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Getting along	By : Woodrow Category: +1 through F > Ben 10 Views: 45508 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Whew, long story short, it was one hectic weekend. Hoping for uninterrupted programation from now on.

“So how’s it going you two? Are you enjoying the facilities?” Astrid said as she opened the door; “you’re just wasting precious time sitting here doing nothing!” she continued trying to cheer them up.
“If Ben was not so stubborn we would have done a couple things, yet he didn’t even take a look at my schedule” Gwen said without much of a heart as she continued to move the virtual cards.
“Now let me look at that, can you please send it to my PDA?” Astrid asked as she pulled it out from her pocket; “now let’s see... botanic garden, earth’s view map, SPA visit, virtual martial arts dojo… Gwen this is full to the brim with things YOU want to do!
“Of course it’s not! There’s a spot to watch a movie at 8 o clock!” she replied.
“Yeah, and the movie title is: my sister’s wedding” Astrid remarked.
“Yuk! See Astrid? I didn’t even have to take a look at that thing! I KNEW it wasn’t good for me beforehand, superheroes know that kind of stuff” Ben said without even taking his eyes off his videogame.
“Valid argument, so what about you Ben? Why didn’t Gwen agree to your idea? Sure you brought something to the table right?” she asked with a bright smile that made it all the more difficult to lie.
“Well… the thing is… I kind of… forgot that part…” he replied slightly blushing as he scratched the back of his head.
“So, you’re as guilty as Gwen is for just disagreeing but not proposing anything! All right, maybe we will be better off after we eat, so can you two please come with me to the mess hall?” Astrid kindly asked them as she headed to the door again, showing them the way to the mess hall, which she once again opened with her eye on the scanner.
“Ok guys this is how it works, see that touch screen?” she pointed; “you input whatever you want to eat in there, then it will ask you for the details, both pass your cards thru the reader and that’s it! Your food will be automatically cooked. I have a very large freezer with pretty much any kind of food in this world, so you won’t miss Max’s exotic cooking.
“Is it even possible to miss the worms and bugs?” Gwen asked.
“Ok I’m going first!” Ben said eager as usual, and then he went for a hamburger.
“So much food to choose from and you want a hamburger? Yeah you’re quite the gourmet” Gwen said sarcastically.
“Shut up, I’m hungry!” Ben replied as he inputted his selection.
“Double meat?” the mechanical voice asked.
“Yes!” Ben replied happily.
“Double cheese?”
“Yes!”
“Onions?”
“No!”
“Lettuce?”
“No way!”
“Tomato?”
“No greens! Just the good stuff!”
“Ketchup, mustard, mayo?”
“Yes, yes and yes! Double of all that!” Ben said excited, almost drooling.
“You can’t eat all that, you’re gonna get sick again” Gwen said to her cousin.
“Of course I’m not! Just slide your stupid card so I can get my food!” Ben ordered as he slided his own
“Not a chance I’m allowing you to eat that! It’s like the antithesis of healthy food! Why don’t you eat something organic for a change?”
“You mean those stupid muffins you keep buying? They taste like tree bark!”
“They’re good for you”
“Nothing that tastes that foul can be good!”
“Ok guys, stop arguing” Astrid interrupted; “Gwen, why don’t you let Ben eat what he wants, just this one time? It will save much time and effort” she said to Gwen with her usual smile.
“If I must…” she sighed as she slid her card thru the reader, causing a green light to glow
“Order in process” the machine said, and reset to it’s original state, allowing Gwen to order her own food
“Organic Caesar salad with low-fat dressing and grilled chicken please” she said in a kind tone.
“Yuk, you can choose pizza and you want greens?” Ben remarked.
“Just slide your card already! You got your burger so let me eat in peace!”
Finally Ben slid his card and both orders came out at roughly the same time, so they took them and sat on a large, plastic table; “mind if I join you two?” Astrid said holding a pretty yummy looking steak with mashed potatoes on a side.
“Not at all, have a seat Astrid” Gwen said politely as she moved to her left to make room for her; Ben didn’t even pay attention as he immediately munched on his huge hamburger, spurting ketchup and mustard as he did.
“Munch, munch, dfeghlicious” he said in a most incomprehensible tone with a mouthful of half-chewed hamburger.
“See what I have to go thru?” Gwen said as she quietly took a small bite from her plate.
“Well, just try nicely, you’ll be surprised with the results. Ben, next time you speak can you please not do it with food in your mouth? We would really appreciate that”
“Swooo… –swallows – I mean, sorry Astrid” Ben said.
“Whoa! How did you do that? I’ve tried to get him to behave a gazillion times with no results at all!” Gwen asked surprised.
“Yeah, and you always include dumb, cave boy, idiot, monster or some other hideous insult with it” Ben complained.
“So, you do it just to annoy Gwen” Astrid said
“Maybe, I don’t know, it depends” Ben replied trying to avoid confirming the reason
“How about this, Gwen stops insulting you and you stop acting so rude, would that settle it for you two?” she certainly was no slouch when dealing with behaviour issues.
“Fine by me” Gwen answered, while Ben just affirmed by nodding his head, as he was chewing on another bite.
