Chapter 5

When Kim made it home Rufus jumped into her pocket as soon as she had opened the passenger door to unbuckle the sleeping Ron from his seat. She was thankful that the rents or the twins weren't home so that no one would have to fuss over Ron's appearance. The twins had gone home with a friend today and wouldn't be back till dinner, and her parents wouldn't be home for another few hours. She walked into the house locking the door behind her and headed upstairs towards her room. Kim threw her and Ron's back pack to the floor close to her bed, then gently placed little Ron onto her bed.

Kim knew that she needed to wake Ron so that they could get their homework done but she just didn't have the heart to disturb him, she decided to let him sleep for at least another hour. They didn't have all that much to do tonight anyhow so she wasn't too worried about it. Rufus had jumped out of Kim's pocket and went to sleep next to his owner. While the two were sleeping Kim decided to get a jump start on her history report even though it wasn't due for another month, Ron didn't have history with her so he didn't have the same assignment as her.

An hour later Kim had gotten a few pages done into her report and decided to call it quits for today, she needed to get Ron up. Kim shut her computer off after saving her report and went to sit on her bed next to Ron. She gave her boyfriend a small smile as she watched him sleeping so peacefully.

"Ron" she whispered. Kim had gently shook Ron until his eyes slowly began to finally open.

Ron had sat up rubbing the sleep from his eyes and making a loud yawn. "What's up KP?" he asked.

Kim smiled; she couldn't get over how cute her bf was especially as a child! "I didn't want to have to wake you Ron but we do have homework to do and I know you don't want to be up late working on it" Kim explained.

Ron nodded. "It's ok KP, but can I take a shower and change first?" he asked.

"Of course, would you like a bath instead?" Kim asked.

Ron thought about it for a moment and couldn't help but grin like any happy child. "With bubbles?" he asked.

Kim rolled her eyes letting out a light giggle. "Sure thing bubble boy"

Rufus had also been woken up when his master did. He jumped onto Ron's shoulder happily. "Bubbles, Bubbles!" he squeaked.

"Ok but no playing around for too long Ron, you got 15 minutes than its homework time" Kim ordered.

"You got it KP!"

The excited little Ron ran to Kim's drawer where she had stored some of Jim and Tim's old clothes for Ron. Kim shook her head as she went to get Ron's bath ready. A few minutes later the bathtub was filled with warm water and bubbles, at that moment Ron had come in. Kim stood up to leave to give her boyfriend some privacy but not before bending down and giving him a kiss on this cheek.

"I'll see you in a few bubble boy" Kim whispered into Ron's ear. Ron blushed nearly as red as Kim's hair color making her giggle as she left closing the door behind her.

True to his word Ron was cleaned up and out of the tub 15 minutes later, he was wearing black pants, with a red jersey. He found his girlfriend in the kitchen with their books opened and their assignments ready to begin. Kim looked up to see the little Ron coming to sit beside her at the table, although he looked a lot better and seemed to be much happier after a nice bath she still didn't like seeing his bruised face and arms. They honestly weren't that bad at least not nearly as bad as his stomach looked. She wanted to find out who hurt Ron but decided to ask once they got their homework done.

Kim was surprised at how well Ron was doing with his homework, she knew he had been improving a great deal since the two had started dating but she was a little worried things would be difficult for him after turning into a child. After an hour later Kim and Ron were finally done with their homework. Kim was now determined to find out who had hurt her boyfriend.

"Ron we need to talk"

"About what KP?" he asked.

"I think you know" she answered.

Ron looked down avoiding Kim's eyes. He knew what she wanted to know but he was still afraid to tell her, he knew Kim could handle herself but he was more worried at how angry she was going to be when she found out. He was surprised when Kim had suddenly brought Ron into her lap with her arms wrapping around him protectively.

"You don't have to be afraid Ron, I need to know who hurt you" Kim practically begged.

Ron sighed he could never keep anything from Kim. "Ok but you won't be happy, do you remember the D hall bullies?" he asked softly.

Kim's eyes widen, she couldn't believe how stupid she had been! She should have known that those jerks would have learned about Ron's sudden change and take that chance to get revenge, even thought it wasn't technically him that had humiliated them in the first place and now he was suffering because of her! Kim held Ron tighter to herself feeling so much guilt building inside of her. Even though she had taken care of the bullies for his sake at that time it was because of those actions the bullies struck back when Ron was most vulnerable.

"Ron, I'm sorry" Kim said softly with her eyes closed.

"Why KP?" he asked confused. He couldn't possible understand why she was apologizing.

"It's my fault they attacked you for revenge, if I hadn't scared them off the first time…"

Ron had quickly gotten out of Kim's lap standing on the table facing her. "Don't ever apologize for saving me Kim! It's because of you I was no longer scared of walking down that hall anymore, it's not your fault they hurt me" said Ron.

