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AN: PLEASE READ THIS
I'm a little concerned about this chapter; I may have gone a little beyond the 'T' rating for implied situations. If I did please let me know and I'll either re-rate the story or pull the chapter to edit it. (I prefer the latter.)
Sorry I didn't get to Shego yet but she'll make an appearance early in Chapter 3, promise.
Again please R&R so I know if the story is heading in the right direction. In my head it's okay but people are always telling me my heads a mess.
Chapter 2 – Awakening of Power
Something awoke Kim the next morning and while she was still in that 'not quite awake yet' state it dawned on her that she had just gotten her best nights sleep since…. well since ever. She felt alive and, if not yet alert, at least ready to face the world on her own terms. She then realized that she was not in her own bed. This bed was much too large to be her own so where was she? "Oh Yea" she thought "I'm at Ron's house in Go City. Wait a minute I'm also in Ron's bed!" She looked over to where she remembered Ron had been and found that she was alone. Feeling the area where Ron had slept she knew that she had not been alone long, it was still warm. "That's what woke me up" she thought "there was a door closing."
As she threw back the covers to get out of bed she was startled to find that her nightshirt (Ron's old Jersey) was up around her stomach exposing her panty clad nether regions to anyone who might be looking. Fortunately for her no one was around to notice. After she had pulled the Jersey down to cover herself she swung her legs out over the side of the bed and sat up. "My God!" she thought ""I actually slept with Ron last night." She tried to recall if sleeping was all they did. After a moment she (Thankfully?) came to the conclusion that sleeping was all that happened last night.
As she padded her way to the door she thought "Maybe that's why I feel so good this morning. Could sleeping with Ron make me feel this way?" When she opened the door to make her way to her own room she literally ran into Yori who was dressed in a white Gi and headed downstairs. Thinking as quickly as she could Kim said "Hey Yori, have you seen Ron this morning? He's not in his room." Yori just smiled and said "I just heard him go downstairs a minute ago. Something must have kept him in bed late this morning; it's an hour after his usual time to start breakfast."
Kim blushed a deep red and tugged the hem of the jersey further down her exposed thighs. "Uh okay, I'm going to get dressed, if you see Ron tell him I'll be down in a minute" Yori just continued smiling while she said "I'll do that Kim, Oh and put on the practice suit I put on your bed this morning. We have an hour of practice after a light breakfast every morning." Kim just stammered "Okay" and rushed into her room. After she closed the door behind her she realized that Yori had come looking for her this morning and had laid out the white practice suit that was now sitting on her made up bed. "OH NO!" she thought. Yori even made the bed; she just has to know where I spent last night.
Kim just decided to tough it out and got dressed. "Hey" she thought as she finished dressing "this thing fits me pretty well, it can't be Yori's it's much too small on the top for her and it can't be Hirotaka's or Ron's its too small for either of them." She put the thought out of her mind and made her way down to the kitchen. As she entered, Ron stopped what he was doing at the counter and walked over saying "Morning Kim" as he gave her a small peck on the lips. Then Ron looked over at Yori and said "Hey Yori, you owe me five bucks. I told you I got the size right." Yori smiled and patted her thighs as if to say "Sorry no pockets" as Ron went back to the counter and started chopping up pieces of melon.
Kim sat down at the table thinking to herself "If nothing else, it's a happy house" just as Hirotaka came in through the back door. "All is in readiness Stoppable-san" Hirotaka said as he sat down. As Ron came over to the table carrying a large tray of melon and fruit pieces he said "Thanks Hirotaka, Hey Kim I thought we'd do an obstacle course this morning instead of a regular workout. That okay with you?" "Um Hm" Kim mumbled through the slice of mush melon she had just pushed into her mouth.
Kim spotted a pot of coffee on the counter and stood to get some. As she reached the pot to pour herself a cup she looked over at the table and said "Anyone else want coffee?" The three teens looked over at her and Yori replied for all three "No thanks Kim, we all drink tea." As Kim was returning to the table with her coffee she realized that Ron had made the pot just for her and said to herself "And I thought I couldn't love him any more than I did this morning."
After the quick breakfast the four young people left the house through the back door of the kitchen. Set up in the broad lawn that was bordered by flowered gardens was an eclectic maze of equipment. There were saw horses, Ironing boards, large tubes of some type of corrugated plastic, what looked to be old truck tires some lying on the ground and some held upright with stakes and three things that looked like goal posts with the top bar about 15 feet off the ground.
