KP in Tough Being a Girl

Ever wonder where Kim and Ron would be if Ron had been born a GIRL and still knew each other from since Pre-K? And then one day while visiting a top-secret lab to stop Drakken, she becomes the male Ron we all know and love? What would happen? What would any natural-born girl, stuck forever as a guy do? Read on to find out!

Chapter 20: Kim and Family

The house was full of the usual liveliness as Mr. Possible sat at the dinner table with his paper in hand while Jim and Tim were both up to their usual mischief even as Mrs. Possible was just getting the last of the dinner out of the stove.

If there was one thing that came from being both a mother and a doctor, was that eating a well-balanced meal was very important. Mrs. Possible glances at the kitchen clock and thinks, "I wonder if a mission came up at the last minute? Wade usually calls if that is the case but I don't suppose it could hurt to check."

Just as she made a mental plan to call Wade as she finished putting the plates down in front of her three guys, did the kitchen door open. Mrs. Possible knew there was something wrong immediately even if she hadn't caught the shocked expressions of Jim and Tim with her back to the door, she still would have known.

Mrs. Possible turns to see Kim and greet her only daughter home as she hoped that she was wrong but that greeting ceased to be and was replaced by a soft gasp at the sight that was before her eyes.

Kim stood or rather slouched at the front door barely looking like she had the strength to even stand there. She sees the way her family was reacting to her and she mentally sighs as she thinks, "Great... I suppose going to bed is out of the question now..." even though her stomach still begged for food. She figures that she might as well get it over with and walks slowly from the door with both her mother and the twins following her with their eyes.

It was the twins that first found their voices as Jim started off by saying, "Gee Kim, What happened to you?" and Tim adding as he says, "You look like you've been hit by a truck!" with Jim finishing as he says, "and then mauled by a pack of wolves!"

Kim didn't even bother to answer as just collapses into her seat with her mother moving quickly over to her side as the mother/doctor side of her kicks in. She pulls her arm away from her mother as she says, "I'm fine... I'm not physically hurt."

Mr. Possible became curious about what the twins were talking about and when it came to his daughter he just had to check on her welfare. He starts to close the paper as he says, "Boys, stop picking on your sister I'm sure that she's…" whatever else he would have said ceased to be on his lips as his eyes came to fall upon Kim.

To Mr. Possible's eyes, Kim looked very much like how the twins had described. Her hair hung almost lifelessly about her face and she seemed to pay the messy hair no heed while her skin was so pale that he worried about her health. In addition, when he saw her bloodshot eyes, which was a clear sign of her having just cried hard he thought, "What on Earth happened to Kim? Did someone do this to her?"

Kim sighs softly as she didn't feel like getting into it but again her body reminds her of how hungry she was and since she didn't exactly feel she quite had the strength to get up and go to her room just yet she decides to give in and says, "Mom… can I please have some dinner?"

Kim makes a mental note to apologize later for her behavior as her mother quickly brings a dish of food over to her, which seemed to have more food than the others had on their plates. Still, once she started to eat she realizes just how starving she was and attacks her dinner with gusto until it is polished clean off of her plate.

Once the food was all gone, she surprisingly felt better and guesses that her body knew better than her about what she really needed. After sitting there for a few moments she knew that her family would want answers, answers that she didn't feel like giving at the moment.

Kim says, "I'm going to my room now…" but stops when she sees the way her father folds the newspaper perfectly with the many years of doing it and then placing it on the table which told her one thing, "I'm talking with you."

Mr. Possible says in a somewhat stern voice, which was stern enough to prod her for answers but not enough to be threatening to her, "Perhaps you could enlighten us why you came in here looking like you were run over by a dump truck?"

Mrs. Possible says softly, "Honey, please understand… we are just worried about you. We've never seen you like this before. Won't you share with us what happened?" Using the velvet touch, sledgehammer way of getting interrogating their daughter.

Kim nods a little as she knows that she can't leave now without giving her family any answers and besides, she knew that they deserved to hear it from her rather than secondhand from someone else.

