Hey. First of all I wanted to say sorry for not updating for so long. I was on holidays for a week and the internet was really bad so I also started writing Chapter 10.

And thanks so much for 20 reviews! I never expected to get 5, let alone 20! You're all awesome, thank you.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy!

Kevin let Gwen sleep in the main bedroom and he slept at the guest room.

He couldn't understand what happened last night. He's never experienced something like that before. As far as he remembers, he's never really fallen in love before. Of course he's been with a few strippers, but that's completely different and definitely not "love".

He decided to put it aside and not torture himself by thinking about it.

The next morning, Kevin woke up after finally having a good night's sleep. It's been days since he's been able to rest. He took a shower and he put on his everyday clothes. He walked downstairs, only to see Gwen sitting on the couch and reading one of the books.

He knew she was going to spend hours reading the books and she wouldn't stop, until she's read every book there is in his dad's library.

"You know you can change your clothes, right? My mom had many clothes that are your size." Kevin said, noticing that Gwen was wearing her stained, dusted and ripped clothes.

"I don't think that's a good idea..." Gwen softly said, with sympathy in her voice. He knew why she said that, but he chose to ignore it.

"It's fine." He said, assuring her that he doesn't mind. "You can go change now." She still looked unsure but she went upstairs anyways.

Kevin opened the TV, hoping to find a channel that will keep him entertained. As he was changing the channels, he noticed that almost none of the channels were working apart from the news channel. He didn't bother looking for an other one, he just turned the volume up.

"Warning. Gwen Tennyson and Kevin Levin wanted for-" Kevin closed the TV and sighed. He was so not in the mood for this.

He heard footsteps and he turned around, guessing it was Gwen. She was coming downstairs and she looked gorgeous. She was now wearing a short, yellow dress that was actually simple. It wasn't too baggy but not too tight either. Her hair was down and not in a ponytail, like it usually is.

Kevin couldn't take his eyes off her but he was trying his best not to make it too obvious.

"I couldn't find anything else comfortable in my size." She said, noticing that Kevin was staring at her.

Kevin cleared his throat and shook his head, bringing his self back to reality.

"It looks good." Kevin said, and turned the other way, smirking. He knew that would annoy her.

""Good"? That's it?" Gwen calmly said, but he could hear how irritated she was.

She knew he did it on purpose and she wasn't sure why she was reacting this way. She thought they were done with the arguments but clearly, that wasn't the case here.

Gwen went upstairs and Kevin let out a loud chuckle.

Kevin shook his head and smirked and decided he'll come in terms with the red head later. Now he had more serious things to worry about, like what he's going to eat.

He walked in the kitchen and opened the fridge, not really surprised to see that it was empty. He hoped he would find something in the cupboards or drawers, but no such luck.

He walked upstairs, to tell the red head about their new problem. He wasn't really expecting to find her in the bedroom but he checked anyways. He walked to the library and he saw her sitting in one of desks, reading her spell book.

"There isn't any food." He said, aggressively. Gwen raised her head to look at him and she shot him a death glare.

"And what do you expect me to do?" Gwen said, crossing her hands on her chest.

"Isn't there a magic spell that can brings us food?" Kevin said, with a serious face.

"I'm an Anodite, not a witch." Gwen said, and turned her head to continue reading her book.

"Same thing." He said.

"I might have a spell that could help us." Gwen said, completely ignoring Kevin's remark.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" It wasn't that he didn't trust Gwen. She was smart but this plan didn't seem so promising.

"Not really.."

"What do you mean no r-"

"Rest Ituo nowitus wespinaetro itus vigoratus perrwita!" When Gwen said these, strange to Kevin, words a dull light appeared around them. And their appearances changed.

Gwen had long, blonde hair now and bright, blue eyes. She was wearing a pastel pink, short skirt, a black tank top and white flats. She had a white necklace around her neck and a white bracelet around her wrist.

Kevin had short, brown hair and hazel brown eyes. His shirt was a dark, blue color with black stripes and his jeans were a light, jean color. His shoes were black and it completed his "basic guy" look.

