Note: I am hating this day. Hey guys, watch out for my new story, it's coming any day now. But for now, enjoy!

I do not own Ben 10 but I really wish I did...

Chapter 9: Finally!

"I must say, this is totally amazing", Julie said, amazed, as she explored the place they were staying in for the weekend. It was better than a mansion and it's full of entertainment an earthling can't imagine.

"I told you there are good reasons why we hang out with Kevin", Ben said as he entered the room. Kevin and Gwen followed.

"I can't believe this!", she said as she ran up after Julie," How'd you do it, Kev?", she asked curiously.

"Did you forget? I have my contacts", he replied jokingly," Cmon, I'll show you around", he said as he ushered his friends to the other rooms.

"Kevin, is this even legal?", Gwen asked, hoping this wouldn't get them arrested.

"Haven't thought of that one, probably", he said as he showed them the living room. They stayed in the fireplace for a while, absorbing the warm temperature.

"Ha, knowing Kevin, it's 50-50. Don't be surprised when the plumbers burst in here with a warrant arrest", Ben joked as a robot chauffeur came in, handing them free meals.

"I didn't know Plumbers bother with warrant arrests", Julie told them, as she took one burger and a smoothie.

"Well, it's an intergalactic warrant arrests. But before they do, they have to go first to the intergalactic council to finish up the job. It's much more complicated than on earth", Gwen explained as she took the fries Kevin offered to her.

Kevin and Ben were on a conversation too, as the girls changed their topic every now and then as the time goes.

"These smoothies taste like Mr. Smoothie's. But not that near", he said as he sipped eagerly two smoothies in his hands.

Kevin looked at him, disgusted. He was a lot like a child.

"Yeah, not that near. Hey, I guess it's time for dinner. I'll go get Gwen", he said standing up.

"Hey, can we join in?", Ben asked hopingly as he stood up next to him.

" I let you fly rustbucket 3 'cause you promised not to bother us here . You can't join in! There are seperate rooms, you and Julie take the other one", he suggested to him.

"Fine, but I'll take her first to the arcade", he said as he grabbed Julie and headed for the arcade room.

Kevin let Gwen stand then lead her to the room where dinner was going to be served.

"I'll bet you ten bucks that you're hungry", he said surely as he hold her chair for her to sit.

"Then say goodbye to your dearest ten bucks. We just ate a meal, how come dinner is already served?", she asked, sitting in her comfy chair and looking at her boyfriend sit in the opposite side of the longest table she'd ever seen.

"What was that? I didn't catch the last phrase!", he yelled, enough for her to hear.

Gwen rolled her eyes. Is this what's really like being royalty 'cause if it is, she'd prefer her normal life.

"I said I'm still full!", she yelled back at him but he just shook his head and shrugged," Oh, forget this", she told herself.

She stood up and walked over to where Kevin was sitting. It was a long walk and how Kevin managed to walk all that way in a blink of an eye is really unknown. Kevin just followed his gaze on Gwen, wearing a wide grin on his face.

"Do you need some salt?", he asked her sarcastically as she motioned for him to get up.

"Whose bright idea was it to build an unimaginable dinner table like these?", she asked him, waiting for an answer.

He thought of a witty reply but he really didn't know much about royal people. How was he to know who build their tables?

"I'm pretty sure it's the Chinese people", he replied as she grabbed his arm, leading him to the gallery," Where are we going, exactly?", he asked, letting her figure out their direction.

"Just anywhere that's not too fancy", she replied as she looked at the paintings in the hallways. They were pretty amazing, he admitted, but he was never into it. He yawned widely as Gwen excitedly went through every painting.

"Am I boring you?", she asked irritatingly as she noticed him yawning.

"A little", he replied and saw Gwen's pretty face turned over with wrath," Gwen, this is a date, can't we go somewhere that we both can enjoy?", he asked and moaned at the same time.

Gwen knew he wasn't really interested in art, nor literature.

"Of course, I'm sorry. Where do you want to go?", she asked hoping that this activity didn't involve cars or any deadly weapons.

Gwen literally screamed as she hid behind Kevin who was really laughing, seeing his girlfriend's reaction.

