Authors Note: My first Kim Possible fanfic!! Right now it's just a little story that's been in the back of my mind for some time. I'm not sure how big it's going to be but I'll try to update a lot faster than in the past. "The Power is Possible" (as mentioned in my bio) is on the back burner for tweaking and muse-finding.
I don't own Kim Possible. If I did, we'd have season box sets out the wazoo on the shelves and a Kim Possible movie in the theaters by Christmas!
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Anne Possible looked up at the clock.
9:37PM.
On a Friday night.
This was not good.
The 'this' MrsDrP was worried about dealt with the fact that her daughter, world renowned hero Kim Possible, returned home way too early from a date with her boyfriend and world-saving partner Ron Stoppable for the elder Possible's comfort. The windows only just finished rattling from the thunderous door slam a few moments ago when another set of vibrations caught her attention.
"Please boys...not tonight..." she silently begged her twin boys as they ran down the steps from their room. Casting off her dish gloves, Anne dashed out into the family room to prevent her daughter from going nuclear at her little brothers if the pair tried to tease her.
She was about 5 seconds too late.
"Hey! Kim's home early again from going out with Ron!" yelled Jim
"Maybe he finally got sick from all her cooties!" added Tim, joining his brother in the joke.
The pair was laughing so hard they failed to notice the look of pure venom on their sister's face. Unaware of their impending doom, the twins continued to rag on her until Kim, in a moment of pure anger neither of her parents had ever seen, came down on the two boys like a pallet of bricks.
"LISTEN TO ME YOU WORTHLESS TWEEBS! I AM SICK OF COMING HOME AND PUTTING UP WITH YOUR NONSENSE! I SWEAR ONE MORE TIME AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO GET YOU TWO TRANSFERRED TO THE MOST BORING SCHOOL I CAN FIND! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!?
The laughing stopped immediately; the boys' look of glee now one of shared fear. Kim had never yelled at them like that before, and they both knew beyond a shadow of a doubt she could make good on her threat. One call to Wade the she'd have the boys someplace where the Internet didn't exist and the most challenging course would be Trig 101.
Gulping in harmony, the twins nodded as they slowly backed away from the horrible monster that looked like their sister. "Yes ma'am, we understand!" they whispered before turning to dash back up the stairs to their shared room.
A quick slam of the door and the sound of a lock being turned was all that could be heard in the home for several long seconds before James Possible, patriarch of the family, slowly put down his paper and addressed his fuming daughter.
"Kimmy-Cub, don't you think you were a little..."
He never got a chance to finish.
"Dad, for the last time I am NOT your Kimmy-Cub anymore! I am Kim Possible and I am almost a fully grown woman and it's about time you and Ron understood that!" she said, her tone only slightly less venomous than what she had used on her brothers. Still, for Kim to talk like that to her father Anne knew there had to be something very VERY wrong.
James's eyes were still wide with shock when a calming hand came to rest on his shoulder. "Kim, why don't you go upstairs and get into something more comfortable than that black dress..." she quietly but noticeably 'suggested'.
Realizing she had just obliterated several dozen rules of decorum that were mainstays in the Possible household, Kim pushed down her churning emotions and nodded before heading up the stairs to her room without even glancing at her dad.
As the sound of Kim's door squeezing shut filled the air, Anne turned to James. "Dear, I think we have a problem."
Sighing in agreement, MrDrP looked at his wife. "This is the third Friday Kim's come home early from a date with Ronald, but she's never been this angry before." the rocket scientist mused quietly to himself for several moments before fixing Anne with a hard glaze. "You don't think Ronald tried to go too far with Kim...do you?" he suggested firmly, his tone making it clear if that was the case young Mr. Stoppable would no longer worry about being shot into space but rather becoming the first person to walk on the sun.
"No, James, I don't-and I think that's the problem..." Anne replied in the same quiet tone. Upon seeing her husband's confused look she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "I have an idea James, but right now the best thing for you, the boys, and Kim is for the Possible home to be male free for the next few hours."
