School of Life
Chapter 7
It's all Downhill From Here.
Kim rolled over as she rubbed her shoulder. The morning sun was just starting to shine through the window. She could hear the shower running so she knew Ron was up. That was a miracle itself since they had gotten back late after a long debriefing. Dr. Director and Will Du had questioned them in depth about the mission, especially how they escaped and what was Dementor screaming about. Kim and Ron had made up a story about how they escaped and as for why Dementor was screaming, they just explained the Ron had found some fur coat. Du was extremely skeptical, but Dr. Director could tell that they were hiding something and were not about tell them what it was. Another report by Cap had confirmed a lot of their story.
She stood up a stretched and started through a few exercises. After just a few seconds Kim noticed the sound in the shower didn't change like it would if someone was moving under the stream of water. Kim tiptoed up to the door and placed her ear to the door. The distinct sound of snoring came over the sound of the water. Kim smiled. Ron had fallen asleep in the shower. She silently moved into the kitchen area and opened the small freezer and pulled out some ice. She went to the cabinet and picked out the largest pitcher she could find. She filled the container with water from the faucet and added the ice. Swirling the water around in the pitcher, she made her way back to the door. Opening up the door slowly she made her way over to the shower. She could see his shadow through the shower curtain. With a smile on her face she tossed the contents of the pitcher over the top of the shower curtain. The sound of the water striking her target came to her ears at the same time as a scream.
"WhhhhOOOOOhhhhhaaaaHHHHHHHH......KKKIIIIMMMMMMM"
Kim dropped the pitcher in her dash from the bathroom. She got almost to the door to her room when something wet and cold slapped against the back of her head. She screamed and reached up to pull the soaking wet washcloth that he had thrown at her from the back of her head. A hand grabbed at her but she pulled away to turn and face Ron. He was dripping wet and holding a towel around him with one hand with the other free. She grinned wickedly as she dodged around.
"Are we awake now?"
Ron grabbed for her again.
"Oh that is not funny."
Ron reached out to grab her again and got the shoulder of the jersey she used as a night shirt. She tried to back out of reach at the same time that he tried to pull back. The jersey came right off over her head. She screamed as she tried to cover her chest with one hand and snatch the jersey back with the other. She grabbed some cloth and snatched hard. Ron screamed as she spun around and looked down to see she had a towel in her hand. She stood for a moment with holding the towel. A voice came from behind here.
"Uhhhh....KP, what do you say to an exchange of the prisoners. WITHOUT turning around."
Kim nodded as she felt a full body blush coming on.
"That sounds like a plan to me. How do we do this?"
Ron's voice came over her shoulder.
"Okay with me. How about we hold the prisoners behind us and back up seeing that I am facing away from you."
Kim nodded. Then realizing that he could not see her she agreed.
"Okay. Start stepping back."
Ron started to step back and had taken just a few steps back when the warmth of two globes started to press against his butt. He yelped and jumped forward. Kim jumped forward at the same time and they both stood there. Ron sighed.
"I'll pass my prisoner to my right if you will do the same."
Kim stood where she was.
"Okay. Go!"
Kim felt Ron pressing the jersey into her left hand while the towel disappeared from her right hand. She quickly pulled the jersey over her hand as she heard Ron's feet patting down the hall.
"I'm...uhhhh going to finish my shower that was so rudely interrupted."
Kim turned to see him disappear into the bath. The one thing she noticed was that he was not holding the towel completely closed. The view was quite interesting.
Glancing around the cafeteria, Kim noticed several of the athletes staring at the two of them. Maybe her weirdar was just in overdrive after that last mission. She turned her attention back to filling up her tray. After that mission she was ravenous. The waffles looked really good, although she knew they were not as good as Ron could make. He would put chocolate bits in those he made for her. She placed a nice stack on her tray along with the packets of syrup and low fat spread. Ron followed her lead and added some bacon and sausage to his stack. After getting her morning cup of coffee, Kim made her way over to one of the open tables. Ron took the seat next to her.