"Woah" Kevin said as he looked in the mirror. He was checking himself out from every angle. Even though he definitely preferred his normal face, this wasn't too bad.

"Oh.." Gwen sighed in exhaustion. These spells seemed to take a lot of her energy and they left her weak.

"You okay?" Kevin asked with a worried look and voice. Gwen looked like she was going to pass out every second now and her face was pale.

"I'm fine." She said, holding her head and shutting her eyes.

"These spells just take a lot of my energy." She explained and she opened her eyes, trying to stand up straight.

"Maybe you should lay down for a while." It was the second time she looked this exhausted and he didn't really like it.

"Kevin, I'm okay. Really." Gwen was just as stubborn as him and she was definitely not going to admit she wasn't okay.

"You don't look okay to me. You need to rest." Kevin looked so concerned.

Before Gwen could say anything else, Kevin picked her up, bridal style. Gwen didn't fight, she was way too tired to do that. He laid her down on the couch, without saying anything else.

"I don't think using these spells is a good idea." Kevin said, as he sat next to her on the couch, lookig at her.

"Well, we do need them..." She defended and a frown formed on Kevin's face.

"Promise me you won't use the spell book again." Kevin said, staring at her right in the eye.

"Kevin..." Gwen sighed, knowing they will eventually need the spell book again. She couldn't promise that.

"Okay, how about you only use it when it's an emergency? And I mean when there is no other way to do things... Not like now." He had a weak, promising smile on his face and Gwen look unsure. But he looked so worried, so concerned for her well being and she wasn't even sure if she could say no.

"Fine..." She decided to agree with his "deal". Not that she had an other option anyways.

"I think we should get going now." Gwen said, getting up.

"Yeah, good idea." He said, and he stood up as well.

"You know we need money to shop, right?" Gwen said, jokingly just as Kevin opened the front door, ready to go outside.

"Oh right." He said and he hurried upstairs.

When he came downstairs he was holding money, enough to buy food for the both of them.

Gwen didn't want to question where he got the money from, she just nodded and they both walked outside.

The center wasn't so busy but there were still many people and some knights around. Even if their disguise made them unrecognizable, they wouldn't want to attract too much attention.

Despite their disguise, they still felt anxious and Gwen kept occasionally looking towards the knights direction.

"If you keep looking at them like that, they'll think something's up." The now, brown haired Kevin whispered to Gwen's ears as she was buying vegetables and looking at the knights.

"I can't help it. Who knows what they may be up to." She said and tried not to look at them so intensely.

"We'll buy food and then go back home. It'll be fine." Kevin said, trying to comfort the blonde Gwen.

She nodded and they continued looking to buy food. Gwen would still look the place, just to check what's going on unlike the other people around there.

As she was walking, looking behind her she bumped on a man and she fell down along with the stuff she was holding.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't see you." A blonde guy with blue eyes, really tall and muscular was staring at her. He looked so much like someone Gwen used to know. Cooper...

"Cooper?" Gwen said, staring right in his eyes forgetting about her disguise for a second.

Cooper didn't answer, he just looked at her in confusion. He didn't recognize her because of her disguise. He had no idea who she was and how she knew his name.

"How do you know my name?"

All the memories came back to Gwen. How her and Cooper, would spend so much time together and they were close. The "team"..Julie, Ben, Cooper and her... They were unstoppable together.

The flashbacks of how all the other kids would tease Cooper...

"Cooper likes Gwen!" The 10 years old Ben yelled, pointing at the two young Cooper and Gwen sitting on a bench and talking.

"Stop it, doofus!" Gwen yelled, defending her friend Cooper who seemed quite uncomfortable with the whole situation.

"Cooper and Gwen sitting in a tree. K-i-s-s-i-n-g!" Ben sang with that obnoxious smile Gwen hated.

"Ben if you don't stop right now..." Gwen stopped talking for a second, thinking of a good threat to make him stop. Ben had a satisfying look on his face, when he saw that Gwen had stopped talking. He had his arms crossed on his chest now.

"I'm going to tell grandpa you want some of the food he cooked." When Gwen said that, Ben's face changed from satisfaction to fear. Cooper tried to cover his mouth, but a few chuckles escaped. Gwen had the same reaction as Cooper had.

