What a Beautiful Day

Chapter 2

Day 2: We grabbed a bite to eat and talked all afternoon

            Flash forward to 5th grade, a year that brought us both Bonnie Rockwaller and the grand-opening of Bueno Nacho. The latter would bring me years of happiness while the former, well, would cause trouble for both Kim and me until we graduated high school.

            Ironically, our first major run-in with Bonnie happened on the day of Bueno Nacho's grand opening. School had just let our and Kim and I were all set to walk the few blocks down to the new fast food place but I had to leave Kim standing in front of the school, however, while I ran back to our class room to retrieve my forgotten history book. When I got back out to the front, I found Kim face to face with Bonnie.

            Bonnie was wearing her trademark sneer and saying, "You know, Kim, you could be cool if you ditched that loser friend of yours."

            I watched as Kim's eyes narrowed as she said, "Ron IS NOT a loser, Bonnie! If you knew him like I do, you'd KNOW he's a sweet, funny, great guy!"

            I walked over and Bonnie noticed me. "Ah, well, speak of the loser!'

            I saw the look in Kim's eyes and knew I had to stop her before she did something she'd later regret. I grabbed her arm and gently pulled her away.

            "C'mon, Kim, let's go." She shot one final death-glare at Bonnie, who was smirking contemptuously, and followed.

            Kim didn't say anything until after we'd reached Bueno Nacho and ordered. Once she was seated across from me in what later became our "usual booth," she slammed her fists on the table and said, "That Bonnie Rockwaller is SUCH a major JERK!"

            I set down my taco and said, "Kim, chill for minute and eat! This stuff is great!"

            She didn't even look at her nachos. "Ron, didn't you hear what Bonnie said about you?"

            "Yeah, so? Maybe I am I loser."

            "Ron! You are NOT a loser!"

            I thought for a second then said, "What if she's right and you're better off without me?"

            Kim reached across the table and put a hand on my shoulder. "No way, Ron! I don't care about being cool if it means ditching you. You're my best friend and nothing that moron Bonnie says will ever change that. I'm sure I'll have other chances to be cool but I only have one best friend."

            I flashed her one of my goofy grins and said, "You know, I'm sure we'll have plenty of chances to get Bonnie back in the future. Now let's eat!"

            I dug into my taco so fast it caused Kim to laugh and say, "Whoa, take it easy there, Speed Racer!"

            We ate in silence for a few minutes until Kim said, "Ron, uh, thanks for stopping from doing something stupid back there."

            I swallowed a large bite of chimmarito and replied, "No sweat, KP, it's what best friends do."

            "Couldn't have said it better myself."

            We spent the rest of the afternoon sitting there eating more than our share of tacos and nachos, plotting revenge on Bonnie and just generally enjoying hanging out. Just typical best-friend stuff.

A/n: Hey, everyone! Thanks for reviewing the first two chapters. Hope you enjoyed chapter two, although, I was a little disappointed with it. Don't worry though, chapter three is excellent. I'll have it up as soon as I finish editing. One quick note: don't worry, guys, the story IS going to be Kim/Ron but you just have to be patient, the story just started after all. More romance-type stuff in the next chapter, I promise! ~Mulder