Ron looked at the maze of 'stuff' in front of him and then slapped Hirotaka on the back saying "Pretty good job Hirotaka. This should do till the stuff we ordered gets here next week." Ron turned to the girls and said "In case you lady's haven't guessed we have to run through this little maze. The idea is to make it past every obstacle by going over under or through it." Then he smirked as he finished "By the way the big tall things are overs not unders."
Kim just stared at the poles 15 feet in the air and said "And just how are we supposed to get over those?" Ron just smiled and said "I don't care. You can climb it, knock it down and step over it, or, you can just try and jump it." Kim smiled back and said "Okay Mr. Obstacle, you first" and waved her hand at the saw horse that was first in line. Hirotaka did a similar wave as he smiled first at Kim and then, with raised eyebrows he smiled at Ron.
"Aw Geeeze" Ron said "You guys never want to try anything new first." Then Ron took off down the course jumping saw horses and ironing boards, crawling through the plastic 'tunnels' and finally reaching the goal post thingys he jumped into the air and caught the bar 15 feet above his head and after swinging once he used his momentum to bring himself to a handstand on the top of the bar. He then pushed off and did a slow tuck and roll in midair landing on his feet running. He used the same technique to clear the other two 'high bars'.
Then Ron turned and ran full out down the center of the course ending back where he began. Breathing a little heavier than normal he placed his hand on his knees for a second before standing back up. "Okay lady's" he breathed "You're up". Yori signaled that she would go first and took off down the field. She used the same technique as Ron had with the exception of the 'high bars'. When she reached them she shimmied up the pole until she reached the top bar and then proceeded to use the technique that Ron had demonstrated. When she again reached her starting point she was breathing much heavier that Ron had been and sitting down on the ground simply waved Kim onto the course.
As Kim took off down the field she was feeling pumped. She cleared the first hurdles with no problem at all. By the time she reached the 'high bars' she was feeling so good that she decided that, even if she made a fool of herself, she was going to try and reach the top pole as Ron had. After clearing the last hurdle she ran full speed at the first 'high bar' and then jumped into the air. Surprising everyone (herself included) she cleared the top bar with two feet to spare and did the same thing with the next two. When she returned to her starting point she heard a 'click' as Hirotaka pushed the button on the stop watch he was holding. Hirotaka stared at the watch for a second and then turned it so Ron could read the time. Ron simply smiled and said to Kim "Well smartass, you just beat my time by 5 seconds." After a short pause he said "Congratulations, I knew you would be hard to beat." Then he looked at Hirotaka and said "Looks like we're either going to have to order some more stuff or get a bigger yard."
All four teens burst out laughing. They laughed so hard that the session was over for the morning.
About an hour later, after quick showers and a change of clothes, the men went to tinker with something or other in the garage while Kim and Yori sat over coffee and tea. (you figure out who had what) Yori looked to be confused so Kim asked "What up Yori? Is something bothering you?" After another sip of her tea (hint here) Yori looked at Kim and said "Kim, yesterday it seemed that you had none of the powers of the Band, yet today you did something that only the Band could allow you to do. I'm just trying to figure out what happened in between."
Kim raised her arm and looked at the band on her wrist. "You mean this thing has powers or something?" Yori simply sighed and said "Perhaps it is time I told you the legend Kim. Then you may understand my confusion." For the next 30 minutes Yori told Kim what she knew or has since discovered about the Band of the Blade. (See chapter 8 of 'The best laid plans') Kim just stared at the softly glowing blue band on her wrist the entire time.
"So that's what you meant yesterday about my destiny huh" Kim said after Yori had finished." Yori looked at Kim still confused "Yes Kim. But I still can't figure out why you clearly had the power this morning but the Band did not grant you that power yesterday?" Now Kim was confused too. She tried to think of something that had happened between yesterday and today but came up blank. As she looked over at Yori she saw a question still on Yori's lips and gave her a questioning look. "Kim, last night.. did Ron and you …ah…" Kim stopped Yori before she blushed any redder. "No Yori, we didn't. I just slept in there with him. I swear I no more than slid into his arms before I was dead asleep."
A blank look came into Yori's eyes, "Then I don't know what it could possibly be Kim. Tonight I shall meditate on it. If I can contact Sensi during my meditation perhaps he will know the answer." They finished the remainder of their now cold drinks in silence.
