Sorry about my extreme lack of KP chapters. ;.; I know I'm a slowpoke. I have been very busy. :L
About some things: This story started before Monique appeared, so she might not make it into this. ^-^; Sorry, but I have Amethyst filling the role she plays until the turning point of the fic.
A few points that need to be made now to help in later chapters are explained here. There are a few things that Kim says later on that'll clarify that.
Note: I do NOT know if that is the real spelling of Josh's last name. :L
Another Note: This is one week past the last chapter. ^-^
Chapter Three
Amethyst jumped in surprise as the phone in her makeshift house rang loudly. "I have to get used to those stupid things," she hissed as she grabbed the receiver. "Hello?" she asked in an annoyed voice.
"Hi," Kim's voice said. "Did I wake you up?"
Amethyst grunted.
"Sorry," Kim apologized, "but I figured you'd be up by now. It is pretty late, you know."
Amethyst stole a quick glance at the alarm clock. It was noon. She cursed at herself in her head. "S'okay," she grumbled to Kim, yawning. "What's up?"
"Ron and I are going to the Middleton Mall in about an hour, and we wanted to know if you wanted to come with," Kim replied. "If you just got up we'll give you some extra time to get ready."
Amethyst yawned again. "'Kay," she said sleepily. "I'll start getting dressed."
"Alright, we'll swing by your house and pick you up at about one-thirty, seeya then!" Kim said cheerfully.
"'Kay," Amethyst replied as the phone clicked, signifying that Kim had hung up. Amethyst groaned and snuggled herself back down into her nice, comfortable blankets. Sometimes she hated being a teenager. It meant going to the mall when she wanted to sleep and being woken up by the annoying chime of the telephone.
She slid herself out of her bed reluctantly and grimaced as she saw her reflection in the mirror. She had changed back to her accursed feline form in her sleep. She quickly willed herself to become completely human again and smiled as her reflection returned to that of her alter ego, Amy. She smiled in satisfaction and began picking out clothes to wear to the mall.
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Amy quickly yanked her shirt over her head as someone began knocking on the door. She stole a glance at the alarm clock. It was time to go. She grabbed her purse and brushed her hair as quickly as she could, then ran to the door. She swung it open quickly. "I'm ready!" she said. Kim stood at the door. She was made up pretty well. She looked like she'd been getting ready for something important. Amy could sense the excitement coming from the red-haired girl. She smiled. "Getting ready for something special?" she asked mischievously.
Kim blushed. "Well.. uh.. y'know that cute guy I showed you the other day?"
"Josh?" Amy asked innocently. "Yeah, I remember him."
The red of Kim's face deepened a shade. "Well," she began, "I was talking to him, and he said he wanted to ask me something. He told me to meet him in the mall."
"When did he tell you this?" Amy asked, grinning widely. Being a teenager wasn't so bad after all. Romance was very interesting.
"Yesterday after school," Kim said. She smiled. "You think maybe he might ask me out or something?"
Amy rolled her eyes. "Duh. What else would he want?"
Kim shrugged.
They were jolted out of their conversation as Ron poked his head out of the back window of Kim's car. "What's takin' you two so long? C'mon, let's get rolling!"
"Rolling!" Rufus echoed from his perch on Ron's head.
Amy eyed Kim as they started towards the car. "Did you tell Ron that this was the reason you so wanted to go to the mall?" she asked slyly.
Kim sighed. "No. I can't talk to Ron about things like that." She clapped a hand on Amy's back. "That's why I'm glad we found you!"
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Kim's head was jerking around like a snake, searching the crowded mall for any sign of her crush. Ron eyed her suspiciously. "What's up with the nervousness, K.P.?" he asked. "You've beaten things tougher than a crowded mall before."
Kim sighed. "It's not that," she said. "I'm looking for someone!"
"Someone like..?" Ron asked. Rufus looked up at Kim with his big eyes questioningly.
Amy laughed. "Someone like Josh Manke," she said. Kim shot her an annoyed, I-wasn't-planning-on-telling-him-that look. Amy shrugged as innocently as she could and giggled.
"Ah, Josh Manke," Ron said shaking his head. "The only thing to have ever defeated K.P."
