KP is owned by Disney, we own squat. You know, I'm almost intimidated, trying to wrap this up, especially after the job Johnrie18 did on chapter 17. How do you follow an act like that?
You know, Commander Argus is so fast, I haven't had a chance to mention his latest story. Be sure to check out Where You Hang Your Hat, the latest in the ongoing storyline by the chappie machine himself!
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Eurotrip – Chapter 18
Ron awoke slowly, remembering the most amazing dream. It seemed so impossible, that's all it could have been. Kim had agreed to marry him, though sometime in the distant future, which truth to tell, was completely fine by him. It wasn't like he had been proposing the two of them head to Vegas that night. Then, getting back to the hotel room… well, let's just say it put all his dreams and fantasies to shame.
He felt movement, and noticed for the first time the warm body pressed tightly against him. He shuddered briefly, as he suddenly realized where his hand lay, his arm languishing over the warm body, his hand gently cupping a certain soft area of anatomy on the body's chest.
Ron felt completely torn, unsure whether he wanted to go back to sleep, enjoying how he was laying, bare skin to bare skin, bathing in the potential fantasy, or whether he wanted to open his eyes, and chance that it truly was all a dream or potentially find that this fantasy was in fact reality.
Better sense won out, and he slowly opened his eyes. Blinking against the faint light that illuminated the room, he found his nose buried deep into a mane of red hair. Ron breathed deep, savouring the smell of strawberries that faintly wafted in her hair, infinitely happy that he had not been dreaming.
Kim snuggled closer to Ron, rubbing up against him and purring delightedly. "You awake Ron?"
Ron buried his face in her hair, pressing his lips against her neck. "Still sleeping… no get up… comfy…"
Kim turned against him, gasping slightly as his hand brushed against her. She brought her face up to Ron's, smiling as he tried hard to keep his eyes closed. She settled back in against him, placing little kisses against his chin. "I'd like to stay like this too, but it's almost noon, and I'm sure the housekeeper is getting impatient to get in here."
Ron's eyes opened, and he lifted his head slightly to take a look at the clock. His eyes widened when he saw that Kim was right. "Wow… I didn't think we were up that late."
Kim giggled softly. "Well, we did take our time after all." Kim blushed slightly, and Ron couldn't help but smile at the innocent expression, especially after some of the things they had done the night before. Kim planted another feather light kiss on Ron's chin, the blush fading. "Have I told you this morning that I love you?"
Ron kissed her gently on the nose, smiling broadly. "No you haven't yet, future Mrs. Stoppable. Have I told you yet that I love you?"
"Not yet, future Mr. Possible."
Kim had to laugh at the expression that crossed Ron's face, a mixture of both sheer joy and complete confusion. "Maybe you should grab a shower first Ron, you don't take nearly as long as me." She leaned in, kissing him deeply, but both teens pulled back, a slight grimace crossing their faces. "Brushing our teeth might not be a bad idea either."
Ron pulled back, rising quickly to his feet. "Yeah, I always wondered what movies and that were talking about when it came to morning breath." Ron headed to the bathroom, but paused at the door. He turned back to Kim, a broad grin lighting up his face. "Coolio, I just experienced morning breath!"
Ron caught the pillow right in the face, but he saw the similar grin shared by Kim when the pillow fell to the floor. "Get in there so I can grab a shower."
Ron froze again at the door, a curious expression on his face. "You know, we really should look into conservation. Our natural resources are a precious commodity."
Kim stared at Ron, her confusion evident. "Ron, what are you talking about?"
Ron eyebrow shot up, similar to that alien on Space Passage when he was trying to present a logical argument. "Why Kimberly, I'm talking about not wasting water when we don't need to." Ron couldn't maintain the façade long, and a grin quickly broke through.
Kim pondered for all of two seconds before racing for the bathroom.
When the door to the bathroom slammed shut, Rufus raised his head sleepily, looking to the now closed-off bathroom. The little mole rat groaned when he heard the giggles, followed by a number of sounds that he had had to put up with the night before. Giving up on getting any further sleep, Rufus slipped out of the room, and headed for the dining room he had seen when they first got to the hotel. If last night was any indication, he had at least a couple hours to sate himself before his boy and girl were finished wrestling.
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Wade was frantic beyond belief. First, the Kimmunicator had gone offline, with no signal reaching the device to get it to respond. Since the device had a massive power core, and a dozen different signal receptors, it wasn't likely that it was being blocked. That meant it had been destroyed!
Then there had been the complete overload of Kim and Ron's tracking chips. All biometric data had shot off the scale before the chips had burned out, instantly alerting Wade that something was wrong.
It had taken far longer than he liked, but the young genius had managed to get his Wadebot 3000 to Athens. He glanced at the time, realizing that almost fourteen hours had passed since he had lost their signals. If Kim and Ron had been kidnapped, they could be almost anywhere at this point. If they were dead… the young man did not ponder that thought for long, not wanting to dwell on that. There had been no reports of anything like that from the Greek press, or in the Athens PD computer system, but that didn't mean it wasn't a possibility.
