Birth, and Rebirth 00: My Eyes Adored You Chapter 8: 7: Make believe you're married to me, a kim possible fanfic

Birth, and Rebirth 00: My Eyes Adored You

Disclaimer/Author's Notes: Kim Possible and all the characters of the show are owned by the Disney Company. The original lyrics to the songs referenced in this story and the music are the property of the respective authors, artists and labels. All other characters can be blamed on the author (he, however, is not responsible for all of their actions at all times, being barely responsible for himself most of the time).

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A/N Forward:

This began as a thought in both the heads of cpneb and kt (of jakt). A few phone calls, some emails, and the idea came brought forth into production.

This joint project between cpneb and jakt is the direct result of the request from a certain eleven year old; resistance was futile, indeed, as one simple question became the opening of the Birth, and Rebirth arc.

cpneb will present the main story line, while jakt will presents other major components of the story as it is told.

"Let the adventure begin."

Previously, on Birth, and Rebirth 00: My Eyes Adored You

Ron looked at his little pink friend. "Why not, I really didn't want to go to the prom anyway and watch Kim and Eric dance the night away."

Rufus nodded in agreement.

"Besides, KP needs her space."

He took off his father's powder blue tux and hung it up. "Maybe, someday, I'll wear it, Rufus, but not tonight."

Slowly, Ron changed into his regular clothes and put Rufus in his pocket. He doubted even Bueno Nacho could cheer him up now. He moved even slower downstairs and finally made it outside to his scooter. Hopping on, he saw two shooting stars blaze across the night sky and made a wish:

"I wish I could tell her I love her. I really do."

And, now, Birth, and Rebirth 00: My Eyes Adored You:

Chapter 7 – Make believe you're married to me…

'The hall light tried to sneak in under the door, and the streetlamp tried to enter through the closed blinds: neither had a great deal of success, and the room remained, for the most part, ominously dark, even foreboding, as it had been since she left on the last mission across the Pond. Something was up, but I couldn't put my paw on it: something just didn't feel right.

'The silence was only broken by the soft, wrong-sick, ticking of the digital clock that Wade had made and given her as a gag gift. It would only show one time: 3:10 A. M., unless you yelled at the clock; that would reset it to show the actual time. Wade, even more evil, had added the 'ticking' of the clock to remind her of Ron 'saving her nose' on that one particular mission. For a brilliant PhD, his warped sense of humor was often more than Kim could bear…for me I just 'grinned and 'beared' it.'

'Hey, who says that I don't have a sense of humor?'

The silence was only broken by the soft ticking of the digital clock that Wade had given her as a gag gift. It would only show one time: 3:10 A. M., unless it was reset to show the actual time.

Soft, tired, dragging steps could be heard coming from outside of the room, approaching up the stairs, and then the doorknob turned, and light flooded the room as the tired warrior trudged in and tossed her bag onto the end of the bed. She fell across the middle of her bed and reached over-

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-de-BEEP.

She pulled out her cell phone and flipped it open.

"Hello, Dr. Director," even her smile belied her exhaustion.

Silence, and a soft chuckle.

"Yes, Betty, I got some work done on the flight back, even with Ron next to me."

Silence, and a louder chuckle.

"Yes, Betty, he is a distraction, but I love being distracted by him."

Silence

"Yes, we're still on, although I have no idea why you'd want me to sing with you. I've worked on the piece, and I still think it's wonderful, even if I'm going to sing a part," she laughed.

Silence.

"Christmas Eve afternoon for the rehearsal: got it."

"It's no big, Betty," she replied, and she looked shocked for a moment.

"Making people happy? Are they looking for Byzantine 'torture by singing,' or do they just want to see me make a fool of myself?" She laughed, but she quickly stopped. "I'll do my best not to make you look bad, Dr. Director, and thanks for the opportunity."

Silence, then...

"Good-bye," and she flipped her phone shut and sighed, reaching for her beloved Pandaroo and placing him on her stomach.

