Hey guys, sorry to be late with the chapter but some things happened over the week that delayed the new chapter. Sorry again for the wait and enjoy.

Ron headed home after leaving Felix at his doorstep, he couldn't stop himself from thinking about what he had seen today, again, again and again.

He knew Kim had always been into hotties, but somewhere he had hoped that after everything that had happened during the prom night thing would be different. In the end people don't change easily. Deep down he knew why this was affecting him so much. He knew that even if what she had done during the prom had put a damper on his feelings for Kim, these feelings were still here

Deep down he knew he had no chance with a girl like Kim, she wanted a guy who could take her breath away, a guy she would desire, who would ravish he and he was just her clumsy best friend since pre-K. He would never be anything else. He headed home and crashed on his couch, wanting nothing else but sleep and forget everything.

-"Rough day?" A familiar voice asked.

Ron opened his eyes only to be greeted by Shego's face. Her face didn't look like her usual angry sarcastic face, she seemed genuinely concerned about him. Could he tell her? No, of course not, that would be way too awkward.

-"Yeah, kinda…" He replied, "Want me to make you something?" he asked.

Shego looked at his face, the face of a guy would wanted nothing more than rest. "How about we just order something?" She finally said.

-"Okay." Ron replied as he let his head fall back on the pillows "your choice."

A few minute later, both of them were eating silently, Ron was still thinking about what he saw earlier while Shego, despite the fact that she wanted to know why Ron had such a look on his face, knew she had to give him some privacy, he had decided on his own to help her so she should at least respect his privacy.

They both started to eat in silent, Ron still deep in his thoughts while Shego while waiting. She had decided she wouldn't pressure him, if he wanted to talk to her she would listen to him but she had been alone for long and knew putting pressure on someone in this situation would only make him snap.

-"She was with Mankey." Ron said in the middle of the meal.

-"Huh?" Shego said, completely taken aback.

-"She was with Mankey," Ron repeated "on a date."

-"Kimmie?" She asked. He nodded.

-"I can't see what she sees in him," he started "I can't see what she sees in any of them, what she was seeing in Eric, in Walter Nelson, in all those…" he stopped

-"Hotties?" Shego finished. She knew what this was about, in his last attempt at taking over the world, Drakken had reviewed every single weakness of Kim Possible, her attraction to popular boys was the only real one they could use so they had looked for every single guy Kim had dated in order to come up with the perfect boyfriend for her. Eric. They both knew how this turned out, the rift tis caused between Ron and Kim was deeper any of them would admit it.

-"You like her," Shego whispered.

-"What?" Ron replied, looking embarrassed.

-"You like her," Shego said louder "That's why it hurts so much, the way she rejected you for Eric, the way she had a date with another one of these hotties, the way you'll never be more than her *best friend*…"

-"Stop talking as if you knew what you were talking about." He roared.

Shego was shocked, she lived here for almost a week and never had she seen him so angry. However, she wasn't the kind of woman which just stepped back, that wasn't in her nature, "So, what? You're going to deny it and keep crying in your corner every time she date a guy she likes? You're going to keep acting as a kid forever?"

Ron had his fists at his sides, an angry look on his face, he looked like he was going to jump on Shego but she kept going.

-"Why do you think Kim finds these guys attractive?" She continued "You think any of them would be crying in his room because his crush was seeing someone else? No, they would go and do everything they can in order to get her attention. Because no girl would ever want to date a scared kid." She paused, "Seriously Ron, look at yourself, where is the determined guy who went to fight an entire organization determined to take over the world by himself? A guy like that could be able to get any girl he likes contrary to the crybaby you're now."

As she said those words she knew she had gone too far. Ron just jumped at her. She was on the couch, her food next to her and couldn't react fast enough, he crashed on top of her. They started to wrestle on the couch, Shego trying to push him away and Ron trying to restrain her. Eventually, Shego's experience showed and she managed to position herself on top of him while blocking his arms.

-"You calm now?" She asked.

-"Never," he growled "call me a crybaby again."

She smiled, "See," She said, "That's the spirit. Girls like boys who can take charge, so if you want girls like Kim to pay more attention to you, you'd be better off working on this." She was still on top of him, his face still looked angry even though the anger was starting to fade, she found it kind of cute and couldn't stop herself from giving him a peck on the cheek. "Now, I'm going to bed," she said as she let a completely stunned Ron on the couch, "Good night, bad boy." She said in her usual sarcastic tone.