Activating the Wadebot's helicopter, he brought his robot up to the room that Kim and Ron had booked on the fifth floor. The window was still intact, but that didn't mean anything. He scanned the room visually, and saw the state of the bed, as well as the numerous items on the floor. Deciding speed was better than just hovering, Wade drove the Wadebot through the window, wincing as the window shattered. He started his scans quickly, and was shocked when he detected two life forms just on the other side of a door in the room, in what looked like the bathroom.
The door suddenly flew open, and out leapt Kim, landing in a battle-ready stance, though covered only in a rather large towel. Wade could see Ron in the room as well, though he was still struggling to wrap a towel around himself and keep it on in his frantic rush. Wade blushed as Kim's expression changed from anger to surprise to out and out embarrassment.
"Wade, what…"
That was when the door to the hotel room burst open, with three very concerned hotel staff spilling through. "We heard a noise, and our security alarms went… off…"
Kim's face was now completely beet red, as she ducked back into the bathroom. Wade and the three hotel staff glanced sheepishly at each other, Wade especially embarrassed. The mechanical arm on the Wadebot came up, scratching the top of its mechanical head. "Umm… nice weather you're having here in Greece."
Ron slipped out the door a moment later, still clutching the towel tightly around him. He glanced briefly back into the washroom before shutting the door. "Umm… hey guys. We're all good here, and we'll pay for that window."
"Are you sure Mr. Stoppable?"
Ron glanced over at Wade, before turning back. "Yeah, a friend just dropped by a little too dramatically. We're all good here."
The hotel staff nodded, and quickly filtered out of the room. The bellboy did pause briefly though, raising his thumb and smiling. "Dude!"
Once the staff were gone, Ron turned to Wade, pulling the towel up slightly. "So Wade, what do we owe the pleasure?"
Wade was still blushing deeply, unable to meet Ron's eyes, despite the fact that he was actually on the other side of the world. "I'm REALLY sorry guys, but when the Kimmunicator went offline, and then your biometric readings flared and went off the scale… I'm REALLY sorry!"
Ron scratched the back of his head with his free hand. "Biowhatsis?"
"Biometric readings. You know, like blood pressure, heart rate… all that. The chips kind of overloaded last night, so…"
A grin crossed Ron's face at that. "Wait, so we actually blew out the chips when…"
"RON, this is so not the time!"
The smile faded a bit from Ron's face as Kim yelled from the bathroom. "Anyways, we're fine, no need to worry. We just needed a little… privacy, you know? We didn't mean to freak anybody out."
"Oh, no problem, I understand." Wade nodded eagerly, obviously wanting to extricate himself from the situation. "I'll just have to make sure the next set of chips can better handle… umm… you know…"
Umm… Wade…" Ron paused, trying to come up with something that didn't sound accusatory, "why didn't you just call the hotel to check on us?"
Wade looked up in surprise. "Well… I… I didn't… it kinda… slipped my mind?"
Ron wrapped his free arm around the Wadebot's 'shoulders'. "Don't worry about it. Anyways, you think you can keep this just between us, if you know what I mean?"
The Wadebot's head nodded as vigorously as Wade's own did. "Not a problem. I'm just gonna get going now, and take care of the whole thing with the window. You two… umm… have fun for the rest of your vacation."
Ron really wanted to make a comment at that point, but he knew Kim was listening, and felt silence was the far better recourse in this sitch. "Thanks Wade. We'll catch up with you later."
Ron lead the Wadebot out the door, giving a sigh of relief when he finally shut the door. Gingerly, Ron made his way to the bathroom, peeking in to check on Kim. She was sitting on the toilet seat, he head in her hands, her shoulders rising and falling slightly. He rushed to her side, ignoring the towel wrapped about him as it fell to the floor, his hands moving to wrap and around and hold her.
"KP, it's all right. Sure it might be a little embarrassing, but it's not…" Ron paused, as the sounds he heard coming from Kim was not crying. It was almost… laughter.
Kim looked up and Ron, and she could see Kim trying desperately to keep from laughing out loud. Small tears streamed down her cheeks, and the look of confusion on Ron's face must not have helped, because she suddenly started laughing louder.
After a few moments, Kim calmed down a bit, and gently kissed Ron, hoping to clear some of the concern away. "I'm sorry to freak you out like that Ron, but when I was sitting here, listening to you talk to Wade, I suddenly realized something, and I'm not even sure its really all that funny. Everything in our lives is like a series of interruptions, trying desperately to keep us apart. Missions and villains, Bonnie and the foodchain, all our fears… every time we try to draw closer, it's like something is trying to get in the way. I mean, just look at how this vacation has turned out. Three times you tried to propose, and something always got in the way. Then the fourth time, I was almost stupid enough…"
Ron placed a finger gently on her lips, silencing her. When she had settled down, she began again. "I'm serious Ron, it's like everything is out to stop us from being together. With everything going on in our lives, do you really think we can make this work? I want more than anything to spend the rest of my life with you, but with all these distractions and…"
Ron took hold of her hands, which were fidgeting, and kept them steady. His eyes met hers, and he kissed her gently, calmly. "KP, I have no idea what is going to happen a year from now, or ten years from now, or even fifty years from now. All I know is that I can't imagine my life without you." Ron raised her hands, gently brushing his lips over the fingertips, paying special attention to the one with the ring. "No matter what comes our way, we'll face it together, like we've always done."
