KP in Tough Being a Girl
Ever wonder where Kim and Ron would be if Ron had been born a GIRL and still knew each other from since Pre-K? And then one day while visiting a top-secret lab to stop Drakken, she becomes the male Ron we all know and love? What would happen? What would any natural-born girl, stuck forever as a guy do? Read on to find out!
Chapter 9: Thoughts
The rest of the day went fairly uneventful aside from the whispers and glances in Ron's direction from both boys and girls. A few of the whispers even got overheard by Ron and they made him blush because one of the whispers had been from a girl whispering about how lucky she was now to get to go into the boys locker room.
Ron had yet to actually see anything because with the news of Ron having been a born girl, the gym teacher wouldn't allow Ron to do anything but change by herself. As far as the gym teacher was concerned, until the school therapist told him that Ronnie was a boy mentally as well and wouldn't have any "accidents" where she in the male body got aroused at the sight of the other guys... or at the very least he was trying to avoid a lawsuit by Ron getting beaten up by a guy who got upset with Ron/Ronnie in the same locker room as them.
So while Kim heard the gossip from the other girls about Ron, ranging from how unfair it was that she got to go into no-woman's land, to ones where some girls thought he was very cute and dateable to even the naughtier ones where they wondered if all the mass that had been on her chest got transferred to someplace more south.
Kim had to blush bright red when one of those very girls asked her very bluntly if she had seen her friend Ron in that kind of way and asked his size. She had to tell them that she had not seen her friend naked below the waist and that she had no idea.
Still, the last question she was asked before she excused herself had stuck with her, "Surely, you must have thought about it... I thought you two were best friends, don't you share everything?" Kim had not even thought about it because to her, Ron was still her best girlfriend but the dreams... the way she felt at certain times around Ronnie, er... Ron made her realize that on some level, she was coming to see her girlfriend as a real guy and one that she was developing feelings for.
Instead of taking the cooking class as usual, which she/he excelled in, Ron was called in to see the school shrink as he liked to think of her.
Ron opens the door and sees the woman with her long blond, curly hair that flowed down to stop at just above her waist. Upon seeing the long hair, Ronnie let out a soft sigh as she... now a he remembers how much she missed being a girl with her own beautiful, long hair and wished at that very moment that she could flip her own hair but with it cut so short and messy-like, there was nothing to flip.
Ms. Lemon smiles at the blond haired, girl-to-boy and thinks as she observes the sigh, "I guess she... er, he is not looking forward to this session. I can't say I blame her...I mean him." She knew the story behind the change and the fact that it was indeed permanent but still she kept thinking of Ron as Ronnie, a girl she'd advised on more than one occasion on what classes to take and such.
Ms. Lemon stands up and says, "Welcome Ron, please have a seat." She waves a hand to a empty chair that was fairly new so it was more comfortable than the old, flat as wood seat that was next to it.
Ron nods and says, "Um, Thanks Ms. Lemon." before he sits down in the offered seat. He looks at her, wishing again that he was a girl so she could flip her hair again. He says, "So I guess we're here to talk about..." He lingers, not quite sure what to say.
Ms. Lemon nods and says, "It is ok, you can say it. Your realignment from girl to boy as per your wishes of your mother." She adds in her thoughts, "Although I think your mother is the one who should had her head looked at for doing this so quickly and unfairly to you. I can only imagine what you're going through."
Ron looks down at the desk for a moment before looking up and he says, "Yeah..." There is a bit of silence between the two for a few moments until Ron says, "I don't think I need this." Surprising the woman on the other side of the desk.
Ms. Lemon says, "Oh? And why is that Ron? Have you suddenly become a boy mentally as well as physically overnight?"
Ron bites the corner of his lip for a second before he says, "No... I just mean that I think I can adjust to this on my own."
Ms. Lemon looks Ron right in his eyes and for a moment she can see the heart of the tomboy she knew within those eyes whose motto was "Never be normal!" and in this case, she was certainly living up to that motto by becoming a boy. She holds back her words that she was going to say before she then says, "I understand your feelings, that you probably want to work things out for yourself but it was the decision by your parents and the school board to send you to me so that you know that you don't have to go through this by yourself."
Ron nods and says, "Thanks, and I mean that but I've got friends who can help me and no offense but I was already more like a boy than a girl even when I was a girl. I think I can adjust to being a boy easily enough."
