth' I thought.

I opened the passenger door for her then began to lift her up. "Ben I can do it by myself" she gently forwarded. 'typical Gwen' I thought to myself "I know but I don't want to see you go back into the hospital" I told her as I placed her in and wrapped the seatbelt around her.

"thanks" she softly said as I got in and drove to her house. As soon as we were inside I placed her down on the couch though she put up the argument about the wheel chair I'm not gonna tell her that I like carrying her and showing off a little.

"so you were gonna give me a surprise or something" she said as she leaned against the arm of the sofa. "oh yeah" I remembered. "um… close your eyes" I told her. "k" she smiled closing her eyes. I leaned forwards a little hesitant closing my eyes I placed my lips onto hers I felt her gasp then stop. 'oh no what have I done, I just screwed things up. I thought she liked me, what if she was just acting nice or leading me on or' the thoughts raced through my head but stopped as she lips pushed back against mine as she began to kiss me back.

I smiled wrapping my arms around her deepening the kiss. We finally released catching our breaths and staring into each others eyes.

"Ben I think I love you" she told me. "I love you to Gwen" I kissed her again. I saw her wince at first then relax into it. "Gwen" I pushed her off. "is something wrong" I asked. "no" she shook her head.

She looked down ashamed. "I-I need to t-tell you s-something" she stuttered whilst raising her right arm up to her shoulder trying to comfort herself. "i-I" she cut herself off. "Gwen" I raised her head up to look at me but she wouldn't look me in the eye.

"nothing" she looked away yet again. 'she'll come to me when she's ready hopefully' I thought to myself. "do you want to watch a movie?" I suggested making her forget the incident.

"K" she said as I got up and placed a DVD into the TV and sat down as Gwen slowly crept up and cuddled me. She seemed extremely hesitant 'maybe she was still in pain. "here" I grabbed the blanket that was neatly folded on the sofa next to us and wrapped it around her body. "thanks" she told me leaning against my shoulder.

I pulled her in as we watched the movie she fell asleep leaving me to play with her hair.

She shifted slightly.

Her eyes winced and soon a scream emitted from her mouth. She was in a nightmare.

"Gwen. Gwen" I shook her as she squirmed and wriggled away.

"P-please stop" she mumbled. "p-please don't do this" she whimpered tears started to stream down her face. "Gwen I'm not doing anything" I told her. "Kevin stop" that was it. That was all I needed to hear. Of course it had had to be Kevin that did this to her. "HELP" she screamed as she awoke to find herself on my lap. She winced her eyes closed more tears streaming like a river.

"Gwen?" I whispered into her ear when she gripped onto my shirt and began pulling towards her. "i-I'm sorry" she whispered. "Gwen its Ok. Everything's Ok" I pulled her in for a hug feeling the tears still falling down. "you don't have to apologise" I told her quietly. She was shaking. I had never seen my cousin break down before. it was terrifying. "Gwen" I pulled her away so I could look her in the eye. "What did Kevin do?" I asked her. her eyes narrowed as she looked away. she leaned her head on my chest and closed her eyes "I don't want to talk about it"

4th chapter hope you guys enjoyed it and please read and review so I know you want me to continue the story.