"wakey, wakey you two" Max called out to them. She felt the floor shake a bit signalling that Ben had just jumped down off the bed. "Hey Gwen you getting up or not?" Ben walked over to her. "no" she groaned turning over. "still tired" she groaned as Ben looked back over to his grandpa.

He walked over to her and shook her a little. "Gwen I need to have a look at those wounds if you don't mind" Max said lifting her up a little. "too tired" she fell back asleep again. "AHH" she screamed as freezing cold water was poured all over her.

"BEN" she screamed angrily.

She immediately jumped out of bed but tripped on her own feet. "Common you two you were getting along just fine yesterday please try and get along today" he said picking Gwen up. She pushed away from him. "I can do it by myself" she backed away from him.

"I-I'm sorry" she sat back down on the bed. "Here" he passed her a piece of dark pink cloth. "track it" he said. "I cant" she held her wrist up. he took her wrist gently and took it off and held it comfortingly in his grip. "Thanks" she whispered as she stared down at the cloth. It began to glow as well as her eyes. "they're at 38 cross-way, California" she said as she gave the cloth back.

"Thanks kid" he rustled her hair. "AH" she winced as he hit the stitches in the cut on her forehead. "Sorry" he said as she held her head. "K Max I-I helped you find the two that means I can go now right" she stood up happily. "not until that book is returned back to the museum and Hex and Charmcaster are back behind bars" he said making her groan and roll her eyes.

"its gonna take a couple of days to get there" Max said as he sat down and started the RV whilst Ben came over and sat in the passenger seat. The whole car was silent. Ben was listening to his ipod. Max was driving and Gwen was checking on her wounds. "Ben" he looked up into the rearview mirror seeing the girl struggling. "Go help her" he said and Ben rolled his eyes and walked over to her taking a first aid box with him.

He sat down next to her and opened the first aid box taking out a gauze cloth and clear liquid. "Can I see it" he asked her she looked up at him then looked back down moving her arm towards him. "he began to pat her injury lightly with the clear liquid. She winced in pain. He wrapped the gauze cloth around the stitched up injury.

"thanks" she whispered. "not sure what we're suppost to do about those bruises on your face though" he said as she touched her face. "I suppose it'll go eventually," she said.

In the few days that they spend together Ben and Gwen had become very attached to each other. "your middle names Curby are you serious" Gwen laughed as they sat on the lower bunk bed together. "My mum gave me it to me Ok she thought it was cute" he chuckled trying to calm her down from exploding with laughter. "Ok. Ok whats your dads name then" she giggled. "Carl" Ben said rolling his eyes. "then whats your middle name?" Ben looked towards her still lightly chuckling.

"I don't have one" she chuckled as he quietened down. He looked her up and down. Over the past few days he had grown to have a small crush on her. "hey um Gwen where you gonna go after well you know… you leave?" Ben asked a little upset at the thought. "huh… oh… umm… I'll probably go back to New York, I've got a pretty nice apartment there" she scratched the back of her neck. "Oh…" he slumped down in his seat. "cause I was wondering if um… did you want to st-"

"Ben. Gwen we're here" Max called them over cutting Ben off. They looked outside to see a scary looking mansion. "well lets go" he said. "wait your not serious" she asked looking at the scary place. "common Gwen" Ben grabbing her by the waist and pulling her along with him. "oh man" she groaned.

They crept inside the old rotting mansion to find Hex chanting some magical words. "that's my book" Gwen whispered ready to fight but was taken back when Ben grabbed her and held her in tightly. "we cant just go in guns blazing. Common" he moved in front of her walking towards Hex and past the staircase. "should've of known you would be here Tennyson" Charmcaster hissed making Ben turn around. "Should've known you were working with that slut" Charmcaster said pointing a finger towards Gwen. "what did you call me?" Gwen said angrily towards her. "she called you a-"

"I know what she said" Gwen crossed her arms. "What are you waiting for go alien or something" Gwen furrowed her eye-brows at Ben causing him to slam down his Omnitrix turning into a blue moth like alien. Gwen back flipped back as Ben took on Charmcaster. She raced up to the hovering book in front of Hex jumping and grabbing it taking it from his possession. "why you little" Hex flew towards her only to be shot down by a powerful blast from Max's gun.

Ben froze Charmcaster to a holt then slammed down the omnitrix turning back into his normal self. They smiled at each other. Out of the corner of Ben's eye he could see Hex getting up and firing towards the red head as she came over towards Ben. "Gwen look out" ben screamed rushing up to the redhead and tackling her out of the line of fire. "Ooof" they both landed with a thud. They stared into each others eyes then closed them both leaning forward their lips approaching each others. "He's getting away" Max yelled causing the teenagers to groan and look across to see Hex making a dash for it. "hey um… Ben you mind getting off me" Gwen asked blushing lightly. "err… sure" Ben replied a shade of red crossing his cheeks. He placed her hand out letting her grab it then pull her up. he pulled her up to fast and she came into a crashing hug with Ben. He was only an inch taller then her she realised. "you two Ok" Max came up to the two. "um… yeah fine" they both said.

