Clean Slate 2
AN: Ever wonder what would have happened if Kim hadn't moved fast enough to take the MRM away from Drakken in time in the episode "Clean Slate" of season 4? Here is that answer.
Chapter 3: Next Day
Kim walks up to Ron's house after driving over in her car and presses the doorbell button. She was more than a bit nervous as Ron was still calling her anything but "Kim" by the time she'd dropped him off at his home.
Kim stands there waiting as she could hear some movement going on behind the doors before Mrs. Stoppable appears at the door.
Mr. Stoppable appears a moment later with a gentle smile on his face as well as Kim says, "Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable, um… any progress?"
Mrs. Stoppable smiles warmly at Kim as she says, "Oh hello Kim, aren't you looking cute today." She pauses for a moment to glance back and then says, "Well the good news is that most of Ron's basic memories have been restored."
Mr. Stoppable says, "Although there was a little mix-up between the bathtub and the dishwasher this morning."
Kim's eyes go wide and she says, "What? Ron wasn't…?"
Mr. Stoppable shakes his head and says, "Oh, don't worry. The knives and forks were all in the face down position so everything's ok."
Kim was about to ask another question when Ron slips out from between his folks with his backpack and bike helmet on.
Mrs. Stoppable says, "Oh wait honey, you don't need the helmet."
Ron says, "I don't? But what about that all the heads I'll be butting into?"
Kim looks at the parents in confusion before Mr. Stoppable says, "When I said 'Try not to butt into any heads' at school I meant for you to try and get along with everyone today."
Ron says, "Oooh! My bad!" He then removes the helmet and tosses it to his father before he turns and says, "Hey Dim!"
Kim rolls her eyes and says during a sigh, "That's Kim… with a K"
Ron says, "Oh, right! Right! I'll try to remember that."
Kim says, "That's ok, it'll come back to you. Do you remember who I am?" She thinks, "I hope it'll come back to you."
Ron says, "Yeah, you're my best friend. We do everything together."
Kim smiles softly at Ron and says, "Well that's good, it seems like we're headed in the right direction at least. That's a relief." She misses the "Uh-oh" look that passes between the Stoppable parents.
Mrs. Stoppable says, "Um Kim…"
Ron tugs Kim in the direction of the car and says, "C'mon! I'm excited to go to school!"
Kim says, "Don't worry, I'll have him home in time for supper." She opens the door and Ron hops into the seat, bouncing up and down excitedly.
Kim says from the door to Ron's parents, "After school I'll give him a refresher around Middleton. It'll be like a second, first date."
Ron looks up at Kim with confusion from the seat and says, "Say what? Are you hitting on me?"
Kim looks down at Ron and says, "Um, Ron… we are dating. I'm your girlfriend."
Ron bursts out laughing and says, "Sha-right! Like I could get a beautiful girl like you for my girlfriend!" He stops and then says, "Oh wait… you're serious?"
Kim mutters, "Oh yeah… that wasn't painful." She knew she could understand other people, even the villains that they faced not understanding how they could be a couple but Ron? It was quite the dig on her feelings.
Kim leans over and pecks Ron on the lips before she says, "See what I just did? That was girlfriend stuff. Is any of this coming back to you?"
Ron looks at Kim with confusion and licks his lips with his tongue before he says, "No but thanks for the chapstick. My lips were feeling a little parched."
Kim sighs and shuts the door on Ron before walking around as she softly says, "Come on… let's go."
Ron sticks his head out the car window and says, "Bye mom! Bye dad!" waving with one hand at them as they wave back before Kim starts the car and drives off to go to school.
Ron's parents look doubtful at each other before heading back inside.
(Later at school, where a sign reads: Don't forget your homework)
Ron says, "I don't know if I can do this Kim."
Kim says, "Don't worry Ron, you'll be fine. Just take it slow. There is nothing to worry about after all, you're among friends."
Just as soon as Kim finishes saying that Ron runs into Bonnie and Bonnie harshly says, "Just learn to walk loser?" She walks off without even bothering to wait for a reply.
