Kim took Ron inside the house and went off to find her mom. Ron wasn't saying a whole lot but she could tell he was worried, and worried about more than just his hand.
Kim was still trying to come to grips with Ron's question about Eric but pushed the subject out of her mind until later. She found her mom in the kitchen getting ready to order Monday night pizza, "Hey Kimmie what do you want on your pizza?' she asked.
Kim shook her head, "Mom can you come look at Ron's hand I think it's broke." She told her.
Kim's mom put down the phone and followed Kim into the living room, the twins were already there investigating Ron's hand. "Cool, can we touch it?" Tim asked Ron.
Ron got a horrified look on his face pulled his hand back until he say Kim and her mom enter the room. "Hey Mrs. Doctor P, Ron said holding out his mangled hand.
Kim's mom just shook her head, "Yep, it's broken. How did you break it anyway?" she asked.
Kim and Ron told her mom all about the fight, and how much trouble Ron was in.
The twins were excited, "Ron's taking out" Tim started the sentence.
With Jim finishing "the trash. Bicka bicka boo" "Boosha" they both finished together.
Just then a voice from the kitchen rang out, "Did I hear Ron's taking out the trash?" Kim's dad called.
Kim's mom called to the kitchen, "Jim can you come here a minuet?"
Mr. Dr. Possible entered the room looked at Ron's hand, "Hey, broken hand there, bet it hurts." He said.
Mrs. Dr. P looked slightly annoyed at her husband, "Honey can you take Ron and Kim to the hospital?" she asked.
Kim's eyes got big, she didn't want dad taking them to the hospital, she wanted mom. She needed to talk to her and quick. Kim looked at her mom and said in a rather tense manner, "No MOM, I need YOU to TAKE US!" She said with a pleading look in her eye.
Kim's mom caught the hint, and looked at her daughter and nodded, "Ok" in a quizzical way.
She turned to face Ron, "Well Ronald, do you have your insurance card on you?" She asked knowingly, since this wasn't the first trip the Possible's have had to make to a hospital for Ron.
Ron just nodded his head and shrugged.
Once at the hospital, Mrs. Dr. P turned Ron over to the emergency room doctor, it was a slow night so Ron would get fixed up and turned out pretty quick tonight. The older Doctor looked at Ron's X-Rays, "We'll set the hand first and then work on those two busted fingers of yours." He said in a matter of fact sort of manner.
He looked Mrs. Dr. P and pointed to the waiting room, "You two better wait out there, I wouldn't want the young lady to hear her boyfriend crying like a little girl." He said with a devilish grin.
Kim heard Ron moan, "Oh Man"
Once the two ladies had reached the waiting room, Kim's mom lifted an eyebrow and looked at her daughter, "Ok, now why did I have to bring you two up here?" she asked. Kim gave her mom a pained look, "Mom, Ron asked me a question and I didn't know how to answer it." Kim's mom pointed at a couple of chairs around a small end table for them to sit. They sat at the table, "So in other words we're going to have a girl talk?" she said. Kim nodded sheepishly and replied, "Yea" Kim's mom nodded, "So what was the question?" She asked.
There was a long moment of silence and Kim looked around to see if anyone else was within ear shot. She took a breath, "Ron asked me if Eric was real and he told me that he liked me, would I have gone to the dance with him or Eric?"
Kim's mom nodded, "and what did you tell him?" she asked.
Kim looked at the floor, "I didn't really answer him," She said ashamedly.
Kim's mom looked at her in surprise, "Oh Really" Kim was bobbing her head back and forth, "Mom, I didn't know what to say, I don't really know what the answer would be?" she said in a pained voice.
Kim's mother rolled her eyes, "Oh Kimmie that's the worst thing you could have done, is not answer the question." She told her daughter.
Kim looked at her mom, "You don't expect me to lie to him?" she said in an accusing tone.
Kim's mom put a hand up, "Kimmie let me tell you about boys, boys are like balloons. They get all puffed up and feeling great, and what do you think happens when you let go of the balloon? She asked her daughter.
Kim looked at her mother, "They fly all over the room?" she said questioningly.