"KP? Is there something different about us this morning. I mean I know that I can be a little overly suspicious, but it's like everyone is looking at us."
Kim tried to focus on her food.
"I know Ron. I noticed it too. Let's just ignore it and eat breakfast. We both have to be out at the bobsled run first thing."
Ron grinned.
"Booyah. I'm all about zooming down the run."
Kim gave him her patented. "yeah, right look"
"You DO know just WHO will be doing the driving?"
Ron deflated.
"Ahhhh mannn. Booyah denied."
Kim giggled a little before leaning over and giving him a little kiss on the cheek.
"Just remember. When you are riding behind me YOU get to hands on..."
A wide grin spread across Ron's face.
"Booyah again. The Ronster is all about having his hands...."
Kim reached across and place one of her hands on his somewhat sticky mouth.
"Let's not announce that part to the world."
Pulling open the door to the van, Ron stepped out and put out his hand for Kim to grab. Kim smiled as she took his hand. She knew that he knew that she was the last one that would need help getting out of the van. But, that was part of his charm, the part of Ron so many people misunderstood or didn't recognize. It was also that part of Ron that made her love him all the more. Stepping out of the van, Kim whirled her ponytail back over her back and reached out to take Ron's arm as the started for the starting building for the Whistler Sliding Center. They were going to demonstrate the bobsled, the skeleton and the luge. While all the events were on the same hill, they all had different starting points. The two of them were wearing the special jumpsuits that had been made for them. They would help keep to the two of them warm and also keep them from injury. Little did all the others know, but the suits had force fields built into them that would activate if the g-force on them or any part of their bodies exceeded safe limits. They could literally be thrown from the course and still be able to walk away.
Kim glanced over to the camera crews walking with them, along with their assistants. Jim was right with them talking to his assistants as fast as he was talking on his phone. Kim had held her temper in check on the ride up to the Whistler Center as he had expounded on his plans for the two of them. Not to their surprise all the plans kept them mostly separate and in the company of several of the more "hottie" athletes of the games. Kim and Ron had spoken about the situation on the way back, but both were so tired at the time they elected to wait before talking to him. After they finished with the runs at the Whistler Center both agreed to confront him about what was going on.
As they approached the Center, a group of reporters ran up to them.
"Miss Possible, Miss Possible, you left the games. Where did you go? Were you meeting someone? Rumor is that you were seen in the company of . Do you have anything to say?"
Kim looked at the reporters incredulously.
"Uhhh...what do you mean? Ron and I were called on a mission. WE left the other evening to confront one of the villains who had set up a lair some distance from here. Who it was and exactly where it was will be announced later by the proper authorities. Ron and I have been together the entire time."
One of the reporters nodded to Jim.
"Well Miss Possible, Mr. Cocraine made a number of comments that he didn't know where you had gone. He also released some more footage of you speaking with after the curling demonstration. We could not find either and it was rumored he was seen in the company of a red haired young woman."
Kim raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, and just where did you get THAT tidbit of information."
One of the reporters pointed to Jim.
"He told us off the record that he had heard it."
Kim turned to face Jim as he just stared back at her. He smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"I guess I missed the message that the two of you were on a mission."
Kim turned back to Ron and whispered into his ear. He looked back at her and whispered back.
"You sure?"
Kim nodded. Ron nodded back and whispered.
"Let's do it."
Kim faced the reporters.
"Ron and I will be setting up a press conference within a day or two to make an announcement. We will answer any of the questions about the mission that we can and to cover any questions about the rumors that have been circulating."
Jim stepped forward.
"Uh, Miss Possible? You have to clear any announcements through my office."
Kim faced Jim.
"Jim, check your own facts, if it relates to the Olympics then we have to clear it with you. This will be a Team Possible news conference for what we did the other night."
She faced the reporters once more.
"Check the Team Possible website for more information. Now if you don't mind we need to get into the Starting House so that we can cover the events we have planned for today. Jim? Ron and I want to have a word with you. NOW!"
She reached out to grab him by the lapels of his coat and started to drag him toward the building. He pulled at her hand.