"Did you hear what I just did, Pandaroo? I just agreed to sing on Christmas Eve night with Elizabeth Director in front of a packed church!"

'And your point is…what, Kim?' Pandaroo looked at the frightened 17-year-old, the same young woman who regularly took on super-villains, and she was scared of singing?

"What was I thinking?" she started to cry.

'You can do it, Kim: I believe in you,' Pandaroo thought, and Kim suddenly felt a calmness that she often felt when she came to Pandaroo with her worries. She, somehow, seemed to always be able to resolve them with his help.

"I know, you'd tell me 'Kim, you can do anything, and that includes singing in public for the first time in a long time,'" she smiled through her tears and wiped her face with the back of her hand.

"When we were flying home, Ron told me that same thing when I told him that Betty had asked me to sing with her. He believes in me, Pandaroo, even after all these years, and after the way I've treated him all this time, ignoring him for one hottie after another, while he stood there on the sidelines, always waiting for me when I came back, heartbroken and a little worse for wear. And, still, he was so filled with 'Ronshine' that my 'food chain' defeats never lasted long. I often ask myself how he did it, but I don't really want to know," she smiled at Pandaroo. "Somehow, though, I feel that you know: don't know how I know you know, but I just do.

"He was always there, Pandaroo, just like you are," she smiled.

'Hey, what can I say? We're both a pair of one-woman guys when it comes to you, Kim.'

"Pandaroo, you know what?" Kim whispered conspiratorially. "I caught myself doing something a few weeks ago that I hadn't done since fourth grade: I caught myself signing my name Kim Stoppable. Isn't that pathetic, Pandaroo?" she laughed.

'Personally, I'd go for the hyphenated, but, then again, I'm a liberated 'roo.'

"I can't believe I was doing that, and I was doodling hearts around the name, too! Am I crazy, or what?" She laughed.

'Crazy in love with a man who's crazy in love with you: what's the problem with that, Kim?'

"After I ran Bonnie off from him, after I made him choose me over Justine, I went off and dated every hottie I could find, and he never left me.

"Now, that's a true friend, Pandaroo," she reached up and hugged me.

'Kim, if you only knew how he really felt…

The window opened, and Ron Stoppable came in.

Ron came over early, long before he was supposed to meet Kim for the mission to Scandinavia. He was reticent to go because of the whole 'meat cake' issue, but Wade assured him that he wouldn't have to deal with any on this trip.

Kim: well, she was out on a mission of her own with Monique.

Ron decided that he couldn't hold his excitement in, any longer, so he almost flew into her room, literally ran to her bed, grabbed Pandaroo up, and hugged him tightly. Then, he took him by the arms and twirled him around in the air as he spun, himself.

"I did it, Pandaroo! I did it!" he shouted softly, and he put Pandaroo on Kim's desk and sat in her chair.

"I did it," and he reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring box.

'OH, NO YOU DIDN'T!' Pandaroo yelled.

Ron opened the box, and the brilliant diamond sparkled in the light.

'Ron, I'd change sexes and marry you for that rock: it's gorgeous!'

"Pandaroo, I've decided that I can't live without her in my life, and I want to make that commitment to her that I will always 'have her back, in sickness and in health,'" Ron grinned as he pulled the ring from the box and held it up in front of Pandaroo. "What do you think, guy: think she'll say yes to me?"

'If she doesn't, Ron, I'm taking her brain out and washing it with Drakken's 'Lather, Rinse, and Obey' shampoo from the discontinued products (aisle 666) in Smarty-Mart.'

"She has to like it, Pandaroo: these last few months have been my dream come true: dating Kim has been the best thing, besides first meeting her, that has ever happened to me in my entire life."

Then, Ron got that look he gets when he starts to think about what can go wrong, and Pandaroo became worried.

"But, what if she says 'no,' Pandaroo? I can't believe she'll do it, but what if, guy?

