Usually going anywhere with Ron Stoppable, would mean an endless flurry of crazy and sometimes non- sensical conversations about things…anything at all. Even overreacting to stuff that was bothering him. But oddly enough, Ron sat quietly all through the drive to Bueno Nacho and even when they got there, he was abnormally quiet. Kim knew something was amiss, but still said nothing. He ordered the usual… salad for Kim and his favourite nacos for himself. He came back to the table with Kim opposite him.

He sat in his seat….

"Salad for you" placing her things on the table "And the rest for me"

Ron started to have a bite, but he couldn't even taste it in his mouth. He knew it was a matter of time before Kim brought up the topic about college and he was going to hear words that he didn't want to hear…He was lost in his thoughts for a second, when he felt a hand on his shoulder…

"Ron, what's the sitch?"

Kim actually came around and sat next to him. She was obviously concerned about how abnormally quiet he was… and she needed to know what was going on…though somehow she was afraid to…

"Hello, earth to Ronald Stoppable!" waving her hand in front of him, "Or are you actually Ron Stoppable?"

"Uh, yeah, Kim," he responded defensively, "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you're not acting like the Ron I usually know" she said matter of factly, "My Ron doesn't stay this quiet this long, neither does he actually NOT eat his favourite food in the world…"

She was right and he only just realised it. He was playing with his Nacos…. He hardly even touched them. Rufus though, was having the buffet of his life.

She continued, "So when I see my B.F behaving like this, it's doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that something's up… although I think I'm afraid to ask what…" She said looking away for a second.

Ron just raised his hand as though he was waving her off…

"Why don't you just tell me and get it over with…" Ron said sarcastically, "You know… that's what you were finishing up to do…"

Kim looked at him with brief surprise and then slow, but annoyed anger. She had a feeling this was what he was coming with. Indeed she was expecting him to overreact about it before she could properly explain it all to him, but she wasn't expecting him to just brush her off and 'get it over with'…

"Oh, Ron!" Kim growled, getting annoyed and raising her voice, "We've been through this over and over and over. How many times do I have to reassure you it'll all be ok? It's NOT the end of the world!"

"Hey that little speech was for graduation, remember?" Ron said lifting his voice slightly… "News flash, summer's almost done!" The tension between them was growing…

"You're gonna sit there and tell me that you've been accepted and you're leaving soon, and I'm gonna just sit here like a loser! Hope I don't end up like Bonnie did…"

In that sense, Ron felt somewhat belittled. He knew he didn't do as well in school as Kim, or most people for that matter, due to his laziness… something he greatly regretted. He truly felt that though he and Kim had gone through their life together doing almost everything, he figured she would get fed up of his childish ways once she achieved a higher level of intellect through college. And he knew of some people who it happened to…

Bonnie Rockwaller came foremost to his mind. He remembered when they were trying to find a boyfriend for her and called Brick Flagg, who eventually went to college himself. Ron asked him if he remembered Bonnie, considering they were a couple once… he couldn't even remember her, except for the fact that she was mean and shallow. Not that Kim was shallow, but what would she say in a couple years of college? After all, he DID tell her once, that maybe he didn't want to grow up… maybe she would hold that against him…

("Ron? Ron who?")…

"RON!"

Kim's voice felt like it slapped him back to reality. She had gotten up from sitting beside him, which for obvious reasons made him feel that much worse.

"I am NOT doing this today. I wanted to talk to you about something important! And here you are going on and on about this. Doesn't anything I say mean anything anymore?"

Before Ron could answer, Kim returned to the opposite side of the table, fuming…"I can't keep having this argument with you! You know what? Maybe I should just get this over with!"

Ron's Heart came to his throat… ("Get it over with? Oh man…")

Any further conversation was interrupted by the kimmunicator…

(kimmunicator beeps…)

"GO WADE!" She said angrily into the screen,

"Uhhh catch you guys at a bad time?" Wade said, slightly taken aback…

"Forget it, what's the sitch? She said, trying to get her composure…

"Ah, yeah." Wade continued, "Got a hit on the site. Seems as though a priceless artefact was stolen from the World history museum yesterday. It's a priceless diamond, with a series of different diamonds inside."

"Ok so priceless diamond missing, gotta retrieve it. Hook us up on all the info…" Looking at Ron with conviction.

"There's more than just that…" Wade interrupted… "I was doing some checking and it seems that it has been rumoured to be some sort of weapon…"

"Soooo even in early days there were people trying to take over the world?" Ron said amusingly, "Man, I wonder what kind of heroes there were fighting in those days?"

"RON!" Kim snapped at him once again… "Not the time!" Even Wade felt that one…

Wade continued, "Anyway, I traced the last police broadcasts and got a report of a witness saying a big black headed guy was escaping from the museum….I figured it could only be-"

"Dementor!" Kim intervened…"We're on our way."

She looked at Ron with a fire in her eyes. All he could do, was follow. The got into her car and sped off.