"Your right Ron." She smiled, the grin turning wry. "Even if you have to quote movies to get your point across."
Ron smiled back. "It works in our sitch, doesn't it?"
Kim's response was to kiss him deeply, wrapping her arms around him. The fact that they were naked mattered not at all, as the simple act of being there for each other was all that was needed for them.
Slowly, the pair separated, if only slightly, their foreheads joined as they stared into each other's eyes. Ron smiled broadly when he saw the contented look in Kim's eyes. "Maybe we should get dressed and go get some lunch. We still have a few hours in Greece before our plane leaves tonight. I don't think Rufus has eaten since yesterday morning, and neither have we."
"Sounds like a plan."
The pair walked out of the bathroom hand in hand, thankful that they were on the fifth floor, where no one could look in the now shattered window. Ron grabbed a pair of pants from his bag, glancing around the room. "Hey Rufus buddy, we're going for lunch." Ron noticed a distinct lack of motion, and glanced at Kim worriedly. "KP… where's Rufus?"
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A dozen sets of eyes settled on Rufus, as he lay back contentedly at the end of the buffet table, using a shish kabob stick to get the last little morsel of food from between his teeth. His eyes scanned back over the now empty tables beside him, and after a rather large burp, sighed contentedly.
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Kim and Ron laughed as they finally sank into their seats on the plane. Kim took a deep breath, releasing it slowly, only to giggle halfway through. "I told you we'd be late if you stopped to grab one more souvlaki."
"Hey, all that dancing worked up an appetite. Besides, who was it that decided that one more dance wouldn't hurt?"
"I didn't see you complaining." Kim stuck her tongue out at him playfully, only for Ron to capture it, and her lips, quite quickly. "I never said I was complaining."
Their lips met again, their kisses passionate yet light, removing all concerns.
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Rufus just shook his head, as he hopped out of Ron's pocket, making sure to grab the other half of the souvlaki for himself. He sat down on the third seat, the one by the aisle, and was somewhat glad to have his own seat for this trip back home. Being stuck in cargo was never any fun, but thankfully the airline owed his humans a favour. He took a bite, glancing around, though purposely avoiding the sight of his humans having fun.
He spied the little girl, not more than eight, across the aisle, as she smiled at him. Rufus waved, smiling broadly.
The little girl turned in her seat, tugging insistently on a woman's shirt. "Mommy, MOMMY… look! It's a naked mole rat, just like in the zoo!"
The girl's mother just turned slowly, intent on admonishing her child. "Honey, there's no way the airline would allow a rodent onto… the… plane…"
Rufus noted the eyes widen on the woman, and smiled to try and calm her down. "Hi!"
The woman let out a piercing shriek, before hopping over the back of her seat and scrambling over people to bolt down the aisle, scaring a number of people in the process. Rufus cast a glance down the aisle after the woman before shrugging. The little girl paid her mother no mind, hopping out of her seat to pet Rufus gently on the head. Rufus sighed at the attention, and took another bite. For him, life was good.
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Ron slowly pulled away from Kim when the flight attendant finally managed to get his attention. The woman was smiling though when she motioned to the seatbelt sign above them. "Sorry to disturb you, but we'll be taking off in a second."
Kim giggled softly, as they moved to comply. When they were strapped in, Kim raised her hand, looking intently at the ring. "You know, Monique is going to flip when she sees this. Mom too! Too bad Bonnie won't be around, I'd love to see how jealous she'd get to see this."
Ron smiled at the gleeful look on Kim's face. "Me, I'll just be happy to be back in my own bed, though it won't be the same without you there."
"Well, I don't think Dad would be too thrilled about it if I was there."
Ron laughed at that. "Yeah, your dad would probably have the first probe ready to launch…" Ron's eyes widened, as he paled quite visibly. "I knew I forgot something."
"What?" Kim was concerned, seeing the look in Ron's eyes. "What did you forget?"
Ron swallowed, finding his mouth suddenly dry. "I forgot to ask him for permission."
Kim breathed a sigh of relief. "Is that all? I'm sure he'll understand. Now let's get some sleep, we have a long flight back."
Kim nestled her head on Ron's shoulder and promptly fell asleep. Ron though found sleep elusive as the plane took off, his thoughts focused entirely on wondering just what the inside of a deep space probe really looked like.
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Author's Notes – Well folks, that brings us to the conclusion of Eurotrip. It has been an amazing ride, and an incredible experience.
I'd like to thank Johnrie18, who came to me with a simple idea, and had the mastery and skill to help me bring it to life (as well as the patience to kick my butt repeatedly when I slacked off at times). He is an amazing man to work with, and I hope you'll all check out his own stories. As for me, it's back to business, working on my own long-neglected series of stories.
Finally, I would like to thank all the readers, who took the time to read and review. Over 200 reviews, and still climbing! Thank you so much for allowing us into your homes to entertain you. Peace and love folks!