Kim says with a tiny bit of anger towards the girl walking off, "Except for Bonnie."
Ron says, "Bonnie? Oh, weren't we on the same cheer squad? So we'd be friends right?"
Kim shakes her head and says, "You'd think so, but no… not really."
Just then Felix comes up in his chair and says, "Hey Kim, Wade told me about the lost memory thing. How's he doing?"
Kim sighs and says, "He's still a little sketchy in some areas, particularly relationships. He needs to remember things on his own. So don't expect him to remember…"
Ron suddenly says, "Felix? Felix! Hey, I remember dude! We're like best friends! We met for the first time at the fair!"
Kim's eyes close some as she thinks, "Why does HE get remembered and I don't? I've known him way longer than Felix has."
Felix chuckles and does some hand bopping stuff that was common between them as he says, "Best friends forever, huh?"
Kim softly growls and thinks, "He's my best friend too!" She suddenly sees an opportunity to fix that and says, "Ok, hold up! Felix, come on… tell Ron that we're dating right?" She waves her hand back and forth between Ron and herself as she waits for Felix to back her up.
Felix thinks, "Uh-oh, I so don't want to get in the middle of this." He says, "Um, maybe he needs to remember some things on his own."
Kim brings her hand to her head and says, "I know that I said that but…" She trails off in a sigh as she realizes that without Felix backing her up, there was no way to make Ron believe her.
Ron says, "We play videogames together all the time!"
Felix says, "Yeah! Hey, Ron I just got the latest edition of 'Seasoned Gamers' with a peek at the latest videogames coming out! Want to go see?"
Rufus sticks his head out of Ron's pocket and sees the two celebrating while Kim looked sad. He crawls out of Ron's pocket to head over to Kim.
Ron smiles and says excitedly, "Yeah! Let's go!" Together Felix and Ron leave for Felix's locker where the magazine was kept, leaving Kim still sighing sadly in the hallway.
Kim softly says as Rufus crawls up and pats her on the shoulder, "Must be a complicated guy thing…" She looks at Rufus and pats him back on his bald, pink head and says, "Thanks Rufus, I needed that."
(Meanwhile in the lair)
Drakken carries some heavy boxes and bags in arms and says, "Uh, some help please? These boxes are really heavy…"
Shego says, "Now who's the boss again?"
Drakken sighs and says, "You are."
Shego says, "Right, and as such that means I don't have to carry things. Now be a man and suck it up!"
Drakken grumbles unintelligently before Shego says with a dangerous edge to her voice, "What was that?"
Drakken fearfully says, "Oh! Nothing! I was just thinking how lucky I was to be your sidekick and carrying all your packages for you!"
Shego grins and says, "Darn right! Now let's take those things to my room before we go out for some more shopping."
Drakken almost drops everything right there, but the look in her eyes told him not to drop them before he whines, "What? Again? Didn't we get everything we needed out while we were out there?"
Shego says, "No, this was just some light shopping. I wanted to see if you still remembered how to carry everything and now that I see you do. We're going back out for some serious shopping."
Drakken whines and says, "Oh… joy… I… (nngghhh) can't wait."
Shego pulls Drakken by the arm as she says, "Now that's the spirit! Now let's put those shoes away so we can go shopping for matching outfits!"
Drakken stumbles after Shego, feeling how his body was already complaining. He knew that he was going to be really sore tomorrow.
AN: Well everyone, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It is more in sync with what happened on the episode. Even the part where Drakken was carrying something was kind of after the scene where Shego was struggling to carry in a large amount of money in her arms and asking for help. What do you think? Does Drakken have it rough or what?
Did you enjoy the pick up from Ron's house and the funny moment where Kim tried to convince Ron that she was his girlfriend? How about the funny moment at the school where Felix wouldn't back up Kim just like how Monique didn't back up Ron on the show? Anyone want to guess what will happen next? Lol!
As usual all reviews, thoughts, ideas, suggestions, fan votes, episode rewrite suggestions, and more are welcome as usual.
