"Knowing What's Important"

Kevin grumbled as he sat on the worn out, rusted colored couch located in his garage, staring at a single black notebook pad sitting on his lap. He stared intently at the said object… Starring… Brows furrowing in frustration, his anger rising.. Before he…

TWHACK!

"OW! Oh, come on!" Ben wined, rubbing his head as he entered the ex con's garage. "What's wrong with you?" He shouted out. Apparently Ben had gotten hit square on the forehead by Kevin's magical flying note book.

"Sorry." Kevin grumbled as he looked down at his feet. "I just…" He lets out an agitated sigh. "I just can't figure out what to say or even write down for these stupid vows I'm supposed to come up with." His eyes narrowed towards the floor, while running a loose hand through his darkened midnight locks. "I seriously don't have one freaken clue of what to say to her," His eyes pleading for help towards the brunette hero.

Ben kept rubbing his head, but his expression began to soften a bit towards his friend's sadden one. "Well." He sighed, picking up the notebook off the floor. "Lets see what you've got so far, shall we?" Ben ended with a smile, now flipping to the page where Kevin had recently wrote on. Clearing his throat, the younger man began to read. "We've been together for a long time, I guess… And figured that a few years ago when we first met, um… again… you were hot enough to date…." Ben scratched the back of his head in bewilderment and continued. "So, yeah.. I love you a lot and stuff. Hence the reason why I'm marrying you today.. and… stuff." Ben uneasily cleared his throat, bringing the page away from his view. "Kevin."

"I know." Kevin groaned, leaning his head slightly against the couch, flinging is right arm over the back of it in defeat. "It totally needs some tweaking I think. It's a bit off."

"Tweaking?" Ben chuckled under his breath, walking towards the Osmosian, handing the man his note book. Kevin snatched it away aggressively, and glared. "Sorry." Ben apologized, sheepishly grinning. "But, to be honest, you can't possibly think that with what you've written so far is good enough, Kevin. Gwen would slap you into the next millennium if you presented this to her on your guys' wedding day." Ben lifted the note pad in amusement, as Kevin's brow furrowed even further at the young man. "I'm just saying." The hero held his hands up in surrender. "You know how Gwen is. I mean, do I really have to remind you, that she would have no problems killing you, if you mess up something as important as this?"

Kevin sighed to himself before rubbing the side of his face in thought. "Yeah, you're probably right." He agreed, sitting himself up straighter on the couch, raising a brow of curiosity at his friend. "So… How do I go about fixing this then? I don't want to screw this up… Lord knows I've done enough of that already…" He groaned once more as he pushed his head down towards his lap. "Craaaaap!" He hissed out, feeling like he wanted to slam his head against a brick wall at the moment. "I know I'm gonna, it's bound to happen eventually!" Kevin turns his attention back on Ben. "I'm a lost cause… I'm never good with words, or expressing my feelings-" His voice began to rise in irritation. "Gwen knows all this. So why is she makin' me do it?"

"Kevin…"

"I just don't get it!"

"Kevin, if you would just list-"

"I think she does it just to see if I can fail, like, she wants me to crack under her demands! Well, I've got news for-"

"KEVIN!" Ben finally yelled out, his arms sprawled out above his head.

"What?" Kevin growled, hating that his rant had been interrupted.

"Are you even listening to yourself?" Ben scolded, putting a hand on his hip heatedly. "You're acting stupid again… Man…" He shook his head in disappointment at the older plumber. "Do you really think Gwen's got it out for you? Do you honestly think that she's doing this, just so you can get pissed off at her for no good reason?"

Kevin snorted and looked away from Ben. Saying nothing at first, so, the hero decided to continue. "You're just acting ridiculous Kevin, and you know it."

Finally, Kevin found his voice. "I know…" He spoke sadly, his words only coming out in a small whisper. "I'm goin' out of my mind, Ben. I don't wanna mess this up. I can't…" Ben let out a small smile, happy that he that he made his friend calm down slightly; making Kevin realize of all of the nonsense he was putting himself through. "Everybody knows how much I love her. I know… You know… Even she knows… But…" He takes in a deep breath. "I'm just not good with the whole wording thing… and Gwen should understand that… I mean, nothin's changed."

"Maybe she has enough faith in you to get it right this time." Ben breathed, as he made his way over to sit next to the ex-con, and Kevin smiled. "Look. Trust me when I say that it's not easy to express to someone else of how much you care for 'em… I know from personal experience!" Ben laughed at all of the times he had screwed up with Julie in the past. But, every time he showed her his puppy dog eyes, she forgave him. Ben still didn't know why she did, but, he loved her endlessly for it.

"Thanks, Ben." Kevin grinned, leaning back once more on the couch, feeling a little more relieved.

"Welcome." Ben smiled back, grabbing the note book that sat next to Kevin, holding it up so the ex-con could see it. "Now… How bout I help you with your vows, that way, we both live to see next year."