Kim blushed and walked a bit faster. "C'mon you two, let's just get going."
Amy and Ron exchanged sly glances behind her back and followed their abashed friend. Rufus giggled, though he didn't really understand. He didn't completely get human love.
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Kim was starting to despair after fifteen minutes of walking and still no sign of Manke. She sighed and slumped against a wall. "What if he ditched me?" she asked her two best friends. "I mean, he didn't even tell me a for sure meeting place. What if this is all just some big joke?" She glared at Amy, who was giggling uncontrollably. "It's not funny!"
She made a mock solemn face. "You're right. I shouldn't laugh at such an obviously serious matter."
Kim pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes. "You sound like him now," she commented, pointing at Ron. He held up his hands in defense.
"Hey, I didn't say anything yet!" he stated in his own defense.
"Yet?" Kim asked sweetly.
Ron got the idea. "Err.. I meant never! I would never say anything like that, K.P." He smiled as disarmingly as he could.
"Never ever!" Rufus echoed, giggling cheerfully.
Kim glowered at the two of them, but she pushed herself off of the wall with resurrected determination and started tramping through the crowds again. Her mind was buzzing with all of the things that could have happened to make Josh not show up. She was hoping that it was not the most likely of her list, which happened to be that it had all been a cruel prank and he was leading her on. She glared angrily as someone slammed into her, sending them hurrying away with a quick, "Sorry!" Kim Possible was not in the mood.
"Hey K.P.!"
Kim ignored Ron
and kept on searching.
"Stop, Kim!"
Kim stopped and swiveled around. "What?" she snapped angrily.
Ron grinned teasingly. "Isn't that who you're looking for?" he asked, pointing to the right of himself.
Kim's emerald eyes followed his finger in a straight line. "Josh!" she exclaimed happily. 'So it wasn't a prank!'
Josh waved and smiled. Kim melted. He had such a handsome smile, so white and perfect. 'Everything about him is perfect,' Kim thought absently as she walked towards him. She felt like she was floating.
Amy bit her lip trying to hold back the laughter. It was hilarious seeing the normally poised Kim Possible act like just another love-struck teenager. She let her own amber eyes fall on Ron. 'How interesting,' she thought. 'I wonder if he's jealous of this Josh.' Ron wasn't really paying attention to the pair that had now formed. Amy grinned devilishly. 'I wonder if he likes her..'
Kim was trying her best to look normal in front of Josh, and was doing surprisingly well considering the amount of butterflies that she felt fluttering in her stomach. "Hi," she said nervously.
"Hi," he responded, looking as calm and cool as ever.
'I wish I could do that,' Kim thought as she searched her mind for something else to say. "What's up?" she asked. 'Great. Now I sound like I'm Instant Messaging him.'
"Not much," he said.
'At least he does too.' Kim smiled uneasily. This conversation was going nowhere fast. 'I can't blow this!' she thought desperately. "You said you wanted to ask me something, right?" she asked.
"Yeah," he said. "I've been thinking. Me and you've had this 'thing' going on for awhile, so why don't we start going out?"
"You mean it?" Kim asked.
He smiled. "Why not?"
"Yes!" Kim blurted out quickly. 'He's not proposing!' she quickly reminded herself. "I mean.. Sure, why not?"
"'Kay," Josh replied. "So how 'bout we go out next Saturday? Y'know, maybe catch a movie and dinner."
Kim smiled. The butterflies in her stomach vanished. "That'd be great."
"Alright. I'll pick you up around seven," Josh said, grinning.
"Perfect," Kim said.
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"So he did ask you out!" Amy exclaimed triumphantly as Kim told her two friends what had gone on between Josh Manke and her. "I knew it," she said.
Kim nodded. "I couldn't be happier right now," she said blissfully. "Nothing in the world could be better than being asked out by Josh."
Ron was unusually quiet, but the two girls didn't seem to even notice that he was there. Rufus tried to listen to them, but he was getting confused, and he personally didn't see anything special about Josh Manke. He liked Ron way better. He stuck his tongue out and made a 'pfft' sound. There were times when he thought that Kim was odd, and this was definitely one of them.
