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Chapter 4: On the job

Mrs. Dr. Possible was making rounds at the hospital when she noticed her daughter with a pale face, vigorously scrubbing her arms and hands at one of the cleaning stations.

Kim switched off the faucet with her elbow and started toweling off when she spotted her mother. "Now I know why you specialized to neurosurgery."

Anne raised an eyebrow. "I seem to remember you losing your breakfast multiple times over last Mother's Day."

Kim huffed. "I think I can take brains now. But this… the smell…" she began to go pale again.

Anne smiled slightly. "Mrs. Hudson?"

The younger redhead nodded. "I understand that she isn't so mobile, but there is a call button right within her reach. If she needs to go, a nurse can come and help her."

Mrs. Dr. Possible shrugged. "You wanted to be a nurse. Helping people also consists of that part. But don't worry, you'll get used to it real quick. When I was an intern I got used to it before the end of my first month."

The elder redhead walked off with a slight chuckle as her daughter groaned. If anything, this was going to be a valuable life-lesson for the girl who thought she could do anything, and that changing a diaper every now and then was equal to having to clean up an entire hospital bed where an accident had happened.

But on the other hand, she was really proud of her daughter; many teens who had wanted a summer job at the hospital had ran out within a few days after similar experiences, but Kim still seemed determined to go on.

As Ron walked to the Game Shop, he noticed a familiar figure in front of the store.

"Hey Felix," he greeted his friend. "You're early, we don't even open for customers for the next hour and a half."

"I know," Felix replied with a grin and produced a key. "But since I'm opening up, I have to be here in time."

Ron stared at his friend. "But how… when?"

"I take it Felix didn't tell you he worked here on and off?" Larry asked. Kim's cousin had just stepped out of his car and walked up to the duo. "What do you guys talk about when you're gaming?"

"Well, uhm… game stuff… the latest Bricks of Fury. Things like that," Ron said after thinking for a moment.

"How much I'm beating you," Felix added with a grin, which earned him a glare from Ron.

"Anyway, it will be just the three of us," Larry announced as they walked into the store and switched on the lights.

"What happened to Chris?" Ron asked.

Felix frowned. "I thought it was Darrel?"

Larry shrugged. "He was a temp, couldn't take the pressure. Okay, as I said, it's just the three of us, and there won't be customers for at least the next hour or so. So you know what that means?"

Ron's eyes began to gleam. "Really?"

"Yes, we're going to restack all games to show the summer collection and to display the newest games," Larry said. "Ron, you're going to box the old games and get the summer collection from the storage. Felix, you'll set up the window displays, and then you can help Ron. We have just over an hour, so get a move on."

Felix nearly rolled out of his wheelchair laughing when he noticed Ron's crestfallen expression. "Did you really think we were going to play games until the customers came in?"

Ron huffed. "You could have at least warned me."

Felix patted his friend's back. "You came here to work and earn money, right? Come on, Larry is right, let's get a move on. If it's a good day, we may be able to play some demos after hours."

Cleaned up, and her appetite returned, Kim decided that she had just enough time during her lunch break to visit Ron and share lunch with him. Ron had already complained a bit that he hadn't had enough time for lunch lately because a lot of teens with a summer job used their lunch break to visit the game store to see the latest games and to find out if they had already saved enough to buy it. So Kim swung by Bueno Nacho first to get a lunch to go for the two of them.

"Hi Kim," Ned said as the redhead walked in. "Where's Ron? I haven't seem him lately."

"Working," Kim explained and placed her order. "He got a job at Game Shop."

Ned huffed. "He could have gotten his old job back here. I hate to say it, but he was one of the most efficient managers."

Kim grinned as she picked up the bags containing the food. "You can't serve two masters. His love for games won."

"Well, you can't live on games alone," Ned shot back goodheartedly. "A Man's love goes through his stomach."

"Tell me about it," Kim replied with a smirk as she hefted the large bags. "Have a nice day."

Ron was shelving some games when he suddenly perked up. "I smell lilies and Nachos, it must be the best girlfriend ever bringing the best food ever."

Kim eyed her boyfriend suspiciously. "I've been using odorless shampoo ever since I started working at the hospital, and I never used lily-scented shampoo before."

Ron smiled apologetically as he stammered for an explanation.

"Dude, admit it, all you smelled was the fast food," Felix remarked with a grin as he rolled by."

But Kim's smile had already returned. "Don't sweat it Ron, I know what you like. Ready for lunch? I Grande-sized your portion."

"Have I already told you that you are the best girlfriend ever?" Ron asked with gleaming eyes.

The redhead laughed. "Only a second ago. Keep it up, I like it."

"I've got a break in a few minutes," Ron then said. "I just have to finish up these last sales."

Admitted, Bueno Nacho food wasn't the most romantic, but Kim was feeling very content as she was enjoying lunch together with Ron on a bench in a sunny spot in front of the Game Store.

Of course, nice moments never lasted long, and this was no exception.

"Oh my god, you two even eat in front of the Game Shop?" Bonnie remarked as she walked up to the couple, Brick Flag at her side. "And Bueno Nacho no less, you really pulled out the registers."

The brunette smirked as Kim was about to jump up furiously. "I would say that this is another great moment for a picture on the cheerleader wall of fame… or shame in your case, but we have better things to do. Brick is going to buy me a new necklace, aren't you Brick… Brick?"