"we have to go after him" Max said. "NO" Ben quickly snapped knowing that she would leave as soon as they caught him. "Huh?" Max and Gwen both stared at him. "I mean he's a magician he's probably disappeared halfway round America by now. We might as well take Charmcaster in and interrogate her," Ben said making Max raise an eyebrow. "Ok then" Max said taking out a strange looking badge and placing it up to his ear then walked away. "are you Ok" they both asked each other at the same time. "fine" they said in unison causing them to blush more. "umm… I'm gonna go find my duffle bag" she looked down towards his trousers then walked off leaving Ben on his own. 'wonder what she was looking at' he looked down as his eyes widened. Hurriedly he ran into the RV.

Later that night Ben sat down at the table as Max cooked. They were watching the news (In case your wondering) Gwen came in smiling as she dropped a black duffle bag down on the bed. "well you seem happy" Max turned towards her. "I found my bag" she smiled happily sitting down and opening her duffle bag and pulling out the old book. "so what's in that book anyway" Max asked her as she walked towards the table, sitting down and reading it. "spells, enchantments, rituals you know stuff like that" she skipped through the pages. "what you looking for?" Ben asked looking towards the book trying to make out the words but failed. "nothing im just having a look through it" she shrugged. "you can read it later" Max said as he placed down a bowl of what looked like soup. "oh thank god something normal" she smiled but her expression dropped when octopus tentacles and chicken flaking up to the surface. "Chicken, pineapple and tentacle soup. What do you guys think" he placed a bowl of soup on the table for Ben. "where's the pineapple?" She asked as Max sat down next to Ben taking a spoonful and chugging it down. "mmm…" he moaned. "ew" Both Ben and Gwen said at the same time.

"oh come on you two, don't knock it til you try it" Max smiled at them. They groaned and took a bite surprisingly it wasn't so bad. "we'll have to find Hex tomorrow who knowing what he's up too" Max said as the two green eyed teenagers looked up at each other with worried expressions. "do you think I could use your shower?" she asked with Max replying with a nod. "Thanks" she said as she walked towards it opening the door and closing it. The next thing that was heard were the taps come on. "Hey grandpa do you think that Gwen could stay with us?" Ben asked taking his plate up to the sink and began to wash it.

"I don't know Ben. I think she's eager to get back to New York" Max said passing his bowl to Ben. "But she's got nowhere to go. She's got no family and she's a thief. We've gotta help her" Ben argued but stopped when the taps were turned off. "we'll talk about this later" Max whispered into Ben's ear and walked outside. "Hey umm could someone get me a towel" she asked placing a hand threw the crack of the door. "Here" Ben passed her one. "Thanks" she said as she grabbed it then opened the door. Ben stared at her bright red in the face. Her hair was down and a towel wrapped around her torso. His body stiffened as his face turned to a very apparent red. "Ben you Ok?" she asked gently. "yeah, fine" he said quickly and in a higher pitched voice. "Ok then" Gwen said walking over to some clothes on the lower bunk bed grabbing the clothes and walking back over to the bathroom. "Thanks again for the clothes" she said as she walked back in to the bathroom.

That night they slept peacefully knowing the next day they would have to visit Charmcaster.

It was the early morning Ben had gone off to collect firewood while Gwen packed away the outside dishes. She picked them up and walked to the door stopping as she heard Max speaking to someone.

She opened it slowly and peaked her ear through the door.

"yeah as soon as i've run a few tests and get her to find Hex she's all yours" Max spoke to someone on the phone. 'he lied to me' her conscience boomed. 'ah how could I believe him' she bit her bottom lip. "yeah she's gonna be in for a big surprise" Max said smiling into the phone. Tears began to stream down her cheeks. 'those liars' she thought. "alright see you soon Frank" he placed the phone down.

"Ah Gwendolyn I wanted to talk to you for a minute" Max turned round to see the girl staring at him. "don't Gwendolyn me" She hissed through her teeth. "something wrong kiddo" he looked down at her. "you lied to me" She pointed her finger at him. "you said you'd take me home. You lied" tears streamed down her face. "Gwen sweetheart I know I lied but it was for a good reason" Max placed a hand on her shoulder but she swiped it off. "Don't touch me" She backed away from him. "Just stay away from me" she hissed then ran out the door as fast as she could. "Gwen" he ran to the door watching her leave. "Grandpa whats going on" Ben rushed up to him throwing the firewood aside.

"Ben go after her" Max said as Ben pressed down the omnitrix turning into jetray then flying off into the sky.

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