Kevin chuckled under his breath, and sat straight up once again, scratching the back of his head in thought. "Alright… Just, you know, don't make me sound too girlie or anything…"

"Yeah, yeah.. Whatever." Ben grinned slightly at the insulting blow Kevin threw upon him, while taking the pencil out of the spiral binds that held the notebook together. "So… We'll start off with- I remember eight years ago, when I saw you for the very first time through different eyes…"

Kevin smiled a knowing smile, as Ben continued to speak while he wrote. For once, Kevin felt as though he wasn't going to fail. With Ben's help and knowledge of being such a girl…. *clears throat* Gwen was going to be more than satisfied with his vows. He was going to make sure of that.

.WEDDING.

"Okay… So, the invitations have been sent out weeks ago. My flowers have all been ordered. Table cloths, other decorations…" Gwen trailed off, as she went through her check list. Julie giggled, watching her best friend work. "What?" Gwen asked, lifting her gaze up at her Asian friend.

"Nothing." Julie smiled back, leaning a bit more on the edge of the kitchen table in Gwen's apartment. She had been called over to help the red head with the last minute details of her wedding. "It's just that, I can't believe you're so calm about all this." She shrugs, taking a sip of her ice cold lemon aid. "I was a total frantic wreck when I realized that my big day was only a week away." She giggled slightly once more, her eyes showing a bit of amusement at the thought.

"Trust me." Gwen sighed, putting her list back down against the table. "I am."

"Could've fooled me." Julie grinned, shifting herself to get comfortable in her seat. "You're as calm as you were before all of this wedding stuff started."

"Well, I guess I have my own special ways to appear calmer." The read head simply shrugged, checking off another item off of her list. "I can't let everyone see me fall apart at the seams. Nothing would ever get done if I dwell on silly little things like the wedding jitters for too long."

"You have more control than I do, I guess." Julie mused, smiling at her best friend. "So…" She began, changing the subject quickly.

"So…" Gwen replied absent mindedly, checking more things off her list.

"What are we going to do for your bachelorette party?"

Gwen's eyes widen on Julie's confrontational question. "B-Bachelorette party?"

"Yeah!" The dark haired women grinned, but her face quickly fell when she noticed Gwen's uneasy-ness with the subject. "Oh…" She breathed out in disappointment. "Don't tell me you don't even want one."

"I…" The crimson haired girl stuttered. "I just… Well… You know…" She turned her attention towards Julie, looking at her straight into the eyes. "Do you even know what goes on at bachelorette parties? Trust me, Julie… I have no interest in it."

"Oh, please." Julie pressed on, her hand waving wistfully in front of her face; rolling her eyes. "It doesn't have to be anything bad. We could just go out for a few drinks or something." She smiles, leaning in closer to her friend, as she whispered, "We don't have to go to one of those 'clubs' were strange men dance around all over the place."

"Kevin would so kill me if he ever found out we did that." Gwen grinned at her little joke. "But no. That's got nothing to do with it." She sighed, resting her chin upon her opened hand. "I'm just not the partying type, you know that." She shrugs. "Keeping it simple is best."

"Yeah, but… Don't you want a little fun before you sign your life away? You know, one last hoorah, before you're bound for eternity!" Julie laughed at her humorous statement, and Gwen eventually joined her. It did sound like a little fun to the red headed girl, but, she still wasn't sure, and Julie could see it. "Listen. I know you're used to being reserved, and poised, but…" Gwen glared at her. "I didn't mean it like it's a bad thing!" The Asian girl defended. "All I'm saying is that, you need time away from all of this. Just, you know… Get the chance to let loose for a little while. That's all I'm really saying here."

Gwen considered Julie's words before replying, "I guess you're right. I mean, for last the last six months, I've done nothing but work, with no play, dealing with all of the wedding details, not to mention Kevin's stupidity."

"Uh-Huh." Julie agreed, chuckling under her breath of what Gwen just said about Kevin. "Trust me, Gwen… You need this. Think of it as a chance to get out all of your frustrations, all of it in one fun and exciting night, just us girls!"

Gwen rolled her eyes, and let out a breath of heated air, and finally smiled. "Okay. You've talked me into it, I'll do it."

"YES!" The raven haired girl pumped her fist up towards the kitchen ceiling. "You won't regret this!"

"I hope not." Gwen groaned, going back to her list of things to do. "Just make sure that it happens this weekend. Not the night before the wedding. People who do that type of thing are basically asking for trouble."

"Don't I know it." Julie agreed once more, shaking her head at the thought, which brought her right back around to mentioning her husband; face crest falling slightly at the memory. "Ben wanted to."

"What?" Gwen's eyes widen in shock. "Seriously?"

