Authors Note: Unfortunately due to this chapter basically being and spending the "Day out" turned into a late afternoon/night. Had no intention of taking the focus away from both Kim and Ron, but I wanted to establish the OC. Truthfully the worst part about the OC is making them the 'Absolute Perfection' rather than giving them flaws. I tried, and the chapter After this one will focus on Kims Jealousy. To be fair, this AN was inspired by a guest review which was deleted, but had a point. The story started to stray away from the KP characters and focused more on the Original characters.
As my thing went, change one thing in time other events take place or change as well, which is why they had met Cal, Kim and Ron got together and within the same amount of time, Cal had moved in across the street.
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Cajunbear73: Yeah Cal and Gwen are not only teaching but learning from each other. It's honestly fun writing Rons parents especially 'Sarah' who is being a Mom, like the 'Question of Growing up when it comes down to her son' Mom. Though the reference to Dr. Ruth was also fun to write. As was the implication of "Me and Bobby McGee playing in the background."
Previous Chapter Reviews: (I know this is a new one)
Jimmy1201: I tend to think of the Pairing of Kim and Ron before 'So The Drama' would have been a way of the 'Moonlighting Curse'. Where Rons statement in 'Bad Boy Ron' on how Danny and Charity's Pairing in would have ended the series was a joke statement within the episode on the pairing between both Kim and Ron. It was and still is fun to write the situations in regards to the two of them and their families. And lets be fair, if the show wasn't made for the Pre-teen to teen audience, with Adults today enjoying the show, pretty sure they would have made Anne look as such. But I put that in for comedic purposes as Ron came in.
Side Note, if you're reading this, that means i did NOT upload the Doctor Who/Kim Possible 'Crossover' story.
Chapter 5: Moving Past it all.
Kim made a list of everyone who could join them.
Felix was booked solid for the next few hours.
Zita was booked with Felix for the next few hours.
Wade had other projects to work on.
The three Teens walked over to Cals to find him finishing the installation of a cog for his back tire.
"and what can I do for you three right now?" he asked with a smirk.
"Motown?" Monique asked, "My dad listens to that."
"your dad has good taste." Cal said tightening another bolt. As Frank Sinatra came on.
"we plan to go out today." Kim said "wanna come?" Cal gave her a look.
"what time?" he asked.
"probably within the next few hours depending on if we can get everything ready." Monique folded her arms.
"let's see where I am with this." He finished the wheel, walked over to his bike and reinstalled it.
"does he always do this?" Monique asked.
"No yesterday he was working on his tank." Ron answered.
"so, what is there to do in Colorado on a Saturday." Cal smiled. Cal finished tightening the bolts.
"we don't know,"
"well…" Cal said "how are we getting there?"
"Possible Family Van." Kim smiled.
"any of you 3 drive?" Cal kept shooting questions, Kim raised her hand.
"Okay now it's that Theme song from…what was it? Lightning Bug?" Monique said.
"Putting the Motor on shouldn't take long." He smiled, "I'll let you 3 know when I'm done."
24 hours earlier, Gwens Aunt Heather came down. Within 12 hours Heather was made arrangements to move in with her late brothers widow and her niece. She sat on the sofa with Gwen and smiled.
"so: Heather said with a smile, "your mom tells me you have a new boyfriend."
"he's…not my boyfriend…yet," she smiled "but I don't think he will be."
"everything alright?"
"well…" she sighed "he's been…dealing with personal stuff."
"how much do you like him?" Her aunt asked.
"well…" she said "a lot… and he's the only one who…well…kept eye contact with me." She exhaled "before I dressed nice and…well…showed them off a bit."
"sounds like a keeper." Her aunt smiled.
"what do I do?"
"be there for him" she smiled "he'll need someone to talk to eventually."
"so I don't even get my first kiss until he's ready." She smiled "how did Kim and Ron do it…?"
"Kim?" her aunt asked.
"Kim Possible." She smiled "she goes to my school and he started hanging with her."
"seems like you have some competition with this Kim." her aunt said.
"Actually she has a boyfriend." Holly said, "who also gets along with him."
"why don't you call him?"
"cause I don't want to sound desperate."
"has he called you?"
"he's sent…pictures."
"oh that sick-"
"of the progress he made on his bike." She smiled.
"oh." Her aunt sat there "has he ever…?"
"No." she smiled, "in fact he acts…oblivious to it."
"go to him," her aunt smiled.
Cal tightened the muffler down. He set down the wrench as he turned his neck.
"you don't trust me at all do you?" he asked. Monique walked into the garage.
"how could you tell?" she asked.
"guy comes into town, too good to be true." He stood up and walked over to the table, picked up another wrench and another part "gets along with your two friends there who are dating and something seemed off."
"call it watching out for my friends." She turned to the speaker, "Otis Redding?"
