Reunion Royalty Take 10

With those simple words from out of the mouth of a child, everyone in the Stoppable family looks at each other in surprise with Jesse in surprise as he looks at Cindy.

Kim trembles as she thinks, "No… not even Bonnie would… would she?" but after all that she'd learned about Bonnie in the past 24 hours, she wouldn't put past her to break up twins.

It did make sense to Kim in a twisted way. Bonnie would only need one heir to rule the country with. Any more than that and she would have to deal with one extra problem in ruling the country.

Kim turns sharply to where Wade was and says, "Wade… is it possible that…?" She is still holding onto child in her own arms, clutching at him as if daring someone to just try and take her child from her.

Ron says, "Kim… I don't think that even Bonnie would do something like that. So please calm down. Conner himself said he was an only child."

Kim says, "We can't just take his word for it Ron! He was lied to every day of his life about Wally and if she was willing to do that. Who knows what else she lied to him about?"

Wade says, "Anything's possible but the probability that happening like that just because you always get twins is…" He trails off begins to calculate it in his head.

Kim manages to hold onto her son as she activates the Kimmunicator on the wrist manually and as soon as Wade's wife appears on the screen she says, "Is there a way to scan for…" She is cut off as Ron grabs her wrist and says, "Kim! Think about what you're doing!" He then looks off to the side causing Kim to remember where they are and without a word she turns to walk out of the room Wade and the Lipskys following.

As soon as the adults all leave the room a second door appears over the first from within the walls.

Mindy frowns as she says, "So much for eavesdropping on them."

Jesse walks up to Cindy and whispers, "You don't really think that Conner's mother would… do you?"

Cindy whispers back, "I don't know Jesse…" Her eyes going to Conner's in sad sympathy before she adds, "It would be absolutely terrible if it was true though."

Mary says to Connie, "Um, as far as I know… Conner's always been an only child." She didn't know what else to say.

Gary says, "Of course his Majesty is an only child! Ron may have been able to father twins with that other woman, but the Queen is a different woman altogether. She would have only given birth to one."

Ronnie says, "Why did you call him his Majesty?"

Connie looks up at Conner and says, "Are you a prince or sumthing?"

Gary says, "Try a King. He is the King of Rodigan."

Jamie walks towards Gary as she says, "Your smart mouth is just asking to be wiped off your face."

Gary frowns at the threat and turns away to avoid being hit but inwardly his thoughts were impressed by the fire and strength of the girl before him.

Connie smiles and says, "Does that make me a princess?"

Both Gary and Mary look to Conner to see his answer.

Conner rubs his hand over the top of Connie's head and says, "We'll see… Right now, I'm not even sure I want to keep my throne."

At this both Ronnie and Connie loudly say in surprise, "Why not?"

Conner does a heavy sigh before he says, "There… There are things that you two are not yet aware of… things that way heavy on my heart and make me doubt that I should be King."

Connie says, "Why would you be a bad ruler?"

Conner looks at her and says, "I… I haven't earned it. It was thrust upon me forcibly by another."

Ronnie walks up and says, "Daddy one told me that the greatest leaders are the ones who do not seek power but given it."

Conner had read something like once and it made sense but his heart was still heavy at his mother's betrayal. He says, "Maybe so but can people forgive me for the terrible things my mother did while Queen?"

Connie says, "Who was the Queen? What did she do?"

Cindy says, "That's not important Connie, what is important is that Conner feels upset about the things she did."

Ronnie says, "The Queen wasn't mommy was it?" There was a look of fear in his eyes at what he thought might be the answer.

Conner was quick in his answer as he says, "What? No! Your mommy had no part in it, in fact…" He looks away sadly as he adds, "She was as much a victim as our daddy in all this."

Connie takes Conner's hand into hers as she looks up at her older brother and says, "You care too much to be bad. If you were bad, mommy and daddy would know. They're heroes."

Conner sighs and says, "I wish it was that simple Connie, but how can I atone for actions of my Queen?"

Mary's eyes go wide in an instant as she knew Conner very well and for him to call his own mother just 'Queen' meant something. She just wasn't sure what and she had to wonder if Conner was even aware of what he had just said.

Jesse says, "Conner, I've known this family nearly my whole life. I've faced the most evil people in the world and I've seen the purest good out there as well. If there is one thing I've learned is that children see the world and people with their eyes wide open." He looks at Cindy and Mindy, seeing them nod at him before he says, "So do your family, your friends, and your kingdom a favor… open your eyes and see the truth. You are only hurting yourself by continuing down this path."

Conner's head was spinning from everything that was being said and he didn't know what to believe anymore or what to think. His heart in chaos as his head and heart warred with each other over what was right.

Ronnie and Connie both look at each other before they say in their most pure, innocent child voices, "We believe in the good in you! You are not responsible for anyone's action but yours!"