"What if I put my heart out there, and she stomps that sucka flat?" Ron grimaced for a few moments, and then the Ronshine re-emerged, brighter than ever.

"NAAAA! Even after the being exposed as a cheater, a liar, and a thief in the 'secret borrowing' sitch," and Pandaroo had to laugh when Ron used 'air quotes,' "she still wanted to be around me as long as I was honest. I may have 'bent' the BFBF/BFGF rules a bit," Ron chuckled, "but I'm as tried and true to my KP as she is to me. It showed after Warmonga, when she took my hand, and we walked off the football field together, like something out of the Mousy Network.

"I loved the touch of her hand in mine, Pandaroo. Her hugs send me into orbit, and her kisses," he smiled dreamily, "well, her kisses male Mr. Dr. P's 'black hole deep space probes' seem all worth it.

"If she'd do all that, Pandaroo," Ron waved the ring in front of his silent partner, "she'll say 'yes;' I just know it.

"Now, you can't tell her, alright?" Ron grinned. "This'll be our secret, just between us guys, all right?"

'My lips are sealed, Ron-man: I'll never tell, just as long as you don't start singing-' but it was too late, and Ron began to sing:

"Ron….exciting and new," he sang, and Pandaroo grimaced.

'If only I had a branch for every time he's sung that song in here, I'd have my own forest for the next 150 years,' Pandaroo laughed as Ron continued to sing, going over and grabbing a totally-unprepared Raggedy-Ann, and he danced with her as he sang the entire song.

Kim came into her room with the long bag containing the choir robe she'd brought back from the church, and she smiled at Pandaroo.

"Roo, Ron will be in the audience tonight to hear me sing!"

'Well, D'OI, Kim: did you think he'd miss 'Kim's big night?''

"I can't believe that he's giving up family time to be with me, time with his parents and Hana for her first holiday season as a Stoppable…of course, maybe Ron's just doing it to avoid cleaning the footprints from the ceiling," Kim laughed.

"Even better, Pandaroo: Joss and Wade and Wade's family will be there!

"I'm so happy for Wade that he's able to get out now, and I'm even happier that he and Joss like each other so much. It was a bit of a surprise, kinda like finding out just how Wade got my measurements for the first battlesuit," Kim grinned, "but, in the end, it all worked out for the best.

"Kimmie?"

"Yes, Mom?" and Dr. Anne Possible came in the door, still wearing her outdoor coat.

"How was the rehearsal?"

"It went great! They thought I was wonderful, but it was really Betty's singing that carried it: I just sorta followed along.

"I doubt that," Anne grinned. "We assumed that you were driving yourself to the church, so your father and I are taking the boys out for dinner before the service: we figured that, that way, they couldn't pre-plan any surprises for you. We'll take them out afterwards for ice cream at Mr. Fudgies': that way," Anne smiled, "you and Ron can have some Christmas Eve time, together, just the two of you.

"Besides, I think your father is craving some strawberry topping," Anne grinned, and Kim mouthed 'TMI, MOM!' with a big laugh.

"Thanks, Mom," Kim replied, and Ann turned and headed out of the room.

"Mom?" Kim asked, and Anne stopped and turned.

"How was the operation?"

"It went fine; in fact, better than fine. I managed to catch one of the last flights back here so I could hear my daughter sing in public," Anne smiled, and Kim blushed: a light pink.

Anne grinned, turned, and headed out of the room once again. "You'll be fine, Kimmie: I just know it," she called over her shoulder as she closed the bedroom door and headed down the stairs.

"Everybody thinks I'll be fine…except me," Kim groused.

'You'll do fine, Kim: I believe in you.'

"That one part is still a bit tricky, though," and Kim stood straight and began to softly sing:

"Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming,
Here came the wise men from Orient land."

Kim looked over at Pandaroo and smiled. "What do you think, Pandaroo? Will I make a fool out of myself?"

'This room got awfully dusty, all of a sudden, otherwise I wouldn't have all this water in my eyes,' Pandaroo said. 'That was beautiful: His angels couldn't have done it any better.'

