Chapter 3: Two Practices and a Reunion
Disclaimer: all the characters of the TV show Kim Possible belong to Disney.
"Well, this is it," Ron announced as he, Kim, Tara, and Hope arrived at the field house of Wildcat Stadium for Sunday cheer and football practices.
Kim nodded, "yup, first practices."
Tara and Hope turned to Kim.
"Hope and I are gonna go into the girl's locker room and get changed," Tara announced.
"We'll meet you in the locker room, Kim," Hope added.
Kim looked at Tara and Hope and waved, "I'll see you then."
As Tara and Hope walked into the girl's locker room, Kim and Ron turned to each other, smiled, and shared a kiss.
After breaking the kiss, Kim spoke, "I'll see you after practice, Ronnie."
"I'll see you after practice as well, KP," Ron replied.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
They soon let go of each other and headed for their respective locker rooms.
Later, Ron made it to the football field wearing his blue and white football uniform, with the number 7 on it, and stood along with the other players before Coach Davis.
"Okay, listen up!" Davis yelled getting the players' attention. "Welcome to your first day of varsity football practice. We are gonna start off with some warmups before moving on to drills. But first, I want to announce that this team just has received a new addition. He is a member of the world famous, Team Possible, as well as one of the best running backs of his old high school in Middleton, Colorado. So please welcome, Ronald 'Mad Dog' Stoppable."
Davis turned to Ron and motioned him to come on over. Ron walked over to the coach, turned to face the other players and waved as the players gave him a round of applause.
"Stoppable?" Davis asked after the applause died down.
Ron turned to face the coach, "yes, coach?"
Davis smiled, "in case I forgot to mention yesterday, I want to tell you that it is an honor to have you on the football team with us."
Ron smiled, "It diffidently is an honor coach, and a booyah!"
"Hey coach," a voice from the group of players was heard. Both Davis and Ron frowned and turned to see one of the players with a scowl on his face. He was two inches taller than Ron with brown hair, brown eyes, was muscular, and was deeply tanned.
"What is it, Walker?" Davis asked.
"He's the new addition?" Walker asked in disbelief while pointing at Ron.
Davis nodded, "yes, Walker, he's the new addition."
Walker pulled his hand back to his side and laughed, "More like the dork who loses his drawers. And why the heck is his number, 7? Running backs don't wear single digit numbers."
Davis then walked up to Walker and scowled, "you shut your mouth, Walker! Ron Stoppable is not a dork, and the number 7 was for when he played football during his senior year of high school! He wore that number 7 then! Does that answer your question?!"
Walker nodded.
"Good, and If I ever catch you insulting Stoppable, again…believe me, I will, understand?!"
Walker became more agitated, "Why are you giving that loser…"
"Shut up, Walker!" Coach Davis shouted, "Go sit on the bench, and you will remain there until I summon you to my office! Understood?!"
Walker nodded before turning to go sit on the bench at the sidelines.
Davis turned and walked back to Ron.
"Sorry about that, Stoppable," Davis apologized, "Walker, doesn't believe in freshmen varsity players."
Ron waved his hand, "no big. I use to be made fun of a lot."
"And after drills, I want you to show us your stuff."
"I'll do my best coach," Ron assured Davis before rejoining the other players.
Davis looked at all the players as his face turned serious.
"ALRIGHT! WARMUPS!" He shouted.
Kim, Tara, and Hope walked out of the girl's locker room wearing their blue and white cheer uniforms and headed for the field sidelines. What's more, was that Tara and Hope were standing by Kim's shoulders the way they stood by Bonnie's shoulders in high school. Tara was by Kim's right shoulder while Hope was by Kim's left shoulder. While walking they conversed.
"You know, this feels like old times already," Tara commented.
"Only we aren't standing by Bonnie's shoulders anymore," Hope added.
"We are standing by Kim's shoulders now."
Kim turned to Tara, "you and Hope really didn't…"
Tara held up her hand, "nonsense, Kim, it was the least we could do after all the goods things you've done for us."
"Like the time when you voted Bonnie as the new cheer captain in order to make her life unpleasant," Hope pointed out.
"Since being cheer captain is a big responsibility and comes with hard work," Tara added.