Soon they finished eating dinner and Astrid somehow managed to keep the conversation going for a while; quite a while actually, considering she knew virtually nothing about them, therefore every minute gave her valuable information on how to get them to behave. Somewhat of a veteran in her business, she soon got to know at least that they were both rather competitive, and even if hostile, they still kept a soft spot for each other, so there was some hope. After the extended chatting that somehow managed to span for nearly a good three hours, they were ready to return to doing nothing, but she had a different plan.
“Ok guys let me show you one of the most popular rooms; can you please swipe your cards? Right there, well done” she said as the door opened; “we call this “the fighting room”, see those on the wall?” she pointed at what seemed to be giant swabs; “you can use those to fight in that arena over there, be it for challenge, a bet or just for fun! Protectors are right behind me so why don’t you guys give it a try?”
“Oh yeah! This rules! I’ve always wanted to kick Gwen’s ass!” Ben said as he hastily rushed towards the gear.
“A shame you won’t be doing it, you’ll be too busy getting kicked on your own” Gwen answered as she took her weapon and brandished it menacingly.
“Now take off that stupid force field unless you want to face a hero’s power” Ben whispered to Gwen as he reached out for the omnitrix.
“You think I would fall down to your level by cheating? I already deactivated it; I can take you down all by myself” she replied with a mean look on her eyes. Both of them couldn’t wait to get started.
“All right guys, I’m staying to watch the first encounter, but don’t mind me! Give it all you got!” Astrid yelled as she took seat in a small bench designed specifically for spectators to watch, while both Ben and Gwen charged madly at each other, hitting as hard as they possibly could.
Soon enough Ben fell down to the floor, but made sure to make Gwen trip over as he pulled her legs with his weapon. They merely took a second to get back on their feet before resuming the brawl, taking as much punishment as they were dealing with no clear winner in the near future. Astrid watched the spectacle for a while, then left them alone to work out their differences; “hope this doesn’t take all night like last time” she said to herself as she left the room un-noticed, they were too busy whacking each other, and continued to do it till both were in the floor panting for air and feeling somewhat dizzy.
“Draw?” Gwen asked.
“Only because you got lucky” Ben answered, trying to conceal the fact he was also unable to keep up.
Both tried to stand up on wobbly feet, using the weapons as an improvised cane, and finally Ben stretched out his arm to help Gwen on her feet, surprising the girl.
“Grab it before I think about it better” he looked away
“You can be really nice when you want to Ben” she replied happily as she took his hand.
Panting for breath, they made their way out with a rather slow pace, too tired to even talk, and yet the silence no longer felt awkward like a few hours ago. Once they got to their room and slid their cards to get in, they fell out over their beds exhausted, trying to get some rest; “I’m taking a shower, then you can do it” Gwen said as she grabbed the required menagerie.
“Who needs a shower, have fun” Ben replied as he clarified he didn’t intend to wash the sweat off.
“Listen you stinky little brat…” she was about to call him every synonym of pig she knew, but then she remembered the deal; “I mean… Ben, we’re sharing the same room and the smell can be bothersome, so can you please take a shower after I do? And sorry about calling you a stinky little brat” she rectified in a much calmer tone.
“Well, if you ask it nicely… I guess it can’t hurt” he replied, surprised at the kindness Gwen displayed – whoa, she can be pretty kind, for a girl that is, I mean… as a girl is… errrrr, what the heck am I thinking about? – passed thru Ben’s head as he gathered clean clothes, which ended up making him dig thru the mess he placed at the big bed, so he decided to sit at his half; not that he would be there for long.
“I’m done, you’re next” Gwen said as she stepped out of the bathroom covered with a bathrobe and a towel wrapped around her head.
“Ok, make room” Ben answered as he closed the bathroom door behind him.
“Now where did I put my hair drier? Guess I have no choice but to look for it” Gwen sighed as she started digging thru the pile of junk she placed over her half of the bed, and by the time she found what she was looking for, it seemed much easier to plug it in next to the large bed and started drying her hair with it. By the time Ben came out of the shower he was already wearing his pyjamas and found Gwen in her own while sitting at the bed drying her hair.
“I thought we were not going to use it?” he complained.
“I’m too tired to argue with you, so do as you please” Gwen replied paying little attention, and before she noticed it, Ben threw away the few stuff that was still over his half of the bed and laid on it.
“Just don’t let your cooties pass to this side ok?” he sighed as he laid his head over the pillow.
A little while passed with them saying nothing, Ben seemingly dozing off neither awake nor asleep, while Gwen seemed to be lost in thought, and it was her the one breaking the silence; “why do you hate me so much Ben?” she asked while staring at the ceiling.
“It’s not like I hate you Gwen, you just annoy me sometimes” Ben replied without even opening his eyes.
“Then why you hit me so hard?”
“Isn’t that like, the whole meaning of that thing? I’m sorry if I hurt you”
“Nah, just a little tired, thanks for asking tho”
“I’m fine too by the way. You hit pretty hard for a girl”
“For a girl!?” for sure she did not appreciate the last part.
“Come on, don’t take it so serious, you’re pretty good fighting and you know it”
“Thanks, so are you, never thought you would be able to bring me down” she sighed as she sat on the bed, back to the wall.
“Same goes for you, I think I can’t even move right now, I’m spending the night here” he replied.
“Yeah, me too” Gwen yawned tired, the artificially controlled weather was pretty nice so there was no need for sheets. She just changed her position a little and feel asleep shortly after.
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