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CHP 11: The calm after the storm
"What in the hell is going here!?" The voice of Mr. Barkin yells out as he enters the cafeteria to find Brick and his friends on the ground in pain.
Tara glance around and notices that Bonnie had fled the scene, an act that doesn't surprise her. Since she feels responsible for Ron being in the position to snap the way he did, Tara decides to face Mr. Barkin to explain the situation. "I will tell you what happen just now Mr. Barkin."
Kim rushes over to Tara and places a hand on her shoulder, asking, "Tara are you sure?"
Tara gives her a grim expression, "Yes, he needs to know the truth and not just about the fight. Please stay with Ron until I get back."
Understanding that this is what she wants, Kim nods and takes Ron, shaking over his actions, and guides him to the table to sit down. "Come on Ron let's take a seat until Tara comes back."
Ron walks with Kim to the table while processing what he almost did too in front of everyone, especially Tara. Kim could tell by his silence that he wasn't in the best of shape mentally. "How are you feeling?" She asks softly hoping to get Ron to talk to her.
"Honestly, I feel ashamed and afraid of myself. Shame for letting the dark part of me take over like that and scare over what Tara could think of me now because I lost control of my powers." Ron answers truthfully in a low tone.
"Ron you can't take the blame here for it was Bonnie and Brick who push you to the point that you had enough and exploded. Everyone has their breaking point, even me. As far as Tara goes, I don't believe her opinion has changed about you considering you only reacted the way you did because you wanted to protect her." Kim expresses with comfort.
However, Ron doesn't see it the way Kim does. "All the other times I got bullied I never responded for I just brushed off and true I hated seeing Tara get hurt but because of that she witnesses a monster attempting to hurt someone to where if I didn't stop..."
He thoughts begin to drift back to the what-ifs until Kim turns his attention back to her. "Stop, I will not let you as my best friend see yourself as a monster because you're not one! What Tara saw today was a guy who she has strong feelings step up to protect her because he cares about her that much to do so. Which leads to Tara to be at your side when you needed someone to help you with your battle because that's how much she cares about you."
Kim takes a deep breath before continuing, "I hate to admit this, but Tara's way of stopping you was better than mine since my way involve going mission mode, and I don't believe that would of end well."
Ron agrees for if they had fought, it would have made his situation worse. "Thankfully we didn't have to cross that road as you saw it was hard for me not to stop fighting. I don't think I can handle my powers and deal with the pain alone."
Kim gently wraps her arms around Ron to hug him. "You won't have to. We will find a way to help you maintain control somehow."
Ron leans on Kim's shoulder and embraces the hug. "Thanks, Kp. I'm sorry again for not telling you about the issue when it first started."
"It's no big now, and I apologize for overreacting the way I did." She said with the feeling of guilt rising in her.
Ron responds merely saying, "Water under the bridge," before Kim rubs his back with ease with a smile feeling happy that their friendship remains strong.
Meanwhile, Tara and Mr. Barkin went outside the cafeteria to address the situation that went down. "Okay, Mrs. King, care to give me the truth about what went down just now?"
"After Bonnie blew up on me at the camp, she decided to get revenge on me by having Brick and his friends jump Ron. I don't know if you are even aware of this or not, but Ron gets bullied consistently yet keeps the pain bottle inside. When Brick begins to attack him, I tried to stop him from pulling his arm and ended up getting knocked down to the ground by him. Whatever that was intended or not, I don't know, but I do know that cause Ron snap when he saw me hurt and proceed to stand up for me by beating Brick and his friends up. At one point Ron started to lose his self to where he was going to do something that he would regret because of what happened to me, so I quickly stepped in and was able to calm him down." Tara explains, leaving Mr. Barkin speechless from what he heard about Ron and how confident Tara was speaking to him right now.
Tara finishes by saying, "Punish me if need be but don't punish Ron for wanting to fight for me. Either way, he needs my comfort, or else he will think negative about his self."
Mr. Barkin was surprised that Ron was getting dealing with that kind of treatment, and he wasn't aware that it was going on. At the same time, he is proud of Ron for finally growing a backbone though that doesn't mean he can go free and put students in the hospital. "Thank you for being honest with me, Tara. While I applaud Stoppable for stepping up, I can't just allow violence to take place without some form of punishment. However best believe that Flagg and his gang will get the worst of the consequence not to mention Bonnie. Go back to him, and I will call you two to the office after I deal with them."