"helps me think." He smiled.
"that's just it. How old are you exactly?"
"17." He smiled and walked back over to the bike and knelt.
"how old are you really?"
"do you want to meet my sisters?" he looked at her "cause my sister has baby pictures of me dressed as Mario when we were kids." He raised his eyebrows "frankly I lean towards the Pokemon or Legend of Zelda."
"why are you here?"
"why the Spanish Inquisition?" he smiled, 3 of his sisters came out followed by Betty.
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition. Our-"
"okay, Betty that's enough." Cal smiled. Monique looked at him with a cocked brow as his sisters went inside.
"you're having fun with this aren't you."
"let me ask you something." He finished bolting on the part, "when Ron came to you, said that Kim was crushing on him because of that Doof device."
"Moodulator?"
"how did you react?" he stood back up and walked back over to the table "in fact, how did you react to Kim and Ron dating?"
"I couldn't believe it at first."
"why?" he asked.
"cause Ron is…well…Ron." She answered, "he's not her type, he's the guy who…well…he's too…weird."
"want to know what the main cause of loneliness is?"
"shutting yourself off?" Monique smirked.
"pretty much." He answered. "but it's the thought of realizing you're different that you think you're not good enough." He nodded towards Kims house "she embraces the differences cause they're his differences. Has Ron been a good friend to you?"
"Rons a good friend to everyone."
"so why not see him as good for her." he smiled "I think those two will go on forever."
"you really think that?"
"please Stoppable is the first guy I've seen get out of the friendzone." He cocked a brow "which isn't that bad when you think about it. And, he wants to work on his relationship."
"so you are here to just…"
"I'm here to live." He shook his head "I'm done with going out and snatching life. I'm letting life come to me."
Monique smiled "I'm sorry I doubted you."
"well." He said, "I'm not like most Kids you go to school with. For one my pants aren't hanging past my behind, and I prefer the old stuff cause the newer stuff makes me question if these kids spent summers with their grandparents."
"how much more do you have to do on this?"
"Throttle, hooking it up and the chain." He answered.
"Kim and Ron are getting ready." She looked at the bike "you going to come with us?"
"so I am invited?" he smirked, he walked back over, she followed.
"That's where your wrong." She said "Loneliness…starts when it's shown you're not welcome. It's followed by not feeling good enough." She walked towards the Entrance to the Garage, "however things ended in Tucson, however things were there, some of us are happy you came to Middleton."
Cal picked up a bag containing the chain. He looked at her.
"you sure I'm not intruding?" he asked.
"I can read people." She said "I think you're okay." She left the garage, Cal sat there and smiled. His phone went off.
He tightened down the throttle grip when Gwen came in.
"you haven't called." She said, "is it something I did?"
"no." Cal answered, "I didn't want to disturb you from what you were doing."
"waiting for you to call," she smiled. He stopped what he was doing and looked at her, "she hurt you. I get that. What I don't get is why? My only conclusion is this, she's a bitch. Someone who got the taste of something and got what she wanted from you."
"And?"
"so…leaving Tucson was easy." She continued, "I mean you left your mom behind, you hang out with Kim and Ron at lunch, you helped me with my things and went out to snack but off hours you still shut yourself in. you keep your distance. I see it. but I see the hurt. I see the pain and I heard what you did to Brick." She sighed "I guess my question is can I trust you came from Tucson. Can I trust you're not some…Vigilante for Justice." She looked up "can I trust that you are who you say you are before I…"
"before you what?" he asked.
"before I tell you how I feel." She exhaled.
"I did come from Tucson." He sighed "I was bullied there, I had to learn to fight on my own since classes take time and money and school systems at the time, didn't give a crap if someone was being bullied, they cared about who fought back." He smiled "I'm Not Batman…I can Emulate him but I'm not. Nor am I some Superman or a Green Lantern." He put his hands to the side "I'm just boring ol' me. I hope you're okay with that."
"You have…on one of my favorites right now." She smiled, "and you…also look me dead in the eyes and not on my chest." She tilted her head "and you send me pictures of the updates and not of you."
"I don't…want to get that close." He rubbed the back of his neck, "I've…been able to forget her while I've been here thanks to you 3."
"Three?"
"Kim, Ron and you." He smiled, "I guess Middleton is my home now. Though to be fair, it's nice to walk down the street and not walk into the middle of a drug deal."
"I like you."
"I like you too." He smiled.
"No I mean…I think you're…handsome. And I got dressed up that day…for you." Gwen blushed, "I keep to myself cause the guys here are…well…you fought one." She turned around and walked towards the Garage entrance, she stopped turned and looked at him "you're not alone anymore, Cal. You can let your guard down here. We'll be there for you." She kept smiling, "I'll…be here for you." She walked away, Kim and Ron stopped and talked to her for a bit, she walked off and the two of them walked up.
