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Episode III – Chapter One

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A/N: Anything in bold is supposed to be a flashback moment.

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Two days, that's how much time had past. Two days, four hours, 37 minutes and the seconds keep ticking on by. Two days since she had seen him. To her it seemed like a lifetime to him eternity. Two days since she truly realized how much she loved him. Two days since he walked away from her and seemingly out of her life. Kim kept replaying the events of the disastrous morning in her.

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She just stood there not knowing what to do. She wanted to run after him but what would she say. What could she say? It was gone. Her reason for fighting, her reason for being, the thing that picked her up when she was down, and the person who risked his life for her time after time was gone. Kim Possible, the girl who could do anything, just did the one thing she was afraid of doing. She destroyed the Possible-Stoppable team. In an instant it was gone. She knew there would be no fairy-tale romance or movie script ending. No confession of love when all seemed lost. No passionate kiss out under the rain. She thought to herself how funny that all of this started with something as innocent as a kiss and now it had ended with something as innocent as a kiss. That was all it took, a kiss. It wasn't a maniacal villain with a death-ray that defeated her but a simple kiss. For this kiss took everything from her and left her feeling helpless. She knew that there was nothing she could do or say to ever take away his pain. That's all she wanted to do, take away his pain. For the first time in her life Kim Possible knew what it meant to be in love. She now understood the deeper meaning that Ron's action had every time he stood by her. She knew just why Ron would always be at her side no matter what. For the first time in her life Kim Possible wanted to there for Ron in the way that he had always been there for her.

So as she walked down the hall, the other students silent like a crowd before a gunfight, the chilly air pierces her skin like a knife. Outside the once beautiful snow reminds her of a once beautiful friendship. But just like the hot spring sun will one day melt the snow away, so to had her friendship been melted away. She looked for him out in the parking lot just hoping that maybe he was still there but she knew that he was gone. The tears running down her cheeks began to freeze so she ran. She didn't want to be there, she didn't want to be anywhere. She just wanted him. But he was gone. So she ran home to her room.

That was two days ago. She hadn't left her room since. She barely ate and slept even less. Her parents tried talking to her, well mostly her mom.

Mrs. Dr. Possible: "Kim, honey, what's wrong?"

Kim: "Ron."

Mrs. Dr. Possible: "Okay what's wrong with Ron?"

Kim: "I think I may have destroyed us."

Mrs. Dr. Possible: "Destroyed you two, how?"

Kim: "Well after Ron and I kissed that one night we decided to just stay friends. Lately though I feel like I've been looking at him differently. Then this morning he was trying to ask me something when Josh just came up to me and kissed me. Ron's face was so full of hurt and loss. Why, why, why did I have to be so stupid? I can't believe I lost him. We were supposed to be inseparable. We were supposed to be forever."

Mrs. Dr. Possible: "Honey the only thing you can really do is show him how much he means to you and care for him. But first you need to think. I know that's what you've been doing all this time, but you've been thinking about how hurt he is. You need to think about why he's so hurt. I know that you never meant to hurt him and I'm sure that deep down Ron knows that too. Things won't be easy and it will take awhile for the wounds to heal. But if he loves you like I think he does you won't have to do much to win him back."

Kim had also spoken to Monique some what but she was a lot less sympathetic to Kim.

In her room Kim possible is sprawled out across her bed. The mattress is covered in used tissues her face red, her eyes filled with tears. Images of his happy face enter her mind and each time his face melts into that look of heartbreak, loss, and betrayal. With each passing moment she knows just how he's felt all these times. All these times when she went out with Josh or some other guy, leaving him standing in the shadows. She remembers how all those times he was always there for her. How he was there for her when Josh dumped her. How he always put her happiness first. And all it did was made her cry even more. She cried louder every time she thought of him. So loud that she almost didn't hear the phone ringing.

Kim: "Hello."