"No! Okay fine, I'll stop! I'm sorry Cooper!" Ben said and he ran off to the forest. When Ben was far away, Cooper and Gwen burst out laughing. They were laughing so hard that tears were formed in their eyes.

"I think we should go find him before he gets lost." Cooper said and Gwen nodded.

"How do you know my name?" Cooper repeated, the tone of his voice slightly louder now.

"I...Um..." The blonde Gwen, completely lost her words. She couldn't think of an excuse, or a lie.

"Hey Gwen, do you thi-" Kevin stopped talking when he saw the blonde Gwen on the ground and a tall, muscular guy above her.

"Hey you! Watch where you're going!" Kevin didn't hesitate, he ran towards the guy and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.

"Kevin no! It was an accident!" Gwen yelled at the brown haired Kevin, as she got up and he let him go.

"Gwen?" Cooper said, with an unsure look. She definitely didn't look like the Gwen he knew but, he didn't know an other Gwen that could possibly know his name.

"I can explain." Gwen said, not knowing what else to say. He looked so confused. After all these years, she knew she could still trust him. He wouldn't betray her.

"Explain what? You can't just trust people!" Kevin yelled, having no idea who that guy was. He didn't trust him obviously but he didn't exactly give him the best first impression.

Gwen completely ignored what Kevin said and walked towards Cooper.

"Okay... I'm confused..." Cooper said, staring at her. She spoke like Gwen and she sounded like Gwen. But he was still unsure.

"I know. And it's a long story, really." Gwen said, in an apologetic voice.

"Start from the beginning..." Cooper said, giving her the "go on" look and encouraging her to speak.

Gwen told him everything, from how he saved the little boy to how she ended up here now. Cooper still looked unsure but he didn't think that the girl had a reason to lie. Of course he remembers how Gwen had powers, so he wouldn't be so surprised if she was stronger now.

"What are you going to do now?" Cooper asked, with a sympathetic look on his face.

"Save mom. Dad is still outside the country so he has no idea for any of these." Gwen explained, saddened by the fact that she caused everything. It was her fault her mom was in danger and so was hers and Kevin's life.

"None of these is your fault." Cooper said as he noticed the face of guilt Gwen had. He walked closer and he put his arm on her shoulder.

For some reason, Kevin didn't trust or like Cooper at all. Something about him seemed to give him a bad impression...

"Why aren't you at the scanning progress?" A knight walked towards them, yelling.

"The scanning progress?" Gwen turned around to look at the knight, raising her eyebrow.

"Hex said the Anodite will try tricks and disguises. So everyone must go through the scanning progress where they check if you have any alien powers, it's an order." The knight said, in an aggressive voice.

The three teens looked at each other with fear. They knew there was no way out, they had to fight.

Kevin immediately absorbed a wooden barrel that was next to them and his voice changed to wood. When he absorbed the barrel, his disguise also came off and he looked like the usual Kevin, but in wooden form.

Before the knight could react, Kevin ran towards him and hit him with all his power.

"Now I can see why he is so aggressive." Cooper said, as he saw what the Osmosian just did.

Kevin smirked and he was about to say something, but something caught his attention. Two knights were staring at them and they saw everything.

"They're here!" They both yelled and the three teens froze.

"Run!" Kevin yelled and Gwen and Cooper did as he said.

Over 50 knights were after them and it seemed like more and more were coming. Gwen glowed a bright, pink color and her disguise came off. She shot mana plates to the knight's direction and she knocked some of them out.

They took a wrong turn and now they were at a dead end. A huge, brick wall was blocking their way and the knights were coming.

"I'll hold them back." Cooper said, with a determined look and Gwen's eyes widened.

"Cooper no! There's too many of them!" Gwen yelled, completely disagreeing with his plan. After all those years, Gwen was still Cooper's weakness and he could not say no to her. But when it came to her safety, he could be just as stubborn as her.

"I'll be fine. Gwen, go." Cooper's voice softened. He was trying to assure her that he'll be okay.

