Chapter 4
Severe Weirdness
Kim woke up early the next morning, to find Ron the way she last saw him, looking out the window, still wide awake,
"Ron, did you stay up all night ?" Kim asked, looking at her boyfriend, even though she didn't have to ask, the huge bags under his eyes gave it away,
"Yeah ." Ron replied . Kim smiled widely .
"You did that for me ?" She asked,
"Yeah . . . you'd do the same if the roles were reversed, wouldn't you ?" Ron asked, looking at Kim .
"You know I would, Ron ." Kim said, smiling a sweet smile, Ron had a habit of being so kind hearted at times .
"Well, we'd better get going, KP . . . school starts in like ten minutes ." Ron said, smiling at Kim,
"Okay . . . give me a second ." Kim said, diving into her closet, and coming out later in her usual trademark green cropped tank top, and blue capri pants, she then hurried down to the bathroom, brushed her teeth, and cleaned up somewhat, before heading for the door, Ron following close behind her at every step .
Middleton High School, that morning :
Kim and Ron arrived at their lockers five minutes before the start of class, and quickly got their books for their first period Chem Class, Kim was still on edge about what had happened last night, and every little sudden movement made her jump,
"Amp down, KP . . . you're as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs ." Ron pointed out, knowing what Kim was so jumpy about .
"Sorry, Ron . . . it's just . . . what happened at the museum has kind of put me on edge ." Kim replied .
"Really . . . I never would've guessed ." Ron said with a slight hint of sarcasm in his voice .
"Okay, Ron, be sarcastic about it, but it's not every day that the dead rise from their graves, you know ." Kim said, in a low tone,
"Stick around, Kim . . . something tells me the fun has only started ." Ron replied, a very serious look to his face, which seemed to be happening a lot within the last twelve hours,
"Yeah . . . just what I didn't need to hear ." Kim said, still working on a chemical composition they were working on at the moment .
As the day wore on, it seemed that strange things were happening all over the place, Kim was noticing that signs went up announcing that the cheer regionals were pushed forward approximately four days, leaving the squad only three days to perfect their new routine,
"As if I didn't have enough to worry about, now I got to deal with the fact that Lowerton might completely demolish us this year ." Kim said through clenched teeth,
"Take it easy, Kimbo, you're gonna pop your top if you keep going on like this ." Ron said, looking sideways at Kim, who's face was starting to match her hair .
"I guess you're right, Ron . . . I need to relax a little ." Kim replied, smiling a very lopsided smile .
At lunch, things seemed to be going well, but talk soon found its way onto the events of last night .
"Ron . . . that really scared me to the core ." Kim said, shivering from what she remembered from last night,
"Well, like I said . . . I'd consider you a damned fool if you weren't, it's not everyday that you come face-to-fang with the results of a legend, KP ." Ron replied .
"Yeah . . . don't remind me ." Kim said, again, shivering as though someone doused her in ice cold water .
It was at that time, Kim's bitter rival, Bonnie Rockwaller sauntered up, with Kim and Ron's best friend, Monique Wilson in tow .
"Hey, K, Ronnie, mind if I sit down ?" Bonnie asked, as Monique took a seat next to Ron, which was unusual for her, as she normally took the seat next to Kim,
"What's your damage, Bon-Bon ?" Ron asked, normally, he never rose to Bonnie, and the barbs, and insults she always threw their way, but there was something different this time,
"Something wrong, Ron, I just wanted to sit down ." Bonnie said, now standing some from the seat she had taken across from Ron,
"I didn't say you couldn't sit down . . . but the only time you're nice to us is when you want something, what is it this time ?" Ron asked, Kim had to think that Ron had a valid point, the only times that Bonnie had ever been nice to her and Ron were the times when she wanted something from them, and it usually ended up with one, or both of them getting embarrassed .
