"Ben whats up?" Gwen ask answering.
"hey, wanted to know if you'd heard anything on Julie." Ben replied.
"nope. they won't let anyone know how she's doing because someone killed her entire family." Gwen replied. Ben nodded slightly.
"well, I hope she's okay. are you okay?" Ben ask.
"I'm fine... didn't get any sleep though, I couldn't get their bodies out of my mind." Gwen muttered.
"don't you have some sort of manta spell thing to help with nightmares?" Ben ask curiously, as he heard the shower upstairs shut off.
"I'm looking through grandma's stuff to see if she has one, but I haven't found anything yet." Gwen replied.
"maybe be a normal person and go to theorpy?" Ben ask.
"nope. I'm good thanks." Gwen replied.
"I hope you find something that helps you, Gwen." Ben said.
"thanks Ben." Gwen replied. "I have to go, I'm going to try meditation." Gwen said.
"good luck." Ben replied.
"thanks Ben." Gwen smiled hanging up.
"that Gwen?" Kevins voice drifted in as he came down the stairs.
"yup." Ben replied.
"how's Julie?" Kevin ask. he wasn't Julie's friend, in fact he didn't like her at all because she had a crush on Ben, but that didn't mean he wanted her murdered.
"they won't tell anyone." Ben replied. "which probably means she's still alive." Ben added. Kevin nodded making himself a bowl of cereal.
"your ring doesn't have any blood on it right?" Kevin ask. Ben shook his head.
"nah, I took it off after you left last night, so I wouldn't fall asleep in it and stab myself with it." Ben replied. Kevin nodded.
"good, one less bloody item to clean." Kevin muttered.
"I'll borrow dads carpet shampooer. to clean up the living room and laundry room floor. I'll sweep up the glass from last night and mop up the dried blood." Ben replied. Kevin nodded.
"I'll clean the blood out of my car and off the door in the laundry room, assuming since her bloody foot prints lead away from it, thats how she got in." Kevin said. Ben nodded.
"yup." Ben muttered. they sat together on the couch. Kevin eating his cereal while Ben just poked at his food.
"you okay Ben?" Kevin ask. Ben jerked out of what ever thoughts he was lost in and looked at Kevin.
"huh?" Ben ask.
"are you okay? you're just poking at your food." Kevin said. Ben nodded.
"just thinking about how to borrow the carpet cleaner without mom getting pissed for me throwing her out yesterday." Ben replied. Kevin nodded and turned back to whatever tv show was playing, neither really paying much attention to whatever was on. it was the news channel talking about the concert last night and the murders.
"what do you think your mom will say?" Kevin ask. Ben turned to him.
"about what?" Ben ask.
"the ring." Kevin replied. Ben looked down at the ring and shrugged.
"she'll probably be angry I decided to accept a 'ruffians' proposal." Ben muttered before taking a drink of Kevins orange juice. Ben quickly spit out the drink in shock and Kevin choked on the cereal in his mouth when they both saw the proposal on the news.
"holy shit." Kevin muttered.
"we'll we're talk of the town now." Ben muttered.
"forget about that, Gwen's gonna kill me when she realizes I didn't take her with me when I went to get the ring." Kevin replied. Ben laughed at Kevin's response.
"oh it won't be that-" Ben started. he paused when his phone went off. Kevin scooted away hearing it was Gwen's ring tone. "Gwen whats-" Ben tried. he pulled the phone away from his head quickly.
"WHY THE HELL WASN'T I TOLD BEFORE OR AFTER THIS HAPPENED?! I HAD TO FIND OUT ON THE FUCKING NEWS!" Gwen shouted.
"in our defense we were more worried about all the murdering that was going on." Ben replied. Gwen continued yelling complaints about how she was the last to know, but Ben shook his head and hung up. "eh, okay, so she's a little upset. she'll be fine." Ben told Kevin, who chuckled. they were both shocked to hear a car door slam shut, but neither thought anything of it, their neighbors girlfriend had a habit of slamming doors. it wasn't until their front door flew open that they realized they should have been worried. Ben mother was beyond pissed and standing in their doorway.
"did you not lock the door last night?" Kevin ask. Ben shrugged slightly.
"I might have thought you did it." Ben replied. "mom what do you want?" Ben sighed.
"I want you to pack your things right now! you're coming back home with me! I will not let you marry that ruffian!" Sandra shouted.
