Family matters

[thesmartone]

Who: Ben Tennyson, Gwen Tennyson
What: Two cousins meet again after secrets have been revealed.
When: Friday afternoon
Where: The Tennyson house (Pick one)
Warning: Dorks being dorks and dweebs being dweebs.



Gwen easily sneaked in through the window and changed cloths into her normal 'Gwen Tennyson' attire. Her mom had told her that she had to be home early because they wanted to have some friends over for dinner. When she came down the stairs and was greeted by her aunt and uncle she could have almost dropped her face in her hands. After the encounter with Ben she was sure the last place he wanted to be was in her house. She looked around reflexively. Where was he anyway?

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[thesmartone]

She winced. Maybe she shouldn't have told Ben that. "I'm sure there are a couple of planets that haven't heard of him." After all, not everyone needed space cops, right?

[omnitrixter]

Ben sighed and pinched at the bridge of his nose. "This is all making my brain hurt."

Way too much. Way, way too much.

[thesmartone]

She let a hand rest on his shoulder. It felt really good to be able to do that now. It felt really good that Ben knew about Lucky Girl and all the things she'd been hiding from him. "We can always talk more about it later. Dinner's probably waiting."

[omnitrixter]

"Yeah. Wouldn't want to miss Mom's tofu and mungbean casserole that she brought over to share." Ben shuddered. "Some days I almost wish for a bowl of mealworms."

He paused.

"Though on those days I wonder if that's me talking or something filtering through from Grey Matter since those are usually the days I end up being him a lot."

[thesmartone]

She winces at that. Tofu was fine, it was the mungbean that she had an issue with. "I think I'd rather space food again." Hopefully there was enough other food that they could give the casserole a polite pass.

[omnitrixter]

"What'd you have in space?" Ben asked. "Also, can your parents adopt me? I love mine, but I could do without the latest vegan kick Mom's been on."

[thesmartone]

"Grandpa was nice enough to bring space food." Otherwise tofu casserole would have been an improvement. "You could probably come over for dinner when you're going on patrol."

[omnitrixter]

"He brought some to dinner tonight?"

He perked up at the last part. "Really? That'd be great. I'm not sure if it's just being a teenage boy or the watch or what but if I have to do a lot of transformations in one day, I'm starving."

[thesmartone]

"I don't know, but it's gotta take a lot out of you." After all, it changed his whole shape and everything. As for Grandpa Max bringing space food, she didn't know that either.

[omnitrixter]

Probably the metabolism between species messing with him. After going XLR8 and Jetray in particular, he could eat the entire Burger Shack.

"I can handle it okay, but it's kinda eating into my allowance. Literally." Ben grimaced.

[thesmartone]

"Honestly I think mom and dad would be really happy to see us hanging out together." They worried about her having so few friends (ok, none) and having Ben around would be 'good for her'

[omnitrixter]

"My parents would probably think the same thing."

True, he played soccer during the school year, but it was summer...and he had no friends.

Looks like both cousins were in the same boat.

[thesmartone]

"There you go. You'll come over here and then I'll help train you in fighting." She could be Grandpa Max until Grandpa Max could be Grandpa Max.

[omnitrixter]

"Think you could help with my homework, too? Chemistry's trying to destroy me," Ben asked only half-joking.

[thesmartone]

"Maybe." She smirks. "If you ask really nice."

[omnitrixter]

"Depends on what 'really nice' means," Ben said cheekily. "If it's proclaiming that you're the nicest cousin in the universe and all should kneel before you, I'll have to pass."

[thesmartone]

"Well, then I guess you're not getting help." It's a lie. She'd help him anyway.

[omnitrixter]

Ben clutched dramatically at his chest. "And here I thought that superheroes were supposed to be kind and giving souls. Lucky Girl, you've shattered my faith."

[thesmartone]

"Who said that extended to family?" She's teasing, mostly.

[omnitrixter]

"You are the meanest superhero ever," Ben teased.

[thesmartone]

"I don't know." She quipped back; "Ben Ten seems pretty mean. He didn't even ask for Lucky Girl's autograph."

[omnitrixter]

"That's because Ben 10 was too busy freaking out over the fact that the girl he had a cru--I mean that one of his personal heroes turned out to be his dweeby cousin," Ben said, blushing as he looked away.

So freaking embarrassing.

[thesmartone]

She caught that, she totally caught that. "You had a crush on me?" No, seriously? That's gross!

[omnitrixter]

And time for the classic Ben Tennyson wail and flail.

"I didn't know she was you, okay?! Pretty superhero about my age who kicks a lot of butt? Who wouldn't get a crush?!"

[thesmartone]

"Pretty much all of Venture City." At least not the one guy she would have loved to have gotten a crush on her. "You don't have a crush on me anymore right? Because that would be gross."