A/n: Howdy, everyone! Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. I had some major plot issues but I resolved them, for now at least. Thanks for all the great reviews y'all! A few quick notes on them:

1) I have no idea when Ron and Kim met Bonnie but since they never mention it in the show, I took creative liberty.

2) As for the PG-13 horror movie thing, I'm clueless. I'm not up to date on newer horror movie ratings since the horror movies I like are old, black and white ones.

3) For those of you who have actually heard the song "What a Beautiful Day" I'm taking a bit of creative license here and switching the next two lines of the song. I tried to do it in order, I really did but I ran into MAJOR plot issues. Trust me, it wasn't pretty. My apologies to Chris Cagle.

Alright, enough of that, let's get on with it.

What a Beautiful Day

Chapter 5

Day 116: I almost lost that girl to my foolish pride

            During our senior year of high school, my relationship with Kim hit a major speed bump and it was all my fault. I jumped to conclusions and let my fears get the best of me, eventually being such a jerk I made Kim cry for the first and only time in all our years together. It all worked out in the end but only after Monique nearly beheaded me.

            The whole ordeal started one day after school when I was standing by my locker, waiting for Kim to hurry up and get there so we could get to Bueno Nacho. I was greeted, however, not by Kim, but by someone shoving a copy of the school newspaper in my face.

            "Hey!" I protested. "What gives?"

            The person doing the shoving turned out to be Bonnie. She lowered the paper and grinned viciously. "Just though you'd like to see the newest front page, Ron." She stuffed the paper into my hands and ran off.

            I raised my eyebrows and watched her go, wondering what she was up to now. I looked down at the newsprint and the headline that I read made me want to slam my head into a locker. "CHEERLEADER CAUGHT MAKING OUT WITH MANKEY IN SCHOOL HALL" Underneath it was picture of Josh Mankey in what looked like a heated lip lock with…Kim.

            I was dumbfounded. I couldn't believe it. I had thought things were going great between Kim and me, at least, that's how it seemed. Apparently, I was wrong since here she was sneaking around behind my back kissing Josh Mankey. I decided I had to do something about it so I went in search of Kim.

            I found her in the cafeteria with Monique, flipping through the latest Club Banana catalogue. She smiled when she saw me and greeted me with a cheerful, "Hey, Ron!"

            I would have none of it. "Don't 'Hey, Ron' me, Kim Possible! I SAW the school newspaper!"

            Kim looked confused. "Ron, what are you talking about?"

            I slammed the paper down on the table. "You know, Kim, if you weren't happy with me, you could have just told me. I would have understood, Kim but I do NOT appreciate being treated like a chump! I am NOT as stupid as I look!"

            "Ron, I-"

            "No, Kim, I don't want to hear your excuses! I thought you cared about me but obviously I was wrong!"

            "RON!"

            "Forget about it, Kim. I'm out of here."

            I stormed out, leaving both Kim and Monique looking stupefied. After that, Kim and avoided each other for the next three or four days and only spoke to one another if it was absolutely necessary. I noticed that she didn't really talk to any one and seemed depressed and I thought for a brief moment that maybe I'd been a little too harsh until my own feelings kicked in and I reminded myself that I shouldn't care because I hurt too much.

            Four days after the incident in the cafeteria, Monique cornered me at my locker. She grabbed my by the shirt collar and shoved me against the lockers.

            "RON!" She shouted, "I can't it any more! FIX KIM! Apologize and make things right! She's been so depressed the past few days it's starting to rub off on me! AND I'M NOT THE ONE WHO GOT HER HEART BROKEN BY HER IDIOT BOYFRIEND!"

            Monique let me go. "Well, what do you have to say for yourself?"

            "It's not my fault! I wasn't the one who kissed Josh Mankey!"

            "Is that what this is all about?"

            "You saw the picture."

            "Pictures lie, Ron. Kim didn't kiss Josh."

            "She didn't?"

            "No, you idiot, I was there, I saw what happened. Kim was just minding her own business when Josh came up and started talking to her. He didn't talk very long though because he grabbed her by the shoulders and kissed her. Trust me, she did NOT kiss back. I'm pretty sure Bonnie was the one who put him up to it seeing as she was the one who was standing just down the hall snapping pictures."