Kim blinked away the tears that had threatened to fall. Ron could see that Kim was still doubting herself.

"Kim you are the most badical girlfriend a guy could ever have! I honestly don't know what I did to deserve you as a friend much less a girlfriend but I'm truly grateful. You can't expect to always be there for me when there's danger, the whole time those bullies were hurting me all I could think of was you. I kept thinking I wanted to see you one more time, I wanted you to hold me one more time, I wanted to see you smile one more time, to kiss you one more time that's why I fought back as long as I could, always trying to stand back up until I couldn't anymore. I wanted you to know that I fought back with all I could in this tiny body. Because I knew if it was you, you would never have given up. It's because of you I was able to have hope when those guys were hurting me Kim, so please don't blame this on yoursel….."

Ron wasn't even able to finish as Kim had quickly kissed him right on the lips for the first time since he had been changed. At first she was worried about kissing him on the lips in his child form but after that speech she couldn't resist any longer! Her kiss was soft but passionate at the same time. Ron's eyes had widen in shock when Kim had suddenly kissed him but it didn't take him long to kiss back, he had missed her lips for so long. Eventually the two had to pull away to breath; Ron was staring at Kim in surprise while Kim had a warm and gentle smile. She placed her forehead to his.

"Ron Stoppable you have no idea how much I love you" Kim said softly. She wanted to say so much more, and explain how much his words had touched her but for now that was all she could think of.

Ron smiled and wrapped his tiny arms around Kim's neck. "I love you to Kim Possible, even in this childish form"

Kim brought little Ron into her arms. "I don't want you to worry about those bullies anymore, I will personally take care of them ok" Kim vowed.

"Just don't get into trouble because of me KP" Ron said with worry.

"No big, I've got a plan" Kim smirked.

After a few minutes of Kim holding onto her little Ron she was ready to move to the living room. She lifted the tiny Ron and headed to watch some television until the rents and the tweebs came home. It was almost six when the rest of her family arrived and of course everyone was shocked at seeing the bruises on Ron, even the tweebs couldn't believe it. Tim and Jim had been warned by their folks that Ron had been turned into a child and they couldn't wait to start like acting big brothers, maybe even try and teach him some pranks they could pull on Kim. The Possible family found Ron sitting on Kim's lap on the living room couch, with Rufus sitting on the arm rest.

"Kimmie what happened to Ron?" Mrs. Possible quickly asked.

Kim sighed. "Ron had some bully troubles at school today, but don't worry mom I'll have everything taken care of tomorrow" Kim vowed. Mrs. Possible could hear the deadly tone behind her promise.

"Why didn't you complain to a teacher Kimmie-cub?" Mr. Possible asked.

"School had already been let out and most of the teachers that could help were pretty much gone, and of course the bullies were long gone as well" Kim explained.

"We could launch a rocket at the bullies' houses" Jim suggested.

"Hicka-bicka-boo?"

"Hoo-sha!"

Both boys high five each other.

"Jim, Tim" their mother warned.

"Uh gotta go!" they both said quickly heading to their rooms.

Anne shook her head with a sigh.

"It's no big mom, I promise I'll handle everything tomorrow" said Kim.

"I'm sure you will, in any case let me take a look at Ron" said Anne. She held out her arms to take Ron. Kim sighed she knew her mother was not going to be please with what she saw, Kim remembered the pure anger she felt when she saw his stomach but even though she didn't want to let go of her boyfriend she knew that he did need a check up to make sure nothing serious was wrong with him. She almost wanted to hit herself for not making her mother come home early to look at him.

"I'm fine Mrs. Dr. P honestly nothing but a few bruises" Ron try to reason.

"I won't be having that mister I am examining you" she said gently taking him from Kim. Kim and her father followed Mrs. Possible into the kitchen. Anne had placed Ron on the table; she pulled off his shirt and gasped at the dark bruises forming on his belly.

"Kimmie why didn't you call me sooner to look at him?" she asked stunned.

Kim held her head down in shame; in all honest she wasn't sure herself. She knew Ron was hurting but he had looked so peaceful when he was sleeping she just didn't have it in her heart to wake, than when he woke up he seemed ok and they both got distracted with other things.

"I'm fine really Mrs. Dr. P. It doesn't feel as bad as it looks"

"Oh really?" said Mrs. Possible. She poked his stomach lightly causing Ron to cry out.

"Mom!" Kim shouted in horror.

"Not as bad as it looks huh Ronald?" Mrs. P said with an upset tone, she had her arms folded angrily. "Where taken you to get an x-ray to make sure you don't have any broken ribs"

"Do we have to?" Ron wined.

