Yes, I know I haven't updated this in a while. I've been working on a few one-shots and the other chapter in the 'night in the barn' story that i've written which will probably be updated next.
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She couldn't have been more at peace right. Eyes closed, hands clasped behind her head as the wind blew her hair. She breathed out gently, feeling the vibration of her shirt hitting against her jeans and shirt. It was like a massage over her body. She had never felt more alive in this position...well other than turning into an Antodyte when she went away with her grandmother for a few months out of the year. But on Earth, this was the closest. She could spend hours and hours just...floating until.
'BEEP'
'BEEP'
'BEEP'
Well, until her Plumber's badge disrupted her train of thought. She sighed angrily as she opened her eyes staring up at the clouds in the sky as she her body drifted over the clouds., her body glowing with power keeping her up in the sky.
"I'm not talking to you Ben" She gritted her teeth as she rolled her eyes. The voice was hesitant at first on the communicator before it finally answered.
"...I'm not Ben" It was Kevin's voice. Her eyes lit up in surprise.
"Kev?"
"...Yeah, so, I haven't heard from you in a while. I was wondering if you were free tonight?" He asked trying not to upset her. She thought for a moment, thinking of her grandfather and Ben.
"I can't" She winced her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Oh," He sounded disappointed enough to make her feel guilty.
"I mean...my cousin's been watching me constantly lately" She flipped over noticing her house and a green and black car parked outside of it.
"I can't just sneak out again. It's hard enough on my grandpa"
"Oh, I was just. My mum want's to meet you again; she saw you on t-v...with your cousin"
"Oh!"
"So, dinner? My house? 7pm if that's not past your curfew?"
Gwen frowned at the comment made towards her but none-the-less she continued to smile through it. She could trick her cousin and Julie would cover for her. She smirked.
"I'll be there"
"GREAT!...I mean..." He coughed.
"...Great"
She snickered lightly before switching her Plumber's badge off and turning back towards her house.
"Okay," She mumbled to herself, edging herself on to face her cousin again. She took a breathe in before spreading her arms out in front of her. She glided herself down towards the front door of her three story home.
Twisting the knob, she quietly creaked inside to find her grandfather asleep on the couch for his afternoon nap. She smiled, grabbing the blanket off the counter and gently placing it on his body before she walked upstairs towards her room.
It was messy, not her usual style, but between being injured and work, her studies had piled up. Physics books, magic books and scrunched up pieces of paper littered her floorboards and drenched her desk to the point where only her laptop and the current assignment she was working on was visible. Her grandfather had made a comment to her recently about cleaning it up otherwise it would be as big of a mess as Ben's room but she never believed him. I mean, she'll clean it up on the weekend; when she had time. Or later tonight. When she was in full-health she didn't really need sleep because well... antodytes didn't sleep; they didn't eat either. Why would they, they don't need energy; they are energy.
"I'll clean it up tonight" She decided before sitting at her desk and opening her laptop.
'Hey Julie' She began to type to her, setting up the diversion that her friend was more than happy to play along with. Julie would pick Gwen up on her scooter and in return, Gwen would take care of Ship while Julie was out of town. Both girl' gladly accepted. The redhead couldn't help but smile as she walked over to her dresser and ransacked through her clothes.
"Oh man, I've got nothing to wear" She muttered to herself, cursing herself for not going shopping at the weekend.
"It's his parent's; I have to wear something nice" She picked up a red top and black vest.
"He hasn't seen me in this yet; has he?" She asked herself but she shook her head.
"It'll do"
"What will do?" She turned to see her cousin at the entrance of her door, leaning back with a smoothie in his hand. She gritted her teeth, fuming that he was even speaking to her right now.
"Don't you knock! Get out of here Dooface" She grabbed a ball of scrunched paper on the side of her desk and threw it at him.
"Ow, hey" He brought his hands up shielding his face.
"Okay, I'm sorry; I'll knock next time. Geez" He walked over to her bed and sat down.
"...That wasn't an invitation to stay"
"What are you doing?" He asked completely ignoring her complaints.
"Why does it matter?" She muttered back not interested in talking to him. He shrugged taking another sip of his smoothie as he leaned against her pillows.
"Are you going out?"
She nodded.
"With who?"
"Julie?"
"What are you doing?"
"None of your business" She turned around staring daggers at the boy.
"Now would you please leave?"
He rolled his eyes, removing herself from his bed before he walked over to the door.
"Geez, I was just trying to make conversation" He gently closed her door. She groaned turning back to her clothes and trying to distract herself. If she blew up the house; she would be stuck fixing it. She sighed, throwing her shirt off and slowly placing the other one on including the vest and jeans. She smiled, running a hand through her fringe as she sat down at her computer and began typing up the rest of her assignment.