The day went slowly until the afternoon practice session. Kim and Yori paired off immediately to the far side of the mats. They intended to see if the power of the Band was still in force. After several minutes of sparing they stopped to compare notes. They had both noted that the Band was supplying power much greater that it had yesterday but not to the extent that it had been that morning. It seemed to be weakening as the day wore on. This toughly confused both of them. They continued to spar pushing the limits of Kim's power. Kim even spared for a while with Hirotaka and found that she was able to pick up his style much faster than she normally would have, but again, not to the power of the Band as they knew it to be. Kim still shied away from sparing with Ron until she knew what was going on with the band.
That evening just after dinner (Another feast beyond compare) Yori went alone to her room and meditated. She was able to contact Sensi in the mystical realm but Sensi could offer no real clue as to the on again off again mystery of the Band's power. Sensi told Yori that he would consult the old scrolls and would contact her as soon as something was discovered.
Just as Yori was finishing her meditation the daily movie downstairs was rolling its credits and everyone was headed up to bed for the night. Tonight Rufus did not need to intervene with Ron and Kim. As soon as Ron had settled back into the corner of the couch Kim had lain against him with her head on his chest. Ron had wrapped his arms around her and stayed that way throughout the movie. Rufus had woken every 20 minutes or so just to check. Rufus did not feel that there was going to be any more problems getting his 'adopted family' back together. He had watched the two of them sleeping together last night and a feeling of completeness had filled his mind. He knew that having the two of them together was the way it was supposed to be.
Ron again walked Kim to the door of her room and said goodnight not wanting to push Kim into anything. He knew he wanted Kim in every way possible but when she had fallen asleep so quickly last night he figured that maybe it was the just the strangeness of the house and the situation. He knew that it was too early in their recovering relationship to take any chances.
When Kim entered her room she was a little crestfallen that Ron hadn't asked her to spend the night in his room. She thought back to their relationship before Ron had changed, before he had gotten that stupid idea to 'protect her', "There was a lot more physical contact back then wasn't there? I mean we never went… well… there or anything but there had been a lot more touching." Kim even remembered one night where the two of them had ended up.. well not naked but topless anyway. Their hands exploring each others body, both the exposed and unexposed parts in a teenage frenzy of closeness. It was as close to sex as Kim had ever gotten and, although she had never told Ron, she had enjoyed every moment of it. Kim wanted that feeling of closeness again. As Kim got ready for bed she reached for Ron's old jersey but her hand stopped as she reached for it. Instead she picked out her old summer nightgown. It was very short and made of a thin material that was almost transparent. Stripping naked she slipped on a fresh pair of panties and the old summer nightgown. Fastening a long robe around her she left her room and walked across the hall.
Ron's hopes rose sharply when Kim showed up at his door 15 minutes later. She had again opened his door poked her head in softly calling Ron's name. Ron was in bed wearing his regular sleeping gear of an old pair of loose jogging shorts and nothing else. As Kim crept in the room she said "Ron? I'm still lonely for Panda-Roo. I e-mailed mom to bring him with her but since their not here yet can I spend the night with you again?" Ron had simply slid to one side of the bed to make room for her and lifted the covers on 'her' side of the bed inviting her in. By the soft light coming through the window from the lights in the lawn Ron watched as Kim closed the door and walked over to the bed. Tonight she was wearing a robe and as she unbelted it and let it slide softly to the floor Ron saw that she was wearing a very short sort of thing with no sleeves and he swore, that even in the dim light filtering into the room, he could see right through it.
As Kim slid into the bed she slid to Ron's side moving his arm so it was under her neck she rested her head into the crook of his arm. Her soft peaches and strawberry scented hair, brushing softly against his bare skin, sent ripples of excitement down to his toes. She then forced one of her arms under his neck as he felt the other glide gently across his chest and come to rest there. Ron almost fainted when he felt one of her naked legs cross over and force itself between his, her bare foot softly caressing his calf. Kim was breathing softly against his exposed neck sending more ripples of pleasure through his entire body. He heard her say "Thanks Ron. You don't know how much I appreciate this" As he felt her words brush his neck Ron couldn't say a word. He was using all his willpower to keep himself from doing something he knew he, and Kim, would regret in the harsh light of morning.
As Kim continued to breath softly against his neck Ron had to draw on his mystical powers to keep himself in check. A soft blue glow surrounded the couple as they lay on the bed. Ron was not aware that by calling on the power of the Blade he was combining it with the power of the Band causing an instant link between the two. At that moment in time each knew exactly what the other needed and wanted. All pretence now gone Ron turned to his side and reached out for Kim's upturned lips with his own. Soon the rest of their garments joined Kim's robe on the floor of the bedroom and the couple gave way to their passions for the next several hours.