"MISS POSSIBLE! LET GO OF ME NOW OR I'LL...."
Ron nodded to Kim and she let go, then Ron turned and gave him a stare that chilled his blood. Ron leaned over and whispered in his ear.
"Don't even go there. I would suggest that you come with us now. Remember, we have only had limited sleep in the past two days. We took down one of the major supervillians and we are both fed up with your ….. interesting ways. Now we are going to have a talk, it can be nice or very, very, very ugly. Now which way do you want to do it?"
Jim nervously nodded.
"Okay, but I WILL be talking to my superiors who know and approved of what we have been doing."
They entered the Start-house and found a small room off to one side. Kim pulled Jim in and slammed the door in the faces of the camera crews after Ron entered. She whirled and faced Jim.
"Okay, what is the deal and don't even try and weasel out of it. We had a friend check some things out."
Kim pressed the button on the Kimmunicator.
"Wade, you have those answers?"
Wade's voice came over the speakers.
"Sure do Kim. I have copies of memos, emails, and everything. They really didn't want you because you were good at athletics or anything like that. They wanted you because you were a celebrity couple. The plans were from the start to pair you with the hottest athletes and hope to get you in a compromising position. Your mission the other night put a hole in their plans. What do you want me to do."
Kim rubbed her forehead.
"We are getting ready to talk to the guy from the network. He's right here and heard everything. Put everything in a report and get ready to publish it. Oh, you know that special event we talked out?"
Wade's voice came of the speakers.
"Yeah, what about it?"
Kim turned and smiled at Ron.
"We need a news conference set up for 10:00 in the morning in front of the Olympic Village weather permitting. If the weather is bad, then find a place for us to have it let us know."
Wade answered as the sound of his keyboard clicking came of the speaker.
"Got it Kim. I'll get back to you later."
Kim turned off the Kimmunicator and faced Jim.
"Well?"
Jim looked around then straightened his tie with an arrogant smile.
"So what? We set you up. You being here is not news. The big news would be to get you with some hot athlete."
Kim stared him down.
"It didn't matter to you that I have stated several times that I am with Ron and Ron only?"
Jim sneered again.
"Ohh please! You are the hottest thing around and you waste your time with him? We had it all planned, the interviews, the secret meetings we set up. The world would be eating it up. So what if you found out. With the tape we already have we can make the world believe what we want them to. There's nothing you can do."
Kim smiled.
"Oh you want to bet. Just wait. Now let's get this day over with. After our news conference tomorrow we'll talk again."
Jim nodded as Kim and Ron turned, left the room and headed for where they would be doing the events.
Kim and Ron faced the camera as they stood beside a bobsled that had been donated to Team Possible by one of the people they had helped. It had the Team Possible colors and was emblazoned with the TP of Team Possible. Kim turned to the camera as she held her helmet in her hand.
"Well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the bobsled. We are changing the format of the runs today. Instead of working with an athlete from one of the nations, Ron and I will be handling the events today ourselves. Don't worry about us, we have done less risky stuff escaping from a villains lair. Right now we are getting ready for our run. As you may know, all the events run down the same course but just have different start points. There are sixteen turns on the tract but because of safety concerns we are started at the point between turns two and three so we will be facing fourteen turns before we reach the end of the track."
Kim turned to Ron who was standing at the rear of their sled.
"Ron here is going to supply the major part of our push off. I'll help push for awhile but then I will have to get in and get into position to steer. Then Ron is going to jump into behind me. He'll operate the brakes when we need them. Now, we have made a couple of practice runs before now, but we will go of broke now."
Ron glanced up and Kim.
"Uhhhh....KP do mind not using the word "broke" in describing how we are going to go down this hill."
Kim and everyone else around laughed as she walked up to look at him face to face. She reached up and slapped his visor closed.
"Head in the game Ron. Let's ace this place."
Ron smacked his right fist into his left hand.
"Let's go KP!"
Kim slipped her helmet on and snapped her visor down after making sure the camera that Wade had designed was working from the top of her helmet. She settled into her stance next to her handhold while Ron took a tight grip on his handholds. He slid the sled back and forth and started to count down.
