A/N: Here is the better edited version of this chapter. Hope it reads a little better this time. Enjoy
Chapter IV
--Middleton--
--Bonnie--
It was amazing how fast I was able to get a jet back home. I never did figure out how or cared why but all I did know was that it had something to do with a favor that was owed to Ron by the owner of the plane. So being I was able to get a private jet back home I landed only three hours after getting off the phone with Mr. Stoppable.
As the jet rolled up onto the ramp for the private aircraft, I looked out the window and spotted a town car and driver waiting for me. I could not believe this. Even with Ron long retired from the hero business he still had people giving him favors just by his name alone. The jet stopped and as I stepped off the ladder of the Citation Sovereign and was greeted by the driver.
"I hope you had a smooth flight Miss Rockwaller?" The driver asked me.
He was about average height and with dark brown hair that came just down to his collar. He was wearing a black suite with a black tie and white button down shirt. He reminded me of those guys you would see in the spy movies. To be honest he kind of scared me, that is if I didn't notice the kindness in his eyes. There was something about him that felt familiar, I just couldn't place it.
He took my bag and opened the door for me. As I got in he put my stuff in the trunk and we where soon off to the Stoppable's house. We had been on the highway for about fifteen minutes before the driver spoke up. What he said I was never expecting.
"I'm sorry to hear about Mr. Stoppable." He said looking at me in the rear view mirror.
I was a bit shocked that he would have known about Ron already. I knew Ron was well known with all the stuff he did with Kim back during school. However I had just found out from Ron's dad just a few hours ago. So how the hell did this guy know about Ron. I knew I needed to ask.
"How do you know Ron?"
He just looked up at me in the mirror again and smiled.
"I served as one of Ron's crew chiefs when he was stationed over seas three years ago." He looked back to the road but continued to talk. "He was the best commanding officer I served under. Always fair and out going, I only wish that I that I was over there with them now."
By his description of Ron I knew right away that he was telling the truth.
"I know how you feel." I said looking out the side window. "I had only just found him again, and now I might have lost him." I said in a very down hearted tone.
"Don't worry about it Miss Rockweller. This is not the first time that the Captain has had to punch out of an aircraft. The first time was due to a major engine failure." He got quite for a while before continuing. "He was flying a F-16 at the time and we were not sure how but the engine threw a fan blade right thru the airframe. It tore up most of the hydraulic systems in that part of the aircraft. He had no choice but to bail out. The thing was where he bailed out it was over the Med. Sea. It took the rescue team four hours to find him." I just looked up front with a shocked look on my face. "They found him and brought him back safe and sound. So don't worry about the Captain he will get out of this one I'm sure of it."
I could not believe that Ron hadn't told me about any of that. I guess it was just his way of trying to protect me from the danger of his job. I mean I knew that what he did was dangers but compared to what him and Kim use to do. That was a walk in the park, I had been on one or two missions with Kim. At least none of the villains they went and fought tried to kill them. Of course compared to what the people where like that I knew Ron faced now. The Villains they fought where rank amateurs.
after another twenty minutes we had arrived at the Stoppable house. My driver that day, I found out his name it was Frank,pulled into the drive and got out to let me out. As I climbed out of the car I noticed a few more cars parked along the street. I recognized one of them, it belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Possible. I stood there for a moment as Frank grabbed my bag out of the trunk.
"Here you go Miss Rockwaller. If there is anything you need while you are here feel free to call me." He said handing me his card.
"Thank you Frank I'll keep that in mind."
After taking his card I headed towards the front door of the Stoppable home. However, before I could even get to the front porch. The front door flow open and out came Hana, running towards me at full speed. I barley had time to put my bag down before she jumped into my arms. She had tear stains running down her cheeks. It would seem that she had been crying ever since I had gotten off the phone with her hours ago.
I wrapped my arms around Ron's little sister and tried to comfort her. I ran my hand through her hair in hope to calming her down. I looked up to see Mr. Stoppable walking out towards us, he looked no worse for ware then Hana did. I did everything I could to hold back the tears. I was not going to break down again, especially in front of Hana. I did that enough after I got off the phone before leaving DC.
"Hello Bonnie." Mr. Stoppable said walking up to us.
Hi Mr. S." I responded still holding onto Hana.
It brought a small smile to my face as I was addressing Mr. Stoppable the way Ron would Kim's parents. Mr. Stoppable tried to take Hana from me. However, Hana refused to let go of my neck. All of ten years of age and she was already facing something that no child should have to face at this age. The loss of a loved one, namely her brother.
"I'm sorry about this." Mr S said. "Come on Hana let go of Bonnie."
