Waking Up

"Kim! Kim! Are you okay? Kim wake up! Call the nurse! Hurry!" Monique yelled at Bonnie.

For a moment she just stared and than began running down the hall.

"Kim…why are you doing this?" Ron whispered holding Kim tightly. Suddenly she stirred and awoke, panting, just as the nurse came in the gym.

"Oh my god! Kim! You're okay."

"What happened? Why am I on the floor?" Kim asked with a confused look on her face.

"You passed out, hon," Ron said.

"Have you eaten anything today, Kim?" the nurse asked.

"Yeah. I ate breakfast and I just ate my lunch," Kim said looking away.

"KIM!" Monique said. She gave her a look that said to tell the truth. Kim replied mouthing the words, 'I'll be fine'.

"Well, I'm going to have to take you to my office and call your mother, Kim," the nurse said walking over to help her up.

"NO! I mean, I'll tell her when I get home. Oh…" Kim had shot up like a rocket only to fall to her knees again. She was still too dizzy to get up.

"Take it easy, sweetheart. We don't want you passing out again," the nurse said. " Ron, will you take her over to the bleachers and sit her down?"

"Sure thing. C'mon Kim. Up you go," Ron said lifting her up into his arms. Kim wrapped her arms around his neck and relaxed. Ron sat down before placing Kim's head in his lap.

"Are you feeling any better?" Ron asked with a worried look in his eyes.

"Yeah, I'm okay," Kim said attempting to sit up. A wave of dizziness washed over her as Ron lowered her head back down.

"Uh-uh. You are not going anywhere until the end of practice," Ron said watching Bonnie perform Kim's part of the cheer. Turning back to Kim, he said, "Why did you lie?"

"Lie about what?" Kim asked lying on her back to look up at him.

"About eating today. Why did you lie KP? WHY? You know that you didn't, so why did you lie?" Ron asked, a tear dripping down his face.

"I don't know. I just don't want people to know about this. Since you two already know, I can't really help, but protect myself from other people's…worried ness," Kim said as Monique walked over.

"Why did you lie?" Monique asked with her hands on her hips. "Why are you doing this to yourself?"

"Because I can, okay? It's my body and what I want to do with it is my choice!" Kim said sitting up angrily.

"But you don't have to. I mean, look at you. You're a skinny girl and we care about. I love you just the way you are, Kimmie. Please stop doing this," Ron pleaded, his brown eyes boring into her green ones.

"NO! NO, NO, NO, NO,NO! I won't stop until I see results. When I get skinny, then I'll stop. Don't even think that you can stop me," Kim said walking away with an angry look in her eyes.

"Please Kim. Just listen to me. What made you think you were fat in the first place?" Ron said running over and grabbing her by the arm.

"If you must know, Bonnie…" Kim didn't get a chance to finish. Bonnie was all she had to say.

"BONNIE! YOU'RE LISTENING TO BONNIE? I can't believe that you, of all people, are listening to that…that…BITCH!" Ron went into a cursing fit and Kim was getting a little nervous. Plus the angrier he got, the harder he squeezed Kim's arm. When she couldn't take it anymore, she cried out in pain.

"Ron, you're hurting me!"

"Oh, I am, am I? Not as much as you're hurting yourself! I'm going to give that bitchy ass whore a piece of my mind. No one messes with my girlfriend!" Ron said walking towards Bonnie.

"Kim! Ohmigosh! What happened to your arm? It's all black and bluish. Did Ron do this?" Monique asked getting angry.

"Yes, but not on purpose. He's mad at Bonnie," Kim said pointing towards Ron. He was yelling at Bonnie and cursing at her when she slapped him in the face hard. That only fueled Ron's anger as he pounced on Bonnie and began beating the daylights out of her. Monique ran over and pulled Ron of her.

"What are you doing?" Monique asked shaking Ron by the shoulders.

"SHE'S THE REASON THAT KIM THINKS SHE'S FAT! SHE TOLD HER!" Ron screamed pointing at Bonnie with tears coursing down his cheeks.

"She WHAT? Oh, hell to the no," Monique said jumping on top of Bonnie and punching her in the nose, extracting blood.

"Monique! Get off of her!" Kim said running over. "If it wasn't for her, I never would have realized what I looked like. She helped me," Kim said prying Monique off of Bonnie. She was really scared and just laid on the floor shaking trying to cover her face from any more blows.

"That's the problem KP. You are not fat!" Ron yelled at Kim. Turning to Bonnie, he said, "If I ever catch you telling Kim that she's fat again, so help me god, I will…" Ron was so angry that he just punched Bonnie in the face for good measure.

"You didn't have to do that," Kim said with her head down.

"But Kim, I was only…"

"YOU DIDN'T AND YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT! WHY DO YOU EVEN CARE ABOUT ME RON? I'M UGLY FAT, AND JUST…WHY DO YOU CARE?" Kim said crying and yelling.

"Because I love you," Ron said pulling in close. Kim pushed him off.

"Don't TOUCH me. Stop caring. I'm not going to stop anytime soon," Kim yelled the word touch, whispering the rest. As she walked out of the gym, Monique ran into Ron's arms crying her eyes out.

"Why is she doing this to herself? Why?" she whispered into his shoulder.

"I don't know. I don't know," Ron said rubbing her back.

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How do you like this chapter? I heard from several people that I was going to fast so I decided to take things slower in my story. What will Kim do when she gets home? Will she tell her parents or will they draw the line first? Oh yeah, I got that line 'oh hell to the no' from my mom. I thought it was funny. I hope you did too.