Chapter 3: the explanation

Ben asked, "albedo, whats going on, what happened to you?"

Albedo replied, with unsure eyes, "uhhh, can we discuss it over at your house?"

ben was uphauled at the question, how would he explain bringing a former enemy into his house, but hey his family let kevin back, so what was wrong with albedo. Kevin had tried to kill him, albedo only had wanted the , thought to himself, 'why is albedo being so open to him, it wasnt like him. there must be something seriously wrong if he wanted to come to my house, with gwen right across the street, and his parents in the house.' Ben, a littly hesitantly, said, "uhhh, sure, but dont expect a warm welcome, my parents know all about who you are & what you tried to do to me."

Albedo cringed at the thought of all the times he had wronged ben, & how his parents must have felt about him. He replied, "th-thank you, ben tennyson."

Ben not liking albedo saying his full name, replied "your welcome albedo, but just call me ben"

Albedo, smiled just a little, at the thought of ben giving him such a nice then began craving chili-cheese fries, & a strawberry smoothie, as did ben, since they both asked each other in unison, "do you mind if we stop at a mr. smoothie?" they both blushed a little, & began walking to the mr. smoothie. Ben, after a few minutes, not liking the awkward silence, asked, "what have you been up to lately albedo?"

Albedo cringed, & blushed.

Seeing how his pale, white haired clone reacted, ben Said "forget i said anything, you dont have to explain if your not comfortable."

The walk to mr. smoothie was very awkward for both of them. They occasionally caught themselves eyeing each others faces, & blushed a little, quickly looking got tired of walking, and started messing with his omnitrix. Albedo, hearing the clicking & electronic tones, looked over & asked, with a hint of fear in his voice, "uhhh, ben, wh-what are you doing?"

Ben replied, smirking a little, "dont worry albedo, im just getting us a quicker way to mr. smoothie, ah found him." Ben hit the plunger on his watch, & with a flash of green, XLR8 was standing there.

Albedo said, "good choice ben, a kinceleran, very fast."

Ben replied, to the awstruck albedo, "are you just gonna stand there, or are we gonna go to mr. smoothie."

Albedo, snapped out of his daydream, "uhh, yeah, sure, lets go."

in a flash they were at mr. smoothie, albedo & ben ate silently & quickly. After they were done ben transformed into XLR8, & they were stannding in front of bens house in a few seconds. Ben became ben again, & albedo & ben just stood there, mentally preparing themselves for how bens parents would react. Ben, was thinking of how he was gonna tell his parents, who had never met albedo before, just heard about the bad things. Ben finally said, after standing there for a minute, "are you ready Albedo?" Albedo nodded his head slowly, hesitantly. They walked towards bens house.