The chapter is a little long this time, I was inspired by another valentine's day story so I threw in a new plot twist involving Monique. It should be good fun. I think Ninja School is comng soon. That should be full of suprises as well. Have fun reading the story.

Bubba

Sleep finally returned to a troubled mind, the pills fully out of his system and a belly full of Bueno Nacho seemed to do the trick. For the first time in ages Ron was able to sleep more than three hours.

He woke up at 5:00am and was feeling pretty good, "Almost five hours of sleep, maybe, just maybe I'm pulling out of this." He thought to himself as he lay in the early morning darkness.

He lay in the early morning darkness formulating a new plan, "I've lost thirty pounds, I must eat food, I must act…normal, Kim's probably getting a lot of grief at school for dating a whack job…and I'm not going to become a pill head…Who knows, maybe I'll get more sleep tonight…maybe tonight." He thought uneasily to himself.

When it became time to leave for school, Ron dropped by the Possible residence to see if Kim wanted to ride to school with him. He was feeling pretty confident since he had a little sleep and something to eat for breakfast.

He sat in the car and pulled out the cell phone, "Hey KP, need a lift?" He asked sounding confident in what the answer was to be.

He didn't wait long for his number one girlfriend came bounding out the door and into the front seat of the car. She gave him a big hug and a kiss, "You look better." She said as she took in her Boyfriends appearance.

Ron was smiling as he backed the car out of the driveway, "I feel better, I managed a little more sleep last night. Normalcy is just around the corner." He told her with a smile.

Kim smiled, "Well, I've got a full day ahead of me." Kim then proceeded to tell Ron all about her day and all the committees that she had to work with today and of course cheer practice to cap the day off.

Ron couldn't keep half of it straight, didn't even try to, "You were telling me to save time in my schedule for you? HA" he said with a grin.

Kim laughed, "All of my stuff takes place in school, all of your stuff takes place after school." She reminded him.

Ron parked the car in the parking lot, and then he pulled Kim over for huge hug and a kiss, "He must be feeling better, tongues this early in the morning." She thought happily to herself.

Once Ron broke off the kiss, Kim sat in the front seat with a happy smile on her face. She had missed riding with Ron to and from school. It was as if he was swallowed up by the cross country schedule and work.

It almost appeared that Ron would forget about her for days at a time, but now cross country was over and Ron had his fill of competitive sports, "Now maybe now we can have a normal relationship, he was so stressed out and down all the time." She thought to herself.

Ron walked Kim to her locker and then went to his, he found Coach Barken waiting for him, "All right Stoppable, how'd you do it?" he asked accusingly.

Ron shook his head, "Do what?" he asked the coach nervously.

Coach Barken looked at him with a wary eye, "There are four college recruiters coming out tomorrow to talk to you about scholarships." He said in suspicious voice.

Ron looked at him, "No way…who are they?" he asked stunned.

Coach Barken pulled out his note pad, " University of Colorado, Go City University, Hannibal-LaGrange Bible College, and University of Wyoming…I think we can rule out the bible college." Barken said with an evil grin.

Ron laughed, "Yea the minute they find out I'm Jewish, I'll suddenly be too short for the team…Better send them J.D.'s way." He told the coach while he rubbed the back of his neck.

At Lunch Ron waived down Monique, "I saved you a seat." He told her, hoping that she'd sit with him.

Monique looked into Ron's eyes before she sat down, she smiled satisfied that it was really Ron that was talking to her. She sat down her tray and pulled up a seat, "Feeling better today?" she asked hoping for a positive answer.

Ron nodded, "Monique, I am sooooo sorry about last week…I never meant…" Ron didn't get to finish the sentence before Monique cut him off.

Monique waived a hand, "Don't worry about it Ron, Kim told me all about it."

Ron nodded, "I got a surprise today, I've got colleges coming to talk to me tomorrow about scholarships for cross country." Ron chuckled at the thought of continuing to run cross country after high school.

Monique laughed, "You go boy….Hey wait, I thought you was going to quit organized sports?" she asked with a puzzled look on her face.

Ron had a mouthful of food and tried to talk with his mouth full, he failed but held up a finger until he could swallow the food, "I was but a chance to go to a good school…I don't know, Air Force and Navy I've been looking at too." He said shaking his head.

Monique gave him that puzzled look, "Military…You?"

