Sorry my last chapter was so short! This one will be longer, promise!

It's been about two weeks since Levi's funeral. The kids had begun to act normal again; Sky still had nightmares though, so he often slept with Ben. Ben was depressed still, he spent more and more time in his room, Kevin, in more than one occasion had to drag the boy out, taking him and the kids to the mall or park. Today Kevin was heading over to Ben's house with Gwen, they were going to take him to Mr. Smoothie as Carl and Sandra took the kids on a week trip to an amusement park.

When Kevin pulled up he honked his horn, signaling Ben that they were outside. Ben walked outside, locking the door and got in the car. The drive to Mr. Smoothie was quick and quiet. Gwen got out to get them some smoothies as Kevin and Ben stayed by the car, Ben was sitting on the hood, and Kevin was leaning on it next to Ben. Gwen got back, handing each one of them a cup. She looked over at her cousin.

"Ben, I think we need to talk." Ben looked down and Kevin put his hand on his shoulder.

"What about, Gwen?" Ben asked looking in her direction, his eyes were dull, and they lacked their usual spark. Gwen sighed and smiled sadly at her cousin.

"When did you get Anodite powers?" Gwen asked curious and slightly jealous. Ben frowned, At least she isn't making me talk about Levi, I think I'd just start crying if she did Ben thought.

"The summer I got the Omnitrix, but I never used it. Magic was your think not mine. I learned to control it just so I wouldn't have to use it, so you could be the only one with that gift." Gwen frowned. "I knew you would've been upset, not only did I have the Omnitrix, but the ability to use mana too, if you had known then it would have crushed you. I know it would have, I mean remember when you were Lucky Girl? You freaked out when I tried to help you." Gwen remembered she did freak out. Hell she complained all the time that Ben did things she couldn't.

"I'm so sorry Ben, I didn't know." She smiled at her cousin. "Hey we can spar each other now! Since we both can use mana we can train together to get stronger with it!" Gwen said enthusiastically. "I can teach you all the spells I know too!" she added. Ben smiled at her nodding. Kevin grinned, he was happy to see Ben smile again, even if it was just a small one. He ruffled his friend's hair playfully and got a giggle in return.

"Oh my God! Is that Ben Tennyson?!" "It is!" the group heard the fans begin to yell and swarm, Kevin pushed Gwen and Ben in the car before anyone got too close and sped off in the direction of Ben's house. Gwen leaned back aganst her seat, Ben sighed and Kevin began to mumble. Once they got there the three teens decided a movie marathon was in order.

"We should watch the Notebook!" Gwen said as she sat on the recliner. Kevin made a gagging noise, rolling his eyes.

"No way! We should watch Day of the Dead!" Kevin said, well this started an argument. Ben laughed as his German Shepard came up to Ben, putting his head on his lap. Ben pet Kai's head smiling down at him and scratching him behind the ears. The large dog then laid down at Ben's feet.

"What do you think Ben?" Gwen asked looking at her cousin. Ben thought for a moment.

"How about both? We each should get to pick out a movie each and watch them all." Ben said smiling slightly, Gwen smiled back nodding in agreement as Kevin just huffed telling Gwen to put in her movie first so it could be done and over with as he got up to make some popcorn and bring out chips. Ben looked at Gwen. "All you two do is fight, how do you make your relationship work like that?" Ben asked. Gwen stared at Ben shocked.

"Ben, me and Kevin broke up a while ago. Didn't you know that?" She asked her cousin. Ben's eyes widened in shock, he stared at Gwen hoping for an explanation. She smiled at him. "All we did was fight Ben. That and we both liked someone else. I tried to get over that someone by trying to be with Kevin. And Kevin? I guess I kind of reminded him of the person he liked. It's okay though, we both used each other for similar reasons. That and we are better as friends instead of anything else." Gwen smiled at Ben who looked at her for a bit more before nodding understanding. Ben put the disk in the DVD player and Kevin came back with snacks and drinks. Ben pressed play and the movie started.

Around half way through the movie Kevin fell asleep. Both Gwen and Ben were getting into the movie. Ben had to admit, he liked it. Once the movie was over Ben began poking Kevin as Gwen got up to refill the popcorn.

