Kim Possible: The Sitch Of Summer: The California Trip Sitch

Chapter 7: Trip To The Mall

Author's note: Had to make some changes to the end of the chapter.

After Kim's group was informed by Wade, it was agreed that Marty would take them to the mall and if there was an emergency they would act quickly. Marty's delorean stopped just outside the mall. It was a large building with grey walls. Marty took Kim's group inside the mall. They were amazed at how nice the place looked. It seemed pretty busy too.

"Wow, this place looks crowded," said Kim.

"Looks nice," said Tara.

"I wonder if they have good shops," said Hope.

"Yeah, it'll definitely be good for us to update our wardrobe, right, KP," said Ron.

"Definitely," said Kim with a smile.

"Just don't be a shopaholic," said Ron with a stern look, "We may have a lot of money but we need it for our apartment, first and foremost."

"I promise," said Kim before putting a hand behind her back and crossing her fingers.

Marty chuckled, "Alright, guys, let's go. Ben's waiting for us at the food court."

Marty led Team Possible down to the food court where they met Ben and another girl with long dark blue hair worn in a pony tail.

"Hey, guys," said Ben with a wave.

"Nice to see you again, Ben," said Kim with a smile.

"This is my girlfriend, Sophie Rhodes," said Ben.

"It is so nice to meet you," said Sophie as she immediately went up and started shaking Kim and Ron's hands enthusiastically.

"Nice to meet you too, Sophie," said Kim who admired Sophie's enthusiasm.

"Yeah, good to meet you," said Ron.

"Uh huh," said Rufus.

"Ok, I know you've heard of Kim, Ron and Rufus," said Marty before turning to Tara and Hope, "This is Tara and Hope."

"Nice to meet you," said Sophie as she shook Tara and Hope's hands.

"Nice to meet you too, Sophie," said Tara.

"So how long have you and Ben been dating?" asked Hope.

"Since our second year in high school," replied Sophie.

"Yeah, Sophie was new to our old high school at the time," said Ben, "I could tell she needed help getting used to a new setting. So I volunteered to show her around and one thing led to another."

"Sounds romantic," said Tara.

"So are you two still dating?" Sophie asked Kim and Ron.

"We sure are," said Ron with a big smile.

"That whole Lorwardian invasion sitch made us realize more than ever how important we are to each other," said Kim.

"And now we're going to college together and getting an apartment so that Kim and I never have to be apart," said Ron as he put a hand around his girlfriend.

"Wish I had a girl like that," said Marty with a somber look, "I've had a lot of friends, but I haven't exactly been one for dating."

"It's ok, Marty," said Hope with a reassuring look, "I'm sure you'll find someone."

Marty smiled, "Thanks a lot, Hope. That means a lot to me."

Kim, Ron and Sophie smiled at this and Ben and Tara looked at their respective friends with knowing smirks.

"Oh, please. Like that's going to happen," said a female condescending sounding voice.

They looked to see a girl with black hair and tan skin walking up to them with a smirk on her face.

"Ugh, beat it, Giselle. We're not in the mood," said Sophie with a scowl.

"Oh, sorry. Am I intruding on your little heart to heart chat, Sophie?" said the new girl with a smug look.

"Who is that?" said Ron with a hint of disgust.

"That's Giselle Edward," said Marty with a scowl, "She was the bully at our old high school."

"She was always so obnoxious," groaned Ben.

Giselle scoffed, "Typical Ben. Oh, and let me guess. Kim Possible and her loser sidekick. Can't believe Starlight University would accept you two."

Kim growled at the way she said that. It was all too familiar.

"Ron is my boyfriend," she said with an angry look.

"I don't even understand why you would want to date someone like him," said Giselle in disgust, "He is just as incapable of dating anybody as that reject Marty."

"I keep telling you, I've never been rejected," said Marty angrily, "I've just never found the perfect girl before."

"Hmph, whatever," said Giselle.

"No! Not whatever!" said Kim angrily as she got up in Giselle's face, "Ron is not a loser! He's a hero! I love him! And Marty is not a reject! Never ever insult my boyfriend or Marty ever again! Hear me?!"

