Co Ops

Gwen took a peek around the corner and saw the Ben and Kevin were still planted on the couch, engrossed in a football game. She looked behind her and motioned for Julie that it was clear to make a run for the kitchen.

Julie crossed the living room, ducking down and sneaking behind the couch so not to catch their attention. She made it to the kitchen and silently looked through the cabinet beneath the sink, anything that could help their predicament. She glimpsed some car wax as well as other cleaning tools. She pulled the hem of her hoodie up to use as a make-shift carrier. She collected the cleaners she thought they'd need and bundled them up in her hoodie, clutching the hem up to keep them in place. As Julie snuck back out to the living room she waited for Gwen's signal to make a run for it.

Ben and Kevin made a loud "whoop" as their team scored another touchdown. They high-fived each other, which struck Julie to be an odd thing to see. Usually they were bickering with each other, sure you could see they were good friends now. But Julie didn't know Kevin until recently, and according to Gwen the change in him was a large one since 5 years ago. She looked to Gwen who was hiding behind the other doorway on the other side of the living room, she looked to the two boys on the couch and then quickly motioned for Julie to run now.

Julie scuttled to the other doorway to join Gwen in the foyer. The whole action itself made her feel like she was in some kind of spy movie, or a robber.

"Did you get everything?" Gwen whispered. Julie looked down at her clasped hoodie and nodded.

"Alright, lets hurry. The game should be over in less then an hour."

Inside the garage Julie and Gwen tried ruthlessly to remove the paint transfer from Kevin's car, something that Gwen was guilty of as she accidentally bumped her Silver Ion with it. Julie and her were in a panic when they saw the scratches on Kevin's car, he'd flip if he saw it. Sure he may have busted it up on their missions and all, but they knew how protective he was over it. Especially since he'd just spent the entire week fixing it back up.

"Alright, let's try the car wax." Gwen concluded as they tried to remove the damage.

"You think he'll be that mad?" Julie asked, no one could fix a car better then Kevin- surely he'd be able to fix the physical damage easily.

" I'm the one that did it- I'd rather he not find out." Gwen replied, buffing the area as best she could.

"I don't think he'll hate you because you bumped his car." said Julie.

"I still don't want to have him hold this over my head."

They worked for the next fourty-five minutes, seeing little progress. Gwen and Julie's shot up as they heard Kevin's voice coming just beyond the garage door into the house.

"Quick hide!" Gwen said as the door opened. They threw themselves behind boxes of storage.

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow. By the way you haven't seen Gwen have you? Kevin asked Ben as they walked into the garage.

"Nah, I think she and Julie went home as soon as the game came on." Ben answered.

"Ah well." Kevin got in his car and started the engine.

Gwen and Julie snuck out of the garage as soon as Ben went inside.

Two minutes later they heard a collision coming from the driveway. Gwen and Julie ran back to see the commotion, Ben was already there. There in the driveway was Grandpa Max's car with a rather nasty dent on the front and Kevin's car with a very nasty dent in the back.

"Ah MAN! Couldn't you watch where you were going OLD MAN!" Kevin hollered at Grandpa Max in anger.

"Sorry Kevin, guess my eyes just weren't what they used to be." Max replied.

"Great, this is going to take forever to get out." Kevin whined.

Ben laughed at the display.

Gwen and Julie just called it a night.