Chapter 5 – The Best Man

It was the day before the wedding and Kim was laying on her bed at her parents' house, she had been in old room for the last six days. It was her mother's idea that she and Shego spent a week from each other before the wedding as they had finalized everything in the first week to the tee and it was a good luck effect if they spent time away from each other, without talking to the other, as a sign of loyalty and other 'old timey' stuff Ann and James had done and Kim couldn't argue with how happy her parents were. While at the same time, being away from and not being able to talk to Shego for this long was torture. She wanted to ask Shego how her day was, despite knowing all Shego might have done was lounge around the condo the whole day after doing yoga or something other form of exercise in the morning, though Kim and Shego's definitions of morning were completely different.

But, everything was in place, Kim's dad was going to give her away first at the altar, followed by Shego's dad giving Shego away to Kim.

Kim had to admit, she was somewhat jealous of Shego's dad a little, he was surprisingly down to Earth and above all else, loyal to family. Which was made more special when he mentioned what it took for him to receive the United States' highest military honor for bravery, the Medal of Honor and said that would have been nothing compared to what he would do for Shego and now in extension for Kim as well.

A few days after meeting him, he had even gotten his wife, Beth, to calm down and listen to reason and agreed to attend the wedding of their only daughter. Though one unforeseen side effect of it, which caught everyone off guard, was the day Kim and Shego said goodbye until the wedding was the fact that she wasn't going to run for re-election as the Mayor of Go City again.

Though Hego was more than willing to 'continue the family tradition', and was going to run in the next election, which everyone already knew he was going to win since he was a member of the same team that kept the city crime free, at least save for the occasional supervillains. Mego also thought about running as well, hoping to change some of the traditional ways of the city, but Kim didn't expect him to win against Hego. Only time would tell in that area.

Unsurprisingly to Kim, Shego did in fact pick Bonnie as her maid of honor. And Kim had Monique as the dress designer for both herself and Shego. Kim wasn't sure of Shego's dress and wouldn't until the wedding. But Kim's dress, she was in love with. It was a pink dress with some black here and there, the black representing her status as the 'groom', it was backless as well, with a v-neck that exposed a little more cleavage than she normally went but she wanted to drive Shego wild, especially for when they got home after the reception.

Shaking her head and resuming her thought on her outfit. Kim also picked out dress shoes as she felt anything else would be out place, especially if she went with boots, even if they did feel more comfortable than the pointy shoes Kim knew she would kick off when it came time for dancing at the reception.

The one thing however that wasn't in place… was Ron. Kim asked him to be her 'best-man' but he still hadn't gotten back to her on it and she was worried. While Kim asked Monique if she could be the 'back up' just in case, which Monique agreed to do, she wanted her best friend since Pre-k to be there like he had always been. But she knew this was hard on Ron as they had been best friends since they could talk sentences. Yeah Monique would claim to be 'BFFs' but Ron had been closer to Kim than Monique, even if Kim couldn't talk to Ron about 'girl stuff'.

Kim let out a long sigh, they were so close but it wasn't going to be perfect without Ron. Kim pulled out her Kimmunicator, she had to admit though, it was nice for Wade to give her a new variant of her old Kimmunicator and she most definitely liked the pink case with black buttons as she pulled up a number she never thought she'd call if you had asked her more than four months ago.

Bonnie and Ron's Apartment

Bonnie was curled up in the fetal position on her and Ron's bed, worried, when her cell rang. Looking at who it was. "Hey Kim." She said.

"Is Ron there?" Kim worryingly asked.

"No…" Bonnie sadly said.

"What happened?" Kim asked. "The wedding is tomorrow!"

"I know, I was asking him about it if he had said he would be your 'best man' and he just said he didn't want to talk about it and when I pressed the issue he just up and left in a hissy fit storm." Bonnie continued, glad Kim couldn't see the tears building up in her eyes.

"Do you know where he went?" Kim asked.

"No, and he took his car, last I saw it looked like he was heading to your house or his parents… I don't know." Bonnie admitted.

"Alright… keep me posted…" Kim slowly said.

"You do the same… I'm worried, he's never acted like this before." Bonnie said, before hanging up and burying her head in her pillow.

Kim's room

Kim put her Kimmunicator down and looked at it with a worried look. Is he coming here to talk me out of this? She thought, sighing again. I can't choose between my future wife and my best friend… there's no contest on who I would pick over the other… Kim began to have tears build up in her eyes at the realization of what was supposed to be the best day of her entire life, second only to having children, might end up costing her a best friend who had always been there for her, from all the asshole men who tried dating her, to saving the world and everything in between.

Everyone had been worried about Ron the last two weeks since Kim and Shego proposed to each other and thought something was out of character with Ron. Kim knew Ron had the hardest time adjusting to things more than anyone, even Bonnie, though Bonnie wasn't that far behind Kim anymore.