Marty, Ben and Sophie were surprised by this action. But not so much Ron, Tara and Hope as they knew that the way Giselle was acting was similar to Bonnie. Giselle herself was a little scared by the look Kim gave her and decided to back off.

"Hmph, you win this round," huffed Giselle as she turned around and left.

"Hey, Kim. Thanks for sticking up for us," said Marty.

"Yeah, Giselle actually looked afraid of you," said Ben with a stunned look.

"I've been wanting to do that for years," said Sophie with an amused smile.

Kim chuckled, "Thanks."

"I'd just like to know why you got so mad at her," said Marty, "Yes, she insulted us but I don't understand how she got under your skin that fast."

Kim sighed, "Well, Giselle kind of reminded me of someone from our old high school."

"Yeah, she definitely acted just like Bonnie," said Tara in disgust.

"Just when I thought we weren't going to meet another one of those," groaned Hope.

"I take it this Bonnie person wasn't friendly either?" asked Sophie.

"Trust me, You have no idea," said Ron.

"Yep," said Rufus.

"Ok, well, now that that's done," said Ben, "How about we make the most of our time here?"

"Good idea," said Marty before turning to Kim's group, "So what do you guys want to do here?"

"Well, we'd like to check out the clothing shops," said Kim.

"Yeah, shopping sounds like a good idea," said Tara.

"I agree," said Hope.

"Well, I'd like to see if this place has an arcade," said Ron, "Would be fun to get a little video gamage in today."

"Ok, how about we do this?" said Marty, "We'll split into teams. Sophie will go shopping with the girls and me and Ben will take Ron to the arcade."

"That sounds like a great idea, Marty," said Kim.

"Badical," said Ron.

Everyone else nodded in agreement.

"Just don't be a shopaholic, ok, Kim," said Ron.

"I'll try," said Kim with a smirk.

"Ok, follow me, girls," said Sophie, "Clothing Central's down this way."

After that was settled, Sophie took the girls to Clothing Central to go shopping. While they were shopping Kim, Tara and Hope told Sophie all about Bonnie.

"I can't believe your rival from high school became a super villain," said Sophie in disbelief.

"Yep," groaned Kim, "She always irritated us in high school, but she crossed the line when she tried to destroy all of us."

"Hope and I are super glad not to be standing by her shoulders anymore," said Tara.

"We only stood by her shoulders to keep her off our backs," said Hope.

"But since you stood up to her, she has a serious axe to grind with you," finished Sophie.

"That's the gist of it," said Kim, "The other reason, though, was because Junior and Senior encouraged her to turn to villainy."

Sophie shuddered, "I just hope Giselle doesn't end up like that."

"Yeah, we wouldn't want another mean girl turning into one of our super villain foes," said Kim.

"No, we would not," said Tara and Hope in unison.

Sophie decided to change the subject and remembered something that she would like to inquire about.

"So Hope," she said looking to Hope with a smirk, "Tell me exactly. What do you think of Marty?"

When Hope heard that, she started fidgeting nervously.

"Uh, what are you talking about?" she asked nervously.

"Well, we did notice you staring at him the whole time," said Tara with a knowing smirk.

"Yeah, and the way you talked to him earlier," said Kim with a knowing smirk.

Hope sighed, "It's that obvious?"

"Yeah, it kind of is," said Sophie.

"Ok, the truth is, I guess I'm kind of attracted to him," said Hope, "I just think he's funny and he has good taste in music. And he's a good dancer. And he's cool."

"Ok. I think we get it. You like him," said Sophie.

"So are you going to ask him out on a date?" asked Tara.

"I don't know," said Hope, "I'm just not sure how he would react."

"So not the drama, Hope," said Kim, "I'm sure Marty would love to go on a date with you. You should just go for it."

"Well, ok," said Hope nervously, "I'll give it a try."

Kim decided to change the subject, "So Sophie, what are you guys doing later? Maybe we could hang out a little more."