Kim could feel the sadness starting to grow within her as she thought about what she had to say, "Well… Ronnie and I went on a mission against Drakken, which didn't go well because they escaped, and Shego flirted with Ronnie but she… I mean he didn't seem to even notice." She sighs for a moment and then takes a breath to say, "When we came back, Ron's mother had a surprise for us…"

Mrs. Possible thinks, "Oh no… What has that madwoman done now?" as a feeling of dread washes through her body before turning sympathy towards her daughter and listens to the rest of the tale.

Kim's voice cracks for a moment, causing her to restart before she finally manages to say, "She had picked out a girlfriend for Ron." She looks up at her family and then says, "It was Bonnie."

The announcement from Kim gets a loud collective gasp of surprise from everyone at the table. They all knew Bonnie through one way or another from either dealings in person or from the complaints that Kim would issue after she did something that greatly annoyed Kim.

Mrs. Possible says, "Honey… I'm so sorry…" Even as a part of her wanted to reach out to Mrs. Stoppable and slap some sense into with a cinderblock… many, many times.

Kim looks down at the table as she says, "I tried to reason with her but she became upset and threatened to forbid me from ever seeing Ron again when I lost my temper and then again when Ron ran away if he didn't return in time for supper."

Mr. Possible says in a shocked voice, "Why would she force your very rival to become his girlfriend?"

Kim squirms for a moment as she debates telling them before she says, "She… was worried about Ron's development into a man and because Bonnie was also 'concerned' she chose her." She slams her fists down on the table as she shouts, "I know it was Bonnie who twisted her thinking so that she could get Ron as her boyfriend!"

She pauses to calm down and then says, "I think Bonnie is crushing on Ron and is playing dirty to keep him while also hurting me at the same time… Still, I couldn't waste time in finding Ron."

Kim tilts her head forward, causing a stray strand of her red hair to fall over her face and brush along her nose before she says, "I went to the tree house but she…he wasn't there… I mean he just vanished and it wasn't until I was thinking about our past that I realized where he could be." She pauses to take a breath and says, "I found him at the Pre-K schoolyard under a tree but then Bonnie shows up and I was ready to use all 16 forms of martial arts on her but Ronnie…stopped me because of the trouble that would cause and… and…went off with that witch Bonnie back to his house for dinner with HER as his girlfriend!"

Everyone jumps as suddenly Kim shouts out loudly, "He doesn't deserve a witch like Bonnie as a girlfriend! I should have been chosen since I'm his best friend but noooo! Only someone who is as mean as Bonnie and willing to do whatever it takes to turn Ron into the kind of man she wants! Damn it! That's not what Ron needs! Ron's mother is just hurting him!"

Just as quickly as the emotional burst came from Kim, it faded and Kim covers her face with her hands to cry.

Jim and Tim both had grown up with Ronnie always around and while she had been a girl, she had always been a cool one in their eyes. One who had always treated them like they were her brothers and best friend. They both wanted to help Ron in any way possible and at the moment their thoughts were turning to ideas of rockets launching both Mrs. Stoppable and Bonnie into orbit or into a black hole as their father once said to Josh when they started to date.

Mr. Possible was shocked and angrier than he could ever remember being in his life as the full impact of everything his daughter had told him came into being. He thinks, "I can't believe the nerve of that woman! First she forces her only daughter to become a legal guy and now she's forcing a date with a girl way before Ron is surely ready to even be dating! I should be sending Ron's mother and Bonnie in a very cramped rocket into a blackhole! The nerve of the two of them!" He makes his hands into a fist, with one of the hands still partially holding onto the newspaper so it gets crushed and bent into half.

Mrs. Possible had watched Ronnie grow up around her daughter and knew better than even her husband just how special of a soul that Ronnie, now Ron was to the whole family but especially to Kim. She knew that Kim sometimes talked when she was asleep and one time Kim had talked in her sleep about the very dream she had with Ron. So it was for reasons such as this she finally loses her cool and becomes so angry that she literally is seeing red in front of her eyes!

Kim pulls her hands down from her eyes and sees the furious faces on her family but when her eyes get to her mother's she gets a chill down her spine like the kind she usually got for whenever she knew she was in serious trouble which had started at her neck and traveled all the way down to her tailbone. She could see her mother breathing rather heavily and when an odd calmness comes over her she knew that something major-major was going to go down in the next few minutes.