            "No wonder she was so eager for me to see the paper. I swear her purpose in life must be to make people miserable! That means…that means I was jerk to Kim for no reason! Aw man, she must hate me!"

            "Far from it, buddy boy; if she hated you she wouldn't have cried on my shoulder for an hour after you yelled at her."

            I leaned against the lockers, taking in what Monique had just said. I had made Kim cry. I was always the one who dried her tears and made her feel better. I was the only one she had ever cried in front of. And now…now I had made her cry, something I had never done before. I felt the worst I had ever felt in my life and knew I couldn't get any lower.

            "You think she'll ever forgive me, Monique?"   

            "I'm sure of it, that girl really loves you, Ron. Just choose you words, carefully."

            Later that afternoon, I showed up on Kim's doorstep with a dozen roses in hand. I rang the doorbell and Dr. Possible (the Mrs.) answered. "Hi there Ron," she said cheerfully, clearly unaware of the current situation between her daughter and me.

            "Hi Dr. P, is Kim home?"

            "Yeah, she's up in her room doing homework."

            "Thanks."

            She noticed the roses as I stepped inside. "Special occasion?" She questioned.

            "Not really." I replied and headed up to Kim's room.

            I knocked on the door and heard her voice call glumly, "Come in!"

            I opened the door saying, "Hey, Kim." She looked over at me from where she was seated at her desk and didn't say anything. "Listen, I know you probably don't want to talk to me right now…or probably ever again but I have something I need to tell you."

            I sat down on the edge of her bed, setting the roses at my feet. "Monique told me what really happened and I feel like such a jerk for jumping to conclusions and yelling at you like that. I should have known better. The thing is, Kim, when I saw that picture, it really scared me. I was scared that I'd lost you and that's why I acted the way I did. I love you so much Kim, and I'm scared of losing you to someone like Josh because I know I'm not as good-looking or as popular as he is. I'm really sorry about what happened…I just…I just don't know what I'd do without you."

            Kim came over, sat down next to me and put her arms around me, saying, "Oh, Ron. I don't care that you're not as popular as Josh is and in my opinion, you're much better looking than he'll ever be. None of that really matters, anyway, Ron since you don't have to worry about losing me, ever. Sure, I used to have a thing for Josh but YOU are the one I fell in love with and YOU are the only one I want to be with."

            I hugged her tight and whispered, "I am so, so sorry about being such a jerk."

            She pulled back a little and said, "Its ok, Ron, I forgive you."

            "No, it's not ok, I made you cry, Kim. I've never made you cry, ever. I feel awful about that."

            "Nobody's perfect." She grinned playfully. "Just make sure you never do it again."

            "I promise, Kim."

            I pulled her close and kissed her for a long time. When we finally pulled out of the kiss, Kim smiled, ran a hand through my hair and said, "You know, you're a MUCH better kisser than Josh."

            I gave her a lopsided grin. "Just making up for my lack of cool hair." I picked up the forgotten roses saying, "Oh, hey, these are for you."

            She took them and smiled in that way that always makes me feel like the luckiest guy in the world. "You're so sweet, Ron. That's one of the many things I love about you." She stood up and took my hand, urging me to follow. "C'mon, let's go find a vase for these."

            Before she reached the door, however, I pulled her into my arms, just wanting to hold her for another few moments. She closed her eyes and leaned against me as I whispered in her ear, "I love you, Kim."

            I heard her reply, "I love you too," and untangled her from my arms. She smiled at me again and said, "Alright, can we go find a vase for the roses before you kill them?"

            "Sure."

            I followed her downstairs, promising myself that I'd never do anything to hurt Kim ever again.

A/n: Hmm…I don't like Josh very much, do I? In all my KP stories so far I've written him as a jerk. LOL, actually I do like Josh, just not together with Kim. I'll have to make a note to be nice to him in the KP humor story thing I'm working on. Anyway, Chapter 6 should be up so, I just need to…finish it. I've got a bit of writer's block but, in the words of the immortal Neil Simon, "No need to worry, it'll pass soon."  Catch you crazy cats on the flip side! -Mulder

D/c: KP belongs to Disney; "What a Beautiful Day" belongs to Chris Cagle.