"3..2..1..GO!"
At the word go Kim lunged forward and hit her handhold with everything she could. Ron was already pushing as hard as he could. The sled leapt forward as the two pushed off. Kim took several strides down the ice before she hopped into the sled and pulled down the handhold. She grabbed the steering handles as Ron hopped into the sled behind her. He quickly found his spot and settled down. Kim took the first turn and got ready for the second. She gritted her teeth as she pulled the controls to guide them into the first hairpin turn. She tried to tell the listeners what they were seeing as they roared down the track.
They both grunted as she pulled them into another turn. She settled down.
"Get ready the fifty fifty turn is coming."
Ron yelled back.
"The one where they say you have a fifty fifty chance of making it through? That's a nice thought."
The g-forces crushed them down into bottom of the sled as they hit the turn. Both of the grunted through the turn as they tried to remain in their positions. Kim pulled them out of the turn and up the finishing ramp. Ron pulled on the brakes as they slowed down. As they slowed down the group of people standing around applauded. Some of the crews helped get their sled off the track as Kim and Ron stepped to the side. Both of them pulled their helmets off and dropped them into the sled. Kim noticed the camera crew walking up filming as they approached. She turned and wrapped her arms around Ron's neck and planted a kiss on his lips in full view of all around. Ron's arms came around her slim waist as he pulled her close to himself. There were several whistles and cheers as they held the kiss for a few seconds. As they broke the kiss Kim noticed Jim walking up scowling. She took Ron's arm as they faced the camera.
"Well, folks we hope you enjoyed the ride with us. Stay with us as we head back up the hill for Ron to make the Skeleton run and I make a run on the luge."
Ron stared at the sled at his feet. It looked really small. Kim put her arms around him and settled her cheek against his neck.
"You'll do fine bad boy. Now do you thing and be careful. I'll be right behind you coming down on a luge."
Ron reached up and took her face into his hands as he leaned forward. He gave her a gentle kiss. After the kiss he buried his face into her hair. He whispered close to her ear.
"I take it we will be taking the PDA to new levels?"
Kim giggled as she nodded.
"We may be grounded by the time we get home, but I think our little announcement will open a lot of eyes."
Ron pulled back from her and picked up his helmet. Turning to the camera he put the helmet under his arm.
"Welcome back folks Ron Stoppable here. Back at the room we sorta drew straws on who was going to do what event. I guess I drew the short straw on this one."
The crowd including Kim laughed.
"But here I am and soon there I will go. The skeleton is run on a sled that is just about half as long as my body. I'll be going down headfirst. I'll try and steer the best I can by moving my weight from side to side. Once I get to the bottom. IF I get to the bottom, then I'll use my feet to stop myself. Well, here goes. No camera on the helmet this time. We'll here I go. KP wish me luck and I'll see you at the bottom of the hill."
He put on his helmet and snapped the face shield into place. He grabbed onto the sled and after a couple of pushes he was off. Kim watched as he took off down the track. Her heart was about to beat right out of her chest. Fighting super villains was one thing. This was something else entirely. She watched as he made turn after turn. In the back of her mind she noticed that one of the cameras was filming her as the made his run. She watched as he hit turn fifteen and lost control. Her hands went to her face as she screeched as he fell from the sled and went sliding into the fifty fifty curve on his side head first. Her eyes went to the track cameras as they showed him coming down the track. Soon he slowed to a stop and lay there not moving. Then before her heart could explode, he started to move. She watched as he stood up and waved to everyone. Medical staff were with him as soon as he made his way from the track. She rushed over to one of the phones as a track official handed it to her. She nervously pulled a errant strand of hair away from her face and tucked it behind her ear as she took the phone.
"Ron?"
Ron's voice came over the earpiece.
"The one and only."
Kim visibly relaxed as she cradled one hand against her chest and curled her head down over the phone.
"You okay?"
She smiled as his voice came clear to her ear.