"NO." She said in a small child like voice.
Mr. S looked at me and rolled his eyes. I understood what he was thinking but at the moment I didn't care. I needed this as much as Hana did. With my worries about her it kept me from dwelling to much about Ron. I need to stay positive.
"Its ok Mr. S, I'll carry her in." I said with a small smile.
With that Mr. S grabbed my bags and I carried Hana in the house. For her age she was very light. As I walked in I was greeted by Ron's mother. Like Hana I could tell that she had been crying as well. I made my way to the couch and shifted Hana into my lap as I sat down.
--Kim--
"I just can't believe this Josh."
"Shh honey it going to be alright. we still don't know everything yet."
"But that's the thing Josh we don't know, and I can't even get a hold of Wade to have him check for me."
"Kim sweetheart you know as well as I that Wade has a company to run."
"I know, Oh Josh w...what have I done. I pushed away my best friend." I said as I started to cry again.
I buried my head into my husbands chest and started to ball again. I could not help but love this man more then I could right now. Here I was crying over another man. The only threat that might have ever come between us, and this man I love so much just continues to hold me and comfort me. I wouldn't know what to do right now if Josh wasn't with me. What makes matters worse about this whole situation was that it was my fault that Ron was where he was.
I should have been more honest with him about how I felt then maybe he would be here right now."
"Kim, you are not regretting us are you?"
I looked up at Josh and I could see genuine fear in his eyes as he asked me that. He was scared that I was now regretting the fact that I had chose him over Ron.
"Josh how could you ever ask me that, I love you and I love our daughter, I would not trade any of that. I only wish that I could have been honest with Ron about the way I felt about you and him." I said leaning up and kissed him softly.
As I pulled away from the kiss. I looked him in the eye as we stood in the Stoppable's kitchen. We had come in here shortly after arriving. My parents where already here and Mrs. Stoppable was up in Hana's room trying to comfort the poor girl. Me showing up here was not very welcome by the younger Stoppable. To be honest I could not blame her but I was never going to admit that to her or anyone else. She was mad at me about what happened with Ron and also blamed me for what was going on. Of course she was right and had the right to be mad at me.
As I sat there and thought about all this with Josh sitting next to me at the kitchen table. My thoughts where soon interrupted as I heard the thumping of foot steps running down the stairs. I jumped as the front door was flung opened and slammed against the wall. I could only guess that it was Hana running out the front door.
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By the time I got myself straightened out to go back into the living room I heard the front door close back. I walked into the living room with Josh close behind me. However, when I got to the door way I stopped dead in my tracks. This in turn caused Josh to run into the back of me.
"Kim, what's going on?" he asked me
I didn't say anything, I was to stunned at the sight in front of me. There sitting on the couch was Hana and she just so happened to be sitting on Bonnie's lap. Now granted I remembered that Bonnie and Ron had gone to the reunion together. It was just that I thought that after he had left back to the base that, that would have been the last of Bonnie around the Stoppable's. However, what I was seeing now told a different story.
"Shh Hana your big sister is here now, I've got you now."
'BIG SISTER, what the hell, I thought I was Hana 's big sister.' I thought to myself.
The scene in front of me was pissing me off, and to be honest I didn't know why. It was not like I had any say in Ron's life anymore or who his family spent time with, and from the looks of it Bonnie and Hana had been spending a lot of time together. To me it was clear that I for sure lost Ron all together. Bonnie had replaced me not only in his life but as well as his family's as their other daughter. I didn't even say good bye to anyone or let Josh know what I was thinking. All I knew was I needed to get out of there and away from this.
--Bonnie--
From the moment I noticed Kim standing there at the entrance to the kitchen I could tell that she was upset about the site in front of her. To be honest I could have cared less about what she thought, right then all I was worried about was calming this little girl in my lap.
"Shh Hana your big sister is here now, I've got you now." I told Hana as I rocked her.
"I'm scared that I won't see Ron again." She said in a horse voice from all her sobbing.
It was hard for me to be so strong for this girl that had adopted me as her big sister. What made it hard was that I was worried about never going to see Ron as well. That had been running through my mind ever since the call. However, I could not show that to Hana right now. She was looking to me for support, and I was going to give it to her. Helping Hana cope with her pain was starting to help me.
"Hana sweetie, do you think that your big brother (and the man that I love) would have been taken away from us so soon. You know better then any of us how much of a fighter Ron is."
"Thats right Hana your big brother Ron went on all those missions with our Kimmie-cub and always came back home safe and sound." Mr. Possible chimed in.
Hanan looked over at him and then looked to me. I could see that she wanted to believe us. However her eyes where telling me a different story. What Hana said next not only blew me away but also the two sets of parents in the room.
