A little later in the day Ron spotted Kim standing in the lunch line. Calling her name, he watched her turn around as he waved for her attention.

"Oh, hey Ron," she said, waving back with a smile. "What's up?"

"Not much-- I'm just, you know, gonna hang with Felix for lunch today. Is that cool with you?"

"Yeah, that's cool. I wanted to have some girl talk with Monique anyway."

"Boo-yah!" he cried, raising a fist to the air. He headed back to his seat, saying, "See ya in detention!"

Her smile faded. "Detention. Right." She hadn't seen his test results from that morning but they must not have been good. She picked her tray up and wondered off to her usual table.

"Hey girl," said Monique, "pull up a chair!" She looked around, noticing someone was missing. "So where's your other half and his naked mole rat?"

Kim nodded to the corner of the cafeteria, saying, "Guy talk," with a wink. Just then she glanced over and noticed Ron motioning his hands in the air, as if he were grabbing at something. She immediately caught the reference and looked away, wrapping her arms against herself.

A sly look crossed Monique's face. "So you two finally did it, didn't you."

Surprised, Kim could feel herself blushing. "What are you talking about?" she asked, trying to look innocent.

"Nah-ah, don't you play innocent with me, you still have that afterglow. And besides, I overheard the tweebs in the hallway this morning, Detention Girl. So tell me, how was it?"

"It was amazing," she gushed. Then she hunched her shoulders a bit, adding, "And awk-weird."

Monique busted out laughing. "First times usually are. So are you going to give me all the juicy details or do I have to twist your arm?"

"I'd rather not here at school," she cautioned, looking all around. "All I need now is for Bonnie or the tweebs to hear something--"

"As if Ron isn't already telling Felix every little detail?" asked Monique with a raised eyebrow.

"Uh, yeah." replied Kim. "Tell you what, I'll fill you in with all the little details later tonight."

"Bueno Nacho?"

"Sure, why not? Girls night out," she said, holding her carton of milk up. "Besides, I'm gonna need some fun after missing practice tonight. Cheers?"

As Monique reached for her carton she noticed something on Kim's tray. "Hey, I didn't know we had brownies on the menu today."

Kim looked down and shrugged. "Oh, you want mine?"

Monique began to reach over and then thought better of it, saying, "Nah. I need to lay off on the carbs."

"Suit yourself," said Kim, picking it from off the tray and taking a bite. She then made a face, remarking, "Huh, this tastes a little funny."

"Glad I didn't take it then, but what else would we expect from the lunch ladies here?" laughed Monique. She then held up her milk carton and said "Cheers!" in return.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the cafeteria Felix's jaw dropped in disbelief. "Wade did what to her Cuddle-Buddy!"

"Yeah, it's insane how it all worked out so well in the end. Lucky for me that I'm so smooth and irresistable."

Felix about choked on his mystery meat, saying, "Sure Ron. But you two were meant for each other, so none of this really matters anyway. Still, if I were you I'd be careful not to pull any more tricks."

"Hey, Wade started all this, not m--" Ron trailed off, suddenly feeling very guilty. "Well, okay, maybe I shouldn't have gone along with it, but I'll find a way to make it up to her somehow. Besides, she said she's not mad about it anymore." He sighed, casting his eyes in her direction. "She's absolutely perfect, isn't she."

Felix glanced over in her general direction and noticed someone familiar in a hair net and apron behind the lunch counter. "Woah, is that a new lunch lady? I think I've seen her somewhere before." But Ron barely heard him-- he was too busy thinking about what he and Kim might be doing once their detention was over.