[MIDDLETON HIGH]

"K.P., wait up!!" Ron yelled, running after a very disappointed Kim. "I was just kidding about the nachos!" Kim turned around, sighed, and crossed her arms above her chest.

Ron smiled nervously. "You said that those five big bowls of nachos that you and Rufus ate yesterday... were all charged to me?" Kim said in a very sarcastic tone. Rufus popped out of Ron's pocket and climbed up to his shoulder. He smiled at Kim and jumped off Ron's shoulder. He ran off somewhere, and in minutes he was no where in Kim and Ron's sight.

"Rufus!!" Ron yelled. His eyes were beginning to be clouded by tears. He knelt down and cried. "RUFUS!!" he yelled. Everyone in the hall was not staring at him with confused looks. Some were whispering some negative remarks about him.

"Ron..." Kim whispered with clenched teeth. She smiled at everyone and gave Ron a big nudge. "Everyone's looking at you... don't you know that this is embarrassing?" she whispered.

"But my poor Rufus! He ran off!!" he whispered back in a sobbing tone. Moments later Rufus came back and climbed up Ron's shoulder. "Rufus!!" he yelled, holding Rufus tightly. "I thought I'd never see you again! Hey, what's that you're holding?" he asked, trying to grab what was on Rufus' little hand. Rufus avoided Ron and jumped up to his head. He offered the thing he was holding to Kim--it was a flower.

Kim got what Rufus was trying to do; try to make her feel better after the very surprising joke Ron pulled up on her. Since she could see that Rufus exerted much effort to et that flower for her, she decided to play along. "Aww... Rufus, you shouldn't have!" Kim awed, picking up the purple-shaded flower. She held it close to her face and smelled it. A smile lit her face. "And it smells good, too. Thank you, Rufus. And as for you Ron..." she said, placing the flower behind her ear. Ron smiled nervously and began to shake. "I'll forgive you. As long as you don't kid me with that nacho prank again," she continued, gesturing for them to go.

Ron followed Kim to the exit with a glittering smile. He held Kim's arm and smiled. "You mean it? You really mean it?" he said, trying to cutely annoy Kim.

Kim smiled, and tried to break off from Ron. "Why, of course, Ron! What are best friends for?" she said, finally breaking off from Ron's tight grip. She spotted Josh, her crush, looking at her from his locker. 'Why is he looking at me like that?' she thought. She looked back at him and smiled. He then gestured for her to come to him. She nodded, blushed, and thought of some way for them to be alone. "Uh... Ron?" she slowly said.

"Yes, K.P.?" he asked, happily playing with Rufus.

"Uhm," she muttered, looking around the hall for some kind of diversion. She spotted a print ad from a new nacho stand. She placed her hand inside her pocket and pulled out five dollars. "Uh... Hey look! A new nacho stand is opening up today!" she said, pointing to the print ad. She grabbed Ron's hand and gave him the money. "Here's five dollars. It's my treat 'coz... uhm... Rufus made me happy. Yeah, 'coz Rufus made me happy today." she said.

Ron's and Rufus' faces were filled with joy. "Booya!! Did you hear that, Rufus?" he asked his naked buddy. "And do you see this?" he asked again. Rufus nodded. "This has Ultimate nacho with double extra creamy cheese on it. Not to mention extra nacho. Are you sure about this, Kimmy? This is too good to be true!" he yelled.

"Yes, Ron, yes! And I believe the store is about to close in..." she replied, looking at the wall clock. It was already four-forty five in the afternoon. "...fifteen minutes?" she continued. Without another second to lose, Ron dashed out of the door. She could hear him yell 'Thanks Kim!' from afar. "You're welcome," she said, waving at her friend.

"Hey," Josh said, tapping Kim on the shoulder. Kim turned around, smiled and blushed. "How's it going, Kim?" he asked.

Kim took a few paces back, ending up on the wall. She twirled her hair and couldn't stop blushing. Josh went closer to her and placed his right hand on the wall. "Hehe... I'm doing, uhm... great. Yeah, that's right... great." she slowly replied, feeling Josh's hand on her face.

"You doing something tomorrow night?" he asked, touching her hair. Kim was blushing her reddest, trying hard not to make him notice. She gestured a 'no'; Josh smiled. "It's a date then," he said, lightly pressing his lips on hers. He then removed his right hand started to walk away. "Pick you up around seven," he said, waving his hand.

"Ok, see you tomorrow!" Kim replied, touching her lips. "Bye..."

She was totally flushed. The love of her life, the cutest boy in Middleton High, asked her out on the date! She pinched her cheek--it did hurt. "This is for real, I can't believe it!" she whispered. From out of the blue, Wade called. She pulled out the gadget from her pocket. "What's the sitch, Wade?" she asked, trying to be serious. Wade just smiled. "What? Is there something on my face?" she asked.

"I saw what happened," he said. Kim blushed, and Wade began to laugh. "He asked you out on a date! You must be the luckiest girl in Middleton." he teased.

"Oh, c'mon! It's... it's just a date!" Kim said, trying to hide her feelings. She then hung up on Wade, and walked her way home. She giggled. "...just a date with the cutest boy in school!" she happily whispered.