Two months. Two damn months. Sheila was wondering if the universe was pulling some cruel joke on her. She finally finds someone to love and start a relationship with and they're forcibly removed for two months. The only thing she had to remind her of him was the molerat. His cooking was ridiculous even by human standards, and his antics were Ron-esque but it just wasn't the same.

Ron told her the school had some policy against visitors and they studied every day so There was absolutely no chance of seeing him.

"As Ron would say. This tanks."

He also told her the school was located in the middle of nowhere on a mountain. This meant he could only send her two letters during the entire time he was gone. He said if he completed all of his lessons he would be back today. She had no way of knowing if or when he would show up. She was just sitting at the airport in a holo disguise waiting on him. The only guarantee she had was his note at the end.

"I will try my best to not let my sheila down."

And so here she sat. For all she knew he could be coming two days from now. She decided to take a peek at his second letter one more time. It seemed pretty spontaneous since it said practically nothing about plans for coming back, reading t always did put a smile on her face though and reminded her of why she was waiting so anxiously for him to return.

"My Sheila,

I miss you every moment of every day. As soon as I lay my head down at night you pop into it. When I close my eyes in pursuit of dreams, I'm really pursuing you. I miss your scent. I miss that cute little snort while you were sleeping that was barely a breath. I miss the way your curly soft hair cascades down your body and accentuates your curves. I miss you trying your best to seem intimidating while you threaten me but the threats are just minor confessions of love. Most of all, I miss just holding you in my arms and looking into your lovely green eyes. I can't wait until this is over so I can see you again Sheila. No matter what I will make it."

She folded the letter once again and sighed. She hoped he was telling the truth, she couldn't possibly hate him if he couldn't make it though. It was a sixteen hour flight given perfect conditions. She took some small pleasure out of watching some of the people at a few of the terminals and guessing what their lives were like. The businessman, the waspy mom, the rich kid, and what was up with that guy? He almost looked homeless given his rugged appearance with the beard and casual clothes but he was too jacked to be homeless. He was clearly getting enough protein. The jacked guy locked eyes with her and began approaching. "Ugh, here we go again."

"Hello miss may I ask your name." His voice was deep.

"No you may not."

"Please?" He said, pleading.

"I'm waiting for someone. Not interested. No, I don't care if you're secretly rich or something. He's ten times the man you'll ever be. Go. Away." Sheila made a shooing motion with her hand but the guy kept staring at her like he was trying to analyze her.

"He sounds like a lucky guy, look at you. You won't even give other guys another glance."

"Other guys don't deserve another glance. He loves me for who I am and I love him. If this is some routine of pretending to care about my love life to get into my pants it's not going to work. Only one man is getting seated under all of this, and it isn't you." Sheila rolled her eyes. She could understand a guy not getting hints, but she was dropping bombs on this guy and he didn't get it. This idiot actually sat next to her after a few more seconds of admiration.

"Are you sure about that?" He said with a cocky smirk.

"Very. Now you have five seconds to wipe that fucking smug grin off your face and move over at least one seat before I kick your teeth down your throat and stomp on your liver."

Sheila thought he would get it then. Even if he didn't believe she was physically capable of doing it he should have understood he had no shot with a woman that hostile. This bastard just turned towards her and smiled.

"Now why would you want to do that? How can I moan your name later if you damage my throat?"

"Yup, I'm done." Sheila was at her boiling point. If he said one more stupid thing she'd send him through a window. She can make another holo disguise and come back in a few hours.

"My Sheila."

Sheila went from angry to dumbfounded. "Are you Australian?"

"I think you know the answer to that." He said with his smug grin returning.

Now that she gave him a closer look she could see it. Blonde hair, brown eyes, freckles, and a little baby fat on his cheeks covered by the beard. She kept leaning closer and looking him up and down before diving in. She ignored a few people seated nearby chuckling at the entire interaction, she waited too long for this to get embarrassed. She felt his arms snake around her lower back and she fully knew. He was back.

Sheila placed her hands on his cheeks and pulled away from the kiss, she looked at him once again and gave him a feverish sensual kiss. She inserted her tongue and smiled, she had to taste him. She pulled away again after a few seconds and gave him another look. This routine continued for over a minute. She could not believe he was here. After a while he began laughing.

