Chapter 17 school dance

Ben reached for his phone and dialed his cousin's number. After a few rings she answered

"Hey cuz what's up?' the boy asked while lying on his bed

"Oh hey Ben. How are you?"

"I've been alright. What are you up to?"

"Not much. Just working on some homework"

"Nice. Lieten I wanted to ask you a question" said Ben and paused for a moment before he continued

"The school dance is coming up and I was wondering if you'd want to be my date"

Gwen smiled at his proposal

"I'd love to be your date Ben" she said happily

"Great. So I'll pick you up on Friday at seven"

"Okay I'll see you then" said Gwen and hung up. Knowing she would go to the dance with Ben made concentrating on her homework much harder now. For a moment she was mad at him for distracting her. But it went away almost immediately knowing he didn't mean it and she can't stay mad to him for long…

The next few days went by quickly. Before anyone knew it, it was Friday night and Ben was getting ready to pick up his cousin. He checked himself out in the mirror. He was wearing black jeans and a black tee shirt. He seemed to look pretty handsome. He reached for his cologne bottle and used some of it. Once ready he grabbed his car keys and walked out the door. Moments later he rang the doorbell at Gwen's house. Moments later it swung open revealing his cousin wearing a light blue dress with a yellow rose in her hair. As soon as he saw her his face turned red

"You look beautiful" he said as she smiled

"Thanks. You look pretty good yourself" she said and he smiled. He reached out his hand and she held onto it as they walked towards his car. Once inside, Ben started the engine and drove off to the school. After a few minutes they were at the school parking lot and before they knew it they were standing at the entrance to the dance

"Ready to start dancing?" asked Ben

"Ready when you are" said his cousin as she looked at Ben who looked kind of nervous. She smiled at his nervousness as they entered the dance and held each other in their arms as they danced. After a few minutes Ben spoke

"I'm glad I was transferred to your school last year. Now we get to see each other more often"

"Yeah…" said Gwen as a tall blond girl approached them

"Hey incest girl…" she mocked but Gwen ignored her

"Is this your incest boyfriend/cousin?" she asked but Gwen continued to ignore her

"I like your dress. Where did you get it? In the dumpster?"

By now Ben thought she crossed the line so he decided to speak up

"Hey Lizzy, you want to shut up?"

"Oooh… looks like I touched a nerve here…"

Ben rolled his eyes in annoyance as he turned his back to the girl as he continued to dance with Gwen

"Bitch…" he muttered as Gwen giggled at his reaction to her teasing. Unfortunately Lizzy heard it too

"Hey I'm not the bitch here. Your cousin is. How does it feel Ben? To date a girl who's part of your family?"

Ben decided to beat her at her own game

"Given the fact that she's the most beautiful girl I know it's pretty good"

"Beautiful? Ha! You don't what beautiful is Benjamin Tennyson. Why don't you date me instead and ditch this stupid whore?" as soon as she said this the three teenagers and the ones near them froze in silence

"What did you call me?" Gwen asked sharply as her magic abilities kicked in and her eyes turned blue

"Hey no fair! You can't use our magic on me!"

"Oh and I suppose calling me a whore is fair…" said Gwen sarcastically

"That's because you are a whore because you're dating your cousin!" yelled Lizzy and pushed Gwen and she pushed her back. After a few seconds the two girls began a physical fight which didn't last long because Ben broke them up

"Enough!" yelled Ben as he separated the two girls

"Lizzy, Get lost; Gwen let's go someplace else…" said the boy as the trio split. After a few steps Gwen gasped in shock

"My dress!" she yelled in shock as Ben looked at her. To his surprise the collar of Gwen's dress was overly starched from the fight with Lizzy revealing the bottom part of her neck

"I spent my whole allowance on this dress!" moaned Gwen as she started to cry softly. Ben wrapped his arms around her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her

"It's okay Gwen… if you want I can get you a new one for your birthday…" he reassured her

"So what? I can't continue the dance with this dress and I can't fix it because my spell book is at home…"

"So why don't we go home and get it fixed or simply put on a new one?" suggested Ben

"Forget Ben. I don't want to be here anymore…"

"Oh come on Gwen you don't mean that…"

"Yes I do. Take me home…" said Gwen as Ben gave her a long look

"Alright. Just give me a minute" said Ben as he walked off to find Lizzy after he a few seconds he saw her standing against a wall sipping a drink

"Listen carefully…" he warned her

"Next time you call me cousin a whore or attack her or insult her in any way both of us will use our super powers on you and that's a promise…" he said sternly and took the drink from her hand and poured it on her head and walked away. Little did he know that Gwen saw him get revenge for her

"That was real sweet of you to get back at her for me Ben…" she said after he caught up with her

"No problem Gwen" he said as they left the school gym and headed for Ben's car. Once inside they sat in silence before Ben spoke

"So how do you want to spend the rest of the evening?"

"Why don't we just go over to my place and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate while watching a movie? Just like old times…" suggested Gwen as Ben smiled and gave her a kiss

"I'd love to…" he said and ignited the engine of his car and drove off. On the way to Gwen's house she spoke up

"Hey Ben?"

"Hmm?"

"Thanks for sticking up for me…" she said warmly as she rested her head on his shoulder as they headed for Gwen's house to enjoy a nice pleasant evening…

To be continued…

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