Tainted Aftermath (Capricious)

Ben 10 was sitting in his room watching TV after the huge event that had just taken place at City Hall and it was honestly all over the news headlines: "Mayor DEAD! & Teen Titans Responsible???" Ben put his face in his palm as the reporters and news anchors completely bashed the team for being incompetent and that maybe having children as the city's protectors was a HUGE mistake. There was a good shot of the building, the entire structure looked destroyed from Ben driving into it, as well as the twins nearly blowing off the ceiling and rupturing the foundation. All together the Titans had failed to protect at least 40 or so more people, caused nearly $80,000 in property damage or more, and failed to keep the head figure in the city safe, in addition to even dealing the final blow to him. Definitely not the teams beast hour, even Titans East was going to feel some heat for this one. Ben just shook his head without even realizing that the door to his room had opened during the coverage of the incident.

"Aww man, this is not good. Were royaly screwed..."

"Julie!? Oh no, it's not your fault. Please don't listen to them, you couldn't have known, no one could have."

Ben turned and saw Julie enter the room and hit the mute button on the TV as she entered hoping that maybe she was death as well as mute. That way she wouldn't have to hear the news bash the team. Sadly, Ben wasn't that lucky and she wasn't that unlucky. Cap heard everything and upon entering wrote on a piece of paper how she felt about the entire predicament in a few words understandably.

"Look stuff happens, we can't save everyone and they know that. It just so happens this time a real head figure paid the price, but at the same time so did you. They don't realize what we and you especially went through to try and stop this. I know you, sometimes more than you know yourself, and I can safely say that had you not tried to stop this it would've turned out a lot worse. So keep your head up high and know well get Rose next time."

Ben then held Julie closer and gave her his usual assuring and confident look. Even in a situation like this, Ben remained optimistic. He was finally able to touch and caress her skin, which was so tender and warm to the touch it almost made Ben melt. Kind of like a fat kid who waited all day and all year to eat the biggest slice of birthday cake at the party.

"She's going to pay for everything she's done Jules, I promise you that. Her and that freaky ghost guy are going to be brought to justice."

Ben couldn't tell how she had felt about his words until Julie gave him a rather passionate kiss after stroking his cheek, something she couldn't do in the past. Then after pulling him down onto his bed she asked him if her eyes were creepy. Ben just laughed at reading this and replied and then began kissing her afterwards repeatedly down her neck.

"Ha, I dunno I could get used to it. Definitely lets me see your good and bad side much more clearly now...Well if you even had a bad side that is."

After kissing Capricious down her neck Ben pulled her on top of him and began to make out with her. Definitely loving the fact that he no longer had to worry about being electrocuted to death and was taking full advantage of being able to touch his girlfriend while he was able to. Sooner rather than later though, they would have to figure out how to return her voice and then most likely her powers would follow. As Ben thought this in the back of his mind he gently held Julie and ran his hand down the bare skin of her back under her shirt.

"Oh you do, do you? Well then why don't you show it to me?"

Ben said jokingly as she moved her hands through his air and then down his chest. He honestly loved every moment of this and as they continued he felt himself becoming more and more physically attracted to Julie than ever before! He knew he loved holding Capricious, but there was just something about having her body next to his without the fear of dieing that he loved so much more now. As he looked at her pad again he froze...Not making a sound as he mentally decided something in his head. Not even reacting to her kissing him some more at first, and then lifted up her chin gently before speaking to her again.

"I'm not teasing you Jules, I love you, and I want to be with you in every way possible."

As Ben said that, he yanked her towards himself and began to make out with her hot and heavy. This time running his hand all the way up the under part of her shirt as he did this. Ben didn't know if it was teenage hormones, the fact that he had an opportune moment to actually 'BE' with his girlfriend or that he just had an actual realization that she was the true love of his life that made him do this. In any case he didn't care the reason, nor did he really give it too much thought, right now it was was just him and her. The rest of the world was cut out form existence and from his mind, including the omnitrix, which was ever present on his wrist. Yes, he would give it all up, as long as he could make this moment last forever. As he continued to make out with Cap in very romantic fashion Ben pulled off his black shirt and trademark green jacket, revealing his bare chest underneath....

Oh good, she had found her pad and pen and the first thing she wrote on it was how much she loved Ben. The gesture and the kiss following just made him melt and want to hold her in his arms. Afterwards she wrote the entire experience was perfect. Good. Most guys, including Ben, worried about the first time doing...well...really anything with their girlfriend would be less than what was hoped for. Then she wrote something asking how Ben felt, that was Julie, always worried about him at all times. When really this was a much bigger deal for her. Just a day ago she was under the impression that she could never touch another person's skin without killing them and now! Then again, it did come at kind of a high price.

"I'm fine. A-Ok even, don't worry about me you were uh, great. It was great. Everything about you is just....I love you too."

Ben began nervously prattling on. It was odd to see him so confident for a change, then again, other than kissing girls he was never that much involved with them usually. So this was kind of unexplored territory for the boy. Luckily, the awkwardness he was feeling was broken when she asked for her clothes.

"Oh they're uhhh errrmmm, somewhere?"

Ben was about to point right to where he saw them last, but then realzied their was a pile of laundry there, underwear on his dresser, and other useless crap and junk spread all over his room. Other than the bed it was kind of a dump in here.

"I'm sure it will turn up haha."

Ben rubbed the back of his head as he chuckled at his dirty room and how what they just did had probably actually improved it's condition. Then finally as he turned back to Cap he saw her wearing his jacket around her pretty much still naked bodyframe and held up the pad and paper, asking what he thought.

"I think I'm never going to wear that again and just hang it up on my wall, so that way every time I look at it I remember this moment right here."

As Ben said that he moved towards her again and reached out to grab Julie so he could pull the girl in for a kiss. Call Ben conceited, cocky, arrogant or whatever, but seeing Jules in his jacket just really made him want to repeat it all over again. Though being that she was uhh for better use of the word....New At This, he doubted she would be up for it again, so a kiss would just suffice.

Some ridiculous amount of time later, Ben opened his eyes....Julie was laying on top of him obviously completely naked still and one sheet of bed covers was overlapped on of both of them. Unlike the first time they had tried this the second time was less strenuous and more about getting to know each others... physiology... a bit more. I guess you could say it was kind of experimentation trial to see what made the other tick, but nothing too crazy. Ben looked at her and then outside...They had been fooling around in his room for a while. The sky had completely switched from night and day, but Ben didn't care. When he was with her the hours passed by like seconds. As he looked at Capricious who laid on his body he began playing with her hair while staring at the sleeping beauty with a lovable look upon his face. He had obviously died again and gone to heaven, which to be quite honest, he liked it a lot better this time around.

Ben understood her confusion, time seemed to be liquefied when they were together and it felt like they had been asleep since they first began kissing after turning off the TV. This had all been one wondrous dream and if that were true Ben definitely hoped he'd never wake from it. As she awoke and her multi-colored eyes met his clover green ones with a smile illuminated over his face. Then she placed the pad onto his chest while holding his palm in one hand and began writing with the other.

"Me!? Don't sell yourself short, I was just trying to keep up with you."

Julie then pulled the sheet closer and laid her head upon his chest while Ben stroked the small of her backside.

"But no, seriously, you were wild back there. I'm pretty most of that stuff was illegal in this state and 12 others, including Kentucky."

Ben joked, it wasn't all that crazy by any means. They had made love more than just got it on, but it was still fun to joke around with her. However, Ben soon knew duty would call.