"I'm twenty-one. you cannot control me. I don't have to listen to you, I love Kevin and I have no intentions of leaving him." Ben replied from his spot on the couch. Kevin, however, had gotten up quickly to remove all seven of his model cars from the room and hid them in their bedroom, glaring at Sandra. Ben got up, taking their dishes into the kitchen. he came back in time to see his mother swing a bat, where she'd gotten it Ben didn't know, at Kevin. he would have been worried if Kevin hadn't been close enough to the coffee table to absorb the material quickly. once he absorbed the wood in only his hand, he grabbed the bat and pulled it from Ben's mothers hands. the threats and curses she'd been shouting came to an abrupt stop, realizing she was now defenseless.
"I am not a base ball. I do not apprecciate being hit with a bat. if you try to hit me with a bat again, I will beat you with it." Kevin stated, breaking the bat over his knee and tossing it aside. Ben went over to Kevin quickly.
"you okay?" Ben ask. Kevin smirked at him.
"we've faught aliens Benji, giant aliens, extremely strong aliens. your mother with a base ball bat is nothing." Kevin said. Ben smiled and hugged his side glaring at his mother.
"Benjamin Kirby Tennyson we are going home right now." Sandra glared. Kevin snickered.
"Kirby." Kevin snickered. Ben glared at him, slapping him in the chest with the back of his hand. it didn't hurt him, but Kevin got the point and laughed.
"shut up Ethan." Ben huffed. he turned back to his mother. "I am home. I think it's time you go." Ben said.
"I'm not going without you. I am your mother and you will listen to me." Sandra glared. Ben walked over to her.
"I'm not going any where with you. I'm staying here with Kevin." Ben glared crossing his arms over his chest. in no obvious attempt to ease the situation between his lover and his lovers mother, but in an attempt to sooth his lover, Kevin wrapped his arms around Ben's waist and pulled the smaller backwards so his chest was against his lovers back. Ben relaxed slightly against Kevins chest, his arms still crossed over his own chest. Sandra glared at Kevin.
"you're coming home now." Sandra glared. "I will not let you stay here with this ruffian!" Sandra hissed. Ben pulled away from Kevin slightly, not breaking Kevins hold on his waist but putting a little distance.
"what is your problem!? is it me?! is it Kevin!?" Ben shouted.
"no." Sandra muttered simply.
"ok so it's not those two, is it that he's not completely human?!" Ben hissed.
"of course not." Sandra huffed.
"okay so what is it?! you don't like that I'm happy with Kevin?!" Ben glared.
"no, it's not that." Sandra muttered.
"what is it then? is it because I'm gay or what?!" Ben hissed. Sandra didn't answer and Ben huffed. "wow. really? thats what this is about?" Ben huffed. "so the truth comes out. I fight aliens most my life and you're comepletely okay with that, but when I come out and say I'm gay, no thats what you have the fucking problem with." Ben glared.
"you didn't come out and tell us, I found you two screwing in your bedroom!" Sandra hissed.
"so?" Kevin huffed, tightening his hold on Ben. "we were sixteen and seventeen and it was consensual." Kevin replied.
"he's a ruffan and he's a bad influence on you! you weren't gay before he came around! then he started bullying you and sudden;y your gay!" Sandra shouted. Ben blinked blankly at her.
"if you really knew me, you would know just how wrong you are." Ben glared. "do you ever even listen to me? because I told you both I was gay when I was eight." Ben stated. his mother grew quiet. "that what I thought, now get out. come back either when you learn to shut up and pretend your happy for me or when you actually want to listen to me. until then, don't come back." Ben said. Sandra stared for a moment, then turned and left slamming the door. Ben turned and glared at him "you were not seventeen you liar, you had just turned eightteen." Ben huffed. Kevin frowned.
"I mean, hey, if you want to tell your mom that technically in the eye's of the law, until you turned eightteen, we were illegally screwing around." Kevin muttered. Ben rolled his eye's.
"yeah cause she wouldn't immediately go to the police with charges of rape." Ben muttered. Kevin shrugged slightly.
"you were the one upset I had lied." Kevin replied. Ben sighed and stepped back.
"lets just ignore my mom and clean up Julie's blood." Ben said. Kevin kissed him deeply and stepped back.
"okay." Kevin said.
*about an hour later*
as they'd been cleaning, Gwen had come in to confront them about not beeing told, but seemed to realize there was already a dark and heavy mood settled over the appartment, so she'd offered to help clean up instead. while Ben scrubbed the carpets, Gwen swept and mopped the kitchen, and Kevin cleaned his car and the back door. Gwen kept glancing over at her cousin, who seemed upset and distracted.