Chapter 2

"Last Day of School"

In the days since the first date that turned upside down, while Kim was dealing with the fact of whether she was simply used for the first time in her life, she knew that the end of the school year was upon her. But, given the fact that both she and Ron had been through literal hell, it certainly didn't feel like it at all.

Ron was still in the hospital recovering from his knife wound he had sustained in the attack and she was alone. Drakken and Shego were in jail, so there was not very much missions that Kim could take part in anyway. But, even if there was a mission that Kim could have taken part in, she certainly would have felt like taking part in it. It wouldn't have been the same without Ron at her side.

"Last day of school," sighed Kim as she rolled out of bed on the last day of school. "It certainly doesn't feel like it though. Here I am, a young junior about to become a senior and I should be happy, but I'm not."

Walking over to her closet, Kim scoured through her wardrobe for something summery, but nice to wear to mark this important occasion. After scouring through her closet, Kim finally found the one outfit that made her both beautiful and important.

"This is the one," she said, smiling slightly as she held up her newly repaired and cleaned sleeveless navy blue dress she wore on her first date with Ron. "I'm wearing this dress for you, Ron."

Hanging the dress on her bedroom door, Kim went into the bathroom for a warm shower and soon, after applying a little makeup on her face and a clean pair of tan stockings on her legs, Kim slid the dress over her head and looked at herself in the mirror as placed the small red pendant around her neck. There was no question that Kim wanted to wear this dress. It wasn't just any plan old dress in her lengthy wardrobe, this dress represented her beauty, her innocence, her dignity as a young woman.

Most importantly, she was wearing this in honor of the two most important men in her life: her boyfriend Ron and her first love and good friend, Josh Mankey. One was in the hospital and the other was in dire need of helping his own girlfriend recover from the nightmare that was meant for Kim.

Sliding on her black dress sandals, Kim grabbed her purse containing her kimmunicator and walked down the stairs where her parents were in the kitchen.

"Morning, Kimmie," said her mother, Mrs. Dr. Possible. "You look pretty, this morning? I guess you couldn't wait to wear that dress again."

"It makes me feel beautiful, especially after what recently happened," remarked Kim as she sat down at the table. "Besides, I could be meeting with Josh Mankey after school."

"Nice to hear that you two are still communicating," said Mr. Dr. Possible, as he drank a morning cup of coffee. "It's quite unfortunate how he must be feeling right now. Not to mention that Ronald is still in the hospital. When do you think they'll discharge him, Kim?"

"Well, I'm probably going to see him at some point later on today," answered Kim. "It would be nice if they discharged him today or something. But, that's up to the doctors to decide."

As Kim spoke both her parents noticed the pain that was still in her eyes. They could tell that Kim was suffering from a lack of sleep, which they were not surprised at. After all, their own daughter was nearly subjected to a terrifying ordeal that no woman, old or young, deserved to go through something like this.

"Um, Kimmie," asked Mrs. Dr. Possible. "Your father and I were wondering, do you want to stay home today?"

"Mom," gasped Kim. "I can't. We start our summer cheerleading practices today after school and I can't miss it. We are already missing Tara and I can't afford to miss it."

"Well, we were only asking because we care, Kimmie cub," replied Mrs. Dr. Possible, getting up from the table. "We know that cheerleading is important to you, but your health has to come first. I mean, if you aren't up for cheerleading…"

"Mom," said Kim, dashing over to her mom and placing her hands on her mom's hands. "I'll be fine. Besides, this is the day I transition from junior to senior."

Both Kim's parents could see that Kim was more than willing to try getting through the day. After all, Kim was the girl who risked her life every day to protect the world from evil beings like Drakken to begin with. However, with those words, they knew that they wanted to at least capture the moment.

"Which reminds us," said Mr. Dr. Possible, grabbing his camera. "Since you are going to school after all, may we get a picture of you on your last day, Kimmie?"

Kim didn't really feel like getting her picture taken, but knew that her parents wanted to at least capture this important moment in their daughter's life. Walking out towards the bottom of the stairs, Kim stood on the bottom of the stairs and posed as she took pictures solo, with her parents and regrettably, her brothers.

"Call us if you need anything at all," said Mrs. Dr. Possible as they walked Kim out to her car. "We love you, Kimmie."

"Love you too, guys," replied Kim as she hugged her parents goodbye and got into her car, backing out of the driveway and heading over to Middleton High.

As she drove off, Kim let out a deep sigh of relief, knowing now that she was alone with her thoughts. It didn't take long for Kim to be driving up to Middleton High, did she hear her Kimmunicator going off.

"What's the sitch, Wade?" she asked, taking the Kimmunicator out of her purse. "I'm just pulling into school right now."

"Sorry to bother you Kim," replied the boy genius. "But, Ron just got in contact with me and he was wondering if you wanted to visit him later on today."

Kim had to really think about her decision for a moment, knowing that she was very likely going to be coming with Josh. However, she remembered that they both had come to a truce at the theater and felt like with the truce, there would be no blows that would be carried out, at least for now. There was enough injury as it was.

"Tell Ron that I will meet him later on tonight," Kim replied as she parked her car. "Josh is thinking of checking up on Tara as well, unless if anything else comes up."

"Great, I'll let him know," said Wade. "Have a good last day of junior year."

Kim sighed as she placed the kimmunicator back into her purse. Once again, she could only hope and pray that nothing else would come to dampen on her already damp situation. Taking a deep breath, she got out of her car and walked into the halls of Middleton High to begin her final day of junior year.

Meanwhile, Eric had been approached in his cell by a police officer where he had a request to make that would involve Kim.

"The warden says that you wish to speak with Miss Possible," replied the officer. "Is that correct?"

"Yes," said Eric. "I wish to speak with her. Please, I am begging the warden to give me this chance to apologize to my victim for my actions."

"Very well, I shall tell the warden," remarked the officer. "However, you will be watched on camera to make sure that you do not touch or think of anything that would add to your charges against Miss Possible. Is that clear?"

Eric nodded at this command that was given to him as the officer handed Eric a piece of paper that had something of great importance written on it.

"Before I leave," said the officer. "Your blood test revealed that you are not human, but a robot. You have blood in your system that only a synthrodrome could have. If it's confirmed, then Dr. Drakken will also be charged in your crimes as well. Are you aware of what is being said to you?"

Eric didn't care about Drakken also being charged for his actions. All he wanted to do was apologize to Kim for what he had done, but would she accept his apologies in the end?