Monique: "Kim its Monique. Is everything alright? When I got to school people were talking about something happening between you and Ron. What happened?"

Kim: "It's gone."

Monique: "Kim what's gone?"

Kim: "Ron and I."

Monique: "Kim what are you talking about?"

Kim: "Our friendship, me and Ron, the Possible-Stoppable team it's all gone."

Monique: "Gone how?"

Kim: "I destroyed it."

And so Kim sobbingly describes the day's events to Monique. She tells her about the kiss and the look on Ron's face. She tells her how much she misses him and wishes she could take it all back.

Kim: "I just don't want to hurt anymore."

Monique: "You don't want to hurt anymore. What about Ron? He's the one who's been hurt. All day I was worried sick that something had happened to you two. I rushed home from school and called to see if you were okay but apparently it's Ron who I should've called. I can't believe this. Ron's heart broken and all you can think about is how you feel. I thought you were a better person than that Kim. I thought you were a true friend I guess I was wrong."

Kim: "Monique I…"

Monique: "You didn't mean to hurt Ron. Maybe you did maybe you didn't right now I'm not quite sure. I am sure that Ron probably thought that you would be the last person to ever hurt him but it looks like he was wrong also."

Kim just cries into the phone. She has no reply for Monique. She has nothing.

Monique: "I just can't believe how self-centered you really are. All this time you've had this love right there in front of you. This guy who would do anything for you, a guy who you mean the world too. And you can't see beyond your own self-centered world to see him standing there. You can't see past your hotties and high school fame to see just how much he loved you. You took him for granted Kim and now he's gone. Well good for him. The great Kim Possible. I wonder how many people know how great you truly are."

The phone goes dead in Kim's ear, Monique's words keep running through her head. Kim knew that Monique was right. She had been selfish, she had taken him for granted and now he's gone. So she cried cause she didn't know what else to do.

But that was two days ago. Things hadn't changed much since. She still felt miserable and still hadn't left her room. She rarely saw anyone save for her mother who occasionally brought her some food or a glass of water. Two days of crying, two days of loneliness. Two days of thinking about him, two days of pathetically feeling sorry for herself. Two days of memories. She had memories of them as children and memories of them on missions. Kim remembered the first day they met. She remembered Ron's face light up when she smiled at him. The first time he tripped over himself back in preschool. How awkward he was when they first met.

Kim: "Hey what's your name?"

Ron: "I'm Stopp Ronnable, err Ron Stoppable."

Kim: "I'm Kim Possible."

Ron: "I like your name."

Kim: "I like you. You're funny. Wanna be friends?"

Ron: "Best friends."

All these memories kept coming back to her and each time they hurt more. Even the good times she remembered were over shadowed by the pain she had caused. But it had to stop she told herself. She had to put the pieces back together. She had to rekindle the flame of their friendship. Even if he never forgave her. Even if they only got back a small resemblance of themselves, she had to try. Here at her feet was Ron's cross. It was now her turn to carry it and carry it she would. She would carry it high and carry it proud. She would be there for him now and forever.

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Kim wiped her tears away and got out of bed. She cleaned herself up and changed her clothes. She walked down the stairs and out of the house not even saying goodbye to her parents. They knew where she was going, she was going to find Ron. She went to his house but he wasn't there. And after a most unpleasant conversation with Ron's mother, Kim tried Bueno Nacho but didn't find him there either. No instead she found him in the tree house, their tree house. He had been up there for days now. All the pictures of them had been torn down. The words on the wall that once said 'Kim and Ron Forever' had been painted over. Everything was destroyed, just like they were.

Kim: "Ron."

Ron: "Go away."

Kim: "Ron please talk to me."

Ron: "I said go away."

Kim: "Okay Ron you don't have to talk but will you please listen."

Ron is silent. He keeps looking away from Kim, his face filled with anger.