"We secretly enjoyed witnessing Bonnie misery."
"Wait a minute," Kim said in confusion as she stopped walking. Tara and Hope stopped walking as well as Kim turned to face them. "Enjoy witnessing Bonnie's misery? I thought you two were her friends."
Tara and Hope crossed their arms and scowled.
"Friends?" Tara huffed. "For all the times she did stuff that really irritated us?"
"Like breaking cheer routines that cause all of us to fall down just to answer calls from Brick, or argue with you," Hope added.
"Cheating her way into becoming homecoming queen just to steal Ron away from you," Tara added.
Kim became confused, "But, I've always have seen you two stand by Bonnie's shoulders, even after she does something stupid.
"We wanted her to think we were on her side," Tara confessed.
"But eventually, we wanted to tell her the truth," Hope confessed, "but we didn't have the courage to use words."
"But, when Bonnie sees us standing by your shoulders, Kim, it will be our way of telling her whose side we were really on."
"We need a way of telling Bonnie the truth without using words."
"And action speaks louder than words."
Kim smirked, "I wonder how Bonnie will feel about that."
"Terrible," Tara and Hope guessed in unison.
Tara smirked and looked at Hope and pointed at her, "Jinx, you owe me a soda!"
Hope scowled, "great!"
Kim giggled, "Enough you two, we need to get to practice."
Tara and Hope both nodded and the three continued on to the sidelines for cheer practice when Kim noticed Ron with the other football players standing before Coach Davis. Kim stopped, looked, and smiled as Davis introduced Ron to the football team.
Tara and Hope noticed Kim watching Ron and giggled.
"Aren't you coming?" Tara asked Kim.
"I'll be there in a minute," Kim said, still looking at Ron.
Tara and Hope shrugged their shoulders and continued walking to where cheer practice was be held.
Kim's smile soon faded when she saw one of the players make fun of Ron only to get yelled at and benched for it.
"Hello, Kim," a venom voice spoke.
Kim turned to see, Valerie Piper.
"Hello, Val," Kim replied with a glare.
"Didn't you enjoy seeing my boyfriend make fun of your husband?"
Kim smirked at Valerie, "didn't you enjoy seeing your boyfriend get yelled at and benched by the coach?"
Valerie was about to argue when…
"You guys," a voice interrupted.
Kim and Valerie noticed Betty Arnold standing with her arms crossed and with a serious face.
"Betty," Kim gasped.
Betty held up her hand, "Kim, it's okay, I just wanted to tell you two that practice is about to begin."
Kim and Valerie nodded and followed Betty to meet up with the rest of the squad who were standing before Coach Stennis.
"Alright everyone!" Stennis shouted getting the squad's attention. "Welcome to your first day of cheer practice. Before we begin I would like to introduce the newiest addition to the Hudson River Cheer Squad. They all come from Middleton, Colorado and are members of the world famous, Team Possible. So please welcome: Kim Stoppable, Tara King, and Hope Fernando."
Stennis turned to Kim, Tara, and Hope and motioned them to come on over. They walked over to the coach as the other cheerleaders, minus Valerie, gave a round an applause.
"Kim, Tara, and Hope?" Stennis asked after the applause died down.
The three teens turned to face the cheer coach.
"I wanted to mention to all three of you, I know I told Kim this, but it is a pleasure to be having you three on the cheer squad with us," Stennis said with a smile.
Kim smiled, "It diffidently is an pleasure coach."
"What Kim said," Tara added with a smile.
"Ditto," Hope added with a smile.
Stennis nodded, "Excellent."
Kim nodded before she, Tara, and Hope rejoined the other cheerleaders.
Stennis looked at all the cheerleaders as her face turned serious.
"ALRIGHT! WARMUPS!" She shouted.
A couple hours later, the time has come for the new running back to show his stuff.
"Alright, Stoppable," Coach Davis spoke, "you saw how my players played. Now, it's time for you to prove your worthiness of being on the starting lineup."
Ron nodded, "yes, coach."
Ron then ran over to Thomas and the other offensive players within the huddle.
Thomas looked at Ron, "alright, Ron, get ready to show everyone your stuff."
Ron nodded with a serious face.
