Holy smokes, I'm really moving on this story. Tehe! Well, it helps that I had a snow day today!
Thanks to
Cynthia Krenshaw: I guess you didn't have to wait too long for my next chapter. Hehe.
KPKrazy400: I'm glad you like my story. And boy, are you fun to chat with!
??????????(): I'm glad you like my story. Thanks for reviewing!
Ok, on with the chapter!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quin groaned as she came to her senses. She looked up and saw faces looming over her. It was too dark for her to tell who was standing over her, so she sat up abruptly thinking that it was Drakken and Shego.
"Quin, lay back down." came a voice. It was a familiar voice. Quin laid back down. It was Kim's voice.
"How are you feelin'?" came another voice.
Ron!
Quin's vision began to improve as she looked around and saw that she was in the Middleton Hospital. "I've been better." Quin answered as she turned and saw that Ron had a hospital be next to hers. "What about you?"
"Well, not too bad. The food here ain't to bad!" Ron exclaimed. Quin chuckled.
"How long was I out for?" Quin asked.
"A while. Almost eleven hours." Kim replied. "We were really worried."
"Really?" Quin asked. "You were worried . . . .about me?"
Kim nodded. "You saved not only Ron's life, but probably mine as well."
"I did?" Quin asked.
"Yeah." Kim replied. "Between pushing Ron out of the way a few times and having Wade call the police and the ambulance . . . "
"So I take it Wade called them." Quin said.
"Yep. And they showed up with not a moment to spare." Kim replied.
"So did Drakken and Shego get arrested?" Quin asked.
"No. They escaped." Kim replied. "We were all really more worried about Ron trapped under than machine and you were unconscious."
"Oh." Quin said, a little disappointed that they had escaped, but more glad the Ron was okay. She moved a strand of hair from her face and felt the bandage on the side of it. She felt the bandage for a moment, then looked up at Kim. "How bad is the scratch?"
"It coulda been worse." Kim said.
"Kim, how bad is it?" Quin asked.
Kim sighed. "The doctor said that it might take awhile to heal. And when it does, there's going to be a lot of scarring."
Quin nodded. "Thanks. How's your side doing?"
"Well, I think the worst thing was getting the lecture from both the doctors and the 'rents. It's fine and I keep arguing with them about it." Kim replied, a sly smile on her face.
Quin laughed - something that she hadn't done for a long time. And it was something neither Ron nor Kim had ever heard her do. Quin looked at Ron then at Kim. "Guys, I'm so sorry for everything I did. It's just that, Drakken and Shego seemed to want me."
"It's alright Quin." Kim assured.
"No, it's not." Quin argued. "I almost got you and Ron killed. That's not alright."
"Hey, what's done is done." Ron remarked. "Besides, we always get into some kind of trouble . . . with Kim's 'career' and all."
Quin shook her head and sighed. "But that doesn't give me an excuse." There was silence in the room for a moment. "And I feel just awful about causing you two to fight and causing Kim to get hurt and Ron almost killed."
Kim shook her head.
Quin sighed. "So what happened after I was knocked out?"
"Well, Drakken kept shooting that laser toward me. Of course I had to jump away from you and Ron - and I wasn't even sure if either of you were still alive. Anyway, after jumping around for a while, my side started to really hurt. Luckily for me, that ambulance and the police that you called showed up. They tried to arrest Dr. Drakken but of course he had a back up plan and escaped, but I was more worried about you two. The ambulance workers and the police helped me get Ron out and when he saw you, he called your name. Then we get you both to this hospital." Kim replied.
"So I didn't miss much, did I?" Quin joked.
"Nah." Ron replied.
Quin smiled back then let out a huge yawn.
"Maybe you should get some more sleep." Kim suggested.
"Good idea." Quin said as she closed her eyes, exhausted.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ THREE WEEKS LATER~
"Kimmie! Quin! Come on, get up!" Mrs. Possible called.
