Disclamey-type-thing: I own absolutely nothing except for my own fan fiction ideas. Kim Possible and all characters and related logos belong to the Disney channel.

*/*/* The next morning, Kim got dressed and left for school. She was going to put together a list of all possible secret admirer suspects today, with help from Ron & Monique. She got to school very quickly, and stopped by Monique's locker. Ron was there, and he was all nervous.

"What's your prob, Ron?" Kim asked, seeing how pale and shaky her friend was.

"He's going to ask Tara out," Monique said. Ron grinned sheepishly.

"I'm sick of hiding the truth from her. I'm going to tell her how I feel. She has a right to know I like her," Ron said, holding his head high and marching off toward Tara's locker.

'If only my secret admirer felt I had a right to know,' Kim thought.

"Hey, Kim, I'm going to ask Junior out!" Monique said.

"Senor Senior Junior?" Kim asked.

"Who's that? I'm talking Junior, from detention? You know him," Monique said giddily.

"Cool. But, aren't you supposed to wait 'til the guy asks you out?" Kim asked, hands on her hips.

"Oh c'mon Kim, don't be so old fashioned," Monique said.

"So, what's this sudden fascination with everybody confessing feelings, and asking their crushes out?" Kim asked.

"Haven't you heard the tradition? All the sophomores who haven't been kissed already try to get their first kiss at the Valentines Day dance by their secret crush! And not just a kiss on the cheek either, we're talking PG-13 movie kiss here Kim! It's all people are talking about!" Monique said.

"I hadn't heard. Old Middleton High tradition?" Kim asked.

"Totally. Girl, it is gonna be the biggest event of some of our lives. At least us who haven't been kissed yet. So, have you?" Monique asked.

"Heck no. You?" Kim said.

"I wish," Monique said.

"yeah. So, think you'll get a kiss from Junior?" Kim asked.

"Maybe. Ron will be lucky if he even gets a slap from Tara," Monique said.

"Oh, I don't know. She did sort of connect with him in that whole Camp Wannaweep experience. And she kissed his cheek," Kim said.

"Guess so. So, think you've got a chance with Josh?" Monique asked.

"I don't know. But if not, there's always my secret admirer," Kim joked.

But Monique wasn't laughing. A look of intense thought came over her face. "Hey, what if Josh is your secret admirer!" she suddenly said in excitement.

"Yeah, he could be! So, think he is?" Kim asked. She hadn't thought of that before.

"Oh, I have suspicions. He totally likes you, you know it!" Monique said.

"Hmm. Ya really think so?" Kim asked.

"Definitely. Put him on your list. C'mon!" Monique said.

"Kay," Kim said. She jotted Josh down in her notebook.

Then, the ten minute bell rang.

"Gotta go to my locker. Only ten minutes left!" Kim said, sprinting off.

She reached her locker, and her heart leaped when she saw another piece of lavender paper taped to the inside. She grabbed it, her heart thumping. She unfolded it. Inside, in the same elegant silver writing, she saw the following intriguing message:

Kim,

I'm just leaving this note in your locker again, because I wanted to tell you one thing. Kim Possible, I have developed a crush on you in the few years I've known you (though you really haven't known me, but you may have seen me occasionally) , a crush that I doubt will ever go away like most do. I won't put much more in case someone reads this. I will tell you more in an e-mail message tonight.

Love forever, Your secret admirer, ???

~PS from now on, you may refer to me as X.

Kim folded it, heart still pounding. She was going to find out more about her secret admirer tonight! She couldn't wait. She rushed frantically to her class, note still clutched in hand.

***That night, Kim sat near her computer, waiting for a message. So far on her list, she had only Josh and Brick. She needed more people it could possibly be. Suddenly she heard the little chime that meant she had received a new e-mail! (by the way, I will no longer put the 'to' and 'from' on the e-mails, kay?)

She opened the message frantically. Her heart was pounding again. For some reason, it did whenever she knew that her secret admirer was contacting her. And it was from him. X. It read,

Kim-

Hello. It is I, X. As you may know from a note I placed in your locker today, I have a crush on you, a strong one. But It may be more than that. It may be love. I may be falling in love with you. I've seen you in school, and you always seemed so beautiful to me, though I was ashamed to admit it to anyone. But then, when I saw you on the news and realized that you loved to help people, that you were kind and courageous and selfless, I began to like you as more than you know. And you've never even seen my face. Or maybe you have. Maybe I have not succeeded in hiding myself from you. Maybe you've seen me in class. Most undoubtedly you have actually. I have tried to just be a stranger in the background, but I wanted to talk to you. But I could not allow myself to, because I would most certainly slip and tell you what I feel. So for this reason, I have never said so much as a word to you. Maybe I have. But I am not sure. I just hope that you will find it in your heart to write to me, though I torture you with my words.

Love, X

Kim smiled at the e-mail. She wrote one to him.

********Hunched over a computer in his room, somewhere in Middleton, a male suddenly was aware of a new e-mail message waiting for him. He opened it, and was overjoyed to see that it was from her.

It read:

Dear X,

Hi. It's Kim. You probably knew, though. I thank you again for the notes. Your words don't torture me. They intrigue me, they make me smile. You are so mysterious, sometimes making my heart pound with excitement, and sometimes making me want to tear my hair out in frustration, because I have no clue who you are. Your feelings for me are really flattering. But why, why can't you tell me who you are?

~Kim

X smiled, and then curled his fingers over the keys, preparing a new e-mail to the object of his affections.

Kim,

You are again quite welcome. I wish more than anything that I could speak to you face to face, hear your sweet voice, let you know all the things I have wanted to tell you, all the feelings I've felt when I see you. Honestly, think me not fresh, but the thing I want more than the heavens is to kiss your lips just one time, put my arms around you, hold you gently. Hear your sacred heartbeat. Let you know me. Let you know that you are the one I've been waiting for, for so long. You are all I want. But I can't tell you. I am too afraid at this point, and I see it not fit to let you know that it is I who wants you like the bird wants the dawn, like a fish wants the wild, open sea, like humans need air. Like I need to breathe to stay alive, I also need you. More than anything. But I cannot have you, for I am not worthy. At least not at this point.

Love, love, love, love,

X
When Kim received this message, it make her heart pound more furiously than ever. He was in love with her, whoever he was. She needed to know. She needed to know who this boy was who needed her so desperately.

More soon.

~Moonchild