Chapter 7 - Dinner Time

"So that's why I want you to dress like a gentleman." Kim said in trying to promote good etiquette in her BFBF, "At the same time, though, you have to look cool too!"

"KP, I totally dig the cool thing!" Ron insisted, "I'm going to walk up to your dad's house, flowers in one hand and shake his hand in style!"

"That's the idea!" Kim replied, pulling up her left overalls strap and standing up. "Wanna come with me and Monique to my house?"

Ron said, stretching his back muscles, "Of course! It totally bets the idea of having 300-lb guys tackle me at football practice!"

Monique and Ron get up from the table and head with Kim out of the mall.

"Should we follow them?" Rebecca asked.

"No, I think we got all the info we need!" Bonnie replied, standing. up. She pulled her undone overalls up to halfway on her behind. Bonnie tied up her undone overalls straps in order to make a makeshift belt.

She then received another text from Junior, saying: I am at the airport, my love! Can you pick me up? I have a surprise for you.

Excited at the prospect of her gift from Junior, Bonnie replied with: Junior, I'm on my way ASAP!

"Come, R! A certain hottie awaits my presence at the airport!" Bonnie insisted.

The two mean cheerleaders stood up and left.

(5:35pm)

Kim, Ron, and Monique all headed out the mall, seemingly triumphant that the date outfit Monique bought for Kim would coordinate well.

"So that is one thing off our to-do list!" the black fashionista excalimed, "What's next, Kim?"

Kim thought of something and groaned, "Oh, great!"

"What?" Ron asked, puzzled, "What's wrong, KP?"

"I almost forgot the markers that our cheerleaders are going to do the signs for tomorrow night's game!" Kim said, remembering what Bonnie had mentioned to her earlier.

"Looks like Smarty-Mart is here to the rescue!" Ron replied with confidence, "It's going to be just for an in and out trip. Colored marekers are 50 cents per 24-pack!"

Kim groaned, fearing that this trip to Smarty-Mart would be more than just the markers.

(The Possible household, 6:30pm)

The three teens got out of Monique's car.

"Finally, that sitch with the markers is overwith!" Kim uttered, holding the markers in her hand.

"See? I told you we would find them!" Ron said while holding five other plastic bags of Smarty-mart goodies from the trunk.

Kim groaned, "After 30 minutes of buying 14 other things from Smarty-Mart?"

"I can't resist the deals! We had to fit the 15 items-or-less checkout somehow!" Ron replied.

Monique heard her stomach growling and added, "Let's just get inside! I'm ready to get my grub on!"

Kim unhooked the left strap of the overalls, allowing the bib to fall down so that she would wear them as boyfriend pants. Luckily, they were regular-fitting so that the overalls themselves did not fall down as easily as Bonnie's.

"Gotta be prepared for Fried Porkchop night!" Kim said, remarking to her own fashion creation.

She turned her head to her boyfriend and said, "You're more than welcome to stay for dinner, Ron!"

"Count me in anytime, ladies!" Ron said, giving a grin.

A knock was heard on the front door.

James Possible opened the door. He was in his usual work outfit. Kim, Ron, and Monique came in.

"Ah, Kimberly, Monique and Ronald!" the rocket scientist remarked, "You're just in time..."

"To dine, MrDrP?" Ron asked.

"I was about to say that, but yes, Ronald!" James said with a grin, "We're about to eat dinner! We saved a couple extra chairs for you two!"

"Hey, Dad!" Kim said, giving her father a peck on the cheek.

"Hey, Kimmie-cub! How was school?" James questioned.

Ann Possible, in her work outfit as well, was serving up the fried porkchops on the plates.

"Hey, Kim!" the brain surgeon matriarch grinned.

"Hey, Mom!" Kim smiled to her mom before turning back to James to tell about her school day.

"You know, same old, same old. Got a 95 on a test in chemistry, and having to go through cheer practice with the same old annoying Bonnie!"

"That's my girl!" James beamed. Turning his full attention to Ron, he then asked, "Are you two planning something together?"

"You know me, MrDrP!" Ron exclaimed for joy, "Me and KP got it goin' on Saturday Night! Bueno Nacho and a movie afterwards!"

James chuckled, "Lemme guess, Chez Couteaux got too expensive for the 'Ron-Man's' budget?