Fearing for her mother she says, "Mom? I need you…" as she watches her get ready to leave the house, which has the desired effect of snapping her mother out of the daze her mother was in. It also has a effect on the other members of her family which snaps them out of their own dark thoughts as the person who had been the hurt in all this.

Mrs. Possible looks down at her daughter, who was still sitting at the dinner table it takes only one look to know that Kim, a proud and strong girl was asking for love and understanding, not anger and hatred at that very moment. She moves to her daughter and wraps her arms around her as she says, "Oh Kim… I… I'm sorry. I'm here for you."

Kim closes her eyes as she feels the warmth and love of her mother surround her and then there is some noise before she can feel more arms wrap around her, filled with love in her direction. She could feel the arms of her twin brothers, which for a change she didn't mind as they hugged her. A few moments later she could feel the love of her father as he too joined in on the group hug as he had slid over while the twins hugged her from the surface of the table. She hears her father say, "We're all here for you Kim and I promise we'll figure out something."

Kim felt so warm and loved at that moment in the embracing hug by her family. She had needed it like never before in her life as the thought of losing her best friend, to see her best friend with whom she had grown up with was now suffering without kind of love her family was giving her. The very thought of which saddened her because she wanted her best friend to know the kind of love she was getting as she… he… whatever wanted to be called, deserved so very much.

Kim leans her cheek into her mother as she whispers, "Ron…" which her mother hears and knows that if there had been anything in the world that could hurt her more than lasers, man eating sharks, giant poodles, and other various things she'd experience in her life as a crime fighter was the pain of losing Ron.

Kim accepts the strong outpouring of love and strength from her family but a part of her wished that for more than anything else was the feeling of her friend's arms around her at that moment so she could know that he was ok too. A part of her was accepting that her best friend was more guy than girl and she wished for him to be part of this group for he was as much of her circle of love and life as they were.

It all becomes too much for her emotionally weathered body to withstand any more and surrounded by all the love and comfort of her family, she falls asleep.

Mrs. Possible was the first to notice that Kim had fallen asleep. She whispers, "Honey… she's fallen asleep. I think we should let her get some rest." to her husband who looks down at the sleeping girl and nods. She gently pulls back the twins from their sister before they all move out of the way so that Mr. Possible can come around and pick up Kim gently as he can so as not to wake her.

They watch the two of them leave the kitchen and silence follows for a few more moments before Tim says, "Mom, will Kim be alright?" in a worried voice with Jim adding, "Yeah, will she Mom?"

Mrs. Possible thinks, "I wish I knew…" but still she had to comfort the boys so she says, "Yes, she just wore herself out. I think after a good night's sleep she'll feel much better." She certainly hoped that would be the case but she wasn't as sure if Kim would be ok emotionally after such an event.

Jim is angry as he says, "This isn't fair! Ron never did anything to deserve any of this!" with Tim adding, "Yeah! Neither did Kim!"

Mrs. Possible whole-heartedly agreed with them but she was at a loss as what to do. She wished that were both adults so Ron didn't have to listen to his mother but a part of her worried that Ron would have still listened to his mother but at least then he wouldn't be living under her roof and Kim could be able fight her influence. She says, "I know boys, but there isn't anything either of us can do right now but be there for Kim until a solution appears."

Mr. Possible slowly climbs the steps up to Kim's loft and carries her over to the bed where he then gently lowers her down. He sees the picture of Kim and Ronnie by Kim's bed from a happier time with Rufus on Ronnie's shoulder. He sighs and looks up as he thinks, "Lord, give me and my family the strength to endure that woman's madness…" He looks back down at his daughter and adds, "and please spare my daughter any more pain."

Mr. Possible tucks in his daughter under the blankets before he picks up Pandaroo and places it under her arm. He notices that she somehow knows what is in her arms as she unconsciously draws it closer to her, clutching it to her body.

He stands there, waiting to see if she'll wake up as he wants to be there for her if she does but she doesn't and other than a soft whisper, "Ronnie…" she doesn't seem to stir much so he goes back down the stairs but doesn't shut the door in case she needed someone in the night.

