Chapter 1: Shattered

It was a lovely fall after noon. The cool wind blew through the air. The ground was cowered in different colored leaves that had fallen from the trees. September was slowly coming to an end, and October was just around the corner. Ron Stoppable walked through the streets on his way to his favorite place in the world: Buena Nacho. As he walked he had a sense of confidence in his step. He was now a senior in high school, had a job at his favorite store, was the star running back of the Middleton mad dogs, and even had a new baby sister. Best of all, his long time best friend Kim Possible was now his girlfriend; yep Ron's life was perfect.

In fact said girlfriend was the reason for him being at Bueno Nacho today, not that he actually needed a reason. But when Kim called and asked him to meet her here saying she had something important she wanted to talk to about, he headed straight over.

Ron smiled as he walked into Bueno Nacho. The familiar sent of beans, salsa, and cheese assaulting his senses. He spotted Kim with her fiery red hair sitting at their usual both. He walked over, and sat down next to her, not noticing how her head was hung low, or the stressed look on her face. "Hey Kim."

Kim's head shot up she had been so lost in her own thoughts that she hadn't even noticed Ron till he spoke. She looked to see her boyfriend sitting across from her his usual goofy grin on his face. She quickly forced herself to smile hoping that Ron wouldn't see through her. "Hi Ron."

Oblivious to Kim's charade Ron simply smiled at her. "So what's up KP?"

Kim took a deep breath, as she prepared herself for what she was about to do. 'Ok here goes.' her face and voice took on a serious tone as she spoke. "Ron we need to talk."

Ron of course didn't quite grasp the severity of the situation. "What about KP?"

"It's about us." she said, hoping that Ron would get the hint.

Ron's smile faded as Kim uttered those words. He may not have been the sharpest knife in the dower, but even he knew that when your girlfriend said something like that, it wasn't a good sign. "I…Is something wrong KP?" he asked, now slightly nervous.

Kin bit her lip. Inwardly debating whether or not to continue, but quickly shook her head of the thought. 'No this has to be done now. The longer I wait the worse it'll get.'

"It's just…it's not working Ron." she said, her voice rising a bit at the end and shaking her head. As if trying to deny what she had just said.

Ron gulped. "What's not working?" he asked. Truth be told Ron had a pretty good idea of what Kim was talking about, but he needed to be absolutely sure she was talking about what he thought she was. This was definitely not the type of thing to jump the gun on.

"Us Ron, this relationship, being boyfriend and girlfriend, it's just not working!" she said, throwing her arms up to further emphasize her point.

Ron couldn't believe what he was hearing. His mind refused to believe it. "Kim y…you don't mean that… that." the thought was so horrible he couldn't even finish his sentence.

Kim's head hung low as she nodded. "Yes Ron I'm breaking up with you."

An awkward silence hung in the air as the full impact of Kim's words hit Ron. It felt like his heart had been ripped from his chest, and smashed into a million pieces. Tears threatened to spill from his eyes, and in a voice that was almost too low to hear asked. "Why?"

Kim took a shaky breath knowing Ron would ask that and wished he hadn't. It was heard enough for her to do this to him, and explaining why would only be harder. Still he was still her best friend. If nothing else, he deserved to know why she was hurting him.

"Ron when we made the jump from best friends to boyfriend and girlfriend it all happened so fast. I mean I was still on the rebound from the whole Eric thing, and then all of a sudden you say you have feelings for me, and I don't know, I guess I just wanted to feel the same way. But after a while I realized that my feeling for you hadn't changed. I still think of you as a best friend instead of a boyfriend, and I think it would be better if we just went back to being friends."

Ron was in shock. 'How dare she! How dare she come in here break his heart then expect everything to be ok! Too simply ignore everything that had happened between them these last few months and go back to being 'just friends'!' He wanted nothing more than to explode at her, to yell, and scream, and shake her till she came to her senses, and realized how big a mistake she was making. But he didn't, and asked a question instead. "Kim I… are you sure about this?" he asked silently begging her to take back what she had just said.

Kim nodded. "Yes Ron I am. I think it'll be better this way."

Ron stared deep into Kim's jade green eyes. He could see sorry, guilt, and a little bit of pity, but couldn't find anything that told him she wasn't absolutely sure about what she said. He slumped down in his seat, his hands still on the table, knowing there was nothing he could do. Once Kim's mind was made up about something, no one could change it, not even him.

Kim saw Ron's depressed and hopeless look, and decided to speak. She slid her hand across the table, and took one of Ron's hands in hers. She gave it a gentle squeeze, prompting him to turn his attention to her.

"Listen Ron just because I'm breaking up with you doesn't mean I don't care about you. You've been my best friend sense pre-K, and nothing will ever change that. So what do you say, still friends?"

Ron stared at his best friend not sure what to say. What could he say? She had just ripped his heart out and handed it to him, but she was also his best friend, and one of the most important people in his life. Swallowing his anger Ron put on his usual goofy smile. "Always." he said, returning Kim's squeeze.

A large smile spread across Kim's face. She felt incredibly revealed, as though a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders. "Great, now how about some food. Whatever you want it's on me."

Ron shook his head. "No thanks KP I don't have much of an appetite. I think I'll just head home." he said, then slipped out of the booth and headed for the door.

Kim watched as Ron headed for the door, his head hung low and shoulders slumped. It hurt her to see him so sad, and she hated herself for doing this to him. She was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of her cell phone ringing. She pulled out her phone instantly recognizing the number.

"Hey Kim" came a voice from her phone, that it was obviously male.

Kim tried to sound happy, but in her current mood it wasn't easy. "Hey."

"You ok you sound kinda down?"

"I'm fine. I just got through talking to Ron."

"You break up with him?"

Kim nodded. "Ya just now."

"How'd he take it?"

"Ok I guess."

"You don't sound so sure."

Kim frowned. "Well I did just brake up with the guy." she said, raising her voice a bit.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you mad."

Kim shook her head. She hadn't meant to sound so harsh. "No it's ok, I'm just a little upset is all."

"It's cool; did you tell him about us?"

Kim shook her head again. "No I'll tell him later, let this blow over first ya know."

"I understand. You what to meet somewhere? Might help take your mind off things?"

Kim nodded. "Ya, I think I'd like that."

That's it for the first chapter. How will Ron deal with Kim's decision and just who was Kim talking too. You'll just have to wait and see. In the mean time please Read and Review. I am always open to questions, comments, criticism, and even the occasional flame as long as you tell me what you didn't like and how I can make it better.