"What movie are you guys going to see?" Amy asked.
Kim grinned slyly. "Does it matter? I mean, we probably won't be watching it."
Amy began giggling hysterically. "Good point!" she said.
Rufus scratched his head. There was something else weird. Why would anyone go to a movie and not watch it? It didn't make any sense! He looked up to Ron questioningly to see if he could explain, but Ron wasn't paying attention to anything at the moment. His gaze was sort of far off. Rufus decided he'd better leave his best friend alone for a while and wait until he was back to normal.
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Kim flopped down onto her pillow that night with a happy aura about her. She had been buzzing with giddy energy the entire day. 'My life couldn't get any better than this,' she thought as she switched off her lamp. 'Nothing could drag me down now.'
A familiar set of musical beeps interrupted her dreamy thoughts. She quickly switched the light on again and grabbed the Kimmunicator from her nightstand. "What's up Wade?" she asked cheerfully.
"Got some new info on the Amethyst thing," he said. He raised an eyebrow. "You seem happy today."
"Tell me the info, then I'll tell you why I'm happy," Kim said.
"Alright," Wade said. He began typing. "I found out where she's going to school," he said. "It's almost like she's making this easier and easier for you. She's been going to Middleton High ever since last week."
Kim's joyful mood began to disperse.
"It should be easy tracking her down now. Just pick out any new students that came last week. There can't be too many. Not many people change schools this close to the end of the school year," Wade said.
Kim put on a fake smile. "Okay Wade, thanks for the info," she said.
"You're welcome. Now how about telling me what's gotten you into such a good mood," Wade said.
Kim sighed. "I'm really tired," she lied, "I'll tell you tomorrow, 'kay?"
Wade eyed her suspiciously. "Alright," he said reluctantly. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Seeya," Kim said as the screen went blank. She dropped it onto the stand next to her.
'Amy.. Amethyst.. Why didn't I see that before?'
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. This is one of the chapters that I don't like writing. Too much talk, not enough action. :L It had to be done, though!
Ah, and the beginning of the story really gets started. Next chapter will most likely be what I've entitled 'The Confront', and then my fic can go any of two directions.. I want to know which way YOU think I should go. ^.^; I'm more partial towards one of the ideas, but I'm not sure you readers will like it.
Idea One: This is where I originally planned it. This would stick much closer to the original show. Amethyst will NOT be the villain she would be in idea two, but would be a source on constant bother for Kim and Ron, considering that she switches their bodies in order to stop them from taking her back to the scientists. The allotted time for the switch is one year. "A YEAR?" – Kim
If Kim and Ron don't wait it out, then she says she'll never change them back. In this scenario they choose to wait it out instead of switching lives permanently. This, of course, leads to some interesting problems, delving a lot deeper into the thoughts of the two. The first interesting thing here would be Ron having to go on a date with Josh because Kim won't let him blow it off. ^.^;
Note: The voices in this one would switch too. I found that really awkward. O.o;
There would be fluff! ^.^ Fluff is good!
Idea Two:
This one is more.. out there? It's a lot more original than the first idea, a
lot more dramatic, introduces tons of new characters, and is very very
fantasy-ish (especially considering that one of the new main characters is a
Wyvern named Jakk). It starts out the same as Idea One, but in this one Kim's
normal nature takes over and she chooses not to wait, not fully taking in the
fact that she is in Ron's body and well.. she fails miserably. Not only that,
she provokes Amethyst's sinister nature out by betraying her trust and telling
Wade to contact the scientists. This isn't good. I won't tell you exactly what
Amethyst does, but she becomes the main villain and does some pretty evil
things, including possessing Ron (in Kim's body) so that the scientists can't
find her.
Important Notes: One of the current villains would become an important
arch-villain, and one of the other current villains would help defeat the
other. There would be a few deaths. It would be a lot darker than the other.
And yet, there would still be fluff. I like fluffy stuff.
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Okay, now it's up to you guys to decide! Please vote in either reviews or e-mails. E-mail is in the profile. Voting is not mandatory. It never is and it hopefully never will be.
~IceWolf~
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