Chapter 4

(2:15pm)

The bell rung, signaling the end of the period. Kim and Ron exited the Drama classroom with Tara and Monique behind them. The final class they had before study hall was American History. They then assembled over at Monique's locker, which was a corner locker that connected G-Hall (which was the section of the school for fine arts) with F-Hall (which was the section of the school for the college-placement courses)

"I'm just glad that's over!" Tara said while holding her backpack tightly.

"Why did Barkin give the power of directing to the Glee Three?" Kim asked, "They are totally control freaks!"

Rufus popped out of Ron's pocket with a miniature Hamlet skull.

"To be...or not to be!" the mole rat squeaked.

"And why do I always end up as the tree, KP?" Ron wondered, "You know they only have two eyeholes for that costume and not enough holes for hands to hold the branches!"

"It's for safety reasons...unlike the Cowardly Lion incident..." Kim muttered.

"They control the Drama Club, Kim!" Monique explained, "They totally have the power over the art of plays, and things of that nature."

"On the bright side, Monique, I actually perfer to be directing from a table rather than being on the stage itself." Kim explained.

"Oh right, I remember that part!" Ron exclaimed, "It happened in freshman year..."

"Uh, Ron!" Kim explained, blushing before lowering her voice to a whisper "Not in the hallways of school please?"

"I'm guessing that is something that is kept under wraps?" Monique asked.

Kim continued to whisper.

"Ron...I want you, Monique, and Tara to meet me behind the gym after school. Don't tell anyone else. Got it?"

"You can count on me, KP!" Ron said in a low voice.

"Lips are sealed shut, baby girl!" Monique added while Tara gave a nod of her head.

The four of them headed off to their respective classes.

Little did they know, however, that Ashley B overheard what they said, for she was around the corner of the hallway.

"Ooo...I may need to find out what scandalous secrets they have!"

(3:45pm)

The bell rung for the final time for today.

"Now we can officially put today in the books." Monique said to Tara as they came out the doors.

Monique looked around and saw that the coast was clear.

"Okay, T, gotta head to the gym!" she instructed.

"Right, Monique!" Tara said before the two girls snuck over to the back of the gym. Ron was waiting for them.

"Hey, Monique and Tara!" Ron said in a low voice.

"Why are we talking quietly?" Tara whispered.

"KP was the one who suggested it." Ron said quietly.

Kim then approached the trio.

"Is everyone here?" the redhead asked.

"Present!" echoed Ron, Monique, and Tara.

"Good...now, as Ron was about to say before I had to cut him off." Kim said, "I am not a natural for the stage!"

"Are you kidding, girl?" Monique asked, flabbergasted. "You blew Bonnie out the water in the talent show and broke her 'Rockwaller Family Tradition'!"

"Yeah, there's that though Ron did win the event." Kim admitted.

"Quanity over quality, as Barkin said, KP!" Ron chimed in.

"Anywho, Monique." Kim said while getting back on topic. "Singing on a stage for three minutes is one thing but doing a play for three hours is a nightmare in of itself for me!"

"But, Kim, I did get a starting role that was not tree-based." Ron added.

"Oh yes...the Cowardly Lion incident. Sophomore year...Wizard of Oz..." Kim groaned.

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(flashback: November 2004)

"KP, do you thing this Cowardly Lion costume is a bit too loose for me?" Ron asked. He was in his aforementioned costume.

"Nah, I think it fits you just right, Ron!" Kim said, smiling at him.

"Ronald, we are so proud of you!" Donna Stoppable exclaimed.

John Stoppable added, "You are finally doing a role that is not holding up the branches!"

"Thanks, Mom and Dad! I know I can count on you two!"

"Good luck out there!" Donna exclaimed, "It is our way of telling you to make us proud!"

Kim explained, "Everything went almost well in the play until it got to...that scene. Ron wolf-whistled at the female Robotics Team captain earlier in the week and she did not like that at all."

"You gotta hand it to her, KP...she did look pretty cute." Ron admitted.

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Ron (playing the Cowardly Lion), Jamarcus Hall (playing the Tin Man), Josh Mankey (playing Scarecrow) and Marcella (playing as Dorothy) were walking along the Forbidden Forest to Oz on the stage.

_

Kim continued the flashback.

"There were supposed to be cardboard cutouts of the...things...but..."

_

All of a sudden, 20 Chimpy Monkey dolls rose on the stage. They were all tied to toy helicopters with smart sensors on them for some odd reason.

"Flying...MONKEYSSSSS!"

Ron screamed in terror as he ran off the stage. But the toy helicopters gave chase to him. Much of the audience was laughing at Ron.

"MONKEYS! WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE MONKEYS?!"

Kim got off her seat and followed the toy helicopters.

Ron got to the entrance of the school and his Cowardly Lion costume got stuck on the door handle. Wanting to get away from the stuffed flying 'monkeys', he ripped through his costume...only to realize that he was clad only in his underwear.

The 'flying monkeys' continued to chase Ron with Kim chasing after them.

The female Robotics team captain whom Ron had wolf-whistled at earlier in the week, was controlling the head copter...as well as the entire Robotics Team.

"Fly, my pretties! FLY! FLY!"

She gave an evil laugh.