At the Stoppable house, Ron sat on the couch, still watching cartoons. Looking back at the clock after hanging up the phone, he said to Rufus, "Maybe I should get dressed…" "Yeah, dressed." Rufus said, answering Ron's statement. Leaving the bowl in the sink, Ron ran upstairs leaving Rufus on the couch, grabbed his towel and jumped in the shower. A few minutes later, he ran downstairs sporting only a towel and asked, "Rufus, have you seen the soap?" Back at her house, Kim had finished her breakfast and was trying to get out of the house. However, every time she was about to leave, her mom called her back to do something.
"Kimmie, before you leave, can you check the clothes in the dryer?"
"Kim, also, can you ask your father what time he's leaving? I have to run down to the hospital but I don't want to leave this food on the stove unattended."
"Kim, can you check to see if that's the gardener out there? If it is, give him this check for the month." After about the fifth thing her mother had asked her to do, Kim had had enough. "Mom! I would love to help you do a thousand things but I told Ron that I'd meet him after I finished breakfast…which was about an hour ago."
"Oh, I'm sorry Kimmie, it's just that there's so much to do today, you know how Saturdays are." Her mother responded, "Okay, well, I guess that can wait until later," she said, taking a basket full of clothes out of Kim's hands and setting it aside, "Okay, you go have fun and tell Ron and the Stoppables I said hi. I'm going to the hospital now." She said, car keys in hand.
"Yep, no big mom, bye." Kim said walking towards the door, "Bye dad!" she yelled towards the den.
"Bye Kimmie-cub!" her father yelled back, eyes still glued on the screen in front of him.
Arriving at Ron's front door, Kim was met seconds later with a seemingly refreshed Ron and a gleeful Rufus. "Hey KP!" Ron said smiling. "Hey Ron." she answered, giving him a quick peck on the cheek. Inside, Ron and Kim sat on the couch, Ron grabbing the remote to flip the channels to find a movie to watch. Without turning to Kim, he asked,
"So, what are you in the mood to watch?"
"Um, anything's good; anything but wrestling." Kim said sternly, seeing Ron's face light up when she said anything.
"Aww, but the Pain King vs. Steel Toe marathon is on! Ten of the best fights in the GWA wrestling league history!!!" Ron exclaimed.
"Ron…"
"Okay, fine. We'll watch what you want." Ron said, seeming defeated.
"Please and thank you." Kim said, giving Ron another peck on the cheek.
"You know, kissing me on the cheek doesn't make me feel better." Ron said. So turning to him, Kim, gave him a short, but sweet kiss on the lips.
"That any better?"
"Boo-yah." said Ron, smiling.
"Eh, romance." Rufus squeaked. Finally settling on a horror movie after a few more minutes of searching, Ron, left and came back to the couch with popcorn in one hand and a blanket in the other. Setting the popcorn down on the coffee table, he curled up with Kim under the blanket and they began watching the movie.
Three hours later, Kim was still curled up against Ron, except now, Ron was shaking in fright with the entire blanket around him while Kim, seemingly unfazed sat with the empty popcorn bowl in her lap. "Monkeys! Why did this movie have to be about monkeys!!!" Ron exclaimed, "And scary ghost monkeys at that!"
"Ron, you're overreacting. There was one monkey in the entire movie." Kim said shaking her head.
"So, it was still a monkey Kim…now what if it's like, real, and comes to get me tonight."
"Right…" Kim said, taking the remote and switching channels. She settled on watching an episode of Agony County to, as she put it, 'stay current'. Suddenly, while watching the episode, a question came to mind. Ron, after all, was her best friend, so even if they weren't dating, they could talk about anything, right?
"Ron, can I ask you a question?" Kim said, still watching the TV.
"Oh sure KP, what's up?"
"Um…okay, this might be a bit random but, are you still a virgin?" Immediately, Kim could tell the question took Ron by surprise.
"A vir-whaaa! Yes! I mean no, no 'course I'm not a virgin…"
"You're not?" Kim said sternly, now curious as to Ron's answer.
"No, 'course not…I've had sex with lots of girls…" Ron answered, turning away and rubbing his neck nervously; quickly realizing how bad that sounded.
"You have?" Kim said even more sternly. "Just who have you had sex with?"