"Kevin, make it stop!", she ordered, fear undeniably in her tone of voice. There was a massive spider crawling towards them, it's pincers abnormally communicating for them to leave him alone.

"How can you be so scared? You're a powerful anodite, you can kill it with one blast", he said as he lead her towards the path where they were supposed to go out.

He suggested going to the House of Fears which she merely agreed, mostly because he dared her to. This portable house seemed to have it all, except for a roller coaster.

"I'm arachnophobic! Of course I'm scared!" she yelled still behind Kevin, giving him a slight thud in the head.

He chuckled and rubbed his head," Man, I wish Ben was here", he said hopingly as they struggled to find an exit. It was a long way out.

Then they heard a blood-hurdling scream of a girl as two figures came from behind them. Kevin was getting a bit frightened. The two didn't stop running and bumped on them, causing them to fall.

"Ben, what happened?", Gwen asked, eyes widening as she peaked behind to see what it was.

"This place is cursed! Is this a horror movie or something?", he asked, sweating as he helped Julie up on her feet. Kevin helped Gwen stand as their hands gripped one another.

Julie hugged Ben and he kissed her forehead.

"So what made Julie scream?", Kevin asked, not letting go of Gwen since now.

"What? I didn't scream", she replied looking at him, definitely hiding her smile to herself. Kevin burst into a fit of laughter as Gwen and Julie joined in.

"I can't believe the great wielder of the omnitrix screamed like a girl. Dude, that is totally embarrassing", he remarked as he tried to find his normal breathing again.

Ben's face turned red as he tried to find some sort of denial for his act. He couldn't hide it as there were only four of them. He turned around with Julie and went on with the path.

"Not. One. Word", he said firmly, not looking back at them.

"What was it, Julie?", Gwen eagerly asked, as they began to follow the couple.

Julie looked up at Kevin. She really doesn't want to add this to Ben's humiliation.

"I'll tell you later but first", she said then ran to Gwen to whisper something.

Gwen squealed in delight as Julie smiled at her," You two are engaged? That's something you don't see everyday", Gwen remarked, as she looked at Kevin encouragingly.

Kevin gave Ben the thumbs-up then looked up at them as they walked happily. Gwen looked grim as she remembered the whole deal thing with her grandmother. Ben was going to be married and Kevin seemed like he's got no plans for her. Kevin noticed this and stopped in their tracks. Ben looked behind and he motioned for them that he can handle this. They walked away worriedly, in silence.

"What's wrong, Gwen?", he asked, as he walked in front of her as they were face to face.

"I just remembered something, let's keep walking", she said as she started walking again. Kevin held her firmly.

"No, I know what you're thinking. Don't fret about it, Gwen", he said as he cupped her face with his hands. Gwen looked up at him as he pulled out the ring he bought for her in his pocket. It was exactly the color of her eyes which made it think it was perfect. Although it did robbed him a lot, it was worth it, which is not a smart thing to tell a girl.

Gwen looked totally shocked and confused as Kevin showed the ring in front of her. Silent tears were flowing from her dazzling eyes.

"Marry me", he asked hopingly. Actually it was more like an order than a question but she only nodded eagerly letting him put the ring on her finger. Kevin brushed away her tears and kissed her passionately. She kissed back with pleasure. The kiss was broken by a pair of crazy little drooling toddlers bit Kevin's knee. He shrugged it off and punched it. They were robots. After getting back to reality, they only laughed to each other.

"I hope you pick our wedding place in a decent one, Kevin. It's not actually a good story to tell our children that we were married in a unique place like this. Besides, my parents would freak if they've seen our wedding pictures with creepy spiders and snakes crawling all over our heads", she said as they head on walking.

Kevin grinned," You know, that gives me a great idea", he joked, as Gwen glared at him angrily," I'm kidding, of course. I can't let my wife get permanently scarred by her own wedding", he finished.

"Thank you", she replied.

Ben and Julie were waiting for them just under the sign, 'Enter and face your greatest fears'. They smiled as they saw the two.

"You two okay?", Julie asked, curiously.

"Never better", Kevin and Gwen said simultaneously.

The pair of couples began to walk again as they made themselves ready for what they would face before getting out of this place and for the life ahead of them.

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