Gwen sighed and she nodded. The steps of the knights were getting closer and closer and they would be here, any second now.

"Gwen, we need to move!" Kevin yelled and she formed mana stairs, to go over the brick wall.

They were running and a loud explosion was heard from the direction Cooper and the knights were.

"Cooper..." Gwen said, holding her mouth with her hand. She blinked away the tears that were in her eyes and they started running again.

Soon after, the knights were after them again. But this time, they were surrounded and there was no way out.

They knew that meant a fight and they were ready.

"Surrender! There is no way to escape from Hex." One of the knights said.

"I don't think so." Kevin said and he absorbed the ground, his body turning to stone now.

A knight shot, their laser gun to them and Gwen used her shield to block it.

More of the knights started shooting and Gwen's shield was slowly falling apart.

"I can't hold it much longer!" Gwen yelled, shutting her eyes.

They both knew they were in a really bad situation. If they didn't react fast enough, the knights would win.

Kevin was looking around to find a way out and Gwen put out her spell book, going through the pages.

"Uh Gwen. I don't want to disappoint you but this is not the time for reading." Kevin said, as he noticed what the red haired girl was doing.

"Eo Recedentia!" When Gwen said those words they were back at the house.

Gwen passed out from exhausting and Kevin caught her before she hit the ground.

"Gwen!" Kevin yelled and he picked her up bridal style, walking upstairs. He opened the door to the bedroom and he laid her down on the bed.

"Did it work?" Gwen said weakly, opening her eyes.

"I thought you promised me not to use the spell book again." Kevin said worried, as a frown was formed on his face.

"It was an emergency." Gwen said and Kevin knew there was no way for him to win this disagreement.

"Look, I'm sorry for your friend... Cooper." Kevin said with a sympathetic voice, knowing what it feels like losing a friend and someone close to you.

"I feel guilty." Gwen admitted but Kevin was pretty sure she said that because she was exhausted and completely out of it.

"Don't. He chose to do what he did and there was nothing you could do to change his mind. He knew what he was doing." Kevin tried to comfort her even if he wasn't very good with words.

"No... I mean all of these. What happened to mom, to Ken, now Cooper too. And your life is in danger because of me." Gwen said and Kevin understood why she said that. He felt the same way after what happened to his parents and he didn't want anyone else to feel that way. But right now a selfless girl, a girl who would risk her life just to save an innocent person, told him she felt that way and he hated it. If it was for anyone else, he wouldn't really care. But even though he would never admit it, he cared for her. And when you care for someone you don't want them to feel this way.

"You know with this logic, it's also my fault that Argit is a bastard." Kevin joked, hoping to make her forget about it. It worked because Gwen smiled.

There was a small silence after that.

"Thank you." Gwen said and Kevin looked at her with a confused look.

"For?" Kevin said, waiting for an answer.

"For everything." She said and she just noticed how close they were. It was like when they were in the library, yesterday.

Kevin turned his head around, in thought and Gwen moved her head closer, to kiss him on the cheek. Just when she did that, Kevin turned around and their lips touched.

Gwen was stunned, she was not expecting that. Her cheeks turned a red color and she felt had butterflies in her stomach. She remembered that her friends would talk to her about it, after their first kiss. The kiss was no longer than 3 seconds but it still triggered that butterfly feeling everyone was talking about. But the thing is, when her friends said that, it was because they were in love. Is she in love with Kevin...?

"I..." When they broke apart, they both were left speechless.

"You need to rest." Kevin said, finally regaining his ability to speak.

"No. I'm fine." Gwen said and Kevin knew she was stubborn but he wasn't backing up this time.

"Rest." He said again, hoping to convince her this way.

"Kevin, I'm fine." Gwen said and Kevin was trying to think of something else so she can agree.

"Please?" He said with a frown on his face, hoping to be more convincing this way.

"Okay..." She said with a disappointed look on her face.

Kevin left the room and Gwen closed her eyes, trying to sleep.

That was chapter 9! I hope you enjoyed it.

First Gwevin kiss! Well, if you can count 3 seconds as a kiss. Next chapters will have more fluff in them.

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