Quin groaned as she sat up in her bed. The Possibles had invited her to stay at their house, knowing that she really had no where else to go.
"Girls! Come on! Your breakfast is getting cold!" Kim's mom called again.
"We're coming!" Kim called as she peeked out of the bathroom and looked over at the other side of the room and saw Quin sitting up, rubbing her eyes.
"Quin, the bathroom's all yours." Kim said.
"Alright." Quin mumbled sleepily as she walked into the bathroom. Within five minutes she was all finished.
"Quin, how come it only takes you five minutes? It takes me almost a half an hour." Kim asked.
"Well, I don't fiddle with my hair and don't put on any makeup." Quin replied. "I'm kind of a tomboy when it comes right down to it."
"Well, if you put up your hair like this . . . " Kim started to pull up Quin's hair.
"Kim! Knock it off. It's fine." Quin said.
"Girls!" Mrs. Possible called again.
"Coming!" Quin called back down as she and Kim walked down the stairs. They walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table.
Quin looked down at the plate that was in front of her. Pancakes, her favorite.
"Ooh. Mrs. Possible, these look good." Quin said as she took a bite.
"Well, don't savor them too long." Kim told her. "I told Ron that we were going to meet him at eleven. It's already ten-thirty."
"Alright, alright." Quin replied as she and Kim finished up their Saturday morning breakfast.
"Bye mom. Bye dad." Kim said as she kissed both parents good-bye.
"Bye." Quin said as she waved on her way out.
Quin closed the door behind her, and caught up to Kim. "Hey, Kim. Can we talk?"
"Sure." Kim said. "It'll take us a few minutes to get to the mall anyway."
"Cool." Quin replied. "Kim, I feel like I'm barging in on your family."
"What are you talking about?" Kim asked.
"Kim, I've been here for close to three weeks. Don't get me wrong, I'm really thankful your parents took me in, but I feel like a guest who's overstayed her welcome."
"Quin, don't worry about it." Kim replied.
"Are you sure?" Quin asked.
"Positive. Now come on before Ron thinks we abandoned him." Kim said.
Quin laughed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~LATER THAT NIGHT~
It was close to midnight as Quin snuck downstairs into the kitchen. She wasn't really hungry, but she wanted to go think.
Everyone was sleeping, so Quin kept very quiet.
\\Is Kim right? I mean, is she right when she says I'm not overstaying my welcome, or am I right?// Quin thought to herself.
\\I know I'm right. I may not have been right about anything ever before, but I know I am now.// Quin thought. But Quin knew that if she tried to talk about leaving, Kim or her parents would try to talk her out of it.
And Quin didn't really want to run away from them. That would show that she didn't really appreciate or trust them.
But she did so much. That's why she was thinking the way she was.
Quin sighed as she got some juice.
"Quin?" came a voice. Quin turned to see Kim's mom standing there. Mrs. Possible walked in and sat down next to Quin. "I thought I heard someone down here."
"I'm sorry." Quin said. "I didn't mean to wake anyone up."
"Don't worry about it." Mrs. Possible said. "So what are you doing up so late?"
"I wanted to think." Quin answered.
"About what?" Mrs. Possible asked.
"I . . . I feel like I've overstayed my welcome. I'm really, really thankful that you guys took me in, but . . . I dunno. Like I told Kim, I feel like a guest who's overstayed her welcome." Quin replied.
"So, what are you saying?" Mrs. Possible asked.
Quin sighed sadly. "I think I'm saying that I need to go back to the orphanage. Don't get me wrong, I loved staying here with you and will cherish it all of my life, but, this . . . this isn't my home. It's Kim's." Quin paused. "I don't know how to explain it. It just doesn't . . ."
"Doesn't feel like home." Mrs. Possible finished.
"Yeah." Quin agreed.
"I think I understand. Well, if you're sure this is what you want, I'll help you arrange a flight back to Michigan." Mrs. Possible said.