"Yep, and guess what I said to him on that one?" Julie grinned deviously, her expression brightening up a bit.

"Oh, I can only imagine that it had to be good." Gwen mused, laughing under her breath, waiting for the girl to continue.

"It was… I told him if he ever did something stupid like that, that we wouldn't have our private little after party once the wedding was over with… I would make him wait purposely for the next five years."

"Why five?" Gwen asked confused, while laughing at Julie's punishment for her cousin. As long as Julie didn't go into too much detail about their special night, she was more than willing to listen.

"I don't know." Julie shrugged carelessly at the now, sweet and funny memory. "It just sounded like a good number, I guess."

"You're so cruel." Gwen giggled, ignoring the work she had to get done for the moment. This conversation she was having with Asian beauty was much more entertaining, hands down, especially when it involved torturing Ben. Because Gwen knew most of the time, he deserved it.

WEDDING. WEDDING. WEDDING.

"Done and done!" Ben proclaimed as he handed over the notepad to Kevin. "I think this one's going to be a winner." He chuckled a bit and smiled at his accomplishments.

"Yeah, not too shabby there, Benji. Thanks." Kevin grinned, smacking his comrade hard against the back, causing Ben to wince on impact.

"No problem." The hero wheezed, bringing himself up from the couch. His phone began to ring as he reached for his pocket to answer it. "Yellow… Oh, hey Jules. What's up?" Kevin just ignored the phone call, and headed over to his work bench, putting the notebook away. Somewhere, where he knew Gwen wouldn't find it. He didn't want her to be spoiling all of the fun on their big day.

"Uh- huh." Ben continued, showing signs that he was getting slightly bored. "No, no! I'm totally listening." Apparently Julie had picked up on his negative sounding tone, earning him a laugh from Kevin. Ben could only glare back in retort. "Yeah, well, that's nice. Glad you and Gwen had such a good time today." The mentioning of Gwen's name though; perked Kevin's ears up, forcing him to pay a little more attention to Ben's conversation. "Oh, yeah?" The hero's eyes lit up with excitement. "I can't believe she agreed to that. So not like her."

Kevin was now showing interest, and stood next to his friend, whispering, "What, what's not like Gwen?"

Ben shoved Kevin further away; the raven haired plumber was seriously getting all up into his personal space. "Sh!" He motioned with his hand, and started to listen to Julie once again. "Wow… I'm just… Yah know, surprised, that's all. Uh-huh… Oh.. Okay then, see you tonight. Yep… Love you to Jules, bye."

Kevin stared hard at Ben, waiting for an explanation about the phone call.

"What?" Ben asked totally clueless.

"You really gonna make me ask?" Kevin replied, slightly annoyed, leaning back against his tool bench. "I mean, you did mention somethin' that supposedly Gwen would never do, so… I think I have the right to know what it was you were talkin' about."

Ben's eyes lit up with excitement on the idea of what he was about to spring onto the Osmosian. "Gwen finally broke down to Julie, and she decided to have a bachelorette party this weekend, and I was thinking that-"

"Gwen would never, ever agree willingly to something like that." Kevin hissed, showing some slight worry on the inside of his voice; interrupting the ultimatrix bearer. "That's not like her to be so… so.." Kevin struggled to find the words, but Ben understood what he meant.

"I know!" Ben shouted out in excitement. "This is going to be so cool!"

"No.. It's not!" Kevin corrected, horror starting to form upon his face, his dark orbs widening with fear. "Do you even know what girls do at bachelorette parties?"

"Um…" Ben scratched his head in confusion, totally lost at the moment. "Uh… Talk about girly stuff over drinks, while having a good time… I'm… Guessing?"

"That's part of it." Kevin sighed, finding his way over to the couch, slouching down on it, looking depressed. "But, that's also when all the guys at the bars start trying to hit on the little bride to be. Tryin' to make the girl change her mind, and call the whole thing off or whatever. That, or-" Kevin's eyes widened once more, causing confusion to his friend all over again.

"What now?" Ben asked agitated by his comrade's over reaction to the whole bachelorette thing.

"Man clubs." Kevin snorted out, glaring at the garage wall in a heated fashion, jealousy, already setting itself in.

"Man clubs, Kevin.. Really?" Ben sighed, shaking his head in defeat… Maybe he'd talk Kevin into having one for himself later. For now, he thought it would be best to just let the man freak out this time. Ben was more or less too exhausted to even try at the moment. It would seem that Kevin was even more of a girl at this point than Ben ever was…

I finally found my muse for this story! Yay! I'm terribly sorry that it took so long to update… But… It's here now! I hope you enjoy. I'm already working on the next chapter, also another chapter for "What's Love Got To Do With It." I'm hoping that one will be up soon. :D

As always, PLEASE GIVE ME SOME INSPIRATION AND REIVEIW! :D

Thanks for reading,

The Spoon. :D