The events earlier in the day kept replaying in Ron's mind while he was training.

Duff Killigan wasn't exactly one of their A-list villains, especially without a plan. The mission was completed fairly easily. Luckily Kim didn't notice how distracted he was, since he was the distraction for Killigan while she took him down. Kim handled the news crew like always before their ride came. Saying it was no big for team possible.

The ride back was abysmal for him, bordering on torturous. She kept talking about things she would do with josh now that she had more time, he heard something about a concert tonight with josh and at that point he completely checked out. He couldn't take it anymore. Kim had all these things planned with Josh and didn't think to do one thing with him. She couldn't even stop for Bueno Nacho after the mission since she had to "get ready for her big date".

When he got home he changed straight into his baggy training pants and went to the back. Given how much his day tanked he would be training for a while, no need to make a shirt nasty and sweaty.

"I've decided to cut down on the amount of missions Team Possible takes on." Punch

"It's cutting into the time I spend with Josh." Kick

"you can't handle it." Palm strike

Ron continued like this for a while. Eventually the realization that he would barely see kim anymore set in, causing his anger to boil over. His eyes flecked blue and he let out a nearly primal growl before kicking his thick wooden training post. It snapped clean in half.

"Not again. Can this day tank any worse?" He just crouched down onto his knees and sighed.

"Man, what did that post do to you stoppable?"

Ron turned around and saw Bonnie smirking. Ron sighed and said "yes it can."

Bonnie

Bonnie knew he likely wasn't coming back to school that day given the urgency of the call. She decided she would try to talk to him at his place after school and clear things up, then cheer him up. She understood she was fairly mean to him sometimes but didn't think it was enough for him to hate her.

The rest of the school day dragged on. She couldn't stop thinking about Ron, and if he was safe. She saw some of the mission videos, he was clumsy but he always got the job done. Still, she couldn't completely shake her fear even if it was a little irrational. He's looked like he's been in so much pain recently.

Before she went to Ron's she decided that she would likely need something more to convince him she was sincere. She stopped by Bueno Nacho to pick up his famous "naco" as a gift. Holding it brought back memories. Even if he wasn't completely himself, she finally got to be close to him while he was a millionaire. No one said anything since they also wanted to associate with the loaded boy.

She was a bit nervous as she pulled up to his house

"I'm Bonnie Rockwaller, I'm tough, I can do this" Bonnie Psyched herself up a bit before going to knock on his door. She stopped as she heard something in the back. What she saw amazed her.

He was so fast! She couldn't believe it. Also under the baggy clothes was a toned, sleek, sexy specimen. She liked Ron for Ron, but this was certainly a great bonus. How could Kimmie not see this!? She was startled out of her daydream by a growl she thought came from a wild animal, and watched the post get kicked clean in half. She couldn't believe her eyes. The thing almost looked like a stump.

After a few seconds he sighed and fell to his knees. Panting and sweating "Delish" Bonnie thought, not able to help a slight smirk forming while she ogled him. She decided it would likely be best to break the ice with a joke.

"Man, what did that post do to you Stoppable?"

General

Ron looked at her in a confused manner. Coming to his house was a bit much even for her. "Maybe I did something really awful without realizing it" He decided to try to apologize again, he was tired and it was getting painful to continue acting like he was happy today, but Bonnie didn't deserve being unloaded on. Plus she could make his nonexistent social life more painful than it already was.

"Look Bonnie I'm sorry. You're queen B, I'm just a peasant before you, whatever I did I'm sorry."

"Ron," She had to collect herself before she continued speaking. It hurt to hear him talking like that. "That's not what I'm here for."

Now he was just more confused, he scratched the back of his head, racking his head for what Bonnie Rockwaller could want with him. "Uh, why are you here then bonbon?"

Her heart fluttered. She loved it when he called her that. She felt like his little treat.

"I'm here to talk to you" Bonnie held out the Bueno Nacho bag that was behind her back and put on a bright smile.

Ron walked up to her and began stroking her hair softly but in a deep manner.

Bonnie was loving this. This had been what she wanted for years. It was so nice feeling him caress her warmly. After a few seconds he moved his hands to either side of her face and neck "Yes! This is it! I've waited so long for this!"

Then he began turning her head. Bonnie just felt odd at this point.

"Stoppable, what the hell are you doing?"

"Sorry bonbon, don't be alarmed but you're under the effects of a moodulater chip. You're feeling emotions you wouldn't normally feel. Your loathing for me was transformed into love against your will. Don't worry, once I remove it I won't tell anybody" He just stared at her when she started laughing

Bonnie was a little annoyed that he thought she had to be under mind control to be nice to him, but she expected nothing less. She couldn't help but nearly die laughing at the situation.

