A/N: this really upset me

rex10 wrote:
2) where does Kevin live?

Dwayne McDuffie:
2. In a garage apartment attached to the place he bought his mom.

Sad about that… my theory has been proved wrong...

Disclaimer: standard. Man Of Action owns Ben 10.

"Why have you started wearing your seatbelt?" asked Gwen. She looked over at Kevin suddenly, eyes inquisitive. "I mean, back when we first met you, you were all rebel and 'I'm not gonna wear my seatbelt', but now you do and I'm wondering why…"

Ben snickered silently in the backseat. "She's got a point."

"Why all these questions?" countered Kevin, looking over at Gwen. He gave her his signature devilish smile. A signal that neither of them were going to get a straight answer unless they really worked at it.

"Just curious," noted Gwen, giving him her innocent schoolgirl look. She was innocent after all. Her boyfriend, not so much. He was always a little rebel boy at heart.

At that, Kevin rolled his eyes. "I have always worn a seatbelt," he retorted, keeping his eyes glued to the road, trying to ignore the searing stares of Gwen and Ben that dug through his skin.

"No, you haven't," said Ben, matter-of-factly. He gave a half-smile. Kevin's rejection of a simple topic meant that they were right and he was lying.

"Liars." Kevin's grip tightened on the wheel and he fought off a rumbling snarl that was nestled deep in her throat. He hated to admit it, even to himself, but those two Tennyson cousins were right. And he hated it more than he hated the Null Void. The dark teen hated being wrong and he hated being caught in a lie. So, in reality, he hated a whole lot of things.

Gwen gave a short laugh. "Look who's talking…"

"Gwen, I do not like it when you say hurtful things like that." He put on his crestfallen face that she could say things like that to him. He felt no pain underneath it all. "Can you apologize?"

The redhead looked at him with a sure-fire smile. She knew. She knew he had never worn his seatbelt. Not once. Not before he met them. Only after. "No. I'm not going to apologize. It's not my fault that you keep lying to yourself, Kevin."

He fought off a smirk. Yes, he was pissed that they had actually noticed something that he never thought they'd pick up on, and he hated them for it (he hated a whole lot of things, as said earlier), but he actually liked having them mess with him. Even if it made Ben absolutely giddy with joy and craziness. And Kevin hated a giddy Ben. Then again, who wouldn't? "I'm not lying to myself."

A pointer finger from each of Ben's hands punched Kevin's bicep. "Yeah, you're lying! Liar, liar, pants on fire!"

"My pants are not on fire."

A/N: hahahaha. Sorry. This was funny and I didn't want to make it any longer….

~Sky