Senor Senior, Sr. walked out to the pool area, "My guests, dinner tonight will be formal, if there is anyone that lacks formal attire please let me know now so that we can make arrangements for you."
Ron raised his hand, "I'm a tad formal unequipped Mr. Senior."
Senior, Sr. bowed, "I shall send a tailor around to room at half past four then."
Bonnie looked up and saw that Kim was still looking their way, "Oh Ron, your beginning to turn red…I'll rub lotion on you this time."
Kim didn't seem to notice as she had left to follow Senior, Sr., Bonnie put the lotion down and shook her head, "The girl is obsessed."
"Hey what happened to rubbing sun block on me?"
Bonnie shook her head, "Do it yourself, Kim's left to go trail Senior, Sr."
Kim followed Senior, Sr. back inside, "Soooooo…Now he's talking to his evil tailor."
Senior, Sr. turned and spotted Kim as she tried to hide behind a large planter that contained a palm tree. He narrowed his eyes, "Can I help you Ms. Possible?"
"Ummmm….No…Uhhhhhh…It's really clean behind the planter…Iris is very thorough." Kim said as she was still trying to hide behind the palm tree.
Senior, Sr. nodded, "Yes Iris is very efficient in the laundry room…Do you need formal attire for this evening?"
Kim poked her head out from behind the large palm tree and giggled nervously, "No…I…uhhhh…I packed for just such an eventuality."
Senior, Sr. nodded, "I see, would you like the tree placed near your room?"
Kim stepped out into the hallway, "No…Not necessary, I think I'll just go back to my room and see if my luggage has arrived yet."
Senior, Sr. watched as Kim quickly ran down the hallway. Then he turned to the tailor, "She is a very strange girl…Drop by Mr. Stoppable's room at half past four and see that he is dressed suitably for this evening."
The tailor nodded, "Of course Mr. Senior."
Kim wondered back to her room and discovered four of her seven suit cases sitting outside her door. There was a note on top of one of the suitcases, "Sorry, I couldn't fit these into your room."
She rolled her eyes and put the key in the door and shoved past one of her suitcases that had fallen behind the door, "Great, Ron gets the big room and I get this…this…closet."
She began organizing her room and soon had all seven of the suitcases in the room. Kim began going through her clothes until she found just what she was looking for, "The killer little black dress, this'll show Bonnie a thing or two….I'm not jellin', not jellin'…I've got Josh…Who cares who Ron wants to cat around with."
She looked the dress over and then an idea hit her, "Ron doesn't need all that room, maybe he'll switch with me? I'll have to ask him away from Bonnie though."
The wheels began to turn in her head, "If I can get Ron to switch rooms with me that will make it easier to uncover the dangerous plot…"
She changed into the dress, "I remember when I had that moodulator attached to me and I thought Ron was a hottie, he flipped over this dress…Matched with my black heels and all I have to do is bat my eyes at him and ask nicely and I'll be the one with the Jacuzzi."
Kim walked out the door of her room and headed for the dining room, "Of course I want the room to help out with the mission not because it's bigger and nicer than what I have."
She walked up the stairs to the dining room and jaw hit the floor, there before her stood Ron in a tailor fitted tuxedo with Bonnie in a black evening gown, and black stiletto heels with elbow length white gloves on. Her hair was styled and her makeup was perfect.
Kim was starting to turn and head back to her room to work on her hair when Ron spotted her, "Hey KP, come on up, this is a badical reception here."
"Great…Ron…you look spankin'." Kim smiled weakly.
Ron smiled, "You think so…Rennard did a great job and even made a little tux for Rufus."
Rufus upon hearing his name popped out of Ron's pocket and spread both arms, "Stylin'"
Bonnie looked Kim over and offered an appraisal of her dress, "That was a nice dress when I saw it at Club Banana two years ago…Discount rack Kim?"
Kim smiled stiffly, "Why Bonnie what wonderful material, you must let someone turn it into a dress one day."
Ron looked around nervously, "Ah ha, ha, ummm…Maybe we should mingle and meet people and try to find more tropical drinks or something."
"I don't think you should have anymore of those drinks Ron they don't agree with you " Kim scolded him.
Bonnie glared at her, "If Ron wants to have one of those fruity drinks he can have one. Are you trying to be his mother or are you just naturally a control freak."
Kim narrowed her eyes, "Well for your information, I am an expert in all things Ron and when he has one of those drinks it knocks him out."
Bonnie didn't hear her as she had left to mingle at Ron's side. Kim shook her head, "That Bonnie is playing games with Ron, well it won't work on me…I am not jellin'."
"Oh Ronald, what a great looking tux did Rennard do the work?" Junior asked.
Monique's eyes grew big, "You mean Ron is wearing a Rennard original?"
Rufus popped out of Ron's pocket, "And me."
Bonnie slid in next to Ron and took his arm, "Rennard was so impressed with Ron's natural male physique that he wants Ron to walk the runway for him next month in Milan."
Kim walked up to join the group, but no one seemed to be paying any attention to her, everyone was captivated by Ron's designer threads. Monique shook her head, "Shut up…You mean Ron's going to become a fashion model."
Ron straightened up, "Well I don't like to brag but I do have a natural charisma that just exudes through no matter what I wear?"
Kim started laughing, "Please, the only thing you exude is grease when you eat too many nacos."
Monique glared at Kim, "If Rennard thinks Ron has a perfect physique, then he does."
"I…uhhh…was only kidding." Kim said trying to lighten the mood.
Junior shook his head, "You are lucky that Ron is your friend, I for one would no longer be talking to you."