Rufus had woken up as soon as Kim entered the room. He had witnessed the entire scene leading up to the soft glow surrounding the now united couple. A smile on his face he slowly drifted back to sleep knowing that his family was now complete.
Halfway across the globe Sensi was walking across the practice grounds when he suddenly stopped. As a wide smile crossed his face he knew that he would not have to search through the dusty old scrolls anymore in answer to Yori's request. The union between the Blade and the Band was now consummated. The two young people would forever be joined as one mind, one heart with a passion for goodness and justice unknown before this time.
Hours later the newly joined couple rested, their bodies entwined they fell asleep in the early hours of the morning each knowing that they would never again be separated from the other.
As Kim was slowly slipping into a much needed sleep she knew that she would never regret what she had done tonight. Just as she passed the boarders between wakefulness and sleep she thought "If I had known it was like this I would have done it a long time ago." Then she slept.
As Ron lay there in his bed he noticed that the light coming thru the window had brightened enough so he could officially call it morning. He had lain awake thinking of Kim almost the entire night. After their 'encounter' of the previous night Ron kept getting flashes of Kim's dreams in his head. Not the entire dream but small flashes here and there, he discovered that he played a large part in those dreams. "It's only fair" he thought "Kim has played a major roll in my dreams for a long time. About time I got some 'air time' of my own." He looked over at the beautiful woman sleeping peacefully beside him, her red hair spread out in a flaming fan against the whiteness of the sheets and thought "I have got to be the luckiest man alive"
He had planned to get up about 30 minutes ago but had been putting it off because he didn't want to leave Kim's side. She still smelled of Strawberry's and Peaches and Ron knew that those two smells would forever more bring a smile to his face. Interrupting his thoughts of Kim a voice in his head demanded attention. "Hey dad, I know you're not sleeping. Come on and get moving its time for some food." Ron looked across the room and saw a small pink face staring at him from the open drawer of his dresser. "SHHHH" Ron directed this thought to Rufus.
Ron and Rufus had discovered that Rufus could hear Ron's thoughts as long as Ron concentrated about directing his thoughts to his friend. Their private morning conversations had become kind of a ritual for them. And every passing day made the communication easier. Ron no longer had to be in sight of his friend to send him a message. They had even had a small talk the other day while Ron was at his parents in Middleton and Rufus was still in Go City.
"Come on dad, Mom's still asleep she won't mind if we get some snakage" Ron sighed and started to get up but stopped when the message replayed in his head "MOM?" he thought. Rufus must have heard the thought because he answered back at once. "Sure. If you're my dad than Kim must be my mom, right? I mean we're family aren't we?" Ron thought about this for a moment and being unable to think of any argument against it simply 'voiced' back to Rufus "Yea, I guess you're right buddy. Hey! Wait a minute if I'm your dad and Kim's you mom that makes you our….." Rufus finished the thought for him "Son. That's right, that's exactly how I think of myself. But don't worry too much I won't be borrowing the keys to the car any time soon." Chuckling to himself Ron gave up and carefully removing Kim's arm from around his waist he got up to get his 'SON' some breakfast. Suddenly he too had a bon diggity appetite.
Kim was still asleep 45 minutes later when Rufus came scampering back into the room through the small swinging door that was on every door in the house. Ron had gone to the weight room after breakfast and watching Ron lift weights always bored Rufus so he was looking for something else to occupy his time. He could think of nothing better that waking Kim and convincing her to get him another breakfast. Rufus jumped up onto the bed and climbed up next to the sleeping Kim. Staring at her face he started mentally yelling "HEY MOM. IT'S TIME TO GET UP. YOUR SON IS STARVING HERE!"
Kim's eyes flew open and her mind cleared quickly. "Whew. What a dream." She was thinking when the voice spoke clearly into her head again "Come on mom. I'm not a dream and I'm standing here wasting away to nothing. Do I have to die of starvation before you get moving?" Kim sat up quickly and grabbing the sheet to her chest started looking around the room for the source of the voice. After a look around she knew she was alone, there was no one in the room except her and Rufus who was standing on the bed beside her. As she looked at Rufus the voice again filled her head "Yes mom, it's me. Just little pink me. AND I'M STARVING HERE!" Ron's workout was interrupted when Rufus invaded his mind "Dad! Come upstairs quick I think Mom's dead!"