Quin gave a sad smile. "Thanks."
Mrs. Possible smiled as she walked back upstairs.
Quin looked around as she sighed. I made the right choice, didn't I?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was about three days after Quin had talked with Mrs. Possible. Quin stood on the lawn looking at Kim and Ron.
"So you're really leaving, huh?" Ron said, very sadly.
"Yeah." Quin replied, as equally sad.
"You make sure you write us, e-mail us, or send us an instant message, ok?" Kim asked, just as sadly as Ron.
"I will." Quin said.
"Come on, Quin or you'll miss your flight." Mr. Possible said.
"Alright." Quin said as she turned toward the car. She turned back quickly toward Kim and Ron. She walked up to Kim and hugged her. "Thank you for being there for me, Kim. I'll never forget you."
Kim hugged her back. "Neither will I. I just wish that I had trusted you more."
"Kim, if you did, who knows what might had happened." Quin said as she walked over to Ron, her eyes beginning to mist.
Quin flung her arms around Ron and let the tears flow. "Ron, you were the one that trusted me from the start. I'll always be grateful to you for that. I'll never forget your kindness to me even after you found out that I was in league with Drakken and Shego."
Ron squeezed her back. "Quin, don't go."
"Ron, I have to." Quin replied.
"Well, I - I want you to stay." Ron said.
"I know. I do to." Quin replied as she forced herself to pull out of the embrace and stepped back. "No matter where I go, you two will always be my friends."
"Come on Quin." Mr. Possible said.
"I'm coming." Quin said as she walked to the car and got inside.
Ron and Kim sadly waved to her. Quin sadly waved back as the car pulled out of the drive.
Kim and Ron watched as the car grew smaller and smaller as it got farther away.
Once it disappeared, Kim said: "I'm going to miss her."
"Yeah, me too." Ron said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Sniff* so sad! I didn't really give everyone a chance to review.
Only 1 more chapter to go! Look for it!
Until my last update . . .
Thanks to
Cynthia Krenshaw: I guess you didn't have to wait too long for my next chapter. Hehe.
KPKrazy400: I'm glad you like my story. And boy, are you fun to chat with!
??????????(): I'm glad you like my story. Thanks for reviewing!
Ok, on with the chapter!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quin groaned as she came to her senses. She looked up and saw faces looming over her. It was too dark for her to tell who was standing over her, so she sat up abruptly thinking that it was Drakken and Shego.
"Quin, lay back down." came a voice. It was a familiar voice. Quin laid back down. It was Kim's voice.
"How are you feelin'?" came another voice.
Ron!
Quin's vision began to improve as she looked around and saw that she was in the Middleton Hospital. "I've been better." Quin answered as she turned and saw that Ron had a hospital be next to hers. "What about you?"
"Well, not too bad. The food here ain't to bad!" Ron exclaimed. Quin chuckled.
"How long was I out for?" Quin asked.
"A while. Almost eleven hours." Kim replied. "We were really worried."
"Really?" Quin asked. "You were worried . . . .about me?"
Kim nodded. "You saved not only Ron's life, but probably mine as well."
"I did?" Quin asked.
"Yeah." Kim replied. "Between pushing Ron out of the way a few times and having Wade call the police and the ambulance . . . "
"So I take it Wade called them." Quin said.
"Yep. And they showed up with not a moment to spare." Kim replied.
"So did Drakken and Shego get arrested?" Quin asked.
"No. They escaped." Kim replied. "We were all really more worried about Ron trapped under than machine and you were unconscious."
"Oh." Quin said, a little disappointed that they had escaped, but more glad the Ron was okay. She moved a strand of hair from her face and felt the bandage on the side of it. She felt the bandage for a moment, then looked up at Kim. "How bad is the scratch?"
"It coulda been worse." Kim said.
"Kim, how bad is it?" Quin asked.