Ron stayed still for a while on the couch, trying to understand what just happened. The conversation with Shego, their wrestling match on the couch and how it ended. He decided to put that on Shego's teasing nature, she always liked to make fun of people him included. What bothered him more was what she told him before.

Why couldn't he be like them? Because he didn't want to, that was obvious, both Josh and Brick were considered as hotties at school and Ron wasn't interested in being like them. Why are them hotties, then? Josh likes painting, he isn't really athletic and good at studying. Brick is practically the complete opposite, he isn't smart or subtle but he's athletic and was the star of the football team.

Why these different people both were considered hotties despite their differences? He used to think it was about the looks but was it all? Shego's previous words came to his mind : "They would go and do everything they can in order to get her attention."

Determination. Initiative. Confidence. The reasons why people at school admired them were the same reason why people admired Kim. When these people want to do something, they go forward and do it. Brick wanted to be admired as a football player and no one could deny the hard work he put into becoming Middleton High star quarterback. He didn't know about Josh but he was sure he didn't become a recognized artist without any work.

He always hid behind Kim, always letting her choose what they would do, always following her. In the end, girls don't choose a guy who can't go forward by himself. The way he went to stop Drakken by himself, for exemple.

As he was seeing things like that he began to wonder if he could compete with these guys, "I'm not that much of an athlete," he thought "I'm not an artist and I'm not as good as Kim when it comes to being a hero, even I can see I managed to stop Drakken only because he was underestimating me and because I was incredibly lucky." He sighed "Something only I can do…" he thought as he went to bed.

Bonnie was still completely shocked by her encounter with Tara. She had never seen her friend like that before. Never so angry, never so aggressive.

-"She has to calm down." She thought "Me, in love with Ron, no way." Okay, that wasn't that simple. She couldn't deny that there was a possibility she could be attracted to Ron, he was cute, he was nice, always a gentleman. But the way he had always been like a lapdog for possible was a huge, really huge problem. Not because it was Kim, sure the fact that they hated each other for as long as they could remember wasn't helping but she couldn't really fall for someone that couldn't stand for himself or put himself forward. As a matter of fact the only moment Ron had put himself forward was when he saved them at Camp Wannaweep and when he saved the world during their prom.

Every time, Kim had been out of the stitch as she said herself. The only moments when Ron showed to be brave, determined and heroic were the moments when Kim couldn't act. Why was Ron so dedicated to Kim that he even restrained himself? No that was wrong, he probably wasn't doing it on purpose, it wasn't like him. He was probably so used to Kim being under the spotlight that he unconsciously did everything for her to stay here.

And she couldn't even blame him for that. Kim was amazing, even she had to admit it, the way she handled things was exceptional: school, friends, saving the world, everything seemed to be so easy for her that it could only create two reactions: admiration and envy. And everyone was a bit envious of Kim, especially her, everyone would dream to be able to do what she did. Ron, on the other hand wasn't envious at all, the only thing he wanted was to be able to be of any help to his friend. And it's probably because he admired her so much and because of the insane bond they shared for years that he did everything for Kim to stand out.

And that's why she didn't like it. First, because on the long term, this was unhealthy, Ron's relationship to Kim wasn't balanced at all even though none of them probably thought of it like that. Second, because she never had a friend who was at least half as dedicated her than Ron was to Kim, and even though she knew it was wrong, she couldn't help being jealous of the redhead. And last, because as long as Ron stayed in Kim's shadow he would never stand for himself, and she would never be able to…

"Slap" the sound of her hands hitting her face echoed in her room. "Stop thinking about this, Bonnie…" she said to herself "This isn't your problem."

But it was. Because no matter how much she denied it she was attracted to the blonde, a lot. All the times she dissed him at school were actually meant for him to react and stand for himself. But he had that strange ability to not let what other people thought get to him. And she was admiring him even more for that.

-"Stop that," she said again, talking to herself "Your best friend is into him and as a friend, it's up to you to be supportive and to help her, so you'll apologize to her and do everything you can to get those two together."

She finally managed to calm down enough to sleep, she was set and had decided what she would do, and nothing would stop her from helping her best friend to hook up with Ron. Not even how cute he was when he was laughing or how his antics always managed to brighten her day…

It isn't going to be that easy isn't it?