I don't own a thing, Disney does. I figured I better update soon, this is the first time I haven't had a story on the first page of stories in a very long time! I'd just like to say, the response to this story has been amazing! Considering this was nothing more than a half thought up whim of mine, I'm impressed!
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The Twists and Turns of Love – Chapter 7
"Hey Mrs. Dr. P! Is Kim ready to go?"
Andrea just smiled at the young man, standing on the front step. "I've told you Ron, you don't have to knock. You can come right on in like you have for the last ten years!"
Ron just grinned sheepishly. "I know. It's just, since me and KP are dating now, it just… I don't know… feels different, you know?"
"I know. But not everything has to change. Now, have you had breakfast yet?"
Ron just smiled. "Well, I had a little something at home, but you know I could never turn down breakfast with the Possibles!"
Andrea just smiled as she led Ron in. James looked up briefly from his paper, giving Ron a look the teen couldn't quite determine, before turning back to what he was reading. The twins sat there, smiles on their faces, for which Ron was greatly worried about. Before he could say anything to them, Kim rushed quickly into the room, pausing only when she saw Ron.
The two teens looked at each other, sharing awkward smiles, looking each other in the eye. Kim looked away first, a grin on her face, as she turned to her mother. "Anything quick to eat? We really should get going!"
Andrea just frowned, handing a plate to Ron. "But you two have plenty of time. You really should get a decent breakfast into you, it is the most important meal of the day!"
Ron had taken a moment to dig into his food, so when he responded, his mouth was full of egg. "Ya KP, wat's the rush?"
Kim rolled her eyes, and leaned in to whisper to him. When she finished, his eyes lit up, and he quickly swallowed. "Umm… yeah… just give me a sec!" Ron began to shovel the food as quickly into his mouth as he could, no longer even chewing.
The twins took that moment to strike!
"Hey Ron, have you …"
"…seen our sister naked yet?"
This had an immediate effect! Ron began instantly choking, while Andrea patted him on the back. Kim's jaw just dropped to the floor, going completely red in the face. James on the other hand, his newspaper hit the table so fast, the plates bounced. His eyes glared into the twins, and then looked over at Ron. Ron, fear on his face even as he was choking, kept shaking his head.
"Mr. Dr… cough… P! I swear, I haven't!"
James just stood up, turning his glare back to the twins. "I know Ronald, I trust what you've told me, and it's not you I'm angry with. Tim, Jim, I have had enough of these antics. As of this point, they will stop. Am I understood?"
The twins just nodded, eyes cast downward.
"Good, then you will apologize right now to Ronald and Kimmie!"
"Aww… but Dad…" The look he gave them told the two that he would brook no argument on this. They looked apologetically up at both Kim and Ron. "We're sorry."
Kim could only glare at the two of them, but Ron just laughed, now that he was able to catch a breath. "No big guys, I'm not mad. Just don't do that again when I have my mouth full. It's not healthy you know. But I will tell you something." He leaned in whispering in both their ears. Their faces instantly crinkled in looks of disgust.
"Oh, gross!"
"That's sick!"
The two ran off, not looking back, as Ron just chuckled. Three pairs of eyes just looked at him, questioningly.
"I just told them what kissing was like. They're eleven, so that still grosses them out, at least for now!"
Andrea smiled while James just tried to ignore the comment, sitting back down to read his paper. Kim grabbed his hand and pulled him to the door. "And on that note, we REALLY should get going Ron."
Ron allowed himself to be dragged, smiled back at Kim's parents. "Later Drs P! Thanks for breakfast!"
The two were out the door before the realization hit James about what had just been said. He lowered the paper, looking at his wife. "Wait, what did Kimmie mean by "on that note"?"
Andrea just leaned down, kissing her husband gently. "Honey, you know what she meant. They're young and in love!"
James just sighed, finally putting the paper down. "I know, but she's my little Kimmie-cub. I just can't think of her doing that sort of thing. And I trust Ronald, but I… I just…"
"I know, but our Kimmie is growing up. She's almost seventeen now! You knew this day would come sometime."
"I know, but why did it have to happen so fast! Soon she'll be off to college, and she'll have her own life, and we'll never see our Kimmie-cub! And with Ronald… it's like she doesn't need us anymore… doesn't need me to watch out for her…"
Andrea held her husband, leaning her head to his. "She'll always need us, she just won't need us as much. It's part of growing up!
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"Ron? Kim? Ron-man, hello?"
Felix could only smile, despite how worried he was getting about the time. He had spent the last ten minutes waiting for them to break it up. Then he began to get impatient. Most of the students could only stare at the pair as they walked past into the school, and they hadn't noticed a thing. He had tried calling to them, even tapping them on the shoulder, but nothing had gotten their attention.
"See Monique, they are completely unresponsive, can't hear a word that we're saying."
Monique just shook her head as she watched her two friends. "They are seriously trying to make up for lost time here, aren't they?"
Felix just grinned as he looked up at her. "I don't know, I just always figured they were just dating without realizing it! Remember that weekend Ron spent hanging with me?"
"That's nothing! You should have seen our girl here jelling on that Yori friend of his! Never did get the whole story on that, other than Kim saying she went home."
Felix looked up at her curiously. "He never told me anything about a Yori?"
Monique just shook her head. "He never told Kim about the girl either, which is all kinds of strange right there!" Monique glanced briefly at her watch, before turning back to Felix. "All right man, you know what you have to do!"
A pair of cyber-robotic arms slid from their hidden compartments, moving to either side of the oblivious couple. When they were finally in position, the arms reached out, grabbing both teens by the back of their shirts, lifting them off the ground in opposite directions. Both instantly began to struggle until they realized where they were and who was doing it. Kim's face went completely scarlet, and even Ron began to blush.
