Ring! Ring! Setting aside the project I was doing for Ron, I answered the phone.

"Hey, Kim," said a smooth voice from the other end. "'Sup?" asked Josh Mankey.

"Oh, nothing, just wrapping gifts you know, for Christmas," I said.

"Yea, um, speaking of Christmas, would you like to come over for Christmas dinner?" I jumped at the thought. There mere idea of spending Christmas with sweet Josh sent shivers down my spine. I was about to say yes, before a voice in my head interrupted me. Ron.

"Oh, um, sorry Josh I can't come over…but you could come over here, and your family could probably come too. The more the merrier, after all," I said. "Besides, I think it's time our families met, you know, before we get deeper into our relationship and all."

"Hmm…that's actually a great idea KP. We're not going anywhere, so I'm sure I can convince my parents to go. This is great; our two families will finally be able to meet and hopefully enjoy each other's company. Not only that, but it'll be our first Christmas together." Right, this would be our first Christmas together, and it was going to be a blast.

"Well, then it's settled. The Possibles and the Mankeys will eat Christmas dinner together," I said.

"Great, anyway, thanks. I've gotta go know KP. Later." The phone clicked, and I set back on my project for Ron. I can't believe you did that Kim. What? You know how Ron feels about Josh. Do you honestly believe you can repair your relationship with Josh over? Oh God, I forgot all about Ron's hatred towards Josh and didn't even bother to think of the consequences of inviting him over. Tell him you can't invite him. I can't. I just can't. I told him this would be our first Christmas together, and I don't want to hurt him by canceling it.

Hurt him? Hurt him? You're worried about hurting a man who cheated on you, when you willingly destroyed the man who stood by your side through everything. As I stared down at my gift for Ron, I felt a sick feeling come to me. Knowing I couldn't work on it anymore, I set it down and went to bed. No surprises or lies anymore Kim. You better tell Ron Josh is coming and that you invited him. How would Ron respond to this? Would he…find a way to not come? Maybe you should have thought of this before inviting Mankey. With an ominous feeling about all of this, I fell asleep and prayed that everything would be all right.

Ron's POV – Friday before Winter Break

I woke up and picked up Bonnie, feeling extremely happy knowing it was the day before break. As usual, we arrived at school around twenty minutes early and stood by my locker chatting happily away. When she suddenly stopped and looked up, I followed her gaze and found my eyes upon Kim.

"Ron, we need to talk, alone if possible," she said without her usual confidence. No way was I leaving Bonnie out of this, especially since I didn't trust Kim.

"You can say what you need to say here Kim, and I swear if you're here to degrade Bonnie…"

Kim's POV

"No, it's not about Bonnie. It's about Christmas, that holiday where our families and us would always get together and be merry." I saw him fidget a little but thought nothing of it. "And, I'm really sorry Ron, but I invited Josh. I'm really sorry, but will you still come over early, so we can make snow angels and have snowball fights with the tweebs and make…" His glare cut me off.

"So, let me get this all straight. You're trying to make things better, and this is what you do? You disregard everything Christmas has symbolized for us, and then degrade it by inviting Josh Mankey over? This is the last straw. I've tried over and over again to find room for forgiveness, and every time I come close, you pull shit like this. No, KP, I'm not coming, and I don't why you even give a damn. It seems you've found a replacement quite well, just like last time eh? Who are you going to run to this time when he cheats on you?"

This time I couldn't hold back the tears. Nothing hurts more than the truth right? I'm surprised he hasn't physically hurt you yet. See it from his point of view. You act like you want to try and make things better, and whenever you do you drop a bomb that sends everything back to square one. I was half expecting Ron to reach out and comfort me, as he had always done before. All I got was a cold stare.

"Are you crying Kim? Does this stain your perfect little world where everyone loves and adores you? Are you feeling pain? Well guess what, Kim; that's a fraction of the pain I've felt everyday since you dumped me. You think I'm going to comfort you this time? I don't even want to touch you." He said those words so bitterly, so filled with anger, and that burned my heart even more. This is your fault. You could have been with someone who truly cared instead of a showboat who's probably been playing you during this whole relationship if you can even call it that. You had to make a choice, and you made the wrong one. Just hope the repercussions are not too extreme.

"Yea, Kim, leave Ron alone. You've done quite enough, and I'm not going to let you hurt him like this," Bonnie said, stepping in front of him. Did she think she could just step between sixteen years of friendship, as if she meant something?

As I felt my anger boil to a full, I punched Bonnie in the face, feeling her head lurch back against Ron as my fist made contact. All Hell broke loose inside of me then, as I started to throw punch after punch against a scared Bonnie who had her arms covering her face. As I went to throw another punch, I felt a hard hit in my stomach and then felt myself tackled and pinned against a locker. To my utter surprise and dismay, the person who had pinned me was none other than Ron. I felt my body go limp, and as he let go, I collapsed on the ground in a sobbing heap.