Chapter 6

Candace sat on her bed, sighing happily at her shrine of Jeremy. It was covered with votive candles and photos of him taken by the redhead, from playing Frisbee with Suzy's dog, Lulu, to his job at Slushy Burger.

"Ahh…Jeremy…soon enough, we'll be married at the largest cathedral in the world and we'll enjoy our honeymoon in the Carib—"

She heard a few knocks on the door and sighed "Ugh…can't anyone allow me to think about my Jeremy in peace?"

Candace opened the door and there was Phineas and Ferb. Ferb was holding Perry in his arms.

"What do you want?"

"Hey, um, Candace. The babysitter's here with her friends. I think we should all go out and meet her." Phineas replied.

"Finally, they're here! And can you do two things for me?" Candace requested.

"Um, sure!"

"One, don't bring your smelly platypus in here! He just stinks up the place! And two, don't build anything while they are here!" Candace demanded.

"Like what?" Phineas asked.

"Like…a rocket to the Moon, a portal to Mars, a deep canyon where you attempt some crazy motorcycle stunt…things like that!" she replied, giving examples.

"Those do sound interesting though!" Phineas smiled. A Big Idea was churning in that inventive mind of his.

"Urghh…this is going to be one of those days…" Candace muttered to herself as she headed out her bedroom.

Trying to hide her frustrations over the summer so far, she weakly smiled as they all went downstairs.

"So…um…Kim! I'm trying to find a girl to dance for the Summer Rocks dance thing…" Ron began as he knocked on the door.

"Ron, I know. You told me this story at least a dozen times already. Every single girl at MHS has turned you down!" Kim replied.

"Even the president on the chess team?" Monique wondered.

"Oh yeah, especially the president on the chess team!" Kim whispered into Monique's ear, "Ron had to spend three hours at Bueno Nacho weeping in a bowl of melted cheese!"

"Aw, come on, Kim! Maybe that girl that opens the door could be the girl for me! I'll use all of my Ron-ster charm on the lovely lady who will swoon over my irresistible smell!" Ron replied with a smile, imagining himself holding hands with the mysterious girl.

"The only thing that I smell from here, Ron, is the breakfast nacos that you ate this morning!" Kim grinned.

"Just watch and learn from the master, Kim!" Ron smirked.

Phineas unlocked the door, allowing Kim, Ron, and Monique to enter into the house.

"Wow! The place looks ah-mazing!" Monique exclaimed, stepping foot into the Flynn-Fletchers for the first time.

"You're right, Monique!" Kim agreed.

Ron grinned, "Maybe we can whip up something while we're here!"

"Ron…" Kim countered, "…we just don't barge in here. We need to find at least a set of instructions that Mrs. Flynn left for us."

"Oh, sorry, Kim. I'm not an expert on the world of etiquette…" Ron admitted.

Both of their full concentration then turned the boys that they are supposed to babysit. They were puzzled by their appearances.

"Um, why is your head shaped like a Naco chip?" Kim asked to Phineas.

"And why is the other one shaped like an F?" Ron added, pointing to Ferb.

"Oh, um, we're just that way!" came the reply from Phineas, "Come on in!"

"I'm Phineas and he's Ferb!" Phineas said, pointing to himself and then his step-brother.

Ferb waved his hand.

"Um…why didn't he say anything?" Monique wondered.

"He's much more of a man of action." Phineas replied. "Anyways, this is our sister, Candace!"

"Pleased to, um, meet you!" Candace giggled nervously, shaking their hands.

"I'm Kim Possible…and these are my two good friends, Monique and Ron. Monique helps me on fashion sitches and Ron…well…he's been my best friend since pre-K!" Kim said, introducing herself and her friends.

Ron, on the other hand, was captivated by Candace's radiant beauty.

She's so beautiful! he thought to himself. I gotta ask her out to the Summer Rocks dance tonight! But how?

"And this is our pet platypus, Perry!" Phineas said, introducing his pet.

"He looks…um…cute!" Monique replied, looking curiously at Perry.

"Thanks!" Phineas smiled, "He doesn't do much.

"Anyways, me and Ferb are going to head on upstairs to get something." he continued.

"Okay, um, don't be upstairs too long!" Kim smiled at the two boys.

"And don't try anything funny over my watch!" Candace growled at them. "Remember that I…and the others…am in charge of you! Conditionally!"

"Candace, what's wrong with them having a little fun?" Kim asked curiously.

Candace narrowed her eyes and replied in a low voice, "Oh, you'll see why!"

"Wait, what about Bonnie?" Monique questioned.

Bonnie was still outside her car, pouting that she forgot to put in gas this morning before picking up the three teens.

"I so can't believe that happened to me!" she growled, kicking her car.

"Bonnie!" Kim insisted, "Why don't you come in!"

"Urgh! Read my lips, Kim! I am not going to hang out with you and the Naco loser!" Bonnie seethed, "I do not want to bring down my status on the Food Chain!"

"Well, what other choice do you have, Bonnie?" Kim smirked.

Bonnie clenched her fists together and relented, and then gave a deep sigh.

"Fine…but only if there is a shopping trip involved, and I am at least 15 feet away from you and Stoppable!" the brunette gave her reply.

"Then it's settled!" Kim smiled in triumph over her rival.

Bonnie mumbled to herself as she walked in the doorway.

Ron, on the other hand, got down on one knee and asked Candace. Candace turned her head around to Ron, completely taken by surprise.

"Ron?! What are you doing?" Kim gasped with surprise at her best friend.

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm asking Candace out to the dance!" Ron said with a wink of his eye to the other girls

"Ron…I don't think it's a good idea!" Kim warned.

"Seconded here!" Monique agreed.

Bonnie nodded her head, "Stoppable, normally I do not agree with Kim on a lot of things, but you are making a complete fool of yourself!"

"Ladies…" Ron laughed off the warnings, "…lemme show you how it's done correctly!"

"Why does he have to be like this sometimes…" Kim groaned, burying her face in her hands.

"Oh, fair redheaded maiden, with long locks of red hair and deep blue eyes, will you go out with me tonight to the 'Summer Rocks' dance?"

Candace scoffed and blurted out her answer.

"Ugh…like, no, whoever you are!"

It caught Ron off-guard. "What?!"

"I already have a date with the most wonderful guy in the world, Jeremy Johnson!" Candace sneered at Ron. "So I am taken, thank you very much!"

Ron sighed, "Time to move to plan B! Oh, Rufus!"

"Rufus? Who's he?" Candace asked.

Bonnie shivered with disgust, "You're about to find out!"

The mole rat climbed on top of his owner's shoulder.

"Please?!" Rufus squeaked, pleading his paws together.

The concept of a talking naked mole rat was too much to bear for Candace. She screamed in fear, as did Rufus and Ron. Candace ran away from the duo and scurried into the basement into her Panic Room.

Ron pounded his fist against the floor.

"Oh why…why does fate play a cruel trick on me…?"

Kim sighed, "I'll just get Candace to come on out…"

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