Chapter 1

Ben's p.o.v

"Why isn't there any action? It's so quiet and peaceful. I feel useless." I complained. Gwen sighed.

"You should be happy that it's quiet at the moment. The DNAliens haven't done anything suspicious this last month. Which means that you've had time to study, right?" She said. I stared at her.

"Yeah… Study." I said and sighed again. Kevin sighed too.

"You know. I'm actually with Ben on this one. I'm kind of useless when I'm not doing anything alien related." He said. Gwen smiled.

"Well, not entirely useless. Don't forget what you promised. I have to go. I'll see you later guys." She said and left.

"Bye Gwen." I and Kevin said at the same time.

"So… What did you promise her?" I asked and looked at the raven haired guy standing next to me. Kevin leaned against his car.

"I promised her to take her to this stupid dance at her school." He answered. I smiled at him.

"That's great! She really likes you." I said. Kevin shook his head.

"But I don't like her. I mean I do like her, but not in the girlfriend way." He said. I looked at him.

"She knows that. She told me yesterday that you like someone else." I told him. He stared at me.

"How did she know?" He asked. So it was true.

"How should I know? Who's the lucky girl?" I asked teasingly. Kevin grinned.

"I'm not telling you, but she may be closer than you think."

I was lying in my bed. I was really sleepy. I closed my eyes and yawned. Kevin was supposed to pick up Gwen in an hour. He was trying on Grandpa Max's old suit, standing in front of a mirror in another room. Suddenly I felt a pair of lips upon my own. The kiss was soft and didn't last very long. The person who kissed me withdrew and I opened my eyes. The room was empty and the only other person in the house was Kevin, but I could definitely hear him swear over the bow tie. Maybe I dreamed it all? That could be it.

"BEN!" Kevin screamed and charged into the room.

"How the hell do you tie these?" He asked and held the bow tie in front of my face. I giggled lightly and took it from him. Standing up I began to tie it around his neck. Did I see a faint blush painted across his cheeks? No, I was probably imagining it or it really was there, but probably because of the stress and not some random kiss.

"What's the name of the girl you like? I'm really curious." I said and smiled towards him. Kevin looked at me and started to grin.

"Are you jealous of her?" He asked. I blushed.

"No, I'm not. I don't like you. I mean I do like you, but not in that kind of way. I like girls in that way. I… Forget it." I said and lay down on my bed again. Kevin laughed.

"You will definitely attract guys if you blush and act all embarrassed like that Tennyson." He said. I threw my pillow on him.

"Shut up Kevin!" I said. He continued laughing as he left the room to go pick up Gwen.

"Bored." I mumbled and sat up. How long had Kevin and Gwen been gone? The clock showed me that they'd only been on the dance for two hours. I sighed.

"Really? Then what am I supposed to do?" I left my room, putting on my green jacket as I did so. It didn't take me long to leave the house and walk a block. It was kind of nice outside. A light wind made the leaves rustle. I pulled the jacket tighter around myself. It was colder than I had expected. I suddenly found myself outside of Gwen's school. Kevin's car stood parked just a few meters from where I was standing. I could hear the music from the dance. Gwen was probably having fun. Kevin on the other hand… He would manage.

"Ben Tennyson?" A girl's voice said from behind me. I turned around.

"Yes?" I said. She was cute. She had long brown hair and big blue eyes. I smiled at her and she smiled back.

"I've been looking for you." She said.

"Oh, what do you want?" I asked her. It couldn't be too important. Her smile turned into a mean looking grin.

"To kill you." She hissed and threw herself forward. One of her hands grabbed my left wrist; pressing it against the nearest car and her other hand closed itself around my throat. I gasped. She was unbelievable strong. I couldn't breath and I couldn't reach the omnitrix. I clawed at her arm and tried to kick her. She just continued putting pressure on my neck. Black dots started to appear in my vision.

"Ben!" It sounded like Kevin and Gwen. I wasn't really sure. I tried to breath, but couldn't. Suddenly the pressure disappeared and I fell down on the ground, coughing. Someone lifted my head.

"He's okay Kevin!" It was Gwen's voice. I didn't really care. I could finally breathe. Slowly my vision turned to normal and I could se my cousin's worried face. Kevin was swearing somewhere near.

"Ben? Are you okay?" She asked worriedly. I nodded slowly.

"What were you doing there?" Kevin asked as he was driving the car. Gwen sat beside me in the backseat. She was still a bit worried.

"I was just out for a walk." I said and grimaced. I was really hoarse and my throat hurt like hell. Dark marks had appeared on my neck. My parents would have freaked out. Luckily enough the were gone for the whole week. Gwen touched one off the marks.

"Oh Ben. Are you sure you're okay?" She asked. I nodded lightly.

"Yeah, I'm just a little dizzy." I mumbled. The truth was that I wasn't just a little dizzy. The whole world was spinning. Kevin stopped the car outside of Gwen's house. He looked at her.

"Don't worry Gwen. I'll stay at Ben's house the whole night and if something happens I'll call you." He said. She nodded and left the car.

"Good night." She said and Kevin drove away. He parked on the driveway outside of my house and stepped out of the car. He then went to the backseat and opened the door. To my surprised he grabbed me to pull me out of the car and lift me bridal style.

"What are you doing?" I asked. Kevin carried me inside.

"You look like you're about to faint. There's no way you can walk by yourself." He answered. I smiled weakly.

"Hehe… I didn't know you could be this nice." I mumbled. He didn't answer me. He soon carefully put me down in my bed.

"I'll just sleep on the floor." He mumbled.