Kim hummed while she started to get ready to take a bubble bath before the performance tonight, but she stopped for a moment as she pulled her bathrobe on to head across the hall for her silent time.

"Pandaroo, I have been truly blessed: I have parents who love me, brothers who care enough about me to harass me day and night," she smiled as she heard Jim and Tim bounding down the stairs, "wonderful friends, a super-genius who watches out for me, and a BFBF who is beyond even my expectations," she smiled into her mirror on the back of her bedroom door. "He truly loves me, and I can't imagine what it would be like to not have him in the audience tonight.

'Kim, if you only knew what he has planned for you over the next 24 hours,' Pandaroo laughed.

'It's been a wonderful school year, Pandaroo: Bonnie and I haven't let the digs and smart-mouth remarks fly...well, not too often, anyway; cheer squad has been wonderful, classes have been great, and even the villains have been cooperative…well, except for that big green Warmonga," Kim shuddered. "I hope I never see her again," she added as she caressed her robe.

"But, walking off the football field, holding Ron's hand after that; well, that was one of the highlights of my fall semester. I felt like a queen, even though Bonnie did go OC and hijack the Homecoming votes.

"Ron has been a saint all fall," she began, and then she stopped suddenly and thought. "No, he's been a saint ever since I met him. I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful BFBF," she said as she opened the door and headed for the bathroom.

'Your lips may say 'yes,' but there's something wrong, Kim: please, for me, let it out,' Pandaroo said to the empty room.

"The rehearsal went well, I had my bubble bath, no Tweebs to upset me before the concert, and I'll meet Ron before I go on," Kim said as she brushed her hair one final time after she checked to make sure she could slip the choir robe on without messing up her hair. "I've got a really good feeling about this sitch, Pandaroo. It's gonna be a good night." Kim laughed as she got up from her chair and walked over to the bed, picked up Pandaroo, and hugged him before she kissed the top of his head.

"Got to go, guy," she called as she retrieved her bagged choir robe from the closet. I'll be home before midnight, Pandaroo, so don't wait up!" She laughed as she closed the door after leaving her room, singing softly as she descended the stairs.

'You just might turn into something special tonight, Kim: Good luck,' he was still a bit worried about her, but he couldn't put a finger on it….

The door flung open, and the hall light glare was overshadowed by the nebula-like glow of the young woman entering her room, both dancing and singing.

She took one looks at Pandaroo on her bed and grinned evilly.

"Pandaroo, you've been a very, very, very bad boy!" she wagged her finger at him.

'M'OI?'

"You knew, didn't you?" Kim flashed the ring on her finger, and Pandaroo grinned inside.

'YES!

'WAY TO GO, RON-MAN!'

"He told me I looked like an angel, I sang like an angel, and that I had been his angel ever since Pre-K," Kim, by now, had started to re-streak her face with tears. "He said that, after the Diablos, this past summer, and the past few weeks, he realized that he could lose me at any moment.

"That's when I realized that I could lose Ron at any moment, Pandaroo, and that thought shook my very soul: a life without Ron Stoppable, without my BFBF, without the one person who always had my back, was no life at all.

"Then, Pandaroo, he did it, but the way that only Ron Stoppable could have done it: he dropped to one knee, Rufus came out of his pocket, carrying the ring box," Kim was now laughing and crying at the same time, "and then he told me he wanted his angel, forever.

"Then, Pandaroo, he said those words that are now part of my soul, forever:

"'Kimberly Ann Possible, will you marry me?'"

'So, silly, what did you do?'

"I pulled Ron to his feet and assaulted his lips and tongue so he couldn't change his mind and say he was kidding about the proposal. I did figure out, though, that he wasn't going to change his mind when he asked me 'So, I take it your answer is a "Possible" yes?'

