Chapter 6: Easter Arguments
I Don't Own Ben 10 Or Any Of The Characters
Author's Note:
* Hello and welcome to Chapter Six!
* Before I say anything, I just want to say that I won't be posting chapters for this story every day, regardless of what you want of it. It'd just be too fast for me and I feel as though that I wouldn't get a lot of reviews for Review Responses and they mean a lot to me, so there you go.
* In this chapter, as I said last chapter, Ben and Gwen reunite and Ben confronts Gwen. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, but anyway, let's get into it!
Ben
April
The next time I would see her would be on Easter Sunday, which was at the end of March this year. We had seen each other hardly at all since the erm, incident. Sure, we saw each other at school every day, but we never talked to each other. And she never tried to contact me. I had taken her note seriously.
And when Mom told me that Gwen, along with her parents and brother were going to be over on Easter for dinner, along with Grandpa Max and a few of my friends, I had a bit of a "Aw, fuck moment", you know what I mean? I mean, I acted happy, why wouldn't I? But deep down, I was nervous as hell.
It's been almost two months, so I'm just going to come out and say it: Gwen and I fucked. Did I enjoy it? No, why would I? She was my cousin and the fact that we did do it was wrong. It was wrong. Anytime I thought about it, it was just awkward. And I'll admit that this day wouldn't be a happy one for either of us.
Easter Sunday
Ben,
I'm sorry about last night. I have no idea what I was thinking. Last night was a mistake. We shouldn't have done what we did. I don't want to hear anything about this from you. We'll just pretend that it didn't happen, okay? Don't try to call me and don't try to talk to me at school either. I should throw in don't come by my house. And before you ask, no, I'm not pregnant. I'll take a morning after pill or something. Jesus, I can't believe I'm actually talking about this. Anyway, like I said. Don't call me, don't talk to me at school and don't come looking for me. I need some time to myself. This didn't happen. I'm sorry.
Gwen
I stared down at the note, reading it for probably the thousandth time. Just then, I heard Mom's voice.
"Ben, your friends are here!" she called to me.
Jesus, I thought, as I crumbled up Gwen's note, again. At least it's not Gwen yet.
I threw the note across the bedroom and it landed underneath my dresser.
"I'll be right there, Mom!" I called, as I got up and walked out of the bedroom.
I walked out into the living room and to the door, preparing myself to open it.
Okay, look like you're happy to see them. You are happy to see them! The main thing is to look happy. Look like you aren't in a fucked up state of mind right now. But most importantly, don't give away any sign that could tell them that you fucked your cousin!
"Jesus Christ, this is going to be good." I said, as I grabbed the door knob.
I put a smile on my face and did my best to appear excited, before I threw the door open.
"Hey, guys!" I exclaimed with excitement. "Hey Kevin, J.T., Cash! Happy Easter!"
"Same to you, my man." Kevin said, stepping in as we high fived one another.
"How have you guys been?" I asked, as I looked at J.T. and Cash.
"Oh, we've been pretty good." Cash said, as he looked at me. "J.T. here is gunning for the world record in Pac-Man!"
"Shut up, man." J.T. replied.
"Pac-Man?" I asked. "What, the Atari game?"
"Pac-Man wasn't made by Atari!" Cash said as he laughed. "Don't you know anything about video games?"
"Um, excuse me, Cash." I said. "I'm a Halo and Call of Duty player. And occasionally a Fallout player. I don't have time for those dumb retro games."
"You shall never express disrespect when talking about our Lord and Savior, Pac-Man!" J.T. exclaimed.
Cash and Kevin began laughing, as did I. Once we stopped laughing, I looked at him.
"I'm sorry, was that supposed to be an insult?" I asked.
"Um, maybe?" he asked.
"Okay, okay." I said, as I put my hands up. "We're all here on good terms, let's not mess that up."
"Good idea." Kevin said. "Look, why are we here?"
"Celebrating Easter? The resurrection of Jesus Chris?" I asked, as I shrugged my shoulders.
Kevin let out an annoyed sigh.
"Ugh, besides that?" he asked.