"Yes, sir," Tara said, not sure how to take Mr. Barkin's response. She goes to leave but stops when he hears, "One last thing Tara, continue to take care of Stoppable. I can already tell you have a positive influence on him, and I believe he needs someone like you in his life. Doesn't mean I will tolerate PDA between you too at school."
A smile forms on Tara's face for in her way Mr. Barkin just gave his approval/blessing for her and Ron's new relationship. Returning inside the lunchroom, Tara sees Kim and Ron together with Kim noticing her presence, tells Ron something, and makes her way towards her.
"How did it go with Mr. Barkin?" Kim asks, now standing in front of Tara.
"I told him the truth, and he believes me thankfully. Ron and I have to meet with him after he deals with Brick, but I think we will be fine. How is he holding up?" Tara asks with concern as she glances towards him.
Kim looks over her shoulders and sighs. "Still a bit stunned about what he did and is afraid that you will think different of him. I'm sure all he needs is reassurance from you, and he will feel better. I'm proud of you for facing him the way you did I know that couldn't be easy considering you never seen Ron like that before."
"Thank you that means a lot, and I can't lie it was a bit intimidating, but I promise I would be there, and I plan on keeping my word. Although for some reason I lowkey found Ron fighting for me pretty hot." Tara brushes the back of her hair playfully.
"Tara!?" Kim blurts out only to get an innocent giggle out of the blonde. Kim rolls her eyes and smirks as she pretends not to have heard what Tara just said. "Anyway, I'm sure you want your one on one time with your boyfriend, so I will make myself disappear. If you need anything, let me know."
"Most definitely." The two share a friendly hug before Kim leaves to let the couple have their moment. Once Kim went out her sight, Tara takes a seat beside her boyfriend and warms arms around his waist softly to console him.
"Hey my Mad Dog or should I say, my hero?" She asks in a lovely tone.
"I don't feel much of a hero right now. Beside a hero wouldn't try and end a jock's football career just for revenge." Ron answers in a low tone.
"Ron, you came to my defense when Brick hurt me, that doesn't make you a bad person just because you got physical with him when your intentions were good. You are only feeling like this because your monkey powers let loose and you are scared of the idea of being a dangerous person and losing me." Tara hates seeing Ron beat his self-up like this for no one is perfect.
"Tara if it wasn't for you I don't think I could have stopped myself, not to mention if Kim attempted to stop me... I don't know if I can stop myself next time or you not there to help." Ron rubs his forehead out of frustration. It was times like this when he wonders what good is there to have these extraordinary abilities when they are being used for harm.
At this point, Tara gentle holds Ron's chin and turns him to face her. "As I told you before, I'm not leaving your side and today proved to me that it would take a lot more than your darkness to scare me off. As far as for the times I'm not there to stop you physically remember why you are fighting the darkness and that you have your cheerleader, who supports you and will help you until we find a way to help deal with your powers and depression."
Although he still is letting the guilt consume him, something about looking into Tara's eyes that makes one get lost in them. To her surprise, Ron swiftly gives her a soft yet desperate kiss that she starts to return until he pulls away with a slight blush on his face. "Sorry, I just needed to do that."
Tara smiles, a little disappointed that the kiss didn't last long, and says, "Don't apologize for that, though as much as I would like to give you what you need we have a not so fun date at the office."
Ron blinks with confusion. "We? I was the one who attacked Brick?"
"Consider me moral support, besides my issue with Bonnie is what caused you to be in that fight to start with, so if you are going down then you aren't going alone," Tara explains in a way that Ron knew that he wouldn't change her mind about her decision. Realizing it was about time to face the music, Ron and Tara, hand to hand, heads towards the office to deal with the possible punishment for the incident at lunch.
TBC
AN: For those who guess where The Ron scene came from (Kakerot Bardockson and MalevolentDarkness16), you are real DbZ fans haha. Also because I didn't clarify like I was supposed to last chapter MMP stage 1 is when Ron's eyes turn blue, level 2 is like what we saw on the episode when he fought Fukushima too. Lastly, the third stage is where Ron has the monkey aura like on the final episode.
Sorry for the short update than usual but since it's been a while that I updated I wanted to get something out. With the holidays and finals for the semester coming up I at times get to burn out to write but hopefully this makeup for the wait. I will say that I enjoy writing the Kim and Ron talk in this chapter since my RonBon story the script for the two is different, so it makes it fresh for me. Keep the favorites, reviews, and follows as well as suggestions and constructive tips to better my writing for its truly appreciated.