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Forgot to mention. Ron´s speech quoted a few lyrics from Nick Carter´s songs. The disclaimer is on chap 28.

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"Ladies and Gentlemen, we are approximatly thirty minutes from our destination. We will be preparing to land in Upperton airport shortly. The Stewardeses will be making their final accomadations now. " The a voice came over the intercom, waking Kim up with a small groan.

She opened her eyes a little and looked out the window. Still night time. Kim began to hear her the excited voices of her friends talking and laughing quietly. Kim looked at her watch. 4:35 in the morning. Kim groaned again.

She wanted to go back to sleep. She was having the most wonderful dream... something about Ron... or Josh... and Kim.... It was slipping by her thoughts quickly, and it faded away. Kim sat up slightly from her reclined position and turned her head slightly and grogingly towards her still chiper friends.

'Do they ever stop...?' Kim slightly muttered, slightly mentally questioned. 'It´s not like they have anything important to talk about...' Kim tried to lie to herself. She was getting slightly annoyed now. She had heard her name, Josh´s, Ron´s, and Yori´s more than a few dozen times already. She knew perfectly well as to 'what' they were talking about. They were there, They Eavesdropped on their private conversations (Something Kim berated them on for quite some time during the earlier part of their flight), They saw their conversation out in the hall. 'It´s like they were talking about some damn cheesy soap opera or something...'

It had been a little over five hours since 'what', happened. Kim began to recollect her thoughts about 'what' happened. It seemed like such a blur. But Kim had some what accomplished the mission she had set out to do that night. She had found out that Ron still wanted to be friends with her, but that was it. And even then, it would never be the same friendship they had once shared. Things were too different now, much too different. And that worried Kim severaly. Even though Ron and her were some what 'friends', They could never be best friends again. Not because it was impossible, just because Kim was not to sure about herself. She doubted herself... She had hardly ever doubted herself...

"Kim, you want anything?" Monique asked her as she observed that Kim was now slightly awake. Kim looked at her friend and then saw the Stewardess behind her, preparing to pour them some beverages.

"Coffee..." Kim muttered. She wanted something to wake her up just long enough for her to get home and fall asleep. Kim felt really drained.

Monique knew exactly how Kim liked her Coffee, having gone with her to Cafe´s on numerous occasions. "Never seen you this tired before Kim. I guess falling into a guy´s arms repeatedly would have that effect on any girl." Monique stated with an amused smile while handing Kim her drink.

"What are you trying to say...?" Kim muttered confused, trying to fight back sleep while she began to sip on her coffee. It burned her tongue and got her more awake from the pain. She reminded herself to let it cool for it was bit hot.

Monique shrugged, as if already bored with the conversation and began to drink some coffee as well. Bonnie and Tara, who looked like they could run fourty miles and still have enough energy to swim from Florida to Cuba, began to drink their Coffee as well while they continued to talk exictedly, their conversation focused on Hirotaka now.

Kim didn´t understand. Did they just start talking about Hirotaka when Kim woke up? Or had she only been imagining them talking about Kim´s current situation.

"How are they still up?" Kim asked in disbelief and slight disgust.

"Don´t worry about it. They just had a good time." Monique replied, brushing them off with a slight wave of her hand. She was referring to the events after 'what' happened. They had all gone to Bueno Nacho. Ron´s treat of course. Kim was suprised, to say the very least, that Ron´s latest product was excellent. She never had much of a taste for Nacos, but she liked the Taco Nugget. Truth be told, She was among the rest of the consumers on that one. The rest of the gang, including Yori, Hirotaka and Michelle, talked with Kim´s friends while they sat to one table leaving another just for Kim and Ron. As Kim and Ron ate, it was just like old times. They had enjoyed that evening. Kim enjoyed watching as Ron devoured an Entree of food down his gullet. She enjoyed how Ron was his old humurous self again. She enjoyed their friendship, if only for a brief evening. And that was what made Kim worry. 'Will I ever have enjoyable evenings like that again?'