Thirty minutes later Kim was showered, dressed and sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee. Ron was at the stove making her some scrambled eggs and hash browns but Kim wasn't looking at Ron. Kim's attention was directed to the small pink form across the table from her that was happily munching away on a bowl of Nacho chips. When she did direct her look toward Ron she found him staring at her with a smile on his face. Ron simply said "Yep, it appears we have a son. Oh and by the way, he's a smartass."
Yori had walked into the kitchen just in time to hear Ron's comment. She quickly slipped into the seat next to Kim and, leaning over toward her, whispered "Kim. What did Ron just say? What son? Who's a smartass?" Kim didn't say anything; she just kept sipping her coffee and, while glaring angrily, pointed at the Naked Mole Rat still munching on the bowl of Nacho's.
More confused now than before Yori got up slowly and made her way to the kettle steaming on the stove to make herself a cup of tea. Hirotaka walked into the kitchen as Yori was sitting back down. He noticed the two girls at the table looking at Rufus and opened his mouth to ask what was going on when Yori looked at him and said "Don't even ask" Hirotaka closed his mouth and soon followed Yori's earlier steps in making his morning cup of tea.
Ron broke the silence at the table but calling over "Hey KP, what time did your mom say she was getting here. I remember she said early in the morning so she could get to the hospital about 11 right?" Kim looked up at the clock on the wall and stood up suddenly. "Wow, look at the time. She should be here in less than an hour. Is everything ready for her?" Ron shook his head and said "Don't worry KP, everything ready, including your breakfast. So sit down and eat. You must be starving." At Ron's last comment Yori suddenly smiled widely and looked at Kim. "By the way Kim" Yori asked innocently "does your Mom know that you scream in your sleep?" Kim had just placed a fork full of scrambled eggs in her mouth and sprayed the eggs all over the table, the floor and the wall directly across from her. As Rufus ran around picking up the pieces and eating them Yori started laughing. She was soon followed by Hirotaka and then Ron. Once the bright red color had drained from Kim's face, her voice joined the others in laughter.
Anna Possible pulled into the circular drive about 50 minutes later. While Jim and Tim jumped excitedly in the back seat she just sat in the car alternating her look between the house and the slip of paper in her hand with an address written on it. She was thinking "Well, the address is right. But this can't possibly be the right house. Kim said it was large but this is a monster." She was about to call Kim's cell phone when the front door burst open and Kim came bounding down the stairs toward the car. Anna had just gotten out of the car when Kim reached her "MOM! I'm so happy to see you, you found the place alright didn't you, Oh you must have you're here. Hi Jim, Hi Tim, Oh mom did I tell you how happy I am to see you!" Anna smiled, Kim had just completed that entire sentence on one breath, and the gleaming smile on her face convinced Anna that letting her daughter come here was the smartest thing she had ever done. It was so nice to see her daughter this happy again. As she saw Ron walking toward the car she gave him a smile and thought "And this time it's real"
Hirotaka had followed Ron out to the car and after a brief introduction he was helping Ron carry the luggage into the house. Kim was clinging to her mother, showing here everything in sight, the driveway, the flower boxes, the windows the steps. Anna was getting happier by the minute. "Kimmie thinks of this home as her own" Anna thought, then she glanced behind her to see Ron carrying the luggage while talking animatedly with Jim and Tim "And I hope she'll be right someday" she concluded.
As breathtaking as the house was Anna let out a gasp when she walked through the doors and saw the portrait of Kimmie in her Prom dress hanging on the far wall. She choked up immediately and found she couldn't talk at all, which was just fine because she could think of no words to describe her feelings at that moment. She felt Ron walk up directly behind her and she wheeled quickly and grabbing Ron's face between her kissed his quickly on the lips. Then she threw her arm around him causing him to drop the luggage he was carrying. After a moment her voice came back to her and with her head on his shoulder she said "Thank you Ron, From the bottom of my heart thank you for being there for my little girl" Not knowing what to do Ron simply replied "Aww come on Mrs. Dr. P. That's what I do, I watch KP's back. Now and always I promise I'll be there to take care of her. You know that."
Anna just stood there for a moment, holding Ron and trying desperately to hold back the tears that were threatening to start. As she pulled back from Ron her eyes were watering but she was not crying. "That will come later, when I'm alone" she thought.