Thomas then looked at all the players, "alright, fake to Rico, lateral to Ron, sweep left, on two."
The players then got into position with Ron taking position behind Thomas. The call was made and the play began. Ron made a run to the left as Thomas faked the ball to Rico before lateraling it to Ron. Ron caught the ball and he made a dash for the end zone when he noticed a cornerback and a linebacker coming right at him. Ron had to act fast. He then noticed wide receiver, Joey Daniels, on the other side of the two opposing players looking at him and with his hands open. Ron, with all his might, threw the ball high up and over the opposing players before being tackled. Joey managed to catch the ball, only to be brought down by a safety at the 30 yard line.
Ron soon got back up and rejoined the other offensive players who gathered in a huddle.
"Good job, Ron and Joey," Thomas said looking at them. He then looked at everyone, "alright, fake to Frank, hand off to Ron, sweep left, on one."
After they got into position, Thomas made the call. When the ball was snapped into his hands he faked the ball to Frank, and handed the ball off to Ron and the latter caught it. Ron then started running for the end zone when he noticed a linebacker coming at him. Ron turned to the left and the linebacker followed ahead of him. However, before the linebacker could reach Ron, Ron quickly turned to the right, causing the linebacker to miss him and fall forward. Ron then made a dash for the end zone while dodging a cornerback at the same time. He was coming within 10 yards of the end zone when he quickly noticed one of the safeties coming right at him. However, at the last second, Ron quickly spun to his left, dodging the safety, before continuing his run and making it the end zone.
Kim was sitting down with a few of the other cheerleaders. Practice has ended for them and they decided to watch the football players practice. Kim watched as the center player slapped the ball into Thomas' hands before he faked the ball to Rico and lateraled it to Ron. She soon noticed a linebacker and a cornerback converging on Ron, who managed to throw the ball to Joey before being tackled.
"I thought your dorky husband could evade," Valerie taunted.
Kim looked at Valerie, "Ron is not a dork and he's just getting started."
Valerie rolled her eyes, "yeah right."
"Just watch."
Kim turned back to see the football players get into position. The play began as the center player snapped the ball into Thomas' hands and Thomas faked the ball to Frank, before handing it off to Ron. Ron caught the ball and made a run for the end zone. He was about to be tackled by a linebacker when he managed to throw him off and evade a cornerback. He then ran and reached the end zone, but not before quickly dodging a safety at the 10 yard line.
Valerie's jaw dropped.
Kim turned to Valerie and smirked, "do you wanna take back what you said?"
Valerie growled, got up, and walked away.
Kim giggled as Betty walked up to her.
"I saw the look on Val's face when Ron dodged those players," Betty said to Kim.
Kim got up and turned to Betty, "that look on V's face was priceless."
"And I'm sure it was," a voice appeared.
Betty and Kim turned to see Coach Stennis with her arms at her hips and smiling.
"Hey, coach," Kim waved nervously.
"I take it you and a few others decided to watch, Ron Stoppable?" Stennis asked.
"Yes," Betty nodded with a frown, "I know you told us to hit the showers."
"But we just couldn't help ourselves," Kim added.
Stennis held up her hand, "it's alright, Betty and Kim, no hard feelings."
After that was said, Kim, Betty, and the other cheerleaders near them headed into the field house.
After Ron made it to the end zone, Coach Davis walked up to him.
Ron noticed him, "hey, coach. How did I do?"
Davis smiled, "perfect. You have shown your worthiness of being on the starting lineup. You will be playing in the first game."
"I am?" Ron questioned. "Are you sure I'm that good?"
"I'm positive, Stoppable," Davis replied. "I bet your wife will be impressed to see you play."
Ron smiled, "thanks, coach."
"Now go hit the showers," Davis ordered, "practice is over."
Soon, Ron and the other players walked into the field house and too the showers. But as Ron walked toward the field house he noticed a dissatisfied look on Frank's face.
Later, Ron waited outside of the field house for Kim.
Ron then heard a voice, "Hey, Ron."
Ron turned to see Thomas.
"Oh, hey Thomas, was up?" Ron asked.
"I wanted to congratulate you on making the starting lineup."
"Thanks, Thomas."
