Chapter 3 sympathy helps
It has been two weeks since Ben's near death experience from the swine flu and he and Gwen have grown closer because of it. They now felt they were ready to tell their parents. Since Ben and his companions were not far from Bellwood on this part of the trip it was agreed they would meet at Bellwood pizza this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Both Ben and Gwen were worried that their parents would separate them from each other but they still had to tell them sooner or later. They decided sooner would be a better choice because you can't know what would happen later on. It could get discovered in uncomfortable and awkward circumstances so it would be better to tell it to them calmly and not under pressure if caught red handed. While pulling up the RV next to the pizza shop the two cousins hoped for the best…
"Ben!'
"Gwen!" said their parents as the two cousins walked in and the parents walked over to give them a hug and a kiss. When the greeting ceremony has ended the family sat down at a table and ordered their food. Ben ordered a regular pizza, Gwen and the two mothers ordered pizza with tomatoes, Carl and Frank ordered pizza with olives and Max ordered pizza with onions and for something to drink everyone asked for a coke.
"So what have you guys been up to?" asked Ben's father Carl
"We've been okay" said Max
"Me and the kids here just came back from a relaxing trip at the beach and last week we had a nice trip to Washington DC" he put his arms around Ben who sitting close to him
"That sounds like a lot of fun. Did you enjoy yourselves?" asked Ben's mother Sandra
"Yeah, especially when we had a tour of the white house but Ben found the rest of the DC trip boring but he did get a kick out of the white house tour" said Max
"Yeah we even saw a picture of Johnny Depp with short brown hair"
Gwen rolled her eyes and sighed
"Ben, that was a picture of John F Kennedy. He was the 35th president of the United States"
"Same thing" Ben said with a grin and Gwen shook her head
"Doofus…" she muttered
"Dweeb" replied Ben
"Dork!" snapped Ben
"Nimrod!" yelled Gwen
"Alright that's enough! Jeez do you kids ever stop fighting?" asked Gwen's dad Frank
"Uh… to be honest we did kinda get carried away this time, but the thing is we did learn to get along with each other and a little more than you'd think actually" said Gwen
"What do you mean?" asked Lily Gwen's mother
Gwen's cheeks turned red and she started to get nervous
"Well like grandpa told you, Ben had the swine flu two weeks ago but managed to recover. The thing is it was kind of a bonding experience for us but more than you'd think"
"What do you mean?" asked Sandra
Gwen was even more nervous now
"That whole incident made us understand how much we mean to each other and we sort of realized that we…" Gwen paused with hesitation afraid of how they will react
"That you're what?" asked Carl
"That we love each other and I mean more than just cousins. Me and Ben fell in love" said Gwen and looked at her feet due to her nervousness and embarrassment.
"I have trouble believing this" said Sandra which surprised Gwen. What was even more surprising is that the other parents don't believe them either
"You two were just fighting and bickering as usual. It looks like you stayed like your old selves. If you were in love with each other you wouldn't tease each other like that"
"But it's true" protested Gwen
"And I'll prove it you" she added as she looked at Ben and they both knew what to do. They both pressed their lips against each other and deepened into a passionate kiss and put their arms around each other's necks to make it look more convincing. Once separated their parents looked shocked.
"I don't understand. How did this happen?" asked Carl
"I told you me and been fell in love. We realized it when he was sick" said Gwen
"Is this true Ben?" asked Carl
"It's true" he replied and lowered his head in shame. Before he or Gwen could ask whether or not their parents would separate them Carl said happily
"Well isn't that good to hear!"
The two cousins looked at them with surprise
"What?" asked Gwen with just as much surprise, unsure that she heard him right
"We're glad to hear this happened. We had a feeling this would happen for a while now and we are glad it finally did. We think you two are perfect for each other" said Carl with glee
Gwen gave a nervous chuckle, looked at her cousin and asked her and his parents
"You mean we're not gonna separate us?" she asked
Ben's father laughed and said
"Of course not. We're glad you two ended up together and I'm sorry we didn't believe you, it was hard to believe it was actually true you fell in love because of your fight earlier. Just don't get carried away if know what I mean okay?"
"Sure and it's okay by the way" said Gwen happily as she and Ben got up from their seats and walked to their parents who were sitting in front of them and gave then a thankful hug and a kiss
"This is great Gwen! We have a green light for our relationship" said Ben happily
"Yeah it's great isn't it?" she asked
"It sure is Gwen; it sure is…" said Ben and embraced his cousin into a warm loving hug... they finally had the green light for their relationship… and they couldn't be happier about it… yeah…
To be continued…
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