Chapter 19: Thanksgiving and remembering what happened at school

Since Ben and Gwen had returned to their respective homes and been going to school a lot has happened, Gwen had gotten A's in nearly every class which to Ben didn't surprise him at all however what surprised her was the fact that Ben got suspended from school for three days for fighting J.T. and Cash but those two got suspended for a month in September. Gwen was calling over Ben's house when she heard the news.

Flashback in the middle of September…..

"Ben!" Gwen yelled at him through the house phone, she had just heard that Ben was suspended from school, apparently he was fighting J.T. and Cash from what she knew because her aunt and uncle had called and told her.

"What is it now, Gwen?" Ben asked; he wasn't in too good a mood since he was suspended; he was restricted to his room at this point and the kitchen as well as the bathroom since the suspension.

"I heard that you had fought J.T. and Cash and all three of you got suspended, what on earth were you thinking?" Gwen was now apparently steamed at him, it was like Ben to get angry but at times it wasn't like him to take it out on someone else including J.T. and Cash.

"Look they started with me first, that's why they're suspended for longer than I was; second I got tired of them anyway." Ben explains, this time he had a reason to snap at the two bullies; now he was trying not to snap at Gwen even through he was losing that internal battle.

"You realized what you have done giving away your-"

"I didn't use the watch so calm down!" Ben had lost that battle, he had snapped at Gwen and there was silence for a couple of minutes until Ben heard Gwen crying from her end and she had hung up, it had hit him as a punch from Kevin would have told him that he made a mistake and not no little mistake. This one was a big mistake.

End flashback…

Since that day Ben really wasn't looking forward to thanksgiving because he knew that Gwen is coming despite the messages he left saying how sorry he was for snapping at her but she never called back since that day.

Now a couple months later things at school for Ben has gotten a little better for him; his grades had improved but in his view would never reach up to Gwen's grades but he realized that he shouldn't shoot that high.

Gwen obviously hasn't called him back since Ben had snapped at her, if his memory served him right if Gwen was coming to the thanksgiving party he thought to the worst case scenario was going to happen when she came or if she came to talk to him at all.

"From the way I snapped at her, there's no denying it. She'll dump me." Ben says softly in a low depressed voice, as he laid there waiting for Gwen to come and lay it on him.

A few hours later noise can be heard downstairs as the family gathering for thanksgiving, what Ben doesn't realize is that Gwen had just arrived, wearing a blue shirt along with a light blue skirt that goes down to her knees wondering where Ben was since he wasn't downstairs she decided to see if he was in his room as she went up the stairs Ben's heart begins to race as he hears footsteps on the stairs but he doesn't know that Gwen is headed towards his room until a soft knock snaps him out of his thoughts.

"Ben?" Gwen says from behind the door but Ben doesn't answer her, wondering why Ben wouldn't answer her she opens the door and finds that his room was surprisingly clean, no bad smells at all and Ben was on the bed obviously staring at the ceiling as if he was waiting for her.

Ben then sits up realizing that Gwen had entered the room with an upset sad voice says "Just get it over with."

"Huh?" Gwen now is confused at Ben wondering why he said such a thing to her, whatever happened to Ben had to affect his brain in the negative way. "What are you talking about?"

Ben now is looking at Gwen's confused face, "Gwen, get it over with." He says obviously tired of waiting on her to respond.

"Just say that you're dumping me." Now it was Gwen's turn to change from confused to shocked on why Ben would think of something like that in the first place "Now why would you say that?"

"Well I snapped over the phone for starters, I got suspended from school and lately I have been becoming a bit reckless with my anger so just say it." Ben says, a part of him is happy that is off his chest but a part of him feels guilty saying that, maybe cause he was going through puberty now that him and Gwen had changed a little since the summer; Ben had grown a couple of inches since school had started, his hair had slowly grew a little longer than it was during the summer. Gwen had only grown a inch which to her surprise, her hair didn't grow at all during the short time away from each other; probably the most obvious change in Gwen was that her breasts were starting to develop (A/N: might have gone to a rating T if I foresaw this.) "No." Gwen answered "I'm not leaving you Ben and I don't know why you think that anyway."

"It's just, when I think of how I screwed up it was painfully obvious to me at the time." Ben says but he definitely wasn't cheery as Gwen knew by how low his voice was.

"Sure you may have snapped at me over the phone, you may have been suspended from school but you are taking this too hard on yourself. I forgive you but you have to stop this or you won't be able to defeat anyone else next time and that includes Cash."

Ben took in Gwen's words and let those sink in for a moment, then he stands up and passionately kissed Gwen on the lips which Gwen had accepted but only for a moment before hearing something downstairs.

"All right mister, no use being a bit frisky but we need to drag you downstairs before anyone gets any funny ideas." Gwen says and Ben knew that she was serious and there was no way to turn off the seriousness once it appeared.

"Okay, we'll go." Ben says and with that the two head downstairs where Max and Ben's parents were waiting for the both of them to come downstairs and enjoy their thanksgiving as a family. Once downstairs the two enjoyed their thanksgiving dinner consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cornbread and biscuits.

Once everyone had their fill to eat it was time for everyone to say what they thankful for this Thanksgiving.

"So Ben, what are you thankful?" Max asked, he knew that inside Ben would have been thankful of Gwen but he had no intention to say that in anyway.

"Well, I say friends and family. Don't forget loved ones." He answered as his parents weren't looking he winked at Gwen causing her cheeks to tinge a bit pink.

"I'm thankful for grandchildren." Max answered but as soon as he said it he had beaming faces from Ben and Gwen.

"Well, I'm thankful for not only my wife but for family as well." Ben's father Carl says, a man in his mid 30's; a kind man with a laid back persona. He has dark brown hair, brown eyes and an above average build.

"Aww, that's sweet of you dear." Ben's mother Sandra says as she plants a kiss on his cheek causing him to chuckle in an embarrassing way, a woman in her early 30's; a kind woman but not as laid back as Carl but she knew when to get serious. She has blonde hair, emerald green eyes that were similar to Ben and Gwen's eyes but hers was a little darker than both Ben and Gwen's eyes.

"Well, there's no need to say mine because everyone is here." Sandra says, and then a moment later everyone gets their food for what could be possibly have been the best thanksgiving in a long time as the family gets their fill of the food in front of them once everyone had their fill it was time for Max to take Gwen back home to her family as she threw a wink at Ben before she leaves.

Since the dinner, Ben could feel his legs were heavy as if weights were keeping him on the floor as he bedded his parents good night as he headed to his room and fell asleep almost as soon as his head hits the pillow.

End of chapter 19

A/N: I wanna wish everyone who currently reads this or has me on my list a happy new year! This is the start of 2011! Read and Review