Conner looks at his two younger siblings as the they gaze back at him with a look in stereo he'd learn later what was called "the puppy dog pout" before he feels something within him begin to shift and it starts to make him feel better, just a little.

Conner says, "I guess the two of you are right… and to think it took the innocence of children to help me see it." What he doesn't hear are the thoughts of Ronnie, Cindy and Mindy all thinking, "She's not that innocent…"

He says as he scoops them both up into his arms and gives them a big hug, "Thank you both very much. I already feel better about things."

Mary joins in on the group hug and she says tearfully, "Thank you! Thank you!" and gives them two of them kisses on the forehead as their reward.

Connie just blushes and squirms as she says, "Family helps each other… mommy taught me that."

Ronnie on the other hand just squirms out of Mary's arms and says, "Yuck! I have got strange girl cooties!"

Jesse laughs and says, "Ronnie, someday you will find that you actually like kisses from girls. I know I love the ones my best friends give me." He starts and blushes, "I of course mean the cheek kisses from you guys."

Cindy and Mindy give each other a mischievous look and a grin slowly forms on their faces.

Mindy says, "Is that so…?" with Cindy adding, "You just love our kisses huh?" She can't help blush as a part of her thinks, "He really likes us! Um... me!"

Jesse raises his hands up as he says, "Hey now girls, what are you thinking? I was just trying to reassure Ronnie that girl kisses are not at all gross."

Mindy nods and says, "Exactly so stand there and take it."

Cindy has a soft blush on her cheeks but still wearing a grin on her face as she says, "Yeah, prove that you're man enough to take a girl's kiss."

Jesse says, "Uh-oh… I guess I really walked myself into that one didn't I?"

Ronnie says, "Don't you like my sister's cooties?"

Jesse says, "It isn't that I don't like them… I… uh… it is just that the parents are in the next room…"

Mindy says, "This won't…" with Cindy finishing, "Take but a moment."

Cindy and Mindy both lean up against each side of Jesse and kiss him on the cheeks as close as they can to his mouth with Cindy's lips actually brushing the corner of his lips on purpose.

It is now Jesse's turn to blush as he says, "See? N-nothing to it."

Ronnie crosses his arms in front of him, not looking totally convinced and says, "Big deal, you get that all the time. You haft im…immu… immunity built up to it."

Jesse says "What would it take to convince you? A kiss on my lips?"

Ronnie nods a big nod as he says, "Yeah!"

Gary raises his right eyebrow at this interesting turn of events and just watches.

Jamie energetically says, "So who are you going to kiss Jesse?"

What had started out as a joke on Jesse was suddenly turning into a very embarrassing situation for the trio of best friends.

All three of them couldn't help but blush while all the while Ronnie figures that they wouldn't really kiss on the lips. Only couples did that and he didn't think any of them liked each other that much.

Connie knew a little better than Ronnie did about the whole situation as she'd snuck in once and read the diaries of her sisters before so she knew that Cindy liked Jesse more than Mindy but she was stumped on what to do next.

Conner was of course in the dark about all this and was amazed that his sisters had even kissed Jesse to begin with.

Mary could see that Conner's sisters were very uncomfortable and it looked like they were going to make a decision very soon. She looks over at Conner and wonders if she could talk him into helping them out while also giving her a chance to kiss him.

Jamie says, "Come on bro! Kiss one of them already or I'll pick one for you!"

The trio just stands there for another minute or so before Mindy says, "Um… Cindy… do you want to do it?" Her eyes nervous as she liked Jesse but not in a romantic sense.

Cindy says, "Um, I… guess I… could." She takes a hesitant step towards him before Jamie pushes Jesse from behind as she says, "Go get her big bro! Plant a big one on her!"

Cindy's forward step takes her right into Jesse's stumble and reactively they wrap arms around each other to keep from falling. Their eyes meet and instantly their heartrates go up at the same time.

Mary leans down and whispers, "Conner… I don't think they really want to do this. How about you and I kiss? You are family to Ronnie and it might count more than seeing those two kiss."

Conner's eyes go wide as his eyebrows jump in surprise at the sudden boldness of the question but he could see that they were both very nervous even if they were inching towards each other slowly in a most romantic kind of way.

Conner nods in agreement to Mary and whispers, "Ok, but let's make it quick ok?"

Mary's heart soared in joy as she heard his whisper and then says, "Little boy… You think a strange girl's kiss is really that gross?"

Ronnie turns and says, "Yeah!" He rubs his forehead again as if still able to feel the kiss somehow.

Mary says, "Well, what if I kissed your older brother and he likes it? After all it was me who got the ball rolling."

Ronnie makes a face as he says, "He'd never like a icky kiss!"

Mary says confidently, "I wouldn't be so sure of that!" And just because she was tired of Ronnie's attitude, she turns to Conner and cups his cheeks before she closes her eyes and pulls him quickly into a big kiss!