"What's so funny?"

"I was afraid you'd forget about me or something. Guess that was a dumb idea."

"Yes, it was." Sheila grabbed his hand and forced him to stand, then began walking to the exit.

"Uh, where are we going and why do you look so determined?"

"You better hope you built up some stamina in the last two months is all I'm going to say."

Ron had a flashback to last month, where he had to walk down and up the mountain again with a boulder on his back. "I think I'll manage."

Ron actually felt fortunate for all the training Sensei made him do. Any normal man would have been worn out and injured after that experience. Guess she did miss me a lot.

Ron was just walking into the school. He hadn't told Kim exactly when he'd be back since he wanted to spend time with Sheila but he let her know the details of the lack of communication and his estimated date back. She had probably already been looking for him in school for the past day or two. He didn't see her at her locker yet so he decided to put his books away and get the one he would need for first period.

"What are you doing?"

Ron turned to see Kim frowning at him. "Uh, putting my books away?"

"There's been a mistake. Go to the principal's office and change lockers. This one is taken."

Ron lit up as he had an epiphany. If Sheila couldn't recognize him Kim couldn't either. "Nah, I like this spot. I think I'll keep it. Besides, I don't see a name on it."

Kim was becoming frustrated. She almost went off on this new guy until a hand was placed on her shoulder from behind.

"You alright Kim?" Josh said

"This rude guy won't get away from Ron's locker and he's going to be back any day now. I messed up big but I'm not letting anything change between us. What kind of friend am I if I can't even keep his locker?"

Josh squinted for a second. "Uh, Kim?"

Kim ignored him as she began poking into Ron's chest. "What part of taken don't you get? There's at least two empty ones on this wall so it's not like you'd be any further from whatever class you're in. What's your damage?"

"Kim?"

"What!?" Kim said while whipping her glare to Josh.

Josh stroked her hair to calm her down. "Look at him again."

Kim found it weird but did as requested. Blonde guy. A few inches taller than Ron but not by a giant margin. Shaggy blonde hair, baggy pants, fitted T shirt, muscular but lean, freckles, brown eyes. Kim took a step closer and looked into his eyes. "No way."

"Hey KP." Ron pulled her into a hug while Josh laughed. Kim was practically bouncing with excitement, then she paused.

"Are we….good?" her face contained a lot of fear.

It took Ron a second to even remember what she was talking about. "Oh, yea. We're good. Whatever."

Kim and Josh were both taken aback by his dismissive tone. "I'm happy you're not still angry at me but don't you think that's a bit much? I did almost kill you."

"It was an accident. It won't happen again. Right?"

"…..Right. Did something happen in Japan? You seem different."

"It's the muscles right? Or is it the facial hair? I trimmed it up this morning." Ron joked, twisting what she meant.

"I think she means how you feel as a whole is different." Josh said

Ron rolled his eyes. "Thanks for killing the joke captain obvious. I'm still me."

Kim pursed her lips while looking at him for a few seconds. "You're less fidgety and nervousy. Also just the way you're standing isn't how you use to. You seem more confident. What happened in Yamanouchi?"

Ron pondered the days of meditation that gave him time to think and self reflect. "Just had some time to think and realized I wanted to make a change. No big."

Just then the bell for first period rang. A billion questions were flashing through Kim's mind but she would have to save them for after school.

Bonnie watched as Kim walked in, right behind her was a nice hunk of man meat. Her and Brick weren't currently together so maybe she could have some fun with him. She saw him sit next to Kim and talk to her and growled, the people near her shifted their chairs a few inches away. Kim was not getting this one. To her knowledge she still had the art hottie. Did they break up? Bonnie's eyes nearly rolled out of her skull when she saw Kim hugging all over this guy and smiling. She wanted to puke.

Soon Barkin walked in with his attache and grunted, thank god he broke it up. He looked at the new guy for a few seconds before speaking. "Not sure who you are but that seat is for one of my students who should be back any day now. You can hang out with your girlfriend later. There's a seat near the back next to Rockwaller."