"Well, um…there's Yori-" From the moment he said this, Ron knew he had made a mistake.
"YORI!!! YOU HAD SEX WITH YORI!!! RON, ALL THIS TIME AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME!!!" Kim screamed as she jumped out of the couch towering over Ron and she went on like that for the next five minutes.
"KP...um, Kim…Kimberly!!!" Ron yelled, trying to get her attention. Quickly ceasing her rave, Kim turned to Ron and said angrily, "What?"
"Kim…okay, I lied." Ron said sadly.
"You lied?" Kim asked calming down, now sitting back down on the couch next to him, "Why?"
"Why? Because Kim, I'm an 18-year old boy who has never even as much as kissed a girl before you kissed me that day you had that emotion chip on. I mean, let's face it, I'm not exactly a hit with the ladies." Ron said, looking down at his lap.
"Oh," Kim said, feeling bad about her earlier rant. "Well, that's not true Ron, you're a hit with me." Kim said smiling, trying to make him feel better.
"Yeah, cute words Kim, but that's only you."
"Well, who else do you have to worry about…we are a couple, aren't we?" she asked expectantly .
"Yes but…you have no idea how it feels for a guy my age to still be a virgin, Kim. I'm in the locker room before and after practice and I have to hear the whole football team talking about who they did last week or what they have planned for that afternoon."
"And you believe all of them?"
"Well…yeah," said Ron, "after all, they've got the charm."
"Ron, please," Kim said shaking her head, "Half the cheerleading squad wouldn't hook up with those losers."
"But what about the other half?" Ron asked, now looking up at Kim.
"Ron! Well, what do you say while everyone in the locker room is telling their stories?" asked Kim, curiously.
"Well…I've been asked if we do it…" Ron said quietly, though loud enough for Kim to hear.
"And what exactly do you tell them?".
"Well, what do you think I say?" Ron answered Kim. Kim stared at Ron for a minute before her eyes widened in clarity.
"Ron! You tell them that we've done it?"
"Yes!" Ron said defiantly, not seeing why it was such a big deal. "Kim, I mean, why does it even matter, you know the truth and seeing as how we're a couple anyway, it's not that big of a deal. Besides, you're like the hottest cheerleader on the squad, at least in my eyes you are…" But Kim, now seemingly in a daze, didn't hear what Ron had said. Instead, she said to herself, though loud enough so that Ron still heard, "What do all those guys think of me now…"
"Kim, why are you worrying about what they think? We are a couple, aren't we?" Ron said, echoing her words from before. Snapping out of her own thoughts, Kim said, "Yeah, but why can't you just tell them the truth?"
"Oh, and admit to 20 guys that the guy they've been calling a loser throughout high school and is finally something since he's on the team, is still a loser, especially since he doesn't have sex with his own girlfriend?" Ron asked him. Kim contemplated this and tried to put herself in Ron's shoes.
"Well, I guess it's different for girls." she concluded.
"Well, Kim, I mean, it's not like I haven't thought about it…" Ron said, turning to Kim but continuing to stare into his lap.
"You've thought about me and you, you know…"
"Yes, I've thought about it…what guy wouldn't? I mean, haven't you thought about it?" Ron asked, now looking up at her. The question didn't really take Kim by surprise. The truth was, of course she had thought about it. It was now October, they had been officially dating for 4 months and had been best friends for years before they had become a couple. She had always been a little curious ever since they switched bodies that one time and the thought came back to her every time he would accidentally lost his pants on a mission or now, every time they kissed. However, years of convincing herself that she and Ron were just friends and nothing more left her with nothing but seemingly impossible dreams and fantasies and now that they were a couple, everything seemed to change. Ron, questioning Kim's long pause after his question, decided to let go of the topic. But something about this whole conversation was bothering him; couldn't he ask her the same question she asked him?
"Kim…are you a virgin?" He asked hesitantly. Kim, snapping out of her thoughts for a second time, came to her senses and realized she had left Ron's question from before unanswered.
"Oh…um, yeah…I am." Kim said. After another awkward silence, Ron asked again,
"So have you ever thought about us, you know…"
"Yeah…actually, I have." Kim said. Another awkward silence followed. Finally Kim said, "Ron I-"
Author's Note: A lil' cliffie but the story's complete so you can read what happens next...