As Kit and Rebecca sat and eat their meal, Kit began to feel all warm as he watched his crush eat her food. He felt his that his life was finally coming together. Rebecca was also feeling the very same thing.

They enjoyed their meal, Rebecca praising Kit repeatedly as she'd savored the delicious food. Kit had thanked her, keeping her wine glass constantly filled, hoping to loosen up her inhibitions for his upcoming plans. Baloo and the rest of his friends had no problem with him drinking wine with dinner, but he just sipped at his glass, wanting to make sure he was perfectly sober for what lay ahead.

"Do you miss Baloo, Rebecca?" Kit asked at one point.

Rebecca gave a shrug of her shoulders as she picked up her glass of wine. "It's strange for him not being here at Christmas time….but honestly, I think we need a bit of a break right now." the two of them shared a look, both of them knowing what she said had something to do with what had happened at Khan's party.

Kit nodded, not wanting to put his boss under the spotlight even more. "Did he give you your Christmas present before he left?"

"Yes. A book on how to please your lover when it comes to sex," Rebecca replied with a frown on her face, holding her empty wine glass forward for Kit to fill again.

"He gave you that kind of book?" Kit said as he sloshed some more of the bold white into her glass. "That's real romantic, isn't it?"

Rebecca just shook her head, and took another sip of her wine.

"Rebecca, how about we exchange our gifts tonight? I'm not a little kid anymore, and that way we can sleep in tomorrow?"

"Alright, that sounds good. Sleeping in….I can really use that."

"Yeah, I just wish Molly was here right now." Kit sighed, feeling a little bit alone without Molly's cute smile. "I would love to see the look on her face as she opened her gift I got for her."

"But she'll be back Christmas morning," Rebecca said as she finished her wine. "I call from my father saying that Molly was wanting to come home." Kit smiled at seeing how relaxed she was from the wine she drank.

Kit then led Rebecca by the hand into the living room, where he had set up the very good looking Christmas tree by the fireplace. Under the tree were a litter of gifts, all wrapped in neatly with a bow on top. Rebecca marveled at the sight before her.

"Kit, did you do this yourself?" she asked, Kit nodded. "Yes, I did."

He walked over to the tree and picked up a small gift wrapped in red paper that was tied with a white band.

"Oh Kit," Rebecca blushed. "This is day is just too perfect." She said as she accepted the gift. Kit watched her as his boss unwrapped the gift. There was a small box inside it, the kind of they keep small jewelry in. Rebecca curiously opened it and was awestruck by what was inside it: it was a little heart shaped golden necklace, the letters "K&R" engraved on the front of it with beautiful, neat letters.

"Open it." Kit said, "and see what is inside it."

Rebecca picked it out of its box and opened the necklace. Inside on one side there was a small photo of the two of them, holding each other in an embrace smiling and blushing, while on the other side there was some more engraving: "To my one and only love."

Rebecca looked up at Kit, confused. "Kit? Are you trying to seduce me?" Kit looked hurt by her words.

"No! I was only-" he began, but Rebecca suddenly silenced him by pulling him into a kiss. She pushed her tongue into his mouth as he was gripped with shock. When she broke the kiss, both were blushing.

"Yes, you are trying to seduce me and it worked," Rebecca sighed before kissing Kit again, and this time he kissed her back. Their kiss lasted two minutes before they pulled away again.

Rebecca then put the necklace on and smiled. "I love it," she said, then looked at Kit, "But not as much as I love you. If I had known that you were meant to be my boyfriend, I would have never started dating Baloo."

Kit ran his hands through her brown hair. "But I was hoping we could be more,"he said pulling out a small black box. Rebecca eyes widened as he got down on his knees, opened the box and held out a ring to her.

"Kit, you can't just ask me to marry you," she stated, Kit smiled. "Why?" he asked.

"Because we have never even had our first date."

"Well we've been doing stuff together for the past two years. All those diner dates I took you on even when you were dating Baloo. Then there was the movies, the walks in the park, the flowers, candies, and now this night where I made that great meal for you. Doesn't that prove that I love you?" he said, then added, "So I asked this: Rebecca Cunningham, will you marry me?"

"Kit, I-I can't. Because my heart has already been broken twice," she said sadly, knowing that this would destroy Kit.

"Rebecca, I really am in love with you. Please, I can-"

"No, Kit, I don't want to hear it. I'm sorry, but I don't know what came over me. Maybe it was the wine that I drank, but that kiss should have never happened. Among other things, I'm your boss and it's just not appropriate."