Bonnie did a little victory dance no one near her could see. She was ecstatic, this hottie was going to be all hers. He stood up and surprisingly talked back to Barkin before beginning to walk towards the back. "Whatever you say Mr. B."

Barkin dropped his folders on his desk. "WAIT!" He quickly walked up to the kid and looked at his face. It couldn't be. "Stoppable?"

Bonnie's jaw almost hit her desk. The rest of the class began whispering while Barkin smiled and chatted Ron up. They still couldn't believe it, if it wasn't for the blonde hair and freckles he would look almost nothing like him. A few guessed it might be a prank until the molerat came out of his pocket and waved at Barkin, Barkin gave him a little handshake.

"That's the loser!?" Bonnie said, it seemed as if she was more surprised than everyone else. .

Barkin held the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes while talking to her. "Please refrain from childish insults in class miss Rockwaller. Especially mine." Barkin onced again placed a hand on Ron's shoulder and spoke loudly. "Well Stoppable, aren't you going to tell the class about your trip?"

"If it's ok with you Mr. B, I thought you'd have some extreme lesson planned like normal though."

Barkin looked in his case and toss the busywork he had planned for today. He lost a little drive while Stoppable was gone. "We can do it another day. I think your peers would prefer to listen to your stories attentively instead of doing a dozen worksheets. Am I correct?" A few groans were heard, Bonnie's being the loudest, but it was agreed upon that they would rather listen to Stoppable.

Lunch

Ron was glad he came up with a cover story while he was still in Yamanouchi. He was told during this second visit he could start telling people he trusted with the information about the school, his entire class didn't make the short list. He let Kim know he had something to handle but he wasn't mad at her. She was still extremely concerned that he would just up and end the friendship.

He walked down a familiar hall slowly until a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"You know the drill Stoppable, doesn't matter if you look a little different. If you want to take a stroll you got to pay the toll." The short bully said while his oversized friend held his hand on Ron's shoulder.

"Just the guys I was looking for."

"What?" The smaller guy watched as his muscle seemingly went flying into a locker while clasping his stomach. He didn't have much time to process before he was being lifted off the ground by his collar. "H-hey we're all friends here, can't we talk about this like civilized people?"

Ron let his collar go and chuckled while he stumbled to his feet. Before he tried to run Ron put a hand on his shoulder with a stronger grip than the big guy. "We still need to talk." Ron said while shoving him a bit too forcefully into the lockers.

"Heh, what about."

"I'm not going to bother trying to end all the bullying in the school since you're like cockroaches. You'll adapt and try to find a way to survive."

"Ouch."

"I will say if I see any bullying, me and them are going to have a problem."

"Alright, good enough for me I'll let the other guys know." He felt Ron's hand lighten off his chest and figured the conversation was over. When he was about a foot off the locker Ron shoved him into it again. "Why are you hassling me!? Everyone knows Bonnie is the person that picks on you the most, I only asked for lunch money every few days."

Ron laughed. "Bonnie is bitchy, not going to lie about that. She never actively tried to hurt anyone though. She's just out for number one. Kim just happens to be at the top, and I'm in the crossfire. If I wasn't around Kim Bonnie wouldn't even notice I existed. You on the other hand actively inconvenienced me and others and leave the, hungry for a day. That's not happening on my watch anymore. Spread the word, there's a new king at Middleton."

Ron finally let him off the locker and both boys skittered away with their tails between their legs. He shook his head and began walking towards the lunchroom. When he turned the corner he felt a presence and knew who it was by scent but simply chuckled and ignored it. Maybe with her giant mouth news will spread faster.

Bonnie was glad the classroom next to her was unlocked and empty. She had no idea what happened in Yamanouchi but he was not the same loser. He was right, before he was just Kim's little lap dog who she loathed just because. She definitely noticed he existed as his own individual now.

Sorry, I know it's been a while. I will say during the past month or so where I haven't posted I have been working on chapters or outlines for almost all of my stories so I should be able to make several updates over the next few days, I especially think the ones for hidden affections and Blue fire will be pretty cool. More than likely I won't be posting tomorrow since my family wants to do birthday stuff for me. Sorry in advance. I hope this update was worth the wait. I also have a planned direction for this story and I'm excited to write it.

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