Where Do We Go From Here?

'No Bueno Nacho...? Hmm... Chez Ritz? No, that's too 'I'm trying to impress you out of your pants', besides its the sort of place Mankey would take her. Where else could we go?' Ron was busy thinking about where he was taking Kim to eat. Sure they had gone lots of places together before but this time it was a date. It had to be perfect. Then he had it, the perfect place.

He arrived at her house exactly when he said he would. He rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer. Mr. Dr. Possible opened the door. "Hello Ronald. You're here to pick up Kim I suppose."

"That's right Mr. P. Is she ready?" Ron couldn't hide the broad smile on his face.

"You seem awfully excited tonight Ronald. What's up?"

"I'm just excited to finally be taking Kim on a date."

Mr. Possible looked a bit put off by this. "What do you mean a 'date'? I thought you and Kim were just friends."

"We are friends Mr. P." Ron noticed that Mr. Possible was looking at him in a different way. So he covered himself. "Its just tonight I wanted to take her somewhere other than Bueno Nacho. Treat her special for a change is all." He smiled meekly hoping that Mr. P would buy it.

"Well since its you Ronald, I can trust you to treat her right, right?"

"Yes sir Mr. P." Kim walked down the stairs from her room, she was wearing a dress. It wasn't often that Ron had seen her in a dress, she looked magnificent. "You look spectacular Kim. Are you ready to go?"

"Yes." She got her coat and walked over to the front door with Ron. "I'll be back by 10 dad."

Ron held his hand out slightly to see if Kim would take it, she didn't.

Her dad called out to them as they walked out to the waiting Taxi. "You two have fun on your date."

Ron sighed a little sigh as he opened the car door for her.

"So where are we going on this date Ron? You didn't tell me anything about it." Kim was sounding slightly concerned.

"It's a surprise. I think you'll enjoy yourself tonight. We're going to start at one of my favorite restaurants." Kim hoped he didn't mean Bueno Nacho, but she held off on further questioning.

The Taxi stopped in front of a quaint little hilltop diner 'Xtabi'. "We've arrived Kim. I think you'll really like the food here. Its Greek."

Kim was shocked to hear that Ron actually ate food other than Bueno Nacho. Ron helped her out of the cab and they walked into the restaurant.

The owner, a dark complexioned portly man, greeted them "Welcome back to Xtabi Ronald. And I see you brought your friend Kim along with you this time."

"No Vasili. Tonight she is not just my friend. Tonight she is my date." Ron smiled at the thought of being on a date with Kim.

"Ah I see. Right this way." Kim was impressed by how well behaved Ron had been, she had never seen him like this. On a date. Vasili took them to a 'special' table. It was in the back of the restaurant, away from the main dining area. The view it offered of the city at night was beautiful, they could see for miles.

Kim wasn't sure what to order, she had never eaten Greek food before. Ron asked her if it would be ok if he ordered for both of them.

"Go ahead Ron. I trust you not to order me anything gross."

"Just so you feel safer I'll order us both the same items. I eat what you eat." Ron motioned to Vasili that they were ready to place their order. "Yes. We'll start with Xoriatiki for the salad. Our entrée this evening will be Kota Manestra. For dessert the classic Baklava. And to drink, oh, how about we start with 2 Strawberry Seltzers."

"Very excellent choices Ronald, as always." Vasili knew Ron was out to impress Kim and he helped as much as he could.

The food was delicious, Kim was surprised that she liked it as much as she did. Even Ron surprised her, he actually used the proper utensils to eat his food, and he never belched once. 'I'm actually having a good time on a date with Ron.' They were finished dining and waiting at the table for the taxi to arrive to pick them up. "You really outdid yourself tonight Ron. How come you never brought me here before?"

"I guess I never thought about it. Besides it is kind of out of the norm for our 'friend' routine."

"You can bring me back here anytime you want Ron."

Ron smiled. 'She wants me to bring her back. Score!'

They would end the night by going to the park to walk and talk. "So have you really had fun tonight Kim? I mean am I a good date?"

"Ron of course I've had a good time tonight. I'd have to say this is the best date I've been on since I first went out with Josh." Ron died a little inside when she said his name. They continued walking and rounded the bend in the path next to the Amphitheatre. Kim pointed out "Oh look, it's the mural Josh did. You know he is such an artist, so talented."

"You know I could do that, if I wanted to." Ron didn't want to hear anymore about Josh Mankey, not on his date.

Kim looked at him and rolled her eyes as if to say 'yeah ok Ron'

"Do you have a pencil in that purse of yours?" Ron obviously wanted to do something to prove that he could do what he claimed.

She rummaged through her purse for a second. "Sorry Ron. No pencil, all I have is a pen."

"That'll do." Ron grabbed the pen from Kim's hand and began to draw on the back of the 'Xtabi' receipt in his hand. When he finished he held it out for Kim to see. She just stared in disbelief. He had drawn in less than a minute a near picture perfect portrait of her. He allowed her to stare at it a few seconds longer, then crumpled it in his hand and tossed it aside.

"Yeah. I could do that. Is it that unbelievable to you that Ron Stoppable has some shred of talent." He sounded angry, yet saddened at the same time.

"I never said that." Kim didn't mean to sound defensive but she did, at least to Ron.

"You didn't have to. The look in your eyes said it for you." He turned away from her. "Kim. Why are you here? Why did you decide to go on this 'date' with me?"

"Ron I…"

"I mean I'm not Josh Mankey…I'm just Ron Stoppable…" His voice broke. "The loser."