"Well, actually, me, Ben and Marty are attending this dance that's being held at the Burbank Opera House for a fundraiser," said Sophie.

"Really? That's great!" said Tara.

"That gives me an idea," said Kim, "Maybe, if you don't mind, we could come with you. We'd love to contribute to this fundraiser."

"That sounds like a good idea," said Sophie, "We'd just have to run it by the guys first."

Meanwhile, Ron, Marty and Ben walked out of the mall's arcade. They were heading back to the food court to meet up with the girls.

"Wow. You guys are really good at Zombie Mayhem," said Ron.

"Yeah, well. We practice," said Ben.

"Nice job playing air hockey by the way," said Marty, "Only Ben has ever beaten me at air hockey before you did."

"Really?" said Ron, "Booyah!"

"Booyah!" said Rufus.

"So Ron, do you play any sports?" asked Ben.

"Football," said Ron, "I was on the football team at Middleton High as a running back."

"Cool," said Marty.

"Before that, I was the mascot. The Middleton Maddog," said Ron.

"Wow, cool," said Ben.

"Of course, the cheerleaders thought it was stupid," said Ron, "But Kim warmed up to it. Eventually, of course that was before we were dating."

"Why did you decide to join the football team?" asked Ben.

Ron cringed, "It's kind of a long story and not one I'd like to bring up right now."

"It's ok. You don't have to," said Marty.

By the time their little conversation was finished, they reached the food court where the girls were waiting for them holding shopping bags.

"Hey, guys," said Sophie, "So how was the arcade?"

"It was fun," said Marty.

"KP, Marty and Ben are great at bashing zombies," said Ron.

"Yuh," said Rufus.

"Good to hear," said Kim with a smile.

"Hey, Marty, Ben? Kim and the others want to come with us to the Burbank Opera House Fundraiser Dance. Is that ok?" asked Sophie.

"Actually, that sounds like a great idea," said Ben.

"How about you, Ron? Are you ok with that?" Kim asked her boyfriend.

"Sure, KP," said Ron, "Sounds badical."

"Uh huh," said Rufus.

"Spankin," said Kim, "I guess that's settled then."

It was then that Marty was approached by Hope.

"Um, Marty," she said nervously, "I wanted to ask you something."

"What is it?" asked Marty curiously.

Tara smiled. It looked like Hope was actually gonna do it.

"I was wondering if you and I could, maybe, go to the dance together," said Hope nervously.

Marty was surprised by this, "You mean like a date?"

"Well, if you want to call it that then yes. A date," said Hope.

"I knew it! She totally has a crush on me! How can I say no?" Marty thought ecstatically before answering, "Of course. You know, we've got a while before the dance. If you want, maybe I can take you to my house. Ben can take your friends back to their hotel room."

"Sure," said Hope with a big smile before turning to the rest of the group, "Is that ok with you guys?"

"Sure," said Kim, "What time is the dance?"

"5:00," replied Marty.

"Ok, then how about you and Hope meet us at our hotel room and we can all go to the dance later?" said Kim.

"Sounds good," said Marty.

"You know, if you want, we can take your shopping bags to your hotel room for you, Hope," said Ben.

"Sure. Thanks," said Hope as she handed her shopping bags to Ben.

"Alright," said Marty, "Let's go, Hope,"

With that, Marty and Hope started walking towards the mall's entrance. The others smiled as they watched this.

"Have fun on your date," said Ben teasingly which made Marty blush slightly.

Unknown to Kim's group, Evil and Treachery had followed them to California and were watching them from a distance so as not to attract unwanted attention.

Evil took out his radio and spoke into it, "Bonnie, this is Evil. It seems that Team Possible is going to attend this dance at an Opera House in Burbank."

"Kim and Ron and Tara and Hope and a bunch of other people all in one place? Perfect! Then that is where I will unleash my army," said Bonnie on the other end, "As soon as I have made a few more preparations, we will head to California."

To be continued:

I wanted to try pairing Marty with either Tara or Hope and since I already paired Tara with Josh Mankey, I decided to pair Marty with Hope. I think they'll make a good pair.