Thomas soon noticed a concerned look on Ron's face, "Dude, what's wrong?"
Ron sighed, "I just noticed Frank with a dissatisfied look on his face. I gotta feeling that he didn't like it when Coach Davis put me on the starting lineup."
Thomas sighed, "Ron, Frank is like that sometimes whenever a freshman makes the starting lineup. Like, Alex Walker, he doesn't believe in freshman varsity football players. Speaking of which, I over heard the coach chew Walker out for his misbehavior toward you. But that's not important. The important thing is that you made the starting lineup and are gonna be playing. I wish you luck."
Ron smiled, "thanks, dude. I'll see you tomorrow."
"I'll see you tomorrow too," Thomas said with a smile as he walked away.
A minute later, Kim walked out of the field house with Tara and Hope walking by her shoulders. She soon noticed Ron and walked up to him. Ron soon noticed Kim himself and smiled. The two wrapped their arms around each other and shared a they kiss.
After breaking the kiss Kim spoke, "Hiya, Ronnie."
"Hiya, KP," Ron replied in a flirty tone.
Kim giggled, "How's my favorite running back?"
"He's doing great," Ron replied. "Do you wanna go to Wildcat Corner? I know it's not lunchtime yet, but I feel like I didn't eat enough for breakfast this morning."
Kim nodded, "same here, let's go eat."
"Can we come too, Ron?" Tara asked.
"We want to eat some brunch as well," Hope added.
Ron smiled and looked at Tara and Hope, "of course you two can come."
After that was said, the four teens walked out of the stadium and headed for, Wildcat Corner.
From a short distance, Frank and Betty watched as Kim, Ron, and their two female friends walked out of the stadium.
"I just can't believe it," Frank groaned.
"What?" Betty asked.
"That Stoppable is now on the starting lineup," Frank replied. "It's a matter of time before he makes me look like a loser."
"And it could be a matter of time before Kim will take my place as cheer captain," Betty added.
"Let's go and pay Cousin Oscar a visit," Frank suggested. "We better get that bug."
Betty nodded, "let's do it. And I sure hope this plan works."
"Don't worry," Frank assured his sister, "Kim and Ron will be filing for the D word when this is all over."
After that was said, Frank and Betty walked out of the stadium and walked to their Cousin Oscar's house.
Later, Kim, Ron, Tara, and Hope were eating at the Team Possible booth at Wildcat Corner, and conversed over the morning's events.
"So, did Betty mistreat you in any way, KP?" Ron asked Kim.
Kim shook her head, "She didn't mistreat me in any way. Only that Valerie girl mistreated me."
"How does it feel to have Tara and Hope standing by your shoulders instead of Bon-Bon's, let alone Valerie's?"
Kim smiled, "it feels great."
Tara looked at Kim, "We will always stand by your shoulders, Kim."
"Especially, when you are dealing with a Bonnie wannabe," Hope added.
Kim turned to Tara and Hope, "Thanks, guys."
"And I can't believe you two held a dissatisfaction for Bon-Bon," Ron commented to Tara and Hope. "And I thought you two were on her side since you two always stood by Bon-Bon's shoulders no matter what stupid stuff she did."
Tara shook her head, "We were never really on her side."
"She thinks we are," Hope added before shaking her head, "But we aren't."
"And we wanted to tell her the truth about whose side we were really on by didn't have the courage to do so."
"How are you gonna tell her?" Ron asked.
"Bonnie seeing us stand by Kim's shoulders will be our way of telling her," Tara replied.
Ron sighed after what Tara just told him.
"What's wrong, Ron?" Tara asked with concern.
"You two are starting to sound like my parents."
"Your parents?"
"They always do stuff without my consent and whenever I ask them why they never told me they respond with, 'this is our way of telling you.'"
"I'm so sorry your parents are like that, Ron," Hope spoke up with sympathy.
"What Hope said," Tara added with sympathy.
Ron then smirked, "And I have a way of 'getting back' at them."
Tara and Hope gasped.
Ron held up his hand, "it's not like that."
Tara and Hope crossed their arms.
"Then what do you mean by, 'getting back' at them?" Tara asked.
