All Characters and some of the dialog in this story is/are the property of the Disney Company. Although, from the way Disney is treating the show, it appears they don't really want them. I own nothing but the plot of story itself.

Thanks to kpfan72491, for all your help with proofreading. A busy 19 year old who still has time to be a friend to this old man.

She never got around to talking to Ron about the dream. Eric was always there and Ron strangely became less and less a part of her life.

The dream continued on for two weeks. To her fathers' suspicions, she even began to look forward to bedtime, just to enjoy the dream life she had found. Of course, there were even calendar variations in the dream. Mother's Day gave way to Halloween, Thanksgiving, and eventually Christmas. But the main theme of the dream remained unchanged, Kim Stoppable, beloved wife and mother of beautiful twin girls. A perfect life, even if it was a dream.

Then the dream turned to a nightmare. Maybe it was seeing Ron on T.V.

"I'm losing everything I ever cared about!" Kim figured it was just the stupid 'Lil' Diablo's 'sitch, but why did that cry affect her so?

Other points in their past started to fill her thoughts.

The first day of their freshman year of High School, The look of hope in his eyes. "Promise me you won't forget me, forget us." She had just laughed at her bestest friend for life, then she walked right into the "Mankey Zone" and promptly forgot all about him.

First came their freshman year. He ended up a whole weekend alone with no food or water, stuck in the damnable janitors' closet. "Did you even notice I was gone for so long? Did I even cross your mind?" He suddenly walked away from her and didn't speak to her for a week.

The big first Mankey date. She had broken a promise to stay safely indoors. He eagerly faced piranha, snakes, and water rapids, all to get a rare orchid to save her life. And how did she thank him? She went back to Josh.

Then came their sophomore year. "Thanks for being my date," he said.

She just growled at him, "We're just friends."

Suddenly she began to dread bedtime. The wonderful dream world became a nightmare. Last night was the worse. Kim woke herself up with one final thought.

Ron.

She just had to talk to him.

Finally came their Junior year. Josh was gone and Ron seemed fine, the effect of the Moodulator and the resulting kiss made Ron the happiest Kim had ever seen him. Even Mr. Dr. P's black hole threat couldn't bring him down.

The Junior Prom was only a few weeks away. "Stand by your Ron," Monique said.

Then Eric moved to Middleton.

"I suddenly think a loop has been formed and I'm not in it." Ron pulled further away.

She stopped going to school each morning with Ron and started having Eric pick her up. Did she not notice the pain on his face when she rode past him on Eric's' motorcycle, wearing the helmet Ron had bought for her?

Then she saw him freaking out on TV. "I'm losing everything I ever cared about!"

She so had to talk to him.

She finally found him alone in the tree house. Their tree house.

"No girls allowed." Did that mean her also?

Their conversation turned to Wannaweep. Yeah," Ron said, "All that stuff was bad...but you know what was worse? Spending a whole summer away from you."

It's time to grow up, Ron. Eric is not going to change who we are?

"Pretty words, Kim."

Then Eric showed up at the base of the tree calling out her name and Ron was lost to her. Or was she lost to Ron. As Kim walked away from their tree house, Eric on her arm, did she even hear Ron start to cry?

Again that night she could hear his lament in her sleep.

"I'm losing everything I ever cared about!"

But Ron couldn't like like her did he? "He's not boyfriend material? He's just Ron." She had told her mom.

Now what should she do?