I shook my head with confusion. Kevin smacked himself with annoyance.
"We were all going to play baseball, remember?" he asked.
"Oh, right." I said. "Well, let's go out to the backyard then."
We had a decently sized backyard, which connected into a small wooded area. Kevin had a house a ways away from me and he had a small backyard with a huge, open wooded area in his backyard. Remember that, because it'll come back later in my story.
"Hi, boys." Mom said, walking into the room. "Gwen, Ken and their parents will be here in about half an hour, honey!"
My face flushed at the mention of Gwen. I had to cover it up with something else.
"Mom, don't call me honey!" I said, as I looked to the right.
Kevin, J.T. and Cash just chuckled.
"Come on, lads." Kevin said, as he walked towards the back door. "Let's head outside."
Half An Hour Later
So, Kevin and I were one team, while J.T. and Cash were another team. We weren't really playing competitively, it was just a casual game. This was about the time that Gwen, Ken and their parents arrived. It was about to get awkward.
Our backyard wasn't the perfect shape of a diamond to be playing baseball, but it was pretty close. Anyway, it was J.T. and Cash's turn up at home plate. Kevin had thrown the ball J.T.'s way and he hit it with his bat, sending it flying in my direction.
"I got it, I got it!" I exclaimed, as I ran off in the direction that the ball was taking.
When I turned in the direction that the ball was heading in, I saw her. It was Gwen. She was walked with Ken and her parents through the side gate. She was beautiful. She was just as beautiful as she always was.
Wait, hold the phone. I'm thinking about Gwen being beautiful. Do I not realize what happened on Valentine's Day? We fucked! Why am I having these thoughts, when I shouldn't be having them?!
The baseball sailed over my head and landed right at Gwen's feet.
"I thought you said you got it, idiot?" J.T. asked.
I turned around to look at them.
"Oh, come off it!" I exclaimed, as I pointed at them.
They all started laughing, but it seemed as though they weren't laughing at me. Then it happened.
"Ahh!" I exclaimed, as I was struck in the back of the head by something.
I fell to the ground, as all of my friends laughed, Ken included. I brought my head up and out of the grass, as I looked at the three of them, with a scowl on my face. I gripped the football that Ken used to throw at me, which laid right next to me and got up with it in my hand. I turned to face them.
"Here's your football back, jerk!" I said, throwing it at him.
He just smirked at me, as he caught it with one hand.
"Thanks." He said as they got closer.
"Gwen, your father and I are going in to say hello to Ben's Mom and Dad." Aunt Natalie said to her. "You and Ken can stay out here to catch up with Ben."
Gwen looked at Aunt Natalie, with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Mom, I don't want to stay out here!" she said.
"Gwendolyn Tennyson! What is wrong with you today?" she asked. "You didn't want to come to Easter dinner and you now you don't want to stay out here?"
"I just…" Gwen began to speak but was interrupted.
"No. You are staying out here and that is final." She said, as she walked towards the house with her dad.
I smirked, as I crossed my arms over my chest. Ken walked away from Gwen and towards Kevin, J.T. and Cash, and began talking to them. As he did that, I looked at Gwen, who looked back at me with an angered gaze. I walked up to her and was about to speak, when she beat me too it.
"Stop." She said.
My smirk disappeared from my face.
"Before you say anything, I didn't want to come here." She said. "And I didn't want to talk to you."
I smirked again, as I crossed my arms once more.
"Yeah, I'm not so thrilled to see you, either." I said.
We just stared at each other after that, before she spoke again.
"Ben, I'm just going to say it, okay? This is awkward as hell and we both know it." She said. "We should just acknowledge it and move on."
"I hear you, Gwendy." I said, as I pointed at my ear. "I don't want to make this awkward."
She looked at me with an angry gaze.
"Did you just call me "Gwendy"?" she asked.
I looked down at my hand, rubbing two of my fingers together, shaking off a few specks of dirt off.
"Maybe I did." I said.
"Don't ever call me that." She said. "So, are we cool, then?"
"Yeah. I already told you that I don't want to make this awkward." I said. "We're cool."
