If you haven't already noticed from reading my storie, I usually like to tell things from Ron's POV. I don't have anything against Kim but Ron just seems more...comical. Maybe I'll try to write a less comical story from Kim's POV next (I'm not sure anyone would read it, though). Oh and Q-T3000, I'll get try to help you out by e-mailing you some ideas or something. Enjoy:
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"Hey Kim."
"Hey Ron. So how's tutoring?" Kim asked over the phone. Ron could hear the Tweebs in the background, no doubt fooling around with another unbelievably complex (and useless) invention. Kim's parents could also be heard screaming for them to stop.
"Uh…fine. It's fine," he lied. "I think me and Josh are really hitting it off. Just like YOU wanted."
"Hey, I never said that you HAD to like him," she chuckled. "But I'm glad that you do, anyway. I knew you'd get over your Mankey/Monkey obsession. Thank you, Ron."
"Yeah…"
"Okay. Enough about that. Let's talk about tomorrow."
Ron rolled his eyes. "What ABOUT tomorrow?" he asked, as if he already didn't know.
"What am I gonna wear?? This is time for, like, major nervousness. It's practically a date! Except-"
"Except I'll be there," Ron interrupted.
"Yeah…well…you don't really count."
"What's that supposed to mean??" Ron asked, slightly hurt by Kim's comment.
"No, I didn't mean it like that Ron. I'm just saying that SOMEONE should know when to 'go to the restroom' or 'look for napkins' at the right time. You know what I mean?"
"No."
"C'mon Ron! You know I'll never find the guts to ask Josh out, myself! Can't you just do me a favor and give us some 'alone' time?? I'd do the same thing for you!"
"If I could find a date…"
"Please…" Kim pleaded.
"I dunno…" Ron thought out loud. "If I do this, you're gonna have to do ME a favor, too."
"Sure. Fine. Whatever," Kim said desperately. "Next time you come over to my house I'll…I dunno…let you sleep in my bed or something."
"WHAT???" Ron asked, almost excitedly.
"You know," Kim said casually, "like when your parents have to go out of town or something."
"Oh. I thought you meant……"
"…What?"
"You know, I thought you meant……"
"…What??……Oh! No! Ron!!"
"Hey, you said it!"
"Ron!! You know I'd never 'let' you sleep with me!! What kind of person do you think I am??"
"Yeah, you save that pleasure for guys like Josh right?"
It was only after the few second of silence that Ron realized what he said.
"Ron…don't even go there," Kim said. Ron could tell she was blushing even if he couldn't actually see her through the phone.
"My bad."
"Okay. Anyway…um…Rufus wanted to sleep over at my house tonight so don't worry. I'll just give him to you before school, tomorrow."
"Is he sleeping at your house or is he 'sleeping' at your house?" Ron asked, playfully teasing Kim.
"…Ron. You're sick. Really. You are."
"Heh. Sorry."
"I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Yeah. I'll walk you to school."
"Alright. Later."
"Later KP."
*click*
Ron hung up the phone and went to brush his teeth before going to bed but stopped short when a naughty idea crossed his mind.
"Heh heh heh…" Ron chuckled while he dialed in another number on the phone.
*riiiiing*
*riiiiing*
*riiiiing*
*riiiiing*
Someone picked up on the other line. "Hello?"
'Perfect…'
"Hello? Is this Mr. Joshua Mankey?"
"No, it isn't. May I ask who's calling?" the stranger asked politely.
'Even better. He doesn't have caller ID.'
"This is 'Go and Show Videos.' We're looking for a Josh Mankey."
"Well this is his father. Is there a problem?"
"Yes. A big problem." Ron took a deep breath to stop himself from laughing. "Mr. Mankey has a long list of overdue adult films that he has repeatedly refused to return. He has even threatened to attack our store clerk."
"WHAT!?!?" came an angered voice through the other line. "Are you sure!?! JOSH did this???"
"Yes. If our clerk didn't have that bottle of lotion that your son demanded in exchange for his well-being, well…things could have gotten ugly. We've waited for about…oh, around three weeks or so for your son to peacefully return the videos to our store but seeing as how stubborn he seems to be, we may be forced to sue."
"Just how many videos did he take?"
"He…illegally rented 231 adult videos in total. We were willing to let his violent threat go if it weren't for the fact that he has not returned the videos, and that we just found out that he is under-aged."
"Well I'm gonna have to have a talk with him…"
"You do that, sir. And try to get our videos back. He said something about hiding them under his bed."