Kim sighed. "The doctor said that it might take awhile to heal. And when it does, there's going to be a lot of scarring."
Quin nodded. "Thanks. How's your side doing?"
"Well, I think the worst thing was getting the lecture from both the doctors and the 'rents. It's fine and I keep arguing with them about it." Kim replied, a sly smile on her face.
Quin laughed - something that she hadn't done for a long time. And it was something neither Ron nor Kim had ever heard her do. Quin looked at Ron then at Kim. "Guys, I'm so sorry for everything I did. It's just that, Drakken and Shego seemed to want me."
"It's alright Quin." Kim assured.
"No, it's not." Quin argued. "I almost got you and Ron killed. That's not alright."
"Hey, what's done is done." Ron remarked. "Besides, we always get into some kind of trouble . . . with Kim's 'career' and all."
Quin shook her head and sighed. "But that doesn't give me an excuse." There was silence in the room for a moment. "And I feel just awful about causing you two to fight and causing Kim to get hurt and Ron almost killed."
Kim shook her head.
Quin sighed. "So what happened after I was knocked out?"
"Well, Drakken kept shooting that laser toward me. Of course I had to jump away from you and Ron - and I wasn't even sure if either of you were still alive. Anyway, after jumping around for a while, my side started to really hurt. Luckily for me, that ambulance and the police that you called showed up. They tried to arrest Dr. Drakken but of course he had a back up plan and escaped, but I was more worried about you two. The ambulance workers and the police helped me get Ron out and when he saw you, he called your name. Then we get you both to this hospital." Kim replied.
"So I didn't miss much, did I?" Quin joked.
"Nah." Ron replied.
Quin smiled back then let out a huge yawn.
"Maybe you should get some more sleep." Kim suggested.
"Good idea." Quin said as she closed her eyes, exhausted.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ THREE WEEKS LATER~
"Kimmie! Quin! Come on, get up!" Mrs. Possible called.
Quin groaned as she sat up in her bed. The Possibles had invited her to stay at their house, knowing that she really had no where else to go.
"Girls! Come on! Your breakfast is getting cold!" Kim's mom called again.
"We're coming!" Kim called as she peeked out of the bathroom and looked over at the other side of the room and saw Quin sitting up, rubbing her eyes.
"Quin, the bathroom's all yours." Kim said.
"Alright." Quin mumbled sleepily as she walked into the bathroom. Within five minutes she was all finished.
"Quin, how come it only takes you five minutes? It takes me almost a half an hour." Kim asked.
"Well, I don't fiddle with my hair and don't put on any makeup." Quin replied. "I'm kind of a tomboy when it comes right down to it."
"Well, if you put up your hair like this . . . " Kim started to pull up Quin's hair.
"Kim! Knock it off. It's fine." Quin said.
"Girls!" Mrs. Possible called again.
"Coming!" Quin called back down as she and Kim walked down the stairs. They walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table.
Quin looked down at the plate that was in front of her. Pancakes, her favorite.
"Ooh. Mrs. Possible, these look good." Quin said as she took a bite.
"Well, don't savor them too long." Kim told her. "I told Ron that we were going to meet him at eleven. It's already ten-thirty."
"Alright, alright." Quin replied as she and Kim finished up their Saturday morning breakfast.
"Bye mom. Bye dad." Kim said as she kissed both parents good-bye.
"Bye." Quin said as she waved on her way out.
Quin closed the door behind her, and caught up to Kim. "Hey, Kim. Can we talk?"
"Sure." Kim said. "It'll take us a few minutes to get to the mall anyway."
"Cool." Quin replied. "Kim, I feel like I'm barging in on your family."
"What are you talking about?" Kim asked.
"Kim, I've been here for close to three weeks. Don't get me wrong, I'm really thankful your parents took me in, but I feel like a guest who's overstayed her welcome."
"Quin, don't worry about it." Kim replied.