Ms. Lemon steeples her fingers in front of her before she says, "If you're referring to your friend Kim Possible, then I admit that she will probably do her very best to help you. She'll even probably be just what you need the most in your transition but even she won't know every answer to the challenges you'll face. I on the other hand have helped people during their journey from one journey to another, although that was usually a much slower trip so the adjustments were easier to deal with."
Ron looked at Ms. Lemon with some disbelief on his face which still reminded her very much of the girl within, before he says, "You have? I mean... people have willingly changed their gender before?"
Ms. Lemon nods and says, "Yes, I have and yes there are people who have done just that. You see Ron, there are people who feel that they were born into the wrong gender. Some of them either to accept that fact and just live their whole lives, never finding any kind of peaceful solution to the unrest within them while others actually do something and go through the very expensive and lengthy procedure of changing from one gender to the next." She left out how some people find a middle ground and simply become a combination of both but that kind of information was not going to be helpful in Ron's case and would have only served to further confuse him.
Ron seemed to mull over her words while Ms. Lemon mentally prepared a few things to say depending on the next question out of his mouth. So when Ron says, "So, were they always gay or were they straight and then changed their minds when they changed their gender?" It made her wonder why he chose to jump ahead of the usual few questions a normal person would ask, but then she had to remember this was Ron.
Ms. Lemon leans back in her chair before she says, "Well that's a tough one to answer. Everyone is different. There have been cases where even though they felt they were in the wrong gender, they were still attracted to opposite sex but once they had went through the body change, they found that their tastes went to the opposite sex of the body they were in. Usually though, they don't change and go on to have healthy lives, sometimes they even find pleasure with both genders."
Ron looks surprised at her words and Ms. Lemon notices that he seems to be thinking over something heavily, perhaps about her own sexual preferences in the new body that Ronnie was in. So Ms. Lemon says, "Have you been having thoughts or doubts about her own preferences, Ron? It would be perfectly ok if you are. The surge of teenage male hormones would be quite different from what you are used to."
Ron had been remembering the way she...he felt from the moment she could see at the hospital to the most recent ride on the scooter where Ron had actually felt... excited at his best friend's closeness and touch.
Ron says, "W-what? Oh! Um... I that is... I mean..." before clamming up for a moment to collect his thoughts. He then says, "Well... I think so, but I think it is the chemicals that transformed me into this..." He holds out his hands as if to show to her the change from girl hands to boy hands without saying a word. He says as he then lowers his hands, "I... have noticed the way girls and boys look different to me now... and the way they whisper about me... I can hear them sometimes and I know they are as curious as I am just how "Complete" my change was."
Ms. Lemon had heard some of the rumors herself before Ron walked in and had to admit she was as curious herself but then that wasn't what she was supposed to be doing. She was supposed to help with the transition from girl to boy life.
Ron says softer, almost girl-like, "I was already looked down at for being a tomboy who fought crime with my best friend. I had already been teased by people like Bonnie who said I would have been better off as a boy. So now I find myself wondering, what if Bonnie was right? What if fate made a mistake and now corrected it so that I am what I should have always been? A boy?"
Ms. Lemon made a mental note to schedule a talk with Bonnie since Ron had obviously been affected by that girls' words quite a bit. She didn't want Bonnie to make the trip from girl to boy too difficult or Ron might be left floundering somewhere in the middle, never a guy, never a girl either and Ron deserved better than that. She had no doubt that a cute guy like Ron could get a girlfriend, or a boyfriend, whichever way his tastes eventually went if he tried.
Ms. Lemon says, "Look Ron, the question shouldn't be whether or not they are right about the kind of person you were before. The question should be, what kind of person do you see yourself as now? Are you a girl? A boy? Don't base it on what others say or think, because if you do then all you'll get for your troubles is a whole lot of confusion and headaches." She notices that the time is just about up on her clock and then says, "Remember, just be true to yourself and let the chips fall where they may. People will come to accept you more better once they know who you think you are."
Ron says, "They didn't before when I was a tomboy..." There was some sadness and a tinge of bitterness in his voice.
Ms. Lemon says, "Is that you talking or Bonnie?" She waits for an answer but can tell that she'd hit the mark with Bonnie. She says, "Just give people time Ron and once you are certain as to who you are, then they'll accept you. Right now, people don't know whether to call you a girl or boy because you don't know which one you are, am I right?"