Senor Senior, Sr. walked into the lobby of the dining room, "If you will all be seated now, dinner will be served in five minutes."
Bonnie yanked on Ron's arm and pulled him away from Kim, "Come on Ron let's go inside and leave the common riff raff to herself."
Kim's eyes bulged out, "If there weren't so many people around Bonnie I'd show you all about a common butt kicking."
Bonnie pulled Ron far enough ahead that she could talk to him without Kim over hearing, she urgently whispered to him, "Now you remember what I told you?"
Ron nodded and whispered to her, "Yea, after diner get her by herself and then confidently tell her how I feel about her."
Senor Senior, Jr. took Monique by the hand and escorted her to a seat right next to his near the head of the table, "My pretty banana girl gets to sit next to me."
Monique was all smiles as she looked at Kim, "I get to sit next to Junior."
Kim rolled her eyes, "He is to die for."
Senor Senior, Sr. stood before his guests, "Is everyone having a good time?"
Everyone nodded except Kim and Senior, Sr. smiled, "Marvelous, our waiters will be bringing around our diner salads soon except for you Ms. Possible, since you are in the economy accommodations your quarter pound all beef hot dog and potato chips will be served to you shortly."
Kim narrowed her eyes, "You are kidding…right?"
Senior, Sr. looked concerned, "No, I do believe that is what is on the menu for the economy room…Oh yes forgive me…There will also be a sprig of parsley on the plate as well."
Kim nodded her head and smiled stiffly, "Oh one mustn't forget the parsley."
Diner passed quietly, everyone seemed to enjoy their prime rib and cheesy twice baked potato for the main course. Rufus was able to polish off two of the potatoes and lay in the middle of the table with a contented smile on his face.
Kim chewed her hot dog slowly and then enjoyed her jello cup for desert while everyone else had healthy slices of German Black Forest cake. She shook her head and looked at her well fed friends, "When we get out of this place, Betty Director is going to have some fast talking to do."
After diner Bonnie excused herself and raced ahead to find a hiding place near the pool, that is where she and Ron had figured the best place to talk to Kim by herself would be and she didn't want to miss a thing.
She hid in the bushes near the bench where Ron was going to tell Kim all about his feelings for her, "I hope all this is worth the amount of work I put in."
Sure enough shortly afterwards Kim and Ron approached the bench, "So you see Ron, I should really be the one staying in the big room…right?"
Bonnie rolled her eyes, "Great little Ms. Perfect is trying to take his room and the loser will probably let her have it."
Ron shrugged, "I don't know Kim, I kind of like the food and the economy food doesn't really impress me or Rufus very much."
Kim shook her head, "Forget it Ron, what did you want to talk about?"
Ron took a deep breath, "Do you remember at lunch when I was talking to you about…liking someone and being afraid to tell the other person about it?"
Kim giggled, "Ron, you don't have to go any further…I can see that your crushing on Bonnie and I'm cool with it."
Ron shook his head, "No…that's wasn't who I was talking about…After you began seeing Josh…I was…I didn't want to say anything because of…how you might…react."
Kim took Ron's hand, "That is so sweet Ron, I mean it's normal for boys your age to have these feelings and all."
"Really…so…your not feeling awkweired or anything about it?" Ron asked hopefully.
"Jealous, Noooooo not at all but I really think that Josh prefers girls, but I really think it's sweet that you like Josh like I do and you don't have to worry, your secret is safe with me."
Ron began to panic, "No, that's not who I was…"
"Josh is pretty forward thinking about such things and I'm sure he'd be flattered but I know for a fact though that Josh does prefer girls…Have you ever thought about Ned?" Kim inquired.
Ron's eyes sprang on open, "No Kim, It's YOU that I'm talking about I like YOU!"
Kim's eyes widened, "Oh…I see…ummm…Well Ron your too immature to have a girlfriend right now…I mean…You like Bonnie of all people, I mean Bonnie for crying out loud…I mean sure she's OK looking but I can't imagine why you actually like her."
Bonnie gnashed her teeth from her hiding spot, "And why shouldn't he like me?"
"And then Josh, and now me…Your just too random for a girlfriend."
Ron shook his head slowly, "B…but Kim…"
She took his hand, "Ron maybe in a couple of years you'll be ready for a relationship as rich and fulfilling as the one Josh and I have but now just isn't the right time for you…I think it best we just remain friends…OK?"
Kim then patted his hand, stood up from the bench and walked away.
Ron sat on the bench shell shocked, "What went wrong…I did everything Bonnie told me too?"
Bonnie walked over and sat next to him, "Well that didn't go to well."
"No…no it didn't." Ron said quietly.
Rufus popped out of his pocket and made an airplane noise while acting like he was crashing, "Crash and burn"
Ron closed his eyes and nodded, "Yea, crash and burn."
Bonnie smiled, "Ron, we'll just amp up the pressure on her tomorrow…I've got some can't miss ideas that catch her attention for sure."
"Really?" Ron said hopefully.
Bonnie elbowed him in the ribs, "Just you leave it to me."
He smiled, "OK, Bonnie, I don't think it can get any worse than it is now…I mean she wants to hook me up with Ned…Yuck."
Rufus began laughing, "Yea, Ned Yuck."
Bonnie giggled, "Mad Dog by the time I'm finished with you, there won't be any question about the fact you like girls."
Ron let out a deep breath and smiled, "Thanks Bonnie…Thanks for being my friend on this."
Bonnie was touched and didn't quite know how to respond, "Well…ummm…No big…Just don't tell anyone back home what I did, remember it's our little secret."
