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A/N: This Chapter of the story spans a long period of time. The following Chapter will chronologically take place before the end of this Chapter


Ron was bored in class. He had already passed the test that gets him out of high school, but now he was there being a student and trying to keep track of a certain redhead. Since he was not starting at the beginning of the school year, he needed someone to help him 'catch up'. Naturally, Barkin paired him with Kim.

Part of Ron was thankful for this, since it made his job easier. The other part hated it. Kim was constantly trying to have the best paper, experiment, test score. It was exhausting. Ron wanted to coast through and get a good enough grade. Kim was criticizing Ron for writing the minimum number of pages. The next day Ron showed up with double the minimum and told her to edit and cut the unnecessary parts of the paper and make it look nice. Eventually, they found a happy medium for working together. Ron would put in enough effort that Kim did not feel like she was doing the whole thing, but Ron wouldn't be dragged up to what Kim wanted to do. They realized with all the projects that they were doing together that they could make a good team.

Since they were spending so much time together Ron and Kim started eating lunch together. Of course this meant sitting with Monique and that led to Ron losing the Smarty Mart versus Club Banana debate. They were different, but enjoyed their time together. Kim found Ron to be weird, but a weird she liked. Kim really appreciated how understanding Ron was about her leaving to go on missions. Kim didn't know that Ron was tailing her making sure that she was safe during the missions. Ron would remove some henchmen or get to the scene first and ensure the success of the mission even if Kim failed. He clinged to the shadows in case things went bad so he could break her free.

Ron's favorite of Kim's missions were the ones where he didn't have to follow. Ron was able to go play video games with Felix or sometimes even better go on missions of his own. Kidnapped foreign diplomats were not going to free themselves. He enjoyed helping some of his military connections take down terrorist. Ron enjoyed being able to help people and save the world. In that way he didn't mind helping Kim that much either because he got to help keep people safe.

When Ron missed school, Kim made sure that she let him look at her notes from classes and tried to check in to make sure he was okay. Ron learned to appreciate Kim as a caring passionate person. She was driven. She wanted the best for everyone. He still disagreed with her need to get publicity for it.

Eventually the two were spending so much time together rumors started to spread. Monique of course brought them to their attention which they quickly shot down. They were friends and Ron knew the secret he had was something that would be exposed if they got closer. Ron eventually got roped into going shopping with Kim. It was torture for him, but it also allowed him to stay close to her. It seemed the only part of the relationship Ron was winning was going to Bueno Nacho. This only happened because Monique and Ron enjoyed eating contests.

Everything was going to plan until a new kid named Eric showed up. It was a nice reprieve for Ron from tailing Kim on missions since she started to spend more time focusing on Eric then missions. Ron was worried about Eric. Ron was not able to find much information on this new kid. He noted this to his mom, but nothing triggered a serious threat. They agreed that anyone that could distract Kim was worth monitoring.