Ron laughed, "My grades aren't that great…Military might be the only way to go for me…Rabbi Katz is also helping me look into Tel Aviv University…Either way, I think I'll be leaving town when high schools over." He told her in a resolute voice.

Monique looked sad, "Does Kim know?"

Ron nodded, "We've talked about it before…She don't know about the other schools coming to see me, I found out about that just before first hour."

Monique nodded, "I think she'd miss you."

Ron shrugged, "She won't be around here either, she's smart, she'll get an academic scholarship somewhere…Probably an Ivy League school." Ron said thoughtfully.

Monique shifted in her seat, "Let's change the subject, life after high school makes me sad, friends splitting up going their separate ways and all." She said sadly.

Ron nodded, "Yea…I know what you mean…Well, I'm headed over to Rosner's after school, I'm picking up my letterman's jacket." He told her smiling.

Monique smiled, "Going to let Kim wear it around I bet." She said in a knowing tone.

Ron smiled, "That's the plan…Don't tell her though, I want to surprise her." He said in a low voice.

Monique laughed and made the zipped lips sign, "I noticed your eating again." She observed.

Ron shrugged, "Still not hungry, but when I went to the doctor I found out I lost 30 pounds...I have to eat." He informed his friend as he was getting up to leave.

After school was over Ron made the trip to Rosner's Sporting Goods and picked up the letterman's jacket, "$238…I now have $18 to my name…Have to put in more hours at Smarty Mart now." He thought to himself.

Ron looked over the jacket; it was just as he'd imagined it would be a handsome jacket with Stoppable written in script across the back. He wanted to get home quick and have Kim come over and let her wear it, "This makes it all worth it…I accomplished something…and now there are colleges coming to talk to me…too weird." He thought smiling to himself.

He put the jacket in the backseat of the car and drove for home, it was a cold November evening, the radio was calling for snow tonight. Ron looked at the radio, "Not enough to cancel school…Thanksgiving break coming up soon, where's the year gone." He thought to himself as he made the turn onto his street.

He went inside, his parents weren't home yet, he picked up he phone and called Kim's cell phone, "Hey KP, you home?" he asked trying to hide the excitement in his voice.

Kim was in her room working on homework, "Hey Ron…I was just thinking about you, and yea I'm home." She told him.

Ron pumped a fist in the air, "Hey can you come up to my house real quick? I have something you need to see." He told her.

Kim smiled, "I'll be up in five minutes." She told him. Kim ended the call, "Now I wonder what he's up to?" she thought giggling to herself.

She walked up the street to Ron's house; Ron met her at the door, he looked at the sky, "Looks like snow tonight." He said making conversation.

Kim nodded, it is cold enough for snow as she pulled Ron to her for a hug and a kiss, "What do you want to show me?" she asked curiously.

Ron took her upstairs to his room, he took a cellophane wrapped garment off of the chair in his room, "Kim, I picked up my letterman's jacket today." He told her excitedly.

Kim was stunned, she didn't expect this. Ron took the jacket out of the wrapping and showed her all the patches and his name on the back. Kim smiled and nodded, "It's very nice Ron." She said in an unexcited tone.

Ron smiled, he failed to notice Kim's lack of enthusiasm, "It is nice, I was wondering if you'd like to wear it for me?" he asked nervously.

Kim stammered, then remembered what Monique had said, "Reject the jacket, reject the boyfriend…I'll wear the jacket…for a while anyway…Don't want to feel like a tagged cow." she thought to herself sadly.

She was shaking her head no unconsciously, then she seen Ron's stager backwards. She stopped shaking her head and smiled, "Ron, I'm not supposed to put the jacket on, your supposed to put it on me." She told him as she was taking her own coat off.

Ron smiled broadly, "Oh…I…uh…I'm glad you told me…I'm not that smart about these things." He told her happily as he slipped the jacket on her.

Kim looked at her self in the mirror; she looked at the patches and the "Ron" stitched over the right side breast pocket. She turned and looked at the "Stoppable" name on the back. All she could think of was that she'd been tagged like property, she forced herself to smile, "Spankin' Ron" she told with a forced happiness.

She turned to see Ron, and he could not stop smiling. She smiled back, "I guess I'd better wear it, he's so proud of the jacket." She thought to herself sadly.

Ron was feeling great; Kim looked exactly like he'd imagined she'd look in the jacket. Except now it was a happening in front of him for real. Ron hugged her, "I'll walk you out, I have to make something to eat and do some homework and try to get some decent sleep again." He told her as he walked with her down the stairs.