"Okay, thank you." Gwen said.
"Are you two going to make out now?" I heard Ken ask in a smug tone from behind me.
My face flushed when I heard his voice. Eventually, the color returned to my face and I turned to look at Ken, Kevin, J.T. and Cash who stood no less than a few feet from us.
Had they heard everything that we had said to each other?
I had to respond in some way to avoid suspicion.
"Oh, we're totally going to make out!" I said in a higher pitched, feminine voice.
I heard Gwen smack herself from behind me, as my friends burst out laughing. After a few moments of silence, Gwen spoke.
"Well actually, I'm going to go inside. See if they need any help with dinner." She said, as she spun her index fingers around each other. "So, you know, see ya."
She walked past us towards the house. I stepped forward and called out to her.
"Wait! Can't we talk?" I called.
"No." Gwen said, as she kept walking.
"Alright." I said. "Uh, see you later, I guess."
"See ya!" Gwen said, as she threw up her arms as she continued walking.
Once she was gone, Ken stepped up to me.
"Hey, Ben." He said.
"Yeah, what's up, pal?" I asked, turning to face him.
"So, why do you need to talk to my sister so bad?" he asked.
"No reason." I answered immediately.
He just looked at me with a skeptical look.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yeah, really!" I said. "What, a guy can't talk to the cousin that he hasn't seen in two months?"
He just looked at me, before turning around and walking away.
Phew, that was close, I thought, as I rubbed my forehead.
I stood there for a few seconds, before I realized what we had been doing.
"Hey, guys! Let's keep playing baseball!" I said. "Ken's here now, so he can be on J.T. and Cash's team. Trust me, they'll need an extra guy!"
"Ha, ha. Very funny, Cretin." Cash replied, as I walked back over to them.
One Hour Later
The guys and I kept playing baseball for about a half hour or forty five minutes, give or take. Around that time, Gwen came outside to announce that dinner was ready. We all went inside, washed up and ate dinner, which took around half an hour. After that, we all went back outside.
We had one of those big swings that sat pretty close to the house and all of us were either sitting on it or hanging out in the vicinity. As much as I hate to say it, Gwen and I sat next to each other on the swing, while Kevin sat on the other side of me. Ken stood leaning against the swings frame, while J.T. and Cash sat on the ground.
I eventually broke the silence and spoke.
"So, anyone want to do something?" I asked.
Gwen just grunted next to me, while everyone else stayed silent. After a few seconds, much to our surprise, Ken ran from his spot and stopped in front of us.
"Oh, I got an idea!" he said. "There's six of us!"
"Wow, that's one more than five!" Kevin said. "Good job, Ken!"
Ken smacked himself in the face, before shaking his head.
"No, I mean there's six of us!" he said. "For even teams!"
I shook my head with confusion.
"I don't follow." I said.
"Even teams! For football!" Ken said. "We should play tackle football!"
"Um, no." I said. "I don't like tackle football, you know that."
"Oh, come on!" he said. "You can lead one team and Gwen can lead the opposite team!"
My face flushed after Ken said that. Now I had the image of Gwen tackling me or vice versa stuck in my head.
"No!" Gwen and I exclaimed in unison, before looking at each other, each of us having a blush on their face.
"Shut up!" we both said in unison, once again.
"Jesus, what is with you two today?" Ken said. "All you two do is fight! And you're fighting like you two are eleven again!"
I straightened up a bit, trying not to think about Gwen.
"Look, we just don't want to play football." I said. "I don't like tackle football and besides! Gwen's a girl! She doesn't like sports!"
Gwen let out a grumble of anger.
"What he said." She said through gritted teeth.
"You know what? Fine." Ken said, as he walked over to the middle of the yard and picked up his football from where he had left it. "Kevin, J.T., Cash and I will play football by ourselves. Come on guys, let's just let the sissies play patty cake with each other!"
I blushed as Ken walked away, while Kevin, J.T. and Cash followed. Gwen looked at me.
"Shut up." She said.
"Hey, my lips are sealed." I said.
"They better stay that way." Gwen said, as she looked away from me.
