A/N: Sorry for the delay on this chapter. I just got caught up working on too many other stories. Many thanks to Joe Stoppinghem, Zaratan, LoneStar, Pinkymint, CaptainKodak1, CajunBear73, kpfan72491, and whitem for their reviews.

After last chapters heaviness I decided to hold back a little on Mrs. Dr. P. and Motor Ed and focus on the Possible Family and the games that Ron wants to play with Kim. I think the story needed a little more fluff...lol

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Bubba

James Possible stood at the sink rinsing out dirty dishes from the evening meal. It was normal routine to rinse the dishes out and place them in the dishwasher. The normal routine was welcome to him after his wife had informed him that she had chest pains during work.

He knew she was working a load of hours at the hospital and that she had been ill tempered lately. It was just stress he thought to himself. They were both too young to be worried about heart problems. After all they were both in good shape physically and there was no history of heart problems at least on her side of the family.

Jim looked out the kitchen window as he continued to rinse the dishes, "I always thought I'd be the first to..." He shook his head not wanting to think about death. It was only stress he kept telling himself.

They had always been together for as long as he could remember. The only time he had ever worried about losing her was when they first started dating. He frowned as he remembered the sight of her ridding off on Ed Lipsky's motorcycle.

Their college days just didn't seem that long ago. He wasn't in love with her then that came later in their relationship. He remembered how upset she was with him over that stupid video game. Jim winced at how easily Drew Lipsky manipulated him during his argument with Anne and how awful he felt afterwards.

At the time he didn't know who the big blonde headed guy was, or how he had came to know Anne. All he knew was that he wasn't right for her and that he was right for her. He looked down into the sink as the memories came back to him.

It was 5:30 AM; Drew's alarm clock went off as it did every morning playing a cassette tape of The Go Go's, We Got the Beat. Jim pulled the pillow over his head, "Come on Drew some of us still want to sleep."

"Lipsky, I used to like The Go Go's...Shut it off." Chen hollered from across the room.

Drew got out of bed and yawned, "You guys just don't know good music when you hear it."

"We know good music we just don't want to hear it that loud at 5:30 in the morning." Ramesh cried out.

"You are all just jealous of my genius. That is why you complain about my music." Drew said confidently as he switched off the alarm on the clock radio.

Jim threw a spiral notebook across the room at Drew, "Every stinking morning Drew! We Got the Beat, We Got the Beat...The Go Go's suck!"

"Don't get all grumpy at me just because you got dumped by your girlfriend." Drew said as he flashed Jim a sly smile.

Jim narrowed his eyes, "We had a fight. I didn't get dumped."

Drew's grin grew wider, "That's not what I hear. I heard she found her a new boyfriend already. A biker guy from what I'm told."

The silence in the dorm room was deafening. Jim just glared at Drew but said nothing. Drew picked up the things he was going to need for a shower, "Not to worry though. I have my roommates covered for the big Science Club Mixer this Friday. There will be dates for all of us. Including you Jim Possible, you'll rue the day you made fun of The Go Go's."

Jim shook his head and rolled over in bed so he could try and get back to sleep.

Ramesh sat up in his bed, "You really found us dates for this Friday?"

"Of course."

Chen frowned, "Female dates?"

Drew smirked, "In a manner of speaking."

"They are not prostitutes are they?" Ramesh asked trying to find out more information.

"NO...now I have to go take my shower so I can get to class." Drew said as he grabbed a towel and left the room.

Ramesh ran his hands through his hair and looked over towards Jim, "So Anne has a new boyfriend?"

Jim rolled back over, "I...I don't think so."

Chen yawned, "Well Drew sure seems to think she's got a new boyfriend."

"Have you talked to her lately?" Ramesh asked.

Jim realizing that he wasn't going to be able to get back to sleep sat up in bed, "No, I tried to talk to her yesterday but...It probably isn't a boyfriend, a cousin maybe." Jim said as he remembered being shoved to the ground the day before by Ed Lipsky.