Kim wanted to spend more time with him, "You could come down to the house and do your homework with me?" she suggested.

Ron squinted and acted like he was thinking it over, "I'd like to but I don't think tonight would be a good night…maybe another night." He told her with a smile.

Kim nodded, "Sure…Well I'll see you in the morning…Picking me up for school tomorrow right?" she asked him.

Ron nodded, "You betcha…Don't want my GF walking in bad weather." He told her as she folded herself into him for a hug.

He waived at her as she started to walk home, and then a unthinkable thought crossed his mind as he seen her wearing a jacket with his last name on it. It stunned him, he had not really thought of it before, "Kim Stoppable…Kimberly Anne Stoppable." He thought to himself proudly.

Ron was still mulling the idea over as he went into the kitchen to fix Rufus and himself a meal, "That's not going to happen…After graduation, she goes her way and you'll be going yours…enjoy this while it lasts, I guess." He thought sadly to himself.

Ron's luck with sleep ran out, he fell asleep at midnight and woke up again at 3:00am; he stared at the ceiling and wondered how long this would go on for him. He looked out the window and watched the snow fall, the first snow fall of the season. It wasn't a bad snow, just enough to cover the ground and make Ron clean his car windows before going to school.

Once the morning light was spilling through his windows, he took his shower and put on some of his nicer cloths, "Have to look good for the recruiters today." He thought nervously to himself.

He looked over at the dresser and watched Rufus sleep, "Better leave him here today…They might not be as understanding about naked mole rats as Middleton High School is." His thoughts on his little pink friend brought a smile to his face.

He fixed Rufus and himself something to eat; he took the plate back up to his room and left it by his sleeping friend. Then Ron ate his breakfast and then went outside to clean off the car, "Should of picked up one of those snow scrapers from Smarty Mart" he thought as he brushed the snow off with his hands.

He finished cleaning the windows off and then he slid behind the wheel of the car and started it up, turned the defroster on full blast and punched the button for the rear window defogger and clicked on the radio. He listened to the school closings as he blew into his hands to try and warm them up.

There was no mention of Middleton Schools being closed, " Appleton schools are closed, those guys in the sticks have it made, it only has to be cloudy and their off school." Ron said to himself under his breath.

Ron backed out of the driveway and headed down the street, he was carrying a little too much speed down the hill and went to put on his breaks and the kept moving forward. He kept the car pointed straight and held on, he hit the curb and slid into Kim's driveway, just coming up short of plowing into the Possible's garage.

Once the car came to a stop Ron had a death grip on the steering wheel and was breathing hard, "Ok, rule of the day…drive slow, have to get used to driving in this stuff." He thought as he got out of the car to look for any damage.

Kim came outside, looked at the skid marks coming down the hill and over the curb and into the driveway, "Hi Ron…Roads ok today?" she asked.

Ron shook his head, "A little slick, have to drive slow today." He told her as he came in front of the car for a hug and a kiss.

Ron looked at his jacket on Kim and smiled, "Nice jacket." He said pointing at his name on the front.

Kim smiled, "Thank you, my BF is letting me wear it…Don't you look nice today." She said as she observed Ron's cloths.

He smiled, "Coach Barken said there will be some schools dropping by today to talk to me about scholarships and stuff…Go to college run cross country, get a scholarship or a grant or something." He said smiling as he opened the passenger side door for Kim.

Kim waited for Ron to climb back into the car, "I don't know about this? After all you were thinking about not running cross country anymore." She said with a worried tinge to her voice.

Ron frowned, "I know KP, but this is college…Who knows maybe I'll try for the track team in the spring…So where you going to go to college at?" He asked her.

Kim frowned, "I've got a few catalogs but I haven't really thought seriously about it yet." She told him as they pulled up in front of the school.

Ron looked at Kim, "With the grades you're getting Kim, you can write your own ticket anywhere. You've got to get moving on this stuff or you'll be stuck at Middleton Community College."

Kim was starting to get a little tweaked, "Suppose I don't want to leave home, like certain people. Suppose I wouldn't mind going to Middleton Community College." She said with her eyes narrowing.

Ron just looked at her as they headed inside, "Kim can't be afraid to leave home?" he thought to himself.

He walked her to the lockers, "Wish me luck, Kim…I have no idea what to expect." He told her nervously.

Kim let out a deep breath, "You'll do fine Ron, just be yourself." She told him.