What's her problem? I thought. I'm trying to be nice to her when I can, but she treats me like shit in return! What'd I do?
It ended up being Kevin and Ken vs J.T. and Cash. Not that we cared. After about ten minutes of watching them play, Gwen got up and started walking away from the swing.
"Hey, where are you going?" I asked.
"I want to walk around for a while." She said. "Don't wait up."
As she walked away from the swing, I got up and followed after her. She noticed immediately that I was following her. She turned around to face me.
"What do you think you're doing?" she asked.
"Um, it's my yard, too?" I asked. "Maybe I want to walk around, too."
She didn't say anything.
"I'll uh, just pace around back there by the side gate." I said, pointing over to the general direction.
"Sure, whatever." Gwen said, as she turned back to the direction that she was walking in.
I walked away from her and down towards the side gate. I began pacing back and forth, trying to think about what I was going to do about the Valentine's Day situation.
Fifteen Minutes Later
See, every conflict that people have, eventually it has to be confronted. And this was that point of time where I decided that I needed to confront Gwen about what happened on Valentine's Day and what was going through her head. And it wasn't going to be a pleasant conversation.
I paced back and forth, as I continued to think. Gwen wasn't even paying attention to me anymore. She was standing six or so feet away from me, continuing to watch the guys play football. I had reached the point where I physically couldn't take it anymore. I demanded an explanation and I would get one.
I walked up behind Gwen and grabbed her forearm, scaring her in the process.
"What are you doing?!" she said, as she turned to face me.
"Come with me." I said, as I dragged her towards the side of the house.
"No, Ben!" she said, trying to pull away from me. "Let go of me, Ben! No, Ben!"
I ignored her as I dragged her around to the side of the house, out of the view of the guys. Once we were out of sight, I let go of her forearm and didn't even wait for her to speak.
"What the fuck happened on Valentine's Day?!" I asked her.
Her eyes darted back and forth, avoiding looking at me.
"I don't know what happened on Valentine's Day!" she said. "What happened on Valentine's Day?"
I just looked at her.
"I…I don't know!" I said.
We just stared at each other after that, not saying anything.
"Okay, seriously…" I spoke, but Gwen cut me off.
"No." she said.
"Gwen, please…" I said, only to get interrupted again.
"No." Gwen said, as she chuckled a little bit.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" I asked.
"Maybe." She said.
"Gwen, will you please just let me talk?" I asked.
Gwen said nothing, so I took my chance.
"We both know what happened that night, Gwen." I said. "I just want to know why."
"No." Gwen said, shaking her head. "I believe that I made myself quite clear. I believe I told you that I didn't want to hear anything about it from you, that it never happened?"
"Um, you did." I said. "But I'd like an answer. Why did you do what you did?"
Gwen smacked herself in the face. She removed her hand from her face and gave me a look of anger.
"You're not listening." She said. "And we're not talking about this. I'm leaving now."
"Now wait a minute." I said, as I got in front of her and put my hands on her shoulders. "I'm not letting you leave until I get an answer!"
I gently pushed her back a foot or so.
"Just give me an answer, Gwen." I said. "Please."
She shook her head.
"No." she said. "Just leave me alone."
"Gwen, please…" I spoke but was interrupted.
"Ben, you're not listening." She said. "Earlier, when I told you that this was awkward and we both you it, you said that we were cool. And I thought you meant it."
"I did mean it!" I said. "There's no hard feelings between us Gwen, I don't want there to be. I want…"
"No Ben, that's not what I meant." She said. "I meant that hopefully you wouldn't try to bring it up. No talking about it. I guess I was wrong."
"Gwen, with all due respect, how do we not talk about it?" I asked. "It has to be confronted. Do really expect that we go the rest of our lives, never speaking about it and ultimately avoiding one another? How do you think that would go?"
"I already told you, we're not talking about this." She said.
"Gwen, I already told you that I just want an answer." I said. "So please, just tell me and I'll leave you alone."
She looked at me for a few seconds, before shaking her head.
"No." she said.
"Gwen, we just have to acknowledge it." I said. "You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to take your hand, walk with you as if we're actually friends. "Gwen be my friend". Isn't that what you want?"
