KP - All Grown Up?

AN: I got this idea after hearing Drakken say "My Teenage Foe" once too many times on the music cd. I wondered what he would say if they weren't teens? This is that story, with a twist.

Chapter 4: More Surprises

(Middleton)

Kim's mother hangs up the phone and smiles calmly at the two once-teens-now adults and says, "I just called your parents Ron and explained the situation. I think they took the news pretty well." Inwardly she was praying that they would be all right.

(Flashback starts at Ron's house)

Ron's father picks up the phone and hears Mrs. Possible on the phone. He says, "Oh, hello if you're calling for Ron, I am afraid he's not here right now."

Mrs. Possible says, "That's ok, I know where he is. He is over here at our place."

Mr. Stoppable smiles, "Ah, I should have known. So what can I do for you?"

Mrs. Possible says, "I have some news for you and I thought it was best that you hear it from me. It is about Ron."

Mr. Stoppable frowns a little, recognizing the tone of voice that she was using as someone who didn't know how to tell some important news and how they were going to take it. He wonders, "Did Ron get hurt? Is that why he's there?" He says, "What is it? Did he get hurt? Did he get married? Is everything ok?"

Mrs. Possible says as calmly as she can, "To answer your questions, Sort of to the first one. Second...I think he is, and to your last question, "It all depends on how you are going to react to a 30 year old Ron."

Mr. Stoppable's brain takes a moment to process the answers and then he does something he'd never done in his life. He faints and the loud thud catches the attention of his wife who was just coming to see who had called when she sees him fall to the floor.

Mrs. Stoppable cries out, "Honey!" and rushes to his side and notices that he still has the phone in his hand. She can hear Mrs. Possible voice asking if he's ok before she takes the phone out of his hand and says, "What happened? My husband has just fainted! What did you tell him?"

Mrs. Possible had winced when she heard that he had fainted and says, "Ron is now a 30 year old. It happened when one of their arch foes was trying to make them so old that they would retire."

Mrs. Stoppable couldn't believe her ears but then she remembers some of Ron's stories about his adventures with Kim and knew that Mrs. Possible was not the kind of person to play a joke.

All of this is too much for her and she cries out, "My little guy is a man now!" and faints on top of her husband with the phone falling out of her hand where it clatters noisily as it slides across the wooden floor and stops when it runs into the wall.

(End of flashback)

Mrs. Possible had no doubt that they would be ok, for it sounded like both his parents had fainted. Still, the doctor side of her wanted to go check on them.

Mrs. Possible says, "Ron, I think that for the time being, you should stay with us until Wade has more information about your transformation."

Ron nods and can guess how his parents had reacted. He says, "Thanks Mrs. Dr. P, I appreciate this."

Mr. Possible says, "Don't you worry about it Ron, you are practically like family to us. You can stay as long as you like."

Mrs. Possible thinks about the ring and thinks, "He just might be family if that ring means he is married to Kim..." She says, "You'll take the guest room until this is all sorted out Ron."

Ron looks a bit surprised for a moment as the guest room was usually for visiting family members. Then he remembers what Mr. Possible had said and relaxes, figuring that it should be ok.

Kim looks at her mother with a puzzled expression until she sees her mother fingering her wedding ring while looking right at her.

Kim feels all the blood drain from her body as she realizes that her mother had SEEN the ring! She also realized that the guest room was because she though Ron might be her husband!

She had not looked until that thought occurred but then she looks at Ron as he reaches out to touch her as Ron says, "KP? Are you ok? You look kinda pale to me."

Kim sees the dullish and worn gold band on his finger but it was definitely a wedding ring! She is overcome with two feelings at the same time. One feeling is of happiness at the thought of being married to Ron and the other feeling was very similar to what had made her pass out before, a kind of scared/shocked feeling.

She did not want to pass out again and it took all her will power to just even weakly answer Ron, "Yes Ron, I am ok... Just very tired right now. Today's mission has really worn me out."

Ron looks at Kim with concern in his eyes, as the memory of her fainting earlier was still fresh in his mind. He says, "Why don't you go lay down KP, maybe we'll know more by the time you wake up."

Kim nods and says, "I think that is a good idea." Ron is by her side even before she is fully standing and takes her arm to drape over his shoulder, making her lean upon him for support.

