DISCLAIMER: I don't own the damn TV programme! Got it? It's a very VERY sore subject for me. I think that should be a subtle enough hint.

A/N: You have every right to be mad. I am very VERY sorry for not updating! Well, not that sorry. As in THAT sorry. I mean, I didn't, like, update after A MONTH or something, right? I thought not. Anyway, in Malaga and Seville (two places in Spain), I had to hang around with one of my best friends, Alex. Doesn't sound so bad, right? WRONG! Alex's IRRITATING cousins, the LITTLE MONSTERS, unfortunately, turned up! Note the lack of sarcasm. They are a LIVING HELL! Well, technically, they're not little little. They are a lil' little. Or is it a little lil'? Urgh! The result of Halloween Disaster Vacation: I now have an allergic reaction to all 9 year olds who come within two metres of me! Except of course, for my cousin, oh hi, Jenny, didn't see ya there! Anyway, REMEMBER TO REVIEW!

So. I should probably stop my ranting and say, as is custom, ON WITH THE STORY! Poor, poor last chapter. I shall mourn the end of this story…

Time Vortex

Chapter Six (A/N: Hey did anyone notice that in the last two chapters I wrote chapter four?)

GWEN

She stared after Kevin, her hands clutching her side, very shocked that he had run away. Kevin Levin, her hero, her true love, her everything. He had run away. More than that, he had hurt her. She knew he didn't really mean to. She had seen it in his eyes.

She shook her head, trying not to think about it. Everything was too complicated. She couldn't…she WOULDN'T think about it. She decided to think about her other problems. How would she get back to her own time?

Gwen Tennyson, top of the class, the one who everyone dubbed as 'The All-knowing', the one everyone looked at for answers, the very same Gwen Tennyson, had no clue what to do. Gwen Tennyson. She was Gwen Tennyson, and all she could do was slide down the wall and cry. If anyone was there at that moment, they would have seen a broken look in her eyes, the look of someone who had lost everything, the look of a dying beast, accepting that it was all over.

The younger Ben, herself and Grandpa were halfway across the world, and she had how much? Oh yeah, two quarters. Sure, she could by a ticket to go across he world with that kind of money! She was positively a billionaire! Not.

She sat there slumped against the wall, exhausted beyond imagination, unable to sleep, unstoppable tears still trickling down her cheeks, as she silently cried out into the starry night.

PRESENT KEVIN

In the middle of lifting a pile of springs for Cooper, he suddenly fell to the floor, a wild look in his eyes. Ben and Cooper stared at him with wide eyes.

"What happened?" Ben asks.

"A memory…Gwen…Lynn…blood…love…run away…" Kevin gasped out taking short breaths.

Then suddenly he screamed," I HURT HER!And then I did it again." He mumbled something after that which no one could catch.

"What?" Cooper asked sounding shocked.

"I did it again. I ran away." Kevin said quietly. "I ran away." He said it again with more emphasis.

Ben patted him on the back saying," It's all right, man. You just sit for a while, I'll help Cooper.

Kevin nodded listlessly, as if he weren't listening. Normally he would have jumped up and said he would do it, but this time…this time was different.

He thought about what Gwen would say if she were here. She would say," Sometimes, Kevin, it's all right to accept help. Everyone needs it. And so do you."

So he did that. For the first time in his life, he wasn't cool, calm collected Kevin Levin, who didn't need help. For the first time in his life, he was Kevin Levin, the guy who had the strength to except that he wasn't invincible, he didn't need to do it alone. For the first time, he felt really lucky, just to be him."

So that's it for now. The next chapter WILL be the last, I swear. I just have a little bit of writer's block. To be honest, I have no idea how I did this chapter. Anyway, please, please (I think it's become a ritual now) PLEASE REVIEW! I beg of you! Thanks a lot.

Zoe