During all of this, there was so much blood pounding in their ears, neither Cindy or Jesse could hear what was going on and with everyone's eyes off of them, they close their eyes and slowly press their lips to each other in what was a slow kiss with their hands gripping each other as it intensified quickly.

Mary's lips had been parted some when she had pressed her lips to Conner's and surprised herself by the intensity of the kiss she was giving him. It was anything but a 'quick kiss' like he had agreed to and she slides her tongue into his mouth, surprised to find his tongue seeking out hers in return.

As the four of them kissed each other, their intensity growing quickly before they all reach some point in which it was starting to feel too good for what was supposed to be just a quick peck on the lips.

Somehow, and at the same time both Jesse and Conner summon up the strength to grip the girl kissing them and pushes back them away. The two guys back up very slowly, each knowing that if the girl fought for another kiss, they wouldn't have the strength to resist it.

Cindy and Jesse step back away from each other blushing and each trying to act like nothing had happened.

Conner clears his throat and says, "Ahem, thank you Mary… I think that will be sufficient to prove to Ronnie that kisses are…" He clears his throat again before he says, "not icky."

Ronnie was just staring at them in shock while Connie, who had had a close up of the kiss just giggles.

Connie could see that Mary was in heaven with her face much like the way her parents sometimes looked when they got a really good kiss that they enjoyed.

Connie opens her mouth with every intention of singing the song that had them kissing under a tree but she is cut off by as the soundproof door suddenly whooshes away and Kim comes in charging, practically bursting the door off the wall.

The suddenness and the visible anger on Kim's face made Jesse and Cindy jump away at least five feet from each other lest they be caught doing a perfectly innocent thing.

Kim quickly says, "Conner, do you have a ride or something to take you back to Rodigan?"

Conner is shocked as he says, "Y-yes but, I thought I was welcomed here!" He was just getting used to the idea of being a brother in such a big and obviously very loving family and hated the idea of being sent away before he got to even know any of them.

Kim stops as she realizes how this must look and says more softly, "You are, I just wanted to know if you flew commercially or have a private jet. We're going to Rodigan to search for more answers about what Queen Bonnie… I mean your mother did." She says the part with Bonnie's name with venom in it.

Connie hated to see her parents leave and she runs over to her mommy and says, "Mommy! I wanna go with you!"

Before Kim can say anything, Conner says, "I'd like that very much actually. In fact, I'm inviting everyone to come to my home and hopefully we can all get the answers we seek…m-m-"

Conner is cut off as Gary loudly says, "You Majesty! We don't have tickets for everyone to go back with us! Just imagine how expensive it will be to fly this absurdly large family out to Rodigan!"

Kim had noticed that Conner was on the verge of calling her something but she wasn't going to push it. She wasn't sure she was ready herself to be called 'mother' or 'mommy' by Conner just quite yet. Not while there were so many unanswered questions still remaining.

Jamie says, "Send us a postcard when you get there!"

Conner says, "Why? Aren't you coming along? The invitation is for everyone in this room, family and new friends alike."

Jamie cries out, "Yes! All right!" She turns to the closest person that wasn't Jesse and picks up Gary in a bearhug and spins him around before she realizes what she was doing and lets him go, dropping him onto the floor.

Gary cries out, "Ow! That hurt you crazy girl!" He stands up as he rubs his rear that he'd landed on quite hard.

Jamie then flatly says, "Do we still have to take sourpuss along with us?"

Conner chuckles and says, "Yes, he is still a servant of the castle just as Mary is and belong there."

Jamie mutters, "At least he'll be staying there when I leave…"

Connie says, "Can I go mommy? He said I'm invited!"

Ron walks in and says, "Sure, I don't see why not. We've got enough room for everyone to go and remember Kim, this isn't a mission."

Kim sighs and says, "I suppose so…" She adds in her thoughts, "Not to you at least, but I'm making it my mission to find out the truth behind Bonnie's veil of lies."

AN: Well everyone, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as a lot happened in it. Do you think it is possible? That Bonnie would have separated Conner from a twin just to avoid the hassle of raising two princes when she only needed only one? What did you think of Kim's reaction to that very thought? What do you suppose happened after Kim and the other adults left? What do you suppose that they talked about? What do you think of what happened after they left? The kids seemed to adapt quickly enough didn't they? What did you think of Conner's feelings? He seemed to be pretty miserable didn't he? Did you enjoy the way the little kids tried to help him? What did you think of the way they all got drawn into the 'kissing' scene? What do you think of the kissing that happened? Both genders of Ron's kids got a pretty good kiss didn't they? (wink) What do you think of Kim's plan to go to Rodigan? Did you like Conner's invitation for everyone? Does anyone foresee trouble ahead for anyone?

As usual all reviews, thoughts, ideas, suggestions, character suggestions and more are always welcome.