"I don't want anything, I just want to sit down, and eat my lunch . . . is that a crime all of a sudden ?" Bonnie asked,
"Sure . . . go ahead, but please, keep me out of your fashion talk, Bon-Bon . . . I still haven't gotten over what you pulled on me the last time ." Ron said, remembering that Bonnie had replaced his Mad Dog costume with a some kind of weird costume that ripped away if Ron made just the right move . Unfortunately, it ended up taking the rest of his clothes with it at the same time, leaving him stripped down to his boxers,
"Oh, that . . . Come on, Ronnie . . . I only meant it as a joke . . . besides, no one got hurt ." Bonnie said,
"Yeah . . . but I also seem to remember that no one in the arena at the time thought it was funny either ." Ron recalled,
"Okay, okay, I get the hint . . . I'm sorry . . . happy now ?" Bonnie asked,
"I'd be happier if you took a long walk off a short pier ." Ron said, low enough for only Kim and Monique to hear, this brought a smile to Kim's face, and a stony expression from Monique, both of whom, Ron noticed seemed a little . . . off color, paler than normal,
"We got cheer practice tonight ?" Bonnie asked, looking at Kim,
"You know we do, Bonnie . . . after school, don't be late, we got three days to get this new routine perfected, or we're gonna get toasted by Lowerton, and I, for one, don't wish to break a Middleton High tradition, one that we've had for the last three years ." Kim said, reminding Bonnie that Lowerton's cheer squad had not won a regional against Middleton in three years,
"I hear you on that one, K . . . I'll be there ." Bonnie said, getting up from the table, at the same time, Ron went rigid in his seat as Bonnie passed him, his eyes flashed a bright blue for a few seconds, long enough for Kim to notice,
"Ron . . . your eyes just turned blue . . . what's going on ?" Kim asked, Monique was still present at the table, and suddenly turned to look at Ron,
"Trick of the light, Kim, his eyes are the same color they've always been ." Monique said, but as soon as she turned to look forward, again, Ron went rigid in his chair, and his eyes flashed blue,
"Later, KP ." he said in a low voice that only Kim could hear .
When Monique left, Ron turned, and looked at Kim with a very serious expression on his face,
"Looks like our fanged friend has been kinda busy ." Ron commented, as he watched Monique and Bonnie's forms retreat into the crowd,
"You mean . . . . they were . . ." Kim said, looking kind of scared,
"Yeah, Kim . . . that's exactly what I mean ." Ron finished,
"How do you know ?" Kim asked,
"Caught flashes of their memories, it's a kind of danger sense, if you will, it's mixed in with my powers ." Ron explained,
"As long as you tell me you're not telepathic, we'll be golden ." Kim said,
"Well . . . actually ." rang a voice inside of Kim's head that sounded just like Ron's,
"EEP !" Kim shouted, looking over at Ron,
"Keep it down or you'll get me busted ." Ron chastised, a frown on his face,
"C . . . can you . . . hear . . . me ?" Kim thought,
"Well, duh ." Ron responded mentally, a broad smile on his face,
"This is just too weird ." Kim said aloud,
"Stick around, girl, I have a funny feeling that it's going to get weirder ." Ron said,
It was only a few minutes later in Latin class, that Ron sat down in his usual seat behind Kim, when he looked to his right, and saw Crystal and Marcella, two members of the cheer squad, both of whom are naturally dark complected, but today, they both looked almost like walking death . Quickly, Ron scribbled out a note, and tossed it over Kim's shoulder, so that it came to rest on her open textbook .
Kim grabbed the letter, and was about ready to stuff it in her pocket, when she read the front of it :
Open, and read now . . . URGENT !
She quickly opened it, and began to read :
Check out Crystal, and Marcella . . . do they look a little . . . off . . . to you ?
Kim turned to look at her fellow cheer squad members, and noticed that Ron was right, they did look pale, and they were among the darkest skinned on the squad . Ever so slowly, Kim turned back to Ron, and nodded her head .
"I thought so . . . something tells me that fang boy has really been busy ." Ron commented mentally, like before, this had the same reaction,
"EEP !" Kim shouted,
"Keep it down, KP . . . don't blow it for me ." Ron said, low enough for only Kim to hear,
"I'm sending you my therapist bill after this ." Kim thought,
"Ha, ha . . . very funny, KP . . . it is to laugh ." came Ron's mental reply,
"Well, how would you expect me to feel with you suddenly talking to me . . . IN MY HEAD !" Kim thought,
"Think on it later, KP . . . homework inbound ." was the response that Kim got from Ron, just as the teacher, Mr. Schneider, turned to the class,
"Tonight's homework will involve the phrases 'Caveat Emptor,' and a line that the Apostle Peter is said to have spoken to Jesus 'Quo Vadis Domine,' both will be due in tomorrow before the start of class, that is all ."
"Told you ." Ron commented mentally,
"So now you can read people's thoughts ?" Kim asked,
"Duh . . . I AM a telepath ." Ron reminded her,
"Can you pick up mental images too ?" Kim asked, a sudden smirk coming over her face,
"Yeah, and the images I'm getting from you are about to put me into shock, KP . . . maybe later, but right now . . . let's focus, shall we ?" Ron replied,
"Well . . . try this one on for size, lover boy ." Kim said, her smirk getting wider,
"KI-II-IM !" Ron exclaimed, getting a mental picture of the girls shower room in his head
"Well, that ought to teach you to come into my mind unannounced ." Kim replied, sending one last image to Ron
"KP . . . are you TRYING to put my brain into vapor lock ?" Ron asked, as a picture of Kim's mother, stepping out of the shower hit his mind,
"Maybe . . . why ?" Kim replied,
"We'll discuss your perverted thoughts later ." Ron said, now taking Kim's hand in his, and walking for the door, his girlfriend at his side .
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