A/N: Welcome back for another chapter. Today is Kim's interlude, which should hopefully be a bit of fun. As of me writing this, I'm a little stuck on Episode 18. It focuses on the flour baby assignment more than the Skulker stuff, so if you guys have any suggestions for things you think you'd like to see in that episode, let me know! Make sure to comment and review!

Tapping his phone against the reader, Danny paid for their tickets into Amity Park's new VRCade, Jim and Tim excitedly bounding in and rushing to check out some of the games they had on display. "Sorry you have to help me babysit the tweebs. I figure you would have wanted to have an actual date… not this." Kim said as she watched her brothers bounce over to a connected motorcycle racing game, the two of them hopping on the motorcycle and pulling VR headsets on, whooping as they entered a race.

"Hey, it's no big. They're your brothers, which means if we work out, they'll be mine too." Danny said with a smirk, wrapping his arm around Kim's waist, which made her flush a bit.

"What's this about Mr. Forward? You never do this." Kim said, placing her hand on top of the one that was on her waist. The subtle sign of 'keep it there'.

"Blame Star." Danny chuckled as they moved to a nearby table to sit down.

"You're not trying to…" Kim asked with eyes wide.

"No! No… not until we're both ready for that… she just… wanted me to try pushing a little harder. Dial it back if it was too much but I figured you wouldn't be too upset about my arm around your waist." Danny said with a chuckle.

"Well, I'm certainly not going to complain too much… you've always been a bit hesitant to do more than hold my hand in public." Kim said, leaning into his shoulder.

"Didn't want to make you uncomfortable. Star and Sam both explicitly said 'arm around my waist'. You've never asked for anything like that." Danny explained, his fingers gently tapping against the exposed skin of her midriff.

"Keep forgetting you're Mr. Caution with all of this. I wonder what happened with Star to make this happen." Kim said as she snuggled close, turning her eyes to watch the tweebs go check out another machine.

"Star… she's pushing for her, and probably Ember to be able to do more. I'm not sure how comfortable I am with it yet… but if it makes her happy I guess I'm willing to try a bit more." Danny said with a sigh.

"Most guys would be jumping at that opportunity." Kim said, her grip tightening on his hand a bit.

"Most guys can't walk through walls. I'm not convinced that applies to me too much." Danny chuckled.

"So you never used your powers to peek inside the girls locker room?" Kim asked, in a teasing tone.

"I got knocked into it once by a ghost at the school, but I promise I've never intentionally used my powers to look." Danny said, smiling at her. "Maybe a me who didn't have you and Star might have, I'm a teenage boy after all, but I never really had the urge."
"Not like Star wouldn't probably show it if you asked." Kim mentioned, which caused Danny to flush.

"Not the time or place, Kim." Danny said, trying to think other thoughts to clear his face.

"Again, most guys would kill for a girlfriend who is happy to send underwear pics. Yet you never take advantage of it… why?" Kim asked, locking eyes with him.

"Because if I was the kind of guy to take advantage of it, I wouldn't be the guy you girls somehow fell in love with." Danny said, smiling. "I know it drives Star up the wall that she can't be more physical with me, but… well I'm not convinced I'm READY for it you know? Plus… what if you girls regret it? What if it's the thing that makes you want to leave me? I'm STILL recovering from Walker, that was months ago and it wasn't even YOU who said those things and it still gives me a near panic attack just thinking about it."

"Danny…" Kim said, pulling him in for a hug and kissing him for a second. "I think I can speak for all four of us when I say we wouldn't 'regret' it. I don't think I'm ready for anything like that, but I can certainly tell you that I've thought about it a lot. If we did it tonight, I would probably look back on it fondly in the morning, and probably laugh at how scared I was of it. I know you would never hurt me. You'd never make me do something I wasn't comfortable with, and I know that while you may push, you wouldn't push hard. You'd nudge, make a suggestion, and back off if I didn't want it. You took initiative and wrapped your arm around me, something I admittedly didn't know if I was comfortable with in public… but I like it. You'll be doing it a lot more from now on."

"I live to please." Danny chuckled, his eyes landing on Jim and Tim as they played some Star Wars branded VR game. Based on their motions they were probably dueling with Lightsabers.

"Dad… isn't as mad as he used to be about us." Kim managed to say after a bit of a pause.

"I'd say it'd be pretty difficult for him to be MORE made than he was. He did threaten to send me into a black hole." Danny said, shivering a bit.

"I know… but he's getting over it. I've been trying to let him know how happy you make me. I think he's getting it." Kim said with a smile. "You taking care of the boys today is probably going to be another win in that regard. They like you a lot you know."

"Of course they do, I took them to an arcade." Danny said chuckling as he watched them bounce over to another game. "Do you think they'll actually listen to what I told them on the walk over about not trying to disassemble the machines?"

"Yeah, they're good about not messing with other people's stuff, family excluded, and they know that if they act up we won't bring them back." Kim said with a bit of an evil smirk. "You're doing fine, big brother."

"Laugh it up." Danny said, chuckling alongside Kim at the statement. "I'm just trying my best. You're the only one of the girls with siblings, so I get to focus everything onto Jim and Tim."

"Call them the tweebs." Kim said, rolling her eyes.

