SILENT CRIES – Chapter 2

A Kim Possible Fan Fiction by Juneroses

"Hello?" Ron's calm happy voice did not seem to soothe her as easily this time.

"Ron?" she spoke tearfully into the phone.

"Kim what's wrong?" Ron could already pick up the distress in her voice.

"I just got… this absolutely terrible message from Josh!" She cried.

"Josh?" Ron's sounded slightly more intense now. "Why did Josh call you?"

Kim sniffed, "Oh Ron, I really just don't know. He called and left me a message."

"Well what did he say?" Whatever it was, Ron would surely kill him for making his girl so upset like this.

"He said… well… it was kind of hard to hear…" She began, " he was… well… he started saying all these really, vulgar kinds of things to me. It was awful!"

On the other end of the line, Ron's ears were turning red as a fire hydrant. Always a danger sign. He was furious with Josh now. "What did he say? Was it insulting?"

"Yeah, it was really really mean."

"Well what did he say?" Ron asked as patiently as he could.

"He said…" Kim said a bit more softly, "things like… take off my shirt…come over and wear something tight…stuff about how 'hawt' I was."

Ron could feel his throat tighten up. "How dare he." He muttered under his breath, "I'll kill him."

"No Ron! He didn't – didn't know what he was doing… I think."

"Didn't know what he was doing?" Ron echoed, "Kim! He had no right to say what he said! He knew what he was doing!"

"Ron…" She said suppressing her tears, "He was… high… when he called me."

"High?" Ron's voice was hollow and emotionless. Josh was a druggie?

"Yes that's right." Kim spoke.

Ron said even more softly. "This only makes matters ten times worse. That's completely disrespectful of himself and even more to you."

"I know but…"

"Kim, you don't deserve this."

"I know but…"

"He was being so rude!" He continued to rant.

"RON! I know he was being rude and that I didn't deserve any of it. But I think Josh has a real problem here. I called him you see and…"

Ron interrupted angrily, "You CALLED him?"

Kim flushed red, "Yes I called him. I wanted to see if it was really Josh who called me."

"And?"

Kim sounded sadder at this point, "He did. During the conversation he invited me to his friends house to join the party."

Ron felt his whole body freeze up inside. "And did you?"

"Of course not. I hung up on him. Right then, right there. No more questions asked."

Ron sighed in relief, "You did the right thing Kim." His voice was the same calm way he had answered the phone now.

"I know… but…"

"Don't let this ruin your night. I'll deal with Josh okay? He won't bother you after I'm through with the scumbag." Ron said almost too sweetly.

"Please no Ron. I think Josh has got a real problem. We need to send him to send him for treatment not make matters worse than they are… he's probably… confused or something."

"Kim, listen to yourself…" Ron trailed off not knowing where to go with this statement.

"We could do something, couldn't we?" Kim said a bit more brightly, "We could call Wade and find someone to help Josh."

Ron couldn't refuse this. She had just cheered herself up. "Yes… well alright then."

"Okay then… I'll call Wade right now!" Kim said without a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Okay. Bye KP."

"I'll talk to you later."

Kim hung up the phone and picked up her communicator. She pressed a few buttons and Wade's happy face was displayed on the screen.

"Hello Kim. What's up? Have you been crying?" He had obviously noticed her red puffy eyes.

"Yes," Kim said cheerfully, "but that doesn't matter. I need you to do a favor for me."

Wade smiled, "Yes of course… I'm all ears."

"I need you to find me the world's most prestigious drug counselor."

Wade stared at her, "What for?"

Kim's face reddened, "It's for someone…a…f-friend."

"Okay Kim. Whatever. Here's someone: Doctor Mai Lu of Japan."

"Japan? Can you try to score a favor there?" Kim asked.

"Of course I can. I'll call you with the details tomorrow. Have a good night." Wade said. The screen went blank.

Kim placed her Kimmunicator by the end table beside her bed and headed downstairs. She could've sworn she had heard her Mom call for dinner when she was talking to Ron.

"Kimmie you're late." Her mother said as she patted her face with a paper napkin.

"Sorry. I had to call Wade."

"That's no excuse. You're on clean up duty tonight." Her mother said slapping some pork chops onto her plate for her.

"Okay sure Mom."

Supper was unusually comforting that night; even though Jim and Tim were trying to build an empire with their mash potatoes Kim was able to enjoy the gravy gliding down her throat. Her father made pleasant conversation about work and her mother was chatting about her pleasant day off. After cleaning her plate and enjoying a popsicle she retreated to her room once more. When she opened the door she heard her phone ring.

"Perfect timing." Kim muttered to herself. She put her phone on speaker phone while she changed out of her clothes.

"Hello?" Kim said as she stepped out of her pants.

"Hello Kim?"

"Hi. Who is this?"

"It's Josh."

Kim froze. "Hello." She spoke coldly.

"Ah, Kim… I think I made a mistake inviting you. I feel real bad."

"Yeah, yeah…" Kim said as she slipped into her nightgown, "I'm sure after thrilling yourself at your friend's house you're all sorry now."

"No I really am. I didn't even go tonight because I felt so bad. I want to make it up to you Kim. I was wrong."

Kim was blown away by this. "Really? That's so… thoughtful of you."

"There's this really awesome documentary on T.V. at around two AM. I'll fix some popcorn and we can watch it."

Kim was suspicious about this, "None of your party friends are involved right?"

"Just you and me. In my basement. My parents will be upstairs sleeping if we need anything."

Kim smiled at she ran a brush through her long auburn hair. "Alright Josh that sounds nice. I'll be at your house at two. Thank you."

Kim heard Josh hang up and sighed. She would sneak out tonight and see Josh. This way, she could coax Josh into seeing Dr. Lu without Ron getting involved. It was the perfect way to help out Josh! She glanced at the clock and decided to take a five hour nap before heading to Josh's house. She set her alarm and collapsed onto her bed in one gigantic motion. She was asleep within seconds.