"Thanks. JOOOSSSSSHHHH!!!!!!," was the last thing Ron heard before Josh's dad hung up. He snickered to himself. This was probably the worst thing he had ever done to somebody else. But Josh deserved it. Josh was the bad guy, not him. He……uh……he…
'What DID he do wrong?'
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After school on Tuesday, Ron went back to the library, just like Josh told him to. To Ron's amusement, Josh had a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong Josh?" Ron asked innocently.
"Oh. Hey Ron," Josh nodded. "You ready for another lesson?"
"No, first I wanna find out what's wrong, buddy." Ron put his arm around Josh's shoulder.
"Well…you promise you won't laugh? It's kinda embarrassing."
Ron raised his right hand. "Scout's honor."
'Like I'm a scout…' he snickered.
"Well…my dad said he got this weird call yesterday. He said something about me owing the video store, like, 200 videos or something…"
"231?"
"…Yeah…how'd you know?"
"Oh! Um…uh…it looked like you were about to say it."
"Oh…" Josh was too deep in thought to notice Ron's stupidity. "Anyway, these weren't just any ole regular videos, either. These were…well…you know…'adult' videos."
"ADULT films? Wow, Josh. I didn't know you were like that…"
"No! Ron! Really, I had no idea what my dad was talking about so I told him so and he said he believed me."
"Oh…" Ron looked disappointed. "Well then what's the problem?"
"It's just that he's been acting weird around me lately, like he doesn't fully trust me. I don't want my dad to be getting suspicious of me for something I didn't do… What should I do?"
"You're asking ME for advice???"
"Yeah. I heard you always help Kim out whenever she's in trouble."
"Yeah but…I'm not very good at it…"
Another idea came to Ron.
"On second thought, I think I DO know what to do."
"I'm all ears."
Ron smirked. "All you have to do is go home as soon as you're done tutoring me and spend some time with your dad. Then he'll start to get the idea that you're not off somewhere else doing SOMETHING else."
"Yeah but…I'm supposed to meet you and Kim at Bueno Nacho today after we're done tutoring."
"Your call…"
Josh thought about it while Ron patted himself on the back for coming up with such a good plan so quickly. It would just be him and Kim…and not Josh.
"Hmmm…I'll think about it Ron. I'll figure out what to do after we're done with this algebra stuff."
"That's cool."
Rufus, who was lounging in the comforts of Ron's pockets, couldn't help but notice the evil look at Ron gave Josh when Josh wasn't looking. It almost seemed to him like Ron WANTED Josh to go away and get in trouble. But Ron wouldn't do that…
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"Hey Kim."
"Hey Ron. So how's tutoring?" Kim asked over the phone. Ron could hear the Tweebs in the background, no doubt fooling around with another unbelievably complex (and useless) invention. Kim's parents could also be heard screaming for them to stop.
"Uh…fine. It's fine," he lied. "I think me and Josh are really hitting it off. Just like YOU wanted."
"Hey, I never said that you HAD to like him," she chuckled. "But I'm glad that you do, anyway. I knew you'd get over your Mankey/Monkey obsession. Thank you, Ron."
"Yeah…"
"Okay. Enough about that. Let's talk about tomorrow."
Ron rolled his eyes. "What ABOUT tomorrow?" he asked, as if he already didn't know.
"What am I gonna wear?? This is time for, like, major nervousness. It's practically a date! Except-"
"Except I'll be there," Ron interrupted.
"Yeah…well…you don't really count."
"What's that supposed to mean??" Ron asked, slightly hurt by Kim's comment.
"No, I didn't mean it like that Ron. I'm just saying that SOMEONE should know when to 'go to the restroom' or 'look for napkins' at the right time. You know what I mean?"
"No."
"C'mon Ron! You know I'll never find the guts to ask Josh out, myself! Can't you just do me a favor and give us some 'alone' time?? I'd do the same thing for you!"
"If I could find a date…"
"Please…" Kim pleaded.
"I dunno…" Ron thought out loud. "If I do this, you're gonna have to do ME a favor, too."
"Sure. Fine. Whatever," Kim said desperately. "Next time you come over to my house I'll…I dunno…let you sleep in my bed or something."
"WHAT???" Ron asked, almost excitedly.
"You know," Kim said casually, "like when your parents have to go out of town or something."
"Oh. I thought you meant……"
"…What?"
"You know, I thought you meant……"
"…What??……Oh! No! Ron!!"
"Hey, you said it!"
"Ron!! You know I'd never 'let' you sleep with me!! What kind of person do you think I am??"
"Yeah, you save that pleasure for guys like Josh right?"
It was only after the few second of silence that Ron realized what he said.
