Chapter 8 good night

It was five minutes to eight and dinner was about to start in five minutes. Max made his way to his grandkids' hotel room door and knocked on it. To his surprise the door wasn't completely closed and slightly slid open. He peaked into the room to find it mostly dark

"Kids?" he whispered as he entered the room. He walked into it to find his two grandchildren sleeping beside each other on the double bed with Gwen's head on Ben's shoulder. Max's lips formed into a warm happy smile. He didn't have the heart to wake them up so he went to eat dinner by himself. Just as he left the room the two kids cuddled in their sleep without him noticing

Time: Wednesday 2:00 AM

Ben woke up to see his girlfriend who happened to be his cousin sleeping beside him. He smiled warmly at the sight thinking she was cute when she was asleep. He gently got out of bed trying not to wake her up. When he did he covered her up with a blanket and gave her a kiss on her head to which she smiled. He then went to bathroom to drink a glass of water. When he came back he was surprised to see a white flash of light in the sky followed by a loud rumble

"What the heck?..." he mumbled as he walked to the big door window leading to the porch with an empty glass in his hand

"Wha?..." muttered Gwen as she woke up and rubbed her eyes

"Oh sorry Gwen… I didn't mean to wake you up" said Ben as he turned to look at her

"No that's okay…" she said tiredly and yawned

"What's going on?"

"There seems to be a thunder storm outside" said Ben

"A thunder storm? In the summer? I thought Israel has a two season climate. They don't have this kind of weather in the summer…" said Gwen with a confused tone as she joined Ben next to the window

"Maybe this is an exception" said Ben

"Maybe" agreed Gwen as another crash of lightning appeared followed by a crash of thunder

"Oh… I hate thunder…" muttered Gwen as Ben wrapped his arm around her

"Don't worry Gwen, it's just thunder it can't hurt you…" he reassured her

Gwen nodded nervously as she let out a big yawn

"I'm going back to bed. Goodnight Ben" she said

"Goodnight" he replied and stood there for a few minutes more. When he was tired of watching the storm he went back to bed as well. To his concern Gwen was shaking in fear every time the thunder crashed.

"Oh… why won't it stop?..." she wined as she sat up in bed. She then felt Ben wrap his arm around her again and she rested her head on his shoulder

"I hate storms…" she said softly

"I know Gwen… I know… but we're safe here. No mean lightning can hurt here…" he reassured here which appeared to work a little bit

"Still, the sound of the lightning always scares me. Especially when it's loud…" complained the redhead

Ben thought for a moment and planted a kiss on her cheek

"It'll be okay Gwen. It'll die down soon"

All Gwen could do was smile at him

"Thanks for cheering me up Ben"

"Anything for my doofus cousin…" teased Ben and Gwen chuckled

"Dweeb…" she smirked and flicked his nose as the two kids laughed

"Well I'm going to sleep. Goodnight Ben" said Gwen who finally managed to relax and lay back down on the pillow

"Goodnight…" said Ben as the two kids drifted into a peaceful sleep as the storm slowly died down…

To be continued…

I decided to add a little bwen to the story. I hope you like it.

Doc boy out