Chapter 3

(10am)

"Hey, Dad!" Kim smiled to her father as she came downstairs, "Are you going to take me to the Flynn-Fletcher house in Danville?"

"Sorry, Kimmie-Cub!" James replied sadly, "I forgot to mention to you that the family car is in the shop and Professor Ramesh is going to pick me and your mother up on our way to the seminar!"

"But..." Kim babbled, "...how am I going to get to Danville? I only have a learner's permit and I can't drive without you or Mom in the car!"

"What about one of your cheerleading friends?" James wondered.

"Huh? Dad! Most of the cheerleaders on my squad are 15 years old! They only have their learner's permits!" Kim complained.

However, James just finished up calling someone.

"Not all of them, Kimmie-cub! There is one person on your squad that has a drivers license!"

Kim gasped, "Oh no, you don't mean..."
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Bonnie Rockwaller drove up the driveway in her white 4-door sedan. The proclaimed Queen Bee of Middleton High had just turned sixteen and received one of her best birthday presents ever...a driver's licence.

Her beautiful brunette hair was tied back in a ponytail and she was wearing a tank top and jeans shorts.

Kim stood outside the front porch, hands buried in her face.

"Why, Dad...?" she grimaced, "Why did you have to call her?"

"Because Bonnie is the only person on the squad with a license. Although it's a restricted license and she can't drive at night, she'll be more than happy to take you to the Flynn-Fletcher house on her way to the beach, Kimmie-cub!"

"Dad!" Kim exclaimed, upon hearing her father saying that nickname, "Not in Bonnie's presence!"

"Sorry, Kimberly, but it's the only way for you to get to your babysitting job in Danville."

Kim grumbled and muttered to herself, stomping on the ground as she made her way toward Bonnie's car.

"Well...well...well...what's the matter, Miss I-Can-Do-Anything? Don't have a driver's licence?" Bonnie taunted, showing off her driver's licence in front of Kim. "Oh yeah...I almost forgot, you only have a learner's permit!"

"Well, everyone else has their learners!" Kim countered, knowing that almost all the squad was her age. "Why single me out?"

"Let's just say I recorded one of your little driving sessions with your daddy!" Bonnie grinned.

"Uhh...uhh..."


(3 weeks ago)

"Now, Kimmie-cub, we're going to learn how to parallel park!" James smiled to his daughter behind the wheel. They were in James' usual beige car.

"Remember, I want you to parallel park between our mailbox..." James explained, pointing to the Possible mailbox that has stood there for 14 years. "...and the fire hydrant in front of our house!"

"Okay, this'll be no big!" Kim smiled.

"I've hired someone to capture this very moment on camera!" James said with a smile.

"Who, Mom?"

"No...Bonnie!" James replied, pointing to Bonnie sitting on the sidewalk on the other side of the street holding a video camera.

"What?! Dad, are you..." Kim gasped in horror.

"Kimmie-cub...focus!"

"Oh, oh, right, Dad! So if I put the car in reverse..."

She put her father's car in reverse and heard her phone ring.

"Hello? Hey, Ron!"

"Kimmie-cub!" James screamed as he saw her daughter step on the gas while in reverse while on her phone. "Watch out for the..."

The next sound he heard was the one he didn't want to hear, a loud bang of his car from the rear. A cascading and continuing spray of water poured unceremoniously on the damaged vehicle.

"...fire hydrant."

Bonnie, meanwhile, captured everything on film and laughed uncontrollably, pointing at an embarrassed Kim, damaging her father's car and her dad giving a very stern look at her.


"You know, Kim, driving while on your cell phone is a major distraction on the road!" Bonnie grinned. "I even took a picture of you in complete shame and humiliation for next year's school yearbook! It isn't my fault that you crashed into that hydrant!"

"Just cut it out already, Bonnie! I've just got out of being grounded by my dad for 2 1/2 weeks and making me babysit the Tweebs!" Kim demanded.

"Oh, and how is life treating you with those two sweet angels?" Bonnie chuckled. She liked seeing how the twins were treating Kim.

"They are little demons tormenting my life!" Kim whined. "But for once, today, I am not babysitting those little terrors! I will be babysitting sweet angels from Danville and you are going to take me there!"

"Fine...whatever, loser! But you'll have to pay me!" Bonnie smirked.

"Pay you? For what?" Kim exclaimed.

"You know...dinner if I find a true hottie! He wouldn't like it if I paid him with nothing!"

Kim growled and gave her a ten and a five.

"Perfect! Now let me drive you to your intended destination!" Bonnie grinned, input the coordinates on her very own GPS.

"2308 Maple Dr., Danville!" Kim seethed through her teeth.

"Okay, and...got it!" Bonnie chuckled, activating the all-lock button on the sedan.

The doors were locked shut. There was no escape.

"Want me to tell that story of you when you were two years old!"

Kim gasped in shock! This was very story Ann told Bonnie on the ski trip when they first encountered DNAmy!

"NOOOOOOOO!"