"Are you sure?" Quin asked.
"Positive. Now come on before Ron thinks we abandoned him." Kim said.
Quin laughed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~LATER THAT NIGHT~
It was close to midnight as Quin snuck downstairs into the kitchen. She wasn't really hungry, but she wanted to go think.
Everyone was sleeping, so Quin kept very quiet.
\\Is Kim right? I mean, is she right when she says I'm not overstaying my welcome, or am I right?// Quin thought to herself.
\\I know I'm right. I may not have been right about anything ever before, but I know I am now.// Quin thought. But Quin knew that if she tried to talk about leaving, Kim or her parents would try to talk her out of it.
And Quin didn't really want to run away from them. That would show that she didn't really appreciate or trust them.
But she did so much. That's why she was thinking the way she was.
Quin sighed as she got some juice.
"Quin?" came a voice. Quin turned to see Kim's mom standing there. Mrs. Possible walked in and sat down next to Quin. "I thought I heard someone down here."
"I'm sorry." Quin said. "I didn't mean to wake anyone up."
"Don't worry about it." Mrs. Possible said. "So what are you doing up so late?"
"I wanted to think." Quin answered.
"About what?" Mrs. Possible asked.
"I . . . I feel like I've overstayed my welcome. I'm really, really thankful that you guys took me in, but . . . I dunno. Like I told Kim, I feel like a guest who's overstayed her welcome." Quin replied.
"So, what are you saying?" Mrs. Possible asked.
Quin sighed sadly. "I think I'm saying that I need to go back to the orphanage. Don't get me wrong, I loved staying here with you and will cherish it all of my life, but, this . . . this isn't my home. It's Kim's." Quin paused. "I don't know how to explain it. It just doesn't . . ."
"Doesn't feel like home." Mrs. Possible finished.
"Yeah." Quin agreed.
"I think I understand. Well, if you're sure this is what you want, I'll help you arrange a flight back to Michigan." Mrs. Possible said.
Quin gave a sad smile. "Thanks."
Mrs. Possible smiled as she walked back upstairs.
Quin looked around as she sighed. I made the right choice, didn't I?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was about three days after Quin had talked with Mrs. Possible. Quin stood on the lawn looking at Kim and Ron.
"So you're really leaving, huh?" Ron said, very sadly.
"Yeah." Quin replied, as equally sad.
"You make sure you write us, e-mail us, or send us an instant message, ok?" Kim asked, just as sadly as Ron.
"I will." Quin said.
"Come on, Quin or you'll miss your flight." Mr. Possible said.
"Alright." Quin said as she turned toward the car. She turned back quickly toward Kim and Ron. She walked up to Kim and hugged her. "Thank you for being there for me, Kim. I'll never forget you."
Kim hugged her back. "Neither will I. I just wish that I had trusted you more."
"Kim, if you did, who knows what might had happened." Quin said as she walked over to Ron, her eyes beginning to mist.
Quin flung her arms around Ron and let the tears flow. "Ron, you were the one that trusted me from the start. I'll always be grateful to you for that. I'll never forget your kindness to me even after you found out that I was in league with Drakken and Shego."
Ron squeezed her back. "Quin, don't go."
"Ron, I have to." Quin replied.
"Well, I - I want you to stay." Ron said.
"I know. I do to." Quin replied as she forced herself to pull out of the embrace and stepped back. "No matter where I go, you two will always be my friends."
"Come on Quin." Mr. Possible said.
"I'm coming." Quin said as she walked to the car and got inside.
Ron and Kim sadly waved to her. Quin sadly waved back as the car pulled out of the drive.
Kim and Ron watched as the car grew smaller and smaller as it got farther away.
Once it disappeared, Kim said: "I'm going to miss her."
"Yeah, me too." Ron said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Sniff* so sad! I didn't really give everyone a chance to review.
Only 1 more chapter to go! Look for it!
Until my last update . . .