Bonnie looked around to see where her boyfriend had gone, and then she noticed he had walked into the Game Store.

"Brick, come back here. We don't associate with those losers," Bonnie called as she followed Brick into the store to quickly drag him out.

But as she walked in, the football player was already in deep discussion with Felix. "So if I buy the new Zombie Mayhem game now, I get 50% off a ticket to Bricks of Fury V, the rerelease?"

"You even get 50% off for two tickets," Felix replied with a smile as he eyed Bonnie. "You can make it a date."

The mere suggestion was so absurd that Bonnie was at a complete loss for words for a moment.

"Awesome," Brick said and dug into his pocket. "I think I have just enough cash."

His fuming girlfriend finally regained her voice. "Excuse me? That money was for my necklace."

"No need to apologize," Brick said as he paid for his game. "We'll get you something as well. Hey, how about movie night tonight? I heard Bricks of Fury V is the best of the rereleases."
"GHAAH!" Bonnie screamed as she stomped out of the store behind her boyfriend.

"I think that just made my day," Ron said as they watched the couple walk away.

"I took the liberty of taking a picture," Larry said, holding up his phone.

Kim grinned wickedly. "Oh, I know a cheerleader board where that picture could really come to its right."

Ron stared at his girlfriend for a moment. "You know KP, you can be really evil if you want to."

The redhead's grin fell into a much more natural smile. "Sorry, but sometimes Bonnie just really deserves it."

Ron chuckled. "I'm not disagreeing, just pointing out the fact."

"Well, what do you think so far?" Kim asked the next Saturday when she and Ron where enjoying a day off.

Ron shrugged. "Not too bad. Much less game playing than I had hoped though."

Kim laughed. "Well, what did you expect?"

"Touché," Ron admitted. "What about you?"

"A lot more cleaning than I remember from when I helped out previously," Kim said. "I think mom had a hand in giving me the more fun jobs then. But now that I'm really working, there's no handholding whatsoever. Not that I wanted that," she quickly added.

Ron nodded understandingly. "I get it. I guess we're really growing up, huh?"

The redhead smiled. "Yeah. Well, at least we know that we will have really earned our vacation."

"And we still have our weekends," Ron added. "Let's not forget that."
"Indeed," Kim smiled and leaned over to give Ron a kiss on his nose. "Let's not waste our time then."

"Kimmie, don't you have an early shift today?" Kim's mother called from the bottom of the stairs. "If you want to catch a ride with me, you have to get up now."

"Or I could stay in for fifteen more minutes and take the Sloth," Kim thought sleepily. But then she remembered that her brothers had been working on her car again, and it wouldn't be ready until halfway the week.

"Coming!" The redhead called back and forced herself out of bed.

A quick shower later Kim felt a bit more awake when she joined her mother at the breakfast table. Her father had already left for work – how he got up so early every day was an enigma to Kim – and Jim and Tim were sleeping in, probably until noon as per usual on vacation Mondays.

"Pancake?" Mrs. Dr. Possible offered. Kim happily took one from the small stack and started pouring syrup over it.

"Thanks mom."

The older redhead grinned. "Difficulties to get out of bed?"

Kim smiled wryly. "Mondays are not my best. I don't think my mind can really comprehend the combination of Vacation and Work."

"You better get used to it," her mother said. "After school you can kiss your long vacations goodbye."

"Thank you for a great motivation," Kim responded dryly. "I wonder how Ron is doing, he told me he has to start early as well. Something to do with a stockroom cleanup."

"That's amazing," Felix remarked.

"It's like watching 'Return of the Zombies'," Larry added. "How does this even work?"

Today, Rufus had joined Ron. Or actually, Rufus had steered Ron to work, seeing as the teen was still pretty much asleep.

By leaning on his shoulder or pulling his head in a certain direction, the pink molerat managed to make Ron move in a somewhat walking fashion, which had gotten him to the Game Store.

Right now, Ron friends were watching in amazement as Rufus steered the sleepwalking Ron through the stockroom and even got him to pick up some boxes.

"Well, fun as it is, we really need to get the stockroom cleaned," Larry then said. "And at this pace we won't get it done in time." He turned to Rufus. "What does it normally take to wake him up?"

Rufus shrugged. "Pancakes?"

"We don't have those," Felix said. "Anything else?"

Rufus grinned and then nodded. Then he turned to Ron neck and grabbed a single hair.

"GHAAAAH!" Ron cried as he jumped up. "What? Who? Where?"

He stopped and stared at Felix and Larry. "What are you doing here? Wait… how did I get here?"

Felix and Larry looked at each other, and then broke down in laughter, leaving a very confused Ron.

But then Ron saw Rufus. "Hey, did you decide to come to the store too… wait, did you sleepwalk me again?"

This only caused Larry and Felix to laugh harder.

Ron dug his head into his hands. "Aw man… It's bad enough that you do it at school, but also at work?"

Rufus shrugged apologetically and then pointed at the clock.

"Yeah, I guess I'm on time," Ron admitted. "Well, at least I'm not in my pajamas, like last time."

"Stop!" Felix howled. "I can't breathe. This is too much."

Finally Ron's friends calmed down enough to get to work. But for the rest of the day, even the slightest lull in Ron's wakefulness caused them to nicker or even laugh out loud.