Ron nodded, "Yea…I'll see you after school, Ok." He said holding his arms out for a hug.

Kim turned her back on him, "I guess." She said in a sad voice.

Ron dropped his arms, "What's going on with Kim? I don't think I said anything to make her mad at me." He thought to himself as he walked away to his locker.

Monique dropped by just after Ron walked off, "Girl look at you and that fine looking jacket." She said elbowing her arm.

Kim glared at her; "Yea, I'm a walking bill board for Ron the athlete." She told her friend angrily.

Monique looked at her, "What's wrong?" she asked not quite sure how to read Kim's mood.

Kim closed her locker door, "Who said anything is wrong?" she asked as she turned and walked off to class.

Monique just stood there with her mouth open, then she turned and found Ron walking to the first hour class they both share, "Ron, you and Kim start fighting." She asked concerned.

Ron shook his head, "I'm not sure, I was telling her about the appointments I have with the recruiters, and then she started getting weird." He said with a puzzled look on his face.

Monique shook her head, "I'm not sure what's going on with her? Good luck with the recruiters Ron." She told him putting a hand on his shoulder.

Ron smiled, "Thanks Monique, I have no idea what to do, but I suppose I'll find out." he told her as they walked into the classroom for first hour.

At lunch Ron was told to meet Coach Barken in the office, there were four men of various ages waiting to see him. They took Ron into the office and brought in the first recruiter, He introduced himself as David Littrel of Hannibal-LaGrange Bible College, he asked Ron some questions, how long he'd been competitively running, longest distance he'd ever ran? Did he have a problem with living in a small rural town?

Ron was polite and listened and then blew the recruiter out of the water, "Mr. Littrel, does Hannibal, Missouri have a large Jewish population?" Ron asked with a straight face.

Mr. Littrel did a double take and then hemmed and hawed, then told Ron to keep them in mind, and he would get back to him as he let himself out of the office.

Ron smiled and shrugged at Mr. Barken, "I guess Hannibal, Missouri isn't a hot bed of Judaism."

Coach Barken just shook his head, "Oh sure Stoppable, just laugh it up." He said with a big grin on his face.

Next up was Trevor Monroe with the University of Colorado, he asked many of the same questions and handed Ron catalogs and brochures about college life and he was sure to let Ron know about what good looking women went to school there.

Ron smiled and listened politely, "I wonder if those beer and sex parties they had for the football recruiting would filter down to the cross country team? I don't think I'll ask, I may actually want to go to school there." He thought to himself.

The other two schools were similar in their approach, interested but not terribly interested, after it was all over Ron agreed to visit University of Colorado and Go City University to spend a weekend to see if he would like college life there. Of course all scholarships would be contingent on Ron scoring well on the ACT's and SAT's. This unsettled Ron, but he figured he'd just play it by ear. After all he never expected to have any of this happen anyway.

After it was all over Ron looked at Coach Barken, "What do you think?" he asked in a serious voice.

Coach Barken nodded, "They all are pretty good schools, there will be two more tomorrow, University Nevada Las Vegas, and University Texas El Paso." He told Ron in a business like manner.

Ron was stunned, "Vegas? All right, right on, I can get down with the Vegas scene. So who are Wally and J.D. talking with?" he asked out of curiosity.

Barken cocked his head to one side, "They're talking to little regional colleges, no one is interested from major schools they didn't win State, and Stoppable, you won State. That's why they're here. As far as Vegas is concerned Stoppable, you couldn't hang with that night life, you'd flunk out before mid-terms." He said with a big grin on his face.

Ron smiled, "Your probably right, but what happens in Vegas….stays in Vegas." He told Coach Barken with a big grin.

Ron made it through the rest of the day and after school was over, waited for Kim in the parking lot by the car. She came out of the building and Ron gave her a big wave and she waived back, "I hope she's in a better mood." He thought to himself.

Kim walked up and Ron opened the door for her and then he walked around the car and slid into the drives side seat. He watched the school buses pull away from the front of the school. The big buses rumbled by the car and Ron watched them pass. He was unsure what to tell Kim, "So how was your day?" he asked cautiously.

She looked at him and smiled and told him of her day, Ron listened and nodded at all the stuff Kim had done that day with his various committees and clubs that she was involved with. Then it was her turn, "So Ron how'd your day with the recruiters go?" she asked.

Ron smiled, "It went ok, I'm supposed to go to Go City and to the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado for a weekend to see if I like the college life there." He told her nervously.