"I'm never going to get this thing done am I?" Cal said, "first Monique, then Gwen and now you two."
"I did some thinking," Kim said, "I talked it over with Ron and…well we could really use your help on missions."
"I thought underage drinking was illegal in Colorado."
"I'm pretty sure it's illegal everywhere." Ron said.
"you're skilled, you're focused." She smiled "Ron here thought you were Batman after the way you took down brick."
"as I told Gwen I just emulate him." he said, "if you actually want me to be mean I will be."
"we don't give this offer to just anyone." Kim folded her arms "what do you say?"
"how many of your other friends have you given this offer to?" Cal asked.
"Monique is more of the designer, Felix can work well with Cybernetics, Zita…" Ron Stopped, "we haven't figured that out yet."
"tell you what." Cal said grabbing a bag of Zip-ties, "I'll think about it. but I won't wear the Cargos and Longsleeves."
"fine by me." Kim smiled. "so you gonna get ready to go?"
"after I tie down these cables." Cal answered. he opened the bag and took five of them out.
"so we're looking at a good…what? 40 minutes?"
"more like 20." Cal smiled, "I have 4 sisters remember."
The whole group were in Kims living Room. Ron sat on the sofa. Cal sat in the armchair, Kim sat next to Ron while Gwen sat on the arm of the chair Cal was sitting in.
It was already 2:35pm.
"how much more do you have to do?" Ron asked.
"place the Gas tank and test it out." Cal answered.
"where is she?" Kim asked.
"Probably deciding what we could do."
"I have no problem with waiting." Cal smiled.
"one more crack about having sisters you're out of the group." Ron said.
"Ron, I think he meant that as a sort of patience thing." Cal nodded "but thank you for defending all of woman-kind."
"Yep." Cal said "but to be fair what can 5 teens do on a Saturday afternoon in town?"
"what did teens do in Tucson?" Gwen asked.
"go to the mall, go to a party." Cal answered, "sweat their butts off."
"so something air conditioned." Ron stated. Kim got up.
"while we wait." She said "how bout we migrate to the kitchen for something to drink."
Monique got there at 4pm. Cal told them about growing up in Tucson. Ron Gwen and Cal all talked out their favorite part in Space Battle. Cal and Ron debated over what move really set the stage of the entire series. The two then argued over what the proper order to watch the movies.
Cals Argument; Watching Movies 4-6 then 1-3 were the correct order. Watching 4-6 can give you questions to ask while 1-3 answered said questions.
Rons Argument: watching them in order; 1-6 was the right way to watch because it does not go 4-5-6-1-2-3-10-95-87.
"Nerd alert" Kim said with a smile.
By the time Monique had gotten there, Ron, Gwen and Cal talked about what their favorite game was in the Legend of Zelda series. Ron argued it was Majoras Mask because it felt like you were timed to finish the game while Cal argued it was Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess. Gwen thought it was Breath of the Wild due to there finally being voice over work.
"looks like I got here just in time" Monique smiled.
"figured out something to do?" Kim asked.
"I was thinking a movie since it took us this long" Monique answered.
"Sounds fun to me." Cal stood up.
The 5 took a vote to what movie they were wanting to see.
Ron wanted to see something with Action, which would cause his lady to grab onto him.
Kim wanted to see the newest RomCom featuring the girl from Pitch Perfect.
Moniques vote was to Ron, who also questioned how is an Action Star from the 90's not in a wheelchair.
Gwens vote was to Kims movie who thought the movie may have been a good watch.
Cal was the deciding vote of the two. There was a new Superhero movie they could have seen, but because he had high hopes for one and he was disappointed last time, he decided against it. while he enjoyed Pitch Perfect he thought it would have been easier to wait for the movie to come out. He also agreed with how the Action Star from the 90's wasn't in a wheelchair.
"Dude he's freezing up." Ron said.
"yeah put me on the spot why don't ya." Cal said rubbing the back of his neck.
"to be fair" Monique spoke up "only 3 of us will be watching the movie."
"so both movies are out of the question." Kim sighed.
"There's a new Disney movie out." Gwen shrugged, "I wouldn't mind seeing it. I mean, I was hoping to see it."
"All in favor of feeling like a kid again?" Cal said, every one raised their hands.
By the time they got out of the theater they were all laughing. Kim leaned into Ron, Monique held the popcorn buckets in her hand as the three walked in front of Cal and Gwen.
"Never knew you still liked Disney."
"there's a lot you don't know" Cal smiled.
"well…" she stopped, "I hope I get to find out more." She sighed, "look, about earlier today at your house…"
"Gwen."
"please." She said "I said how I felt." She shook her head "I don't regret it. least I got it out there." the rest of the group stopped and looked, "but if you don't feel the same I'll understand that much."
