Disclaimer: Don't own Ben 10 'cause MOA does. Like, seriously? I've only mentioned this a hundred times already!

A/N: La di da :) I don't know why I'm all musical of a sudden...maybe because I've listened to music WAY too much. Ha ha :p Well, another Ben and Elena snippet :) I know that No Name said that he/she liked Ben and Elena...or was that someone else? Can't remember :l Well, if no one's gonna review, this is gonna go slow...so ONE review would be nice please...

Brooke: Ignore her. She's desperate.

Me: Shut up! Leave me alone!

Brooke: Oh, what was that? I don't speak idiot.

Me: OK, YOU KNOW WHAT? *rolls up sleeves* Read it guys. This could get ugly...

Big Damn Table

26. Teammates

Elena was different than all the other girls. No, she isn't an alien. She's all human. She is a Plumber, but that's not the case here. No way.

All of the other girls at my middle school wanted to "mature" and become "young women." How stuffing their bras and putting on make up was considered as becoming a lady, I don't know why. They were annoying and they always tried to hard to get a guy's attention. If anything, I wanted to be single. I had too much bad experience with girls from the past as a kid. I wanted to ignore girls, well, until high school at least. Get out of freaking middle school, where girls just tried to hard and met girls that had the effortless ability of being the girl that every guy wanted.

When Elena moved to Bellwood, it was like a slap to the face.

She was pretty by just herself. Light tan skin, brown eyes and dark black hair that past her shoulders a little. She didn't wear any make-up, just a pair of jeans, a Paramore tour t-shirt and some sneakers. When she walked in the classroom, the effects didn't get me until she sat in front of me. When we began to break the ice a little, she admitted that she played soccer. It was like the angels began to sing their chorus and floated me to heaven.

Thank God. A girl that can play soccer. My soccer team had a girl dry-spell for years, almost a decade. I just crossed my fingers, hoped that the girl was as great as she seemed and asked her to tryout at practice after school. After that only class with her, I kept wishing to myself that this girl was incredible. If she was then...well...I didn't know what I'd do.

When she arrived, all the other guys sneered at her and I stood by to support her. After a few insults hurled at her, she had about enough and proved to all of us that she wasn't going to be intimidated by a bunch of guys. She made me her goalie protecter and faced against the toughest guy on our team. And she proved herself even more. He didn't even get past her, even when she let him kick the ball first. She smoothly caught the ball and dashed to the other goal. She waited for the guy to catch up, then flipped, kicking the ball into the net with ease. I couldn't move for a moment.

This girl was incredible. I was glad that I didn't doubt her at all. After I helped her onto her feet, the coach showed himself and wanted to hug Elena. Apparently Elena was the exact person we needed on the team. Elena smiled at me knowingly then gave me a small shake on my shoulder. "Thanks. For letting me show myself."

"No, thank you. Without you moving here, this team would have no girls forever, unless there was some sort of miracle." I paused. "Well, not that it's bad to not have any girls...I mean, I...crap. I can't speak."

She laughed, shaking her head. "Whatever. It's cool. Lemme call my dad and tell him the big news." She dashed to her bag and pulled out her cell phone. As she called her dad, the guys watched her with interest and a little bit a curiousity. I rolled my eyes. First, they get owned, then they keep eyeing her like a dog and a juicy T-Bone.

"You brought her 'ere, eh boy?"

"Uh, yeah coach," I nodded. The coach gave me a pat on the back and I smiled. "Did I do well?"

"Hell yes son. You kiddin' me? That's the best improvement I've seen. No offense of course. You're a great goalie, it's just-"

"Crappy defense and offense. Understandable coach." We exchanged grins and he rustled my hair.

"That's my man. Now you kids head for the showers. It's gettin' late."

I nodded and told the other guys this. They all head to the locker room and I watched as Elena put her cell phone in her backpack. I realized something. "No cleats?"

Elena looked down at her sneakers and shrugged. "Don't need 'em. Too expensive for some spiky shoes. I can handle my leverage with any surface. I'm totally fine." She threw her bookbag over her shoulder with a smile. "Hey, uh...not to be weird but...maybe we should hang out some time. After school." She paused and my heart stumbled a beat. "Not as a date or anything."

"Oh, yeah, totally understandable. I know. You need to get to learn your new town. I totally-"

"Don't say 'understand.' That would be, like, the tenth time I've heard you using that."

I blushed. "Really?"

"Yeah. I totally understand though." She smirked at me, then walked away with a wave. "Bye Ben! Thanks again, for everything!"

I shouted back a "you're welcome" and head back to the locker rooms.

I know now that I did have a silly little crush. I got my heart broken, again, when Elena up and left Bellwood without a word. I went single and had a second chance-or third-with Julie Yamamoto. I've screwed up so may times with her, but I've learned from my mistakes.

I still remember Elena Validus as not only a crush. She was a friend. A strong girl that wasn't afraid to speak her mind. A MVP soccer player for our school's team. A Plumber's Kid.

And most importantly, a teammate.

A/N: The end :) Cheesy ending, I apologize. And I had that same "I understand" problem. It annoyed alot of people, but I learned to grow over it. Now it's Ben's turn to suffer xD Ha ha, well, hope you guys review! PLEASE!