-AN-I know I said this chapter wouldn't be coming out until this weekend, but some things have come up, (sick two year olds), and I have decided to break this chapter up into to parts in order to get something out. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, I hope you can notice that I'm trying to take your suggestions to heart. Special thanks go out to Cpneb for all his support. As always reviews, good or bad, are encouraged.
I don't own KP and the gang, they belong to the giant mouse.
Ron Stoppable paced back and forth along the room. "Kim and I have been best friends since Pre-K! We've been through so much together." Ron grimaced. "Then Walter Nelson came along. He was the first 'hottie' that KP ditched me for. Middleton Fair Days. We were supposed to go and see the clowns! But I knew something was up, she had been avoiding me all week. And then she told me she couldn't make it to the fair! She went with him instead." Ron grinned. "And we saw how that turned out. Metal mouth city! Her and Walter got their braces stuck together when they tried to kiss. KP was so embarrassed! And who was their to bail her out in the end? Ronald Dean Stoppable, that's who."
"In high school it was Monkey Boy. Josh Mankey. The artist 'hottie'. His name sounds like monkeys! How can anything good come from that? You know she locked me in a closet during the Spirit Dance? Yes sir, she was so hung up on Monkey boy, that she completely forgot about me. I hate that janitors closet. It's just like Camp Wannaweep, except smaller and without the radioactive lake. And the chimpanzee sharing my bunk. Okay it's nothing like Camp Wannaweep…but I still hate it! Oh and after that whole ordeal there was the drama over Halloween. Kim lied to everyone, me, her parents, even Wade! All so she could go to a party that Monkey would be at. I got kidnapped by Duff Killigan because of that! The guy wears a skirt and eats…haggis!" Ron paused, and a slight grin slipped across his face. "Of course everything worked out in the end. KP rescued me…like always, and apologized to everyone for lying. You could tell she was really torn up about it too. Plus I did get some pretty badical snack age trick or treating that year!"
The smile slipped from Ron's face. "That wasn't the only time Kim's crush on Monkey Boy caused trouble. Did you know I went to the Amazon for her? It's a long story. Rare flower, KP blushing causes her to disappear forever, embarrassment ninjas, blah blah blah. The bottom line is, I went to the Amazon! For her! There's monkeys in the Amazon you know." Ron shuddered. "Would Mankey have gone to the Amazon for Kim? I so think not! He might have painted a picture of the Amazon…but that's about it."
"It wasn't all bad times though." Ron's scowl softened. "After the whole, 'Amazon' thing, KP barely noticed Josh." A true smile broke out over Ron's face as he continued, "And it was the definitely the Ronman that KP was crushing on during the whole moodulator thing. Oh yeah, the Rondo had it going on! Booyah!"
After a short, impromptu dance, Ron settled back down. "I never meant to like like KP. It just kind of happened. I mean look at her she's beautiful! And it's so badical the way she always helps people. Plus she's my best friend…what's not to like? Still, it's not like I woke up one morning, and said to myself, 'Hey, I'm going to crush on my best friend'. It just happened that way. I couldn't help it."
As soon as those words left his mouth Ron stopped pacing. A puzzled look came over his face, as if he were struggling with something just beyond his grasp, (basic algebra for example). "I…I couldn't…help it….Well if I couldn't….Oh man, what if KP couldn't help it either? Aw man, I really am such a loser! I so totally overreacted. She couldn't help falling for the 'hotties'. But in the end she still chose me."
"I can't believe I said all those horrible things this morning. Oh man, I can't believe I brought Erik up! Her dad must be royally peeved! I can't believe he didn't send me to the black hole right then. I can't believe Kim didn't show me all 16 types of kung-fu she knows!" Seeing the confusion on his listeners face Ron explained, "Erik was the latest in the 'hottie' line. He even took Kim to prom. But it turned out he was really just a synthothingie that Dr. D created to mess with Kim's mind, and take her out of the game. When he turned on her…oh wow, I've never seen Kim so down." Ron's voice cracked, he continued on in a whisper, as if talking to himself, "That was the lowest of the low for KP. And I just threw it all in her face this morning over nothing. Stoppable, you really are a loser!"
Ron paused, and took a deep breath. "Any way, thanks for listening. I guess I really can't blame KP for the 'hottie' crushes, their really are some things you just have no control over"…it was at that moment, that Ron's pants inexplicably fell down around his ankles. That was the last straw for Mr. Barkin. He had sat, unbelieving, through Stoppables entire speech. Now he rose out of his chair and roared, "Stoppable, how do you keep getting into my house? And why in heavens name are you still wearing that blue tuxedo?"
"Thanks Mrs. Dr. P. And um, well, I'm sorry about this morning. Tell Mr. Dr. P I'll be over later to apologize to you all in person. Bye!" Ron hung up the phone. He had tried calling Kim's cell, but never got through. So he called her house, and Kim's mom picked up. Ron had been dreading that. He knew he had acted like a jerk, and that the Possible clan was disappointed in him. That hurt Ron badly. Still, Kim's mom had seemed relatively cool about the whole thing. The fact that she had seemed so normal made Ron smile. If her mom wasn't super angry, then maybe Kim wasn't either. After learning from the elder Possible that Kim was at the mall Ron got ready to make his way their. He was just heading upstairs to change out of his tux when…
Beep. Beep. Beep. His kimmunicator was going off. Frowning, (stupid villains! Don't they know I need to make up with KP right now?), he went to answer it. "Hey Wade he greeted, as the 13 year old genius appeared on the other end.
"Hey Ron. Is Kim with you?"
"Um, no man she's not here. What's going on?
"Uh oh, that's not good. I've been trying to reach her all morning, but she's not answering her kimmunicator. We've got a serious problem. Drakken and Shego have escaped!"
"What? Oh man, Global Justice can't do anything right. KP's at the mall Wade."
The adolescent super-genius took a drink of his mega slurpster, and smiled. "Cool, I'll see if I can hack into their security cameras and find her." After a few seconds of typing Wade grinned at Ron. "Got it! Now lets see if I can. Oh. Um, Ron, maybe you should turn on the news."
Ron didn't like the tone in his friends voice. Still he made his way over to the TV and turned it on. The sounds of cartoon violence filled the room. Ron grinned sheepishly at Wade. "Um, lets pretend for a second that I don't know what channel the news comes on…"
Wade cut him off. "Never mind Ron, I'll patch the feed straight threw on the Kimmunicator." For a second the screen went blank, then an image of the Middleton Mall food court appeared. The words HOSTAGE SITUATION flashed continually at the bottom of the screen. There were two security guards lying next to the Pop Pop Warner's Corn Dog stand, they were both unconscious. But what caused Ron's heart to miss a beat was the sight of the pale, raven haired women dressed in green. It was Shego. And lying at her feet, tied up and looking helpless, lay Kim Possible.