"Male free?"
"I think so. Why don't you take the boys to that late late showing of the Fearless Ferret movie playing at the drive-in? They can sleep late in the morning since there's no soccer practice this week, and you can make it a 'boys night out' which is something you've mentioned wanting to do for a while.
Now, when it came to rocket science Dr. James Possible was...well, a rocket scientist. Star graphs and thrust equations held no challenge for him. But where is daughter was concerned, well...he might as well be holding a book called "Teen aged Daughters for Dummies' and calling the help number on the back to explain some of the chapters within. But he did know his wife and one thing after so many wonderful years of marriage is he knew when he was politely being asked to get the hell out of the way and let her work.
This was one of those times.
"Okay dear, you win. But you will remind our daughter that manners aren't something you can forget just because you happen to be riled up! Manners is what separates us from people like show-folk you know..." the elder Possible emphasized for clarity.
With a smile Anne nodded. "I promise I'll make sure she knows she crossed a line and we're willing to make an exception this once..." .
Sighing, James accepted the terms and reached over for his car keys. "Jim...Tim...can you come down here please?" he called up the stairs.
It took a moment for the boys to respond, carefully taking small, quiet footsteps until they reached the top of the stairs. Peeking down through the banister the pair made sure their Sister of Doom wasn't still around, they quickly joined their father making sure to give Kim's door a wide berth on the way down
"Uhm..Dad.." the two began at the same time as was their usual fashion. Jim paused and let his brother start. "I..we're really sorry if we upset Kim that much. We were just joking...honest!"
Jim nodded. "I mean, Ron's great! And he's got Rufus so that's extra cool bonus points right there..." he noted, hoping that they could repair whatever damage they caused, even if they didn't know HOW they caused it.
"Boys, your sister is not herself tonight and I think you know that. Sometimes people are upset or mad at someon...something else and it gets taken out on the wrong people. Now that doesn't make it RIGHT...it's just a reason. But..." he paused, giving the pair a hard look..."you know that teasing your sister about cooties is something we've talked about before...".
The twin faces looked at the floor. "Yes, Sir...".
"So are we going to do that again then?"
"No, Sir."
With a smile, father glanced at mother, who nodded back. It was clear they two learned their lesson. Looking back at the two, James knelt down and gave them both a powerful hug. "How about we make a guys night out you two? Popcorn, drinks and a Fearless Ferret movie on me?"
Twin pairs of eyes lit up like sparking lights on Christmas Morning as the boys stood there dumbfounded at their dad.
"You mean like"
"tonight at the Drive-in?"
"You got it fellas. Grab your Fearless Ferret membership cards so you can get the free poster, and meet me at the car in...oh...T-minus 60 seconds?"
Rolling their eyes at the well-worn joke, the boys scrambled off to get their membership cards while Anne giggled. "James, that joke's getting older than us."
"What do you mean us? It's still a classic!" the man countered earning a rather playful look from his wife.
"A classic humm? Does that mean we're classic now?"
With a grin James pulled his wife close and took advantage of the empty room for the next few seconds and kissed Anne with a passion that would have caused the twins to dive behind the couch to escape the Cootie infection and Kim to implode from watching her parents lock lips.
"I think as we get more classic, we just get better Anne"
"As a medical expert, I've give you a second opinion that you're definitely right James.." replied the woman, a bit breathless by the experience.
The sound of galloping horses...or twin brothers (both were about the same) brought the elders Possible back to reality. With a grin towards his wife, James walked to the door with the boys. "Don't wait up Mother.." he called back, looking forward to the night with his sons but it was clear in his eyes the worry he felt about Kim wouldn't be resolved until he talked to Anne in a few hours.
"Have a good time boys!" she called out, sighing softly as the door closed and the sound of a car pulling out of the driveway finally faded into the night. It was only then she looked up the stairs towards Kim's door, knowing neither of them were looking forward to the talk they both knew was coming...
To Be Continued...