When Jim and Tim walked into the house and saw the portrait Tim said "Hey! That's Kim" Jim said "Yea, I remember that dress" Tim said "Yea, so do I" Jim turned to Ron and said "Hey Ron you should have had one of those giant Diablo robots in the background." Tim said "Yea, blowing something apart or something" Together they said "Yea man, Cooool, way cool" Then they quickly forgot the portrait and started exploring the huge house.
Kim was leading her mother upstairs to show her the room she had prepared for her. Anna turned to Kim and said "Kimmie, don't tell your father about the painting downstairs. I want to see the look on his face the first time he walks through those front doors." Kim just nodded remembering the first time she had seen it. "Was that only two days ago?" she wondered. As she opened the doors that led into her mothers room Kim stood back to allow her mother to enter first.
There was a large sitting room with a fire place and a TV. Complete with a gaming console for the boys she noticed. As Anna opened the doors to the left and the right of the sitting room she found two bedrooms, one set up with a single large bed and the other with two singles. Each bedroom had an adjoining bath. Not turning to face her daughter she said "Well.. I suppose it will do but you know the hotel I was going to stay at put fresh flowers in your room once a week." Not hearing anything Anna turned around to see her daughter with her mouth hanging open and a shocked look on her face. As soon as Anna smiled Kim knew that her mother just had the Possible sense of humor and she closed her mouth and smiled back. It was then that Ron and Hirotaka came in with the bags.
About 45 minutes later the adults were in the kitchen while Jim and Tim were in the 'TV room' playing video games. Ron had just shown Anna around the kitchen and they were now sitting around the kitchen table with coffee and tea respectively. Ron had made the formal introductions of Yori and Hirotaka and Anna was just telling them that she had met a teacher of theirs called Sensi just a few days ago. Anna had just told the two young Japanese teens to call her Anna or Mrs. P. if they wished and after they agreed Anna heard Ron say "Aww man, everyone but me. Why everyone but me." Kim just waved at her mother as if to say "Don't even start mom, it's nothing to worry about."
Anna looked at her watch and stood up. "Well I've got a patient to prep for surgery tomorrow so I better get going." And as the others said their goodbye's Kim stood up to walk her mother to her car. "You sure you don't mind watching the kids Ron? They can be a handful you know." Ron simply smiled and said "No big Mrs. Dr. P. The tweebs and I get along just great. Don't worry about a thing I've got the afternoon all planned."
As Kim walked her mother to the car they talked. "So Kimmie, you seem happy" Kim just smiled and said "Mom, I've never been happier in my life" Anna paused for a moment and then asked "So everything is okay between you and Ron?" Kim smiled wider as she answered "Better than okay mom, everything's perfect." When Anna reached her car she kissed her daughter goodbye and drove of toward the hospital 20 minutes away.
As Anna drove she was thinking about some unusual events that she had noticed. Nothing really weird but..well perplexing. The first had taken place upstairs in her room. While getting unpacked Anna had asked Kim if there were any extra towels. Kim had just said "I really don't know mom. I'll ask Ron." But Kim had just stayed and kept helping her unpack. Three minutes later Ron had walked into the room with a stack of towels and had asked "Where do you want them?" Then there were two things at the kitchen table. Kim and Ron had kept looking at each other. That's to be expected, but the expressions on their faces were unusual. It was almost as if they were talking to each other but well.. they weren't talking.
By far the most perplexing was when Rufus had come racing into the room. He had jumped up onto the table and ran over to Ron and Kim. The three had looked at each other for a second and then both Kim and Ron had chuckled and looked toward the kitchen door. A moment later Jim and Tim had come racing through the door Jim had said "Hey Ron we just beat." And then Tim had finished "Your high score on Monster Mayhem II" and as they smiled Ron had said "Yea, but you cheated by using those cheat codes from the magazine." Then Kim had looked at them with a fake stern face and said "You know. The one you hid under the cushion of the chair in the corner." The boys had just lost their smiles for a second and went back to the 'TV room' Kim and Ron had turned and looked at Rufus and Anna could have sworn they winked at him. Rufus had jumped off the table and raced after the boys while Kim and Ron just joined back in the conversation at the table like nothing had happened.
Anna was still remembering this when she pulled up at the hospital. Now she had to think about her patient, so all other thought left her head and were replaced by Pre-Op procedures. Like I said nothing really weird, just perplexing.
Next – The Green Visitor