Ron nods and says, "Yeah... I guess you're right. Thanks Ms. Lemon."
Ms. Lemon says, "You're welcome Ron and please call me anytime you need help with a matter." She takes a card from her desk and hands it to Ron who puts it in his pocket. "Now you better go because this has already run a little longer than it should have and I don't want Mr. Barkin to give you any trouble."
At the mention of Barkin's name, Ron's eyes got wide and he says, "Thanks for the talk! I gotta go now!" and he jumps up from the seat to quickly open the door and dash through it.
Ms. Lemon thinks, "Ok... I should make a note to talk to Barkin as well if he has that kind of effect on him." She opens her scheduler on her computer and types in her notes on the session as well as setting up a meeting with both Barkin and Bonnie for later on.
Ron speed-walked through the hallways to meet up with KP at her locker while trying to avoid being noticed by the ever diligent Mr. Barkin, who watched the hallways like a hawk for runners.
Kim was just opening her locker when she saw Ron moving in a hurry through the hallways and flashed him a smile which made Ron slow down for a second so he could have Hi to her.
Just then Bonnie cut off Ron's path and because he'd been looking at Kim, he didn't see her until he collided with her, knocking them both down!
Kim's smile turned into worry as she thinks, "Great, just what Ronnie... I mean Ron needs. A collision with Bonnie." She closes her locker and walks over to help her best friend.
Bonnie pushes Ron off without even looking at him while she angrily says, "Watch where you're going! Don't you know who I am?" She is surprised at the toned chest that her hand is against and wonders if a jock knocked her down, in which case it was ok.
Bonnie is surprised to hear a still unfamiliar voice say, "Sorry Bonnie, I didn't see you in time to stop." She looks at the guy with the messed up hair and remembers the way his chest had felt before it dawns on her and she says, "Ron? Oh! I should have known it was you!"
Ron looks apologetic to her and he stands up before offering to help her up with a hand, "Can I help you up Bonnie?"
Bonnie didn't know if it was the florescent lighting or the fresh memory of his body against her but she nods quietly as she accepts the hand and stands up. She almost loses her balance as she suddenly felt weak near him. She blushes for a second as she thinks, "What is going on? Why do I feel this way?"
Ron grabs Bonnie, doing the only thing he knew to do to keep her from falling and holds her up against him. He didn't know how it might look to anyone else, at the moment all he cared about was trying not to get into more trouble as he didn't want to get yelled at by her.
Bonnie felt Ron's warmth and after a moment she says, "Th-thanks for saving me Ron... you can, um, let go now."
Ron was surprised by Bonnie's words as they were perhaps the nicest thing she'd ever said. In fact, he couldn't ever remember her thanking him before!
Kim had seen it all and if her eyes weren't already green, they would have been green then as she could see it all on Bonnie's face. She SO didn't want Bonnie falling for Ron! She walks up and clears her throat before she says, "Ron! You better let go! We've got class to get to!"
Ron is startled and immediately lets her go, with Bonnie stepping back and giving Kim a hard glare. He says, "That's right! Man! I don't want detention with Mr. B! Gotta go Bonnie!" He starts to move forward with Kim turning to follow him, and he misses the soft sigh from Bonnie but she didn't.
The two of them go quickly through the hallways to their next class, just barely making it on time. Even though Kim and Ron had seats next to each other, she was too busy wondering what Bonnie's game was.
She wondered if Bonnie was going to get payback for Bueno Nacho or was it really as it might really be how it looked? That she was falling for her best friend? She eventually shook her head and decided that it was, as her friend might say... "Wrong-Sick!" and did the best to put it out of her mind so she could focus on class.
Neither one of them noticed the whispers in class as the scene involving Bonnie had been caught by others as well and with Ron's mind wandering every now and then about what he'd talked to Ms. Lemon about, he wasn't paying very good attention in class that day.
AN: Well everyone, I hope you liked this chapter. I am sorry for the long delay but I was so busy with my Animology story. What did you all think about what Ms. Lemon and Ron talked about? Pretty heavy stuff for Ron/Ronnie to think about huh? If anyone remembers their school days (and if you're IN school) then I am sure that you all know what I mean when I say that rumors, both truthful and false have a way of traveling around school at the speed of light and doing great harm. Lastly, what do you all think of what happened with Bonnie? Could she really be falling for Ron? What do you think about Kim's reaction? As usual, all thoughts, ideas and suggestions are very welcome!