"So are you going to go and talk to her today?" Ramesh asked.

"I guess I better. At least try and find out where I stand. I sure don't want to rely on Drew for a date to the mixer on Friday." Jim said sadly.

Chen nodded his head in agreement, "What kind of girls do you think Drew is capable of getting?"

Ramesh face scrunched up as if he had just eaten something disagreeable, "I'm almost afraid to find out."

"I better go talk to Anne." Jim said almost too afraid to contemplate what Drew could drag in.

"How's your class load today?" Chen asked.

Jim put his hands to his forehead, "Oh man this is Wednesday, it's my busiest day."

Ramesh frowned, "Do you want me to go talk to her?"

He gave Ramesh a strange look, "Now why would I want you to go and talk to Anne?"

"Well she's mad at you and not at me. So if I talk to her and tell her how sorry you are..." Ramesh saw the look on Jim's face and quit talking.

"No, I'll talk to Anne myself thank you." Jim said firmly.

Chen sat up in bed, "I guess I might as well get up. You think we should unplug his clock radio for tomorrow?"

The door to the room opened as Drew entered the room from his shower. He was toweling his hair and singing the song that was driving his roommates crazy, "We got the beat, everybody get to your feet..."

Jim groaned, "I'm going to take a shower."

His mind returned to the present as he rinsed yet another dirty dish, "I should have seen Drew was up to something. Anne shouldn't have had to put up with that goon."

The muscles in his jaw grew tighter as he thought about Ed Lipsky. It was well over 20 years ago but he could still see him in his minds eye, the awful memory still fresh in his mind as if it only happened yesterday.

Jim checked his reflection in the mirror between classes. He was just coming out of his biology class and was heading off to his technical calculations class after he made a quick pass by Donner Hall to try and see Anne.

He pulled the nerdish pocket protector from his pocket and carefully placed the contents into his backpack. Jim looked himself over one last time in the mirror, "I'm a good looking guy that girls want to get to know better." He thought as he looked at himself in the mirror. He ran the phrase through his mind again trying to convince himself of its validity.

It was a mind trick that Ramesh had tried to teach him before he left for class that day. It was supposed to make him feel more confident, only it was beginning to have the opposite effect. He was starting to feel more insecure the more repeated the phrase in his mind.

"I'm a good looking guy that girls want to get to know better. Why would they want to get to know me better? I'm a skinny science nerd who can't remember to take off his safety glasses." He thought angrily as he pulled the black horned rim safety glasses off of his face.

He took a deep breath, "I better go talk to Anne."

Jim walked out of Science Hall and walked the 300 yards towards Donner Hall. He spotted the big blonde guy on his motorcycle and his heart collapsed into his stomach, "Maybe he's here to see someone else?"

That thought quickly left his mind as he saw Anne walk up to the guy and take a black t-shirt from him. Anne pulled the t-shirt over her the top of her head. He was too far away to read the writing.

Anne glanced up the sidewalk and spotted him coming. She turned back to the blonde guy on the motorcycle and smiled at him. Jim found himself walking steadily faster trying to close the distance between the two.

He desperately wanted to tell her how sorry he was and ask her for another chance. Jim's blood turned ice cold as he saw the blonde man pull Anne towards him and kiss her savagely on the lips.

He could see Anne's eyes were open and looking towards him before she closed them and returned the kiss. Jim finally reached the couple, "Hey Anne do you have a minute."

The blonde man started the motorcycle as Anne turned up her nose to him as she climbed onto the back of the motorcycle, "I don't think I have anything to say to you Jim."

"This guy was hanging around yesterday. Who is he?" The blonde man asked.

"Oh he's just my old boyfriend." Anne said trying hard to be nonchalant.

"Uh...Anne...I...just...wanted to talk for a few..."

The blonde man's big hands reached out and grabbed him by the shirt, "Look can't you see she's with me now? So get lost." With that the blonde man threw Jim across the sidewalk where he landed in the bushes in front of the dorm.