Ron looks Kim right in the eyes and knew something more than just their transformation was bothering Kim but she didn't want anyone to know. He knew that she would eventually tell him when she felt like she was ready to so he stayed silent and just helped her up all the way to her room where he pulls back the covers with one hand before he lays her down as gently as he can.

Kim thinks Ron is so sweet to be helping her like this and just for a few moments, the part of her that was scared of being married to Ron went away. Only to return as Ron pulls the sheets up to her chin, just like she liked to have it.

Kim says with more strength now, "Thank you Ron." with him smiling a somewhat goofy smile but different now on his adult face and he says, "Don't worry about it KP, I'll always be there for you, just like you are for me."

Kim smiles at her friend, knowing that it is true. Rufus then pops out of the pocket and hops onto Kim's bed. Ron smiles down at Rufus before he says, "Hey buddy, will you watch over KP for me while I go downstairs?"

Rufus squeaks a, "Sure!" before he salutes Ron. Showing that he is ready, willing and able to watch over Kim.

Kim smiles at the eagerness displayed by Rufus to help the two of them. She says, "Thanks Rufus, I know I'm in good hands with you around."

Rufus nods as he squeaks, "Yep!" before he gives Ron a tiny thumbs up.

Ron smiles at his little buddy and then looks at Kim as he says, "You get some rest KP and I'll be back to check on you later. I think I need to check on my parents."

Kim tugs at her blanket as she tries to keep her hands hidden from sight as she says, "Ok Ron… and thank you."

Ron walks over to the door and just before he closes it, he smiles and says, "No big KP." He then waves to her with the gold band on his finger noticeable for a second before the same hand turns off the light to her room. With the room dark and him closing the door, he fails to notice that Kim had pulled the sheets tighter in her hands, and her own ring shows for a second.

Kim looks at the shadowy figure of Rufus watching over her and somehow, the feeling that something was still the same relaxed her enough for her to slowly drift to sleep with the words, "Ron" escaping her lips at such a low volume that even Rufus wasn't sure if he'd heard Kim say anything or not.

Ron walks back into the kitchen and sees Mrs. Possible give him a weird, but pleased look. He didn't know quite what to make of it but then he just chalked it up to his new adult look. He knew he was an adult from the way Kim and the others reacted to him but he still had not seen himself in the mirror and a part of him was curious to see how he'd look at 30.

Ron says, "Kim is resting in her room now, Mrs. and Mr. Dr. P. Are you sure that Kim will be all right Mrs. Dr. P?"

Mrs. P. nods and says, "Yes Ron, she'll be ok. I suspect that she will need some rest to recover from the shock of being 30 so suddenly." She thinks, "And over the fact that she's probably married to you by 30."

Ron nods and says, "Well, I probably better be getting back to my own home and getting some rest because KP and I have school tomorrow."

Both Possibles look at each other before Mr. Possible says, "Um, Ronald... I don't think that you and KP should be attending school while the two of you are like this."

Ron looks confused and says, "Why not?"

Mrs. P. says, "Well... because Ron, there could be complications with the two of you suddenly looking as adults and showing up for classes. Just imagine the kind of confusion that could be caused."

Ron looks at her, not understanding what she could mean until he does use his imagination but not quite the way she had meant.

In Ron's imagination, he thought about how the girls would be swooning over his new manly and adult physique. He also imagined the girls asking him out for dates even after they returned to normal. All of this seemed to be having an upside and he didn't see any downside, which became evident to the Possibles as they watched Ron's face.

To the Possibles they knew that he may LOOK like an adult but he was still the teenage Ron that they knew and loved. So because of this, they knew he was imagining the totally wrong thing. All they could do was sigh softly and try again to make him understand their point.

Mr. P. says, "Ronald, I don't think you have the right idea. What we meant is that your friends and teachers may not be quite so willing to accept an adult Kim and Ron so suddenly. The school may not even allow you two to attend because of your new apparent ages."

Ron takes a moment to let this all sink in before a big smile appears in his face and this confuses the Possibles until Ron shouts, "Boo-Yah! No more school for me!" He does a small dance in the kitchen while the two adults just look on and think that once again, Ron didn't see the big picture.

