Chapter 13 - Flashing Back Part 1

(Back to the present day)

"This...is so not happening to me!" Kim said sternly, continuing to sit in the Global Justice outfitted 18-wheeler. The other people present were Ron (with Rufus), Agent Ken Trepid, Electronique, and Slam the Lorwardian.

"Say it all you want, but we're going there!" Ron replied, "In the belly of the beast!"

Ken then asked while reading the local paper, "What do you have against Miss Rockwaller? She's practically the richest woman in the entire US...and not to mention quite the looker..."

"...and a constant pain in my neck, Agent Trepid." Kim exclaimed, "She has tried to pin me and Ron for tabloid fodder on a couple of occassions from claiming that I had been partying out all night long to lies about Ron kissing someone else! All of those stories, of course, are false!"

"They are such a waste of trees!" Ron said, agreeing with his wife.

"Yet, she make a living off of other people's misery...that is, already counting her personal wealth!" Kim continued, seething at all the past things the brunette did to her.

Rufus then saw the picture of the Queen on the paper that Ken was reading and gave a raspberry to it.

Electronique added while creating an electical current with her fingers, "How did you become...um...what's the word...mortal enemy?"

"Rival." Kim corrected her mate.

"Yeah, exactly like what Electronique said? In the Lorwardian tradition back on my planet, we would usually pit each other in a fight to the death." Slam added.

"You would have to go back to the year 2000. When social media didn't exist yet! I remembered that day before any whistle or post on Flitter or AddressBook came into being!"

"When Rufus was still at Smarty-Mart...and before my name really started to become famous, I was just an awkward, shy 12 1/2 year old kid with braces and an idea that I had in mind for my babysitting, never knowing the path it would take me...

(still on the canon timeline, 16 years ago)

Kim said, "It was the very first day of 7th grade aka the big transition day. No more playing with dollies, no more sipping little tea cups. This is the big leagues!"

"What if people make fun of me?" the young 12-year old Kim whined as Ann was driving up to Middleton Middle School.

"You're joking!" Ann gasped when she heard those words from her daughter, "Many of the kids and adults in our neighborhood like you!

"I'm talking about these!" Kim explained, pointing to her braces.

"Oh those! You're lucky that your father and I paid very good money for those braces. Most parents don't have dental plans." Ann said.

"Yeah, but I can't eat sweets with them." Kim complained.

"Sadly some sacrifices have to be..."

Ron then interrupted the flashback, "KP? What do braces have to do with meeting Bonnie for the first time?"

"Ron?! Would you please let me continue?" Kim complained.

"Whoops! Sorry! My bad! My bad!" Ron admitted his faults before letting his wife continue the flashback.

"As I was saying...the braces..."

"Sadly some sacrifices have to be made in the food department, Kimmie! But once they come off, I believe your teeth will look more beautiful and straight!" Ann encouraged her

Then the 8-year old Tweebs came from the back set and mocked them.

Jim: "As opposed to crooked..."

Tim: "...which woul make you look like..."

Jim and Tim: "...a hillbilly!"

Jim: "Welcome to middle school..."

Tim: "...where dreams go to die!"

"Tweebs!" Kim shouted at them uncomfortable.

Ann gave them a stern look and said, "Jim! Tim! That is no way to make fun of your sister!"

Kim grimaced, her hand cluching on the passenger door handle, "Mom, can you please drop me off? I'm losing my sanity to two 8-year olds!"

Ann replied, "I will, but before I do, do you remember what I used to say to you before competitive cheer practice?"

Ann began to sing, "Whenever skies are gray..."

Kim remembered what her mom was trying to do, "And you feel like singing the blues.."

Ann continued with the next lyric with a smile, "But there is that hope every day!

Kim's frown began to turn upside down, "That always breaks through!"

"It's the sweet love of a mom!" Ann sang with joy.

"That cannot go wrong!" Kim continued to sing with the Tweebs covering their ears.

Ann continued on with the song, "So get out there and cheer!"

"You and Dad will always be here!" Kim smiled.

"For you!" Ann concluded the song with the last two words.