"'Yes, my Ron, I will marry you,' I told him, and then I told him how I felt:

"'You've put up with me for all these years, even when I've ignored you and abused your friendship, and you accepted my apologies for treating you like crap, and you gave me an afternoon at the bench like I'd never had before, and you gave Jocelyn so much love that you didn't have to give: Why, Ronald Dean Stoppable, would you ever even think that I might be so stupid to say 'no' to you?

"'I've loved you since Pre-K; you were the only one of us smart enough to recognize it, but no more,' and my voice had gotten even softer and gentler. 'I want you, Ron,'" I told him as I brushed his lips, 'to be my forever mate.'

"And, then, Pandaroo, I was really, really wicked: "And, by the way," I gave him the 'look,' "'there's still fireworks,'" and I pulled his smiling face into mine and, I swear, I heard the explosions all over again."

Then, Kim's entire countenance changed from happiness to a sorrow that frightened Pandaroo from his ears to the tip of his tail.

"But, Pandaroo, while I drove home, I realized that, for the first time in my life, I had made a horrible mistake: I love Ron, but I don't deserve him," Kim stood, shaking, and her tears began to flow ever stronger.

"That's when I realized, Pandaroo, that I had to go: we have to go," and Kim quickly changed her clothes, throwing the choir robe on the bed, removing her dress, donning a pair of jeans and a MHS sweatshirt, reached into her closet and pulled out one of her pre-packed 'mission bags,' slung it over her shoulder, slipped on her mission gloves, and reached down and picked up Pandaroo. She walked over to her desk and reached for the cactus, but she stopped and blew it a kiss instead.

"Let's go, Pandaroo," she said softly as she turned off the light to her room, closed the door the final time, and headed down the stairs of the vacant house.

"I'm sorry, Mom, Dad, Jim, Tim, but it has to be this way: I'd only hurt Ron if I stayed, and he doesn't deserve that," she announced to the house as she opened the front door and headed out.

Pandaroo was so stunned that he couldn't say anything as Kim placed him in the car, buckled him in the front sear, tossed her bag in the back seat, and got in to leave her life, forever.

Kim started the Sloth, backed it out of the driveway, and headed toward the subdivision exit. She turned just before she got there and headed down the street to the one place where she knew she had to go before she left Middleton, forever.

That's when the radio played a familiar tune and Kim turned up the volume. It was that song from the movie "Enchanted".

"You're in my arms,

And all the world is gone,

The music playing on for only two.

So close together:

And when I'm with you,

So close to feeling alive.

"A life goes by,

Romantic dreams must die,

So I bid mine goodbye and never knew

So close was waiting, waiting here with you.

And now forever I know

All that I want is to hold you

So close.

So close to reaching that famous happy end,

Almost believing this one's not pretend.

Now you're beside me and look how far we've come

So far we are so close.

How could I face the faceless days

If I should lose you now?

We're so close

To reaching that famous happy end

And almost believing this one's not pretend

Let's go on dreaming though we know we are

So close

And still so far...

The song ended as the Sloth approached their spot: the playground, where they had spent so many good times together.

She pulled up in a parking spot, turned off the ignition, and sat, staring at the swings and at the tree. She reached across and picked up Pandaroo and climbed out of the car for one last swing.

"Pandaroo, do you remember this place?" Kim smiled.

'Kim, are you insane!?' Pandaroo finally was able to speak after being in shock over what Kim had said and done.

"We used to come here with Ron and play…good times, good times," she smiled through the tears that were still falling from her face.

She sat on the swing, holding Pandaroo, and her tears began to fall like a summer shower as she rocked gently back and forth, slowly moving more and more in the swing, her eyes closed.

She heard a sound, and she opened her eyes and looked in the direction:

Ron was on the swing next to her. He was wearing his mission wear, and his face was wet with tears, as well.

"KP," he smiled, but Pandaroo could tell that it was hurting him to see her.

"Ron," she replied.

They swung silently for a few moments, and then Ron stopped his swing and reached over, stopping Kim's.

