Chapter 10
"The Middleton Days Festival"
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Following the screening of their childhood favorite film, Kim and Ron left the theater and with Mr. Barkin driving, began to make their way towards the Middleton Days Festival, where both Kim and Ron were hoping that things would go better this year than last year. Kim was wearing a much nicer dress than last time and free of the moodulator, while Ron was not in a pickle costume and caught with his pants down. But, when it came to a moment where Kim and Ron exchanged a kiss, Barkin became the overprotective chaperone once again.
"I hope you aren't going to be making out with Possible on my watch, Stoppable," Mr. Barkin warned, looking back towards them through the rear view mirror. Up until that point, Barkin had been silent with the intention of disguising himself as a regular driver, but now that was not to be.
"Mr. Barkin?" Kim gasped, filled with surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"Stoppable and I agreed that I would act as your driver so as to make sure you show decorum out in public," Mr. Barkin replied. "This is nothing against you, Possible, only to make sure we keep this night G-rated."
Kim glared over at Ron and he just nervously chuckled slightly and feared that Kim was going to be demanding to be driven home. However, she didn't go into that mode and soon they arrived at the 24 hour festival on the same pier as before.
"I'll be back at 11:45 to take you back home. So don't be late," said Mr. Barkin as he drove away, leaving Kim and Ron alone with the crowds of the Middleton Days fair. Just then, Josh and Tara arrived and joined Kim and Ron, before they moved into the fairgrounds.
"Nice of you to come here," Kim said to her fellow cheerleader and her ex-boyfriend. "What do you guys want to do?"
"Any, uh, games you want to do?" Josh asked, looking around. "We don't want to get in the way too much of your date, you know."
So, they walked around to various games such as dart the balloons, shoot the plates, and at one point, they did a pie in the face on both Ron and Josh. However, after a short period of time, Josh and Tara left so that Josh didn't end up in his own black hole with Tara's parents and so, Kim and Ron were left alone in the crowds. They still had 90 minutes before Barkin would return to take them home, so Ron had to make the best of the situation that he and Kim were in.
"Hey, KP," said Ron as they figured out what to do next. "I was wondering if maybe you wanted to hit the Tunnel of Love right now."
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Kim then began to look at Ron in a seductive manner and Ron could see that Kim was already agreed on the matter. Ron could see that there was not much of a line and he and Kim would be free for a moment to express their love for one another. Stepping into the boat, Ron politely helped Kim onto it and the Tunnel of Love started to move as they would be spending no more than five minutes inside it.
"You know, Kimberly Anne Possible," Ron said as they went inside the tunnel. "Has anyone told you that you are the most beautiful girl in the world?"
"Yes, Ronald Stoppable," Kim replied, seductively while smiling warmly. "That someone is you and I am very lucky to have someone like you as my boyfriend."
At that point, Ron couldn't hold in his thoughts anymore and neither could Kim as they began to kiss passionately, with Ron unzipping the back of Kim's dress. Kim suddenly stopped kissing and pulled away, panting.
Ron was startled by the change. "Kim, are you alright?"
Kim took a deep breath desire mingled with fear, confusion and guilt. "This isn't right, Ron."
Ron frowned. "Look, I admit I'm not good at the dating game, but what this isn't…very wrong."
Kim sighed. "You're a good man, Ron. And I don't want to lead you astray."
Ron cringed, guilt and frustration mingling with his lust. "Fine." He conceded.
Kim fixed the zipper in her dress and attempted to relax just as they came out of the tunnel.
Ron felt fear, glad that no one caught them getting hormonal with each other. "Well, we still have a long night ahead of us."
Kim was initially surprised that Ron would say that, given the fact surrounding the black hole her dad would put Ron in if he was late in returning Kim home. However, he still had one last trick up his sleeve as he led Kim to the water fountain that he wanted to take her to the last time they were here, but were unable to.
"What do you intend of having us do, Ron?" Kim asked, trying to figure out Ron's intentions.
"There is a water fountain I want us to go to," Ron replied. "Hey, might as well do it while the night's young."
"But Ron," she protested slightly. "I'm wearing my best dress and you are in a tuxedo. Besides, don't you think it's freezing when you are in wet clothes?"
"This is our date, Kim," Ron replied, whose mind was made up. "Let's make the best of it, shall we?"
Although she would come out of this wet, Kim knew that she would have fun either way and soon, their date would be taken to the next level.
Meanwhile, Josh and Tara had decided to stop at Middleton Park for a late night stroll before Josh would take her home when a strange rustling sound came from the bushes. The sounds of the rustling made Kim's fellow cheerleader scared and nervous. Yes, it was a romantic walk through the park, but
"Hey, did you hear that?" Tara asked.
"Must be a bird or a squirrel," remarked Josh. "Guess we'd better be heading back now. I don't want to end up facing the wrath of your parents."
"Yeah, as romantic as this is," added Tara. "That sound doesn't seem very gratifying to me right now. Let's get back to the car."
Then, all of a sudden, a gunshot rang out and Josh and Tara turned around to see a figure wearing a ski mask emerge from the bushes and tackled them both to the ground. It all happened so fast that Josh and Tara couldn't even react. But, they were merely the appetizer for the figure's main course would hopefully soon be coming…