Hours ticked by and no noise from Ben could be heard. Her grandpa had come in once every few hours to check on her but other then that; she was allowed to enjoy her privacy and that in itself meant the world to Gwen. She closed her eyes and thought to herself about how much better off she would be with a little more freedom. Like a roadtrip again where they could just travel around the country and only have to worry about the occassional alien attack.
"Gwen!"
It would be nice and peaceful again. Like when she was 10.
"Gwen!"
No cares in the world other than-
"Gwen!" She opened her eyes to see her bestfriend at her side. The Asian American girl smiled back when the redhead flinched not noticing she had come in the room.
"First time I've ever snuck up on you before" Julie smirked standing up. It was true, Gwen could usual sense a spider crawling out in the backyard when she was sitting in her room. Not surprisingly, Julie didn't really have that much affect on her. She wasn't afraid of Julie but Ben. She didn't even have to blink and she could already see he was next door playing videogames.
"So you ready?" Julie asked passing Gwen a helmet.
Gwen smiled standing up and nodding.
"This is going to be great. I haven't seen his folks since I was injured" Gwen mumbled as she walked down the stairway towards the front door. Her grandpa was in the kitchen cooking up something Gwen had no interest in.
"You two off then?" He asked placing his oven mitt down on the counter as he stared at his granddaughter seeing a guilty look on her face. They were obviously up to something. His granddaughter was never a good liar.
"Movies" Julie butted in.
"We're seeing the Vampire movie" Gwen shrugged.
Max raised his eyebrow.
"You hate Jennifer Nocturn" Both girls frowned.
"We thought it would be fun to see how bad her acting is" The redhead tried to cover. Max shook his head pulling his granddaughter in for a tight hug.
"Just don't be getting into trouble okay. I don't want you laying on the couch for another month"
"It was three weeks" Gwen corrected as her grandpa released her. He smirked shaking her hair and letting the two girls leave.
"Don't be up too late, you've got school tomorrow" He called to her. She waved a hand towards her grandpa, waving goodbye.
Julie nudged her friend as they walked down the pathway.
"The Vampire movie?" Julie asked arching her eyebrow.
"I don't know; I couldn't think of anything else at the moment and it was advertising none-stop when I was injured" She placed on the white and blue striped helmet as Julie jumped on her scooter.
"Ready?" She asked starting the engine.
"Ready" The redhead replied wrapping her arms around her friends waist as they drove off.
She waved goodbye to her friend. Thanking her for the lift before she knocked at Kevin's door. A quick straightening of her outfit before the door was opened and there stood the Levin boy gawking at the girl.
He blushed madly as he saw her.
"Wow!" He muttered. She stared down at her clothing thinking.
She wasn't wearing anything that made her stand out. Yet, his remark still made her blush.
"Not bad yourself" She smirked back looking at the blue overshirt with 'Kev' written on it.
His blush worsened as he scratched the back of his neck and looked away from her.
"I uh, was working on my car"
She crossed her arms, leaning back as she arched her eyebrow.
"The new one she asked?"
He snickered uncomfortably before nodding.
"Yeah, she's a beauty"
"She?"
"Yeah, she. Cars are-"
"Kevin, is that your girlfriend" Kevin's eyes widened as his mother pushed his out of the way and stared down at the girl. She smiled happily as took in the girl's appearance. No longer hurt or injured or scared but happy and healthy. At least from what she could see.
"It's nice to see you again, Gwendolyn" She hugged the girl tightly.
"It's nice to see you two, Miss Levin. Sorry if I caused a hassle last time I was over" The redhead replied.
Mrs. Levin chuckled like it was a joke.
"None at all, Gwen. I'm so glad I got to meet you; Kevin never has guests round" His mother smiled.
"Well Kevin, don't just stand there; invite her in"
He immediately moved out of the way allowing the two women to move in through the door.
Mrs. Levin led the girl into the dining room where her husband was currently laying out the food for diner. At first he seemed a little taken back by the idea that she was coming over after Kevin had kidnapped her but then he had heard the story. The story Kevin had told his mum about the young Tennyson. She was just as dangerous as Kevin was. Heck, maybe even more powerful than the boy but she was sweet. He could see the genuine good in her.
"Hey, Gwen" He smiled, giving her a gentle hug in case she was still injured. She smiled returning the hug before he released her and took a good look at her.
"Look at you, all fixed up"
She smirked, "My grandma kinda speeding up the healing process"
"Yeah, Kevin did mention you were an alien"
She nodded before sitting down next to Kevin at the table, opposite his parents.
"So, how has the hospital been, Mrs. Levin?" Gwen asked quietly picking up her knife and fork and attending to her stake. Mrs. Levin looked up at the girl and responded.
"Oh, well we have such interesting patients come in; nothing I can talk about over the table" She laughed.
"Oh," Gwen smirked understanding what she meant.
"Were you planning on going into health-care? Or continuing being a Plumber alongside your cousin"
The redhead placed her knife and fork down thinking.