Kim was quiet for a long time, "Go City's close, Boulder Colorado is not so close." She said quietly.

Ron nodded, "Yea" He said as he shifted in the seat, he reached down and started the car.

He decided to change the subject, "I was thinking about track, if I can find something and do well at that, it might help gain some more scholarship money…What do you think?" he asked.

Kim shrugged, "What ever you want to do Ron." She said quietly.

Ron backed out of the parking space, "I don't think she's ready to leave high school? Kim Possible has been all over the world, fought freaks, natural disasters…and she's afraid of the future…but why?" he wondered.

Kim was not in a good mood, "Ron's looking to leave when school's over…I don't want to go to school far away and leave my parents…I don't want Ron to leave…His grades aren't great maybe this will all fall thru." She thought anxiously to herself.

Ron was getting close to Kim's house, "So what schools are you looking at?" he asked cautiously.

Kim shrugged, "Go City, MCC, Uperton…I don't think I need to leave town, I guess I'm just better adjusted than others." She said bitterly.

Ron knew enough to shut up, "Oh"

Ron pulled up in the driveway, "Well, I guess I'll see you later, I've got a few schools to talk to tomorrow." He told her as he got out of the car.

Kim nodded, and slid out the car door, "So which schools this time?" she asked not really wanting to know.

Ron shrugged, "UNLV and University of Texas El Paso." He told her.

Kim nodded and looked at Ron's jacket that she was wearing, and then her temper got the better of her, "WELL, SINCE YOUR SO INTENT ON LEAVING TOWN, I DON'T WANT TO BE A WALKING BILL BOARD FOR SUPER RON ANYMORE." She yelled at him as she pulled the jacket off and threw it in his face and stomped inside the house and slammed the door.

Ron just stood there with his mouth open, then his shoulders slumped and stared at the jacket laying in the snow. He stared at it, his mind was blank, and he shook his head back and forth, "What just happened here? Did I get dumped again? Is she just mad? I didn't mean to make her mad at me." His thoughts turned to pain and he just stared at the jacket.

Kim stomped up to her room; the twins saw the mood and gave her plenty of space. She entered the room and slammed the door hard, "Ron wants to leave that's fine let him leave. I can go to any school I want…I…I shouldn't of yelled at him for looking at schools…He acts like it's so important for him to leave, I don't want to leave…Now he's talking about track…Here we go again…I'm not going to go to his house again and spend the night while he goes through withdrawls again." She thought angrily as she went to the window to see Ron still staring at the jacket in the driveway.

She saw his shoulders slumped forward, and then Ron leaned over and picked the jacket up and brushed the snow off of it. He turned and started to walk away to go to his house and then remembered his car by the time he got to the end of the driveway.

Kim giggled a little as she saw him come back for his car, "I shouldn't have thrown a fit at him, I'll see him tomorrow and smooth things over with him." She thought to herself as she watched him place the jacket in the backseat and back out the driveway.

She noticed he didn't make the turn to go home but drove back out of the subdivision, a chill went up her spine, "Now what's he up to?" she wondered.

Ron remembered it was Wednesday it was time to check the schedule at Smarty Mart and see what his hours were. He was glad to do it, Kim was acting weird and he didn't know how to read what just happened. All he could think of was that it was over again.

He made the turn on to Midland Rd. headed down through the stop lights to get to the Smarty Mart, each light seemed to turn red as he approached. Midland was Middleton's largest parking lot at rush hour and right now Ron didn't mind, "I don't understand…after all we went through for the past two weeks…maybe she didn't want to wear the jacket of pill popping whack job…yea…she's probably been getting it from both her mom and dad…Tina says I'm a bad influence…I might be…I don't know." His thoughts became dark again as he beat himself up over all the stupid things he did over the last two weeks.

Ron finally made the turn on Smarty Mart Ave., he drove into the large parking lot, went around to the back of the store and parked. He walked in and said hello to the few people left that he knew. He went to the large cork board bulletin board where the schedules were posted.

He found his name and found a piece of paper and pulled a pen out of his pocket and wrote down his hours, "A full 20 hour schedule…good…I need to rebuild my account after flushing my money down the toilet on that jacket no one wants to wear." He thought sadly to himself.

Ron left the store and sat in his car for a few minutes, thinking of nothing in particular, "I wonder if Monique is working tonight, maybe she knows what's going on?" He thought hopefully.