"Um… hey Felix, Monique… any chance you can put us down now?"
Felix just laughed. "You two aren't going to start again, are you? We have six minutes before class!"
"Yeah man, we'll be good. I promise!"
A good portion of the student body was watching them as the two were slowly lowered to the ground. Ron could hear Kim muttering, her face covered by her hands as she refused to look around. When Felix let them go, Ron stepped forward. He reached up, taking her hands in his, slowly lowering them from her face. He smiled at her, as she shyly lifted her eyes to meet his.
"C'mon KP, it's no big. So we got a little caught up, the entire school stood around watching us, and we had to be physically separated. Nothing to be embarrassed about!"
Kim shook her head, unable to hold in the laugh as she saw the goofy grin on his face. "Don't worry, it's a good embarrassment. I just can't believe we were so clueless that we had to be separated."
"And girl, you do realize we only have like three minutes until we are officially late?"
Kim whirled to look over at her friend, shock now replacing embarrassment. "Are you serious?"
"You know it girl!"
The four rushed through the open doors, trying to get through the halls as quickly as possible. Being a Monday, there were a considerable number of stragglers in the halls, but as the bell rang, they managed to clear the doorway. Barkin, standing there with his arms crossed, did not entirely look happy.
"Thank you for gracing us with your esteemed presences this morning. I assume you are here ready to learn?"
The four teens just nodded silently as they took their seats. Barkin immediately began his lecture, as everyone groaned and turned to the assigned page.
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Monique finally saw the opening she had been waiting for, as Barkin turned his backs to them to write on the board. She leaned in to Kim, who was busy scribbling notes down. "Girl, you two have really blown right past the starting gate, haven't you!"
Kim looked up briefly to make sure Barkin was preoccupied. "Yeah, I know. I mean, we already know each other so well that we've just, I don't know, moved right past the start of the relationship. I mean, I've already done more with Ron than I have with any other guy I've ever dated."
Monique just smirked. "Yeah, I could see that! I'm just worried you guys might be going a little too fast, before you're ready for it. I'm all in favour of you two, but maybe talk to Ron about slowing it down a bit. You guys have only been hooked up for a few days, you have plenty of time to make up for the time you lost!"
Kim just frowned. "Yeah, it does feel that way a bit. It's just… I love him so much, you know! Maybe I should talk to Ron about this, see how he feels about all this."
"That's probably a good idea, Kim. No sense rushing what you know will happen."
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Ron sat there watching Kim talk to Monique, a slight frown on his face. Felix could see it when he looked up. Making sure Barkin wasn't paying attention, he nudged Ron gently. His friend just leaned closer, not taking his eyes off Kim.
"Ron, what's the problem? I thought everything was going great between you two?"
Ron glanced over, before turning back to Kim. "It is, it's going great. But I'm worried about Kim. While I love what we've been doing, this isn't her. It's like she trying to make things up to me… like she's feeling guilty about not seeing it before. We haven't exactly talked much either. I mean, except for a brief talk on our date and after the mission, we haven't really talked about what we're doing or how we're feeling or anything like we used to. We used to talk for hours at a time, but now it seems like we haven't done that in ages."
Felix placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Then there is only one thing to do, man! Talk to her at lunch, and find out about everything, how she feels and all that. It's the only thing you can do, really."
"I know, I know, but now that we're dating, I really don't want to say the wrong thing and ruin what we have. Kim said not to worry about that, but I can't help how I feel. I know how I can get sometimes!" Ron sighed, lowering his head to look down. "I knew dating would complicate things. I'll talk to Kim at lunch."
"Sounds like a plan!"
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Author's Notes – Does anyone know if any birthdays have ever been established for Ron and Kim? I've seen all but the first episode with Motor Ed, and I can't recall a time it was ever mentioned. I'd just like to know for the sake of the story.
I'd like to thank the following for their reviews;
KR FOREVER – Yeah, the Tweebs are always fun. As for Bonnie, won't likely see too much more of her here in this story, but she has a leading role in most of my other stories in the series.
Campy – I still don't feel like I'm doing her quite right. It's just… she feels a little off… like I am close but not quite there.
Kpultimatefan – Oh, I explained that a bit in Bonnie's Curse. She knew the crowd wasn't completely behind the two, so she basically used reverse psychology, insulting Kim and Ron, which caused wide spread support. As for the bet, she made a couple hundred bucks after embarrassing herself. I'd say that's a fair trade!
MrDrP – Damn, if any evil villain cruel enough knew that a simple sex talk could stop Ron Stoppable, the world would be doomed! Oh, and man, you just gave me an amazing idea without even meaning to! I think I'll leave that as a surprise!
Seamus Dubh – Well, when I did that, I was thinking back to his talk with Sensei in Bonnie's Curse. After all, he was very afraid of what he would do to Monkey Fist, and just thoughts aren't enough. There had to be some time when he had actually felt those feelings, something that would scare him like that. I thought this would be a good time to do that. And thank you for the sympathy, I should be able to avoid therapy this time.
Revenant666 – Yeah, I guess I do pump out the chapters pretty damn fast. Glad you're enjoying, and this is probably the first pre-emptive review I've ever had!
Mobius97 – Yeah, you're right, especially since Bonnie's Curse was the only idea I had at the time, and it was my way of getting back into writing. Just the way that this story is getting hits and reviews though. I mean, I went to bed after posting chapter 6, and by the time I woke up, it had been read by 120 people already! It's got a wider audience, and it's drawing people to my other stories, for which I am glad!
mattb3671 – All right, I made Nooni happy!
Hamlets-pirate – That's so great to hear. Hope you enjoy them!
the Desert Fox – Yeah, I preferred the blowtorch myself!