BE,S 8: Always, Love

Disclaimer/Author's Notes: Kim Possible and all the characters of the show are owned by the Disney Company. All other characters can be blamed on the author (he, however, is not responsible for all of their actions at all times, being barely responsible for himself most of the time).

This is a strictly not-for-profit, just-for-fun work.

A/N Forward:

What happens both when the Doctors P do the unthinkable?

Will they make it?

Next, in BE,S 8: Always, Love

Thanks in advance for reading, and please review.

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BE,S 8: Always, Love

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chapter 4: first landfall

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"Dr. Possible?"

James looked up as Dr. Porter entered the room, and his blood pressure spiked at least 15 points.

'wow' was all he could think.

Vivian was James-hunting, and she'd bought out the big guns:

Her clothes were not typical laboratory wear by any means: a tight red blouse that left nothing to his imagination and a leather micro-skirt that announced to the entire world (and a few neighboring galaxies, James thought) that she was a woman out searching. Her stockings (they were definitely stocking: the garter belt straps holding them up were visible) were jet-black, and her 4-inch heels rounded out her outfit: abaddon-black, blending perfectly with her stockings so that one could almost believe that she was built like that: on her toes.

"Yes, Dr. Porter?" James' voice had a catch in it.

"James." she walked around his desk and hopped up on it, her legs dangling down between James and his desk, between James' legs.

"Yes, Dr. Porter?" the room temperature had shot up another 10 degrees C.

"James, do you know just how truly handsome you are?" her left foot began to run up the inside of James' right leg, and James began to visibly squirm.

"That's what my wife has told me, Dr. Porter," he replied, loosening his tie a bit.

'Gotta call Maintenance to get that A/C fixed in here.'

"James?"

"Yes, Dr. Porter?"

"Can't you call me Vivian, just once?" and she leaned forward.

'She needs another sewing kit,' thought James.

"Kiss me, James," and she leaned forward, her lips touching his lips.

That action did not have her desired reaction.

"DR. PORTER!" James pushed her back, away from him, and he stood, pushing his chair back into his credenza with a loud CRASH!

"WHAT in the name of micrometeorites are you doing, Dr. Porter?" he yelled as Vivian managed to get off the desk and stand in front of him.

His outburst generated a response:

Vivian Francis Porter burst into tears.

James was, after all, a husband and a father of a daughter, and he could not stand to see a woman cry:

He took Vivian Porter into his arms and hugged her, trying to console her and understand why she had just made an obvious pass at him.

"I'm sorry, Dr. Possible: I'm so lonely, and I need someone, not Oliver, and I thought…

"I'll go and pack my office; you'll have my letter of resignation on your desk before I leave," she turned to walk away, but James turned her back to face him.

"Why, Dr. Porter?"

"I can't work here if you don't respect me, and after all you've done for me, I've broken that trust level completely, so I need to leave."

"Nonsense, Dr. Porter: you're too good a scientist for me to run you off because you made a silly mistake. Don't even think of leaving because of that," he smiled.

"You mean it?" her voice jumped like it did when she first learned that he was promoting her.

"Of course I do, Vivian," and her name triggered her next move:

She pulled herself into his arms and kissed him, fully.

James lost control and returned her kiss, then realized what he was doing:

"I CAN'T, VIVIAN, I can't, I'm sorry, Dr. Porter, it's my fault, it's my fault," James pushed her away, and he fell back into his seat, and Dr. James Timothy Possible dropped his head into his hands and began to sob uncontrollably.

Vivian watched him, reaching out to touch his shoulder.

"NO!" and she drew her hand back, almost as if it was burned. James looked up, tears streaming down his face.

"please leave, dr. porter, please, and close the door behind you, please," and James dropped his head back into his hands and sobbed.

James' thoughts as he sobbed:

'I have betrayed my wife, the women I love.

'Will she ever forgive me?

'Will she ever trust me, again?'

Vivian left the office, closing the door behind her.

"What have I done?" she asked, staring at her reflection in the door.

"I've hurt the only man besides my father who truly cares about me.

"I've got to change my life, somehow," and she walked out of the building to her car.

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"You're home early; what's wrong?" Oliver came over to Vivian to hug her as he always did, but she pushed him away.

Oliver knew that she was going to see Dr. Possible today, so he accessed the site recordings of Dr. Possible's office and reviewed the day, realizing why Vivian's eyes were red.

"I've hurt you, my Vivian," Oliver said, sadly, as he prepared himself for what he must do.

"You- No, Oliver, you didn't hurt me, I did it to myself," Vivian replied, knowing what was going thru Oliver's 'brain.'

"I have harmed you, my Vivian, for you cannot have the man you want, and it's because of me.

"You know the Laws that I must obey," and she yelled at him:

"NO! OLIVER, NO!

"It's not you, it's me; I'm the one who's damaged, I'm the one who needs to learn," she cried, but he was incapable of hearing her reasons now.

"I'm sorry, Vivian, for all the harm I've brought to you," Oliver stated calmly.

"I hope that some of the good times outweigh the bad.

"Good-bye, My Vivian: I will always love you," and Oliver reached for his final switch.

"Wait!" she grabbed his hand.

"If you go, you will cause me harm, Oliver, and that violates the first Law, so you cannot leave," she shot out her words, and Oliver nodded.

"But, my Vivian, if I do not go, and my being here causes you pain, what am I to do?" he moved his hand away from the switch.

"Learn with me, Oliver," she whispered, and she kissed his cheek.

"Learn how to be human with me, because I need to learn, as well," and she reached up and kissed him.

He responded, but not in his normal manner: he only kissed her with his lips, and he took her in his arms as she cried out her pain.

"My Vivian, I will never leave you, and we will learn, together, how to be human, how to truly love and be loved, not what we have done in the past," Oliver replied, and she looked up at him and smiled.

He scooped her up and carried her into the kitchen, where two glasses of Chablis were waiting, chilled, and dinner was in the final stages on the stove. He handed her one and took the other.

'She will feel better in 3.29 hours, but there is a 47.423 per cent likelihood that she will cry once more this evening, during dinner. I will be ready.' He held up his glass and waited for her to raise hers.

"To us," and he clicked her glass and watched as she drained hers.

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Author's afterward:

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Well, this is different.

A very special set of thanks go out to the following:

Slyrr, Sir Sebastian, star-eva01, CajunBear73, and Pharaoh Rutin Tutin for taking a look at the start of this important time in two peoples' lives

Those unannounced readers who read and don't review: thanks for stopping by. I hope that I have given you some laughs, some tears, and some things to think about.

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