Ron smiled, "them seeing me play in the first game will be my way of telling them that I made the starting lineup."
Tara and Hope put their arms back at their sides and smiled.
Kim turned to Ron and smiled, "you will be playing in the first game?"
Ron turned to Kim and nodded, "I sure am, Coach Davis was impressed with what I was capable of. Of course, you probably saw me during practice."
Kim nodded, "I did see you, and Valerie's jaw dropped when she saw you dodge those players."
"That was hilarious, seeing Val's jaw drop," Tara spoke up with a smile.
"I can't believe you've made the starting lineup, Ron," Hope added in amazement.
Ron turned to Hope, "I can't believe it either."
"Great job, Ronnie," Kim cooed as she put her head on Ron's shoulder. She soon noticed him feeling uneasy about something.
"What's wrong, Ronnie?" Kim asked with concern.
Ron sighed, and turned back to Kim, "it's about, Frank."
"What about him?" Kim asked.
"I saw the look on his face while we were walking to the field house after practice," Ron replied. "Apparently, he was unimpressed when he heard the Coach say that I made the starting lineup."
"Frank probably was just jealous," Tara speculated.
"Yeah," Hope agreed, "that could be it."
Ron turned to Tara and Hope, "Thomas told me that like, Alex Walker, Frank doesn't believe in freshman varsity players."
"Was Alex the one who mocked you before practice began?" Kim asked.
Ron turned back to Kim, "yeah, why?"
"That was Valerie's boyfriend," Kim replied.
Before Ron could respond to Kim's words, he and the others sitting at the booth heard a familiar voice, "Ron-man."
Kim, Ron, Tara, and Hope looked to see Ron's best male friend, Felix, smiling and…walking!
"Felix?" Kim asked.
"You're…you're…" Ron added.
"Walking!" Kim and Ron finished in unison.
Felix turned around, lifted the back of his shirt to reveal a scar going down his spine, "I underwent an experimental surgery by Global Justice meant to enable people who can't walk to walk."
After lowering his shirt Felix turned back around as Kim commented, "That's incredible."
"Felix?" Ron asked.
"Yes, Ron-man?" Felix answered.
"Not that I'm complaining but, what are you doing here?" Ron asked.
"We transferred to Hudson River University so we could take part in missions with you guys," Felix replied. "Besides, Dr. Director offered me the ability to walk if I transferred to HRU."
The four sitting down at the Team Possible booth became confused.
"Did you say, we?" Kim asked.
Felix turned to Kim, "Monique and Zita transferred to HRU as well."
Monique and Zita then walked up and stood by Felix's shoulders, looked at the people sitting at the Team Possible booth, and smiled.
"Hey, guys," Monique said with a wave.
"Hey, Mon, hey, Zita," Kim waved back.
"Was up?" Ron asked.
"We are doing fantastic," Monique replied happily.
"So, you all transferred here so you could do mission work?" Tara asked Felix, Monique, and Zita.
"We are a team," Zita said to Tara with pride in her voice. "And like Pixie Scouts, we stick together."
"After all, Hudson River is the only school that will let us do mission work," Monique added.
"But you would have to get an off-campus apartment," Kim pointed out.
"Don't worry, girl," Monique assured Kim, "my aunt and uncle live in these parts and they are willing to let us stay in their house."
"And we all got jobs at the mall in Broy too," Felix added.
"I transferred to the Club Banana there," Monique added.
"I'm gonna be working at Gameplace," Zita added.
"And I'm gonna be working at Radiospot," Felix added.
"Having a job while in college can be pretty tough," Ron warned.
Felix nodded, "we know."
"But we can handle it," Monique added.
"Yeah," Zita added.
Later, after Kim, Ron, Tara, and Hope finished and paid for their meals, the latter two got up.
"Hey, guys?" Tara asked Kim and Ron.
"Yes, Tara?" Kim answered.
"I just remembered, Hope and I have to go out and get some stuff for our dance class."
"Dance class?" Kim asked confused.
Tara nodded, "yes, you probably heard back in Yellowstone that Hope and I plan on becoming part-time school teachers and entertainers."
"We plan on studying performing arts in college," Hope added.
"As in...?" Ron asked.