"I really wanted to be a doctor, you know study to become a surgeon, like my mum was" She stated, bringing her hands together and thinking about her past when it wasn't so bleak. A time when she would come back home and diner would be made at the table, she would sit and talk with her family. Sure she was afraid of her father but sometimes. Sometimes she missed them. Alot.
She was brought back into reality by Kevin placing his hand on hers and lacing his fingers within hers.
"You okay, Babe?" He mumbled into her ear.
"Huh," She was surprised when he called her babe. She hadn't really dated anyone in a while. Well, to be honest she had dated Cooper for a few weeks when they were kids but then the incident occurred and she never sought consolidation in the boy. She didn't seek consolidation in anyone except her grandpa and later on her grandma. They understood what she was, what she didn't mean to do and...
"Gwen,"
"Sorry," She placed a hand on her head trying to think of what they had just asked.
"I'll be at school for another year, after that university, maybe Antodyne after" She thought to herself.
"Antodyne?"
"Antodyte home-world. My grandma lives there. Grandpa was thinking about going to live there someday after Ben's grown up a bit" She snickered trying to make a light joke but no one else laughed. She coughed into her hand trying to break the awkward silence between them.
"...So your relationship with your cousin"
She sighed closing her eyes and thinking about her cousin.
"You saw the latest episode of Ben 10 live on t-v?" She asked.
They nodded.
She gulped.
"My cousin and I aren't going out. He just kissed me for publicity and to get more money off the producers"
"But you're related"
"Technically, not by DNA"
"Huh?"
"Antodytes don't have DNA, Mum" Kevin stated. She arched her eyebrow like he was insane.
"But how do they...?" She stared at the girl like she was crazy.
"Antodytes are formed; created. They're literally balls of energy with a brain" Kevin replied making Gwen turn her head.
"Could've said that a bit nicer" She muttered.
"Am I wrong?"
She turned her head away from him and removed her hand.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I just thought, Antodytes are pretty cool"
"It's fine Kev, really" She muttered back taking a bite of their food.
"Anyway, my cousin and I aren't on good terms at the moment. We're not speaking to each other" She stated changing the topic back to her cousin.
"Understandable" Harvey nodded towards her.
She smiled before she picked up her fork. "So, how did you two meet?" Gwen asked politely.
Scene Change: Tennyson Residence
Ben yawned as he came downstairs to see his grandpa relaxing on the couch with a book on places to travel around the world.
"Hey Grandpa" Ben sat down beside his grandfather and turned the t-v on.
"Hey kiddo, done your homework?" Max asked not bothering to look up from his book.
"A-huh" Ben nodded taking a bite of his apple as he flicked through channels.
"Gwen, still mad?"
"She went out with Julie. Think they were going to see a movie together"
Ben snickered thinking about the type of movies those two would go see together. As smart as they were they had different ideas of entertainment. It was funny.
"...What did they go see anyway?" Ben asked curious of what the two of them would choose.
"That Vampire Summer one. I don't know why; doesn't sound like the girls at all"
Ben's eyes lit up in shock.
"The one with Jennifer Nocturn in it?"
His grandfather nodded.
Ben turned off the television and stood up scaring his grandfather a little. He knew something was up with him the second he had began asking questions related to his cousin. Ben walked over to the door about to open it if not for his grandpa stopping him.
"Where do you think you're going?" Max arched his eyebrow seeing the boy grab his keys. Ben shrugged.
"I just wanted to check something" he replied like nothing was about to occur.
"Ben" Max stood from the couch and turned directly towards his grandson attempting to be stern with him.
"What?"
"You and your cousin need some space right now. Please don't upset her"
Ben sighed turning around to see his grandfather trying to be serious with him.
"I was just going to see if she's okay"
"Ben!"
"What? She's my cousin. She's practically the only family I've got left; What if she's hurt?"
"I know you care about her Ben but you need to respect her space and her privacy and I'm sure your cousin can protect herself. Okay Ben?"
"Fine" Ben sighed picking up his keys and opening the door.
"I'm going to get a smoothie" He slammed the door closed leaving his grandfather there to sigh wondering about the consequences to his grandson's and granddaughter's actions.
He hadn't figured it out first. Having to check all the cinemas in Bellwood to find no trace of his cousin. He rang Julie asking to speak to his cousin. Despite dating the hero boy she rejected him telling him that she doesn't want to speak to him. So, now he was up at her door-step, knocking on the girl's door loudly. Not surprisingly, Julie answered.
"I told you Ben, she's really upset. She doesn't want to talk to you" She stated crossing her arms.
"Come on Julie, it's my cousin"
"She said no, Ben" Julie placed her hand up trying to stop him from entering but he pushed passed her and into the lounge room. Dark, with popcorn Julie had been munching on watching tennis. He frowned, Gwen hated watching tennis. Julie gritted her teeth worried the hero had figured it out. His hands scrunched into fists as he turned round to his girlfriend.
"She's not here; isn't she?"