The Monkey's Tail

Airport the next day 2:50
Gate 12

Ron Stoppable's parents and sister were there along with Rufus. Also present were Kim's parents. They were all looking towards the exit ramp for the plane. The plane Kim is suppose to be on had just started emptying.

"Hi Don, Lonnie." said James Possible. "Little Hanna, you get bigger every time I see you. Pretty soon you'll be as big as Kim. And there's Rufus. Ah where's Ronald? I thought he would definitely be here." James returns his gaze to the people getting off the plane.

"Hi Lon, is everything okay?" asked Anne Possible.

"Oh yes. Everything's fine, as far as I know that is." said Lonnie as she was looking everywhere but the gate.

"Ronald's on his way he just had a few errands to run. He said he would be here." said Don who was also looking around.

"Well, he'll be here soon then. He called me the other night. Said something about wanting to talk to me about something. Humph. It must not have been to important." said James.
"Oh, you might be surprised." said Don. "Where are the twins?"

"They were in the middle of something up at the Institute. Something having to do with recreating a black hole using some of the salvaged Lowardian devices from the ship that survived the crash. You know how kids are these days." said James, almost proudly. "I made them promise to be home tonight for dinner or else I wouldn't let them near a computer or a TV for a week."

At that moment Ron ran up behind them and joined them.

"Ronald!" cried both of his parents and sister. Hanna hugged his knees. Rufus scampered off of Hanna's shoulder, up her arm and jumped back into Ron's pants pocket.

"Hi Guys. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. P. Sorry I'm late but there was a lot of traffic. Rufus! How ya doing little buddy?"

"Fine." said Rufus.

"You almost ready for the trick? It's in that pocket."

Rufus gave Ron a thumbs up sign.

"Ronald?" asked his parents. Ron's parents gave him a questioning look.

Lowering his voice to a whisper, he said "Kim was able to make it over behind that pillar, without her parents seeing her. But I need to create a distraction so she can cover the last bit of distance, and mingle in with the people getting off the plane." They glanced over and saw Kim peeking around the pillar.

"I can do that brother." said Hanna. With that she started pretending she was an airplane, with her arms sticking out as wings. She buzzed around Ron, then around Anne and "flew" over to James, running into him. She fell on her butt and started to cry. James turned around and bent over to help her up. Anne came over to check on her, but seeing movement out of the corner of her eye she understood what was going on.

Kim made two leaps and a bound and then she was out of sight in the group of passengers.

Ron came over to Hanna, and squatted down to eye level with her. "Hanna, are you alright? You should be more careful. We're at the airport and this isn't the place to be playing around. Now apologize to Mr. Dr. Possible and all will be forgiven. "

Hanna turned to James and looked up at him with her lower lip quivering and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Dr. Possible. I won't do it again."

James Possible replied, "Oh that's okay little Hanna. Why, I remember little Kimmie-cub at your age. She always seemed to be running into me at full tilt. Ha ha ha" and thought to himself while rubbing his chin, "I also remember what a complete surprise it was that I could still get it up, let alone produce enough sperm to make twins."

Ron turned to Hanna and whispered, "I owe you one."

She whispered back, "Oh yeah. You owe me big!"

"Bueno Nacho?"

"My own naked molerat; female. That will give Rufus a friend."

"Hmmm." said Ron. "Deal!"

Just then, Kim appeared through the crowd. She ran up to her father dropping her over night bag and hugged him. She was holding a purple plush Panda-roo in one hand. "Daddy! I've missed you."

"Ahhhhh Kimmie-cub, it's good to have you home." James said hugging his not-so-little girl.

"Good to be home daddy."

She then went to her mother and gave her a big hug and kiss. " Hi mom."

"Welcome home Kim." and in a whisper, "Everything go alright?"

Kim's reply was at the same volume. "Everything's perfect, but we'll talk later."

"Ooo, what's this?" asked Anne, noticing the doll. "Kimmie! You found a purple Panda-roo?"

"Yeah. Ron gave it to me."

Anne looked it over and noticed the ear. "Kimmie??"

"Yeah. We'll talk about that later, too."

Kim went over to hug Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable, calling them by their first names, and thanking them for coming.

James and Anne side glanced at each other wondering what was going on. It was the first time they had ever heard Kim call the Stoppables by their first names.

Kim, picking her up, gave Han a big hug telling her how big she had grown. Putting her down, that left Ron for Kim to greet.

They embraced in a gentle hug and held each other with their foreheads touching, gazing into each other's eyes..

"Hi."
"Hi."
"Miss me?"
"Oh yeah. Miss me?"
"Oh yeah."

They stayed like that till James gave a not-so-polite "ah-hem". They broke the embrace but still held hands looking at each other.

Finally James said "Well, I'll go and get your luggage Kim, then we can start heading for the car."

"I'll come help you Sir." said Ron.

"Why thank you Ronald." said James.

As they moved off to the baggage claim area, about 25 feet away, Kim could see that Ron was talking to her father. She was asking Hanna how it was at Pre-K and if she had any special friends, when she overheard her father.

He and Ron were standing by the baggage carousel and he was saying, "No. No no no no. Absolutely not."

"Maaaaaaaybe I'd best go see about the boys." said Anne. "They are probably arguing about who gets to carry your undies suitcase." With that, Anne moved off towards "the boys."

As Anne approached them, Kim heard her father ask her "Do you know what Ronald just asked me?"

At that same time, Hanna tugged on Kim's blue dress and asked her about her college.