"Me and your father won't be here with you for the school day, but we will be with you in spirit!" Ann said with a smile, patting Kim on the head.

"Thanks, Mom! But what about the braces?" Kim wondered.

"Outward looks don't matter, Kimberly. It's what's on the inside that truly counts!" Ann said, pointing to Kim's heart.

Kim then continued "And thanks to Mom's advice, I went to the first period of my 7th grade class."

"You know today is picture day, right?" Ron said in reminding his BF.

"Of course, how could I forget the curse of the humiliating class photo!" Kim shuddered, envisioning her 11-year old self with granny glasses, a horrible semi-mullet and a denim dress and denim shirt combo.

"This time, I'm making more of an effort to make this the best picture day ever!" she continued, but took a gander at Ron's jeans.

"Ron, tell me why you bought those jeans?" Kim groaned. "And why are you wearing them backwards!"

"They make me look hip and fly!" Ron grinned.

Kim looked at the label and said, "Didn't Smarty-Mart recall them?"

Ron then blushed and added, "My mommy bought those jeans from the bargain bin."

The bell then rang, signaling the beginning of first period.

Kim then said, waving to Ron, "I'm going to class right now, but I'll catch ya at our 2nd period class!"

Ron then gave a scrap of paper to Kim and said, "Here's my locker room number and combination if you wanna call and beep me!"

Kim replied with a smile, "Just wanna reach me! You got it!"

A loose thread on Ron's jeans then catches on a locker handle as he began to walk.

"See ya on the flip side, KP!" Ron echoed back through the multitude of students.

"And that was when I ran into the she-devil herself..." Kim growled on recalling that moment.

All of a sudden, Kim bumped into a tanned-skin girl about six months older than her. She wore a pink dress and black Mary Janes with her brunette hair tied up in a ponytail.

"Ooops!" Kim apologized, "Sorry! I didn't see you there!"

The girl just stared at her menacingly, saying nothing. But she also realized something as well.

"My bad!" the girl admitted, "Um, hello there! You must be new to the school."

"Oh...ummmmm...yeah!" Kim stuttered nervously, "I am totally new to the junior high thing!' As she said this, a scrap of paper fell on the ground.

"Allow me to introduce myself..." the brunette proclaimed, "...the name's Bonnie Rockwaller! And yours?"

"Spankin' name! I'm Kim Possible!" Kim said, introducing herself.

The two girls then embraced and hugged each other.

"I can show you the ropes of the school if you want!" Bonnie said while adjusting the straps of her backpack.

"Um, maybe before lunch, OK?" Kim suggested.

Bonnie grabbed the scrap of paper and added, "Sounds fine to me! Do you have algebra class?"

"I do! Second period. Ms. Carter's supposed to be the nicest teacher in the whole school!" Kim said.

It was now second period algebra, but someone else other than Ms. Carter was teaching the class.

"Okay, people! Ms. Carter has come down with a severe migraine from trying to remember too many equations from her lesson plan!" the male teacher in his late 40s exclaimed. "So I, Steve Barkin, will be taking her place!"

"Remember..." Barkin then added, "...anything that you say out of line in front of me will go on your permanent record!"

Kim uttered, "Hope I don't get him everytime in class."

"Oh now I remember that!" Ron recalled, "I came into class, my jeans unraveled and I had nothing but my pink Puppet Pals underwear on with my shirt."

"In an instant, he became Mr. Laughingstock!" Kim groaned. "And he had to be sent to the principal's office with his mom waiting for him."

"I lost a lot of street cred over that!" Ron complained. "Also...sick and wrong! You hugged Bonnie?!" Ron exclaimed.

"Unfortunately, Ron, yes. I've never felt so dirty in my life, but I didn't realize how evil she really was."

(One hour later)

Bonnie was walking alongside with Kim as they approached their next class.

"Do you have, like, any hobbies, Bonnie?" the redhead asked.

"For sure, yeah!" Bonnie giggled, "I'm the captain of the junior high cheer squad for the second straight year! We're going to have an amazing team with me being the most perfect one of them all!"

"That's cool!" Kim said, darting her eyes to the ceiling. "I like to cheerlead too! I spent around two years with an all-star cheer team."