"Ron…don't even go there," Kim said. Ron could tell she was blushing even if he couldn't actually see her through the phone.
"My bad."
"Okay. Anyway…um…Rufus wanted to sleep over at my house tonight so don't worry. I'll just give him to you before school, tomorrow."
"Is he sleeping at your house or is he 'sleeping' at your house?" Ron asked, playfully teasing Kim.
"…Ron. You're sick. Really. You are."
"Heh. Sorry."
"I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Yeah. I'll walk you to school."
"Alright. Later."
"Later KP."
*click*
Ron hung up the phone and went to brush his teeth before going to bed but stopped short when a naughty idea crossed his mind.
"Heh heh heh…" Ron chuckled while he dialed in another number on the phone.
*riiiiing*
*riiiiing*
*riiiiing*
*riiiiing*
Someone picked up on the other line. "Hello?"
'Perfect…'
"Hello? Is this Mr. Joshua Mankey?"
"No, it isn't. May I ask who's calling?" the stranger asked politely.
'Even better. He doesn't have caller ID.'
"This is 'Go and Show Videos.' We're looking for a Josh Mankey."
"Well this is his father. Is there a problem?"
"Yes. A big problem." Ron took a deep breath to stop himself from laughing. "Mr. Mankey has a long list of overdue adult films that he has repeatedly refused to return. He has even threatened to attack our store clerk."
"WHAT!?!?" came an angered voice through the other line. "Are you sure!?! JOSH did this???"
"Yes. If our clerk didn't have that bottle of lotion that your son demanded in exchange for his well-being, well…things could have gotten ugly. We've waited for about…oh, around three weeks or so for your son to peacefully return the videos to our store but seeing as how stubborn he seems to be, we may be forced to sue."
"Just how many videos did he take?"
"He…illegally rented 231 adult videos in total. We were willing to let his violent threat go if it weren't for the fact that he has not returned the videos, and that we just found out that he is under-aged."
"Well I'm gonna have to have a talk with him…"
"You do that, sir. And try to get our videos back. He said something about hiding them under his bed."
"Thanks. JOOOSSSSSHHHH!!!!!!," was the last thing Ron heard before Josh's dad hung up. He snickered to himself. This was probably the worst thing he had ever done to somebody else. But Josh deserved it. Josh was the bad guy, not him. He……uh……he…
'What DID he do wrong?'
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After school on Tuesday, Ron went back to the library, just like Josh told him to. To Ron's amusement, Josh had a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong Josh?" Ron asked innocently.
"Oh. Hey Ron," Josh nodded. "You ready for another lesson?"
"No, first I wanna find out what's wrong, buddy." Ron put his arm around Josh's shoulder.
"Well…you promise you won't laugh? It's kinda embarrassing."
Ron raised his right hand. "Scout's honor."
'Like I'm a scout…' he snickered.
"Well…my dad said he got this weird call yesterday. He said something about me owing the video store, like, 200 videos or something…"
"231?"
"…Yeah…how'd you know?"
"Oh! Um…uh…it looked like you were about to say it."
"Oh…" Josh was too deep in thought to notice Ron's stupidity. "Anyway, these weren't just any ole regular videos, either. These were…well…you know…'adult' videos."
"ADULT films? Wow, Josh. I didn't know you were like that…"
"No! Ron! Really, I had no idea what my dad was talking about so I told him so and he said he believed me."
"Oh…" Ron looked disappointed. "Well then what's the problem?"
"It's just that he's been acting weird around me lately, like he doesn't fully trust me. I don't want my dad to be getting suspicious of me for something I didn't do… What should I do?"
"You're asking ME for advice???"
"Yeah. I heard you always help Kim out whenever she's in trouble."
"Yeah but…I'm not very good at it…"
Another idea came to Ron.
"On second thought, I think I DO know what to do."
"I'm all ears."
Ron smirked. "All you have to do is go home as soon as you're done tutoring me and spend some time with your dad. Then he'll start to get the idea that you're not off somewhere else doing SOMETHING else."
"Yeah but…I'm supposed to meet you and Kim at Bueno Nacho today after we're done tutoring."
"Your call…"
Josh thought about it while Ron patted himself on the back for coming up with such a good plan so quickly. It would just be him and Kim…and not Josh.
"Hmmm…I'll think about it Ron. I'll figure out what to do after we're done with this algebra stuff."
"That's cool."
Rufus, who was lounging in the comforts of Ron's pockets, couldn't help but notice the evil look at Ron gave Josh when Josh wasn't looking. It almost seemed to him like Ron WANTED Josh to go away and get in trouble. But Ron wouldn't do that…