"I dunno, that feels so… early 2000s." Danny said, shrugging about it.

"How would you know? We were born in '09." Kim said, looking to him oddly.

"Not sure, part of me feels like I was actually 14 in 2003, and that's why Tucker uses a PDA instead of a smartphone, among other things." Danny said, shivering as a sudden draft made it feel like one of the walls was missing.

"I guess." Kim said, letting that conversation line die off. Jim and Tim came over, big grins on their faces. "What's up tweebs?"

"Just hungry, can we get some food?" The pair asked, trading off half-way through.

"No idea how you two do that, but yeah. I'll go grab us a pizza. Everyone good with cheese?" Danny asks as he gets up, looking over the Possibles.

"Sounds good." Kim said, shooting him a smile.

Danny stepped off to get the food, while the tweebs just gave Kim a grin. "So, how's the cootie swapping?"

"Ha ha. You know you'll wish you had a girl to 'swap cooties' with when you're mine and Danny's age." Kim said, giving her brothers a slightly frustrated glare.

"Probably." Jim said, shrugging.

"There's a girl I like anyway." Tim added.

"Oh? Since when did girls stop being gross?" Kim asked, now interested.

"Last year sometime? There's a girl in our grade who I think is nice." Tim said, flushing a bit talking about her. "I dunno, Danny talked to me once about liking a girl and made it seem not so bad."

"Tim's got it bad for her. I don't see it." Jim said, shaking his head. "Obviously cooties aren't real, that's just a tease, but I don't see why he's got a thing for this girl."

"Who is she? Have I met her?" Kim asked, trying to remember the girls in the twins' grade.

"Not saying who, but I don't think you've met her. Probably seen her a few times though." Tim said, shrugging. "I… I don't really know what to do about it. I asked Danny for advice but he didn't have anything useful to say."

"Not surprising, I love that boy but he is very much NOT the reason we got together." Kim said, sighing.

"Kim, you had to make the first move, I know that's odd for you, but are you REALLY going to hold that over me for our entire relationship?" Danny asked as he slid back into his seat, kissing Kim again as he sat down. The tweebs both made a gagging motion, but there was no heat behind it.

"Of course I will. Especially because you made it happen with Sammy too." Kim said, teasing him some more.

"In my defense, I knew you were interested but wasn't sure where things were going with Star, and in Sammy's case I already had two girls and had a lot on my plate the first week she moved in. Not exactly lots of time to notice." Danny tried to defend himself.

"Fine, I'll give you Sammy. Star and I though you have no excuse. We both liked you and you weren't doing a thing!" Kim said, poking him in the side.

"Because I was feeling everything out. You forget that at that point I'd only known both of you for about a month and a half. We were well before the 'friends for too long dating would be awkward' stage." Danny claimed.

"That's a thing?" Tim asked.

"Yes and no. If you really have feelings for someone it's not an excuse to not go for it, because an actual friendship can survive the awkwardness of a relationship even if it doesn't work out. However it can make things more awkward. Take Kim and Ron for example, they've been friends for years, and if they ever dated, they might have some awkwardness as things they did all the time as friends suddenly takes on a new meaning. Like, I'm sure before high school Ron stayed at your house decently often?" Danny pointed out.

"Yeah, Ron's stayed over a few times." The twins said.

"Well if Kim and Ron had ever dated, that suddenly changes how that can be interpreted. A pair of friends staying at each other's houses is normal. A boyfriend and girlfriend doing that is seen as a bit more intimate." Danny said.

"Why are you talking like Ron and I would have ever dated?" Kim asked, raising an eyebrow at Danny.

"I dunno, I figured he'd be someone the twins would know about, and part of me figures if I wasn't in the picture it might have happened." Danny said with a shrug.

"Why's that?" Kim asked.

"I mean, Ron and I are a bit like different flavors of the same thing. Goofy, loyal, with a tendency to stumble into heroics." Danny pointed out.

"Yeah, but you're also pretty different. I don't think I would have fallen for Ron like I did for you." Kim said, smiling at him.

"Well, hopefully we'll never find out, because I have no intentions of letting you go." Danny said, leaning in and kissing her.

The twins looked away not wanting to watch the exchange. The pizza arrived shortly thereafter and the quartet dug in, happily enjoying the greasy food that was a staple of any kid or teenager's diet.

Jim and Tim rocketed away after they finished, leaving Kim and Danny alone again, as Danny began cleaning their table. "I don't know where they get all that energy from." Kim wondered, watching as they practically vibrated as they hopped into some kind of spaceship simulator.

"Considering you manage to hold down your hero work and cheerleading practice alongside being an A student? I think you can imagine." Danny said, chuckling as he used a napkin to degrease his hands.

"Very funny." Kim said, rolling her eyes. She stopped for a second though before looking at him. "You realize you're pretty amazing too right?"

"I'm not you, but I think I do alright." Danny said, smiling at her.

"I think you do a bit better than alright." Kim said, shooting him a smile. "You manage to fight ghosts, keep your grades up, and do something far more difficult than cheer practice."

"What would that be?" Danny asked.

"You keep all four of us very, very happy." Kim said, kissing him on the cheek. "I love you, Danny."

"I love you too, Kim." Danny said, smiling at her with love in his eyes.