"Kevin, wake up" Ben whined still poking the Osmosian on the face, Kevin just mumbled something and grabbed Ben around the waist, pulling him into a hug. Ben blushed, his face in the older boy's chest. Ben looked up and tried to push himself up only to be held tighter. Ben began to squirm, that's when Gwen walked in. As soon as she saw the scene she began laughing loudly, causing Kevin to finally wake up and look down. Kevin blushed slightly as he looked down at Ben, their faces only a few inches apart. Ben gulped as his heart began to race, was it him or was Kevin's face getting closer. Gwen's couch snapped them both out of it as Kevin let Ben go and Ben scurried away to change the disk. Once the disk was changed and the snacks refilled everyone sat down to watch the zombie movie.

Throughout the entire movie Ben and Kevin kept looking at the other, neither caught each other, but Gwen sure did. She smiled sadly at the thought of Ben liking Kevin, but she wanted her cousin to be happy. And right now it seemed like Kevin was the only one able to do that. Right then and there she decided to get them together before the week was over. One particularly scary part came on causing Gwen to scream and for Ben and Kevin to laugh at her. Soon the movie was over much to Gwen's delight. The next movie was for Ben to decide, then the trio would go out to the mall, Ben got up, scanning the shelves of movies, looking for one to watch, he chose Prometheus.

The movie began and Gwen found herself liking the story line. Kevin had never seen this movie so he watched it intensely and Ben watched the movie with mild amusement. It had gotten to the point where the heroine had found out she was pregnant and went into the medical tube to have surgery. Gwen cringed at the gore, Kevin saw the octopus like creature and looked at it in mild discus, and Ben stuck his tongue out making a 'bleh' noise. The movie soon ended, Gwen was confused (She had never seen any of the Alien movies), Kevin smirked and Ben yawned and cleaned up the mess they made.

Kevin stood up stretching his arms above his head as Ben walked in, causing the young teen to eye up his friend and blush before turning his head away. Gwen smiled as she grabbed Ben's hand and led him outside, Kevin following.

The teens arrived to the mall, Gwen grabbed Ben pulling him along with her, and Kevin followed behind them. Every clothes store she went into she made Ben try on form fitting clothing, many of which made Kevin drool slightly. She even got herself an outfit to match one of the ones Ben had gotten. Later they went into a jewelry store, Kevin went off somewhere on his own as Ben and Gwen looked at the many assorted necklaces and bracelets. Gwen bought a charm bracelet for both her and Ben and got them matching campers to signify their summer trip six years ago. Ben had bought Gwen a Celtic cross with pink gems charm, and Gwen bought Ben a German Shepard charm. They put their bracelets on and waited for Kevin. Kevin came to the front of the store holding a small bag and they went to the next store.

Gwen saw a photo booth nearby and insisted that they all get pictures together. The first one they were all smiling, the second one Kevin gave Ben a noogie as Gwen laughed, the third one Ben and Gwen used the puppy dog pout on Kevin who looked confused and blushed, in the fourth and final one Gwen got out of the both and Kevin and Ben looked at each other blushing. The pictures printed out, they all got one strip of pictures.

Gwen once again pulled Ben along and into Spencer's, Gwen was looking at the hats as Ben went over to look at the body jewelry, he never told anyone this but seven months ago he got his navel pierced, he saw an emerald jewel belly button ring and secretly bought it, putting it in his other bag to hide it. He then walked over to see Kevin looking at the band shirts. Gwen went over not long after with a new bag. With everyone done shopping they soon left the mall and headed to Burger shack to get something to eat. Once arriving they teens sat in their normal booth each ordering what they normally get.

"So Ben, you have fun today?" Gwen asked lightly elbowing her cousin Ben just smiled and nodded. "Good!" she replied. "Do you think it'd be okay if I stayed the night at your house Ben? We haven't slept over each other's house in a long time." Gwen smiled at her cousin.

"I don't see why not" Ben said, eyeing his cousin. Gwen giggled then texted her mom, asking if it was ok for her to spend the night. She got an almost immediate reply saying yes, Gwen internally smirked. Kevin raised an eyebrow and looked at Gwen suspiciously, she was up to something.