He held her hand, as she laid there submersed in sleep. It had been a week since the accident and Ben's anger was still ablaze. Frank walked in and sat beside him as he sipped his coffee. "How is she?" He asked gently. Ben smiled and placed her hand into his. "I think she's starting to wake up" Ben told him as Frank felt her hand. He could feel slight tensions in her fingers like she was attempting to close her hand. Frank smiled and gripped her hand tighter.
In an instance Kevin came through the door along with Max. He had a smug smile on his face. Ben cringed his face at the sight as Kevin. They had grown apart. "What's with the look Tennyson?" Kevin leaned back on the wall and watched Ben's reaction. "Nothing's with the look" Ben stood up and stared at him with vain. "why so mad Tennyson? Girlfriend left you" Kevin smirked as Ben got madder. "Shut it Levin and she didn't leave me" Ben pointed out. "Oh like hell she didn't" Kevin retorted as Ben took a step forward ready to hit the Ultimatrix down. In that instance Max stood between the two. "Alright you two enough" Max held both there shoulders making sure they didn't fight in a hospital.
Ben sighed and turned around ready to sit until he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye. He looked up to see Gwen staring at him with unsure tired eyes. "Gwen!" Ben raced up to her. She had no idea where she was or what was happening around her. He pulled her in for a hug as she whimpered lightly. He pulled back and held her by the shoulders.
"W-Who are you?"
Ben stared in shock at her. "What did you just say?" Ben asked squeezing her shoulders tighter. "I asked who you were" Gwen looked up at him with an unsure look. "I'll get a doctor" Max rushed out the door. "Gwen look at me" Ben asked begged her. "W-Who's Gwen?" She asked attempting to remove Ben's tight grip on her clothing. "Gwen's you, you're Gwen" Ben shook her lightly but she winced. "Nuh, you're hurting me" Gwen tried to pull him off of her. In a second the doctor along with Max came through the door. He removed the boy's grip off the girl then forced her to lay back down. He then took out a flash light and shined it into her eyes. "Can you please pass me her chart" The doctor more or less demanded. Ben rushed over and passed it to him. He flipped it open and looked at her file. "I thought so" He whispered. "what is it?" Frank asked. "Brain trauma. She's got temporary memory loss probably from the trauma she's been through" The doctor said as he placed the board back on the bed. "Hopefully she'll be back to normal in less than a couple of months" Frank's face dropped. "A couple of months" Frank rushed up to her and held her hand. She stared at him confused as he stroked her hair. "She should be alright. Make sure she gets lots of sleep" He told them as they walked out the door.
Ben looked over to Gwen who still had a confused look on her face. "This is gonna be a long week" Ben told himself.
3 DAYS LATER
Ben clutched Gwen's hand awaking her from sleep. "Hey…" She squinted from the light. Ben smiled goofily towards her. She still wasn't able to remember anything and Ben was starting to get worried. He remembered that smells, tastes, images and places would jog her memory but where could he even take her without the nurse going berserk at him. "Hey…" He replied back to her quietly. "You planning on trying to sneak me out again?" She chuckled weakly. Ben raised his head a little more and tilted it to the side looking over to the door and staring at the people passing by. Only a few people, mainly patients taking a stroll down the halls.
Ben then looked over to his sleeping uncle who had a paper on his knees. He had rings under his eyes from lack of sleep. Ben turned back towards her and smiled whilst slightly biting his lip.
"The doc did say that tastes, smells and places would jog your memory" Ben got up and walked over to the closet and taking out a wheel chair.
Gwen lifted her upper body up and hung her legs over the side of the bed ready to get into the wheelchair. Ben was about to grab her and place her in it but stopped when she unsteadily got up on two feet.
He was amazed she was actually able to stand even though she was clinging onto the IV stand for support. "You should probably sit down," Ben suggested taking her arm gently and attempting to pull her onto the seat but she wouldn't budge. She was too stubborn to take the easy way. She took an unstable step but managed it. Ben stayed by her side ready to catch her at any moment as she continued to take another step.
"You're doing great" Ben grinned goofily at her …that was until…
"BEN!, GWEN!"
