Chapter 10

Kim and Drakken left the gym and went to a nearby burger restaurant for a late lunch before the competition. They sat at a booth table in the back corner of the restaurant so they could sit stuck together without drawing much attention. Drakken took off his bulldog mask and dipped a fry in his chocolate milkshake. He ate it with a smile.

"Hey, I once went on a date with a guy at this same restaurant who used to do that", said Kim.

"You don't remember? I was there too, you know", said Drakken as he ate another chocolate-dipped french fry.

"Yeah... That's right. That's the time you were trying to embarass me to death", said Kim.

Drakken laughed, "You should've seen the look on your face when you sat on that whoopee cushion! Your date completely thought you farted! That was such a hoot!"

Kim smiled then laughed too. At the time it had happened she had been embarassed, but now she could look back on it and laugh.

"Well, it's not as funny as the time I gave you a flying kung-fu wedgie", laughed Kim, "Or the time you and Shego got sprayed with that body odor spray."

Drakken and Kim laughed. Kim realized she did share alot of the same funny memories with Drakken.

"What ever happened to the fry-in-the-milkshake guy?" asked Drakken, "Did he run off to another country after that disasterous date?"

"Josh Mankey? No, actually I found out he wasn't the guy for me. He turned out to be not what I really wanted. That has happened to me a lot actually", sighed Kim.

"With the buffoon now too, right?" asked Drakken.

Kim sighed. Though it hurt to admit it, Drakken was right. Over the past few months she had been in too many disagreements with Ron, not just about Drakken's death sentence, but about something else. Ron continually checked out and flirted with other girls. He thought it didn't mean anything, but Kim felt hurt by it. She didn't want to be with a guy who did that. Things really weren't working out between them. For awhile now, Kim had been wishing that she and Ron could go back to being best friends, instead of a couple. Her memories with him as a friend were something she looked back fondly upon. In all honesty, she never even thought of him as her type for a boyfriend. But she didn't want to hurt his feelings.

Drakken saw the worried look on Kim's face and tried to think of something to say.

"Why don't you just dump him?" said Drakken.

"I don't know. I don't want to lose his friendship. I should call him. He probably thinks I've been arrested and thrown into jail with you or something", said Kim.

She took out her kimmunicator and dialed the number for Ron's cell phone to leave him a message while he was in class.

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As usual, Ron couldn't concentrate during algebra class. He was wondering about what had happened to Kim, and why she wasn't at home that morning. He decided he'd try calling her kimmunicator after class. He hoped he could at least see her at the cheer regionals that evening. As he thought about the cheer regionals he suddenly remembered he had left his bulldog mascot mask at Kim's house.

The bell rang and school let out. As Ron began walking towards Kim's house, he took out his cell phone and turned it on. He hd one message. It was from Kim.

"Hi Ron, it's Kim. The mission to rescue Drakken was a success. I wasn't caught. I've been busy working on a new cheer routine today. It's totally going to rock at the competition tonight! We won't need your mascot act tonight with the new routine. Maybe you could use tonight to catch up on all that algebra homework? I'll see you soon! Bye!"

Ron closed his cell phone. Why was Kim avoiding him? Now she didn't want him to go to the cheer regionals too? Was she really so angry at him, or was she hiding something from him? He decided he would be at the cheer regionals that night, whether Kim wanted him there or not. He had to find out what was going on with her.