Mrs. Possible says in a tone of voice she usually reserves for the twins, "Ron, settle down... There is something else that I need to discuss with you."

Ron stops his dancing and looks at Mrs. Possible, recognizing her serious tone of voice. He says, "What is it Mrs. Dr. P?"

Mrs. Possible puts her hands together in thought for a second before she says, "I think you should stay here with us until Wade finds a way to restore the two of you. With you going back and forth between your home and ours, it might raise some questions especially given how you look right now."

Mr. Possible is surprised by this but after hearing her explanation he understands and grudgingly agrees with her quietly.

Mrs. Possible had readied herself for the outburst or questions from her husband but when he failed to do either, she took his silence as a way of telling her that he understood and agreed, along with the grunt that she heard that told her he was doing it partially against his will. She had to smile just a little inside at her husband and knew that she would make it up to him later.

(Back in Kim's Room)

Kim was feeling a bit restless in her sleep, as if there was something wrong in her dream but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Rufus was there, watching her twist and turn in her bed far more than he'd ever seen her move before. He did not know what to do for her but if things got more serious he would go fetch Ron and the others.

In her dream she sees herself in a car of some unknown and probably future model that didn't exist yet. She can see herself looking quite determined and she got the feeling that she did not want to go to wherever she was driving to.

The next thing Kim sees is some sort of office with lots of other people waiting... then the scene jumps to where she is driving again in the same car and she gets the feeling of happiness when suddenly in her dream she hears the Kimmunicator go off. Even after she picks it up in her dream, it still doesn't stop going off.

It isn't until it dawns on her that it isn't in her dream but in real life that the Kimmunicator is going off that she wakes up and pulls it out to push a button on it which activates the screen to show with much shaper clarity than she is normally used to, her friend Wade.

Kim sleepily says, "What's the sitch Wade?" before she starts to wake up at a slower pace than she was used to.

Wade sees the sleepy Kim and allows her time to wake up as he says, "Did I call at a bad time Kim?"

Kim says as she forces herself to wake up fully, "No Wade, any news on Drakken or the device that aged us?"

Wade looks doubtful about her awake status but continues, "Well, I am still working on the device and it looks like the progress will be slow because of the damage to it. Drakken seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth, I can't find any trace of him."

Kim sits up in the bed and frowns for a moment in thought before she says, "I know you can find him Wade, you are a super-genius and Drakken... well, he's Drakken."

Wade smiles as he gets that Kim is trying to compliment him before he says, "You're right KP, there's only so long those two can hide before they slip up and when they do I'll find them."

Kim smiles at her friend before she yawns and covers her hand over her mouth for a second. She says, "Sorry Wade, I don't mean to yawn on you. For some reason I just can't seem to wake up as easily."

Wade chuckles and says, "That is understandable Kim, your mind may be the same as before but your body is a lot older now and you have not had a chance to get used to your new, older body yet. It stands to reason it won't have as much energy as your teenage body would."

Kim fights another yawn and starts to lie back down in her bed before she says, "You're probably right Wade. If you find anything out, give me a call ok Wade?" She lays her head down and yawns again, slowly closing her eyes.

Wade nods and says, "Will do Kim, and pleasant dreams!" before he closes the connection, making the screen go dark.

Kim's last thoughts as she drifts to sleep with the Kimmunicator slipping from her fingers onto the bed by her pillow are, "I wish I could have pleasant dreams... instead of these... weird ones..." With that, she falls into a deep, dreamless sleep.

AN: Well everyone, I hope you all got one of my very subtle clues here. It involves Kim and it will be QUITE the shock to everyone, including Kim when she wakes up in the next chapter. Grin The only clues I will give is that Kim's tiredness is NOT completely related to the stress about the ring. Oh and about the dream, asfragmented as it was, italso gives somehints. If anyone can guess it correctly, they earn a praise from me in my next update at the top of the chapter.

 Well everyone, I hope you all got one of my very subtle clues here. It involves Kim and it will be QUITE the shock to everyone, including Kim when she wakes up in the next chapter. The only clues I will give is that Kim's tiredness is NOT completely related to the stress about the ring. Oh and about the dream, asfragmented as it was, italso gives somehints. If anyone can guess it correctly, they earn a praise from me in my next update at the top of the chapter.