Stared at the man that had just shouted at them. Frank immediately walked over to them in mere shock. He stared into Ben's green orbs and then down at his daughter. Ben followed his line of gaze to see Gwen down on the ground rubbing her head, which still had a bandage on it from where she had been hit.
Ben helped her up as stared out the window and into the city. Ben and Frank pulled her over to the chair as she continued to stare out the window, which she had only noticed until now. Frank inspected her making sure she was okay and hadn't hurt herself in the act.
"Ben maybe you should gave a doctor to make sure she's okay" Frank asked lifting the bandage on her head and checking to make sure she wasn't bleeding. Ben was about to walk off until Gwen grabbed him.
"Ben?" She smiled at him. Ben turned back towards her and bent down to her level.
"What is it?" He asked gently. "The window looks familiar" She seemed to have an unsure look on her face. Ben smiled at her and turned back to the window. "It kinda has a symbolic meaning I guess" Ben chuckled. Gwen gave him an unsure smile. "What are you doing out of bed" A female voice called from the door. Ben and Frank looked over to see a middle aged blonde nurse not in the best of moods. Ben and Frank scratched the back of their necks nervous about the woman's authority. "Welll….. errr….." Both men said in unison. The nurse just rolled her eyes and walked up to them taking the handles of the wheel chair and rolling her back to the hospital bed. "She should not be out walking around yet?" The nurse said as Gwen was pulled onto the bed. "as for you young lady, you could've hurt yourself" The nurse said making Gwen feel slightly guilty.
She pulled the covers over the red-head and tucking her up then playing with the IV making sure she didn't damage it.
"Now I suggest you get some sleep as for you two gentlemen you can either stay in here and sit there quietly or you can leave so Miss. Tennyson can get some proper sleep?" She asked not in the best tone.
Frank's eyes half closed and stared towards Ben giving him the 'be good' look before sitting down on an un-comfy seat across from Gwen.
Ben looked towards the redhead who was giving him a pleading look making Ben sigh and sit down on a seat next to Gwen.
The nurse then looked towards Gwen who gulped and attempted to back away from her as she came closer and placed wrapped a tube around her ears and slightly going up her nose.
Gwen cringed from the uncomfortableness as the nurse helped her rest her head back onto the pillow. "Now I don't want to have to get the doctor in just to give you a sedative…Hmmm…." The nurse more asked then stated. "No mam…." Gwen mumbled as the thermometer was placed into her mouth on the bottom of her tongue. She then took Gwen's wrist and tightened her grip on it whilst watching her gold old fashion watch.
'Fake' Gwen subconsciously thought.
"Your heartbeats a little above average but that's probably due to the…. Excitement" She hissed the last word. "And your temperature is a few degrees lower than normal, I'll get you some blankets, in the mean time you can catch up on some sleep" he removed the thermometer out of her mouth.
She then placed it on a table and walked out of the room and into the halls.
Ben immediately got up and walked over to her.
"So Gwen how 'bout a quick stroll to the park?" Ben asked walking over to her as Frank stared in shock. "Benjamin!" Frank got up and stormed over to him. "No, Gwen's here to get better" He told him but the youth just rolled his eyes. "Yeah and she is, I mean Gwen was even walking" Ben grinned goofily towards Gwen who nervously smiled back. "Besides we'll only be a few minutes and it's only to job Gwen's memory" Ben argued as Frank sighed and looked over to the girl. She still was clueless about who he was and he intended to tell her once she got her memory back.
"It's still no Ben, I don't want to get kicked out of a hospital now I'm going to get a coffee and I expect you two to stay right here" Frank said then moved towards the door and closed it. Gwen sink into the layers of the blanket as Ben walked over to her.
"You coming?" He asked her causing her to re-shuffle the blankets and remove them from over her head.
"But Frank just said-"
"Common Gwen it'll be fun" He reasoned with her. Gwen smirked at his rebellious act. She quickly removed the breathing tube around her ears and forced the blanket off and into the air. She then lifted her legs off the side about to take a step till Ben halted her. "Maybe you should sit in the chair instead" He reasoned with her. "Ben I'm so sick of sitting down" She gripped onto the IV stand and stood up beginning to walk.