Ron fired the car up and drove to the Middleton Mall, parked outside the entrance of Club Banana and walked into the mall. He went to the Club Banana and saw Monique working, he waived.

She smiled and waived back, "What are you doing here Smarty Mart discount man?"

Ron gave her a sick little grin, "KP problems"

Monique nodded, "I go on break in ten minutes." She said as she left to help a customer.

Ron sat outside the store on a bench next to a fake plant, he remembered sitting on the bench way back in May basking in the glow of the day after Prom. Ron shook his head, "What a difference nine months can make." He thought sadly to himself.

Monique came out of the store and sat next to Ron, "I seem to remember the last time me and you sat out here." She said smiling.

Ron laughed and nodded, "I was just thinking about that." He said.

Monique smiled, "Great minds think a like."

Ron squirmed, "Did KP say anything to you today…about me or anything?" he asked not sure if he was really wanting to hear the answer.

Monique shook her head, "She got really snippy with me this morning, so I kind of ducked her the rest of the day."

Ron shrugged, "I think I got dumped again today…I'm not sure though."

Monique looked at him, "Ok what happened now?" she said with a raised eyebrow.

Ron told her the whole story about the recruiters and thinking about track and her throwing the jacket in his face and stomping off, "I thought we were doing pretty good this time…I guess I'm always the last to know." He said shaking his head sadly.

Monique nodded, "I think you got dumped….I didn't see it coming either." She said shaking her head.

Ron shook his head, "Well I'm tied with Josh Mankey for most dates with Kim." He chuckled sadly.

Monique laughed, "Your not mad then." She asked looking at him for a reaction.

Ron shook his head, "I'm disappointed at the way it ended…Now I have a $238 jacket in my car that no one will ever wear." He said laughing sadly.

Monique shook her head, "You were always a FC BF." She told him laughing.

Ron gave her a look, and Monique explained, "First Class Boyfriend…You always did things the right way and with Ronstyle….So what are going to do now?" She asked.

Ron shrugged, "Well I've been down this road before, I guess I'll work, try to figure out which school I want to go to." He said with a shrug.

Monique smiled a devilish smile, "I got an idea, we'll find out where Kim really stands with you. Bring me that jacket and I'll be your new girlfriend." She said with a laugh.

Ron gave her a weak smile, "I don't know, I'm not the smartest guy when it comes to girls and I don't want to play head games because I'll end up the loser." He told her.

Monique shook her head, "I think she'll knock me out of the box in a hurry when she gets a look at me in that $240 jacket of yours."

Ron smiled, "Well I guess someone has to wear it." He told her as he left to retrieve the jacket from the parking lot.

When Ron returned Monique filled him in on the whole plan. Ron laughed and nodded, "Ok, ok I get where you're going with this now." He told her happily.

Ron left for home, it was dinner time and Rufus would be getting worried about him. He didn't feel right doing this to Kim but Monique seemed pretty confident that this would work. Then the other side of his mind kicked in, "Do I really want to get back together with KP if I'm going to be on again and off again…I don't know, I wonder why I'm not as upset about this as I was back in May…I guess because I seen it coming this time." He thought sadly to himself as he made his way home.

Monique went inside the store and called Kim, "Hey girlfriend, what you doin'?" she asked to get the conversation rolling.

Kim shrugged, "Doin' homework…got a few tests tomorrow…no big." She told her friend.

Monique giggled, "I got me a new BF tonight, I have to go back to work, I'll tell you all about him tomorrow at school." She teased.

Kim dropped her pen, "Ohhhhhhh no you don't, spill, I have to know." She told her.

Monique laughed, "Tomorrow promise, I have to get back to work…see ya." And then she hung up the phone. She gave a devilish smile, "This'll make her or break her but at least she'll stop jacking Ron around every time she gets moody."

Ron arrived home and did his homework and made Rufus and himself something to eat. He couldn't shake the feeling he just did something wrong. He walked up the stairs to his bedroom and sat on the bed, "If I was really dumped, I don't think she'll care too much…If this was a spat…I'm dead…I like Monique as a friend…I think I just got into something way over my head." He thought sadly.

He took off his cloths and sat in the dark and waited for sleep to come, "What if this backfires and I have to date Monique? She is fun to be with…Maybe she won't be as high maintenance as Kim…I thought me and Kim had something going there…I don't know…Worry about all this tomorrow." He thought to himself as he curled up and waited for sleep.

