Ron's P.O.V.
I had called Kim up early, and asked her if she would be there, "Ron, have I never shown up when I said I would?" she asked, "Uh......No." I replied, very nervous, "What's the sitch, anyway?" Kim asked, "Oh, trust me, K.P.," I said, "I don't want to spoil the surprise, and it's going to be a big one." "Uh.........O.K." Kim said, then saying her goodbyes, she hung up the phone, and left me to get ready for tonight, since it was going to be a special event, I decided that I would wear something new, a brand new black suit that I had just bought, as tonight I was going to tell my best friend my true feelings, I was going to lay it all out on the table, and tell her I love her in song, and I had the one all picked out, it was a rather old song, true, it dated back to the sixties, an old Bee Gees hit called, "To Love Somebody," but I thought it would get my message across, I decided to get dressed and head over to the High School early, and check the acoustics, I knew that Wade would be coming out of his bedroom, finally, to watch this, he had said something about wanting to watch me fall flat on my face, but said that he was only kidding, he wanted to see Kim's reaction when I spill my innermost secrets to her, in front of the school, as I walked into the auditorium, Wade was already there, "Glad to see you made it." he said, turning around to look at me, for ten years old, he was a little taller than I had imagined, he stood at five nine, at least, when he hit manhood, he was going to hit at least seven foot tall, "Yo, Wade." I said, turning to look at my other best friend, and smiling halfheartedly, "Don't sweat it, Ron," Wade said, "Kim will love it, and the surprise on her face would be enough to me when you hit the first note, I heard your last practice, you're pretty good, almost as good as the Bee Gees themselves were when they recorded it." "Yeah, but that was almost forty years ago, Wade." I said, looking at my shoe, "You won't get booed off the stage, I guarantee it." he said, I think he was trying to console me somewhat, but it wasn't helping the butterflies in my stomach at the moment, then Mr. Barkin walked in, "Stoppable, as the defending champ, you get the choice of where you want to be in the rotation." he said, "I'll open first, want to get it out of the way, over and done with." I said, looking up at the big man standing in front of me, "Okay, I admire your courage, Stoppable." Mr. Barkin replied, smiling slightly, he knew what was going on, I had told him what I planned to do from the moment I had signed up to defend my title as talent show champion, I walked back behind the curtains, and waited for him to announce my name, which would be in about ten minutes.
Ten minutes later,
The butterflies in my stomach had turned into dive bombers, I was more nervous than I had ever been in my life, just waiting for the axe to fall, as it were, I picked up my guitar, a black Gibson Epifone, and threw the strap over my shoulder, hooking it to the instrument and balancing it across my chest, I then plugged the instrument into the amp sitting on the floor, behind a set of large curtains, I could hear Mr. Barkin talking but it made no sense to me, until I heard my name, "And our first contestant of the day, last years champion, Ron Stoppable." 'Oh my God, I'm not ready yet!' I thought to myself, the curtains rose slowly, and the first face I saw, was Kim's, sitting in the front row, almost in front of me, she was looking up at me in shock, I walked up to the mic in front of me, and tapped it with my forefinger, then, I spoke, "Tonight, I'm singing a very special song, for a very special woman, she knows who she is, I need not say anymore." at that, I nodded to the orchestra that was hidden out of sight, to begin the first notes of my song, I waited for the right moment, then I began to sing, never taking my eyes off Kim:
There's a light,
Some kind of light,
That never shown on me,
I want my life to be,
A live with you,
Live with you,
There's a way,
Everybody says,
To do each and every little thing,
But what good does it mean,
If I ain't got you,
Ain't got you, Baby,
You don't know what it's like,
Baby you don't know what it's like,
To love somebody,
To love somebody,
The way I love you,
Boy, talk about nerves, I felt like I was going to hurl any minute, but I didn't let it stop me, I kept right on going, looking at noone but Kim, looking deep into those beautiful jade green eyes, letting her know, in some way, that every word I was saying to her was true, and honest:
Ohh, in my brain,
I see your face again,
I know my frame of mind,
You ain't got to be so blind,
And I'm blind,
So so so blind,
I'm a man,
Can't you see what I am,
I live and I breathe for you,
But what good does it, do,
If I ain't got you,
Ain't got you, Baby,
You don't know what it's like,
Baby you don't know what it's like,
To love somebody,
To love somebody,
The way I love you,
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh no no,
You don't know what it's like,
Baby you don't know what it's like,
To love somebody,
To love somebody,
The way I love you.
'Yes, I'm done, and I didn't hurl!!!' I thought to myself as I got back around the curtains, and out of sight, I let myself calm down a little bit before going out onto the auditorium floor, and to where Kim was sitting, "Thanks, Ron." she said to me when I met her eyes, there was a smile on her face like I had never seen before, except once, way back when she was crushing on Josh Mankey, at first, I didn't understand, "Thanks for what?" I asked, not having a clue what she was saying, then I realized that I had just spilled to the entire school that I was in love with Kim, "Thanks for telling me, you don't know how long I waited to hear you say that." she replied, beaming from ear to ear, I smiled back, took her in my arms, and kissed her, the first kiss as a couple, and right in front of the school, no less, everything was so perfect, from the song, to Kim's reaction, I couldn't have wanted anything less.
The announcement of the winner came shortly afterward, I had won for the second straight year in a row, as Kim and I left, I slipped my hand into hers, she twined her fingers around mine, and leaned her head on my shoulder, and we left the school, just happy to be together, a couple for the ages.
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