She just looked at me once more.
"Ben, no. You don't understand." She said. "We can't just acknowledge it and move on. We both know that it happened. I just want to forget that it happened and go the rest of my life just not talking to you about it."
She tried to walk past me again. I got in front of her again, blocking her path and causing her to stop in her path. She gave me a look of anger, as well as looking as though I offended her.
"Gwen, please." I said. "Will you just answer my question?"
She let out a grumble of anger.
"Fine." She said. "What's your question?"
"Why did you throw yourself at me that night?" I asked. "Why did you tackle me onto the couch and start kissing me like that?"
She blushed immediately, and a look of anger came back onto her face. She stepped up to me, grabbed hold of me and pinched down on my cheek, causing me to gasp in pain.
"If you think that I actually wanted that to happen, then you're wrong!" she hissed at me with anger. "I didn't want that night to happen!"
"Then why did you throw yourself at me?!" I asked.
"We're done talking about this." She said, as she let go of me and turned around. "I better not hear anymore about this from you."
And with that, she stormed away from me. I watched as she walked away, rubbing the now red spot on my cheek.
"Thanks." I whispered to myself.
One Hour Later
I'll admit that talk between us was rough. But we would make up, sort of. After that disaster, I decided to go inside for a while. After about fifteen or twenty minutes, the guys came to my room to see what was up with me. And so, we had been talking ever since.
"So, Ben, what are we going to do for our project in English class?" J.T. asked.
"I don't know." I said. "Why are you asking me?"
"Because you're usually on top of things in all of the projects that you, Cash and I are assigned to." He said. "What's been up with you lately?"
"I've… I've just been dealing with some stuff lately, that's all." I said.
"Really?" Cash asked. "What kind of stuff?"
"I really don't want to talk about it." I said.
"No, you have to tell us!" Kevin exclaimed, as he lightly elbowed me. "Come on, what's going on?"
"Come on guys, stop pestering him." Ken said. "If he wants to be left alone, then leave him… Oh, what's this?"
"What's what? I don't know what you're…" I turned my head to look at him but stopped talking when I saw what was in his hand.
It was the crumbled up note that Gwen left for me on Valentine's Day.
"Oh, no!" I said, as I dove off my bed, only to hit my head against my dresser. "Ow!"
I stood up to face Ken.
"Give that to me!" I said, as I reached for it.
Ken yanked it out of reach.
"Sure." He said. "Just tell me what it is."
"It's important!" I said. "Just give it back!"
"What's so important about it?" Ken asked.
"Just give it back!" I repeated, as I tried to reach for it once more.
Ken sidestepped, moving out of the way and moving the crumbled up note from my reach again.
"Oh, I get it." Ken said. "It's a dirty picture, isn't it?"
Kevin, J.T. and Cash began laughing after Ken said that.
"Yeah!" Kevin said. "Have you been looking at Anime girls, Ben?"
"Shut up!" I exclaimed, as I tried once more to grab the crumbled up piece of paper.
"Nah, man." J.T. said. "He's got to be printing off pictures from porn videos."
"Shut up!" I repeated, in a louder tone this time.
"Hey!" a voice said.
We all turned in the direction of the voice to see Gwen standing in the doorway.
"He told you to give it back to him, so give it back!" she said, as she walked into the room with us.
She took the crumbled up piece of paper from Ken and backed away.
"You know what? All of you, out. All of you!" she said, as she went around the room corralling all of my friends and Ken as well out the door. "Stay out!"
Gwen closed the door after that and locked it behind her. Gwen turned around, put her back to the door and took a breath. She then looked at me and walked over to me, stopping at the foot of the bed. She held out the hand that the crumbled up piece of paper was in. I cautiously took it from her.
"Thanks." I said, as I sat down on the bed.
After a few seconds, she came over to sit on the bed next to me.
"Okay, 'fess up." She said. "There must have been a reason why you didn't want him to see that paper. Why?"
I turned my head to look at her, trying to decide what to say.
"You don't want to know." I finally said.
She nodded.