"No problem some ice-packs and some ibuprofen won't take care of. You know the quicker you get to the luge the quicker you can get some Ronshine."
Kim giggled. The camera crew was right behind her and had to have picked up the entire conversation. She smiled wanly.
"Okay you get ready I think you have earned a full body Kimshine massage when we are finished today."
Ron coughed.
"Uhh, KP the camera crew is right here and picking up every word."
Kim giggled.
"Good, that's fine by me. See you in a few minutes."
She hung up the phone, picked up her helmet and headed for the luge start.
Kim nestled the helmet under her arm and she stuffed her ponytail down her suit. As she finished she faced the camera.
"Welcome back everyone. This is Kim Possible and I'll be doing the luge run today. We just watched Ron do the skeleton run and I want to assure you that he is alright. Now, the luge is different in that the luger goes down the track feet first. The sled is different also as you can see."
Kim knelt down next to her sled.
"The luger used his or her legs against these uprights to steer. While the skeleton rider gets a running start the luger sits in position on their sled and used stationary bars to launch themselves forward. As they start they can use their hands on the ice to help with the start. Well, let's hit the ice."
Kim set her sled down between in the starting block and positioned herself on the sled. She grabbed the start handles and with several smooth rocking motions launched herself down the tract. Settling down on the sled she made her way through the turns on her way down the hill.
At the bottom of the hill, Ron sat painfully on a bench and watched as she rocketed down the hill. He noticed the camera on him as he yelled out.
"Way to go KP!"
Kim came out of the fifty fifty turn in record time and pulled up on the front of her sled to stop it. As soon as she made her way off the track she jogged over and gave Ron a big hug. They were still embracing when Kim inched her hand down his back until her hand was below his waist. She planted her hand there as they turned to face the camera. She shook her hair out of the pony tail.
"Well everyone, we hope that you enjoyed the ride today. Ron and I would like to thank you for being with us and would like you to join us in a special news conference in front of the Olympic Village tomorrow morning."
Walking through the shopping area, Kim worked her way through the crowds of athletes. She had gotten some ice packs from a helpful person at the medical center. Now she was looking some ibuprofen to take back to Ron. She could have had Wade send it, but she wanted to pick up some mementos for everyone back home. Knowing how much Ron hated shopping she decided to do most of it tonight while Ron was laid up of the evening. He had enough ice packs and ibuprofen for now, so he would be okay until she got back. She was about to turn into another shop when a voice called out.
"Kim...Kim...Miss Possible?"
She turned around to see who it was and found herself facing a very handsome face. She took a couple of steps back.
"Oh...hi Ian. Nice to see you."
Ian smiled and took a step forward.
"It's always a pleasure to see you. Out doing some shopping?"
Kim nodded.
"Yeah, I wanted to get some things for my family. R..."
Ian stepped forward and interrupted her as he reached out and caressed her arm.
"I was wondering, I didn't get a chance to talk to you the other day. Would you like to go out sometime?"
Kim shook her head.
"No thank Ian. I appreciate the thought though. I need to get back..."
Ian interrupted her again.
"Are you sure? I would love to take you out to dinner, maybe after the Olympics you could come visit me at my estate."
Kim held back her answer for a moment. Could this guy really be that clueless or was something up. Then out of the corner of her eyes she noticed one of the sound men from their crew standing a few rows away looking at her. He had some device in his hand. When she turned her attention back to Ian that was when she noticed the small microphone under his collar. If the sound man was there then the cameraman was not far away. This was a set up. She thought for a moment and then smiled.
"I have go right now Ian, but if you will show up at my news conference tomorrow morning I should be able to give you an answer then."
She swaggered a little as she walked up to him. Reaching up to his face she ran her finger down his jawline.
"Remember, the news conference is at 10:00 in front of the Olympic Village."
Ian nodded as she walked away. She took a few steps away and turned back to give him a sly smile and waved. Turning away from him she walked up the street. When she knew that he was out of sight, she pulled back her sleeve and pushed the call button on the Kimmunicator.
"Wade, you have the news conference ready?"