Jim scrambled out of the bushes and to his feet just in time to see Anne turn to look at him as she road away on the motorcycle.

"I've lost her..."

Kim watched her dad rinse and re-rinse the same dish for the last twenty minutes. She knew that he was worried about her mother. She could see the deep worry lines on his forehead. Finally he stopped rinsing the plate. She could see his reflection in the kitchen window, the look of pain in his eyes as his lower lip tremble.

"Daddy, do you want me to finish cleaning up the dishes for you?"

His daughter's question brought him out of his thoughts, "Oh, uh, I sure would appreciate it if you could. I'll just be upstairs seeing if your mother is alright."

Kim walked over to the sink and hugged him tightly, "You go see mom and I'll finish up here."

Jim kissed his daughter's forehead, "There are times I'm glad she's growing up. I just wish she'd slow down with Ronald."

"Thanks honey."

She watched him leave the kitchen. Once he was gone she picked up the cordless phone and placed a call to her boyfriend. Kim cradled the phone on her shoulder as she rinsed plates and stacked them to the side to be placed in the dishwasher.

"Hello...Mrs. Stoppable is Ron around?"

Kim shook her head as his mother teased her a bit, "So why did it take you so long to figure out my son liked you."

"I don't know why it took so long? I guess he just had to grow on me."

"Don't talk to me about growing. I just found some of his old socks stashed...I think it would be best if I didn't say anymore." Mrs. Stoppable finished.

Kim giggled, "Some things a girlfriend just shouldn't know?"

"Exactly...I'll call Ronald to the phone...Ronald telephone, it's Kim."

"You didn't tell her about the mushrooms growing in my socks did you?" She heard Ron call out.

Kim winced, "Oh my."

Mrs. Stoppable laughed, "No but I think you just did."

"Ohhhhhhh man! Hello?"

Kim smiled and felt better as she heard the sound of his voice, "Hey BFBF"

"Hey BFGF, what's shakin'?"

"Lot's mom's sick...She had chest pains at work today." Kim told him as she finished rinsing the dishes.

"Oh man, is she alright?"

"I'm not sure. She's going to see a doctor tomorrow for tests. She thinks she's been putting in too many hours at work." Kim told him as she sat at the kitchen table.

"Yea, Mrs. Dr. P. do put in the O.T."

"Dad's real worried...I think it would be best if you didn't come down for a while." Kim said sadly.

"Uh yea, for maybe like ten years. Remember the last time I was down he chased me up a tree...He's pretty spry for an old guy."

Kim laughed, "Daddy got kind of freaked when he saw you with your hands up my shirt."

"You put them there."

Kim blushed and giggled, "I know...I was just being...curious."

"Uh, that is a most definite Booyah on the curious...Think next time we can be curious about what's in my pants?"

"RON!" Kim put a hand over her mouth to stifle her giggling.

"Opps, I know what's in my pants. Its Rufus...Hang on buddy...there you go...had to take him out of my pocket. It was getting crowded in there."

Kim continued laughing, "RON! I don't believe you. You're turning into a regular little tiger."

"Grrrrrrrrrrr"

Kim chuckled and decided it was time to change the direction of the conversation, "So did you get all of Barkin's homework done."

"Man you know how to kill a mood." Ron said sadly.

Kim giggled and pulled her head in like a turtle, "Sorry...So I should take that as a no."

"I'll get to it, I'll get to it." He said sullenly.

"So what do you want to do this weekend?" Kim asked as she was trying to cheer him up now.

"Ummmm...Let's see...I think we should play Dora the explorer in my pants!" Ron happily suggested.

Kim fell out of the chair laughing, "Well this Dora ain't doin' no explorin'..."

"Awwwww man, cold shower time?" Ron asked trying to sound as if his feelings were truly hurt.

"Cold shower time BFBF." Kim said with a grin.

"You ever find out anymore about what happened between your parents and Drakken?" Ron asked.

