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?

Comments

[thesmartone]

"You could have come over to my house. Mom never goes for those fads."

[omnitrixter]

"For five seconds, pretend our moms' cooking was reversed. Now imagine trying to say 'Hey, Mom. Don't set a place for me. I'm gonna go eat at Aunt Sandra's' to her," Ben said blandly.

Seriously, he'd been tempted multiple times but had chickened out since he didn't want the Mom Guilt Trip.

[thesmartone]

She winces. "Good point." Though she probably would have 'stayed late at the library'.

[omnitrixter]

At least you would've been believable with that excuse until the next time the two sisters-in-law talked.

"Yeah. But at least she didn't bring anything tonight."

[thesmartone]

"Just that weird casserole."

[omnitrixter]

"Oh yeah." He grimaced again. "I guess I was trying to block that out."

[thesmartone]

"You could always just not eat it." And probably get the biggest guilt trip ever later.

[omnitrixter]

"Are you trying to give my mom the opportunity to use the most passive aggressive guilt trip in the universe on me or what?" Ben grumbled.

[thesmartone]

"Hey, I'm not the one refusing to eat it." She smirks, knowing he's going to complain more.

[omnitrixter]

"I'll eat it. I'm kinda obligated to as her son," he said, pouting and crossing his arms. "Or I could wait until her back's turned to scrape my share onto your plate."

[thesmartone]

"You do that and I'll tell." She is not eating more of that then she has to.

[omnitrixter]

"Come on, Gwen. You know you want more of my mom's casserole."

[thesmartone]

"Not your mom's casserole."

[omnitrixter]

"What about my casserole?" Sandra called up the stairs, hearing the cousins approaching.

"Nothing, Mom!" Ben lied pitifully.

[thesmartone]

That only made Gwen laugh. It had been too long since she'd been around her family. "I really missed you guys."

[omnitrixter]

"We missed you, too," Sandra told her niece.

Even if he had always been jealous of his cousin, Ben had missed Gwen. Not having to share his birthday had felt weird last year. At least there had always been one person he'd spend time with on his birthday with her.

[thesmartone]

"Thanks Aunt Sandra." She smiles at her aunt as they come into the living room. "Though next time I think Ben should come with. Maybe it would motivate him to study harder."

[omnitrixter]

Ben brightened at that idea. Still, he was a local hero now. He couldn't just run off, could he? Not that that was what Gwen had done...

Ugh. He really needed to talk with his cousin about this stuff.

"You really want me sitting next to you in class, Gwen?" Ben teased.

[thesmartone]

She snorts. "As if you'd get that far, but you could take some remedial classes. Maybe summer school or something."

[omnitrixter]

Ben opened his mouth, but no comeback came to him. "Okay, yeah, I might need some ice for that burn."

Sandra chuckled at the back-and-forth. "Y'know, I almost missed you two going at it. Come on. I brought my world famous casserole."