"I don't have a damn, chip in Stoppable! There's no mind control, no laser beams, or whatever other weird things you and Kimmie get into. I actually want to talk to you."

Ron was still a bit confused, but decided to let this play out.

"Uh, ok. Come in and have a seat. I'm going to hop in the shower real quick" Ron lead her to the living room and told her to make herself at home. She had a seat on the couch and thought about what she wanted to say. His molerat friend came down the steps screaming "Cheese!" She thought it was weird but endearing and sweet that he had such a close relationship with an animal.

When Rufus reached the source of the Cheese smell he looked up and froze in fear "Bonnie yell Ron!", he nearly fainted. Bonnie gave him a Naco and he came back to life.

"I'm not here to hurt Ron, just talk." He seemingly understood and devoured his Nacos. He considered her a friend now and crawled into her lap and took a nap while she patted his head "He's actually kind of cute once you get past the loose skin." She heard Ron coming down and waited.

Ron came down with a towel wiping out his hair before throwing it into the laundry room, when he turned back around he noticed Rufus was in Bonnie's lap and she was staring at him with a blank expression. He thought she was too scared to move.

"Bonnie I'm sorry! Please don't kill me. I forgot he was in the room." He rushed over and tried to scoop up Rufus.

"He's sleeping," Bonnie grabbed his hand "Sit down Stoppable. We need to talk"

Ron did as he was told, although very confused as to why Bonnie was doing any of this

"So...Uh did you lose a bet or something?" he said

Bonnie just facepalmed. "For the last time, NO! I just want to talk."

"O…...K, what did you want to talk about?" Ron said, clearly visibly a little nervous

"I wanted to ask what's wrong with you. You've been down for months. You're not yourself."

All of his nervousness went out the window into surprise, and he became stoic. His mask had also gone out the window. "Why do you want to know?"

Bonnie sighed. She knew what she had to do. He wouldn't believe her any other way, guess she was too good an actress. She grabbed his cute dumbo ears. His eyes went wide in horror. Then she pulled his face to hers and placed a big kiss on him with her plump lips.

Ron couldn't believe he was kissing Bonnie, her lips felt like pillows of ecstasy. He just closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment.

When she pulled him away she held his head in place and looked him in the eyes. "I like you, I have for a few years, I care about you."

Bonnie thought he would say something, but he seemed frozen. She guessed she broke him.

"Stoppable!" Bonnie said, stomping her foot

He snapped out of his love drunk stupor and gazed into her beautiful green eyes "Ca-Can you repeat that with more detail? I mean what you said, not the kiss, the kiss was nice though, I would repeat that, I'll shutup now." He looked at the ground, embarrassed of his babbling

Bonnie couldn't help but giggle. She loved when he got flustered. "I've liked you for a while. I just couldn't say anything."

"Are you crazy? Why couldn't you say anything? I would have to be crazy to reject you! You're so beautiful you could have any guy you wanted. Not in just the school, probably on the planet!"

"Well for one, the food chain." She sighed, looking a bit sad. Saying it out loud sounded so shallow. She continued "Two, even if I said to hell with the food chain or managed to make you popular there was always Kim. When you were all buddy buddy you were always by her side. She acted as if attempting to talk to you was an intrusion on her territory. I had to act mean towards you to even steal a few seconds of attention without arousing her defensiveness"

"Come on bonbon she wasn't that bad"

"She referred to you as my Ron several times as if she had ownership over you. In hindsight that might be part of the reason you're so unpopular."

Ron opened his mouth to argue then promptly closed it. The more he thought about it the more his fists clenched. Every time a girl showed interest in him she turned extremely defensive and started jelling. She wasn't even that protective of him on missions. She clearly didn't like him given how infatuated she is with Monkey boy, was he just a damn dog or something?

Bonnie noticed him tensing up and placed one hand on his fist and the other on his back, tenderly comforting him "I'm here Ronnie."

His heart did a little drumbeat at her words. Then doubt seeped into his mind "Alright, next logical question, no big, but, WHY ME!?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes. She noticed he doubted himself a lot. She didn't understand exactly why, but she knew it had something to do with Possible. "I….don't really have real friends. I know top of the food chain and all that, but sometimes it can be just as lonely being on the top as it is on the bottom."

Ron felt that, she saw right through him. He nodded and let her continue on.