The look on Ron's face was comprehension when he said, "Kim, I made the biggest mistake of my life."

Kim's jaw dropped, and Ron realized what he'd said.

"No, Kim: not my asking you to marry me! I love you more than life itself, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, but I can't do that to you: I don't deserve you, my darling. I was on my way out of town, forever, when I saw the Sloth parked here.

"I've been nothing but problems for you ever since we met, and I have no idea what I was thinking when I asked you to marry me: you deserve someone so much better than me. So, keep the ring, and I'll leave, and you never have to see me or put up with me, ever again.

"I love you, Kimberly Ann Possible," he said with so must pain on his face that even Pandaroo wanted to cry, "I love you so much, KP, that it hurts, but I can't hurt you any more, and that's all I would do if I married you. I'm not good enough for you," he tried to continue, but Kim put her index finger on his lips and smiled.

"Ron, we're a couple of doofuses," she started, and he grinned.

"KP, isn't that doofi?"

"RON!" she laughed out loud and she continued.

"Ron, I was leaving town because I don't deserve you," Kim started to cry, and Ron looked shocked.

"You…don't deserve the sidekick, KP?"

"NO, Ron, I don't deserve the one man, besides my father, who has loved me, unconditionally, almost every moment of my life. I've treated you like crap, I've dated other guys when you wanted to be with me, I've laughed at you, I've treated you like no person should ever be treated, I've drug you around the world, I've belittled you, and you've taken it all, Ron," by now, Kim's sobs were audible even to passers-by on the road, but no one pulled over.

"I'm sorry, Ron: I do love you, but I don't deserve you," she finished, and Ron-

LAUGHED?

"KP, do you hear yourself? I made you the laughingstock of Middleton High School because you hung around me all the time. You could have dumped me, but you didn't."

"I made you dump Justine for me, Ron,' Kim reminded him, and Ron smiled.

"And, she's already way past that, Kim: ask Big Mike," and Kim blushed.

"Then, you took me along to places where I could only dream of going, and I was with the most beautiful woman in the world, and you're apologizing to me? KP, I should have paid you millions just to be seen in public anywhere near you for even five seconds, let alone be able to hold your hand.

"And, one kiss, from you?' Ron smiled, and Kim's heat broke. "My Naco royalties couldn't cover that. There isn't enough gold in the entire world to cover the cost of a KP kiss." Ron gave her a Ronshine smile, and Kim smiled through her tears.

"Kim, I should be thanking you for even being willing to be seen with me."

"Ron, it's you who I should be thanking for being seen with me," Kim replied, and Ron's puzzled look grew even bigger.

"Justine knew, Tara knew, Marcella knew, Crystal knew; heck, Ron, even Bonnie knew before I did that you were in love with me and that I was in love with you.

"Even Rufus knew before I knew I loved you," and Rufus crawled out of Ron's pocket, smiled at Kim, and blew his nose before re-entering the pocket.

"Pandaroo knew how I felt before I told you, Kim," Ron smiled, his tears flowing freely by now.

"Pandaroo?"

'Uh-oh….I think I'm in trouble.'

"I told him before the cactus, Kim," Ron smiled, and Kim grinned.

"We are a pair, Ron," she grinned and reached for his hand.

"Well, there's only one thing we can do, KP: we have to stay together so we can protect each other from ourselves," Ron replied, and Kim laughed as he took her hand in his.

"Seriously, Kim: I need someone to tell me when I'm being a doofus, and you need someone to tell you when to stop coaching," Ron grinned, and Kim grimaced; "it's the perfect match of crazies like us.

"So, what do you say, KP: you and me, against the world?" Ron squeezed her hand, and Kim felt her stomach flutter.

A bright flash of light in the sky was followed by a loud rumble of thunder, and then it happened: thundersnow.

The snow began to fall like rain, huge flakes that could cover your hands.

Kim looked at Ron, and Ron looked at Kim.

Kim stood and then knelt in front of Ron, still sitting on the swing.