Even though they both promised that they would keep in touch, Kim was worried that she might not see Ron for a long time. And secretly, Kim thought a minute without Ron would be too long. After three months she got to see her friend again, just to say goodbye while he went off to continue his newly founded carrer. Even though Kim tried to drag the information of Ron´s carrer out, Ron, because of restrications involving his work, couldn´t tell Kim much. Kim was happy that she had regained her friend, but in a way, she didn´t. Ron was just too busy for her now. Or so she thought.

But her worry was nothing compered to the lonlieness in her heart she had felt when she realized that Ron didn´t love her. It had broke her heart. But she would never, not even to herself, admit that. She just couldn´t even understand the feeling herself so that she could admit it.

Kim remembered their talk. All of Ron´s words struck her. He just wanted Kim back as much as she did him. But one particular phrase replayed over and over in her mind. Kim wasn´t too sure of what to make of it. Was it geniune? Did it have some secret meaning to it? Or was it just too plainly obvious that Kim missed it.

"Do you love me...? For who I am..., no Josh, no angel... Just as regular old me...Just ordinary Ron... Your Best Friend..."

'What had he meant by that?' Kim found herself wondering. 'Was Ron seriously asking if I loved him as in loved him? Or just as best friend love?'

Even though this cast her into some confusion, Kim uncounciously enjoyed it, for the fact that for some weird reason, it mended her heart a bit.

"Kim." Monique´s voice interrupt her thoughts while Monique shook her. Kim refocused on the world to see a semi flustered Stewardess awaiting Kim´s Coffee cup which had only been drunk halfway.

"Oh... Sorry." Kim apologized while she handed over the cup. Normally she would have been allowed to hold on to it as long as she wanted, but the captain was about to start landing. Kim had been deep in thought the entire time, not realizing that she was now fully awake or just how much time had passed.

The plane landed, and the group, powered by the awesome power that is Caffeine, Procedded to go home via taxi.

After about another hour and twenty minutes, Kim finally, the last to be dropped off, got home.

Kim muttered thanks to the driver and paid him, the Awesome power of Caffenine gone from her body. She heard the birds chirping in the early pale blue dawning light as she quietly tried to open the door. She creeped inside and tried to make it to her stairs without a sound, fearing the wrath of her over protective Dad for being three hours behind the time she said she would be back. Going on that little side trip to Bueno Nacho with Ron had forced her to take a later flight home, not that it had cost her a penny to push her tickets to the next flight. Luckily for her, No one was awake trying to ambush her and ground her for being late. She slumped into her bed and was greeted by the warm covers and smooth texture. But before she slept, she gazed at her nightstand, the Picture still stood there. The broken promise reminding her of what she did. Next to it, the gray steel box. And next to that, the box holding the Emerald locket. With a clipped out picture of Josh and Kim laying next to it.

'The Locket!' Kim mentally screamed to herself as her eyes went wide.

Images of Ron holding up a similar Emerald locket, the locket that had saved his life, the locket with their pictures in it.

Kim turned the lamp on and immediatly sat up, and grabbed the letter from the locket´s box. Kim read it... and read it again... and again...

And then something struck Kim as she gazed at the locket, remembering Ron´s locket.

"But why would Ron have our pictures in it unless he... he..." Kim thought dreadfully, but happily at the same time. And for some reason, she felt at peace with the world... Peace with Ron... Peace with herself...

She turned off the light, set the letter back down, and went to sleep content.

And She dreamed... Dreamed of her perfect little world... Were everything made sense... were everything was perfect...

For Ron loved her....

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Ok, don´t kill me. I am just trying my best here to trying to comprehend the mind of a teenage girl. If I am doing it horribly wrong, I am sorry, and correct me with what mistakes I am doing.

But anyways... How are you guys liking this story? I know things are going up, then down, then up, then down, and so on and so forth. It really is a roller coaster more then a cheesy soap opera because in alot of soap opera´s I have seen, things only get worse before they get better. But this just keeps going up and down. I am not sure if you are enjoying that fact or just hating it.

But please post reviews to tell me what you think...

So see you monday....