"Most of my friends don't care about me at all, they just want to be around me because I'm the queen. The closest thing I have to a friend is Tara, but you know her. She's sweet to everyone. I think if she was a cobra she wouldn't have any venom, if you get me."

Ron nodded and gripped her hand in return, finally.

"You...ever since we were kids you stuck by Kim's side through thick and thin. you're loyal. Then when the missions started despite how dangerous they were you went along with them. I noticed you, miss I can do anything always took the spotlight but you were always there. I felt like you never got the recognition you deserved. From what Kim says at cheer practice the villains can't even remember your name."

Ron was in a state between shock and elation. "Finally someone noticed. I'm there too!"

"I'm more impressed with you being there than Kim honestly."

Ron didn't understand this at all "Why would you be impressed that I'm there? I don't do much."

Bonnie doubted it highly when he said he didn't do much, but tried to guide him to that conclusion himself "A. We've all seen the mission videos that get leaked. Most people just see you bumbling around and think it's funny. Yet some of those missions wouldn't have been completed without your presence. You always seem to do or hit the right thing at the right time. It's almost like a reverse Murphy's law or something," At this point Bonnie grabbed both of his hands and looked him dead in the eyes, then said "and B. True bravery is being afraid and doing what you are afraid of in spite of it. You're my hero Ron."

Ron almost cried. He hadn't heard words like this since he helped rescue the lotus blade in Yamanouchi last year. He never expected to hear them from Bonnie of all people. He couldn't help but put her into a warm, tight embrace.

Bonnie rubbed his back for a few minutes. She could tell he was tearing up but guys don't like to show that. She would just pretend it was a long hug. They all want to be tough.

"Well Ronnie, you now know my deepest darkest secrets. Now I have some questions of my own." She looked at him with soft eyes "What is wrong with you? You've been looking depressed for months, and it's looking worse every day. Is it because you're jealous of Kim and Mankey?"

Ron sighed and turned on the couch. Putting his elbows on his knees and looking at the floor "heh, You really have been paying attention to me." Ron couldn't believe how hard it was to share his feelings, he usually kept things bottled up. "KP with monkey boy is a symptom of one of my larger problems. I'm alone. It's like a void."

"Don't you at least have Monique, Felix, your family?" She gripped his hand like her life depended on it. She really hoped he did not say what she thought he was about to.

"Monique was always more of a friend of Kim's than mine. Not much else to say on that. Felix tries to be there when he can but you're likely aware he's like genius level. He's taking college courses already on top of his high school AP work. We play games every couple of weeks and he tries to be there for me, but I can't exactly hang with him 24/7. Not like I did with KP."

Bonnie was a little down now, but then she thought of one last thing. "What about your parents? They have to care about you."

Ron actually smirked a little at that. It was almost comical to him at this point. "BonBon," He stroked her hair a little in awe of how soft it was, but then continued "What do you see when you look around my house?"

Bonnie looked around. Nothing really seemed out of place. It was clean. There were a few family pictures from his childhood on the walls. She was confused by his question. There was nothing to see. "Nothing?"

His smirked continued to grow. "That's right. Nothing. You're the only person that has been here besides me for months."

"Where are your parents!? They can't be dead. I'd have heard something about it!" She said frantically, a look of horror and concern growing on her face.

Ron just started laughing "They aren't dead, although they may as well be to me sometimes. Since I turned fifteen they started taking trips. My dad pays most of the bills over the phone or online, since he can do his job anywhere. Any spending money I get comes from monthly bueno nacho royalty checks. Although obviously not nearly as massive as the first one." His smile wiped away with his last remark "Sometimes I feel as if I was a mistake or an inconvenience."

Bonnie's eyes were watering a little at this point, and a single tear stained her cheek "D-Did Kim know about this?"

"Nah, I don't like to bog other people down with my issues. I try to make other's happy despite how I'm feeling. What I'm feeling doesn't really matter in the long run, you know?" He waved his hand after this as if it was no big deal.

Bonnie burst into tears then buried herself into his chest and held him as if he was the only warm object in a blizzard. He needed to know he wasn't alone, he needed to know he mattered.

Ron didn't fully understand what he did. He began rubbing her hair and back "Hey bonbon you okay? Did I do something wrong?"

She took a few seconds, then steeled herself. She kissed him again with all the passion she could muster. Then, looking up at him "No Ronnie, you didn't do anything wrong. The people around you did."

I thoroughly enjoyed writing this chapter. The next one may take a couple of days since my life is a little hectic at this point, but I already have some Ideas for it. Thank you for reading.

PS: I may need a beta so if you're interested slide into my PMs.