"Well, yeah you're the boss but I thought our relationship was a little more than th-."

"We don't have a relationship, Kit. We're co-workers, nothing more. I'm sorry if you thought we were in a relationship. I won't go so far as to call this night a mistake. But let's just call it two good friends enjoying each other for a time, move on, and never talk about it again."

She then turned and headed for her bedroom.

"But Rebecca, I thought-"

"Kit, please just go home. I'll see you after Christmas."

The door slammed behind her and all the air seemed to have been sucked out of the room as she left Kit standing there in the living room He left the apartment, walking into the elevator and collapsed to his knees, stunned. Crushed. Heartbroken. Her words had been vicious, like zombies, mercilessly eating away at his emotions like it was nothing. Not only were they completely out of character for her, but they were a denial of everything they had ever been to each other, and of everything that he was.

Kit couldn't understand it. He loved Rebecca, but she didn't love him. Suddenly Kit seemed to have awakened in a different world, one much darker than the one he had gone to sleep in. There was no love in his heart now, only pain from being heartbroken.

When he got outside, a clap of thunder was heard and it began to rain. Without knowing it, he pulled out the box that contained the engagement ring and threw it at the door to the apartment as he walked off into the storm.

A few hours passed by before a red ford drove up the curb, stopping in front of the apartment. Out stepped Molly and Baloo. Each had a change of plans, they both wanted to spend Christmas with Kit and Rebecca. So, Baloo and Molly rushed for the door. That's when she kicked something with her foot. She looked down, and noticed a small black box on the pavement of the parking lot, that seemed to be damaged.

"What is it, Molly?" Baloo asked.

Molly picked it up and opened it. "Oh, it's pretty," she smiled and headed inside.

Molly wondered who the ring was for, but she was so tired that decided to ask her mother on Christmas morning.

As the storm raged on, Rebecca sat on her bed and looked out the window. Lighting flashed and the lights in the apartment flickered. The storm didn't bother her, but the thought of breaking Kit's heart and him being out in the storm worried her.

He proposed to me, and you let your fears of losing him take over and fuck your future up, Rebecca! Way to go! Rebecca's conscience shouted to her. She sat down on her bed and started to cry. When Baloo and Molly entered the apartment, they heard Rebecca crying and wanted to know if everything was alright.

"Mommy, are you OK?" Molly asked with overwhelming concern.

"No, I'm not OK," she sniff, trying to hold back her tears. "I hurt Kit and I think he is out in the storm."

Baloo's worried expression suddenly turned to anger. "Hurt him? And how did you do that?"

Three minutes later...

"You did what!" Baloo yelled.

"I can't believe you, I'm very disappointed in you," Molly frowned as she gave her mother the "shame on you" face.

"How could you say that to Kit? Did you know that he was madly in love with you?" Baloo said as he crossed his arms.

"I know he was. I hurt him." Rebecca replied while wiping a tear from her eye. There was only one thing to do: go and find him. Baloo didn't want Molly going out in the storm so he told her, "Stay here. And if Kit comes backs or calls, page us on our beepers."

But as Baloo and Rebecca went out to look for Kit, Don Karnage with Mad Dog and Dumptruck were in the city looking for something to steal. But the pirate captain wasn't just here to steal stuff, he was here to settle a little deal with Kit. All Karnage wanted was to kill Kit for all the trouble he caused him a year ago.

As Mad Dog crossed the street, he bumped right into Baloo and Rebecca. The three of them looked at each other, the pirate pulled out a gun and pointed it at Baloo. "Alright, move it, or I'll put a bullet in the bitch and then you, Baloo!" he threatened.

Baloo and Rebecca put their hands in the air in surrender. Karnage and Dumptruck rushed up to them and smiled at Mad Dog. "Good job, Mad Dog," he congratulated his fellow pirate. "These two will be first to suffer. Take them into that alley."

"You won't get away with Karnage," Baloo warned, Karnage laughed. "I already have."

The storm was now at its fullest. Lighting flashed, thunder rumbled, and the rain was coming down so hard that it made visibility very slim. Kit was soaked from head to toe, yet he didn't care. That was when he heard it, someone was calling for help. At first he wasn't wanting to go help, but when he heard a gunshot, that made him reconsider. The young man hurried off in the direction of the gunshot. As Kit turned a corner, he saw something that made his blood boil.

There, slumped up against the wall of the alley was Baloo, he was clutching his arm. Dumptruck was kicking and punching him. And Karnage had Rebecca pushed up against the wall as Mad Dog started to go through her purse. Kit then went into a blood rage and charged the three pirates.