Kim froze for a moment. She didn't want to lie to Ron but at the same time she knew that Ron could be a merciless teaser. If he found out about his mother having been Motor Ed's girlfriend at one time. No, she would not tell him. She knew how much the whole subject upset her mother and if Ron began teasing her. She just didn't want to think of that happening. What was it her mother said to her? All families have their secrets.

"No, I really haven't had much time to talk with mom since she got sick."

"Yea, so you think it's just work or are you thinking it's her heart?"

Kim frowned, "I don't know. I'm hoping its just work."

"Yea." Ron said quietly.

"Hey I better let you go and get working on Barkin's assignment." Kim said as she stood up and walked towards the phone charger.

"Shaaaaaa, I'm going to take a shower and take my inner child out for a walk."

"RONALD STOPPABLE...You're terrible." Kim said as she began laughing.

"I know, I know..."

She closed her eyes and she could see the big grin Ron had on his face, "Thanks for being there for me Ron. I really needed some Ron-shine tonight."

"No big KP, I hope everything turns out OK for your mom." He said as his voice turned suddenly serious.

"Yea, now go work on Barkin's assignment." She said with a grin as she hung up the phone without waiting for a reply.

Kim walked upstairs to see how her mom was doing. She stopped outside her parent's door and could see her mom sitting up in bed cradling her dad as he knelt by the bed. She was rubbing his back and she could hear her saying, "Shhhhhh, You worry too much Jim."

She stepped away from the door, "Was dad crying?" the very thought unnerved her. She had never seen her father cry. Her dad could be grumpy or sad from time to time but she had never known him to cry.

Kim walked back down the hallway, "Dad must be beyond worried, he's scared."

"Why shouldn't he be? He and mom have been together for so long. I don't know if either of them ever lived by themselves before." Kim shook her head to get rid of those thoughts. Her mother was just overworked and did not suffer a heart attack.

Then again the question arose in her mind, "If something happens to mom, what becomes of us? I don't know how dad would react? Jim and Tim would be crushed...What would I do? Run off with Ron? No, I couldn't do that...not abandon my family." Kim thought as she sat on top step of the stairs, put her elbows on her knees and rested her chin in her hands.

Kim heard the soft sound of a door opening behind her. She turned to see Jim and Tim peeking out to see what was going on. She stood up and walked over to the door, "Hey"

"Hey" They both answered together.

The siblings stared at each other for a moment unsure of what to say. Jim finally spoke up, "So is mom alright?"

"I don't know." She answered truthfully.

They both nodded and then Tim asked, "Is mom going to die?"

Kim chuckled nervously, "NO"

The twins continued to peer out of the crack in the door one on top of the other, "Is dad scared?"

She couldn't tell who asked the question. The thing that gnawed at her was how to answer the question. It wouldn't be right to lie to them. Not about something like this. Kim took a deep breath, "Yes"

"Are you scared?"

Kim didn't have to think twice about how to answer this one. She nodded and said quietly, "Yes."

She saw the two heads nod their understanding as the door closed. Kim let out a deep breath. The evening had made her incredibly tired. She pulled the rope to lower the trap door to her loft and walked up the stairs.

Kim changed quietly into her night clothes. She grinned and then chuckled softly to herself, "Dora the explorer, I swear where does he come up with this stuff?"

"He has developed such a dirty mind since we started dating?" She thought with a grin. Then she tilted her head to one side, "Maybe he's always had a dirty mind and I never noticed."

Kim lay down on the bed and closed her eyes, "I mean he's a guy, he's probably always had the dirty mind but just hid it from me. After all you just don't show that side of yourself to your just a friend."

"Am I scared? Yes, but of what?" She asked herself as she stared up at her darkened ceiling. She lay quiet for a few minutes, "The unknown, death, loneliness, what lies in Ron's pants."

She began giggling, then laughing and soon she was laughing so hard she had to cover her face with a pillow. Once the laughing fit was over she threw the pillow aside and grinned, "Maybe Dora will do a little exploring next time...Now that sounds like an adventure."