"If it wasn't for you Kim breaking my brothers heart, then I would not be worrying weather or not he is dead. Its her fault." Hana snapped at Mr. Possible.
The look and the tone that Hana said that to him shocked everyone in the room. However, as I looked over at the Possibles they both hung their head as if in shame. I knew she was talking out of anger and hurt. Yet what she said was not right to say.
"Hana Stoppable." Her mothered barked at her. "That is no way to speak to an adult especially James and Anne. They have been nothing but kind to you and Ron."
"I don't care." Hana snapped.
I could tell that was the wrong thing to say to her mother.
"Hana Stoppable you will apologize this instant." Mrs. Stoppable snapped.
"No I won't."
Hana jumped off my lap and ran upstairs. Mrs. Stoppable got up to go after her but was stopped by Mr. Stoppable. She just gave her husband a look the sent chills down my spine.
"Dear just leave her alone, she 's hurting just like the rest of us."
"Maybe I should go talk to her." It was Kim's mom who spoke up.
"I don't think that will do any good." Mrs. S said back.
"It's ok Mrs S I will have a good talk to Hana, maybe I can talk some sense in her."
By now Mrs. S was past being upset. She had started to cry and again. I knew that she hated to see her little girl upset as much as I did. She sat back down next to me and looked at me with tears in her eyes.
"Thank you Bonnie dear, She looks up to you and I know that if any one can get through to her it's you."
I smiled as Mrs. S pulled me into a hug. It surprised me how much Ron's family just accepted me as part of the family even though me and Ron where not even really a couple, even though I wanted us to be. However that was something to think about for another time. Right now I need to check on Ron's baby sister. I made my way upstairs. When I got to Hana's bedroom door,it was shut so I knocked on it.
"Go Away." She yelled from the other side of the door.
I was not going to take no for an answer. I never did in school when it came to what I wanted and I was not going to start now. Beside in the short time I had got to know this young girl I had come to love her and care for her very much. So with that in mind I opened her door anyways.
"Hana it's me Bon Bon." I still hated that name but there where only two I would allow to use it and she was one of them.
"Go away." she said chocking back a sob.
I walked over to her bed where she was lying face down and hugging her pillow. Rufus who had stayed wit Hana when Ron left for deployment stood on her bed next to her head and stroked her hair. I smiled at the little pink naked mole rat. It never seened to amaze me how this little creature could know how to comfort the people around him.
I sat down on the bed next to Hana and rubbed her back. She tried to pull away but I knew that she really didn't want me to not be there.
"Hana, I know you are missing your brother. I miss him to, but we got to have faith that Ron will come back home to us." I told her in a soothing voice.
"Well we would not have to worry about him coming home from this is that Kim had not been such a slut and cheated on Ron ten years ago. Then there was everyone that put my brother down, I don't blame him for leaving I blame everyone that hurt him." She snapped.
--Hana--
"Well we would not have to worry about him coming home from this is that Kim had not been such a slut and cheated on Ron ten years ago. After that Ron had no one that cared about him. don't blame him for leaving I blame everyone that hurt him." I snapped popping up from my bed looking at Bonnie.
Bonnie quickly turned away from me and it took me a minute or two to realize why she looked so hurt. I had basically blamed her as well as Kim for Ron being where he was at. While I did know that Bonnie had given my brother so much grief during school. That had changed after he had come home to visit. The time the two spent together was the first time in a long time that I had seen Ron so happy, and it was all due to Bonnie.
"Bonnie I'm sorry I never meant you." I said crawling over to where she was sitting and wrapped my arms around her.
"It's understandable Hana, I gave your brother more grief then anyone else during school. That all different now. I never knew back then that he would be so important to me now."
I watched as Bonnie put her head down into her hands and started to cry. She had been so strong and now all the was coming out. Here I was acting like a spoiled brat and not even thinking how much that Bonnie was hurting.
"I never knew how wonderful he was until he came home for the reunion and I never really did get a chance to tell him how much I truly love him. Now it looks like that I might never get the chance." She was sobbing now.
I scooted as close as I could to her and pulled my adopted sister into a hug.
"Bon-Bon, you got to believe like you where saying that Ron will get through this, and back home to us." I told her.
Bonnie looked up to me and nodded. I smiled back at her and she began to chuckle.
"There's no doubt about it that you are Ron's sister, you even got his goofy smile."
The two of us started laughing. I was glad she was here right now. I'm not sure if I could make it through this with out my big sister Bonnie around. I just prey that when Ron does come home from his deployment that he and Bonnie would make it official.