"Singing, dancing, and acting," Tara answered Ron's question.
"Oh," Ron said before asking, "Won't it be tough to be both school teachers and entertainers?"
"Tara and I plan on teaching high school or college students, performing arts, part-time," Hope replied to Ron's question.
"As for being entertainers," Tara spoke up, "Hope and I will take part in or put on our own performing arts shows, part-time."
"High school and college?" Kim asked confused. "But I though you two were gonna become elementary school teachers.
Tara and Hope turned to Kim.
"We we're," Tara replied.
"But we changed our minds," Hope added.
"Well, Ron and I wish you two the best of luck," Kim said with a smile.
Tara and Hope smiled.
"Thanks, Kim," Tara said.
"We'll see you and Ron tomorrow," Hope added.
"You too," Kim said with a wave.
Soon, Tara and Hope walked away from the booth and out of the restaurant.
Kim and Ron were about to leave the booth themselves when...
"KP?" Ron asked.
Kim turned to Ron, "yes, Ronnie?"
"There's something I've been meaning to ask you for a while but kept forgetting."
"What?"
"How come we needed to get an off-campus apartment in order to continue mission work in college?"
Kim took a deep breath before speaking, "for times when we get called on a mission we will need a place to change into our mission gear and/or get a ride from someone if we ever needed one for a mission. Doing all that on campus could disrupt the activities of the students and staff of HRU and lead them into thinking you, me, and the rest of the team are getting special treatment. And we don't want them to think that."
Ron snapped his fingers, "of course, why didn't I think of that?"
Kim smiled, pulled Ron in closer, gave him a hug, and whispered, "Besides, I wouldn't be able to sleep without you by my side."
Ron smiled back and whispered, "Booyah."
After breaking the hug Ron spoke again, "Another question."
"Yes?" Kim answered.
"How come all the other colleges you were accepted into won't allow you to do mission work whether or not you would live in an off-campus apartment?"
Kim shrugged her shoulders, "I'm guessing the Deans of those schools either wouldn't like me blowing class to make a difference or they just simply aren't my biggest fans."
Elsewhere, Frank and Betty were walking to their cousin's house to see if he had a bug that they could use to eavesdrop on Kim and Ron. During the walk, Betty began expressing doubts about the plan.
"Bro?" Betty asked.
"Yes, sis?" Frank replied.
"I'm kind of afraid of your plan."
"In what way?"
"Like if we pay that Wildcat Corner janitor to, you know, plant the bug and Kim and Ron were to find out about the bug and who planted it we could be exposed."
Frank snapped his fingers, "I didn't think about that. Unless…"
"Unless what?"
"We can leave a note with money and the bug we've obtained from, Cousin Oscar, on the welcome mat of Charles' house. Charles won't know it's us who left the note and if he gets caught, we won't be exposed."
Betty nodded, "alright, let's do this."
"And here we are," Frank announced as he and his sister came upon a green one-story house and knocked on the door.
The door opened revealing a man with brown hair, hazel eyes, and wearing a white tank-top and grey shorts.
The man smiled and waved, "Hey, Frank and Betty."
Frank smiled and waved back, "hey, Oscar."
"Hey," Betty added.
"Was up?" Oscar asked.
"Betty and I need your help with something."
"And how can I help?"
"Maybe we should talk about this inside," Frank suggested.
Oscar nodded, "sure, Frank."
Frank and Betty then ventured into Oscar's house and closed the front door behind them.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Well, that's the end of chapter 3.
Sorry it took a while I really needed to think this chapter through. I did my best and I hope I did good, especially describing the football plays. I'm not an expert on football so when I describe the plays, don't be surprised if you see anything wrong.
And it looks like Felix, Monique, and Zita will be joining Kim, Ron, Tara, and Hope at Hudson River University.
Also, you probably noticed Tara and Hope with different last names. A lot of fans believed Tara's last name was, King. As for Hope, if her last name began with a G, canocal wise, she probably would've been sitting between Zita Flores and Tara King in the episode, "Graduaton Part 1". I wanted to make the, "This Is Our Year" storyline as canon as possible. I also went back and changed Tara's and Hope's last names in the previous chapters of this story as well as in the Yellowstone story.
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