Wade's voice came back over the speaker.
"Sure do Kim. You need anything else?"
Kim nodded as the screen.
"Yeah, I want you to invite the following people."
The sun was shining bright on the podium that had been set up in front of one of the buildings in the Olympic Village. There were many news crews reporters standing around waiting. The big news story of the morning had been the tape of Kim and Ian. As Kim suspected, someone doctored the tape to make it like she was making a date with Ian. The Celebrity shows and magazines were going crazy trying to catch the scoop on the story. The fact that Ian was given a special place at the edge of the group fueled even more speculation. In the same group as Ian were several other athletes that Kim and Ron had meet over the past few days. The reporters started to shout questions when Kim and Ron appeared hand in hand from around the corner of the building and approached the microphone.
Kim motioned for quiet after they had taken their places at the microphone. Kim put her arm through Ron's and held onto it tight. Both of them were wearing their official mission clothes. Kim leaned forward to speak.
"We would like to thank you for coming. Ron and I would like to describe the mission that we went on the other evening. This is to dispel any rumors as to what we were really doing. After that, I have announcement to make to all of you. We will take a few questions after that. Ron will describe our leaving the other evening."
Ron stepped up to the mike.
"the other evening, we received a message that one of the villains that we deal with had entered Canada and set up a lair near the Olympic games. This particular villain has a tendency toward large weapons so his proximity to the Games was a concern for the Canadian government. They contacted us to go in and find out what he was doing and stop him. We left the Village and proceeded to area where Professor Dementor had set up his lair. We met with another agent already in the area who guided us to where Professor Dementor was. We entered the lair and learned that he had developed a machine to control the weather. He apparently was upset that he was not allowed to participate in the games, sooo.. he was going to use the machine to stop the Olympics. We were able to stop him and turn him over to the proper authorities. After that we returned to the Olympic Village."
Kim stepped back to the mike.
"Does anyone have any questions about our mission?"
Kim pointed to one of the reporters in front. He stood up.
"Miss Possible, can you speak to the rumors that you have been seen in the company of some of the other athletes?"
Kim scowled at him.
"Well that question was not about our mission but does lead to our announcement."
Several heads popped up when Kim said "our".
Kim held even tighter on to Ron's arm.
"There have been several rumors that I have been seen in the company of some of the other athletes. There also have been rumors that Ron has been spending time with some of the others. We would like to dispel that rumor to say that we have been in each others company since we arrived. I was out by myself last night in order to purchase some gifts for my family and to get a few things for Ron. During that time I did meet up with Ian. He invited me to come visit him after the Olympics so I invited him here this morning. We have also invited most of the athletes that we have met over the past few days. We consider them friends and wanted them here for this moment."
A smile started to grow on Kim's face as she spoke.
"So right now I would like to say that my best friend, partner and boyfriend, Ron Stoppable proposed to me a few weeks ago and I accepted."
There was an uproar was the reporters started to scream questions. Kim turned to Ron and they shared a slow kiss. Afterward, she turned back to the crowd and motioned for them to settle down.
"We have not set a date for the wedding at this time. However, it will most likely be after we graduate from college. We know that this will be a long engagement, but this is the way we wanted it. We have been through a great deal in the past few years, especially in the past few months. We are totally dedicated to each other and want to spend the rest of our lives together. Our parent already know. We wanted to wait to make the announcement, but a few current events prompted us to go ahead and come forward with the news."
Before Kim could continue one of the reporters jumped up.
"Miss Possible, you have not been wearing a ring. Do you have one?"
Ron turned to the man.
"Oh yes there is a ring."
Kim snapped her head around at that statement.
"Ron?"
He turned to face her and pulled a box from his pocket.
"You always say 'so not the drama'. But this is the drama. This is us. So. I REALLY want to do this right for the cameras."
He pulled her out from behind the podium until they were in the open in front of the cameras. He knelt in front of her and pulled a small black box out of his pocket. Opening it, he revealed a ring that had a small emerald surrounded by several diamonds. He presented the ring to her.