Kim's mom nodded her head, "Kim when Ron brought you home from the prom Saturday night, he floated down the stairs to that little scooter of his, he was so happy." Her mother beamed at Kim.
Kim looked at her mother, "So by me not answering his question, I've let go of the balloon, and now Ron's emotions are all over the place?" she asked.
Kim's mom nodded yes.
Just then there was a loud scream from the ER, followed by some whimpering. Kim looked down the hall, "Oh poor, Ron." She said.
Kim looked at her mom, "Mom, I don't know how to answer the question. I mean Eric was gorgeous and Ron is…well, Ron." She said sadly.
Kim's mom winced, "Well then Kimmie, your going to have to do some thinking about this. Now the question is do you pump Ron up again or let the air out of his balloon gently? Ron does deserve an answer though." She told the younger Possible.
Kim looked down at the floor, "Mom, what did you think of Eric?" she asked.
Kim's mom let out a chuckle, "Do you really want to know?' she asked.
Kim nodded her head.
Kim's mom looked around and then back at Kim. She narrowed her sharpblue eyes to thin slits, "I had the boy pegged the minuet he walked into our house as a phony. Why do you think I kept pushing Ron?" the elder Possible confessed.
Kim was shocked, "You knew…but…How?" she asked her mother.
There was another scream from down the hall followed by more whimpering, both ladies winced.
Kim's mom looked back at her daughter, "Back to Eric, I knew he was a phony because he was too perfect. It's the law of averages honey, if a boy is too perfect, something is wrong, way wrong."
Kim still looked puzzled.
Kim's mom let out a sigh, "Look Eric showed up for prom, shoe laces, tied perfect in center of shoe, hair perfect even after taking off his helmet, manners perfect, speech well thought out controlled, perfect. Look at Ron, sweet boy, hair messy, shoes tied sometimes, barely speaks English far from perfect, but he cares for you deeply you can see it in the eyes. Eric's eyes were expressionless, totally devoid of affection. I read him like a book." Kim's mom let it be known she was nobodies fool.
Kim blinked, and stared, "You knew and you let me go out with him anyway?" she asked incredulously.
Kim's mom shrugged, "I knew you could handle yourself and that you'd figure it out sooner or later." She said knowingly.
Kim was speechless, how could mom be so smart
Once again her mom caught her attention, "Honey your pretty lucky to have Ron, I mean, your father never broke his hand on anyone that threatened to squeeze my merchandise." She said laughingly.
Kim and her mother both shared a good laugh; Kim was relieved, she had a better idea on what to do about Ron's sitch and Kim was impressed about how smart mom really was.
The doctor brought Ron into the waiting area, "See told ya, you was going to cry like a little girl." He said with a wink to the ladies.
Ron was white as a sheet, and the naked mole rat in his pocket was green and holding his paw over his mouth. Ron took a step and then his eyes rolled into the back of his head as he started to pass out. Kim and her mom caught him and took him to a chair.
Kim's mom took charge, "Ron, I need you to put your head down between your knees and breathe deep for me, Ok." Ron complied and the color slowly started to return to his face, Ron held up his injured hand in a sign of submission.
Kim's mom just shook her head, "They did good work on that cast." She said admiringly.
They finally made it back to the car, Ron asked Mrs. Dr. P to run thru the drive thru at Bueno Nacho to pick up some food for Rufus. It seems the poor little mole rat hadn't eaten all day.
Ron was in the back seat, still weaving and wobbling, so Kim sat in back to keep him upright. The doctor gave Ron some pain pills to get him through the next couple of days.
The group finally arrived at Ron's house; Kim helped Ron up the steps to the front door. Ron was on a different planet, he didn't say good night to Kim, he just sort of staggered away.
Once inside Kim could hear yelling and screaming coming from Ron's mom, she cringed, "Yep, Ron's in trouble…Poor Ron" She thought.
Kim walked back the family car and lingered long enough to see the light come on in Ron's room, she saw his shadow wobbling around, then the light went out, then she heard a loud "THUD" Kim frowned, "I hope he hit the bed." She thought.