"Yes, I do." She said.
I just looked at her, not knowing what to say.
"Ben." She said after a few seconds, using an annoyed tone.
I let out a sigh, as I looked down at the floor.
"Fine." I said, looking back up at her. "It's the note that you left for me that night."
Her face flushed after I said that.
"Don't believe me?" I asked, as I began to un-crumble it. "See for yourself."
"No, I believe you." She said. "Why the hell did you keep that, anyway?"
"Because it helps me think about what the hell happened that night." I said, as I looked back down at the floor.
"Oh." She said, as she looked away from me.
We sat in silence after that. Eventually, after several seconds of awkward silence, Gwen spoke.
"I did it because I found you to be handsome for a split second." She said.
I turned to look at her.
"What?" I asked.
She rolled her eyes.
"I kissed you because for a split second, I found you to be handsome." She said. "And from there, I was just following my instincts. Call it hormones or whatever, but that's what happened."
We sat in silence after that, too. After a few seconds, I spoke.
"Well, I'm glad I finally got an answer." I said.
"You'd better be." She replied.
We sat there in silence for a couple minutes after that. Eventually, I worked up the courage to say something that I thought would be funny.
"So, uh, wanna make out?" I asked.
Gwen angrily whipped her head around to face me.
"What did you just say?!" she asked with an angry look on her face.
I just stared back at her, with a grin on my face. I eventually reached out and pinched down onto her cheek.
"I'm just kidding!" I said.
She smacked my hand away and began rubbing her cheek, as she got up from the bed.
"Not funny." She said, as she walked to my door and unlocked it.
She opened the door and left without another word to me.
That was also the last time that I would see her for a while. To be honest, the next time that I'd see her, interactions wouldn't be so bad. Sure, things would still be bad, but it would be me and not her. I don't really know what else to say, so I'm going to end my story here for now.
Author's Note:
* And that's it for this chapter! What did you guys think?
* As I said last time, Review Responses won't be so long this time around. What do you think of the awkward tensions between Gwen after the incident on Valentine's Day? Is her avoiding him and refusing to talk about it understandable? Or should they try talking about and confronting it, as Ben wanted to?
* But anyways, that's going do it for me. Tune in for the next chapter soon. I'm going to go though, so have a great day and bye.
Review Responses
BobaFett 66 (Chapter Five): Please do a full lemon next time
Thanks for the review, Boba. I most likely will not do a full lemon, sorry. I've mentioned before that I don't like doing lemons, just writing them makes me feel awkward. And going back and reading my stories and coming across those scenes would just be awkward for me to read.
You'll be lucky to get a suggestive scene from me and even luckier if I actually write a lemon. I don't expect you to understand where I'm coming from with this, but yeah, there you go. I will most likely never write a lemon and if I ever did, it would be rare, so sorry. Thanks for the review, as always.
Daniel6 (Chapter Five): Looking forward to your next chapter.
Thank you, Daniel. I'm glad to hear that you were looking forward to this chapter. Thanks for the review, as always.
Josh Spicer (Chapter Five): At this point it's sure as shit not love, as much as I (and Ben probably) want it to be. And what do I mean by "real enough"? I'd rather not answer.
Thanks for the review, Josh. Yes, it's definitely not love and Ben doesn't want it to be love, at least not at this point. And hey, that's cool man. You don't have to answer, no one's going to force you to. I was just curious. Thanks for the review, as always.
jasongd (Chapter Five): And another great chapter congrats And this isn't love, at least not yet but I realy hope it will be soon very soon BWEN Forever
Thanks for the review, Jason. You're right, it's not love yet. You're probably not the only one who wants them to be together soon, but it'll be a while, but it's not going to be that long, I promise. Thanks for the review, as always.
Car45 (Chapter Five): Wow! What a chapter. Of course it happened because they're in love. Hope you don't keep us waiting too long for them to work this out. I'll be anxiously waiting.
Thanks for the review, Car. I'm glad you thought it was a good chapter. "It happened because they're in love". I think that you're the first person to have said that. No, it's not love yet. It shouldn't take long. Thanks for the review, as always.
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