Chapter 20: A happy New Year!
Since Thanksgiving come and gone for Ben his behavior had improved dramatically as well as his grades, they weren't as high as Gwen's but they were high enough for him as he was celebrating New Year's with Gwen and Max of course due to his parents being out of town.
"Man I'm so pumped for the new year!" Ben says as he has his fist in the air, tonight would be the first celebration of New Year's with his grandfather and his girlfriend while his parents were not around; they told his grandfather that they were going to celebrate with some friends and thought it would be a good idea to spend some time with his grandfather and cousin unknowingly his girlfriend.
"Calm down Ben, it's only a few hours away." Max says to his grandson, even though Ben was excited about the New Year celebration Max couldn't help himself noticing that he seen a bit of his youth days in Ben; 'guess that same trait I had he now possesses.' Max thought noticing that Ben may end up like him but that'll be In the future to dwell on.
A moment later Max comes in with a box loaded with decorations, he puts it down and the next thing everyone hears is Max holding his back in pain after putting down the box.
"Grandpa!" Gwen cried out as her and Ben run to him to see if he's okay, Max manages to sit down thanks to Ben and Gwen helping him move. "What happened?"
"Cramp." Max grits out in pain, he hadn't feel a pain this bad since his days as a plumber all those years ago when alien fighting was at it's highest point in that time but like any other story he never talked about it even though it was clear when Ben first got the Omnitrix.
"Let me just sit for a few moments, until then I can trust you two putting up the New Year decorations right?" Max requested, Ben nods at the question while Gwen gets him an ice pack for his cramp at the moment while also bringing him a bottle of water for him.
A moment later Ben and Gwen worked on where Max was about to begin decorating the Rustbucket exterior, in case they needed any supplies Ben got a little step ladder for the higher parts of the RV as they decorate the Rustbucket for the New Year.
Ben obviously looked at the back of the Rustbucket that they started to decorate for the New Year, the Rustbucket's paint started to peel away due to the conditions it went through over time; actually neither Ben or Gwen knew when Max first got it but they knew not only he took good care of the Rustbucket but the two were actually impressed on how Max kept it in working condition throughout time but from their adventures as well.
"I never noticed that Grandpa kept this thing in good shape." Ben says to himself, he was unaware that Gwen had heard him as she was cleaning the top of the Rustbucket thanks to the ladder that Ben got for her a moment ago.
As Ben cleaned the back of the Rustbucket, Gwen got down from cleaning the top; her hair seemed to be out of control evidenced by her out of control hair as at some ends of her hair, noticing what Ben was staring at her as she smoothes it down with her hands maintaining the look she had before it got out of control.
"What happened?" was all Ben could manage to say, well he had to admit that was better than what is instincts told him to say.
All Gwen did was look at him and says "You don't want to know." Ben decided not to push the hair issue any further because he knew when it came to girls don't start them if they're hair is out of control because it ends up bad for the guy nine times out of ten.
As they're finish decorating the Rustbucket, they seemed satisfied with their work as the Rustbucket had "Happy New Year" on the top of it, various decorations that was found in the Rustbucket as Ben and Gwen go in to help Max they discover that Max is able to stand up but decide to limit him to drive when it was time to go not wanting him to be tired as it was now twenty minutes away from the ball drop.
"Oh I can't wait for this!" Gwen exclaimed like a little girl going to a candy store, Ben looked at Gwen since she was acting so cheery but since they didn't have school for a while it was best felt to let it slide for the holidays.
"I know Gwen, this'll be fun." Ben says trying to calm her down but with little success, as time went on everyone started to get antsy for the ball drop, as time went on minutes seem like hours to them as the ball finally started to drop.
"10….9….8….7…" everyone says as it counts down for the New Year, "6…5….4…3…2…1...Happy New Year!" as Ben hugged his grandfather he felt a tug on his shirt as he turned from his grandfather and there waiting for him was the lips of his girlfriend/cousin as the two embrace for a few minutes looking at the party that was shown in New York City.
"New Year, new memories to make." Ben tells Gwen as they continue to party for an hour until Max decided it was time to turn himself into bed.
As Gwen laid herself on the top of the bunk bed feeling extremely worn down decided to check on Ben one last time. "Ben?" she called out, no answer.
"Ben?" Again no answer from Ben.
Gwen then looked at her lover's bunk as she peeked down and she finds that Ben had fallen asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, 'aww, how cute.' Gwen thought at the sight of him asleep. "Well he has the right idea." Gwen sleepily says as she lies down as she gets comfortable as she drifted off to sleep similar to how Ben did as everyone was asleep for the night.
End of Chapter 20
A/N: Semester has started! Bitter-sweet moment for me cause I probably won't have time to update the story, I started another story in case I update late for my fanfic and I apologize to my fans if I don't.
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