"I'm sorry, what was that Hanna?" asked Kim, trying to pay attention to her parents' talk with Ron.

"Well, you knew this day would come sooner or later." said Anne.

Hanna tugged on Kim's shoulder and asked, "I said, did you meet any boys from Japan while you were at college?"

"Uh, yeah there were a few boys from Japan there." said Kim, still trying to listen in on what her father was saying.

Hanna was almost pulling Kim's dress hard enough to rip it. "But were any of them from Yamanouchi?"

"No Hanna. There wasn't anyone from Yamanouchi. Why are you acting like this? You almost tore my dress!"

"Ja-a-ames!" said Kim's mother. Kim knew that tone well. Her father had lost. He might not know it, but he had lost. The only thing he could do now was agree with good grace.

Kim barely noticed that both Don and Lonnie had video cameras out now. Don was filming her and Lonnie was filming her parents. Whatever the discussion was about, maybe it will show up on film, thought Kim.

Hanna threw her arms around Kim and hugged her as hard as she could. "I'm sorry Kim. It's just that I love you and I missed you so much."

Kim hugged her back. "No. I'm sorry Hanna. You knew I was in town and I didn't take the time to see you. I love you too. Forgive me?"

"That's okay Kim. You were with Ron and when you two are together you give off a beautiful glow. I could see it last night in the sky. But there was another glow too."

At that moment, Kim's parents and Ron walked up behind them. Her father was carrying two suitcases. His expression was one that told Kim that he had now accepted his loss in the argument, and there would be no further talking about it. Anne was carrying the Panda-roo with a smug "I know what's best" look. She wouldn't say anything more about it, though. That would embarrass James in front of the others and her mother respected her father too much.
Ron was trying to carry four of Kim's suitcases. His expression was the same happy look he usually had. Maybe a little happier. For some reason he seemed to be having a hard time balancing her luggage.

"Ron, do you want any help?" ask Kim.

"Nah, I got it Kim. You guys just head out to the car. I'll follow." said Ron.

The Stoppables had moved off to the side with their video cameras. Apparently they wanted to tape the trip out to the car.

As soon as Kim had turned her back to Ron, there was the sound of suitcases going every where. Turning, she saw that Ron was down on his knees and the suitcases were scattered around him.

"He he. Sorry about that Kim. Give me a hand, would you please?" said Ron.

Kim smiled and went to Ron and extended her hand to pull him up.

Ron brought his one knee up and in front of him to stand up, but when he grabbed Kim's hand he held it there and covered it with his other.

"Kimberly Anne Possible, we've known each other for a long time and we've become the best of friends,"

Kim was wondering what the heck he was doing. Down on one knee and holder her hand like...........................
Sudden realization of what Ron was doing hit Kim like a bowling ball between her eyes. Looking around, her mom was smiling very largely and trying hard not to cry. Her dad looked sad, but when he saw her look in his direction, he smiled. Don was wiping tears from his eyes and trying to aim the camera. Lonnie wasn't having that much luck and was openly crying with what Kim hoped was joy. Hanna was jumping up and down with glee clapping her hands. All of the monitors in the airport suddenly switched over to a security camera, aimed at them, and showing the whole scene.
Had to be Wade.

Suddenly she saw a hand waving in front of her face and heard Ron saying, " Kim? KP? ( Spanish accent ) Kim Possible?"

Looking at Ron, she realized she could bearly see, her own tears were blurring her vision.

Ron's voice sounded like he wasn't very far behind her. "Come on Kim, let me say this. I've been practicing for eight months now. Let me finish."

"We've become the best of friends and then we fell in love. We have always been there for one another and have always done our best to protect one another. I know that there is no way I can live without you and I hope that you feel the same about me. Kim Possible, will you marry me?" At that point, Rufus ran out of Ron's pocket and up his arm to the hand that was on top of Kim's. In his hands was small box, which he opened as soon as he stopped and said, "Ta da!" Inside was a gold ring, with what looked like two stylized monkeys engraved on it, hugging each other. It was the most beautiful ring she had ever seen.


Kim looked at Ron and found that she had forgotten how to breath. It felt like she was trying to inhale and exhale at the same time. All she could do was look at this beautiful man and cry.

"Ah, Kim. I really need an answer on this one. Ya know a yes or no, a head nod or shake. C'mon Kim, please don't let me die here."

Not being able to speak or breath, Kim dropped to her knees and hugged Ron as hard as she could. The physical contact with Ron allowed her to breath, if only to cry. Ron hugged her back, whispering calming words. She couldn't even make out what they were.

Finally she was able to gather enough air to whisper in Ron's ear, "I love you Ron. Of course I'll marry you."

It was Ron's turn to lose his voice. A little more prepared for this, it only took him five swallows to be able to tell everyone that her answer was yes.

The airport erupted into a great cheer. Everyone who was close by came over to offer congratulations. Ron's and Kim's families surrounded them and formed a large group hug, with Ron and Kim in the center.

People in the airport were jubilant that they had been allowed to witness this scene of love. A maintenance man had been on his way to work on a toilet when the monitors started to broadcast the proposal. He stood and watched it with all the others. After it was over, he wiped a tear from his eye and looked in the direction he knew the young couple to be in.
What he saw annoyed him.
In this brightly lit airport, there must be a burned out lightbulb overhead. Looking up, he saw they were all lit. When he looked back he was more confused. The shadow he thought he had seen was gone. "Oh well," he thought as he went on his way. "That toilet's not going to unclog itself."