"Ronald Stoppable, I love you, and there is only one way that we found each other here tonight," and she pointed her index finger straight up in the air.

"I care for you so much that I was willing to leave to make you happy, and you care so much for me that you were willing to leave to make me happy. Well, I propose that we stay together and make each other even happier.

"Ronald Dean Stoppable, will you marry me?"

Kim looked up into the chocolate-brown pools of love, and they smiled back an unspoken 'Yes' as Ron reached out his hand to pull Kim to her feet as he stood, and they kissed away their fears, their unspoken fright, their insecurities, and they separated as a couple, standing in the middle of thundersnow.

Ron looked at Kim and grinned.

'Guys? If you don't mind, I'm getting wet out here. Can we finish this somewhere warmer? It's dropped 20 degrees in the last 10 minutes!'

"KP, I have just one question: is it Mr. Ronald Stoppable-Possible, or just Ronald Possible?"

"No, Ron," she smiled and laughed as Ron caught a face-full of snowflake, "it's Mrs. Kimberly Ann Possible-Stoppable."

"But, you're the hero."

"I may be, Ron, but you will be my husband," and she kissed his nose. "Now, BFBFF, let's get Pandaroo inside, go to MoonNickel's, and figure out what we're going to tell your parents and mine," she reached out and took his hand in hers as she picked up Pandaroo in the other.

"You brought Pandaroo with you? You really were going to leave, weren't you?"

"You brought Rufus, too."

"Wow."

"Wow, indeed."

They walked to their cars, and Ron stopped dead in his tracks and groaned.

"Oh, man, I'm dead!"

"Why, BFBFF?"

"If your dad goes into your room and sees Pandaroo gone, he's calling the Police first and the Space Center second," Ron groaned.

"What do we do, KP?"

"I left the Kimmunicator on my desk; let's go to Wade's house and see if Dad has called anyone yet. Maybe we can stop the calls.

"Good thinking, KP," and Ron grinned. "Maybe I'll keep you around."

"I certainly hope so," Kim grinned and kissed his lips again. "Let's drop your car off and go to Wade's house.

"Got you back, KP," Ron called as he held the door open for her, and Kim got in the Sloth. Ron closed the door and got into his car.

"I'll always have your back, KP, my love," Ron whispered, and he started his engine.

"Pandaroo, we're staying," Kim said after starting the Sloth. "I know he loves me, and he'll always have my back," she smiled through her tears as the huge snowflakes continued to fall.

'That's wonderful, Kim, but would you turn on the heater, please? My fur is wet from the snow.

'PWEASE??'

Author's afterward:

A quick note from the story's protagonist:

I, Pandaroo, have authorized the following:

cpneb, to tell my story, what happened to me during Kim's graduation;

jakt, to write some of my more memorable stories about Kim and me, through the years.

A couple of quick notes: Kim will never admit it to anyone, but she loves the Frankie Valli song, and I like it, as well, so you'll see it referenced by my two storytellers, cpneb and jakt.

I would be extremely remiss if I didn't thank my fans out there for voting for this story in BOTH rounds of the Third Annual Fannie Awards. Even though My Eyes… didn't win, your votes meant a lot to ja, kt, cpneb (yes, even the vote piggy: he was worse about votes than Joss is about the sparkling grape juice!), and especially to me: who would have ever thought that that a stuffed animal would gain a following?

Thank you so very much, all of my readers and followers …I still have some of that dang dust in my eye, that's the reason for the water coming from it….Roo hugs, for everybody!

And, by the way, I'm still cold! LOL!

Next, on Birth, and Rebirth 00: My Eyes Adored You

Chapter 8: Worked my fingers to the bone

Thank you, to all of you, for supporting us on this new journey.

Thanks again for reading, and please review.

07/04/2008

Idea by K.T. and cpneb. Story by K.T, J.A. and cpneb.

Thanks to jakt and Star-Eva01for beta work. Their suggestions and thoughts are timely and appreciated, as always.