Kim turns in her sleep, pressing her face into the Pandaroo, as it had been a gift from Ronnie when they were kids and she had just gotten started in her collecting of the Cuddlebuddys.

In her sleep she dreamed of the past, when Ronnie was still a girl and they were at the fair. She had already spent all her money on rides and entertainment when sitting there on display was a Pandaroo! She had instantly fallen in love with the sight of it but since she had already spent her allowance and the time to leave was fast approaching she could do nothing more than to sadly say to her friend Ronnie that she hoped it would still be there tomorrow as that was the most cutest Cuddlebuddy out of the whole collection!

The two of them went on one last ride before Kim's parents took her home for the night with promises that she could come back the next day. She did come back the next day in the afternoon but to her dismay the precious Pandaroo had disappeared and when the guy told her that had been his last one, she about broke out in tears. She searched the rest of the fair for any more of them but her search had come up empty.

Just as she was going to leave she discovers Ronnie there with her mother, as they were about to leave since they'd arrived in the morning at the opening of the fair. She had been so surprised to see in the arms of Ronnie was the precious Pandaroo!

Ronnie tells her as she holds it out as far as her arms could hold the large toy that she had taken all her money and come back to win the toy for her. She couldn't let her best friend be sad after all.

Kim takes the Pandaroo and at the same time hugs her friend in a big hug as she thanks her best friend on the spot for the best gift in the whole world! The large toy slips from her grip and lands on the dusty ground as they hug before Mrs. Stoppable yells at Ronnie for getting her toy dirty and that she couldn't believe Ronnie had spent all the money in her piggybank just to give away the toy to Kimberly!

Ronnie gets dragged off by her mother as she told Ronnie that it was time to leave. She waves and tells Kim to enjoy the toy and that she'll talk to her later!

Kim picks up the Pandaroo and waves to her friend, sad that she had gotten her friend into trouble. Still, the toy that she had wanted so badly became more important to her that day because her friend had gone above and beyond to get something, which she had so badly wanted.

She was sad to learn that Mrs. Stoppable had punished Ronnie by taking away her allowance for a few days but Ronnie didn't care as she told her friend over the phone, it was all worth it if it helped make her friend happy.

Kim had been so touched by her friend's generosity that she told her right there and then that she would forever treasure the Pandaroo and that she was glad Ronnie was her best friend. She also tells her that she wished she could hug her right now but Ronnie's smile is heard in her voice as she says jokingly, "Well if you ever need a hug from me, then hug Pandaroo in my place and it'll be like me hugging you back."

In her sleep, Kim squeezes Pandaroo as she needed a hug and there was no one more than she wanted to hug at that moment than her friend Ron.

The dream fades to where she is hugging Pandaroo who then changes into Ronnie before finally changing into the last time she saw her friend at the Pre-K school before Bonnie dragged him off.

She squeezes her friend in a big hug in the dream and whispers to his ear, "I need you Ron…" without knowing that she was also hugging and whispering the same thing to her Pandaroo while unknowingly her mother hears who had come to check up on her.

Mrs. Possible leans over and kisses the top of her daughter's head and caress her hair softly which seems to relax her and she goes back downstairs while wishing she could figure out what to do for the two of them.

She was furious at what new torment that Mrs. Stoppable was forcing upon her own son and her own daughter all in a stupid attempt to make Ron into a man in the eyes of

everyone including Ron. She knew she had to do something before things got any further out of hand!

She walks to the living room where everyone was gathered, watching some TV and trying to calm down after everything that had happened in the kitchen earlier. So without even stopping she picks up the remote and turns off the TV but any complaints that the three of them would have had stopped the moment that they all saw the look on her face.

AN: Well everyone I hope that you enjoyed this rather emotional time for Kim and Family. What did you all think of Kim's family and reactions? Did you all like how I did a flashback in a dream for Kim about why her cuddlebuddy came to mean so much to her? Just goes to show that Ronnie's mother had a screw loose even that long ago. Anyone want to guess what Kim's mother is going to talk about with her family while Kim sleeps? Does anyone want me to write Ron/Ronnie's night next? Anyway, as usual all thoughts, ideas, suggestions, story links, bribes, Christmas Presents, antique cameras, the PS3 and more are all welcome. :)