Again, don't own the characters…

Chap. 2 "Something Better"

For the entire day, Kim and Ron never said a word to each other. If it were any other Friday, they would have been discussing plans for the evening.

After the last bell, Ron thought he would try one last time. He just HATED it when Kim gave him the silent treatment, and this was only the second time she had done this. The last time they were about 10 years old. (But that's another story)

They had made plans for this evening about a week ago with Mon and Brick, so they both felt obligated to go through with them

"See ya tonight, Kim." Ron said as he split off to go to his house. Kim just raised a hand, and responded with an indifferent noise. She didn't even look at him.

"Man, I've never seen KP so mad at me." Ron started to talk to himself as he walked to his house. "I've also gotta stop talking to myself."

It's just gotta be about… No, not that…Maybe she… nahh… Could she have thought I was looking at something else on the internet when she surprised me the other day? That's gotta be it! But she knows I wouldn't do anything like that. Wouldn't she? I WAS sitting at my computer in the dark with just my boxers on. And when I turned around, my… She thought I had a stiffy!

"Ron-man," he then said aloud to himself, "How am I going to get out of this?"

When he reached his house, he said Hi to his Mom and Dad, and went straight to his room. He sat on the edge of the bed, and hung his head low. Suddenly he thought about what he had stuck under his mattress, and went to reach for it. He lifted the mattress, and it wasn't there!

"What! Where is it, where is it?" He searched frantically pushing his hands between the mattresses.

Suddenly he heard a light knock on his door. Quickly he straightened up the sheets, and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Come in."

His Dad walked in with a piece of paper in one hand, and his other hand behind his back. He slightly shook the paper at his son. Ron's heart sank.

"Ronald, your Mother found this stuck in your mattress today while you were at school. Does Kim know about this?"

"No, Dad, she doesn't. But I was hoping to give her a surprise tonight."

"Are you sure about this, Son?"

"Well, yeah, I think so." Ron said, head facing downward.

"Tell you what, son, I think I've got a better idea."

"R…Really?" Ron looked up at his Dad.

"It's kinda older, but I think it says more what you would want to say."

His Dad then brought his other hand out from behind his back. He was holding what looked like a large cardboard envelope.

"What is this?" Ron asked, taking it.

"It's called a record. An LP. Look on the back, and look at #7. I think that will be a little bit better than what you have here." He indicated the piece of paper Ron had printed last night. "The words are on the sleeve inside. You can copy them down, but don't take out the record. I don't want it scratched."

Ron took the sleeve out from inside, and did as his father requested. He looked at the words.

"Badical… ! Dad, you're the coolest!" He quickly went over to his desk, and wrote the words down on a piece of paper, and then handed the record back to his Dad after placing it back into the cardboard envelope.

"But how did you know I… That we…?" Ron stammered.

"You forget about the parents grapevine, Son. We all know your all going to Karaoke tonight."