"Hey KP! Ready for school?" Ron Stoppable knocked on the door. When he received no answer, he tried chucking a stone at the window. Sadly, due to his tragic luck, he happened to throw it at the precise speed in order for it to hit Kim Possible as she opened the window to speak with him.
"Ow! Ron, go ahead without me, ok? I'll catch up." Kim called down, while rubbing her head where the said rock had struck her. Her best friend, looking sheepish, gave her a thumbs up and set off in the direction of the school. She shook her head with a smirk, and decided that she could eat her breakfast on the go. She jumped up, grabbed her bag without losing momentum and jogged down the stairs. She grabbed some toast and kissed her parents goodbye.
"Bye Mom, bye Dad, got to go to school. Love you guys!" By the time they had responded she was out the door, sprinting to catch up with Ron, bag slung over one shoulder. She stopped directly next to Ron about 5 minutes to school.
"Hey Ron, whats up?" Ron smiled. He had guessed Kim would catch up with him, but it was still lonely walking to school by himself. He didn't really enjoy time by himself, and Kim always seemed to make life easier. She wasn't embarrassed to be seen around him, and she stood up for him when he needed it.
"Nothing much KP, nothing much." Kim shook her head at him and wondered, not for the first and not for the last, what exactly he thought about when he was like this. She could read him like a book generally, but then he acted like this, and it confused her. And very few things could render Kim Possible confused.
"Now, we'll be having a student exchange with a school in Japan. That means they get a student, and we give them one." Barkin ignored the sudden whispering and excitement.
"I will now draw the students name, who will go to Japan, from this hat." Everybody held their breath, and everyone used that breath to sigh when the name was announced.
"Ron Stoppable." At the announcement, a faint booyah could be heard. But at the same time as his excitement, and everyone else's disappointment, someone else was feeling something else altogether. She would miss Ron, there was no doubt about that, but she happy for him. Wasn't she? She was, but at the same time there was something in the very depth of her stomach, a twinge of a mysterious emotion. She shook her head and ignored it.
When Ron left, she sat in her room and did homework. She had already said her farewells, and he would be back soon. But in the middle of it, she had had the urge to hug him and never let go. And so, maybe when the Japanese exchange student arrived, with his wild hair and motorcycle, she had been trying to forget Ron by obsessing over him. And maybe when he was so perfect it just made her a little mad, because Ron wasn't perfect. Maybe, just maybe, she had been trying to replace Ron as well. When Monique had expressed interest as well, maybe she had used her excess frustration and anger and channeled it towards her. And maybe; just maybe, she had hugged Ron a little tighter than necessary when he got back.
But they were just a world of maybes.
A/N So what do you think? Flames are welcome, if you feel they're necessary.