Chapter 5: a bad dream, passing out, and an along waited explanation

Albedo awoke screaming & sweating. Ben heard the scream, as did his parents & they all ran upstairs & busted in the door. Albedo, still screaming, & scared even more by the tennysons, tried to jump out the window. Ben said, while grabbing the foot of the panicked boy, "albedo, wait, we just want to help."

Albedo, clearly too panicked to realise that it was ben, kicked bens face, making him lose his balance, & fall out the had just finished watching kevin drive off, & was walking back to bens house when she saw albedo falling out the window. She reacted quickly, grabbing albedo with a huge hand of mana just before landing facefirst on the concrete. Albedo froze, realising how close he had come to seious injury. Ben & his paents had just looked out the window, sighing in relief when they saw gwen had caught him.

Albedo finally said, "im fine now gwen, you can let me go."

Gwen, still unsure of the bad guy turned good, slowly lowered him on his feet.

Albedo said, "thank you gwen tennyson."

Ben & his parents had just stepped out the front door. Albedo looked at ben, who had a shoeprint going down his face. Albedo remembered he had kicked somebody before he fell out the window, he realised now who he had kicked. He apologized by saying, "sorry ben, i was having a bad dream, i was panicking & didnt realise who was grabbing me."

Ben accepted albedos apology by saying, "its ok, you were scared, i know how it feels."

Albedo was liked how he had someone kinda knowing what he was going through.

Ben said,"now can you explain whats going on?"

albedo started hyperventilating, but stopped when ben grabbed his hand & said, "if you dont feel like explaining it in front of everybody, you could've asked for some privacy, would that be better?" Albedo was surprised at bens overwhelmingly friendly gesture & passed out again. Ben said in frustration, "really Albedo, passing out again, this is getting old." Ben, instead of carrying albedo to the guest room, took him to his own room so he could keep an eye on his white haired clone. Ben proceeded to play sumo slammers. Albedo stirred when ben turned on the game. So ben turned down the sound.

After an hour, the sun had just set, & albedo stirred & whimpered in his sleep. Ben hearing albedos disturbance, went over & looked at his newfound friend. Ben slowly shook albedo awake. Albedo awoke whimpering & swinging, hitting ben a couple times in the process. Ben didnt lose his cool at all & started saying in a very soft voice, "Albedo, your ok, im here for you, its ben." At this, Albedo stopped whimpering & calmed down. Albedo rolled over, looking directly into bens eyes.

Ben, feeling uneasy about albedos staring, tried to find anyway to break the gaze. He noticed how sweaty albedo was. "Albedo you should take a shower, your sweaty & you smell bad."Ben was joking about the last part. Albedo responded, "but what am I going to wear." been responded to his new found friend , "I'm sure I can find you something, I mean you are my genetic clone."

Albedo got very angry at Ben calling him a clone, and outbursted,"don't ever call me a clone again."

Ben, apologized by saying, "sorry, I didn't know you felt that way."

Albedo was very disheartened by the look on bens face. "Ben, I'm sorry for yelling, I just really don't like being called a clone."

By this time, albedo was getting ready to walk into the bathroom & undress to get into the shower. Ben said, "get in there sweaty..." he was had almost called albedo a clone again but caught himself.

After albedo was done with his hour shower, he called to Ben for a towel, & some clothes. There was no answer, so albedo peeked out the bathroom door into bens room, & saw no one, but a towel next to a pile of laid out clothes, across the room on bens dresser. Albedo listened for a second to make sure no one was coming, & decided to walk leisurely to get a towel & his clothes. Walking in a way that would air out his whole body. As soon he had taken 2 steps into the room, Ben came walking in, "hey albedo, I was wonde-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Ben had just then opened the door to his room, seeing the pale boy completely naked in the middle of his room. Ben quickly stepped back out of his room & slammed the door breathing heavily, while leaning against the closed door.

Bens parents came running up stairs. Bens parents saw the expression on bens face. "Ben, honey, what's wrong, you look like you saw a ghost."

Ben replied pantily, "no ghost, just albedos naked body."

Just then albedon said, "I'm very sorry Ben, I didnt mean for that to happen."

Ben shooed his parents away, and replied to albedo by saying, "just get some clothes on albedo"

Albedo had just put the shirt over his head & said to ben, "its OK now I'm fully clothed."Ben replied, "alright albedo, I'm coming in, & if you don't have your clothes I'm going to let rath rip you limb from limb." Ben walked into his room, albedo was sitting on bens bed fully clothed and still blushing. "I'm very sorry Ben, I had no intention of showing you my d-" albedo was cut off by Ben.

"Up bup up up, dont say it, as matter of fact dont mention it ever again."

It was now around 9pm, bens parents brought in the air mattress for said thank you, & bens mom nodded her head yes. Ben hopped into his bed & albedo into his air said, "goodnight Ben Tennyson"

Ben replied, "dude, just call me Ben, & good night to you albedo." Ben turned off the light, but turned it quickly back on, "you need to tell me now albedo." Albedo knew what Ben meant. He started to shake but Ben touched his shoulder, saying, "albedo, its OK, whatever it is I will help you."

Albedo, was reassured by Ben words. Albedo rolled over to look into bens eyes. Albedo tearily eyed & shaken said, " I was raped. Th-" albedo was cut off by Ben embracing him. "You don't have to go into detail, I'm here to help you, not to make you relive such a horrible experience." Albedo, just started sobbing into bens shoulder out of sheer happiness to have such a good person to help him, & just thinking about what had happened to him. "They just wouldn't stop, I begged and screamed, but they just laughed," Albedo said. "Shhhhh, its over now, I'll protect you," Ben replied. Albedo looked up into bens eyes for a moment, then went back to sobbing. Ben cooed & held his new friend for an hour till albedo fell asleep. Albedo had snuggled deep into bens shoulder, & Ben wouldnt try to move for fear of awakening his friend. He too, soon, fell asleep.

cliffhanger.