Kevin's p.o.v

Ben was asleep. The marks on his neck looked awful. It had been a real chock. Gwen and I had decided to leave the dance and when we get outside we see Ben getting strangled by some random lady. I sat down on mattress I had carried to his room. I didn't really feel like leaving him alone. Someone was obviously trying to kill him. I made sure that he was breathing normally before I sat down beside him. Who had that lady been? She had been really strong. I looked at Ben again. I had been the one to save him. It felt really good. Almost as good as when I made him blush. Ben would probably never get to know that the one I liked actually was himself. When I saw him lying there sleeping I felt like kissing him. I couldn't resist. I carefully placed a kiss upon his lips. I had already done it one time that day and it felt just as good this time. He didn't wake up. I watched him for a couple of minutes before I lay down on my own mattress to sleep. Ben would probably never love me like I loved him and therefore he would never get to know of my feelings for him. I sighed and closed my eyes. Hopefully no one would try to kill him tomorrow.

Ben's p.o.v

I slowly opened my eyes. My throat didn't really feel any better. I sat up and looked around. Everything in my room was normal except from the mattress on the floor. Kevin wasn't there. I slowly got out of bed to go fetch a glass of water. I was really thirsty. To my surprise I found Kevin in the kitchen.

"Kevin?" I said, surprised. He looked up from the frying pan.

"Good morning Ben." He said and continued frying the eggs. I watched him do it. Now that I thought about it I couldn't remember having seen Kevin cook before. I opened one of the cupboards to retrieve a glass and fill it with water. Then I sat down at the table. I took a sip of the water while watching Kevin. He glanced over at me.

"Did you sleep well?" He asked and turned off the stove. I nodded and put the empty glass on the table.

"Yeah, thanks for helping me yesterday." I said. It hurt to talk, but I didn't sound as hoarse as the day before. Kevin grinned.

"No problem princess." He said and put a plate of two fried eggs in front of me. I looked up at him. I decided to let the princess comment slide.

"You know I could make breakfast on my own, right?" I asked. Kevin nodded.

"I know, but I woke up early and was bored. Eat." He said and handed me a fork. I slowly began to eat. It was good, but I didn't say anything. I wanted to save my throat from the pain as much as possible. We ate in silence. It was a nice kind of silence.

"Gwen's coming over." Kevin said. I had just gotten out of the shower. My hair was still damp. Kevin grinned and grabbed the towel to dry my hair.

"I'm not a child Kevin. I can do it myself." I complained and tried to snatch back the towel, but he had a firm grip on it. I sighed and gave up.

"Of course not. You're a princess. A damsel in distress. We can't let you do such dangerous acts as drying your hair alone." Kevin said and laughed. I blushed.

"I'm not a princess, nor am I a damsel in distress." I said. Kevin didn't answer, but he stopped drying my hair and took a step back.

"There. It's all dry now princess." He said. I glared at him as he left the room with the towel. I would so get back at him for this later. Right now I had homework to take care up. I went to my room and sat down by the desk. I could always start with math. Y= 4/2 – (-9/3). That was easy.

"You're doing homework?" Kevin's voice said from behind me.

"Yes, the last homework before the summer holidays." I answered him and continued solving the problems.

Kevin's p.o.v

So Ben was doing homework? I walked over to him to look at what appeared to be math.

"I didn't know you were good at math." I said. Ben laughed quietly.

"Just because I'm bad at biology doesn't mean I'm bad at everything involving school." He said. I nodded.

"I know. You're good at soccer." I said and put my hands on his shoulders. He didn't seem to mind. He just continued solving his math problems. Maybe I could be a little bolder? I slowly let my hands travel forward until they rested on his chest. Did his heart beat faster than normal? I could see that he had stopped writing. His hand was shaking lightly.

"W-what are you doing Kevin?" He stuttered. He didn't look at me. I grinned. It was nice to know it was I who made him this flustered. Maybe I had a chance after all? I leaned closer until my lips were right beside his ear.

"Ben. I want to tell you something." I whispered. I could feel him shiver beneath my fingers.

"W-what?" He stuttered, the pen falling from his hand and rolling down on the floor. I carefully bit him in the ear. He gasped with surprise. I opened the mouth to speak when the doorbell rang. I sighed heavily and let go of Ben. I had to make up some kind of excuse.

"You're so easy to tease Tennyson." I said and left to open the door. Gwen had such a bad timing.

Ben's p.o.v

"You're so easy to tease Tennyson." Kevin said and left the room to open the door for Gwen. My face was burning from embarrassment. I couldn't believe that Kevin had done that to tease me! My heart was beating like a mad drummer. I took a deep breath to try and calm down. It didn't help much. Why in the world did I react like this? I should be mad or something. Why did I only feel embarrassed and a bit nervous? I didn't get it at all. I bent down to pick up the pencil when Kevin and Gwen entered the room. Gwen stared at my face, so did Kevin, but he seemed kind of satisfied with my blush.

"Stop staring at me." I mumbled and turned away from them to try and continue doing my homework.

"What did you do to him Kevin?" I heard Gwen say. Kevin laughed.

"I just teased him a little." He answered her.

"Teased him?" She said and I could hear them leave the room. I put down the pencil. I couldn't concentrate. I sighed and went to lie down on my bed instead. I buried my face in the pillow, still trying to calm my heart. I hadn't expected it at all. What would the girl Kevin likes say? Someone entered the room and sat down on the bed. From the weight I guessed it was Gwen.

"Are you okay Ben?" She asked. Yes, it was definitely Gwen. I could feel her fingers playing with my hair.

"Yes." I said to the pillow. She laughed.

"Wow, he really got you embarrassed. What did he do?" She asked curiously. I sat up and looked at her.

"I'm not embarrassed. I'm mad!" I exclaimed. She smiled.

"Of course you are. Don't go falling for him Ben. I don't think you will be able to escape if you do." She said and left the room. I stared at the door. What?

I'll post the next chapter on tuesday as a birthday present for myself! Look forward to it!