Kim woke up on Thursday morning, she was feeling better today. The sun was out and the snow that fell the day before would probably be gone by noon. She took a shower and dressed for the day. She was running behind and knew she had to hurry; Ron would be thereat any moment.

She grabbed a pair of socks and glanced out the window just in time to see Ron's car round the corner and head out of the subdivision, "Ron must be really mad at me for yesterday.' She thought to herself.

She finished dressing and ran down stairs, "I'll patch things up at school." She thought to herself as she looked for her mom to catch a ride to school with her.

She was in the kitchen cleaning up something that the twins built that had obviously exploded in their breakfast cereal, "Mom can you drop me at school today." She asked politely.

Mrs. Dr. P. raised an eyebrow, "Something wrong with Ron's car?"

Kim gave a weak smile, "I got angry at him yesterday about him looking to move and go to school far away." She told her.

Mrs. Dr. P. nodded, "So where's he looking to go to school?" she asked curious.

Kim shook her head, "All over, there are these schools coming to recruit him to run cross country…I guess I got to jellin' a little and I threw his jacket at him yesterday." She said sadly.

Mrs. Dr. P. nodded, "Where have you been looking at going to school." She asked.

Kim shrugged, "I'm thinking about staying close to home…I don't know…I have to get to school and patch things up with Ron." She said in a whiney voice.

Mrs. Dr. P. laughed, "Ok, let's go…You ever think about applying at a school close to where Ron's going?" she asked as she put on her coat to go to the garage.

Kim nodded, "Yea…but…I don't really want to leave home…just yet." She said in a sad voice.

Mrs. Dr. P. dropped Kim off at school, she walked into the building and to her locker. She didn't see Ron around and then Monique came up to her just as she opened the door. She didn't see Ron's jacket on her, "Hey Monique…so who's the new boyfriend." She asked not really paying attention.

Monique grinned, "He's a lanky blonde headed boy that ran cross country this year." She said in a teasing voice.

It took a few moments for Kim to catch on and then the locker door closed with a loud bang, "Noooooooooooo" she yelled as she spun and saw Ron's jacket on her friend.

Monique smiled, "Yep it seems some ex-girlfriend threw it in his face yesterday and broke up with him…I thought it would be a shame to let a $240 jacket hang in the closet when it could be hanging on me." She told Kim as she spun around to let her see the Stoppable written on the back.

Kim was in shock and was starting to mouth four letter words that weren't particularly lady like, when Monique wheeled and walked up the hallway, she stopped and looked over her shoulder, "I have to go walk my new FC BF to his first class now." She told as she pranced off to Ron's locker.

Kim followed Monique to Ron's locker; she was not finished with her by a long shot. Then she froze as Monique draped herself across Ron's back and gave him a big hug. Ron turned and then Monique pulled him in and gave him a big tongue kiss.

Kim turned and walked away, "Here we go again…RON…MONIQUE…Aghhhhhhhhh." She thought angrily to herself.

Ron wasn't expecting the kiss but went along with it, "Monique has a really big tongue", he thought happily to himself. Once the kiss was finished Ron smiled, "Booyah…I didn't see that coming." He told her honestly.

Monique giggled, "I had to know, I keep hearing what a great kisser you are so I had to find out before Kim kicks my ass." She said in a worried tone looking up and down the hallway.

Ron chuckled, "Well"

Monique looked at him, "Well?"

Ron shook his head, "Am I…a great kisser?"

Monique smiled, "Ohhhhhhh yea, Kim might not get you back for a while." She said laughing.

She put her arm around her new boyfriends back, "Come on FC BF, time for class." She told Ron as they walked down the hall together.

Kim sat in her first hour class fuming, Tara sat down next to her, "Now that Ron is seeing different people now…I was wondering if it was ok if I started talking to him again?" she asked in a nervous little voice.

Kim sat there in the desk and started to shake; she pointed her index finger at her, then made a fist, then the index finger before pulling her lips into snarl. Tara nodded her head back and forth, "I didn't think it would be ok…I'll see ya Kim…Hope it works out for you." Then Tara made a quick exit away from Kim.

Kim started breathing heavy and gritted her teeth, "This ain't over Monique...Remember Tara's day, Monique? Your day is next…I didn't put this much work into helping Ron to watch someone else walk off with him…Then me and wayward boyfriend are going to have a talk…Hell hath no fury, Monique" She thought angrily to herself as she planned her next move.