"Kimberly Anne Possible, I have asked you before, and I ask you again in front of all these people and the entire world. Will you marry me?"
Kim pulled him to his feet and planted a kiss on his lips.
"Ron Stoppable, yes I will marry you."
Ron pulled the ring out of the box and gently slid it on her finger was the cameras fired and rolled at the same time. After he put the ring on her finger they shared another kiss before moving back behind the podium.
"That ends our news conference. We will not be taking any questions at this time and ask for a little privacy. We thank all our new friends for being here this morning. After a little private celebration, we will be continuing to demonstrate the events we were asked to. Thank you and have a good morning."
They stepped back from the podium and walked over to where all the athletes had been standing. They were immediately surrounded by all their new friends. They slowly made their way through the group until Kim found herself facing Ian.
"Good morning Ian. Thank you for coming. Ron and I would like to take you up on your kind invitation to come visit you. Just let us know when it would be convenient."
Ian stammered for a moment.
"Why yes. Where can I get in touch with you?"
Kim smiled at him.
"Just go to our website and leave a message there."
Ian nodded.
"Well congratulations to the two of you. I must be off, we have an event in a few hours. Good luck."
Kim grabbed his arm and lead him back to the building. As they got to the entrance Jim was waiting for them. Kim looked up at him.
"Sorry to spoil your fun, but we were getting tired of your little games. Now that everything is out in the open why don't you let us really do what we came here for."
Jim scowled.
"And just how do we do that. You ruined everything. No one will care if you are working with some of the hottest athletes in the world."
Kim rolled her eyes.
"Well, not to be big headed but how would you and your crew feel if we let you film us going around the Olympic Village. We will give you exclusive rights to follow us and let you in on some of our celebrations. I think a whole lot of people would like to see that. What if I went to visit a bridal shop or two."
Jim's face turned thoughtful. It would be the scoop of the year and they were laying it out in front of him.
"Deal, where do we go from here?"
Kim thought for a moment.
"Well, I don't have to be at the Ice Rink until after lunch. How about following us to a nice cozy restaurant where you can film us celebrating."
Jim nodded.
"Sounds good. Now..."
Kim held up her hand.
"We are going to let you do this, but when we say back off, we mean BACK OFF! There are going to be times that we will want to be alone and not face a camera. Let us have some privacy when we ask and we will make it worth your while."
Jim nodded again.
"You have a deal. Let me get a small crew ready and we'll follow you."
Jean and Dean Stoppable sat back in their living room watching the coverage on the television. The commentator continued her report.
"So many hearts have been broken today. One of the most eligible young women in the world has announced her engagement to her life long friend in an impressive display in front of the Olympic Village. Rumors had been flying as to whom Kim Possible was seeing but all of that came to a crashing stop when Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable made their announcement this morning in Vancouver. After they made the announcement this morning front of a cavalcade of reporter and news crews, Ron Stoppable pulled Kim to the side and presented her with a smashing engagement ring. The couple stated that no wedding date had been set but most likely would be after they graduate from college. We here at the network would like to congratulate this wonderful couple and wish them the very best."
Dean turned off the set and stood to help his wife clear up some of the dishes on the coffee table.
"Has James recovered from seeing that film of Kim and Ron leaving the Sliding Center?"
Jean laughed and remembered the sight of seeing Kim's hand firmly planted on her son's butt.
"Well, the girl knows when she has a good thing."
Dean laughed as he made his way into the kitchen. He nearly dropped the dishes in the sink when his wife placed her hand in the same place where Kim had her hand on the tape. She gave a little squeeze.
"Yep, a girl knows when she has a good thing."
He turned to face his wife and caught the glint in her eyes. He smiled as he followed her toward the back of the house.
"As Ron might say, 'booooyahhhh'"
I hope that you enjoyed this new chapter of my story. I have slowly gotten back into the swing of writing. Kim and Ron will have a few more days at the Olympics before everything will be over with. They will have some more adventures and fun. Thanks for reading and thanks for the support in the Fannies.
This is the Captain.
Right hand salute
Roger and out.