"Yes, Kimmie you can come alone of course" said Mrs. Possible. Kim could hear that hint of anger in her voice and knew she was in trouble. She hadn't realized he was hurting that much because she had been so careful with Ron and of course he wouldn't say anything unless you forced him to.

Mr. Possible had stayed home to watch the twins. After the trip to the hospital Mrs. Possible was happy to see that there were no broken ribs or anything else for that matter. When they made it back home Kim was determined to talk with her mother, she could never stand having her mother angry with her. After Kim took Ron out of his car seat she suggest that he go play some video games with Jim and Tim in their room while the rents got dinner ready. It didn't take Ron long to find his way to their room with Rufus right behind him, the tweebs were more than thrilled to have someone to play video games with. Kim's father was watching television in the living room and Kim's mom started pulling out things to make dinner.

"Umm mom we need to talk" said Kim.

"I know dear, why didn't you call me right away?" she asked.

Kim sighed. "I don't know at the time I first noticed the bruises I was so angry at myself for letting something like this happen. I didn't think anyone was going to hurt to Ron because everyone seemed to love him in his child form. When I found Ron he was so ashamed that he couldn't protect himself, he felt like he was the worst boyfriend in the world and I had to explain to him that he was far from those things. After that whole sitch he was so exhausted and fell asleep the moment I had him buckled up. We came home and I guess I had been so gentle with him that his bruises weren't really bothering him to make me worry. He took a bath, and we both got started on our homework and I just didn't really think of calling you right away. I was more concerned with making him comfortable" Kim explained.

Mrs. Possible smiled. "It's ok sweet heart I'm not mad anymore, I can only imagine what Ron was going though during this whole situation. Let's just be thankful nothing was seriously wrong with him, did he tell you who attacked him?" she asked.

Kim nodded. "You remember the D hall bullies from before?"

"I thought you took care of them when you were in his body?" Anne asked her daughter.

"I did, but apparently when they heard Ron had changed into a child they took this chance to get revenge" Kim said with venom in her voice. Mrs. Possible could clearly see that had greatly upset her daughter. She almost shuddered at the thought of what she would do those boys.

"You know Kimmie I'm not really one for vengeance" Anne sighed.

"Mom I promise I won't break anything I'll just make sure they learn not to mess with my boyfriend" Kim promised.

Anne shook her head. "All right dear I'll trust you with this to not let things get out of hand"

Kim smiled and quickly gave her mom a hug. "You rock mom" she said.

Anne chuckled. "Did you ever doubt your dear mother? Anyway why don't you go hang out with Ron and twins. I'll have dinner ready shortly"

Kim nodded and quickly and headed up stairs to the tweebs' room. After dinner Kim had called Ron's folks and asked if he could sleep over again and of course they had no problem with it. His parents were use to Ron staying over at the Possible's sometimes for days. They also knew their son would really want to be with Kim during this time when he needed her most. Since the tweebs were back Kim's father had suggested Ron stay in the guest bedroom but Anne saw nothing wrong with Ron sleeping with Kim. Of course James wasn't happy but Anne pointed out that Kim and Ron wouldn't be able to try anything even if they wanted to while Ron was in a child's body. Plus Anne trusted her daughter and Ron, it wasn't that James didn't trust them either it was just hard for him to see his Kimmie-cub growing up so quickly.

Kim and Ron were hanging out in Kim's room getting ready for bed. Ron was already wearing red pajamas and sat right in the middle of Kim's bed which felt even larger to him now. He grinned and spread his arms and legs out laying himself down, Rufus climbed up the bed to lay right next to him. Kim rolled her eyes at her boyfriend.

"Ron close your eyes I'm going to change" Kim ordered gently.

"Ok KP" said Ron. Ron closed his eyes and Kim knew she could trust Ron not to peek. She was going through her drawer and grinned when she found Ron's normal size jersey. She pulled it out and slipped out of her day clothes to put on his shirt. The shirt was long enough to almost reach her knees.

"All right I'm decent" said Kim with a smirk.

Ron sat up and his face turned ten shades of red when he saw Kim wearing his jersey as a night gown. "KP you look badical!" he said.

Kim also blushed as she crawled into bed with Ron.

Ron smiled and crawled close to Kim snuggling up to his girlfriend. Kim shut the light off after setting the alarm clock so that they wouldn't be late for school. She brought Ron into her arms bringing his small body close to hers' in a protective embrace.

"After tomorrow I promise you won't have to worry about those bullies anymore" Kim promised.

Kim felt Ron nod. "I love you Kim" he said softly.

Kim smiled and gave Ron a good night kiss on the lips. "I love you to Ron, I always will"

TBC