Chapter 14
(two weeks after Veruca was convicted of the DUI)
Kim, with her head down and her hands in her capri pants pockets, was kicking a pinecone on the cracked concrete of the sidewalk leading up to Middleton High. Ron was walking right next to her with Rufus in his fave pocket.
"I still cannot believe it, Ron!" Kim sighed while gently kicking the pinecone. "I am totally speechless of what Veruca did in court! She even used that stupid and unnecessary 'cute batting eyelash' tactic of hers to get a lighter sentence! "
"Aww, c'mon, KP!" Ron gave a nervous laugh, "At least you don't get to see her around school..."
Kim cut him off with a stare and kicked the pinecone aside off the sidewalk and into the grass, "Um, Ron...Veruca being sent to only two months in Juvenille Hall is only gonna occupy her summer! So, unfortunately, she's gonna be back at school by the time August rolls around!"
"But look on the bright side, Kim! It's gonna be her senior year and once that ends, she won't be on the cheer squad anymore!" Ron tried some way to guarantee Kim's promises of Veruca leaving the grounds of Middleton High.
"No, Ron, I mean sometime soon!" Kim answered back, "and if I know that evil cheerleader, she is bound to do something so stupid that it would kick a normal student out of Middleton High for good!"
Ron scratched his head, reply "What would that slime Veruca do…" Rufus also scratched his head in curiosity.
Kim then sighed, "I think we should bite the bullet, Ron, and hope for the best if Veruca does anything….you know….. out of the ordinary! Then the authorities will take care of her!"
"Yeah, agreed, KP…." Ron muttered to himself before the two came upon the school.
_The three then came up on Middleton High School, picturesque school of so many memories, good ones and bad ones.
"Just think about it, Ron." Kim grinned, looking at the exterior of the school, "Two years from now, you, me, and everyone else in our class is gonna throw the caps up high…." She blushed and sighed imagining all her class throwing their graduation caps in the hot May summer sun, "I can only imagine it now!"
Then, she thought of a strange idea of this moment.
She then put her left hand behind Ron's back and rested her head against his for the first time.
"It'd be perfect, KP! Me, you, Monique, Bonnie, Tara, and everyone else celebrating in our grad robes and everything…" Ron smiled as he then rested his head against Kim's and put his hand behind her back.
_The show of display and affection looked very romantic to the two. It was something that they felt for the first time ever!
Even Rufus' beady eyes grew in and Ron's eyes then turned to each other and backed off each other for a moment in stunned surprise.
"Whoa….Ron…..what was that?" Kim anxiously asked her friend.
Ron put his hands up in the air and replied, "I dunno, KP! Just a spur of the moment, I guess!"
Kim, still eyes widened with a surprise, said "I don't know either, Ron! But what I do know is this, there are gonna be a lot of changes for our junior year!"
"Yeah," Ron agreed and gave a slight nod of the head, "and as friends, we can get through these changes!"
"That's what being a true friend is all about, Ron!" Kim grinned, "and we'll so totally-"
Her eyes then turned from the attention of Ron to that of a few of the Middleton Mad Dog football players exiting from the gym to the football stadium right next door.
She gave a deep sigh, for it reminded her of one of her failed missions of attempting to save nine Mad Dog players from the evil clutches of Veruca.
Kim inquired as the smile returned, "Hey, Ron, wanna see a Mad Dog football practice?"
Ron shrugged his shoulders "Okay, KP. Whatever takes my mind of seeing that Veruca's sick face on TV sounds fine with me!"
Kim laughed joyfully, "Same here, Ron! Now, let's come on and cheer on our Mad Dogs at practice!"
Rufus then got out a little yellow pom-pom, exclaiming "Go Mad Dogs Go!"
The two then headed towards the football stadium.