"Okay but as soon as I see you stagger then you're going straight into the chair" Ben stated as Gwen rolled her eyes disinterested in what he had said. She opened the door attempting not to stagger or trip.
Ben inspected her form-taking note of the large bandages wrapped around her ankles, knees, Forehead and wrists, a few gauze patches on her upper arms and one on her right cheek. Her thighs were still scratched harshly and even though he couldn't see if she had bandages and patches on her back, chest and stomach but it was covered up by a blue and white hospital gown. He also couldn't see the bandages on her ankles, those were covered up by thermal socks. "Ben? Ben?" Someone called out to him.
"huh?... What?" Ben looked over to her. "You coming or not?" She asked him hissing. "Yep…" Ben walked over to her and clasped her hand then walked out the door with her trailing behind. "So where we going?" Gwen asked as they turned towards the elevators. Ben thought for a moment. "Hmmmm…. How 'bout the park it's pretty close, right outside the hospital actually?" He asked Gwen. She smiled by the word park. It had a funny ring to it. "Okay" Gwen responded pressing on the elevator door and awaiting it to open.
"I love the park…. I think" Gwen spaced out for moment thinking.
Ben clicked his fingers in front of her face attempting to get her attention back.
"Gwen" Ben called out to her. "…Yeah?" She asked. "elevator" Ben helped Gwen inside. They waited two minutes before the door reopened into the lobby. Their facial expressions sunk as Max, Frank and Kevin were standing right in front of them. Kevin laughed. "Busted Tennyson" Kevin chuckled. "Huhumph" Ben and Gwen turned to see the nurse with several blankets in her arms. "Gwen what are you doing out of bed" Grandpa Max asked but Gwen just stared at him clueless. "Who are you again?" Gwen asked concerned. Frank was enraged.
"YOU ARE BOTH GROUNDED" Frank yelled at them. Immediately Gwen's finger pressed onto the panel making the door slam shut and the elevator begin to rise. "Whatcha do that for?" Ben asked concerned and slightly annoyed.
"I don't know I freaked" Gwen replied watching the numbers light up on the panel. "We're doomed, Uncle Frank's gonna go insane" Ben tensed his hands and cringed his face. The elevator stopped at roof level as the doors opened Ben and Gwen hurriedly walked outside. Gwen looked over to the edge of the building something inside her wanted to leap off the building and run for it. She unwrapped the bandage around her hand and removed the drip.
"What're you doing?" Ben tensed as the drip was pulled out. Gwen cringed but stopped and fought the pain.
"Making a break for it" Gwen seat and she walked over to the edge and looked down. Ben stared at her. Memory or not she was still the same person. "Gwen wait" Ben took her waist and turned her around. "Common Ben lets get out of here" Gwen's eyes lit up brightly.
"Gwen we need to stay here, your still hurt" Even Ben knew Gwen wasn't thinking right.
"Common Ben I've been in there for ages" Gwen pleaded.
"I just wanna go home" Gwen said as Ben's eyes widened.
"They're good kids really" Max tried to explain to the nurse as she huffed. "They're nothing but trouble makers" The nurse disagreed with Max's statement. Kevin pressed the elevator door closed and waited to reach the top.
"Tennyson's so dead" Kevin smiled imagining the thought of Ben being in trouble and how he was going to explain this to the one guy who gone absolutely ballistic the last couple of weeks.
"They can be a little bit unreasonable at times but they always pull through" Max tried to defend the kids actions but the nurse was less than interested. The door soon opened to find two teens near the edge of the rooftop. Gwen was on the ground holding herself and staring off into space as Ben just watched her.
"Ben" Max raced over to him as Frank raced over to Gwen and squeezed her shoulders.
"Gwen?" He called out to her but she didn't answer instead shook her head and looked off into the distance then back at him. 'no,no,no,no" She continued to whisper over and over taking steps back and nearing the edge of the building. "Gwen get back here this instant" Frank demanded pointing to the spot in front of him but she didn't seem to hear him. Gwen took another step back about to fall off the edge and with one last step and eyes wide she fell toward the Earth.
"GWEN!"
sorry this took so long to upload i didnt know how to continue it so right now this is the best i could think of. Please review and tell me what you think and if any would like to suggest ideas it would be nice :3