Kim turned off the lights in her room and glanced at the clock, it was ten at night and she decided to lay down. But before she could lay down she saw a car coming down the street that looked like Ron's Chevy Camaro SS. It was a yellow car with a black stripe down the middle, he had it for a year now and Bonnie loved riding with Ron in it. Tapping into her skills as a world saving heroine and learning some things from her ex-master thief of a fiancé, Kim watched Ron as he parked in front of the park that was across the street from her, waiting to see if he was going to turn her world upside down. While at the same time thinking of how to end this once and for all.

Outside Kim's house – Park

Ron got out of his car and looked worryingly across the street up at Kim's bedroom window, before walking over to take a seat on a bench. He truly wanted to be happy for his best friend since Pre-k, but for some reason he couldn't, letting out a long sigh. Why am I even here? He thought as Rufus woke up and hopped out of Ron's pocket to run up Ron's shoulder for his customary night hug for Bonnie only to pop up and look confused as to where he was and why Bonnie wasn't there, even squeaking out in confusion.

"We're not with Bonnie little guy." Ron said, looking towards Rufus.

"Though you should…" Came an all too familiar voice, prompting Ron to look up in surprise as Kim came to within a few feet of him without his noticing.

Crap… Ron thought as he looked at Kim.

Kim for her part thought it best if she forced the confrontation with Ron to help snap some sense into him, or at worst… well she would try to make sure that wasn't an option.

"Hey KP…" Ron said, standing up. "Shouldn't you be in bed?"

"I could ask you the same thing…" Kim retorted.

Ron let out a short series of half laughs that Kim knew was a front.

"Ron…" Kim said, her arms folded, still searching for the words. "I don't want to pretend like I know you, but if your behavior the last couple weeks has been because you feel Shego is going to replace you…"

"Yeah… I guess it kind of is Kim…" Ron finally admitted. Leave it to Kim to figure it out… he thought.

"Ron… what we have can't be replaced…" Kim said, chocking up by the fact that she nearly said 'had' instead of have. "While Shego and I will be closer to each other than you and I ever will, she still can't replace your ability to make me laugh when I take something seriously. Plus, you have Bonnie, yeah if you had told me you were going to be dating her a year ago I would have laughed my butt off at the idea, but the same could have been said with me and Shego… things change…"

"I still don't like change…" Ron said.

"Ron… my marrying Shego won't change us…" Kim said, placing a hand on Ron's shoulder. "I promise." She finished with a smile.

Ron looked back up at Kim's smile and felt reassured. "You mean that?"

"Duh, why else I would I be out here at ten PM the day before my wedding?" Kim retorted.

"Hehe… sorry about that KP…" Ron apologized, realizing what a jerk he had been over nothing. "So… family friends then?"

"Duh, it'll just be like us being friends, but as couples with me and Shego, you and Bonnie." Kim smiled. "Though there is one other thing…" Kim playfully narrowed her eyes.

What was throwing Ron off was the fact that Kim's eyes were lightly glowing an emerald green, but he kind of liked it at the same time as it did show Kim was looking at him. "What?" He worryingly asked.

"The wedding…" Kim replied, not wanting to explain it.

"Oh… The Best Man…" Ron realized. "Yeah, I'll do it."

Kim's response was a hug. "Thanks Ron."

Momentarily caught off guard Ron returned the hug. "Got your back KP. Get some rest." He smiled.

"And you get back to your girlfriend, she's worried." Kim pointed out.

Ron's eyes widened in realization of what that meant and bolted for his car, with Rufus holding onto Ron's shirt by the shoulder. He spun around quickly realizing he was leaving Kim without saying goodbye, only to see Kim motion for him to go to Bonnie as they both had their own person in their life, women nonetheless.

Kim watched with a smile on her face as Ron drove off, she was sure he was breaking the speed limit, but didn't care as she pulled out her Kimmunicator and called up Bonnie.

Bonnie and Ron's apartment

Bonnie was still in her position before as she picked up her phone and saw Kim was calling again and quickly slide over to answer.

"Kim?!" Bonnie asked, hoping for news.

"He's on his way back." Kim announced.

Sitting up as quickly as she could. "You talked to him?"

"Yeah, told him the wedding doesn't change our friendship status and that you two would be my and Shego's family friends after this." Kim explained.

"And he's your 'best man'?"

"Yes, it's all set!" Kim declared.

"That's great!" Bonnie exclaimed as a smile formed over her face. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"See you then." Kim said, before both women hung up.

Kim's room

Kim plopped onto her bed, relieved that the thing that had caused her so much stress the last two weeks was done with. She looked over at her Kimmunicator, wanting to tell Shego the news, but no matter how much she wanted to, she knew Shego would notice in the morning as their wedding was at ten AM. Everything was in place for the wedding, which made her smile broadly as nothing could spoil the best day of her life, second only to having kids.

Kim thought she was never going to fall asleep at this rate, but sure enough she fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.

Author's notes:

Bit of a shorter one, but knowing Kim she would know by now how to get Ron to snap out of it. More drama to come though! :D

Next chapter is of course, the wedding! :D