"I like you too." Cal smiled.
"oh." Gwen blushed "same way?"
"Part and partial." Cal smiled "not looking to have my heart broken, not looking to…be afraid to get close to someone."
"I get it." she smiled "I do. I'm not…going to force you to open up and I understand if everything is going to take a while." Cal looked outside.
"it's…coming down awfly hard out there." he said.
"I guess we got a bit" she smiled.
The friends talked about the movie and the previews for the upcoming movies. While Kim and Ron didn't understand mwhy bringing in New characters was any use, Cal and Gwen argued it would be better to bring them in and not have them be the main focal point. Monique just hoped a character they saw on occasion actually appeared more than just being in the background for the sake of the story.
"we'll have to see the movie." Kim stated as she stood up.
"depends on when it does." Gwen took a sip of her soda, "I mean…look at Doctor Who. They bring in new characters all the time but never stray away from the main cast."
"they also don't take full focus on the story." Ron defended.
"let's just hope in their case they don't die." Cal smirked, "or in the Case of 007 get slept with and then die."
An Hour passed, it was still raining.
"hate to say" Cal spoke up "but I get the feelings you two have barely focused on eachother these past few days."
"we're…trying to get to know a new friend." Kim answered.
"well." Cal shrugged "what else do you want to know. Cause I personally want to know about you 3." He waved a finger to himself and Gwen "we just started being in this group and so far I've heard about Zita Flores and Felix Renton."
"Ron's Ex-girlfriend and his best guy friend." Kim gave the simple answer.
"and why didn't they join us?" Cal asked.
"They had a date" Ron answered taking a sip of his soda, "you know we've been drinking a lot of soda lately, I hope there's no implication on something."
"from what dad says," Cal said, "be good to enjoy it now.' He took a frie "so your two best friends are dating?"
"No." Ron smiled "my best guy friend is dating my ex who we broke up on good terms with and still hang out every once in a while."
"best way to do it." Monique smiled.
The rain let up at around 8:30pm. Monique and Kim were getting tired. The 4 walked Monique home where she gave them each a hug. The remaining 4 walked back to the Neighborhood where only ¾ of them lived.
"Hope you finish that thing soon." Kim said with a smirk.
"same here" Cal responded, "Got tomorrow though. Not that much to do."
"well…" Gwen smiled at him "I had a great time tonight."
"even if Monique felt like the 5th wheel?" Ron asked.
"I think this was her plan." Kim said "get the two of us on a double date just to be sure where it goes."
"or maybe she just wanted to hang out." Cal defended.
"well…" Kim said "I don't know about you Three. But I feel like catching some Z's"
"breakfast tomorrow?" Ron asked.
"lets go out." She smiled at Ron. "I want to spend the day with my Boyfriend." Gwen looked at Cal, who smirked at the two of them.
Gwen walked Cal back to his house.
"I seriously had a great time tonight" Gwen smiled.
"Really?" he smiled, "before or after you told me how you felt."
"Both." She stopped "I…got to spend it with you."
"you must really like me." He said while on the defense.
"now I have a scifi question for you." Gwen smiled.
"Shoot."
"remember when…we found out when River Song was Melody Pond?" she asked, Cal nodded.
"you kidding?" he laughed "my one guy thing was wanting to see those two make out."
"My question is…" she exhaled "Do you…share that in common with her?"
"That I want to make out with Amy?" he shrugged "I mean, Karen Gillan is hot and all, and the accent sometimes gets me. But I think if I were old enough I'd want to get a drink with and fight alongside her in a bar fight."
"I mean…River." She sighed, "I see how well you get along with her. with Kim and Ron. Are they…your parents?"
"No." he shook his head, "I just…refuse to treat them both how everyone else treats them." He smiled "besides, my dad has curled brown hair not blond and my mom is someone I don't really like talking about."
"that's…all I wanted to know." She turned away.
"wait a second." He said, "you forgot something."
"oh?" she asked. Cal moved into her and caressed her cheek, he came down and pressed his lips against hers giving her a kiss. She smiled. As she pulled away she blushed. At a loss for words she pointed.
"Ah…Home…" she pointed to him "Cal…Call…you…me…" she walked off, "Night."
"Good Night." He stood by his door as he watched her walk off. she turned the corner of the house and squeeled as she got out of eyesight. Cal walked into the house to find all 4 of his sisters by the window with a smile on their faces. "shut it." he ordered, walking towards the hall he heard his second youngest sister go. 'Kissy-Kissy.'
End Authors note: we'll be getting back to basics within the next chapter of the story. With Cal finally taking that step with Gwen who knows where it's going to go, some of the weeks will be in quick details since, I messed up on the "Bad Boy Ron" nod in the last chapter rather than do that later.