Kim: "Ron I'm sorry. I know I hurt you really bad and you'll probably never forgive me but I'm sorry. I know how you feel and I can't even begin to understand just how much pain you felt when you saw Josh kiss me but Ron I didn't want that kiss. I don't love Josh. I know there's nothing I can do or say to make it okay but for the sake of our friendship will you please talk to me."

Ron: "Do you know why I'm so hurt? The real reason."

Kim: "…"

Ron: "It wasn't because of the kiss. I knew when it happened that it meant nothing but that's not the reason. No the reason is what I came to understand in that clarifying moment. It wasn't because you didn't see me as anything more than a friend. It wasn't because you didn't feel the same way about me that I felt about you. No that wasn't it at all. In that moment I realized that you really did love me but even still it wasn't enough. Love wasn't enough to over come your fears and doubts. You didn't choose me because you were scared and embarrassed. Embarrassed at the thought of being with me but mostly scared. Scared because you knew that we would be real. Scared that I would be the greatest guy in your life and I wasn't good enough for you."

Kim begins once again to cry. Ron's words pierce through her like a sharp knife. She knows it's true, she had him and she was too self-absorbed to even notice it.

Ron: "The thing that makes me upset, the thing I hate the most is that even after all of this I still love you. After all of the hurt you've put me through I would like nothing more than to hold you right now and tell you everything will be alright. But I can't do that. I can't trust you anymore Kim. I never thought that you of all people would hurt me this bad. We were supposed to be forever Kim. This was our fairy-tale, our great story that we could always look back on to find the meaning of true friendship. But you ruined the ending. You killed off the hero before he could even slay the dragon. You killed him in one brutally tragic moment. So here you go Kim it's all yours now. My chapter is finished, my story complete. It's time for you to write your ending, I just hope it turns out better than mine. Goodbye Kim Possible. I'll never forget you."

Kim: "Ron wait, please tell me how to fix this. I can do it, I can do anything."

As Kim says this Ron climbs down the ladder of the tree house. When he reaches the bottom he looks back up at Kim and says one last thing.

Ron: "Your right Kim, you can do anything but you can't fix this."

Ron walks away and Kim is left standing alone in the tree house. She reaches into her pocket and takes out the photo that had fallen from Ron's locker. A tear forms in her eye and drops onto the already ruined picture that she has cried over for days. Kim looks at the picture one last time and then lets it fall to the ground. She starts to walk towards the ladder and then stops. Kim turns her head and looks back at the photo, then at the rest of the tree house. 'No' she thinks to herself. 'Not like this.' Kim turns around and picks up the photo. She stuffs it back into her pocket and climbs down the ladder. 'There is still hope. I can repair this.'

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Kim woke up the next day and headed straight for the tree house. She had hoped that it had all been a horrible dream but the torn up pictures told the truth. She could remember when her dad and Ron's dad built the tree house for them. She remembered the fun times Ron and she had had there. Now all of it was destroyed like a tornado blew through. Kim didn't know how she was fix things but she knew she needed to start there. So she put down the items that she had brought with her. A broom, a dust pan, some polish and a rag. She spent the entire day working on that tree house. First she removed all of the old broken down furniture. Her dad came over and helped her fix the support system of the tree house. She swept the floors and then added some wood protection stuff so they wouldn't rot. The next day Kim returned with some new furniture and with the help of Monique who was there more to fix the place for Ron than to help Kim, she began to put it back together. Kim repainted the walls and replaced the pictures. After she was done, Kim stepped back and looked at the new tree house. It was better than ever before. She had done it. What had once seemed to be impossible to fix was now more beautiful than ever. At this moment Kim knew she could do it. She knew that Ron was right, they were forever and from this moment on she waited.

Everyday, day after day, Kim came to that tree house and waited for Ron but he never showed. Each day she would get there earlier and leave later. Each day she hoped to see his face. She wanted to she him smile when he saw the new tree house. That's all she really wanted at all, to see him smile. She never took anything with her except for that same picture.

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Only two more chapters left. R&R.