"The 'rents are in complete control of the moo-lah since the whole 'Bueno Nacho Royalties' disaster thing happened." Ron said, explaining his budgetary problems.

"That's what happens when you carry $99 million of cash in your pockets." Kim snarked.

"Don't remind me of those things in the past..." Ron sighed.

James went to the staircase and said, "I'll go ahead and get your brothers from their room."

"Aren't they still grounded for the stuff they did at the Middleton library?" Kim asked.

"They are and they will be disciplined!" James said, heading up the stairs.

This gave Kim a slight grin on her face. Her brothers enjoyed nothing more than heaping misery on Kim.

James knocked on the door of the Tweebs' bedroom.

"Jim and Tim! Time for dinner! And no flying jetpacks at the dinner table!"

Jim and Tim, who were on the jetpacks, landed them. They both replied. "Yes, Dad."

"You two realize that I cannot give you rocket parts, since you're still being grounded for a week for the incident in the library, right?"

Tim said, "But, Dad, the bottle rocket we made..."

Jim concluded, "...went out of control.

Jim also asked, "Can we use that old black and white 35mm camera..."

Tim concluded his brother's question, "...that we found in the attic?"

James smiled and replied, "I can't seem to find a problem with that!"
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(10 minutes later)

All occupants are now eating at the table, consuming fried porkchops.

"Who wants another porkchop?" Ann asked.

Kim and Monique both raised their hands. Ann gave the two of them another porkchop each.

"You two aren't going to spend a lot on this date, are you?" James asked the couple. "Rumors are swirling that the economy is going down the hole." Jim and Tim are at the table, playing around with the 35mm camera.

Kim and Ron looked at each other with curiosity, knowing that their date is on a tight budget.

"All we're going to spend on are Bueno Nacho items, movie tickets, and the concessions. And a little bit of ice cream afterwards." Kim said.

"So, MrDrP, you'd be looking at a $50 date, including flowers." Ron replied, thinking of the number in his head.

"Fifty buck is a mere drop in the bocket as compared to an $150 four-course dinner at Chez Couteaux per person! So it's fine by me!" James said, approving their budget.

"We even spend around $15 on a date one time at college!" Ann added, coming to her husband's side.

"Aww...Daddy! Thanks so much!" Kim said sweetly.

"It's no big, as you always say, Kimmie-cub!" James replied with a grin.

Turning to Ron, he asked, "As for you, Ronald, are you going to dress modestly for my daughter's date?"

"You know my motto for fashion, MrDrP!" Ron replied, clicking his tongue, "I dress modest to be honest with my lady!"

James said with a smile, "I think there's something in your wardrobe that would please me and Ann in front of our Kimberly."

Ron scooted his seat from his table, as if he was nervous about something.

"Uhm, DrsP squared, may I be excused from the table?" he asked, "I gotta check something really quick at my house!"

"Check away, Ronald!" James said, having no problem.

Ron left the table in a hurry.

"Daddy, speaking of fashion, do you approve of my outfit that I plan to wear on my Ron date? Kim asked as she stood up, her overalls straps dangling behind her back.

"Technically speaking, your mom wore such an outfit to a college party once." James recalled.

"Wasn't it that big science department mixer that we both met for the first time?" Ann smirked.

"Oh yeah, that was the one where Drew Lipsky invented those crude Bebe robots!" James said, "Right before he was expelled from the school...something about a college prank involving a pig, a silo filled with manure, and the president's house."

The Possible patriarch continued, "As for your mother, Kimberly, I couldn't keep my eyes off her that night!"

"The decade was very fashion-forward! It's just that the leg warmers were a bit too much." Ann giggled.

"So if it's okay for Mom, it's okay for you?" Kim questioned.

"Of course, Kimmie-cub! You're almost a grown woman approaching the big 1-8! The doorway to adulthood!" James replied, approving of Kim's outfit choice of bib-down overalls.

"Thanks, Daddy!" Kim said, pulling out her chair, "If you two don't mind, I'll be headed to Tara's house! We're going to be doing the banners around the stadium for tomorrow's game against Upperton."

Kim left the table to go upstairs.

"So how was the porkchops?" Ann asked her husband.

James replied with a simple kiss to his wife on the lips, "Fabulous as always, honeybear!"

Jim and Tim were then blowing raspberries at each other while tossing the 35mm camera around.

"Boys...table manners, please!" James insisted, "And be careful with the camera!"